- `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`.

message GitRepoVolumeSource {
  // repository is the URL
  optional string repository = 1;

  // revision is the commit hash for the specified revision.
  // +optional
  optional string revision = 2;

  // directory is the target directory name.
  // Must not contain or start with '..'.  If '.' is supplied, the volume directory will be the

### SIG CLI

- Added a sample-cli-plugin staging repository and cli-runtime staging repository to help showcase the new kubectl plugins mechanism. ([#67938](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67938), [#67658](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67658), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

- Kubeadm: if the user has customized their image repository via the kubeadm configuration, pass the custom pause image repository and tag to the kubelet via --pod-infra-container-image not only for Docker but for all container runtimes. This flag tells the kubelet that it should not garbage collect the image. ([#99476](https://github.com...

### Staging Repositories

- The CRI API is now available in the `k8s.io/cri-api` staging repository. ([#75531](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75531), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- [Unit tests](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/51540) added support for Windows
- [Conformance tests](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108592) added support for Windows
- New repository created for [Windows Operational Readiness](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/windows-operational-readiness)

### Moved container registry service from k8s.gcr.io to registry.k8s.io

### OpenStack

SIG-OpenStack updated the OpenStack provider to use newer APIs, consolidated community code into one repository, engaged with the Cloud Provider Working Group to have a consistent plan for moving provider code into individual repositories, improved testing of provider code, and strengthened ties with the OpenStack developer community.

- Image garbage collection no longer fails for images with only one tag but more than one repository associated. ([#70647](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70647), [@corvus-ch](https://github.com/corvus-ch))

### Tools. Gradle. JS

#### New Features

- [`KT-49789`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-49789) KJS / Gradle: Add npm style repository option for YarnRootExtension - and/or don't register github repository when download=false

#### Fixes

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Kubeadm: change the default image repository for CI images from 'gcr.io/kubernetes-ci-images' to 'gcr.io/k8s-staging-ci-images' ([#97087](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97087), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]