* kubelets are no longer allowed to delete their own Node API object. Prior to 1.11, in rare circumstances related to cloudprovider node ID changes, kubelets would attempt to delete/recreate their Node object at startup. If a legacy kubelet encounters this situation, a cluster admin can remove the Node object: `kubectl delete node/<nodeName>` ([#62818](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62818), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))...

* Fixes an issue where the resourceVersion of an object in a DELETE watch event was not the resourceVersion of the delete itself, but of the last update to the object. This could disrupt the ability of clients clients to re-establish watches properly. ([#58547](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58547), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Rename metrics `etcd_object_counts` to `apiserver_storage_object_counts` and mark it as stable. The original `etcd_object_counts` metrics name is marked as "Deprecated" and will be removed in the future. ([#99785](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99785), [@erain](https://github.com/erain)) [SIG API Machinery,...

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## Changelog since v1.27.0

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Fixes a regression in 1.27.0 that resulted in "missing metadata in converted object" errors when modifying objects for multi-version custom resource definitions with a conversion strategy of `None`. ([#117305](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117305), [@ncdc](https://github.com/ncdc)) [SIG API Machinery]

- `Kubectl set resources` will no longer return an error if passed an empty change for a resource. `kubectl set subject` will no longer return an error if passed an empty change for a resource. ([#85490](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85490), [@sallyom](https://github.com/sallyom)) [SIG CLI]

For more information, see [#53040](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/53040).

* Object quotas are not consistently charged or updated. Specifically, the object count quota does not reliably account for uninitialized objects. Some quotas are charged only when an object is initialized. Others are charged when an object is created, whether it is initialized or not. We plan to fix this issue in a future release.

- Kubectl: --resource-version now works properly in label/annotate/set selector commands when racing with other clients to update the target object ([#85285](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85285), [@liggitt](https...

- LimitRange and Endpoints resources can be created via an update API call if the object does not already exist. When this occurs, an authorization check is now made to ensure the user making the API call is authorized to create the object. In previous releases, only an update authorization check was performed. ([#65150](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65150), [@jennybuckley](https://github.com/jennybuckley))...

- Removed withdrawn feature `NetworkPolicyStatus`. ([#115843](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115843), [@rikatz](https://github.com/rikatz))