- Added the `applyconfiguration` generator to the code-generator script that generates server-side apply configuration and client APIs ([#114987](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114987), [@astefanutti](https://github.com/astefanutti))

* Add generate-groups.sh and generate-internal-groups.sh to k8s.io/code-generator to easily run generators against CRD or User API Server types. ([#52186](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52186), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- `kubectl run` has removed the previously deprecated generators, along with flags unrelated to creating pods. `kubectl run` now only creates pods. See specific `kubectl create` subcommands to create objects other than pods. 

### CLI

* Use structured generator for kubectl autoscale.  ([#55913](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55913), [@wackxu](https://github.com/wackxu))

## Deprecations
* Remove extensions/v1beta1 Jobs resource, and job/v1beta1 generator. ([#38614](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38614), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

- Updated an audit annotation key used by the `…/serviceac...

- Remove deprecated `--generator, --replicas, --service-generator, --service-overrides, --schedule` from `kubectl run`

- The validation-gen code generator generates validation code that supports validation ratcheting. ([#132236](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132236), [@yongruilin](https://github.com/yongruilin)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth and Node]

OpenAPI specs for native types have long been served at /openapi/v2, and they are consumed by a number of components, notably kubectl client-side validation, kubectl explain and OpenAPI based client generators.

With Kubernetes 1.15 as beta, OpenAPI schemas are also published for CRDs, as long as their schemas are structural.

These changes are reflected in the following Kubernetes enhancements:

- Remove deprecated `--generator` flag from `kubectl autoscale`. ([#99900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99900), [@MadhavJivrajani](https://github.com/MadhavJivrajani))
- Remove the deprecated flag `--generator` from `kubectl create deployment` command. ([#99915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99915), [@BLasan](https://github.com/BLasan))