- Online volume expansion (ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes) is now a beta feature. As such, it is enabled by default. ([#77755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77755), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

support the alpha `scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/affinity` annotation on the Pod if you explicitly enable the alpha feature "AffinityInAnnotations", but it will be removed in a future release. When you upgrade to 1.6, if you have not enabled the alpha feature, then the scheduler will use the `affinity` field in PodSpec and will ignore the annotation. If you have enabled the alpha feature, then the scheduler will use the `affinity` field in PodSpec if it is present, and otherwise will use the annotation....

## Changelog since v1.4.0-alpha.2

### Action Required

* Moved init-container feature from alpha to beta. ([#31026](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31026), [@erictune](https://github.com/erictune))
    * Security Action Required:

func f() {
	print(a)
}

func hello() {
	a = "hello, world"
	go f()
}
</pre>

<p>
calling <code>hello</code> will print <code>"hello, world"</code>
at some point in the future (perhaps after <code>hello</code> has returned).
</p>

<h3 id="goexit">Goroutine destruction</h3>

<p>
The exit of a goroutine is not guaranteed to be synchronized before
any event in the program.

                // For now, log the event
                log.info("Address change requested to: {} (not implemented)", newAddress);

                // Could implement transport recreation here in the future

            } catch (Exception e) {
                log.error("Failed to handle address change to: {}", newAddress, e);
            }
        });
    }

    /**

type httpStreamResponse struct {
	done  chan error
	block chan []byte
	err   error
}

// Write part of the streaming response.
// Note that upstream errors are currently not forwarded, but may be in the future.
func (h *httpStreamResponse) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
	if len(b) == 0 || h.err != nil {
		// Ignore 0 length blocks
		return 0, h.err
	}
	tmp := make([]byte, len(b))
	copy(tmp, b)
	h.block <- tmp

## **Notable Features**

Features for this release were tracked via the use of the [kubernetes/features](https://github.com/kubernetes/features) issues repo. Each Feature issue is owned by a Special Interest Group from [kubernetes/community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community)

     * <code>smb1://server/</code>, or <code>smb1://server/share/</code> URLs
     * because workgroups, servers, and shares cannot be dynamically created
     * (although in the future it may be possible to create shares).
     *
     * @throws SmbException if an error occurs while creating the directory
     */
    public void mkdir() throws SmbException {

- Removed the `CronJobTimeZone` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)
  - Removed the `JobMutableNodeSchedulingDirectives` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)

- Promoted `CustomResourceFieldSelectors` to stable; the feature was enabled by default. The `--feature-gates=CustomResourceFieldSelectors=true` flag was no longer needed on kube-apiserver binaries and would be removed in a future release. ([#127673](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127673), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]