* Authorization sets `authorization.k8s.io/decision` and `authorization.k8s.io/reason` annotations with the authorization decision ("allow" or "forbid") and a human-readable description of why the decision was made (for example, RBAC includes the name of the role/binding/subject which allowed a request).

  - support for the `v1alpha3` configuration file format is deprecated and will be removed in 1.14. Use `kubeadm config migrate` to migrate `v1alpha3` configuration files to `v1beta1`, which provides improvements in image repository management, addons configuration, and other areas. The documentation for...

* RBAC objects are now stored in etcd in v1 format. After completing an upgrade to 1.9, RBAC objects (Roles, RoleBindings, ClusterRoles, ClusterRoleBindings) should be migrated to ensure all persisted objects are written in `v1` format, prior to `v1alpha1` support being removed in a future release. ([#52950](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52950), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))...

* Fixes bugs that make apiserver panic when aggregating valid but not well formed OpenAPI spec ([#63627](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63627), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

- Added warnings to the Services API. Kubernetes now warns for Services in the case of:
  - IPv4 addresses with leading zeros
  - IPv6 address in non-canonical format (RFC 5952) ([#114505](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114505), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

- Fix a panic when using invalid output format in kubectl create secret command ([#107345](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107345), [@rikatz](https://github.com/rikatz)) [SIG CLI]

* Fixes bugs that make apiserver panic when aggregating valid but not well formed OpenAPI spec ([#63635](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63635), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

- The underlying format of the `CPUManager` state file has changed. Upgrades should be seamless, but any third-party tools that rely on reading the previous format need to be updated. ([#84462](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84462), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska)) [SIG Node and Testing]

# Changes

A complete changelog for the release notes is now hosted in a customizable format at [relnotes.k8s.io](https://relnotes.k8s.io). Check it out and please give us your feedback!

## What’s New (Major Themes)

### Cloud Provider Labels reach General Availability

- Indexed Job pods now have the pod completion index set as a pod label. ([#118883](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118883), [@danielvegamyhre](https://github.com/danielvegamyhre)) [SIG Apps]
- Kube-proxy: added `--logging-format` flag to support structured logging. ([#117800](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117800), [@cyclinder](https://github.com/cyclinder))