## Deprecations

- kube-apiserver
  - The `--service-account-api-audiences` flag is deprecated in favor of `--api-audiences`. The old flag is accepted with a warning but will be removed in a future release. ([#70105](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70105), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

- Added audienceMatchPolicy field to AuthenticationConfiguration and support for configuring multiple audiences.
  The "audienceMatchPolicy" can be empty (or unset) when a single audience is specified in the "audiences" field.
  The "audienceMatchPolicy" must be set to "MatchAny" when multiple audiences are specified in the "audiences" field. ([#123165](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123165), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))

## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

- API server's deprecated `--service-account-api-audiences` flag was removed.  Use `--api-audiences` instead. ([#108624](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108624), [@ialidzhikov](https://github.com/ialidzhikov))

- Only extend token lifetimes when `--service-account-extend-token-expiration` is true and the requested token audiences are empty or exactly match all values for `--api-audiences`. ([#105954](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105954), [@jyotimahapatra](https://github.com/jyotimahapatra))

- TokenRequest and TokenRequestProjection are now beta features. To enable these feature, the API server needs to be started with the `--service-account-issuer`, `--service-account-signing-key-file`, and `--service-account-api-audiences` flags.
([#67349](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67349), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

- Allowed dynamic configuration of the service account name and audience that the kubelet could request a token for, as part of the node audience restriction feature. ([#130485](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130485), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Auth and Testing]

- Added a config-mode flag in azure auth module to enable getting AAD token without spn: prefix in audience claim. When it's not specified, the default behavior doesn't change. ([#87630](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87630), [@weinong](https://github.com/weinong)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, CLI and Cloud Provider]

- NodeRestriction admission now validates the audience value that kubelet is requesting a service account token for is part of the pod spec volume. This change is introduced with a new kube-apiserver featuregate `ServiceAccountNodeAudienceRestriction` that's enabled by default. ([#128077](https://gi...

* Fixes issue where AAD token obtained by kubectl is incompatible with on-behalf-of flow and oidc. ([#86412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86412), [@weinong](https://github.com/weinong))
    * The audience claim before this fix has "spn:" prefix. After this fix, "spn:" prefix is omitted.

* Fixes issue where AAD token obtained by kubectl is incompatible with on-behalf-of flow and oidc. ([#86412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86412), [@weinong](https://github.com/weinong))
    * The audience claim before this fix has "spn:" prefix. After this fix, "spn:" prefix is omitted.