#### kube-apiserver:
- the following deprecated APIs can no longer be served:
  - All resources under `apps/v1beta1` and `apps/v1beta2` - use `apps/v1` instead
  - `daemonsets`, `deployments`, `replicasets` resources under `extensions/v1beta1` - use `apps/v1` instead
  - `networkpolicies` resources under `extensions/v1beta1` - use `networking.k8s.io/v1` instead

* Portworx volume driver no longer has to run on the master. ([#45518](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45518), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))

  - Newly provisioned PVs by OpenStack Cinder plugin will no longer use the deprecated "failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/zone" and "failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region" labels. It will use "topology.kubernetes.io/zone" and "topology.kubernetes.io/region" labels instead. ([#99719](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99719), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

- kubeadm no longer dumps backtrace if it fails to remove the running containers on reset. ([#73951](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73951), [...

    *   Federation-specific behavior will no longer be included in kubectl
    *   kubefed will no longer be released as part of Kubernetes
    *   The Federation servers will no longer be included in the hyperkube binary and image. ([#53816](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53816),[ @marun](https://github.com/marun))

### **Node**

* Make volume usage metrics available for Cinder ([#62668](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62668), [@zetaab](https://github.com/zetaab))

  when the corresponding csi driver was installed:
  - `awsElasticBlockStore` for `ebs.csi.aws.com`
  - `azureDisk` for `disk.csi.azure.com`
  - `gcePersistentDisk` for `pd.csi.storage.googleapis.com`
  - `cinder` for `cinder.csi.openstack.org`
  - `csi`
  However it was still enforced using a limit in CSINode objects. ([#126924](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126924), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

- Kube-apiserver --help flag help is now printed in sections. ([#64517](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64517), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
- Azure managed disks now support availability zones and new parameters `zoned`, `zone` and `zones` are added for AzureDisk storage class. ([#66553](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66553), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) Courtesy of SIG Azure

- API

  - The following APIs are no longer served by default:

    - All resources under `apps/v1beta1` and `apps/v1beta2` - use `apps/v1` instead
    - `daemonsets`, `deployments`, `replicasets` resources under `extensions/v1beta1` - use `apps/v1` instead
    - `networkpolicies` resources under `extensions/v1beta1` - use `networking.k8s.io/v1` instead
    - `podsecuritypolicies` resources under `extensions/v1beta1` - use `policy/v1beta1` instead

* kube-apiserver: The external hostname no longer longer use the cloud provider API to select a default. It can be set explicitly using --external-hostname, if needed. If there is no default, AdvertiseAddress or os.Hostname() will be used, in that order. ([#56812](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56812), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))