- Dropped support for `certificates/v1beta1` `CertificateSigningRequest` in `kubectl`. ([#134782](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134782), [@scaliby](https://github.com/scaliby))
- Dropped support for `discovery/v1beta1` `EndpointSlice` in `kubectl`. ([#134913](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134913), [@scaliby](https://github.com/scaliby))

* The `spec.SecurityContext.Sysctls` field is now dropped during creation of `Pod` objects unless the `Sysctls` feature gate is enabled. ([#72752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72752), [@rajathagasthya](https://github.com/rajathagasthya))
    * The `spec.AllowedUnsafeSysctls` and `spec.ForbiddenSysctls` fields are now dropped during creation of `PodSecurityPolicy` objects unless the `Sysctls` feature gate is enabled.

- Fixes a bug where a partial EndpointSlice update could cause node name information to be dropped from endpoints that were not updated. ([#108203](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108203), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Network]

- In kubelet configuration, the `.memorySwap.swapBehavior` field now accepts a new value `NoSwap`, which becomes the default if unspecified. The previously accepted `UnlimitedSwap` value has been dropped.
   ([#122745](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122745), [@kannon92](https://github.com/kannon92))

- Fixes a bug where a partial EndpointSlice update could cause node name information to be dropped from endpoints that were not updated. ([#108198](ht...

 - Fixes a regression in 1.17 that dropped cache-control headers on API requests ([#90468](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90468), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

### Controller Manager

- Fixes a bug where a partial EndpointSlice update could cause node name information to be dropped from endpoints that were not updated. ([#108201](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108201), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Network]

* Fixed an issue with informers missing an `Added` event if a recently deleted object was immediately recreated at the same time the informer dropped a watch and relisted. ([#83911](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83911), [@matte21](https://github.com/matte21))

### Other notable changes

* kubeadm: run kube-proxy on non-master tainted nodes ([#65931](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65931), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
* Fix an issue with dropped audit logs, when truncating and batch backends enabled at the same time. ([#65823](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65823), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))