- Fixed bug with leads to Node goes `Not-ready` state when credentials for vCenter stored in a secret and Zones feature is in use. Zone labels setup moved to KCM component, kubelet skips this step during startup in...

      <version>4.0.0+</version>
      <description>Describes where an artifact has moved to. If any of the values are omitted, it is
        assumed to be the same as it was before.</description>
      <fields>
        <field>
          <name>groupId</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>The group ID the artifact has moved to.</description>
          <type>String</type>
        </field>

- Kube-proxy's nftables mode (--proxy-mode=nftables) is now beta and available by default.
  
  FIXME ADD MORE HERE BEFORE THE RELEASE, DOCS LINKS AND STUFF ([#124383](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124383), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]

* Collect metrics from Heapster in Stackdriver mode. ([#50517](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50517), [@piosz](https://github.com/piosz))
* fixes a bug around using the Global config ElbSecurityGroup where Kuberentes would modify the passed in Security Group. ([#49805](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49805), [@nbutton23](https://github.com/nbutton23))

componentconfig (config file) API and the Kubelet's command line. Be sure to review the default values when migrating to using a config file. For example, the authz mode is set to "AlwaysAllow" if you rely on the command line, but defaults to the more secure "Webhook" mode if you load config from a file. ([#59666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59666), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

* [GCP kube-up.sh] Variables that were part of kube-env that were only used for...

xk *uint32, dst, src *byte) TEXT ·encryptBlockAsm(SB), NOSPLIT|NOFRAME, $0 MOVD nr+0(FP), R6 // Round count/Key size MOVD xk+8(FP), R5 // Key pointer MOVD dst+16(FP), R3 // Dest pointer MOVD src+24(FP), R4 // Src pointer SETUP_ESPERM(R7) // Set CR{1,2,3}EQ to hold the key size information. CMPU R6, $10, CR1 CMPU R6, $12, CR2 CMPU R6, $14, CR3 MOVD $16, R6 MOVD $32, R7 MOVD $48, R8 MOVD $64, R9 MOVD $80, R10 MOVD $96, R11 MOVD $112, R12 // Load text in BE order P8_LXVB16X(R4, R0, V0) // V1, V2 will...

`kubeadm` applies a number of deprecations and removals of deprecated features in this release. More details are available in the Urgent Upgrade Notes and Kind / Deprecation sections.

### Pod Hostname as FQDN graduates to Beta

- `kube-proxy` now has a new nftables-based mode, available by running
  
      `kube-proxy --feature-gates NFTablesProxyMode=true --proxy-mode nftables`
  
  This is currently an alpha-level feature and while it probably will not
  eat your data, it may nibble at it a bit. (It passes e2e testing but has

- Mark ipvs mode in kube-proxy as deprecated. ipvs mode in kube-proxy is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of Kubernetes. Users are encouraged to move to nftables. ([#134539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134539), [@adrianmoisey](https://github.com/adrianmoisey)) [SIG Network]

### API Change

- Code blocks in `kubectl {$COMMAND}--help` will move right by 3 indentation. ([#118029](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118029), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))
- Compute the backoff delay more accurately for deleted pods ([#118413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118413), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG Apps]