## **Deprecations**

### Cluster provisioning scripts
* cluster/ubuntu: Removed due to [deprecation](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cluster#cluster-configuration) and lack of maintenance. ([#44344](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44344), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

### Network

In v1.9 SIG Network has implemented alpha support for IPv6, and alpha support for CoreDNS as a drop-in replacement for kube-dns. Additionally, SIG Network has begun the deprecation process for the extensions/v1beta1 NetworkPolicy API in favor of the networking.k8s.io/v1 equivalent.

### Node

- Removed plugin watching of the deprecated directory `{kubelet_root_dir}/plugins` and CSI V0 support in accordance with deprecation announcement in https://v1-13.docs.kubernetes.io/docs/setup/release/notes ([#84533](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84533), [@davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))

* The kubelet --reconcile-cdir flag is deprecated because it has no function anymore. ([#35523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35523), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))
* Notice of deprecation for recycler [#36760](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36760)

### SIG Instrumentation

As far as Sig Instrumentation, the major change in Kubernetes 1.11 is the deprecation of Heapster as part of ongoing efforts to move to the new Kubernetes monitoring model. Clusters still using Heapster for autoscaling should be migrated over to metrics-server and the custom metrics API. See the deprecation section for more information.

### SIG Network

* add some more deprecation warnings to cluster ([#49148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49148), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

* Remove deprecated args '--show-all' ([#69255](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69255), [@Pingan2017](https://github.com/Pingan2017))
* As per deprecation policy in https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/deprecation-policy/  ([#73001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73001), [@shivnagarajan](https://github.com/shivnagarajan))

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- A new [Scheduling Framework](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/624) for schedule plugins is now Alpha.
- Continued deprecation of extensions/v1beta1, apps/v1beta1, and apps/v1beta2 APIs; these extensions will be retired in 1.16!

## Changelog since v1.6.7

### Other notable changes

* Revert deprecation of vCenter port in vSphere Cloud Provider. ([#49689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49689), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))