* kubectl: fixes a bug determining the correct namespace while running in a pod when the `--context` flag is explicitly specified, and the referenced context specifies the namespace `default` ([#72529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72529), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

t".Request).{Do,DoRaw,Stream,Watch}` now require callers to pass a `context.Context` as an argument. The context is used for timeout and cancellation signaling and to pass supplementary information to round trippers in the wrapped transport chain. If you don't need any of this functionality, it is sufficient to pass a context created with `context.Background()` to these functions. The `(*"k8s.io/client-go/rest".Request).Context` method is removed now that all methods that execute a request accept...

- Fixed admission metrics histogram bucket sizes to cover 25ms to ~2.5 seconds. ([#78608](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78608),...

([#62695](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62695), [@CaoShuFeng](https://github.com/CaoShuFeng))
* HTTP transport now uses `context.Context` to cancel dial operations. k8s.io/client-go/transport/Config struct has been updated to accept a function with a `context.Context` parameter. This is a breaking change if you use this field in your code. ([#60012](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60012), [@ash2k](https://github.com/ash2k))

    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-12)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-12)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-12)
- [Kubernetes 1.13 Release Notes](#kubernetes-113-release-notes)
  - [Security Content](#security-content)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST do this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-do-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)

- Fixed issue where `kubectl-convert` would fail when encountering resources that could not be converted to the specified api version. New behavior is to warn the user of the failed conversions and continue to convert the remaining resources. ([#117002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117002), [@gxwilkerson33](https://github.com/gxwilkerson33))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- A new storage E2E testsuite covers CSIStorageCapacity publishing if a driver opts into the test. ([#100537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100537), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Storage and Testing]

- Callers of `wait.ExponentialBackoffWithContext` now must pass a `ConditionWithContextFunc` to be consistent with the signature and avoid creating a duplicate context. If your condition does not need a context you can use the `ConditionFunc.WithContext()` helper to ignore the context, or use `ExponentialBackoff` directly. ([#115113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115113), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

  - The `upstream` option is deprecated and ignored if included.
    ([#82127](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82127), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))

- kubectl

  - `kubectl convert`, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.17.
  - The `--export` flag for the `kubectl get` command, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.18.

* kube-apiserver: the OpenID Connect authenticator can now verify ID Tokens signed with JOSE algorithms other than RS256 through the --oidc-signing-algs flag. ([#58544](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58544), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))