* - kubeadm upgrade apply supports all standard ways of specifying version via labels. Examples: stable-1.8, latest-1.8, ci/latest-1.9 and similar.

    * - Update debian-iptables image for CVEs.
    * - Change chain name to IP-MASQ to be compatible with the
    * pre-injected masquerade rules.
* Fix VMWare VM freezing bug by reverting [#51066](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51066) ([#67825](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67825), [@nikopen](https://github.com/nikopen))

- Added `kubelet` Topology Manager metrics to track admission requests processed and occured admission errors. ([#115137](https://gi...

- Kubeadm: perform pre-flight validation on host/node name upon `kubeadm init` and `kubeadm join`, showing warnings on non-compliant names ([#99194](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99194), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

  - npolshakova # 1.30 Release Notes Shadow
  - OrlinVasilev # 1.30 Release Notes Shadow
  - rashansmith # 1.30 Release Notes Lead
  - satyampsoni # 1.30 Release Notes Shadow
labels:
  - sig/release

- kubeadm: remove the AuditPolicyConfiguration feature gate ([#70807](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70807), [@Klaven](https://github.com/Klaven))
- kubeadm pre-pulls Etcd image only if external Etcd is not used and --etcd-upgrade=false is not specified ([#70743](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70743), [@bart0sh](https://github.com/bart0sh))

- Add support for cgroups v2 node validation ([#89901](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89901), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle and Node]
- Add support for pre allocated huge pages with different sizes, on node level ([#89252](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89252), [@odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge)) [SIG Apps and Node]

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- Audit log files are now created with a mode of 0600. Existing file permissions will not be changed. If you need the audit file to be readable by a non-root user, you can pre-create the file with the desired permissions. ([#95387](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95387), [@JAORMX](https://github.com/JAORMX)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

- Scheduling Framework: expose Run[Pre]ScorePlugins functions to PreemptionHandle which can be used in PostFilter extension point. ([#93534](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93534), [@everpeace](https://github.com/everpeace)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Kubectl: restores `--dry-run`, `--dry-run=true`, and `--dry-run=false` for compatibility with pre-1.23 invocations. ([#107021](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107021), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG CLI and Testing]