* You can remove the "old" taints (stored internally as annotations) at any time after the upgrade by doing `kubectl annotate nodes <node name> scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/taints-` (note the minus at the...

* The calico-node addon tolerates all NoExecute and NoSchedule taints by default. So Calico components can even be scheduled on tainted nodes. ([#57122](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57122), [@caseydavenport](https://github.com/caseydavenport))

* /test/e2e/framework: Adds a flag "non-blocking-taints" which allows tests to run in environments with tainted nodes. String value should be a comma-separated list. ([#81043](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81043), [@johnSchnake](https://github.com/johnSchnake))...

- Fixed bug where dry run message was not printed when running `kubectl label` with `--dry-run` flag. ([#111571](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111571), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley))

* A new `TaintNodesByCondition` admission plugin taints newly created Node objects as "not ready", to fix a race condition that could cause pods to be scheduled on new nodes before their taints were updated to accurately reflect their reported conditions. This admission plugin is enabled by default if the `TaintNodesByCondition` feature is enabled. ([#73097](https://gi...

- Fix `kubectl set env` or `resources` not working for initcontainers. ([#101669](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101669), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Fix `kubectl` alpha debug node does not work on tainted(NoExecute) nodes and tolerate everything. ([#98431](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98431), [@wawa0210](https://github.com/wawa0210))

In addition, the NodeRestriction admission plugin now prevents kubelets from modifying taints on their Node API objects, making it easier to keep track of which nodes should be in use.

### SIG CLI

### **Scheduling**

*   Taint key `unreachable` is now in GA.
*   Taint key `notReady` is changed to `not-ready`, and is also now in GA.
*   These changes are automatically updated for taints. Tolerations for these taints must be updated manually. Specifically, you must:
    *   Change `node.alpha.kubernetes.io/notReady` to `node.kubernetes.io/not-ready`

* [alpha] Users can now add taints to nodes by condition ([design doc](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/scheduling/taint-node-by-condition.md))

#### Storage

* [stable] Mount options

- `/test/e2e/framework`: Adds a flag `non-blocking-taints` which allows tests to run in environments with tainted nodes. String value should be a comma-separated list. ([#81043](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81043), [@johnSchnake](https://github.com/johnSchnake))