### SIG-cli

SIG CLI focused on implementing the new plugin mechanism, providing a library with common CLI tooling for plugin authors and further refactorings of the code.

### SIG-cloud-provider

- The alpha Dynamic Resource Allocation gRPC API is still available, but might be removed in future releases. Driver authors should update their DRA drivers to use the v1beta1 gRPC API. ([#128646](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128646), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Node and Testing]

// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/auspost.html
auspost

// author : Amazon Registry Services, Inc.
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/author.html
author

// auto : XYZ.COM LLC
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/auto.html
auto

// autos : XYZ.COM LLC
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/autos.html
autos

// aws : AWS Registry LLC

- Kube-proxy handles Terminating EndpointSlices conditions and enables zero downtime deployments for Services with ExternalTrafficPolicy=Local author: @andrewsykim ([#117718](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117718), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network, Testing and Windows]

  - The built-in `system:aws-cloud-provider` cluster role is deprecated and will not be auto-created in a future release. Deployments using the AWS cloud provider should grant required...

- Promoted meta.k8s.io/v1beta1 Table...

* The kube-apiserver `--storage-version` flag has been removed; you must use `--storage-versions` instead. ([#61453](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61453), [@hzxuzhonghu](https://github.com/hzxuzhonghu))
* Authors of aggregated API servers must not rely on authorization being done by the kube-apiserver, and must do delegated authorization in addition. ([#61349](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61349), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- cloud.google.com/go/area120: v0.8.4
- cloud.google.com/go/artifactregistry: v1.14.6
- cloud.google.com/go/asset: v1.17.0
- cloud.google.com/go/assuredworkloads: v1.11.4
- cloud.google.com/go/automl: v1.13.4
- cloud.google.com/go/baremetalsolution: v1.2.3
- cloud.google.com/go/batch: v1.7.0
- cloud.google.com/go/beyondcorp: v1.0.3
- cloud.google.com/go/bigquery: v1.58.0
- cloud.google.com/go/billing: v1.18.0

This release also contains a number of bug fixes to the feature set. Aspiring plugin authors can look at [sample-exec-plugin](https://github.com/ankeesler/sample-exec-plugin) as a way to get started.

     disabled by setting the `--horizontal-pod-autoscaler-use-rest-clients` flag to `false`.

### Cluster Lifecycle

- The `auto-detect` behavior of the kubelet's `--cloud-provider` flag is deprecated.

  - In version 1.8, the default value for the kubelet's `--cloud-provider` flag is `auto-detect`. Be aware that it works only on GCE, AWS and Azure.