* When determining the default external host of the kube apiserver, any configured cloud provider is now consulted ([#47038](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47038), [@yastij](https://github.com/yastij))
* Updated comments for functions. ([#47242](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47242), [@k82cn](https://github.com/k82cn))

- DynamicFakeClient now exposes its tracker via a `Tracker()` function ([#100085](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100085), [@markusthoemmes](https://github.com/markusthoemmes)) [SIG API Machinery]

* CRI [known issues and
  limitations](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-node/container-runtime-interface.md#kubernetes-v15-release-cri-v1alpha1)
* getDeviceNameFromMount() function doesn't return the volume path correctly when the volume path contains spaces [#37712](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/37712)
* Federation alpha features do not have feature gates defined and

## Other notable changes

### API Machinery

- Remove `GetReference()` and `GetPartialReference()` function from `pkg/api/ref`, as the same function exists also in `staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/ref` ([#80361](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80361), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

  cm.NodeAllocatableRoot(s.CgroupRoot, s.CgroupDriver)
  
  kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface, err = cadvisor.New(imageFsInfoProvider, s.RootDirectory, cgroupRoots, cadvisor.UsingLegacyCadvisorStats(s.ContainerRuntime, s.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint))

- `client-go` event library allows customizing spam filtering function. 
  It is now possible to override `SpamKeyFunc`, which is used by event filtering to detect spam in the events. ([#103918](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103918), [@olagacek](https://github.com/olagacek))

### Contextual Logging in Alpha

Kubernetes 1.24 has introduced [contextual logging](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/3077)
that enables the caller of a function to control all aspects of logging (output formatting, verbosity, additional values and names).

### Avoiding Collisions in IP allocation to Services

Kubernetes 1.24 introduced a new opt-in feature that allows you to

- vSphere: improve logging message on node cache refresh event ([#95236](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95236), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- `MatchNodeSelectorTerms` function moved to `k8s.io/component-helpers` ([#95531](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95531), [@damemi](https://github.com/damemi)) [SIG Apps, Scheduling and Storage]

- Removed the function Parallelize, please convert to use the function ParallelizeUntil. ([#76595](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76595), [@danielqsj](https://github.com/danielqsj))

### Apps

   ([#122508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122508), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Restored the `--verify-only` function in code generation wrappers.
   ([#123261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123261), [@skitt](https://github.com/skitt))