- Increased cluster-level security granularity (eg: Access Review API)

## Features

This is the first release tracked via the use of the [kubernetes/features](https://github.com/kubernetes/features) issues repo.  Each Feature issue is owned by a Special Interest Group from [kubernetes/community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community)

- **API Machinery**

- RemoteCommand feature gates for kubectl exec, cp, and attach over WebSockets are now enabled by default (Beta):
  - Server-side feature gate: `TranslateStreamCloseWebsocketRequests`
  - Client-side (kubectl) feature gate: `KUBECTL_REMOTE_COMMAND_WEBSOCKETS`

#### Continuous Improvement
- Project sustainability is not just about features. Many SIGs have been working on  improving test coverage, ensuring the basics stay reliable, and stability of the core feature set and working on maturing existing features and cleaning up the backlog.

#### Extensibility

## Notable Features
Features for this release were tracked via the use of the [kubernetes/features](https://github.com/kubernetes/features) issues repo.  Each Feature issue is owned by a Special Interest Group from the [kubernetes/community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/sig-list.md).

  - [Downloads for v1.2.0](#downloads-for-v120)
  - [Changes since v1.1.1](#changes-since-v111)
    - [Major Themes](#major-themes)
    - [Other notable improvements](#other-notable-improvements)
    - [Experimental Features](#experimental-features)
    - [Action required](#action-required-1)
    - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
      - [Docker Known Issues](#docker-known-issues)
        - [1.9.1](#191)

- Removed the `CronJobTimeZone` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)
  - Removed the `JobMutableNodeSchedulingDirectives` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)

- Lock ServerSideApply feature gate to true with the feature already being GA. ([#112748](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112748), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Instrumentation and Testing]

## **Notable Features**

Features for this release were tracked via the use of the [kubernetes/features](https://github.com/kubernetes/features) issues repo. Each Feature issue is owned by a Special Interest Group from [kubernetes/community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community)

* PodReadinessGate feature is now GA. The feature gate will not allow disabling it. ([#74434](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74434), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-10)
- [v1.3.0-beta.2](#v130-beta2)
  - [Downloads](#downloads-11)
  - [Changes since v1.3.0-beta.1](#changes-since-v130-beta1)
    - [Experimental Features](#experimental-features)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-11)
- [v1.3.0-beta.1](#v130-beta1)
  - [Downloads](#downloads-12)
  - [Changes since v1.3.0-alpha.5](#changes-since-v130-alpha5)