* Update fluentd-gcp addon to 1.28.1 ([#39706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39706), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))

### Bug or Regression

- Adds back in unused flags on kubectl run command, which did not go through the required deprecation period before being removed. ([#112249](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112249), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley)) [SIG CLI]

- Kube-apiserver: fixes a 1.32+ regression validating OIDC and anonymous authentication flags are mutually exclusive to authentication configuration. Fixes an issue where the kube-apiserver `/flagz` endpoint would not respond correctly with parsed flags value. ([#130332](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130332), [@richabanker](https://github.com/richabanker)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

### Changed
- github.com/evanphx/json-patch: [162e562 → v4.9.0+incompatible](https://github.com/evanphx/json-patch/compare/162e562...v4.9.0)

### Removed
- github.com/jessevdk/go-flags: [v1.4.0](https://github.com/jessevdk/go-flags/tree/v1.4.0)



# v1.16.14


## Downloads for v1.16.14

### Source Code

filename | sha512 hash
-------- | -----------

- Pass additional flags to subpath mount to avoid flakes in certain conditions ([#104347](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104347), [@mauriciopoppe](https://github.com/mauriciopoppe)) [SIG Storage]

* kubeadm: Fixes a small bug where `--config` and `--skip-*` flags couldn't be passed at the same time in validation. ([#49498](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49498), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

### API Change

- '`kube-apiserver`: adds `--authentication-config` flag for reading `AuthenticationConfiguration`
  files. `--authentication-config` flag is mutually exclusive with the existing `--oidc-*`
  flags.' ([#119142](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119142), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))
- '`kube-scheduler` component config (`KubeSchedulerConfiguration`) `kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1beta3`

- The following feature gates for volume expansion GA features have now been removed and must no longer be referenced in `--feature-gates` flags: `ExpandCSIVolumes`, `ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes`, `ExpandPersistentVolumes` ([#113942](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113942), [@mengjiao-liu](https://github.com/mengjiao-liu))

- Kubeadm: Consistently prefixed errors with error: when printing them. ([#132080](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132080), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
- Kubeadm: Exposed only the non-deprecated klog flags (-v and -vmodule), in line with KEP https://features.k8s.io/2845. ([#131647](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131647), [@carsontham](https://github.com/carsontham))

- kubeadm: if the `NodeLocalCRISocket` feature gate is enabled, remove the flag `--container-runtime-endpoint` from the `/var/lib/kubelet/kubeadm-flags.env` file on `kubeadm upgrade`. ([#129278](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129278), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]
- kubeadm: removed preflight check for nsenter on Linux nodes