*   [beta] [cri-containerd](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-containerd): CRI implementation for containerd is now v1.0.0-beta.0, [[@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu)]
    *   This release supports Kubernetes 1.9+ and containerd v1.0.0+.
    *   Pass all Kubernetes 1.9 e2e test, node e2e test and CRI validation tests.
    *   [Kube-up.sh integration](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-containerd/blob/master/docs/kube-up.md).

* [alpha] Integration with [containerd] (https://github.com/containerd/containerd) , which supports basic pod lifecycle and image management. ([docs](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-containerd/blob/master/README.md) and [release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-containerd/releases/tag/v0.1.0)) ([kubernetes/features#286](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/286))

* rktnetes has been deprecated in favor of rktlet. Please see [https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/rktlet](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/rktlet) for more information. ([#58418](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58418), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

* **[stable]** Added ability to populate environment variables from a configmap or secret.
* **[stable]** Support for user-written/run dynamic PV provisioners. The Kubernetes Incubator contains [a golang library and examples](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-storage).
* **[stable]** Volume plugin for ScaleIO enabling pods to seamlessly access and use data stored on Dell EMC ScaleIO volumes.

  * In the prototype phase, this feature is external to the core Kubernetes. It's available at https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-storage/tree/master/snapshot.

### Cluster Federation

#### [alpha] Federated Jobs

Federated Jobs that are automatically deployed to multiple clusters

* InfluxDB cluster monitoring has been deprecated as part of the deprecation of Heapster. Instead, you may use the [metrics server](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/metrics-server). It's a simplified heapster that is able to gather and serve current metrics values. It provides the Metrics API that is used by `kubectl top`, and horizontal pod autoscaler. Note that it doesn't include some features of Heapster,...