- Deprecate the default service IP CIDR. The previous default was `10.0.0.0/24` which will be removed in 6 months/2 releases. Cluster admins must specify their own desired value, by using `--service-cluster-ip-range` on kube-apiserver. ([#81668](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81668), [@darshanime](https://github.com/darshanime))

 - reach GA, and deprecate the beta, or
 - have a new beta version _(and deprecate the previous beta)_.

- github.com/armon/consul-api: [eb2c6b5](https://github.com/armon/consul-api/tree/eb2c6b5)
- github.com/bifurcation/mint: [93c51c6](https://github.com/bifurcation/mint/tree/93c51c6)
- github.com/caddyserver/caddy: [v1.0.3](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/tree/v1.0.3)
- github.com/cenkalti/backoff: [v2.1.1+incompatible](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/tree/v2.1.1)

- github.com/alecthomas/template: [fb15b89](https://github.com/alecthomas/template/tree/fb15b89)
- github.com/andreyvit/diff: [c7f18ee](https://github.com/andreyvit/diff/tree/c7f18ee)
- github.com/bifurcation/mint: [93c51c6](https://github.com/bifurcation/mint/tree/93c51c6)
- github.com/caddyserver/caddy: [v1.0.3](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/tree/v1.0.3)
- github.com/cenkalti/backoff: [v2.1.1+incompatible](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/tree/v2.1.1)

- Add fine-grained debugging to intra-pod conformance test to troubleshoot networking issues for potentially unhealthy nodes when running conformance or sonobuoy tests. ([#93837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93837), [@jayunit100](https://github.com/jayunit100))

## Major Themes

- **Simplified User Experience**
  - Easier to get a cluster up and running (eg: `kubeadm`, intra-cluster bootstrapping)
  - Easier to understand a cluster (eg: API audit logs, server-based API defaults)
- **Stateful Application Support**
  - Enhanced persistence capabilities (eg: `StorageClasses`, new volume plugins)