- EndpointSlice IP validation now matches Endpoints IP validation. ([#101084](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101084), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]
- Fixed a bug where startupProbe stopped working after a container's first restart ([#101093](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101093), [@wzshiming](https://github.com/wzshiming)) [SIG Node]

  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [CPU and Memory manager are not working correctly for Guaranteed Pods with multiple containers](#cpu-and-memory-manager-are-not-working-correctly-for-guaranteed-pods-with-multiple-containers)

* `kubectl patch` now supports `--dry-run`. ([#60675](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60675), [@timoreimann](https://github.com/timoreimann))
* fix sorting taints in case the sorting keys are equal ([#61255](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61255), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

#### Continuous Improvement
- Project sustainability is not just about features. Many SIGs have been working on  improving test coverage, ensuring the basics stay reliable, and stability of the core feature set and working on maturing existing features and cleaning up the backlog.

#### Extensibility

### SIG CLI

- [v1.6.0](#v160)
  - [Downloads for v1.6.0](#downloads-for-v160)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-13)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-13)
  - [WARNING: etcd backup strongly recommended](#warning-etcd-backup-strongly-recommended)
  - [Major updates and release themes](#major-updates-and-release-themes)
  - [Action Required](#action-required-1)
    - [Certificates API](#certificates-api)

### SIG-ibmcloud

As a newly created SIG, the SIG-ibmcloud has mainly focused on SIG set up, sharing IBM Clouds ongoing Kubernetes work like scalability tests, Kubernetes upgrade strategy etc. with the SIG members and start working on processes to move cloud provider code to a public GitHub repo.

### SIG-instrumentation

No feature work, but a large refactoring of metrics-server as well as a number of bug fixes.

### SIG-node

* Report node DNS info with --node-ip flag ([#63170](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63170), [@micahhausler](https://github.com/micahhausler))
* Fixed an issue which prevented `gcloud` from working on GCE when metadata concealment was enabled. ([#66630](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66630), [@dekkagaijin](https://github.com/dekkagaijin))

### Bug or Regression

- Fix Topology Aware Hints not working when the `topology.kubernetes.io/zone` label is added after Node creation

## What's New (Major Themes)

### Deprecation of PodSecurityPolicy