- Added metrics for volume reconstruction during kubelet startup. ([#115965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115965), [@jsafran...

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

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

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

- Fixed `vSphere` cloud provider not to skip detach volumes from nodes at `kube-controller-startup`. ([#117243](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117243), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

- Fixed vSphere cloud provider not to skip detach volumes from nodes at kube-controller-startup. ([#117243](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117243), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

With Kubernetes 1.24, the [gRPC probes functionality](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/2727)
has entered beta and is available by default. You can now [configure startup, liveness, and readiness probes](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/#configure-probes) for your gRPC app
natively within Kubernetes, without exposing an HTTP endpoint or
using an extra executable.

- The API server now detects and fails on startup if there are conflicting issuers between JWT authenticators and service account configurations. Previously, such configurations would run but could be inconsistently effective depending on the credential. ([#123561](https://github.com/kubernetes/...

- Fixed vSphere cloud provider not to skip detach volumes from nodes at kube-controller-startup. ([#117243](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117243), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- `kubelet` now emits a metric for end-to-end pod startup latency, including image pull. ([#121041](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121041), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao))
- `kubelet` now exposes latency metrics of different stages of the node startup. ([#118568](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118568), [@qiutongs](https://github.com/qiutongs))