## What’s New (Major Themes)

We’re pleased to announce the delivery of Kubernetes 1.16, our third release of 2019! Kubernetes 1.16 consists of 31 enhancements: 8 enhancements moving to stable, 8 enhancements in beta, and 15 enhancements in alpha.

The main themes of this release are:

    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-3)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-3)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-3)
  - [Changelog since v1.11.6](#changelog-since-v1116)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-3)
- [v1.11.6](#v1116)
  - [Downloads for v1.11.6](#downloads-for-v1116)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-4)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-4)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-4)

kubernetes/enhancements: [#116](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/116) [[kep](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-windows/116-windows-node-support/README.md)]

Updated Plugin Mechanism for kubectl is Graduating to Stable ([#579](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/579))

- Fixes a problem with 63-second or 1-second connection delays with some VXLAN-based
  network plugins which was first widely noticed in 1.16 (though some users saw it
  earlier than that, possibly only with specific network plugins). If you were previously
  using ethtool to disable checksum offload on your primary network interface, you should

- Fixes a problem with 63-second or 1-second connection delays with some VXLAN-based
  network plugins which was first widely noticed in 1.16 (though some users saw it
  earlier than that, possibly only with specific network plugins). If you were previously
  using ethtool to disable checksum offload on your primary network interface, you should

pkg unicode, var Chorasmian *RangeTable
pkg unicode, var Dives_Akuru *RangeTable
pkg unicode, var Khitan_Small_Script *RangeTable
pkg unicode, var Yezidi *RangeTable
# all deprecations up to and including Go 1.16
pkg archive/tar, const TypeRegA //deprecated
pkg archive/tar, type Header struct, Xattrs //deprecated
pkg archive/zip, method (*File) ModTime //deprecated
pkg archive/zip, method (*File) SetModTime //deprecated

- Stop propagating SelfLink (deprecated in 1.16) in kube-apiserver ([#94397](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94397), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), const IFT_STF ideal-int
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), const IFT_T1 = 18
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), const IFT_T1 ideal-int
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), const IFT_TDLC = 116
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), const IFT_TDLC ideal-int
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), const IFT_TELINK = 200
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), const IFT_TELINK ideal-int

- Kube-apiserver: the `metadata.selfLink` field can no longer be populated by kube-apiserver; it was deprecated in 1.16 and has not been populated by default since 1.20+. ([#107527](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107527), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

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

Check the [release notes website](https://relnotes.k8s.io/?releaseVersions=1.15.0) for the complete changelog of notable features and fixes.




## Known Issues