* Various scheduling features have graduated to beta:
  * You can now use [multiple schedulers](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/clusters/multiple-schedulers/)
  * [Nodes](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#node-affinity-beta-feature) and [pods](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#inter-pod-affinity-and-anti-affinity-beta-feature) now support affinity and anti-affinity

[Extending the Kubernetes API with the aggregation layer](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/api-extension/apiserver-aggregation/), [Configure the aggregation layer](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-kubernetes-api/configure-aggregation-layer/), and [Setup an extension API server](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-kubernetes-api/setup-extension-api-server/).

* [alpha] Adding admissionregistration API group which enables dynamic registration of initializers and external admission...

supports pod priority and creation of PriorityClasses ([user doc](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/))([design doc](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/scheduling/pod-priority-api.md))

* [alpha] This version now supports priority-based preemption of pods ([user doc](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/))([design doc](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/...

- Migrated the StatefulSet controller (within `kube-controller-manager`) to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging) ([#113840](https:...

### AWS

a whitelisted selection and by disallowing kubelets from deleting their Node API object](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/admission-controllers/#noderestriction). In authentication, we added alpha-level support for automounting improved service account tokens through projected volumes. We also enabled [audience validation in TokenReview](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.13/#tokenreview-v1-authentication-k8s-io) for the new tokens for improved...

- Removed plugin watching of the deprecated directory `{kubelet_root_dir}/plugins` and CSI V0 support in accordance with deprecation announcement in https://v1-13.docs.kubernetes.io/docs/setup/release/notes ([#84533](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84533), [@davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))

    - [Action Required](#action-required-1)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-10)

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# v1.15.12

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

## Downloads for v1.15.12

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- [Namespaced Brokers](https://svc-cat.io/docs/namespaced-broker-resources/), which enable operators to install a broker into a namespace instead of the cluster level, reached GA.

existing functions, and on making security functions more understandable for users.

RBAC [cluster role aggregation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/rbac/#aggregated-clusterroles), introduced in 1.9, graduated to stable status with no changes in 1.11, and [client-go credential plugins](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#client-go-credential-plugins)  graduated to beta status, while also adding support for obtaining TLS credentials...