- `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))

### Bug or Regression

- Fix endpoint reconciler not being able to delete the apiserver lease on shutdown ([#114153](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114153), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Update the route table tag in the route reconcile loop ([#96545](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96545), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- New staging repo has been created for the `EndpointSlice` reconciler. ([#118953](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118953), [@mskrocki](https://github.com/mskrocki))

- HPA controller starts to expose metrics from the kube-controller-manager.\n- `reconciliations_total`: Number of reconciliation of HPA controller. \n- `reconciliation_duration_seconds`: The time(seconds) that the HPA controller takes to reconcile once. ([#116010](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116010), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))

* The --remove-extra-subjects and --remove-extra-permissions flags have been enabled for kubectl auth reconcile ([#64541](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64541), [@mrogers950](https://github.com/mrogers950))

    * - clusters moving from IPv4 to duakstack will require no changes
    * - clusters moving from IPv6 (while not seen in the wild, we can not rule out their existence) to dualstack will require deleting backend pools (the reconciler will take care of creating correct backendpools)
* Promotes VolumePVCDataSource (Cloning) feature to beta for 1.16 release  ([#81792](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81792), [@j-griffith](https://github.com/j-griffith))

#### Fixes

- [`KT-64707`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-64707) K2: Parcelize ignores `@TypeParceler` set for typealias
- [`KT-67523`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-67523) [K2] Actualizer cannot reconcile mismatched parameter names from java supertypes
- [`KT-67489`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-67489) JsPlainObjects Plugin: Method not found when consuming

- Fix endpoint reconciler not being able to delete the apiserver lease on shutdown ([#114137](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114137), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Changelog since v1.26.0-rc.0

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Fix endpoint reconciler not being able to delete the apiserver lease on shutdown ([#114122](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114122), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG API Machinery]