Merge pull request #124898 from alexzielenski/apiserver/prerelease-ga-tags

Require prerelease lifecycle tags on GA types

hack/verify-prerelease-lifecycle-tags.sh

@@ -24,24 +24,22 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
+# Tags must be put on all non-alpha API types
+# prerelease-lifecycle-gen itself makes sure every type with TypeMeta in the 
+# package contains atleast an introduced tag
+
+DIRGLOBS=(
+  "staging/src/k8s.io/api/**/*/doc.go"
+  "staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/**/*/doc.go"
+  "staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/**/*/doc.go"
+)
+
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
-if git --no-pager grep -L '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true' -- 'staging/src/k8s.io/api/**/*beta*/doc.go'; then
+for DOCGLOB in "${DIRGLOBS[@]}"; do
-  echo "!!! Some beta packages doc.go do not include prerelease-lifecycle tags."
+  if git --no-pager grep -L '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true' -- "$DOCGLOB" ":!*api*/*alpha*/doc.go"; then
-  echo "To fix these errors, add '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true' to doc.go and"
+    echo "!!! Some non-alpha packages doc.go do not include prerelease-lifecycle tags."
-  echo "add '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.<release>' to every type that embeds metav1.TypeMeta"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if git --no-pager grep -L '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true' -- 'staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/**/*beta*/doc.go'; then
-  echo "!!! Some beta packages doc.go do not include prerelease-lifecycle tags."
-  echo "To fix these errors, add '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true' to doc.go and"
-  echo "add '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.<release>' to every type that embeds metav1.TypeMeta"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if git --no-pager grep -L '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true' -- 'staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/**/*beta*/doc.go'; then
-  echo "!!! Some beta packages doc.go do not include prerelease-lifecycle tags."
     echo "To fix these errors, add '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true' to doc.go and"
     echo "add '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.<release>' to every type that embeds metav1.TypeMeta"
     exit 1
   fi
+done

staging/src/k8s.io/api/admission/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=false
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=admission.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/admission/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/admission/v1/types.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // AdmissionReview describes an admission review request/response.
 type AdmissionReview struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/admission/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *AdmissionReview) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=admissionregistration.k8s.io
 
 // Package v1 is the v1 version of the API.

staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1/generated.proto

@@ -570,11 +570,6 @@ message TypeChecking {
   repeated ExpressionWarning expressionWarnings = 1;
 }
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
-// +genclient
-// +genclient:nonNamespaced
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
-// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.30
 // ValidatingAdmissionPolicy describes the definition of an admission validation policy that accepts or rejects an object without changing it.
 message ValidatingAdmissionPolicy {
   // Standard object metadata; More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata.
@@ -688,8 +683,6 @@ message ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBindingSpec {
   repeated string validationActions = 4;
 }
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
-// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.30
 // ValidatingAdmissionPolicyList is a list of ValidatingAdmissionPolicy.
 message ValidatingAdmissionPolicyList {
   // Standard list metadata.

staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1/types.go

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ const (
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 // +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.30
+
 // ValidatingAdmissionPolicy describes the definition of an admission validation policy that accepts or rejects an object without changing it.
 type ValidatingAdmissionPolicy struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ type ExpressionWarning struct {
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 // +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.30
+
 // ValidatingAdmissionPolicyList is a list of ValidatingAdmissionPolicy.
 type ValidatingAdmissionPolicyList struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
@@ -713,6 +715,7 @@ type NamedRuleWithOperations struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
 
 // ValidatingWebhookConfiguration describes the configuration of and admission webhook that accept or reject and object without changing it.
 type ValidatingWebhookConfiguration struct {
@@ -730,6 +733,7 @@ type ValidatingWebhookConfiguration struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
 
 // ValidatingWebhookConfigurationList is a list of ValidatingWebhookConfiguration.
 type ValidatingWebhookConfigurationList struct {
@@ -745,6 +749,7 @@ type ValidatingWebhookConfigurationList struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
 
 // MutatingWebhookConfiguration describes the configuration of and admission webhook that accept or reject and may change the object.
 type MutatingWebhookConfiguration struct {
@@ -762,6 +767,7 @@ type MutatingWebhookConfiguration struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
 
 // MutatingWebhookConfigurationList is a list of MutatingWebhookConfiguration.
 type MutatingWebhookConfigurationList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *MutatingWebhookConfiguration) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 16
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *MutatingWebhookConfigurationList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 16
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 30
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 30
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBindingList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 30
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ValidatingAdmissionPolicyList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 30
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 16
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ValidatingWebhookConfigurationList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 16
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/apidiscovery/v2/doc.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=apidiscovery.k8s.io
 
 package v2 // import "k8s.io/api/apidiscovery/v2"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/apidiscovery/v2/types.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.30
 
