### **Node**

*   The kubelet `--network-plugin-dir` flag is removed. This flag was deprecated in version 1.7, and is replaced with `--cni-bin-dir`. ([#53564](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53564),[ @supereagle](https://github.com/supereagle))

* The following deprecated flags were removed from `kube-controller-manager`:

  * `replication-controller-lookup-cache-size`
  * `replicaset-lookup-cache-size`
  * `daemonset-lookup-cache-size`

  Don't use these flags. Using deprecated flags causes the server to print a warning. Using a removed flag causes the server to abort the startup.

* The following deprecated flags were removed from `kubelet`:

StreamingProxyRedirects feature and `--redirect-container-streaming` flag are deprecated, and will be removed in a future release. The default behavior (proxy streaming requests through the kubelet) will be the only supported option. If you are setting `--redirect-container-streaming=true`, then you must migrate off this configuration. The flag will no longer be able to be enabled starting in v1.20. If you are not setting the flag, no action is necessary. ([#88290](https://github.com/kubernetes/ku...

    These 2 flags can be used only for dual-stack clusters. For non dual-stack clusters, continue to use  `--node-cidr-mask-size` flag to configure the mask size.

    The default node cidr mask size for IPv6 was 24 which is now changed to 64. ([#79993](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79993), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))

- The new flag `--chunk-size=SIZE` for `kubectl drain` has been promoted to beta, and enabled by default. This flag  may be used to alter the number of items or disable this feature when `0` is passed. ([#100148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100148), [@KnVerey](https://github.com/KnVerey))

the right format for a command (`add_dir_header` instead of `add-dir-header`). Fixing this included cleaning up flag handling in component-base/logs: that package no longer adds flags to the global flag sets. Commands which want the klog and `--log-flush-frequency` flags must explicitly call `logs.AddFlags`; the new `cli.Run` does that for commands. That helper function also covers flag normalization and printing of usage and errors in a consistent way (print usage text first if parsing failed, then...

  - The deprecated `--etcd-quorum-read` flag has been removed. Quorum reads are now always enabled when fetching data from etcd. Remove the `--etcd-quorum-read` flag from kube-apiserver invocations before upgrading.
- kube-controller-manager
  - The deprecated `--insecure-experimental-approve-all-kubelet-csrs-for-group` flag has been removed.
- kubelet

## Changelog since v1.7.0

### Other notable changes

* Added new flag to `kubeadm init`: --node-name, that lets you specify the name of the Node object that will be created ([#48594](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48594), [@GheRivero](https://github.com/GheRivero))

- kube-apiserver

  - the `--basic-auth-file` flag and authentication mode is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. It is not recommended for production environments. ([#81152](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81152), [@tedyu](https://github.com/tedyu))

#### Network

- The deprecated flag `--conntrack-max` has been removed from kube-proxy. Users of this flag should switch to `--conntrack-min` and `--conntrack-max-per-core` instead. ([#78399](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78399), [@rikatz](https://github.com/rikatz))