- Added mock framework support for unit tests for Windows in `kubeproxy`. ([#120105](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120105), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira))

- DRA: the explanation for why a pod which wasn't using ResourceClaims was unscheduleable included a useless "no new claims to deallocate" when it was unscheduleable for some other reasons. ([#129823](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129823), [@googs1025](https://github.com/googs1025)) [SIG Node and Scheduling]

- When using a claim with immediate allocation and a pod referencing that claim couldn't get scheduled, the scheduler incorrectly may have tried to deallocate that claim. ([#122415](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122415), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

* Fixed race conditions around devicemanager Allocate() and endpoint deletion. ([#60856](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60856), [@jiayingz](https://github.com/jiayingz))

* fix azure file plugin failure issue on Windows after node restart ([#60625](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60625), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fixes the races around devicemanager Allocate() and endpoint deletion. ([#60856](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60856), [@jiayingz](https://github.com/jiayingz))



# v1.9.6

- Cloud-controller-manager: routes controller should not depend on --allocate-node-cidrs ([#97029](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97029), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Testing]

- Image garbage collection no longer fails for images with only one tag but more than one repository associated. ([#70647](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70647), [@corvus-ch](https://github.com/corvus-ch))
- Re-issued Allocate grpc calls before starting a container that requests device-plugin resources if the cached state is missing. ([#73824](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73824), [@jiayingz](https://github.com/jiayingz))

    
- Kubeadm: improve the validation of serviceSubnet and podSubnet.
  ServiceSubnet has to be limited in size, due to implementation details, and the mask can not allocate more than 20 bits.
  PodSubnet validates against the corresponding cluster "--node-cidr-mask-size" of the kube-controller-manager, it fail if the values are not compatible.

- Fix a bug that caused to panic the apiserver when trying to allocate a Service with a dynamic ClusterIP and it has been configured with Service CIDRs with a /28 mask for IPv4 and a /124 mask for IPv6 ([#115333](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115333), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Testing]...

- DRA: When the prioritized list feature was used in a request and the resulting number of allocated devices exceeded the number of allowed devices per claim, the scheduler aborted the attempt to allocate devices early. Previously, it tried to many different combinations, which could take a long time. ([#130593](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130593), [@mortent](https://github.com/mortent)) [SIG Apps, Node, Scheduling and Testing]