- Reverted a kubectl azure auth module change where oidc claim spn: prefix was omitted resulting a breaking behavior with existing Azure AD OIDC enabled api-server ([#87507](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87507), [@weinong](https://github.com/weinong)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cloud Provider]

  - NetworkPolicy resources will no longer be served from `extensions/v1beta1` in v1.16. Migrate use to the `networking.k8s.io/v1` API, available since v1.8. Existing persisted data can be retrieved via the `networking.k8s.io/v1` API.

The Cluster API effort is currently undergoing a complete rehaul of the existing codebase, moving off Terraform and into using govmomi directly.

### SIG-windows

SIG Windows focused on stability and reliability of our existing feature set. We primarily fixed bugs as we march towards a near future stable release.

## Action Required

    - [kubeadm](#kubeadm-2)
    - [kubectl](#kubectl-1)
      - [New Commands](#new-commands)
      - [Create subcommands](#create-subcommands)
      - [Updates to existing commands](#updates-to-existing-commands)
      - [Updates to apply](#updates-to-apply)
      - [Updates to edit](#updates-to-edit)
      - [Bug fixes](#bug-fixes)
      - [Other Notable Changes](#other-notable-changes-14)

empty cgroupDriver value in the KubeletConfiguration is now always set to "systemd" unless the user is explicit about it. This requires existing machine setups to configure the container runtime to use the "systemd" driver. Documentation on this topic can be found here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/production-environment/container-runtimes/. When upgrading existing clusters / nodes using "kubeadm upgrade" the old cgroupDriver value is preserved, but in 1.22 this change will also apply to "upgrade"....

  - NetworkPolicy resources will no longer be served from `extensions/v1beta1` in v1.16. Migrate use to the `networking.k8s.io/v1` API, available since v1.8. Existing persisted data can be retrieved via the `networking.k8s.io/v1` API.

  
  With this patch, the external provisioner can remove the finalizer in next reconcile loop. Unfortunately if the provious existing pv has the Failed state, this patch won't take effort. It requires users to remove finalizer. ([#126044](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126044), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

- Kubeadm: during the validation of existing kubeconfig files on disk, handle cases where the "ca.crt" is a bundle and has intermediate certificates. Find a common trust anchor between the "ca.crt" bundle and the CA in the existing kubeconfig on disk instead of treating "ca.crt" as a file containing a single CA. ([#123102](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123102), [@as...

CSI Migration enables the replacement of existing in-tree storage plugins such as `kubernetes.io/gce-pd` or `kubernetes.io/aws-ebs` with a corresponding CSI driver.
If CSI Migration is working properly, Kubernetes end users shouldn’t notice a difference.
After migration, Kubernetes users may continue to rely on all the functionality of in-tree storage plugins using the existing interface.

- Applying fix for not deleting existing public IP when a service is deleted in Azure. ([#100694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100694), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))
- Applying fix for not tagging static public IP. ([#101752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101752), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))