* kube-apiserver: the `Priority` admission plugin is now enabled by default when using `--enable-admission-plugins`. If using `--admission-control` to fully specify the set of admission plugins, the `Priority` admission...

- kube-scheduler dropped support for configuration files with apiVersion `componentconfig/v1alpha1`. Ensure kube-scheduler is configured using command-line flags or a configuration file with apiVersion `kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1`...

*   The Kubelet's feature gates are now specified as a map when provided via a JSON or YAML KubeletConfiguration, rather than as a string of key-value pairs, making them less awkward for users. ([#53025](https://github.com/kubernete...

- Kubeadm: fix a bug where file copy(backup) could not be executed correctly on Windows platform during upgrade ([#117861](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117861), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Known Issues

* If you need to downgrade from 1.10 to 1.9.x, downgrade to v1.9.6 to ensure PV and PVC objects can be deleted properly.

-...

  Don't use these flags. Using deprecated flags causes the server to print a warning. Using a removed flag causes the server to abort the startup.

* The following deprecated flags were removed from `kubelet`:

  * `api-servers` - add apiserver addresses to the kubeconfig file instead.

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- The Daemonset controller creates replacements for terminal Pods, which can appear during VM preemptions or when using Pod finalizers. ([#118716](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118716), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor))

  
    A previous release built hyperkube using the debian-hyperkube-base@v1.0.0,
    which was updated to address a CVE in the CNI plugins.
    
    A side-effect of using this new image was that the networking packages
    (namely `iptables`) drifted from the versions used in the kube-proxy images.
  
    The following issues were filed on kube-proxy failures when using hyperkube: