1.24 is on the horizon! Here are some things to review in the links below. Obviously dockershim removal is the big one but there are some other new interesting features.
For backup folks CSI volume health monitoring is of interest and for troubleshooting in general the fact that the kubelet will be able to expose OOM metrics is a welcome addition:
https://sysdig.com/blog/kubernetes-1-24-whats-new/
Dockershim removal notes:
https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/03/31/ready-for-dockershim-removal/
https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/02/17/dockershim-faq/
How to migrate off of dockershim:
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/migrating-from-dockershim/
Timing: