- Promoted the `EnvFiles` feature gate to beta and is enabled by default. Additionally, the syntax specification for environment variables has been restricted to a subset of POSIX shell syntax (all variable values must be wrapped in single quotes). ([#134414](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134414), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Node and Testing]

dependencies.
</p>

<p>
The syntax is compact and simple to parse, allowing for easy analysis
by automatic tools such as integrated development environments.
</p>

<h2 id="Notation">Notation</h2>
<p>
The syntax is specified using a
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth_syntax_notation">variant</a>
of Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF):
</p>

<pre class="grammar">
Syntax      = { Production } .

  - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/4731: Remove a potential build-time side-effect in ConfigMapGenerator...

*   Object count quotas supported on all standard resources using count/<resource>.<group> syntax ([#54320](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54320),[ @derekwaynecarr](https://github.com/derekwaynecarr))

- Object count quota is now supported for namespaced custom resources using the `count/<resource>.<group>` syntax. ([#72384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72384), [@zhouhaibing089](https://github.com/zhouhaibing089))