## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

- Changed `kubectl version` default output to be identical to what `kubectl version --short` printed,
  and removed `--short` flag entirely. ([#116720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116720), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

- The Job controller now creates pods in batches instead of all at once. ([#49142](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49142), [@joelsmith](https://github.com/joelsmith)).

- Short `.spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds` is properly applied to a Job. ([#48545](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48454), [@weiwei4](https://github.com/weiwei04)).


#### CLI Changes

    *   reflector_items_per_list
    *   reflector_items_per_watch
    *   reflector_last_resource_version
    *   reflector_list_duration_seconds
    *   reflector_lists_total
    *   reflector_short_watches_total
    *   reflector_watch_duration_seconds
    *   reflector_watches_total

- Fix instance not found issues when an Azure Node is recreated in a short time ([#93316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93316), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Fix instance not found issues when an Azure Node is recreated in a short time ([#93316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93316), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* Stability: Make Pod delete event handling of scheduler more robust. ([#58712](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58712), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))* Allow scheduler set AlwaysCheckAllPredicates, short circuit all predicates if one predicate fails can greatly improve the scheduling performance. ([#56926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56926), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))

### AWS

ackoffManager` and `wait.NewJitteringBackoffManager` functions have been marked as deprecated.  Callers should switch to using the `Backoff{...}.DelayWithReset(clock, resetInterval)` method and must set the `Steps` field when using `Factor`. As a short term change, callers may use the `Timer()` method on the `BackoffManager` until the backoff managers are deprecated and removed. Please see the godoc of the deprecated functions for examples of how to replace usage of this function. ([#107826](htt...

### CSI Health Monitoring

    *   reflector_items_per_list
    *   reflector_items_per_watch
    *   reflector_last_resource_version
    *   reflector_list_duration_seconds
    *   reflector_lists_total
    *   reflector_short_watches_total
    *   reflector_watch_duration_seconds
    *   reflector_watches_total