- The `EndpointSlice` API is now GA. The `EndpointSlice` topology field has been removed from the GA API and will be replaced by a new per Endpoint Zone field. If the topology field was previously used, it will be converted into an annotation in the v1 Resource. The `discovery.k8s.io/v1alpha1` API is removed. ([#996...

- GRPC probes are now a GA feature. `GRPCContainerProbe` feature gate was locked to default value and will be removed in v1.29. If you were setting this feature gate explicitly, please remove it now. ([#116233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116233), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev))

- Removed GA'ed feature gate `DelegateFSGroupToCSIDriver`. ([#117655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117655), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Removed GA'ed feature gate `DevicePlugins`. ([#117656](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117656), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

[SIG Apps]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-apps

### SIG Auth

[SIG Auth][] is responsible for Kubernetes authentication and authorization, and for

    - [IPv4/IPv6 Dual-stack Networking graduates to GA](#ipv4ipv6-dual-stack-networking-graduates-to-ga)
    - [HorizontalPodAutoscaler v2 graduates to GA](#horizontalpodautoscaler-v2-graduates-to-ga)
    - [Generic Ephemeral Volume feature graduates to GA](#generic-ephemeral-volume-feature-graduates-to-ga)
    - [Skip Volume Ownership change graduates to GA](#skip-volume-ownership-change-graduates-to-ga)

- Promoted feature-gate `LegacyServiceAccountTokenCleanUp` to GA and locked it to default. ([#122635](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122635), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Removed GA featuregate about `ExperimentalHostUserNamespaceDefaultingGate` in `1.30`. ([#122088](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122088), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni))

### Promoted CSI Ephemeral Volume to Stable

    - [Kubernetes release cadence change](#kubernetes-release-cadence-change)
    - [External credential providers](#external-credential-providers)
    - [Server-side Apply graduates to GA](#server-side-apply-graduates-to-ga)
    - [Container Storage Interface graduations](#container-storage-interface-graduations)
    - [SIG Windows development tools](#sig-windows-development-tools)

- Feature of `DefaultPodTopologySpread` is graduated to GA ([#108278](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108278), [@kerthcet](https://github.com/kerthcet))
- Feature of `NonPreemptingPriority` is graduated to GA ([#107432](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107432), [@denkensk](https://github.com/denkensk))

- Removed `GA` feature gate about `CSIMigrationvSphere`. ([#121291](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121291), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni))
- Removed `GA` feature gate about `ProbeTerminationGracePeriod`. ([#121257](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121257), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni))