e, address, and port flags have been removed and replaced by bind-address, insecure-bind-address, and insecure-port, respectively. They are marked as deprecated in [#36604](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36604), which is more than a year ago.  ([#59018](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59018), [@hzxuzhonghu](https://github.com/hzxuzhonghu))

* The alpha `--init-config-dir` flag has been removed. Instead, use the `--config` flag to reference a kubelet configuration...

- Bumped `distroless-iptables` to 0.2.6 based on Go 1.20.6. ([#119365](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119365), [@xmudrii](https://github.com/xmudrii))

* Deprecate auto detecting cloud providers in kubelet. Auto detecting cloud providers go against the initiative for out-of-tree cloud providers as we'll now depend on cAdvisor integrations with cloud providers instead of the core repo. In the near future, `--cloud-provider` for kubelet will either be an empty string or `external`.  ([#51312](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51312), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

We continue to improve the UX for the svcat CLI, specifically filling in gaps for the new Namespaced Service Broker feature.

### SIG Storage

* [GCP] Added env variables to control CPU requests of kube-controller-manager and kube-scheduler. ([#68823](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68823), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))
* Fixed panic on iSCSI volume tear down. ([#69140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69140), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

* Deprecate auto detecting cloud providers in kubelet. Auto detecting cloud providers go against the initiative for out-of-tree cloud providers as we'll now depend on cAdvisor integrations with cloud providers instead of the core repo. In the near future, `--cloud-provider` for kubelet will either be an empty string or `external`.  ([#51312](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51312), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

We all have to adapt to change in our lives, and especially so in the past year. The Kubernetes release team was also affected from the COVID-19 pandemic and has listened to its user base regarding the number of releases in a calendar year. From April 23, 2021 it was made official that Kubernetes release cadence has reduced from 4 releases per year to 3 releases per year.

    - [Dashboard v2](#dashboard-v2)
    - [Windows containerd support graduates to beta](#windows-containerd-support-graduates-to-beta)
    - [Increase the Kubernetes support window to one year](#increase-the-kubernetes-support-window-to-one-year)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)

- `kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta2` has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release, possibly in 3 releases (one year). You should start using `kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta3` for new clusters. To migrate your old configuration files on disk you can use the `kubeadm config migrate` command. ([#107013](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107013), [@pacoxu](https...

PID Limits features are now generally available on both `SupportNodePidsLimit` (node-to-pod PID isolation) and `SupportPodPidsLimit` (ability to limit PIDs per pod), after being enabled-by-default in beta stage for a year.

### API Priority and Fairness graduates to Beta