 // APIGroupDiscoveryList is a resource containing a list of APIGroupDiscovery.
 // This is one of the types able to be returned from the /api and /apis endpoint and contains an aggregated
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ type APIGroupDiscoveryList struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.30
 
 // APIGroupDiscovery holds information about which resources are being served for all version of the API Group.
 // It contains a list of APIVersionDiscovery that holds a list of APIResourceDiscovery types served for a version.

staging/src/k8s.io/api/apidiscovery/v2/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v2
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *APIGroupDiscovery) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 30
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *APIGroupDiscoveryList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 30
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/types.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // StatefulSet represents a set of pods with consistent identities.
 // Identities are defined as:
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ type StatefulSetCondition struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // StatefulSetList is a collection of StatefulSets.
 type StatefulSetList struct {
@@ -354,6 +356,7 @@ type StatefulSetList struct {
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // Deployment enables declarative updates for Pods and ReplicaSets.
 type Deployment struct {
@@ -556,6 +559,7 @@ type DeploymentCondition struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // DeploymentList is a list of Deployments.
 type DeploymentList struct {
@@ -748,6 +752,7 @@ type DaemonSetCondition struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // DaemonSet represents the configuration of a daemon set.
 type DaemonSet struct {
@@ -779,6 +784,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // DaemonSetList is a collection of daemon sets.
 type DaemonSetList struct {
@@ -797,6 +803,7 @@ type DaemonSetList struct {
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // ReplicaSet ensures that a specified number of pod replicas are running at any given time.
 type ReplicaSet struct {
@@ -824,6 +831,7 @@ type ReplicaSet struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // ReplicaSetList is a collection of ReplicaSets.
 type ReplicaSetList struct {
@@ -926,6 +934,7 @@ type ReplicaSetCondition struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // ControllerRevision implements an immutable snapshot of state data. Clients
 // are responsible for serializing and deserializing the objects that contain
@@ -951,6 +960,7 @@ type ControllerRevision struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.9
 
 // ControllerRevisionList is a resource containing a list of ControllerRevision objects.
 type ControllerRevisionList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ControllerRevision) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ControllerRevisionList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *DaemonSet) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *DaemonSetList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Deployment) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *DeploymentList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ReplicaSet) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ReplicaSetList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *StatefulSet) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *StatefulSetList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 9
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/authentication/v1/doc.go

@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +groupName=authentication.k8s.io
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/authentication/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/authentication/v1/types.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const (
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +genclient:onlyVerbs=create
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.6
 
 // TokenReview attempts to authenticate a token to a known user.
 // Note: TokenReview requests may be cached by the webhook token authenticator
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ func (t ExtraValue) String() string {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.10
 
 // TokenRequest requests a token for a given service account.
 type TokenRequest struct {
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ type BoundObjectReference struct {
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +genclient:onlyVerbs=create
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.28
 
 // SelfSubjectReview contains the user information that the kube-apiserver has about the user making this request.
 // When using impersonation, users will receive the user info of the user being impersonated.  If impersonation or

staging/src/k8s.io/api/authentication/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *SelfSubjectReview) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 28
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *TokenRequest) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 10
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *TokenReview) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 6
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/authorization/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=authorization.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/authorization/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/authorization/v1/types.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +genclient:onlyVerbs=create
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.6
 
 // SubjectAccessReview checks whether or not a user or group can perform an action.
 type SubjectAccessReview struct {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ type SubjectAccessReview struct {
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +genclient:onlyVerbs=create
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // SelfSubjectAccessReview checks whether or the current user can perform an action.  Not filling in a
 // spec.namespace means "in all namespaces".  Self is a special case, because users should always be able
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ type SelfSubjectAccessReview struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:onlyVerbs=create
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // LocalSubjectAccessReview checks whether or not a user or group can perform an action in a given namespace.
 // Having a namespace scoped resource makes it much easier to grant namespace scoped policy that includes permissions
@@ -198,6 +201,7 @@ type SubjectAccessReviewStatus struct {
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +genclient:onlyVerbs=create
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // SelfSubjectRulesReview enumerates the set of actions the current user can perform within a namespace.
 // The returned list of actions may be incomplete depending on the server's authorization mode,

staging/src/k8s.io/api/authorization/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *LocalSubjectAccessReview) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *SelfSubjectAccessReview) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *SelfSubjectRulesReview) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *SubjectAccessReview) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 6
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1/types.go

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // configuration of a horizontal pod autoscaler.
 type HorizontalPodAutoscaler struct {
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ type HorizontalPodAutoscaler struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // list of horizontal pod autoscaler objects.
 type HorizontalPodAutoscalerList struct {
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ type HorizontalPodAutoscalerList struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // Scale represents a scaling request for a resource.
 type Scale struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *HorizontalPodAutoscaler) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *HorizontalPodAutoscalerList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Scale) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2/doc.go

