- Kubectl: The deprecated `kubectl alpha debug` command is removed. Use `kubectl debug` instead. ([#98111](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98111), [@pandaamanda](https://github.com/pandaamanda)) [SIG CLI]

* kubectl built for darwin from darwin now enables cgo to use the system-native C libraries for DNS resolution. Cross-compiled kubectl (e.g. from an official kubernetes release) still uses the go-native netgo DNS implementation.  ([#64219](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64219), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))

- `kubeadm init` and `kubeadm init phase` now have a `--image-repository` flag, improving support for environments with limited access to official kubernetes repository.
- The DynamicKubeletConfig and SelfHosting functionality was moved outside of `kubeadm init` and feature gates and is now exposed under `kubeadm alpha`.

        * Switch to basing our image of Elasticsearch in fluentd-elasticsearch addon off the official one
        * Switch to the official image of Kibana in fluentd-elasticsearch addon
        * Use StatefulSet for Elasticsearch instead of ReplicationController, with persistent volume claims

### Network

*   Added a new --etcd-upgrade keyword to kubeadm upgrade apply. When this keyword is specified, etcd's static pod gets upgraded to the etcd version officially recommended for a target kubernetes release. ([#55010](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55010),[ @sbezverk](https://github.com/sbezverk))

- The `NetworkPolicyLegacy` test suite (deprecated in `v1.21`) has now officially been removed in favor of the new table driven e2e tests. ([#118915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118915), [@astoycos](https://github.com/astoycos))

You can read more in the official blog post [Kubernetes Release Cadence Change: Here’s What You Need To Know](https://blog.k8s.io/2021/07/20/new-kubernetes-release-cadence/).

- Generating informers for packages in directories containing dots in their name is broken. This will be fixed in v1.16.1. ([#82860](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/82860))

* K8s 1.5 keeps container-vm as the default node image on GCE for backwards compatibility reasons. Please beware that container-vm is officially deprecated (supported with security patches only) and you should replace it with GCI if at all possible. You can review the migration guide here for more detail: https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/docs/node-image-migration ([#36822](http...