- Any Prometheus queries that match `pod_name` and `container_name` labels (e.g. cadvisor or kubelet probe metrics) should be updated to use `pod` and `container` instead. `pod_name` and `container_name` labels will be present alongside `pod` and `container` labels for one transitional release and removed in the future.
([#69099](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69099), [@ehashman](https://github.com/ehashman))

## Deprecations

- kubectl

- SCTP is now supported as an additional protocol (alpha) alongside TCP and UDP in Pod, Service, Endpoint, and NetworkPolicy.  ([#64973](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64973), [@janosi](https://github.com/janosi)) Courtesy of SIG API Machinery, SIG Apps, SIG Architecture, SIG CLI, SIG Cloud Provider,...

- Enabled the `node-local` kubelet podresources API endpoint on windows, alongside unix. ([#115133](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115133), [@ffromani](https://github.com/ffromani))

should perform better because it frontends equivalent mirrors in other clouds.  Please point your clusters to the new registry going forward. \n\nAdmission/Policy integrations that have an allowlist of registries need to include `registry.k8s.io` alongside `k8s.gcr.io`.\nAir-gapped environments and image garbage-collection configurations will need to update to pre-pull and preserve required images under `registry.k8s.io` as well as `k8s.gcr.io`. ([#109938](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109938),...