## Changelog since v1.17.0

A complete changelog for the release notes is now hosted in a customizable
format at [https://relnotes.k8s.io][1]. Check it out and please give us your
feedback!

[1]: https://relnotes.k8s.io/?releaseVersions=1.18.0

## What’s New (Major Themes)

### Kubernetes Topology Manager Moves to Beta - Align Up!

- Incorporating feedback on PR #119341 ([#120087](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120087), [@divyasri537](https://github.com/divyasri537)) [SIG API Machinery]

### SIG Cloud Provider

* **[alpha]** New Bootstrap Token authentication and management method. Works well with kubeadm. kubeadm now supports managing tokens, including time based expiration, after the cluster is launched.  See...

# Changes

A complete changelog for the release notes is now hosted in a customizable format at [relnotes.k8s.io](https://relnotes.k8s.io). Check it out and please give us your feedback!

## What’s New (Major Themes)

### Cloud Provider Labels reach General Availability

Added as a beta feature way back in v1.2, v1.17 sees the general availability of cloud provider labels.

- The AnyVolumeDataSource feature is now beta, and the feature gate is enabled by default. In order to provide user feedback on PVCs with data sources, deployers must install the VolumePopulators CRD and the data-source-validator controller. ([#108736](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108736), [@bswartz](https://github.com/bswartz))

Pod Ready++ ([#580](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/580))

- Introduces extension point for external feedback on pod readiness.
kubernetes/kubernetes: [#74434](http://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74434),

## 1.15 What’s New

A complete changelog for the release notes is now hosted in a customizable format at [https://relnotes.k8s.io/](https://relnotes.k8s.io/?releaseVersions=1.15.0). Check it out and please give us your feedback!

Kubernetes 1.15 consists of **25 enhancements**: 2 moving to stable, 13 in beta, and 10 in alpha. The main themes of this release are:

#### Continuous Improvement

# Kubernetes v1.16.0 Release Notes

A complete changelog for the release notes is now hosted in a customizable format at [relnotes.k8s.io](https://relnotes.k8s.io/?releaseVersions=1.16.0). Check it out and please give us your feedback!

## What’s New (Major Themes)

Structured logging reached its Beta milestone. Most log messages from kubelet and kube-scheduler have been converted. Users are encouraged to try out JSON output or parsing of the structured text format and provide feedback on possible solutions for the open issues, such as handling of multi-line strings in log values.

### Simplified Multi-point plugin configuration for scheduler