- Kube-apiserver --help flag help is now printed in sections. ([#64517](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64517), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

## Deprecations

This section provides an overview of deprecated API versions, options, flags, and arguments. Deprecated means that we intend to remove the capability from a future release. After removal, the capability will no longer work. The sections are organized by SIGs.

### Apps

## Deprecations

This section provides an overview of deprecated API versions, options, flags, and arguments. Deprecated means that we intend to remove the capability from a future release. After removal, the capability will no longer work. The sections are organized by SIGs.

### **API Machinery**

### Removing deprecated flags in kubeadm

`kubeadm` applies a number of deprecations and removals of deprecated features in this release. More details are available in the Urgent Upgrade Notes and Kind / Deprecation sections.

### Pod Hostname as FQDN graduates to Beta

<pre class="ebnf">
MethodDecl = "func" Receiver MethodName Signature [ FunctionBody ] .
Receiver   = Parameters .
</pre>

<p>
The receiver is specified via an extra parameter section preceding the method
name. That parameter section must declare a single non-variadic parameter, the receiver.
Its type must be a <a href="#Type_definitions">defined</a> type <code>T</code> or a

  * You can remove the "old" taints (stored internally as annotations) at any time...

- Reduce critical section in watchcache to fix kube-apiserver scalability under heavy load of list requests ([#122027](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122027), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Dependencies

- Clarified the description of a test in the e2e suite that mentions "SCTP" but is
  actually intended to be testing the behavior of network plugins that don't
  implement SCTP. ([#102509](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102509), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

### SIG Network

The main milestones for SIG Network this release are the graduation of IPVS-based load balancing and CoreDNS to general availability.

## Changelog since v1.24.5

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Allow Label section in vsphere e2e cloudprovider configuration ([#112479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112479), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Storage and Testing]