- Kubeadm: graduated the kubeadm specific feature gate `UnversionedKubeletConfigMap` to GA and locked it to `true` by default. The kubelet related ConfigMap and RBAC rules are now locked to have a simplified naming `*kubelet-config` instead of the legacy naming `*kubelet-config-x.yy`, where `x.yy` was the version of the control plane. If you have previously used the old naming format with...

- The `baseline` and `restricted` pod security admission levels blocked setting the `host` field on probe and lifecycle handlers. ([#125271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125271), [@tssurya](https://github.com/tssurya)) [SIG Auth, Node and Testing]

- kubeadm: promoted feature gate `EtcdLearnerMode` to GA. Learner mode in etcd deployed by kubeadm is now locked to enabled by default. ([#126374](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126374), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- GRPC probes are now a GA feature. `GRPCContainerProbe` feature gate was locked to default value and will be removed in v1.29. If you were setting this feature gate explicitly, please remove it now. ([#116233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116233), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev))

- Removed feature gates `ServiceLoadBalancerClass` and `ServiceLBNodePortControl`. These feature gates were enabled (and locked) since `v1.24`. ([#112577](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112577), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

- Suspend job to GA. The feature gate SuspendJob is locked and will be removed in 1.26. ([#108129](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108129), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))...

- kube-apiserver: Promoted the  `ServiceAccountTokenNodeBinding` feature gate general availability. It is now locked to enabled. ([#129591](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129591), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Auth and Testing]

   ([#123738](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123738), [@kannon92](https://github.com/kannon92))
- Promoted `AdmissionWebhookMatchConditions` to GA. The feature is now stable, and the feature gate is now locked to default.
   ([#123560](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123560), [@ivelichkovich](https://github.com/ivelichkovich))

	   annotation, you should delete any existing NetworkPolicy
	   objects. These would have had no effect before, but with v1
	   semantics they might cause some traffic to be blocked that you
	   didn't intend to be blocked.

### Other notable changes

* Added exponential backoff to Azure cloudprovider ([#46660](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46660), [@jackfrancis](https://github.com/jackfrancis))

	   annotation, you should delete any existing NetworkPolicy
	   objects. These would have had no effect before, but with v1
	   semantics they might cause some traffic to be blocked that you
	   didn't intend to be blocked.

### Other notable changes