- When using `kubectl replace` (or the equivalent API call) on a Service, the caller no longer needs to do a read-modify-write cycle to fetch the allocated values for `.spec.clusterIP` and `.spec.ports[].nodePort`.  Instead the API server will automatically carry these forward from the original...

- Deprecate the instance type beta label (`beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type`) in favor of its GA equivalent: `node.kubernetes.io/instance-type` ([#82049](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82049), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

### Node

- The `WaitFor` and `WaitForWithContext` functions in the wait package have now been marked private. Callers should use the equivalent `Poll*` method with a zero duration interval. ([#115116](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115116), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

### Other notable changes

  - `failurePolicy` default changed from `Ignore` to `Fail` for v1
  - `matchPolicy` default changed from `Exact` to `Equivalent` for v1
  - `timeout` default changed from `30s` to `10s` for v1
  - `sideEffects` default value is removed, and the field made required, and only `None` and `NoneOnDryRun` are permitted for v1

There is a new OCI image registry (`registry.k8s.io`) that can be used to pull Kubernetes images. The old registry (`k8s.gcr.io`) will continue to be supported for the foreseeable future, but the new name should perform better because it frontends equivalent mirrors in other clouds.  Please point your clusters to the new registry going forward. \n\nAdmission/Policy integrations that have an allowlist of registries need to include `registry.k8s.io` alongside `k8s.gcr.io`.\nAir-gapped environments and...

- When using `kubectl replace` (or the equivalent API call) on a Service, the caller no longer needs to do a read-modify-write cycle to fetch the allocated values for `.spec.clusterIP` and `.spec.ports[].nodePort`.  Instead the API server will automatically carry these forward from the original...

- When using `kubectl replace` (or the equivalent API call) on a Service, the caller no longer needs to do a read-modify-write cycle to fetch the allocated values for `.spec.clusterIP` and `.spec.ports[].nodePort`.  Instead the API server will automatically carry these forward from the original...

specified it was set to 80 by default while in autoscaling/v1 HPA object
without TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage specified is a valid object. Pod
autoscaler controller will apply a default scaling policy in this case which is
equivalent to the previous one but may change in the future.
     * The previous version, <code>apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1</code>, is still supported.  Even if you roll back to 1.1, the objects created using