* Some field names in the Kubelet's now v1beta1 config API differ from the v1alpha1 API: for example, PodManifestPath is renamed to StaticPodPath, ManifestURL is renamed to StaticPodURL, and ManifestURLHeader is renamed to StaticPodURLHeader. Users should focus on switching to the v1beta1 API. ([#60314](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60314), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

Renamed FeatureGate RequestManagement to APIPriorityAndFairness.  This feature gate is an alpha and has not yet been associated with any actual functionality. ([#85260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85260), [@MikeSpreitzer](https://github...

  - Rename `PreemptionByKubeScheduler` to `PreemptionByScheduler` ([#114623](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114623), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

* Remove the deprecated vsphere kube-up. ([#39140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39140), [@kerneltime](https://github.com/kerneltime))

### kubeadm

- kubeadm: Validate kubeconfig files in case of external CA mode. ([#70537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70537), [@yagonobre](https://github.com/yagonobre))
- kubeadm: The writable config file option for extra volumes is renamed to readOnly with a reversed meaning. With readOnly defaulted to false (as in pod specs). ([#70495](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70495), [@rosti](https://github.com/rosti))

- '`kubelet_kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_duration` was renamed to `kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_duration`
  and `kubelet_kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_errors` was renamed to `kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_errors`.'
   ([#113754](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113754), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

### Refactors

* ♻️ Refactor internal `check_file_field()`, rename to `ensure_multipart_is_installed()` to clarify its purpose. PR [#12106](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/12106) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).

- The `NodeConfiguration` kind in the kubeadm v1alpha2 API has been renamed `JoinConfiguration` in v1alpha3 ([#65951](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65951), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas)) Courtesy of SIG Cluster Lifecycle

  - `node_cpu_usage_seconds_total`
  - `node_memory_working_set_bytes`
  - `pod_cpu_usage_seconds_total`
  - `pod_memory_working_set_bytes`
  - `resource_scrape_error`
  
  Deprecated (renamed) `scrape_error` in favor of `resource_scrape_error` ([#116897](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116897), [@Richabanker](https://github.com/Richabanker)) [SIG Architecture, Instrumentation, Node and Testing]

- github.com/google/martian: [v2.1.0+incompatible](https://github.com/google/martian/tree/v2.1.0)
- github.com/google/pprof: [3ea8567](https://github.com/google/pprof/tree/3ea8567)
- github.com/google/renameio: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/google/renameio/tree/v0.1.0)
- github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2: [v2.0.4](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2/tree/v2.0.4)
- github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog/tree/v1.0.0)