- '`kubelet_kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_duration` was renamed to `kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_duration`
  and `kubelet_kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_errors` was renamed to `kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_errors`.'
   ([#113754](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113754), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

     *
     * <i>Remember: <code>SmbFile</code>s are immutible and therefore
     * the path associated with this <code>SmbFile</code> object will not
     * change). To access the renamed file it is necessary to construct a
     * new {@code SmbFile}</i>.
     *
     * @param  dest  An <code>SmbFile</code> that represents the new pathname
     * @throws NullPointerException

* Remove the deprecated vsphere kube-up. ([#39140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39140), [@kerneltime](https://github.com/kerneltime))

### kubeadm

- Graduating `pending_pods`, `preemption_attempts_total`, `preemption_victims` and `schedule_attempts_total` metrics to stable. Also `e2e_scheduling_duration_seconds` is renamed to `scheduling_attempt_duration_seconds` and the latter is graduated to stable. ([#105941](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105941), [@rezakrimi](https://github.com/rezakrimi)) [SIG Instrumentation, Scheduling and Testing]

- New `node-high` priority-level has been added to Suggested API Priority and Fairness configuration.([#101151](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101151), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))
- NodeSwapEnabled feature flag was renamed to NodeSwap
  

The Horizontal Pod Autoscaler changes include support for status conditions, and autoscaling on memory and custom metrics.

* The metrics APIs, `custom-metrics.metrics.k8s.io` and `metrics`, were moved from `v1alpha1` to `v1beta1`, and renamed to `custom.metrics.k8s.io` and `metrics.k8s.io`, respectively. If you have deployed a custom metrics adapter, ensure that it supports the new API version. If you have deployed Heapster in aggregated API server mode, upgrade Heapster to support the...

* Adding vishh as an reviewer/approver for hack directory ([#54007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54007), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))

ConfigMap rendering [issue](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/112081) was found in the 1.25.0 release. When ConfigMaps get updated within the API, they do not get rendered to the resulting pod's filesystem by the Kubelet. The feature has been [reverted to alpha](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112078) in the 1.25.1 release.

## Urgent Upgrade Notes

- Enabled use of pods with volumes and user namespaces. The feature gate was renamed from `UserNamespacesStatelessPodsSupport` to `UserNamespacesSupport`. ([#118691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118691), [@giuseppe](https://github.com/giuseppe))

- Kubeadm: Switched kubeadm to start using the CRI client library instead of shelling out of the `crictl` binary...