is now easier to integrate into custom networking environments by supporting
TLS for secure communication and L7 http-based traffic routing.
     * Graceful Node Shutdown (aka drain) - The new “kubectl drain” command gracefully
evicts pods from nodes in preparation for disruptive operations like kernel
upgrades or maintenance.

* Fix registration for scheduling framework plugins with the default plugin set ([#72396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72396), [@y-taka-23](https://github.com/y-taka-23))
* The GA VolumeScheduling feature gate can no longer be disabled and will be removed in a future release ([#72382](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72382), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Fixed overriding default `KubeletConfig` fields in drop-in configs if not set. ([#121193](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121193), [@sohankunkerkar](https://github.com/sohankunkerkar))
- Graduated API List chunking (aka pagination) feature to `stable`. ([#119503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119503), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

* Alpha support for OpenAPI (aka. Swagger 2.0) specification served on /swagger.json (enabled by default)  ([#30233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/30233), [@mbohlool](https://github.com/mbohlool))

## What’s New (Major Themes)

### Deprecation warnings

SIG API Machinery implemented [warnings when using deprecated APIs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/deprecation-policy/#rest-resources-aka-api-objects)
that are visible to `kubectl` users and API consumers, and metrics visible to cluster administrators.
Requests to a deprecated API are returned with a warning containing a target removal release and any replacement API.