- liveness/readiness probes to kube-scheduler MUST use HTTPS now, and the default port has been changed to 10259.

  - liveness/readiness probes to controller-manager MUST use HTTPS now, and the default port has been changed to 10257.

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- kubeadm: fix "certificate-authority" files not being pre-loaded when using file discovery ([#80966](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80966), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
- Add instruction to setup "Application Default Credentials" to run GCE Windows e2e tests locally. ([#81337](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81337), [@YangLu1031](https://github.com/YangLu1031))

Additionally, these Kubernetes snapshot primitives act as basic building blocks that unlock the ability to develop advanced, enterprise-grade, storage administration features for Kubernetes: including application or cluster level backup solutions.

    - [**Other notable changes**](#other-notable-changes-16)
      - [Admission plugin](#admission-plugin)
      - [API Machinery](#api-machinery-1)
      - [Application autoscaling](#application-autoscaling-1)
      - [Application Deployment](#application-deployment-1)
      - [Cluster Autoscaling](#cluster-autoscaling)
      - [Cloud Provider Enhancement](#cloud-provider-enhancement)

backup.

Also, please note:
- using `application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf` as the media storage type for 1.6 is default but not required
- the ability to rollback to etcd2 can be preserved by setting the storage media type flag on `kube-apiserver`

  ```
  --storage-media-type application/json
  ```

  to continue to use `application/json` as the storage media type which can be changed to

- Fixed a potential data race in DRA with no known real-world implications. ([#123222](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123222), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))
- Fixed a race condition in the iptables mode of kube-proxy in `1.27` and later

- **Simplified User Experience**
  - Easier to get a cluster up and running (eg: `kubeadm`, intra-cluster bootstrapping)
  - Easier to understand a cluster (eg: API audit logs, server-based API defaults)
- **Stateful Application Support**
  - Enhanced persistence capabilities (eg: `StorageClasses`, new volume plugins)
  - New resources and scheduler features (eg: `ScheduledJob` resource, pod/node affinity/anti-affinity)
- **Cluster Federation**

### Experimental Features

* Init containers enable pod authors to perform tasks before their normal containers start. Each init container is started in order, and failing containers will prevent the application from starting. ([#23666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23666), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

### Other notable changes