- kubelet

For more information, see [#53288](https://issue.k8s.io/53288).

* The dynamic Kubelet config feature is now beta, and the DynamicKubeletConfig feature gate is on by default. In order to use dynamic Kubelet config, ensure that the Kubelet's --dynamic-config-dir option is set.  ([#64275](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64275), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

- Removed Alpha feature `MountContainers` ([#84365](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84365), [@codenrhoden](https://github.com/codenrhoden))
- Removed plugin watching of the deprecated directory `{kubelet_root_dir}/plugins` and CSI V0 support in accordance with deprecation announcement in https://v1-13.docs.kubernetes.io/docs/setup/release/notes ([#84533](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84533), [@davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))

- Kubelet: The `--azure-container-registry-config` flag has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release, please use `--image-credential-provider-config` and `--image-credential-provider-bin-dir` to setup acr credential provider instead. ([#118596](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118596), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Node]

- kube-controller-manager currently needs a writable `--cert-dir` (default is `/var/run/kubernetes`) for generating self-signed certificates, when no `--tls-cert-file` or `--tls-private-key-file` are provided.

### **Node**

*   The kubelet `--network-plugin-dir` flag is removed. This flag was deprecated in version 1.7, and is replaced with `--cni-bin-dir`. ([#53564](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53564),[ @supereagle](https://github.com/supereagle))

- E2e framework: added `--report-complete-ginkgo` and `--report-complete-junit` parameters. They work like `ginkgo --json-report <report dir>/ginkgo/report.json --junit-report <report dir>/ginkgo/report.xml`. ([#115678](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115678), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Testing]

* The alpha `--init-config-dir` flag has been removed. Instead, use the `--config` flag to reference a kubelet configuration file directly. ([#57624](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57624), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

* make --runtime-config=api/all=true|false work ([#32582](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32582), [@jlowdermilk](https://github.com/jlowdermilk))
* Added new kubelet flags `--cni-bin-dir` and `--cni-conf-dir` to specify where CNI files are located. ([#32151](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32151), [@bboreham](https://github.com/bboreham))
    * Fixed CNI configuration on GCI platform when using CNI.