<pre>
*Point(p)        // same as *(Point(p))
(*Point)(p)      // p is converted to *Point
&lt;-chan int(c)    // same as &lt;-(chan int(c))
(&lt;-chan int)(c)  // c is converted to &lt;-chan int
func()(x)        // function signature func() x
(func())(x)      // x is converted to func()
(func() int)(x)  // x is converted to func() int
func() int(x)    // x is converted to func() int (unambiguous)
</pre>

<p>

- Fixed issue where `kubectl-convert` would fail when encountering resources that could not be converted to the specified api version. New behavior is to warn the user of the failed conversions and continue to convert the remaining resources. ([#117002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117002), [@gxwilkerson33](https://github.com/gxwilkerson33))

does not support protobuf encoding, if you roll back to 1.5 after upgrading to
protobuf you will be forced to restore from backup, and you will lose any changes
since you converted to protobuf.  After conversion to protobuf, you should
validate the correct operation of your cluster thoroughly before returning it
to normal operation.

- Existing PVs are converted to use volume topology if migration is enabled. ([#83394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83394), [@bertinatto](https://github.com/bertinatto))

### Structured logging graduate to Beta

Structured logging reached its Beta milestone. Most log messages from kubelet and kube-scheduler have been converted. Users are encouraged to try out JSON output or parsing of the structured text format and provide feedback on possible solutions for the open issues, such as handling of multi-line strings in log values.

* Volume expansion is now considered Beta. ([#64288](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64288),...

- Clients may now request that API objects are converted to the `v1.Table` and `v1.PartialObjectMetadata` forms for generic access to objects. ([#77448](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77448), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

- The `EndpointSlice` API is now GA. The `EndpointSlice` topology field has been removed from the GA API and will be replaced by a new per Endpoint Zone field. If the topology field was previously used, it will be converted into an annotation in the v1 Resource. The `discovery.k8s.io/v1alpha1` API is removed. ([#99662](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99662), [@swetharepakula](https://github.com/swetharepakula))

- The systemd config files are now reloaded before kubelet starts, so changes can take effect([#65702](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65702), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))
- Hostnames are now converted to lowercase before being used for node lookups in the kubernetes-worker charm. ([#65487](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65487), [@dshcherb](https://github.com/dshcherb))

* Fixes panic if a kubelet is run against an older kube-apiserver ([#74529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74529), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* The resource group name in Azure providerID is not converted to lower cases. ([#74882](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74882), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))