- Removed deprecated command `kubectl stop`.

- Kubectl can now use http caching for the OpenAPI schema. The cache
  directory can be configured by passing the `--cache-dir` command line flag to kubectl.
  If set to an empty string, caching is disabled.

- Kubectl now performs validation against OpenAPI schema instead of Swagger 1.2. If
  OpenAPI is not available on the server, it falls back to the old Swagger 1.2.

  - The schema for the alpha `CSINodeInfo` CRD has been split into `spec` and `status` fields, and new fields `status.available` and `status.volumePluginMechanism` added. Clusters using the previous alpha schema must delete and recreate the CRD using the new schema. ([#70515](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70515), [@davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))

Use `Response.challenges()` to get the schemes and realms of any authentication challenges. When fulfilling a `Basic` challenge, use `Credentials.basic(username, password)` to encode the request header.

=== ":material-language-kotlin: Kotlin"
    ```kotlin

  - Published OpenAPI for the StatefulSet schema is corrected to indicate the `.spec.serviceName` is optional. ([#130233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130233), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Testing]

* fix GetVolumeLimits log flushing issue ([#69558](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69558), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* kube-apiserver: fixes `procMount` field incorrectly being marked as required in openapi schema ([#69744](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69744), [@jessfraz](https://github.com/jessfraz))

'{"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"Namespace","metadata":{"name":"kube-system"}}' "[http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/namespaces](http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/namespaces)"</code>
  * The version of InfluxDB is bumped from 0.8 to 0.9 which means storage schema
change. More details [here](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.9/administration/upgrading/).
  * We have renamed “minions” to “nodes”.  If you were specifying NUM\_MINIONS or

- Kube-apiserver: fixes a potential crash serving CustomResourceDefinitions that combine an invalid schema and CEL validation rules. ([#126167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126167), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
	},
	ErrMalformedXML: {
		Code:           "MalformedXML",
		Description:    "The XML you provided was not well-formed or did not validate against our published schema.",
		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
	},
	ErrMissingContentLength: {
		Code:           "MissingContentLength",
		Description:    "You must provide the Content-Length HTTP header.",

- Kube-apiserver: fixes a potential crash serving CustomResourceDefinitions that combine an invalid schema and CEL validation rules. ([#126167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126167), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- Kube-apiserver: fixes a potential crash serving CustomResourceDefinitions that combine an invalid schema and CEL validation rules. ([#126167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126167), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]