Note that the default stored version remained alpha in 1.34, and whoever enabled beta during 1.34 needed to run a storage migration yourself to ensure you don't depend on alpha data in etcd. ([#132821](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132821), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37))...

in previous releases. RBAC was moved from beta to v1, and advanced auditing was moved from alpha
to beta. Encryption of resources stored on disk (resources at rest) remained in alpha, and the SIG began exploring integrations with external key management systems.

[SIG Auth]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-auth

### SIG Autoscaling

- Since Kubernetes v1.5, `kubectl apply` has had an alpha-stage `--prune` flag to support deleting previously applied objects that have been removed from the input manifest. This feature has remained in alpha ever since due to performance and correctness issues inherent in its design. This PR exposes a second, independent pruning alpha powered by a new standard named `ApplySets`. An `ApplySet` is a server-side object (by default, a Secret; ConfigMaps...

- Es-image remains unchanged at Elasticsearch 6.3.2 since Kubernetes 1.12 ([#67484](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67484))
- metrics-server remains unchanged at v0.3.1 since Kubernetes 1.12 ([#68746](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68746))
- GLBC remains unchanged at v1.2.3 since Kubernetes 1.12 ([#66793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66793))

- CNI remains unchanged at v0.7.5. ([#75455](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75455))
- CSI remains unchanged at to v1.1.0. ([#75391](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75391))
- The dashboard add-on remains unchanged at v1.10.1. ([#72495](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72495))

- CAdvisor remains unchanged at v0.33.2. ([#76291](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76291))
- event-exporter remains unchanged at v0.2.5. ([#77815](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77815))
- ip-masq-agent remains unchanged at v2.4.1. ([#77844](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77844))

 
## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

### Structured Logging in Kubelet

Kubelet has adopted structured logging, thanks to community effort in accomplishing this within the release timeline. Structured logging in the project remains an ongoing effort -- for folks interested in participating, [keep an eye / chime in to the mailing list discussion](https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-dev/c/y4WIw-ntUR8).

### Storage Capacity Tracking

* Owner references can now be set during creation, even if the user doesn't have deletion power ([#6...

- metrics-server remains unchanged at v0.3.1 since Kubernetes 1.12 ([#68746](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68746))
- GLBC remains unchanged at v1.2.3 since Kubernetes 1.12 ([#66793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66793))
- Ingress-gce remains unchanged at v1.2.3 since Kubernetes 1.12 ([#66793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66793))