@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 package v2 // import "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2/types.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.23
 
 // HorizontalPodAutoscaler is the configuration for a horizontal pod
 // autoscaler, which automatically manages the replica count of any resource
@@ -573,6 +574,7 @@ type MetricValueStatus struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.23
 
 // HorizontalPodAutoscalerList is a list of horizontal pod autoscaler objects.
 type HorizontalPodAutoscalerList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v2
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *HorizontalPodAutoscaler) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 23
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *HorizontalPodAutoscalerList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 23
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1/types.go

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // Job represents the configuration of a single job.
 type Job struct {
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ type Job struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // JobList is a collection of jobs.
 type JobList struct {
@@ -689,6 +691,7 @@ type JobTemplateSpec struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.21
 
 // CronJob represents the configuration of a single cron job.
 type CronJob struct {
@@ -710,6 +713,7 @@ type CronJob struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.21
 
 // CronJobList is a collection of cron jobs.
 type CronJobList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CronJob) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 21
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CronJobList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 21
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Job) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *JobList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/certificates/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=certificates.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/certificates/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/certificates/v1/types.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +genclient:method=UpdateApproval,verb=update,subresource=approval,input=k8s.io/api/certificates/v1.CertificateSigningRequest,result=k8s.io/api/certificates/v1.CertificateSigningRequest
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // CertificateSigningRequest objects provide a mechanism to obtain x509 certificates
 // by submitting a certificate signing request, and having it asynchronously approved and issued.
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ type CertificateSigningRequestCondition struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // CertificateSigningRequestList is a collection of CertificateSigningRequest objects
 type CertificateSigningRequestList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/certificates/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CertificateSigningRequest) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CertificateSigningRequestList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/coordination/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 // +groupName=coordination.k8s.io
 

staging/src/k8s.io/api/coordination/v1/types.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.14
 
 // Lease defines a lease concept.
 type Lease struct {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ type LeaseSpec struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // LeaseList is a list of Lease objects.
 type LeaseList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/coordination/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Lease) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 14
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *LeaseList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 // Package v1 is the v1 version of the core API.
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/core/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go

@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ const (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PersistentVolume (PV) is a storage resource provisioned by an administrator.
 // It is analogous to a node.
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@ type PersistentVolumeStatus struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PersistentVolumeList is a list of PersistentVolume items.
 type PersistentVolumeList struct {
@@ -447,6 +449,7 @@ type PersistentVolumeList struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PersistentVolumeClaim is a user's request for and claim to a persistent volume
 type PersistentVolumeClaim struct {
@@ -469,6 +472,7 @@ type PersistentVolumeClaim struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PersistentVolumeClaimList is a list of PersistentVolumeClaim items.
 type PersistentVolumeClaimList struct {
@@ -4667,6 +4671,7 @@ type PodStatus struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PodStatusResult is a wrapper for PodStatus returned by kubelet that can be encode/decoded
 type PodStatusResult struct {
@@ -4687,6 +4692,7 @@ type PodStatusResult struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:method=UpdateEphemeralContainers,verb=update,subresource=ephemeralcontainers
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // Pod is a collection of containers that can run on a host. This resource is created
 // by clients and scheduled onto hosts.
@@ -4712,6 +4718,7 @@ type Pod struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PodList is a list of Pods.
 type PodList struct {
@@ -4741,6 +4748,7 @@ type PodTemplateSpec struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PodTemplate describes a template for creating copies of a predefined pod.
 type PodTemplate struct {
@@ -4757,6 +4765,7 @@ type PodTemplate struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PodTemplateList is a list of PodTemplates.
 type PodTemplateList struct {
@@ -4871,6 +4880,7 @@ type ReplicationControllerCondition struct {
 // +genclient:method=GetScale,verb=get,subresource=scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // ReplicationController represents the configuration of a replication controller.
 type ReplicationController struct {
@@ -4897,6 +4907,7 @@ type ReplicationController struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // ReplicationControllerList is a collection of replication controllers.
 type ReplicationControllerList struct {
@@ -5441,6 +5452,7 @@ type ServicePort struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:skipVerbs=deleteCollection
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // Service is a named abstraction of software service (for example, mysql) consisting of local port
 // (for example 3306) that the proxy listens on, and the selector that determines which pods
@@ -5472,6 +5484,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // ServiceList holds a list of services.
 type ServiceList struct {
@@ -5488,6 +5501,7 @@ type ServiceList struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:method=CreateToken,verb=create,subresource=token,input=k8s.io/api/authentication/v1.TokenRequest,result=k8s.io/api/authentication/v1.TokenRequest
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // ServiceAccount binds together:
 // * a name, understood by users, and perhaps by peripheral systems, for an identity
@@ -5527,6 +5541,7 @@ type ServiceAccount struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // ServiceAccountList is a list of ServiceAccount objects
 type ServiceAccountList struct {
@@ -5543,6 +5558,7 @@ type ServiceAccountList struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // Endpoints is a collection of endpoints that implement the actual service. Example:
 //
@@ -5664,6 +5680,7 @@ type EndpointPort struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // EndpointsList is a list of endpoints.
 type EndpointsList struct {
@@ -6132,6 +6149,7 @@ type ResourceList map[ResourceName]resource.Quantity
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // Node is a worker node in Kubernetes.
 // Each node will have a unique identifier in the cache (i.e. in etcd).
@@ -6156,6 +6174,7 @@ type Node struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // NodeList is the whole list of all Nodes which have been registered with master.
 type NodeList struct {
@@ -6254,6 +6273,7 @@ type NamespaceCondition struct {
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +genclient:skipVerbs=deleteCollection
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // Namespace provides a scope for Names.
 // Use of multiple namespaces is optional.
@@ -6276,6 +6296,7 @@ type Namespace struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // NamespaceList is a list of Namespaces.
 type NamespaceList struct {
@@ -6291,6 +6312,8 @@ type NamespaceList struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.6
 
