- As part of graduating the etcd encryption feature to beta, the configuration file referenced by `--encryption-provider-config` now uses `kind: EncryptionConfiguration` and `apiVersion: apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1`. Support for...

- Kubernetes is now built with Golang 1.16.10 (#106223, @cpanato) [SIG Cloud Provider, Instrumentation, Release and Testing]
- Update debian-base, debian-iptables, setcap images to pick up CVE fixes
  - Debian-base to v1.9.0
  - Debian-iptables to v1.6.7
  - setcap to v2.0.4 (#106143, @cpanato) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Failing Test

- Fixed an issue where the API server did not send impersonated UID to authentication webhooks. ([#116681](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116681), [@stlaz](https://github.com/stlaz)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

  
  The annotation that informs about audit policy violations changed from `pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit` to `pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit-violation`. ([#105908](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105908), [@stlaz](https://github.com/stlaz))
- The `/openapi/v3` endpoint will be populated with OpenAPI v3 if the feature flag is enabled ([#105945](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105945), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree))

- Kubernetes is now built with Golang 1.16.10 (#106224, @cpanato) [SIG Cloud Provider, Instrumentation, Release and Testing]
- Update debian-base, debian-iptables, setcap images to pick up CVE fixes
  - Debian-base to v1.9.0
  - Debian-iptables to v1.6.7
  - setcap to v2.0.4 (#106147, @cpanato) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Failing Test

   ([#123343](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123343), [@haircommander](https://github.com/haircommander))
- Updated `distroless-iptables` to `v0.5.0`, debian-base to `bookworm-v1.0.1`, and setcap to `bookworm-v1.0.1`.
   ([#123170](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123170), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato))
- `NewVolumeManagerReconstruction` feature is now GA.

- Kubernetes in now built with go1.18rc1 ([#107105](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107105), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus))

- Updated distroless iptables to use released image `registry.k8s.io/build-image/distroless-iptables:v0.2.2`
  - Updated setcap to use released image `registry.k8s.io/build-image/setcap:bullseye-v1.4.2` ([#116509](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116509), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Testing]

- Updated cAdvisor to v0.45.0. ([#111647](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111647), [@bobbypage](https://github.com/bobbypage))
- Updated debian-base, debian-iptables, and setcap images:
  - debian-base:bullseye-v1.3.0
  - debian-iptables:bullseye-v1.4.0
  - setcap:bullseye-v1.3.0 ([#110558](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110558), [@wespanther](https://github.com/wespanther))

## Changelog since v1.20.12

## Changes by Kind

### Feature

- Update debian-base, debian-iptables, setcap images to pick up CVE fixes
  - Debian-base to v1.9.0
  - Debian-iptables to v1.6.7 (#106148, @cpanato) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Failing Test