- The flag `--experimental-patches` is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. You can migrate to using the new flag `--patches`. Add a new field `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory` that can be used for the same purpose. For `init` and `join` it is now recommended that you migrate to configure patches via `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory`. For the time being, these flags can be mixed with `--config`, but that...

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated flag `--experimental-patches` for the `init|join|upgrade` commands. The flag `--patches` is no longer allowed in a mixture with the flag `--config`. Please use the kubeadm configuration for setting patches for a node using `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches`. ([#104065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104065), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

- The deprecated flag --experimental-kustomize is now removed from kubeadm commands. Use --experimental-patches instead, which was introduced in 1.19. Migration information available in --help description for --experimental-patches. ([#94871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94871), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

* K8s 1.5 keeps container-vm as the default node image on GCE for backwards compatibility reasons. Please beware that container-vm is officially deprecated (supported with security patches only) and you should replace it with GCI if at all possible. You can review the migration guide here for more detail: https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/docs/node-image-migration ([#36822](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36822),...

- Fix: initial delay in mounting azure disk & file ([#93052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93052), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Fixed a performance issue applying json patches to deeply nested objects ([#93813](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93813), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]

### Failing Test

- Kubectl now supports shell completion for the <type>/<name> format for...

- Kubeadm: enhanced the "patches" functionality to be able to patch kubelet config files containing `v1beta1.KubeletConfiguration`. The new patch target is called `kubeletconfiguration` (e.g. patch file `kubeletconfiguration+json.json`).This makes it possible to apply node specific...

- Kube-scheduler now retries scheduling Pods rejected by the PodTopologySpread plugin when related Pods are created, deleted, updated, or when a node matches the specified topologyKey. ([#122195](https://github.com/k...

- Fixes conversion error in multi-version custom resources that could cause metadata.generation to increment on no-op patches or updates of a custom resource. ([#88995](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88995), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]