* - fluentd-gcp runs with a dedicated fluentd-gcp service account ([#54175](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54175), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))
    * - Stop mounting the host certificates into fluentd's prometheus-to-sd container

*   `kubectl get` now uses OpenAPI schema extensions by default to select columns for custom types. ([#53483](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53483),[ @apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))
*   kubectl `top node` now sorts by name and `top pod` sorts by namespace. Fixed a bug where results were inconsistently sorted. ([#53560](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53560),[ @dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

  (The feature became GA in 1.23 and the gate was removed for all other
  components several releases ago.) If you were still manually
  enabling it you must stop now.' ([#116255](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116255), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))
- Give terminal phase correctly to all pods that will not be restarted. 

  earlier than that, possibly only with specific network plugins). If you were previously
  using ethtool to disable checksum offload on your primary network interface, you should
  now be able to stop doing that. ([#92035](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92035), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network and Node]

- Kubectl: Add `--use-protocol-buffers` flag to kubectl top pods and nodes. ([#96655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96655), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))

* Ensure config has been created before attempting to launch ingress. ([#58756](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58756), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

* Support metrics API in `kubectl top` commands. ([#56206](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56206), [@brancz](https://github.com/brancz))

- CRD supports multi-version Schema, Subresources and AdditionalPrintColumns (NOTE that CRDs created prior to 1.13 populated the top-level additionalPrinterColumns field by default. To apply an updated that changes to per-version additionalPrinterColumns, the top-level additionalPrinterColumns field must be explicitly set to null). ([#70211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70211), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

- Duplicate owner reference entries in create/update/patch requests now get deduplicated by the API server. The client sending the request now receives a warning header in the API response. Clients should stop sending requests with duplicate owner references. The API server may reject such requests as early as 1.24. ([#96185](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96185), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- Kubeadm: stop applying the `node-role.kubernetes.io/master:NoSchedule` taint to control plane nodes for new clusters. Remove the taint from existing control plane nodes during "kubeadm upgrade apply" ([#110095](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110095),...

- Deprecate kubectl top flags related to heapster
  Drop support of heapster in kubectl top ([#87498](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87498), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius)) [SIG CLI]