 // Binding ties one object to another; for example, a pod is bound to a node by a scheduler.
 // Deprecated in 1.7, please use the bindings subresource of pods instead.
@@ -6315,6 +6338,7 @@ type Preconditions struct {
 
 // +k8s:conversion-gen:explicit-from=net/url.Values
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PodLogOptions is the query options for a Pod's logs REST call.
 type PodLogOptions struct {
@@ -6367,6 +6391,7 @@ type PodLogOptions struct {
 
 // +k8s:conversion-gen:explicit-from=net/url.Values
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.1
 
 // PodAttachOptions is the query options to a Pod's remote attach call.
 // ---
@@ -6405,6 +6430,7 @@ type PodAttachOptions struct {
 
 // +k8s:conversion-gen:explicit-from=net/url.Values
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PodExecOptions is the query options to a Pod's remote exec call.
 // ---
@@ -6443,6 +6469,7 @@ type PodExecOptions struct {
 
 // +k8s:conversion-gen:explicit-from=net/url.Values
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.6
 
 // PodPortForwardOptions is the query options to a Pod's port forward call
 // when using WebSockets.
@@ -6462,6 +6489,7 @@ type PodPortForwardOptions struct {
 
 // +k8s:conversion-gen:explicit-from=net/url.Values
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // PodProxyOptions is the query options to a Pod's proxy call.
 type PodProxyOptions struct {
@@ -6474,6 +6502,7 @@ type PodProxyOptions struct {
 
 // +k8s:conversion-gen:explicit-from=net/url.Values
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // NodeProxyOptions is the query options to a Node's proxy call.
 type NodeProxyOptions struct {
@@ -6486,6 +6515,7 @@ type NodeProxyOptions struct {
 
 // +k8s:conversion-gen:explicit-from=net/url.Values
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // ServiceProxyOptions is the query options to a Service's proxy call.
 type ServiceProxyOptions struct {
@@ -6588,6 +6618,7 @@ type TypedLocalObjectReference struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // SerializedReference is a reference to serialized object.
 type SerializedReference struct {
@@ -6617,6 +6648,7 @@ const (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // Event is a report of an event somewhere in the cluster.  Events
 // have a limited retention time and triggers and messages may evolve
@@ -6701,6 +6733,7 @@ type EventSeries struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // EventList is a list of events.
 type EventList struct {
@@ -6715,6 +6748,7 @@ type EventList struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // List holds a list of objects, which may not be known by the server.
 type List metav1.List
@@ -6762,6 +6796,7 @@ type LimitRangeSpec struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // LimitRange sets resource usage limits for each kind of resource in a Namespace.
 type LimitRange struct {
@@ -6778,6 +6813,7 @@ type LimitRange struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // LimitRangeList is a list of LimitRange items.
 type LimitRangeList struct {
@@ -6926,6 +6962,7 @@ type ResourceQuotaStatus struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // ResourceQuota sets aggregate quota restrictions enforced per namespace
 type ResourceQuota struct {
@@ -6947,6 +6984,7 @@ type ResourceQuota struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // ResourceQuotaList is a list of ResourceQuota items.
 type ResourceQuotaList struct {
@@ -6963,6 +7001,7 @@ type ResourceQuotaList struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // Secret holds secret data of a certain type. The total bytes of the values in
 // the Data field must be less than MaxSecretSize bytes.
@@ -7089,6 +7128,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // SecretList is a list of Secret.
 type SecretList struct {
@@ -7105,6 +7145,7 @@ type SecretList struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // ConfigMap holds configuration data for pods to consume.
 type ConfigMap struct {
@@ -7141,6 +7182,7 @@ type ConfigMap struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 
 // ConfigMapList is a resource containing a list of ConfigMap objects.
 type ConfigMapList struct {
@@ -7183,6 +7225,7 @@ type ComponentCondition struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // ComponentStatus (and ComponentStatusList) holds the cluster validation info.
 // Deprecated: This API is deprecated in v1.19+
@@ -7203,6 +7246,7 @@ type ComponentStatus struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // Status of all the conditions for the component as a list of ComponentStatus objects.
 // Deprecated: This API is deprecated in v1.19+
@@ -7414,6 +7458,7 @@ type WindowsSecurityContextOptions struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.0
 
