alMode` to GA and locked it to enabled by default. To opt out, patch the `server` field in `/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf`. Deprecated the subphase of `kubeadm join phase control-plane-join` called `etcd`, which is now hidden and replaced by subphase with identical functionality `etcd-join`. The `etcd` subphase will be removed in a future release. The subphase `kubelet-wait-bootstrap` of `kubeadm join` is no longer experimental and will now always run. ([#134106](https://github.com/kubernetes/kub...

node` now supports `addon` and `post-upgrade` phases. Users can use `kubeadm upgrade node phase addon` to execute the addon upgrade, or use `kubeadm upgrade node --skip-phases addon` to skip the addon upgrade. If you were previously skipping an addon subphase on `kubeadm init` you should now skip the same addon when calling `kubeadm upgrade apply` and `kubeadm upgrade node`. Currently, the `post-upgrade` phase is no-op, and it is mainly used to handle some release-specific post-upgrade tasks. ([#1272...