- [Changelog since v1.26.0](#changelog-since-v1260)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [The PreEnqueue extension point doesn't work for Pods going to activeQ through backoffQ](#the-preenqueue-extension-point-doesnt-work-for-pods-going-to-activeq-through-backoffq)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)

* Implement envelope service with gRPC, so that KMS providers can be pulled out from API server. ([#55684](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55684), [@wu-qiang](https://github.com/wu-qiang))

* Enable golint for `pkg/scheduler` and fix the golint errors in it. ([#58437](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58437), [@tossmilestone](https://github.com/tossmilestone))

* ReplicationController now shares its underlying controller implementation with ReplicaSet to reduce the maintenance burden going forward. However, they are still separate resources and there should be no externally visible effects from this change. ([#49429](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49429), [@enisoc](https://github.com/enisoc))

* Add PriorityClass API object under new "scheduling" API group ([#48377](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48377), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))
* Added golint check for pkg/kubelet. ([#47316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47316), [@k82cn](https://github.com/k82cn))

 ([#64792](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64792), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

* Support for passing unknown provider names to the E2E test binaries is going to be deprecated. Use `--provider=skeleton` (no ssh access) or `--provider=local` (local cluster with ssh) instead. ([#70141](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70141), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

- NodeSwapEnabled feature flag was renamed to NodeSwap
  
  The flag was only available in the 1.22.0-beta.1 release, and the new flag should be used going forward. ([#103553](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103553), [@ehashman](https://github.com/ehashman)) [SIG Node]

deployed using the `federation/deploy/deploy.sh` script. This script does not depend on any of the development environment shell library/scripts. This is an alternative to the current `federation-up.sh`/`federation-down.sh` scripts. Both the scripts are going to co-exist in this release, but the `federation-up.sh`/`federation-down.sh` scripts might be removed in a future release in favor of `federation/deploy/deploy.sh` script. ([#30744](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/30744), [@madhusuda...

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 image garbage-collection configurations will need to update to pre-pull and preserve...

- [API Server Network Proxy](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-api-machinery/1281-network-proxy/README.md) going alpha in 1.16.
- [Extensions](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-cloud-provider/991-cloud-controller-migration/README.md) for Cloud Controller Manager Migration.