- Label `apps.kubernetes.io/pod-index` added to Pod from StatefulSets is promoted to stable
  Label `batch.kubernetes.io/job-completion-index` added to Pods from Indexed Jobs is promoted to stable ([#128387](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128387), [@alaypatel07](https://github.com/alaypatel07)) [SIG Apps]

- Removed the `CronJobTimeZone` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)
  - Removed the `JobMutableNodeSchedulingDirectives` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)

- The API server now re-uses data encryption keys while the kms v2 plugin key ID is stable.  Data encryption keys are still randomly generated on server start but an atomic counter is used to prevent nonce collisions. ([#116155](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116155), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

  * [stable] [containerd](https://github.com/containerd/containerd): containerd v1.1 natively supports CRI v1alpha2 now, so users can use Kubernetes v1.10 with containerd v1.1 directly, without having to use the intermediate cri-containerd daemon. [All Kubernetes 1.10 tests passed](https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-node-containerd). [@Random-Liu]

* kubeadm: fix "upgrade plan" not defaulting to a "stable" version if no version argument is passed ([#75900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75900), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

  - [Metrics Changes](#metrics-changes)
    - [Added metrics](#added-metrics)
    - [Deprecated/changed metrics](#deprecatedchanged-metrics)
  - [Notable Features](#notable-features)
    - [Stable](#stable)
    - [Beta](#beta)
    - [CLI Improvements](#cli-improvements)
  - [API Changes](#api-changes)
  - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-1)
    - [API Machinery](#api-machinery)
    - [Apps](#apps)

- PersistentVolumeLastPhaseTransitionTime feature is stable and enabled by default. ([#124969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124969), [@RomanBednar](https://github.com/RomanBednar)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Storage and Testing]

  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
  - [Before Upgrading](#before-upgrading)
      - [New Deprecations](#new-deprecations)
      - [Removed Deprecations](#removed-deprecations)
      - [Graduated to Stable/GA](#graduated-to-stablega)
      - [Graduated to Beta](#graduated-to-beta)
    - [New alpha features](#new-alpha-features)
  - [Other Notable Changes](#other-notable-changes-10)