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# Release 2.21.0

## TensorFlow

### Breaking Changes

* Support for Python 3.9 has been removed starting with TF 2.21.
* The TensorBoard (TB) dependency has been removed starting with TF 2.21.

### Major Features and Improvements

* `tf.lite`
    * Adds int8 and int16x8 support for SQRT operator.
    * Adds int16x8 support for EQUAL and NOT_EQUAL operators.

- Kubeadm: add startup probes for static Pods to protect slow starting containers ([#91179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91179), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

operation with respect to the initial counter // state: a "fast path" for 96-bit (12-byte) nonces, and a "slow path" // for nonces of other lengths. For a 96-bit nonce, the nonce, along // with a four-byte big-endian counter starting at one, is used // directly as the starting counter. For other nonce sizes, the counter // is computed by passing it through the GHASH function. if len(nonce) == gcmStandardNonceSize { copy(counter[:], nonce) counter[gcmBlockSize-1] = 1 } else { lenBlock := make([]byte,...

**Note**: have in mind that the Pydantic team already stopped supporting Pydantic v1 for recent versions of Python, starting with Python 3.14.

You can read in the docs more about how to [Migrate from Pydantic v1 to Pydantic v2](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/how-to/migrate-from-pydantic-v1-to-pydantic-v2/).

### Features

operation with respect to the initial counter // state: a "fast path" for 96-bit (12-byte) nonces, and a "slow path" // for nonces of other lengths. For a 96-bit nonce, the nonce, along // with a four-byte big-endian counter starting at one, is used // directly as the starting counter. For other nonce sizes, the counter // is computed by passing it through the GHASH function. if len(nonce) == gcmStandardNonceSize { copy(counter[:], nonce) counter[gcmBlockSize-1] = 1 } else { lenBlock := make([]byte,...