- Fixes add-on manager leader election to use leases instead of endpoints, similar to what kube-controller-manager does in 1.20 ([#98968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98968), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kubernetes is now built with Go `1.19.5` ([#115010](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115010), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato))
- Kubernetes is now built with go 1.20 ([#114502](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114502), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

Initially introduced in 1.18, Kubernetes 1.20 now enables API Priority and Fairness (APF) by default. This allows `kube-apiserver` to [categorize incoming requests by priority levels](https://docs.k8s.io/concepts/cluster-administration/flow-control/).

### IPv4/IPv6 run

natively within Kubernetes, without exposing an HTTP endpoint or
using an extra executable.

### Kubelet Credential Provider Graduates to Beta

Originally released as Alpha in Kubernetes 1.20, the kubelet's support for
[image credential providers](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/kubelet-credential-provider/kubelet-credential-provider/)
has now graduated to Beta.

## Changelog since v1.22.10

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Bug Fix: Kube-proxy dropped endpointSlice's local endpoints when upgrading from 1.20 to 1.22 ([#110245](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110245), [@xh4n3](https://github.com/xh4n3)) [SIG Network]

- Kubernetes binaries are now built-in `module` mode instead of `GOPATH` mode. ([#109464](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109464), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Removed branch `release-1.20` from prom bot due to EOL. ([#110748](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110748), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato))

### Avoiding permanent beta