- `apiserver_dropped_requests` is dropped from this release since `apiserver_request_total` can now be used to track dropped requests. `etcd_object_counts` is also removed in favor of `apiserver_storage_objects`. `apiserver_registered_watchers` is also removed in favor of `apiserver_longrunning_requests`. ([#110337](https://git...

* Prevent AWS Network Load Balancer security groups ingress rules to be deleted by ensuring target groups are tagged. ([#73594](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73594), [@masterzen](https://github.com/masterzen))

## Changelog since v1.11.8

### Other notable changes

* Prevent AWS Network Load Balancer security groups ingress rules to be deleted by ensuring target groups are tagged. ([#73594](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73594), [@masterzen](https://github.com/masterzen))

- Coordination.v1alpha1 API is dropped and replaced with coordination.v1alpha2. Old coordination.v1alpha1 types must be deleted before upgrade ([#127857](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127857), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree)) [SIG API Machinery, Etcd, Scheduling...

- Supported fine-grained supplemental groups policy (KEP-3619), which enabled
  fine-grained control for supplementary groups in the first container processes.
  This allows you to choose whether to include groups defined in the container image (/etc/groups)

`kubeadm`: a separate "super-admin.conf" file is now deployed. The User in `admin.conf` is now bound to a new RBAC Group `kubeadm:cluster-admins` that has `cluster-admin` `ClusterRole` access. The User in `super-admin.conf` is now bound to the `system:masters` built-in super-powers / break-glass Group that can bypass RBAC. Before this change, the default `admin.conf` was bound to `system:masters` Group, which was undesired. Executing `kubeadm init phase kubeconfig all` or just `kubeadm init` will now generate...

  are now in the apps/v1beta2 group and version.

- The apps/v1beta2 group version adds a Scale subresource for the StatefulSet
kind.

- All kinds in the apps/v1beta2 group version add a corresponding conditions
  kind.

#### Behavioral Changes

 - For all kinds in the API group version, a spec.selector default value is no longer

// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/gripe.html
gripe

// grocery : Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/grocery.html
grocery

// group : Binky Moon, LLC
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/group.html
group

// gucci : Guccio Gucci S.p.a.
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/gucci.html
gucci

// guge : Charleston Road Registry Inc.

  - Ignore the new `topology.gke.io/zone` label when comparing groups
  - Add missing stable labels to template nodes
  
  ### HuaweiCloud
  - Add auto scaling group support
  - Implement node group by AS
  - Implement getting desired instance number of node group
  - Implement increasing node group size
  - Implement TemplateNodeInfo
  - Implement caching instances
  
  ### IONOS

- Fix handling of aws-load-balancer-security-groups annotation. Security-Groups assigned with this annotation are no longer modified by kubernetes which is the expected behaviour of most users. Also no unnecessary Security-Groups are created anymore if this annotation is used. ([#83446](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83446), [@Elias481](https://github.com/Elias481)) [SIG...