* The ability to use the insecure HTTP port of kube-controller-manager and cloud-controller-manager has been deprecated, and will be removed in a future release. Use `--secure-port` and `--bind-address` instead. ([#59582](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59582), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

### SIG Scheduling

- Added metrics for volume scheduling operations ([#59529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59529), [@wackxu](https://github.com/wackxu))

* remove the elasticsearch template ([#45952](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45952), [@harryge00](https://github.com/harryge00))

* remove the elasticsearch template ([#45952](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45952), [@harryge00](https://github.com/harryge00))

* kubeadm: Add CoreDNS support for kubeadm "upgrade" and "alpha phases addons". ([#55952](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55952), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))

* Kubernetes 1.12 also enables [Kubelet device plugin registration](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/595) feature by default. Before upgrading to 1.12, ensure the `driver-registrar` CSI sidecar container for your CSI driver is configured to handle plugin registration (set the `--kubelet-registration-path` parameter on `driver-registrar` to expose a new...

* Windows container configuration in CRI is now considered beta ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/547))
* CRI logging and stats are now considered beta ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/552))