diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/BUILD
index b6a9064a62b..741e88938dd 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/BUILD
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ go_library(
         "types_swagger_doc_generated.go",
         "well_known_labels.go",
         "zz_generated.deepcopy.go",
+        "zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go",
     ],
     importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1",
     importpath = "k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/doc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/doc.go
index 9b54d1b94ce..7d7084802dc 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/doc.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/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 v1beta1 // import "k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/types.go
index e9233a567e7..5cafea74790 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.22
 
 // EndpointSlice represents a subset of the endpoints that implement a service.
 // For a given service there may be multiple EndpointSlice objects, selected by
@@ -150,6 +152,8 @@ type EndpointPort struct {
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.16
+// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.22
 
 // EndpointSliceList represents a list of endpoint slices
 type EndpointSliceList struct {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09e94d0e8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/discovery/v1beta1/zz_generated.prerelease-lifecycle.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// +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 v1beta1
+
+// 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, 16
+}
+
+// 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 *EndpointSlice) APILifecycleDeprecated() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 22
+}
+
+// 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.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:removed" tags in types.go or  "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated" plus three minor.
+func (in *EndpointSlice) APILifecycleRemoved() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 25
+}
+
+// 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, 16
+}
+
+// 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 *EndpointSliceList) APILifecycleDeprecated() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 22
+}
+
+// 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.
+// It is controlled by "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:removed" tags in types.go or  "k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated" plus three minor.
+func (in *EndpointSliceList) APILifecycleRemoved() (major, minor int) {
+	return 1, 25
+}