- The `EndpointSlice` API is now GA. The `EndpointSlice` topology field has been removed from the GA API and will be replaced by a new per Endpoint Zone field. If the topology field was previously used, it will be converted into an annotation in the v1 Resource. The `discovery.k8s.io/v1alpha1` API is removed. ([#996...

- Graduate `ServiceIPStaticSubrange` feature to GA. ([#112163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112163), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))
- Graduated Kubelet CPU Manager to GA. ([#113018](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113018), [@fromanirh](https://github.com/fromanirh))

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- Feature of `DefaultPodTopologySpread` is graduated to GA ([#108278](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108278), [@kerthcet](https://github.com/kerthcet))
- Feature of `NonPreemptingPriority` is graduated to GA ([#107432](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107432), [@denkensk](https://github.com/denkensk))

### Other notable improvements

  * Job was Beta in 1.1 and is GA in 1.2 .

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* The Kubelet plugin registration mechanism used by device plugins and CSI plugins is now GA ([#70559](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70559), [@vladimirvivien](https://github.com/vladimirvivien))
* CSIPersistentVolume feature, i.e. PersistentVolumes with CSIPersistentVolumeSource, is GA.  ([#69929](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69929), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

      - [kube-scheduler:](#kube-scheduler-1)
      - [kube-proxy:](#kube-proxy-1)
      - [Features graduated to beta:](#features-graduated-to-beta)
      - [Features graduated to GA:](#features-graduated-to-ga)
    - [Feature](#feature-5)
      - [Metrics:](#metrics)
    - [Other (Bug, Cleanup or Flake)](#other-bug-cleanup-or-flake-1)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-19)
- [v1.18.0-rc.1](#v1180-rc1)

- Promote SupportNodePidsLimit to GA to provide node-to-pod PID isolation.
  Promote SupportPodPidsLimit to GA to provide the ability to limit PIDs per pod. ([#94140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94140), [@derekwaynecarr](https://github.com/derekwaynecarr))
- SCTP support in API objects (Pod, Service, NetworkPolicy) is now GA.

kubernetes/enhancements: [#579](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/579) [[kep](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-cli/0024-kubectl-plugins.md#summary)]

Durable Local Storage Management is Now GA ([#121](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/121#issuecomment-457396290))

- Makes locally attached (non-network attached) storage available as a persistent volume source.