- The GA TokenRequest and TokenRequestProjection feature gates have been removed and are unconditionally enabled. Remove explicit use of those feature gates in CLI invocations. ([#97148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97148),...

        return removeSnapshot!!
      }

      override fun remove() {
        val removeSnapshot = this.removeSnapshot
        checkNotNull(removeSnapshot) { "remove() before next()" }
        try {
          this@DiskLruCache.remove(removeSnapshot.key())
        } catch (_: IOException) {
          // Nothing useful to do here. We failed to remove from the cache. Most likely that's

- Removed generally available feature gate `CSINodeExpandSecret`. ([#124462](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124462), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Storage]
- Removed generally available feature gate `ConsistentHTTPGetHandlers`. ([#124463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124463), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Node]

- Feature-gate VolumeSubpath has been deprecated and cannot be disabled. It will be completely removed in 1.25 (#105474, @mauriciopoppe) [SIG Storage]
- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated / NO-OP phase "update-cluster-status" in "kubeadm reset" (#105888, @neolit123) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

        /*
         * The cast is safe because the entry is present in the map. Or, if it has been removed by a
         * concurrent modification, behavior is undefined.
         */
        return uncheckedCastNullableTToT(delegate.get(key));
      }
      updateLastKnownIndex();
      /*
       * If the entry has been removed from the map, we return null, even though that might not be a

/**
 * The reason why a cached entry was removed.
 *
 * @author Charles Fry
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public enum RemovalCause {
  /**
   * The entry was manually removed by the user. This can result from the user invoking {@link
   * Cache#invalidate}, {@link Cache#invalidateAll(Iterable)}, {@link Cache#invalidateAll()}, {@link
   * Map#remove}, {@link ConcurrentMap#remove}, or {@link Iterator#remove}.
   */
  EXPLICIT {

## Deprecations and Removals

- kubectl
  - `kubectl convert`, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.17.
  - The `--export` flag for the `kubectl get` command, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.18.
  - The `--pod`/`-p` flag for `kubectl exec`, deprecated since 1.12, has been removed.

                } else {
                    // Remove failed handle
                    handles.remove(path);
                    guidToHandle.remove(info.getCreateGuid());
                    removePersistedHandle(info);
                    log.warn("Reconnection failed, removed handle for: {}", path);
                }
            }
        } finally {

- Removed generally available feature gate `LegacyServiceAccountTokenCleanUp`. ([#126839](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126839), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Auth]
- Removed generally available feature gate `MinDomainsInPodTopologySpread`. ([#126863](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126863), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Kubeadm: remove the usage of the --container-runtime=remote flag for the kubelet during kubeadm init/join/upgrade. The flag value "remote" has been the only possible value since dockershim was removed from the kubelet. ([#112...