- [Action Required](#action-required-6)
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- [v1.8.0-alpha.1](#v180-alpha1)
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    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-20)
  - [Changelog since v1.7.0-alpha.4](#changelog-since-v170-alpha4)
    - [Action Required](#action-required-7)

- Kubeadm: allow the "certs check-expiration" command to not require the existence of the cluster CA key (ca.key file) when checking the expiration of managed certificates in kubeconfig files. ([#106929](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106929), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster...

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- Fix error when trying to expand a volume that does not require node expansion ([#123055](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123055), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Node and Storage]

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containing service account tokens are no longer auto-generated for every ServiceAccount. Use the [TokenRequest](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/authentication-resources/token-request-v1/) API to acquire service account tokens, or if a non-expiring token is required, create a Secret API object for the token controller to populate with a service account token by following this [guide](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#service-account-token-secrets). ([#1...

- Kubeadm: allow the "certs check-expiration" command to not require the existence of the cluster CA key (ca.key file) when checking the expiration of managed certificates in kubeconfig files. ([#106930](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106930), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster...

- The test "[sig-network] EndpointSlice should have Endpoints and EndpointSlices pointing to API Server [Conformance]" only requires that there is an EndpointSlice that references the "kubernetes.default" service, it no longer requires that its named "kubernetes". ([#104664](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104664), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))