- Kubeadm: deprecate the "--csr-only" and "--csr-dir" flags of the "kubeadm init phase certs" subcommands. Please use "kubeadm alpha certs generate-csr" instead. This new command allows you to generate new private keys and certificate signing requests for all the control-plane components, so that the certificates can be signed by an external CA. ([...

- Kubeadm: deprecate the "--csr-only" and "--csr-dir" flags of the "kubeadm init phase certs" subcommands. Please use "kubeadm alpha certs generate-csr" instead. This new command allows you to generate new private keys and certificate signing requests for all the control-plane components, so that the certificates can be signed by an external CA. ([...

- Correct a reference to a not/no longer used kustomize subcommand in the documentation ([#82535](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82535), [@demobox](https://github.com/demobox))

  * New commands

    * Add `kubectl config rename-context` ([#46114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46114), [@arthur0](https://github.com/arthur0))

    * Add `kubectl apply edit-last-applied` subcommand ([#42256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42256), [@shiywang](https://github.com/shiywang))

  * Strategic Merge Patch

- Upgraded the `kubectl autoscale` subcommand to use `autoscaling/v2` rather than `autoscaling/v1` APIs. 
The command now attempts to use the `autoscaling/v2` API first. If the `autoscaling/v2` API is 

- Enabled kubectl to find `kubectl-create-subcommand` plugins when positional
  arguments exists, e.g. `kubectl create subcommand arg`. ([#124123](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124123), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Turn CronJobControllerV2 on by default. ([#98878](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98878), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG Apps]
- UDP protocol support for Agnhost connect subcommand ([#98639](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98639), [@knabben](https://github.com/knabben)) [SIG Testing]

- Correct a reference to a not/no longer used kustomize subcommand in the documentation ([#82535](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82535), [@demobox](https://github.com/demobox))

* Adds a list-images subcommand to kubeadm that lists required images for a kubeadm install. ([#63450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63450), [@chuckha](https://github.com/chuckha))

- Kubeadm: allow RSA and ECDSA format keys in preflight check ([#112508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112508), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]
- Kubeadm: when a subcommand is needed but not provided for a kubeadm command, print a help screen instead of showing a short message. ([#111277](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111277), [@chymy](https://github.com/chymy)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]