- [Feature](#feature-8)
    - [Design](#design-1)
    - [Other (Bug, Cleanup or Flake)](#other-bug-cleanup-or-flake-5)
- [v1.18.0-alpha.4](#v1180-alpha4)
  - [Important note about manual tag](#important-note-about-manual-tag)
- [v1.18.0-alpha.3](#v1180-alpha3)
  - [Downloads for v1.18.0-alpha.3](#downloads-for-v1180-alpha3)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-24)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-24)

- When entering a value other than "external" to the "--cloud-provider" flag for the kubelet, kube-controller-manager, and kube-apiserver, the user will now receive a warning in the logs about the disablement of internal cloud providers, this is in contrast to the previous warnings about deprecation. ([#127711](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127711), [@elmiko](https://github.com/elmiko)) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider and Node]

## Changelog since v1.21.0

## What's New (Major Themes)

### Removal of several beta Kubernetes APIs

* kubectl: Fix bug that showed terminated/evicted pods even without `--show-all`. ([#48786](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48786), [@janetkuo](https://github.com/janetkuo))
* Add a runtime warning about the kubeadm default token TTL changes. ([#48838](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48838), [@mattmoyer](https://github.com/mattmoyer))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Fixes the flooding warning messages about setting volume ownership for configmap/secret volumes ([#92878](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92878), [@jvanz](https://github.com/jvanz)) [SIG Instrumentation, Node and Storage]

- Using exec auth plugins with kubectl no longer results in warnings about constructing many client instances from the same exec auth config. ([#97857](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97857), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

documentation.

To upgrade to this release from a previous version, take any actions required
[Before Upgrading](#before-upgrading).

For more information about the release and for the latest documentation,
see the [Kubernetes documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/).

[Setup topics]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/pick-right-solution/

The Kubernetes community [has written a blog post about this in detail](https://blog.k8s.io/2020/12/02/dont-panic-kubernetes-and-docker/) with [a dedicated FAQ page for it](https://blog.k8s.io/2020/12/02/dockershim-faq/).

### External credential provider for client-go

- When the `StrictIPCIDRValidation` feature gate is enabled, Kubernetes will be
  slightly stricter about what values will be accepted as IP addresses and network
  address ranges (“CIDR blocks”).
  
  In particular, octets within IPv4 addresses are not allowed to have any leading

Kubernetes 1.15 consists of **25 enhancements**: 2 moving to stable, 13 in beta, and 10 in alpha. The main themes of this release are:

#### Continuous Improvement
- Project sustainability is not just about features. Many SIGs have been working on  improving test coverage, ensuring the basics stay reliable, and stability of the core feature set and working on maturing existing features and cleaning up the backlog.

#### Extensibility