* [beta] [Frakti](https://github.com/kubernetes/frakti) v1.0. It has passed all node conformance tests. ([release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/frakti/releases/tag/v1.0))



### **Scheduling**
#### Scheduler Extender

* kubeadm: disable the kube-proxy DaemonSet on non-Linux nodes. This step is required to support Windows worker nodes. ([#76327](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76327), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
* Add etag for NSG updates so as to fix nsg race condition ([#77210](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77210), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

* OpenAPI spec is now available in protobuf binary and gzip format (with ETag support) ([#45836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45836), [@mbohlool](https://github.com/mbohlool))

    *  - https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.12.5 
    *  - https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.12.4



# v1.12.8

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

## Downloads for v1.12.8


filename | sha512 hash

- The `build-tag` flag is reintroduced to conversion-gen and defaulter-gen which allow users to inject custom build tag during code generation process. ([#128259](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128259), [@dinhxuanvu](https://github.com/dinhxuanvu))

    * https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.13.4 
    * https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.13.3

    - [Feature](#feature-8)
    - [Design](#design-1)
    - [Other (Bug, Cleanup or Flake)](#other-bug-cleanup-or-flake-5)
- [v1.18.0-alpha.4](#v1180-alpha4)
  - [Important note about manual tag](#important-note-about-manual-tag)
- [v1.18.0-alpha.3](#v1180-alpha3)
  - [Downloads for v1.18.0-alpha.3](#downloads-for-v1180-alpha3)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-24)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-24)

* Cluster Autoscaler 1.1.1 (details: https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.1.1) ([#59272](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59272), [@mwielgus](https://github.com/mwielgus))

* Cluster Autoscaler has been updated to Version 1.2.0, which includes fixes around GPUs and base image change. See [https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.1.2)1.2.0for details. ([#60842](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60842), [@mwielgus](https://github.com/mwielgus))

* Update Cluster Autoscaler version to 1.3.8. Release notes: https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.3.8 ([#75174](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75174), [@losipiuk](https://github.com/losipiuk))