- Added the `StorageVersionMigration` `v1beta1` API and removed the `v1alpha1` API.
  

*   The API group/version for the kube-proxy configuration has changed from `componentconfig/v1alpha1` to `kubeproxy.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1`. If you are using a config file for kube-proxy instead of the command line flags, you must change its apiVersion to `kubeproxy.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1`. ([#53645](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53645), [@xiangpengzhao](https://github.com/xiangpengzhao))

    * rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1
    * settings.k8s.io/v1alpha1
    * If you wish to continue using them in v1.8, please enable them explicitly using the `--runtime-config` flag of the apiserver (for example, `--runtime-config="rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1,settings.k8s.io/v1alpha1"`)

    * rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1

    * settings.k8s.io/v1alpha1

    * If you wish to continue using them in v1.8, please enable them explicitly using the `--runtime-config` flag on the apiserver (for example, `--runtime-config="rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1,settings.k8s.io/v1alpha1"`)

KubeProxyConfiguration Before:

```
apiVersion: kubeproxy.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
kind: KubeProxyConfiguration
**featureGates: "SupportIPVSProxyMode=true"**
```

KubeProxyConfiguration After:

```
apiVersion: kubeproxy.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
kind: KubeProxyConfiguration
**featureGates:**
**  SupportIPVSProxyMode: true**
```

- The `client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1` ExecCredential has been removed. If you are using a client-go credential plugin that relies on the v1alpha1 API please contact the distributor of your plugin for instructions on how to migrate to the v1 API. ([#108616](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108616), [@margocrawf](https://github.com/margocrawf))

* The kubeadm configuration file version has been upgraded from `v1alpha1` to `v1alpha2`. `v1alpha1` read support exists in v1.11, but will be removed in v1.12. ([#63788](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63788), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))
The following PRs changed the API spec:

  to kubelet config ([#112136](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112136), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))
- `resource.k8s.io/v1alpha1` was replaced with `resource.k8s.io/v1alpha2`. Before
  upgrading a cluster, all objects in resource.k8s.io/v1alpha1 (ResourceClaim, ResourceClaimTemplate,
  ResourceClass, PodScheduling) must be deleted. The changes are internal, so

    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-20)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-20)
  - [Changelog since v1.6.0-alpha.1](#changelog-since-v160-alpha1)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-23)
- [v1.6.0-alpha.1](#v160-alpha1)
  - [Downloads for v1.6.0-alpha.1](#downloads-for-v160-alpha1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-21)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-21)
  - [Changelog since v1.5.0](#changelog-since-v150)

- Storage capacity tracking (= the CSIStorageCapacity feature) graduates to Beta and enabled by default, storage.k8s.io/v1alpha1/VolumeAttachment and storage.k8s.io/v1alpha1/CSIStorageCapacity objects are deprecated ([#99641](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99641), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))