- true/strict - perform validation and error the request on any invalid fields in the ojbect. It will attempt to perform server-side validation if it is enabled on the apiserver, otherwise it will fall back to client-side validation.

- Respect annotation size limit for server-side apply updates to the client-side apply annotation. Also, fix opt-out of this behavior by setting the client-side apply annotation to the empty string. ([#102105](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102105), [@julianvmodesto](https://github.com/julianvmodesto)) [SIG API Machinery]

- The new flag `--chunk-size=SIZE` for `kubectl drain` has been promoted to beta, and enabled by default. This flag  may be used to alter the number of items or disable this feature when `0` is passed. ([#100148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100148), [@KnVerey](https://github.com/KnVerey))

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- Respect annotation size limit for server-side apply updates to the client-side apply annotation. Also, fix opt-out of this behavior by setting the client-side apply annotation to the empty string. ([#102105](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102105), [@julianvmodesto](https://github.com/julianvmodesto)) [SIG API Machinery]

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  1. When configuring a dual-stack cluster, the user must specify both `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv4` and `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv6` to set the per-node IP mask sizes, instead of the previous `--node-cidr-mask-size` flag.
  2. The `--node-cidr-mask-size` flag is mutually exclusive with `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv4` and `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv6`.

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