- The `batch/v2alpha1.ScheduledJob` was removed. Use `batch/v1beta1.CronJob` instead.

### Auth

 - The RBAC v1alpha1 API group is deprecated in favor of RBAC v1.

 - The API server flag `--experimental-bootstrap-token-auth` is deprecated in favor of `--enable-bootstrap-token-auth`. The `--experimental-bootstrap-token-auth` flag will be removed in version 1.9.

### Autoscaling

- HPA controller exposes the following metrics from the kube-controller-manager....

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- Graduated the `LegacyServiceAccountTokenTracking` feature gate to GA. The usage of auto-generated secret-based service account token now produces warnings, and relevant Secrets are labeled with a last-used timestamp (label key `kubernetes.io/legacy-token-last-used`). ([#117591](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117591), [@zshihang](https://github.com/zshihang)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Testing]

- Kube-controller-manager: The `LegacyServiceAccountTokenCleanUp` feature gate is now beta and enabled by default. When enabled, legacy auto-generated service account token secrets are auto-labeled with a `kubernetes.io/legacy-token-invalid-since` label if the credentials have not been used in the time specified by `--legacy-ser...

- Conflicting issuers between JWT authenticators and service account config are now detected and fail on API server startup.  Previously such a config would run but would be inconsistently effective depending on the credential. ([#123561](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123561), [@enj](https://github.com/enj)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

### API Change

- Add auth API to get self subject attributes (new selfsubjectreviews API is added). 
  The corresponding command for kubctl is provided - `kubectl auth whoami`. ([#111333](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111333), [@nabokihms](https://github.com/nabokihms)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, CLI and Testing]