- The `apiserver.latency.k8s.io/decode-response-object` annotation was added to the audit log to record the decoding time. ([#121512](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121512), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi))
- The drop-in kubelet configuration directory feature has been targeted for Beta. ([#122907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122907), [@sohankunkerkar](https://github.com/sohankunkerkar))