 // RangeAllocation is not a public type.
 type RangeAllocation struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Binding) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleDeprecated is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was or will be deprecated as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated" tags in types.go or  "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" plus three minor.
+func (in *Binding) APILifecycleDeprecated() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 6
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ConfigMap) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ConfigMapList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Endpoints) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *EndpointsList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Event) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *EventList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *LimitRange) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *LimitRangeList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *List) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Namespace) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *NamespaceList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Node) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *NodeList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *NodeProxyOptions) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PersistentVolume) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PersistentVolumeClaim) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PersistentVolumeClaimList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PersistentVolumeList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Pod) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodAttachOptions) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 1
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodExecOptions) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodLogOptions) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodPortForwardOptions) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 6
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodProxyOptions) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodStatusResult) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodTemplate) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodTemplateList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *RangeAllocation) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ReplicationController) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ReplicationControllerList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ResourceQuota) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ResourceQuotaList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Secret) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *SecretList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *SerializedReference) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Service) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ServiceAccount) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ServiceAccountList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ServiceList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 0
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ServiceProxyOptions) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 2
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=discovery.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/discovery/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1/types.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.21
 
 // EndpointSlice represents a subset of the endpoints that implement a service.
 // For a given service there may be multiple EndpointSlice objects, selected by
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ type EndpointPort struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.21
 
 // EndpointSliceList represents a list of endpoint slices
 type EndpointSliceList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *EndpointSlice) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 21
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *EndpointSliceList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 21
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/events/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=events.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/events/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/events/v1/types.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // Event is a report of an event somewhere in the cluster. It generally denotes some state change in the system.
 // Events have a limited retention time and triggers and messages may evolve
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ type EventSeries struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // EventList is a list of Event objects.
 type EventList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/events/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Event) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *EventList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 // +groupName=flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io
 

staging/src/k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1/types.go

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ const (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.29
 
 // FlowSchema defines the schema of a group of flows. Note that a flow is made up of a set of inbound API requests with
 // similar attributes and is identified by a pair of strings: the name of the FlowSchema and a "flow distinguisher".
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ type FlowSchema struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.29
 
 // FlowSchemaList is a list of FlowSchema objects.
 type FlowSchemaList struct {
@@ -381,6 +383,7 @@ type FlowSchemaConditionType string
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.29
 
 // PriorityLevelConfiguration represents the configuration of a priority level.
 type PriorityLevelConfiguration struct {
@@ -400,6 +403,7 @@ type PriorityLevelConfiguration struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.29
 
 // PriorityLevelConfigurationList is a list of PriorityLevelConfiguration objects.
 type PriorityLevelConfigurationList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *FlowSchema) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 29
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *FlowSchemaList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 29
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PriorityLevelConfiguration) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 29
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PriorityLevelConfigurationList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 29
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=networking.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.7
 
 // NetworkPolicy describes what network traffic is allowed for a set of Pods
 type NetworkPolicy struct {
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ type NetworkPolicyPeer struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // NetworkPolicyList is a list of NetworkPolicy objects.
 type NetworkPolicyList struct {
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ type NetworkPolicyList struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // Ingress is a collection of rules that allow inbound connections to reach the
 // endpoints defined by a backend. An Ingress can be configured to give services
@@ -255,6 +258,7 @@ type Ingress struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // IngressList is a collection of Ingress.
 type IngressList struct {
@@ -542,6 +546,7 @@ type ServiceBackendPort struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // IngressClass represents the class of the Ingress, referenced by the Ingress
 // Spec. The `ingressclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class` annotation can be
@@ -616,6 +621,7 @@ type IngressClassParametersReference struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.19
 
 // IngressClassList is a collection of IngressClasses.
 type IngressClassList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Ingress) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *IngressClass) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *IngressClassList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *IngressList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *NetworkPolicy) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 7
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *NetworkPolicyList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 19
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=node.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/node/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1/types.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.20
 
