- kubectl run now generates apps/v1 deployments by default ([#71006](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71006), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- The "kubectl cp" command now supports path shortcuts (../) in remote paths. ([#65189](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65189), [@juanvallejo](https://github.com/juanvallejo))

- Official support to build kubernetes with docker-machine / remote docker is removed. This change does not affect building kubernetes with docker locally. ([#97935](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97935), [@adeniyistephen](https://github.com/adeniyistephen)) [SIG Release and Testing]

* Adds BETA support for `DNSConfig` field in PodSpec and `DNSPolicy=None`. ([#59771](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59771), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))
* kubeadm: Demote controlplane passthrough flags to alpha flags ([#59882](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59882), [@kris-nova](https://github.com/kris-nova))

- `kubeadm`: now respects user provided `kubeconfig` during discovery process ([#113998](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113998), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))
- `kubectl port-forward` now exits with exit code 1 when remote connection is
  lost ([#114460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114460), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley))

### **CLI**

#### **Kubectl**

*   `kubectl cp` can now copy a remote file into a local directory. ([#46762](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46762),[ @bruceauyeung](https://github.com/bruceauyeung))

- Fixed bug to correctly report `ErrRegistryUnavailable` on pulling container images for remote CRI runtimes. ([#117612](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117612), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert)) [SIG Node]

* AWS: Allow configuration of a single security group for ELBs ([#45500](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45500), [@nbutton23](https://github.com/nbutton23))

* change CounterVec to Counter about  PLEGDiscardEvent ([#86167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86167), [@yiyang5055](https://github.com/yiyang5055))
* hollow-node do not use remote CRI anymore ([#86425](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86425), [@jkaniuk](https://github.com/jkaniuk))

- Kubeadm: perform additional dockershim cleanup. Treat all container runtimes as remote by using the flag "--container-runtime=remote", given dockershim was removed in 1.24 and given kubeadm 1.25 supports a kubelet version of 1.24 and 1.25. The flag "--network-plugin" will no longer be used for new clusters. Stop cleaning up the following dockershim related...

the kubeadm configuration to be equal to `unix:///var/run/dockershim.sock` on Unix or `npipe:////./pipe/dockershim` on Windows. If kubelet version >=1.24 is on the host, kubeadm >=1.24 will treat all container runtimes as "remote" using the kubelet flags `--container-runtime=remote --container-runtime-endpoint=scheme://some/path`. The special management for kubelet <1.24 will be removed in kubeadm 1.25. ([#106973](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106973), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))...