- Fixes a bug defining a default value for a replicas field in a custom resource definition that has the scale subresource enabled ([#90022](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90022), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]

- Align the meaning of victim metrics between async preemption and sync preemption. The definition has been standardized to refer to the number of Pods chosen as victims. ([#135955](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135955), [@utam0k](https://github.com/utam0k)) [SIG Scheduling]

* fix nil dereference when doing a volume type check on persistent volumes ([#39529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39529), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))
* Generate OpenAPI definition for inlined types ([#39466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39466), [@mbohlool](https://github.com/mbohlool))

and specified for [deprecated versions of custom resources](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/extend-kubernetes/custom-resources/custom-resource-definition-versioning/#version-deprecation).

### Avoiding permanent beta

ByteDecode₅, according to FIPS 203, Algorithm 6, // followed by Decompress₅, according to FIPS 203, Definition 4.8. func ringDecodeAndDecompr(bb *[encodingSize5]byte) ringElement { return ringDecodeAndDecompr(bb[:], 5) } // ringCompressAndEncod appends a 352-byte encoding of a ring element to s, // compressing eight coefficients per eleven bytes. // // It implements Compress₁₁, according to FIPS 203, Definition 4.7, // followed by ByteEncode₁₁, according to FIPS 203, Algorithm 5. func ringCompressAndEncod(s...

ByteDecode₅, according to FIPS 203, Algorithm 6, // followed by Decompress₅, according to FIPS 203, Definition 4.8. func ringDecodeAndDecompr(bb *[encodingSize5]byte) ringElement { return ringDecodeAndDecompr(bb[:], 5) } // ringCompressAndEncod appends a 352-byte encoding of a ring element to s, // compressing eight coefficients per eleven bytes. // // It implements Compress₁₁, according to FIPS 203, Definition 4.7, // followed by ByteEncode₁₁, according to FIPS 203, Algorithm 5. func ringCompressAndEncod(s...

   ([#123527](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123527), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))
- The `StorageVersionMigration` API, previously available as a Custom Resource Definition (CRD), is now a built-in API in Kubernetes.
   ([#123344](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123344), [@nilekhc](https://github.com/nilekhc))
- When configuring a JWT authenticator:
  

  the endpoints for it by hand (rather than letting kube-controller-manager
  generate `Endpoints` and `EndpointSlices` for it automatically based on the
  Service definition), then you should write out an EndpointSlice object rather

- Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) series has been added to Juju charms ([#65644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65644), [@tvansteenburgh](https://github.com/tvansteenburgh))

- Fixed nil pointer error in `NodeVolumeLimits` csi logging ([#115179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115179), [@sunnylovestiramisu](https://github.com/sunnylovestiramisu))
- Fixed panic validating custom resource definition schemas that set `multipleOf` to 0 ([#114869](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114869), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))