channel is closed and empty.
</p>


<h3 id="Conversions">Conversions</h3>

<p>
A conversion changes the <a href="#Types">type</a> of an expression
to the type specified by the conversion.
A conversion may appear literally in the source, or it may be <i>implied</i>
by the context in which an expression appears.
</p>

<p>
An <i>explicit</i> conversion is an expression of the form <code>T(x)</code>

  - `spec.additionalPrinterColumns` is removed in v1; use `spec.versions[*].additionalPrinterColumns` instead
  - `spec.conversion.webhookClientConfig` is moved to `spec.conversion.webhook.clientConfig` in v1
  - `spec.conversion.conversionReviewVersions` is moved to `spec.conversion.webhook.conversionReviewVersions` in v1
  - `spec.versions[*].schema.openAPIV3Schema` is now required when creating v1 CustomResourceDefinitions

- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89967](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89967), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]

- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89969), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]

* Ensure expected load balancer is selected for Azure ([#62450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62450), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fix error message regarding conversion of `v1.ListOptions` to `samplecontroller.k8s.io/v1alpha1`. ([#57243](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57243), [@munnerz](https://github.com/munnerz))

- Fix scheduler crash when removing node before its pods ([#89908](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89908), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89965), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]

* Change ImageGCManage to consume ImageFS stats from StatsProvider ([#53094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53094), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
* Fixes an issue with `kubectl set` commands encountering conversion errors for ReplicaSet and DaemonSet objects ([#53158](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53158), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))


# v1.8.0

- Fixed a regression in `1.27.0` that resulted in `missing metadata in converted object` errors when modifying objects for multi-version custom resource definitions with a conversion strategy of `None`. ([#117301](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117301), [@ncdc](https://github.com/ncdc))

does not support protobuf encoding, if you roll back to 1.5 after upgrading to
protobuf you will be forced to restore from backup, and you will lose any changes
since you converted to protobuf.  After conversion to protobuf, you should
validate the correct operation of your cluster thoroughly before returning it
to normal operation.

Backups are always a good precaution, particularly around upgrades, but this

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Fixes a regression in 1.27.0 that resulted in "missing metadata in converted object" errors when modifying objects for multi-version custom resource definitions with a conversion strategy of `None`. ([#117305](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117305), [@ncdc](https://github.com/ncdc)) [SIG API Machinery]