 // RuntimeClass defines a class of container runtime supported in the cluster.
 // The RuntimeClass is used to determine which container runtime is used to run
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ type Scheduling struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.20
 
 // RuntimeClassList is a list of RuntimeClass objects.
 type RuntimeClassList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *RuntimeClass) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 20
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *RuntimeClassList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 20
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 // Package policy is for any kind of policy object.  Suitable examples, even if
 // they aren't all here, are PodDisruptionBudget,

staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1/types.go

@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ const (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.21
 
 // PodDisruptionBudget is an object to define the max disruption that can be caused to a collection of pods
 type PodDisruptionBudget struct {
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ type PodDisruptionBudget struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.21
 
 // PodDisruptionBudgetList is a collection of PodDisruptionBudgets.
 type PodDisruptionBudgetList struct {
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ type PodDisruptionBudgetList struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:noVerbs
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.22
 
 // Eviction evicts a pod from its node subject to certain policies and safety constraints.
 // This is a subresource of Pod.  A request to cause such an eviction is

staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Eviction) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 22
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodDisruptionBudget) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 21
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PodDisruptionBudgetList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 21
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=rbac.authorization.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1/types.go

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ type RoleRef struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 
 // Role is a namespaced, logical grouping of PolicyRules that can be referenced as a unit by a RoleBinding.
 type Role struct {
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ type Role struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 
 // RoleBinding references a role, but does not contain it.  It can reference a Role in the same namespace or a ClusterRole in the global namespace.
 // It adds who information via Subjects and namespace information by which namespace it exists in.  RoleBindings in a given
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ type RoleBinding struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 
 // RoleBindingList is a collection of RoleBindings
 type RoleBindingList struct {
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ type RoleBindingList struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 
 // RoleList is a collection of Roles
 type RoleList struct {
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ type RoleList struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 
 // ClusterRole is a cluster level, logical grouping of PolicyRules that can be referenced as a unit by a RoleBinding or ClusterRoleBinding.
 type ClusterRole struct {
@@ -204,6 +209,7 @@ type AggregationRule struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 
 // ClusterRoleBinding references a ClusterRole, but not contain it.  It can reference a ClusterRole in the global namespace,
 // and adds who information via Subject.
@@ -225,6 +231,7 @@ type ClusterRoleBinding struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 
 // ClusterRoleBindingList is a collection of ClusterRoleBindings
 type ClusterRoleBindingList struct {
@@ -238,6 +245,7 @@ type ClusterRoleBindingList struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 
 // ClusterRoleList is a collection of ClusterRoles
 type ClusterRoleList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ClusterRole) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 8
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ClusterRoleBinding) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 8
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ClusterRoleBindingList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 8
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ClusterRoleList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 8
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *Role) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 8
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *RoleBinding) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 8
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *RoleBindingList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 8
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *RoleList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 8
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/scheduling/v1/doc.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=scheduling.k8s.io
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/scheduling/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/scheduling/v1/types.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.14
 
 // PriorityClass defines mapping from a priority class name to the priority
 // integer value. The value can be any valid integer.
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ type PriorityClass struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.14
 
 // PriorityClassList is a collection of priority classes.
 type PriorityClassList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/scheduling/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PriorityClass) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 14
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *PriorityClassList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 14
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/api/storage/v1/doc.go

@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:protobuf-gen=package
 // +groupName=storage.k8s.io
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 package v1 // import "k8s.io/api/storage/v1"

staging/src/k8s.io/api/storage/v1/types.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.6
 
 // StorageClass describes the parameters for a class of storage for
 // which PersistentVolumes can be dynamically provisioned.
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ type StorageClass struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.6
 
 // StorageClassList is a collection of storage classes.
 type StorageClassList struct {
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ const (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.13
 
 // VolumeAttachment captures the intent to attach or detach the specified volume
 // to/from the specified node.
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ type VolumeAttachment struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.13
 
 // VolumeAttachmentList is a collection of VolumeAttachment objects.
 type VolumeAttachmentList struct {
@@ -227,6 +231,7 @@ type VolumeError struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.18
 
 // CSIDriver captures information about a Container Storage Interface (CSI)
 // volume driver deployed on the cluster.
@@ -251,6 +256,7 @@ type CSIDriver struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.18
 
 // CSIDriverList is a collection of CSIDriver objects.
 type CSIDriverList struct {
@@ -491,6 +497,7 @@ const (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.17
 
 // CSINode holds information about all CSI drivers installed on a node.
 // CSI drivers do not need to create the CSINode object directly. As long as
@@ -572,6 +579,7 @@ type VolumeNodeResources struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.17
 
 // CSINodeList is a collection of CSINode objects.
 type CSINodeList struct {
@@ -588,6 +596,7 @@ type CSINodeList struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.24
 
