* The following alpha API groups were unintentionally enabled by default in previous releases, and will no longer be enabled by default in v1.8: ([#47690](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47690), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

    * rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1

    * settings.k8s.io/v1alpha1

* The following alpha API groups were unintentionally enabled by default in previous releases, and will no longer be enabled by default in v1.8: ([#47690](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47690), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))
    * rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1
    * settings.k8s.io/v1alpha1

### Volumes
* **[stable]** StorageClass API is promoted to v1 (storage.k8s.io/v1).
* **[stable]** Default storage classes are deployed during installation on Azure, AWS, GCE, OpenStack and vSphere.
* **[stable]** Added ability to populate environment variables from a configmap or secret.

- Promoted `CustomResourceFieldSelectors` to stable; the feature is enabled by default. `--feature-gates=CustomResourceFieldSelectors=true` not needed on kube-apiserver binaries and will be removed in a future release. ([#127673](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127673), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

### Feature

### API Change

- A new IngressClass resource has been added to enable better Ingress configuration. ([#88509](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88509), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, CLI, Network, Node and Testing]

- EndpointSlices are now beta but not yet enabled by default. Use the EndpointSlice feature gate to enable this feature. ([#85365](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85365), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott))

### **Storage**

*   [stable] `PersistentVolume` and `PersistentVolumeClaim` objects must now have a capacity greater than zero.
*   [stable] Mutation of `PersistentVolumeSource` after creation is no longer allowed
*   [alpha] Deletion of `PersistentVolumeClaim` objects that are in use by a pod no longer permitted (if alpha feature is enabled).
*   [alpha] Container Storage Interface

- The PodDisruptionBudget `spec.unhealthyPodEvictionPolicy` field has graduated to beta and is enabled by default. On servers with the feature enabled, this field may be set to `AlwaysAllow` to always allow...

    * `kubeadm config migrate` command of kubeadm v1.11.x
* kube-apiserver: the `Priority` admission plugin is now enabled by default when using `--enable-admission-plugins`. If using `--admission-control` to fully specify the set of admission plugins, the `Priority` admission plugin should be added if using the `PodPriority` feature, which is enabled by default in 1.11. ([#65739](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65739), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* [GCE] Enable by default audit logging truncating backend. ([#68288](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68288), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))