- Kube-apiserver --help flag help is now printed in sections. ([#64517](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64517), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

## Deprecations

This section provides an overview of deprecated API versions, options, flags, and arguments. Deprecated means that we intend to remove the capability from a future release. After removal, the capability will no longer work. The sections are organized by SIGs.

### Apps

## Deprecations

This section provides an overview of deprecated API versions, options, flags, and arguments. Deprecated means that we intend to remove the capability from a future release. After removal, the capability will no longer work. The sections are organized by SIGs.

### **API Machinery**

### Removing deprecated flags in kubeadm

`kubeadm` applies a number of deprecations and removals of deprecated features in this release. More details are available in the Urgent Upgrade Notes and Kind / Deprecation sections.

### Pod Hostname as FQDN graduates to Beta

  * You can remove the "old" taints (stored internally as annotations) at any time...

- Reduce critical section in watchcache to fix kube-apiserver scalability under heavy load of list requests ([#122027](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122027), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Dependencies

## Changelog since v1.24.5

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Allow Label section in vsphere e2e cloudprovider configuration ([#112479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112479), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Storage and Testing]

- Kubeadm: add the `imagePullPolicy` field in the `nodeRegistration` section of `InitConfiguration` and `JoinConfiguration` in `v1beta3`. This allows the user to specify the image pull policy during "kubeadm init" and "kubeadm join". The value of this field must be one of `Always`, `IfNotPresent` or `Never`. The default behavior...

- Commands like `kubectl apply` now return errors if schema-invalid annotations are specified, rather than silently dropping the entire annotations section. ([#83552](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83552), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### Feature

- #### Additional documentation e.g., KEPs (Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals), usage docs, etc.:
  
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