 // CSIStorageCapacity stores the result of one CSI GetCapacity call.
 // For a given StorageClass, this describes the available capacity in a
@@ -673,6 +682,7 @@ type CSIStorageCapacity struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.24
 
 // CSIStorageCapacityList is a collection of CSIStorageCapacity objects.
 type CSIStorageCapacityList struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/api/storage/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CSIDriver) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 18
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CSIDriverList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 18
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CSINode) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 17
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CSINodeList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 17
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CSIStorageCapacity) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 24
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CSIStorageCapacityList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 24
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *StorageClass) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 6
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *StorageClassList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 6
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *VolumeAttachment) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 13
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *VolumeAttachmentList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 13
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1/doc.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions
 // +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 // +groupName=apiextensions.k8s.io
 
 // Package v1 is the v1 version of the API.

staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1/types.go

@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ const CustomResourceCleanupFinalizer = "customresourcecleanup.apiextensions.k8s.
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
 
 // CustomResourceDefinition represents a resource that should be exposed on the API server.  Its name MUST be in the format
 // <.spec.name>.<.spec.group>.
@@ -401,6 +402,7 @@ type CustomResourceDefinition struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
 
 // CustomResourceDefinitionList is a list of CustomResourceDefinition objects.
 type CustomResourceDefinitionList struct {
@@ -469,6 +471,7 @@ type CustomResourceSubresourceScale struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
 
 // ConversionReview describes a conversion request/response.
 type ConversionReview struct {

staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *ConversionReview) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 16
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CustomResourceDefinition) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 16
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *CustomResourceDefinitionList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 16
+}

staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/prerelease-lifecycle-gen/prerelease-lifecycle-generators/status.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"path"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -364,6 +365,10 @@ func (g *genPreleaseLifecycle) Imports(c *generator.Context) (imports []string)
 	return importLines
 }
 
+var (
+	isGAVersionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^v\d+$`)
+)
+
 func (g *genPreleaseLifecycle) argsFromType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type) (generator.Args, error) {
 	a := generator.Args{
 		"type": t,
@@ -372,37 +377,53 @@ func (g *genPreleaseLifecycle) argsFromType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	// Take version from package last segment.
+	// Use heuristic to determine whether the package is GA or prerelease.
+	// If the package is GA, the version matches the format vN where N is a number.
+	version := path.Base(t.Name.Package)
+	isGAVersion := isGAVersionRegex.MatchString(version)
+
 	a = a.
 		With("introducedMajor", introducedMajor).
 		With("introducedMinor", introducedMinor)
 
 	// compute based on our policy
+	hasDeprecated := tagExists(deprecatedTagName, t)
+	hasRemoved := tagExists(removedTagName, t)
+
 	deprecatedMajor := introducedMajor
 	deprecatedMinor := introducedMinor + 3
 	// if someone intentionally override the deprecation release
-	if tagExists(deprecatedTagName, t) {
+	if hasDeprecated {
 		_, deprecatedMajor, deprecatedMinor, err = extractDeprecatedTag(t)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
+
+	if !isGAVersion || hasDeprecated {
 		a = a.
 			With("deprecatedMajor", deprecatedMajor).
 			With("deprecatedMinor", deprecatedMinor)
+	}
 
 	// compute based on our policy
 	removedMajor := deprecatedMajor
 	removedMinor := deprecatedMinor + 3
 	// if someone intentionally override the removed release
-	if tagExists(removedTagName, t) {
+	if hasRemoved {
 		_, removedMajor, removedMinor, err = extractRemovedTag(t)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
+
+	if !isGAVersion || hasRemoved {
 		a = a.
 			With("removedMajor", removedMajor).
 			With("removedMinor", removedMinor)
+	}
 
 	replacementGroup, replacementVersion, replacementKind, hasReplacement, err := extractReplacementTag(t)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -441,6 +462,8 @@ func (g *genPreleaseLifecycle) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type,
 		sw.Do("    return $.introducedMajor$, $.introducedMinor$\n", args)
 		sw.Do("}\n\n", nil)
 	}
+
+	if _, hasDeprecated := args["deprecatedMajor"]; hasDeprecated {
 		if versionedMethodOrDie("APILifecycleDeprecated", t) == nil {
 			sw.Do("// APILifecycleDeprecated is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was or will be deprecated as int versions of major and minor for comparison.\n", args)
 			sw.Do("// It is controlled by \""+deprecatedTagName+"\" tags in types.go or  \""+introducedTagName+"\" plus three minor.\n", args)
@@ -448,6 +471,8 @@ func (g *genPreleaseLifecycle) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type,
 			sw.Do("    return $.deprecatedMajor$, $.deprecatedMinor$\n", args)
 			sw.Do("}\n\n", nil)
 		}
+	}
+
 	if _, hasReplacement := args["replacementKind"]; hasReplacement {
 		if versionedMethodOrDie("APILifecycleReplacement", t) == nil {
 			sw.Do("// APILifecycleReplacement is an autogenerated function, returning the group, version, and kind that should be used instead of this deprecated type.\n", args)
@@ -457,6 +482,8 @@ func (g *genPreleaseLifecycle) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type,
 			sw.Do("}\n\n", nil)
 		}
 	}
+
+	if _, hasRemoved := args["removedMajor"]; hasRemoved {
 		if versionedMethodOrDie("APILifecycleRemoved", t) == nil {
 			sw.Do("// APILifecycleRemoved is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API is no longer served as int versions of major and minor for comparison.\n", args)
 			sw.Do("// It is controlled by \""+removedTagName+"\" tags in types.go or  \""+deprecatedTagName+"\" plus three minor.\n", args)
@@ -464,6 +491,7 @@ func (g *genPreleaseLifecycle) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type,
 			sw.Do("    return $.removedMajor$, $.removedMinor$\n", args)
 			sw.Do("}\n\n", nil)
 		}
+	}
 
