- Promoted `ServiceNodePortStaticSubrange` to stable and lock to default. ([#120233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120233), [@xuzhenglun](https://github.com/xuzhenglun))
- Promoted plugin subcommand resolution feature to `beta`. ([#120663](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120663), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))

  that provide new subcommands. Refer to the documentation for more information.

- `kubectl rollout` and `rollback` now support StatefulSet.

- `kubectl scale` now uses the Scale subresource for kinds in the apps/v1beta2 group.

- `kubectl create configmap` and `kubectl create secret` subcommands now support

- Enable external plugins can be used as subcommands for kubectl create command if subcommand does not exist as builtin only when KUBECTL_ENABLE_CMD_SHADOW environment variable is exported. ([#116293](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116293), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))

- Correct a reference to a not/no longer used kustomize subcommand in the documentation ([#82535](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82535), [@demobox](https://github.com/demobox))

- `kubectl auth reconcile` now outputs details about what changes are being made ([#71564](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71564), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Added Kustomize as a subcommand in kubectl ([#73033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73033), [@Liujingfang1](https://github.com/Liujingfang1))

- kubeadm: if an unknown command name is passed to any parent command such as 'kubeadm init phase' return an error. If 'kubeadm init phase' or another command that has subcommands is called without subcommand name, print the available commands and also return an error. ([#127096](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127096), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

    - [Garbage Collector](#garbage-collector)
    - [kubeadm](#kubeadm-2)
    - [kubectl](#kubectl-1)
      - [New Commands](#new-commands)
      - [Create subcommands](#create-subcommands)
      - [Updates to existing commands](#updates-to-existing-commands)
      - [Updates to apply](#updates-to-apply)
      - [Updates to edit](#updates-to-edit)
      - [Bug fixes](#bug-fixes)

  * New commands

    * Add `kubectl config rename-context` ([#46114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46114), [@arthur0](https://github.com/arthur0))

    * Add `kubectl apply edit-last-applied` subcommand ([#42256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42256), [@shiywang](https://github.com/shiywang))

  * Strategic Merge Patch

- Upgraded the `kubectl autoscale` subcommand to use `autoscaling/v2` rather than `autoscaling/v1` APIs. 
The command now attempts to use the `autoscaling/v2` API first. If the `autoscaling/v2` API is 

- Enabled kubectl to find `kubectl-create-subcommand` plugins when positional
  arguments exists, e.g. `kubectl create subcommand arg`. ([#124123](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124123), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))