- Kubeadm: add the `--dry-run` flag to the `control-plane` phase of "kubeadm init". ([#102722](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102722), [@vinayakankugoy...

- kubeadm: introduce deterministic ordering for the certificates generation in the phase command `kubeadm init phase certs`. ([#78556](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78556), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#118057](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118057), [@dlipovetsky](https://github.com/dlipovetsky)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

        </field>
        <field>
          <name>phase</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <type>String</type>
          <description>The build lifecycle phase to bind the goals in this execution to. If omitted,
            the goals will be bound to the default phase specified by the plugin. </description>
        </field>
        <field xml.transient="true">

  certificate. ([#120521](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120521), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))
- `kubeadm`: removed leftover disclaimer that could be seen in the `kubeadm init phase certs` command help screen, since the "certs" phase of "init" is no longer alpha. ([#121172](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121172), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))
- `kubeadm`: updated warning message when swap space is detected. When swap is

   ([#123341](https://githu...

### Software Supply Chain SLSA Level 1 Compliance in the Kubernetes Release Process

Kubernetes releases are now generating provenance attestation files describing the staging and release phases of the release process and artifacts are verified as they are handed over from one phase to the next.
This final piece completes the work needed to comply with Level 1 of the [SLSA security framework](https://slsa.dev/) (Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts).

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#117724](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117724), [@dlipovetsky](https://github.com/dlipovetsky)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

default, kubeadm will use the local kube-apiserver endpoint for the kubelet when creating a cluster with `kubeadm init` or when joining control plane nodes with `kubeadm join`. Enabling the feature gate also affects the `kubeadm init phase kubeconfig kubelet` phase, where the flag `--control-plane-endpoint` no longer affects the generated kubeconfig `Server` field, but the flag `--apiserver-advertise-address` can now be used for the same purpose. ([#129956](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129956),...

* [alpha] A new `phase` subcommand supports performing only subtasks of the full `kubeadm init` flow. Combined with fine-grained configuration, kubeadm is now more easily consumable by higher-level provisioning tools like kops or GKE. ([#356](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/356), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))