 	return sw.Error()
 }

staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/prerelease-lifecycle-gen/prerelease-lifecycle-generators/status_test.go

@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/generator"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
@@ -34,6 +37,248 @@ var mockType = &types.Type{
 	SecondClosestCommentLines: []string{},
 }
 
+func TestArgsFromType(t *testing.T) {
+	type testcase struct {
+		name          string
+		t             *types.Type
+		expected      generator.Args
+		expectedError string
+	}
+
+	tests := []testcase{
+		{
+			name: "no comments",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedError: `missing`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "GA type",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "GA type v2",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v2",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "GA type - explicit deprecated",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.7",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+				"deprecatedMajor": 1,
+				"deprecatedMinor": 7,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "GA type - explicit removed",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:removed=1.9",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+				"removedMajor":    1,
+				"removedMinor":    9,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "GA type - explicit",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.7",
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:removed=1.9",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+				"deprecatedMajor": 1,
+				"deprecatedMinor": 7,
+				"removedMajor":    1,
+				"removedMinor":    9,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "beta type - defaulted",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1beta1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+				"deprecatedMajor": 1,
+				"deprecatedMinor": 8,
+				"removedMajor":    1,
+				"removedMinor":    11,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "beta type - explicit",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1beta1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.7",
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:removed=1.9",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+				"deprecatedMajor": 1,
+				"deprecatedMinor": 7,
+				"removedMajor":    1,
+				"removedMinor":    9,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "beta type - explicit deprecated only",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1beta1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.7",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+				"deprecatedMajor": 1,
+				"deprecatedMinor": 7,
+				"removedMajor":    1,
+				"removedMinor":    10,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "beta type - explicit removed only",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1beta1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:removed=1.9",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+				"deprecatedMajor": 1,
+				"deprecatedMinor": 8,
+				"removedMajor":    1,
+				"removedMinor":    9,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "alpha type - defaulted",
+			t: &types.Type{
+				Name: types.Name{
+					Name:    "Simple",
+					Package: "k8s.io/apis/core/v1alpha1",
+				},
+				CommentLines: []string{
+					"+k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.5",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: generator.Args{
+				"introducedMajor": 1,
+				"introducedMinor": 5,
+				"deprecatedMajor": 1,
+				"deprecatedMinor": 8,
+				"removedMajor":    1,
+				"removedMinor":    11,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if test.expected != nil {
+				test.expected["type"] = test.t
+			}
+			gen := genPreleaseLifecycle{}
+			args, err := gen.argsFromType(nil, test.t)
+			if test.expectedError != "" {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("expected error, got none")
+				} else if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), test.expectedError) {
+					t.Errorf("expected error %q, got %q", test.expectedError, err.Error())
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expected, args); diff != "" {
+				t.Error(diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_extractKubeVersionTag(t *testing.T) {
 	oldKlogOsExit := klog.OsExit
 	defer func() {

staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/apiregistration/v1/doc.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +groupName=apiregistration.k8s.io
 // +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true
 
 // Package v1 contains the API Registration API, which is responsible for
 // registering an API `Group`/`Version` with another kubernetes like API server.

staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/apiregistration/v1/types.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package v1
 import metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.10
 
 // APIServiceList is a list of APIService objects.
 type APIServiceList struct {
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ type APIServiceStatus struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.10
 
 // APIService represents a server for a particular GroupVersion.
 // Name must be "version.group".

staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/apiregistration/v1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by prerelease-lifecycle-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *APIService) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 10
+}
+
+// APILifecycleIntroduced is an autogenerated function, returning the release in which the API struct was introduced as int versions of major and minor for comparison.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced" tags in types.go.
+func (in *APIServiceList) APILifecycleIntroduced() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 10
+}