This release also includes [Topology Aware Volume Scheduling](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/490) for local persistent volumes, the stable release of [Detailed storage metrics of internal state](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/496), and beta support for [Out-of-tree CSI Volume Plugins](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/178).

* StorageObjectInUseProtection is now GA ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/498)) and ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/499))

#### Graduated to Beta

* Supporting out-of-tree/external cloud providers is now considered beta ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/88))

kubernetes/kubeadm: [#1204](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/1204)
kubernetes/enhancements: [kep](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/kubeadm/2501-kubeadm-phases-to-beta/README.md)

## Known Issues

    (namely `iptables`) drifted from the versions used in the kube-proxy images.
  
    The following issues were filed on kube-proxy failures when using hyperkube:
    - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/92275
    - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/92272
    - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/92250
  
    To address this, the new debian-hyperkube-base image (v1.1.0) uses the

* Fix issue in Portworx volume driver causing controller manager to crash ([#76341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76341), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* fix azure disk list corruption issue ([#77187](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77187), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

## Known Issues

This section contains a list of known issues reported in Kubernetes 1.9 release. The content is populated from the [v1.9.x known issues and FAQ accumulator] [#57159](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/57159).

    * Additional memory overhead per container ([#21737](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21737))
  * Docker 1.10.3 contains [backports provided by RedHat](https://github.com/docker/docker/compare/v1.10.3...runcom:docker-1.10.3-stable) for known issues
  * Support for Docker version 1.9.x has been removed
* rkt version 1.23.0+

## Known Issues

This section contains a list of known issues reported in Kubernetes 1.8 release. The content is populated via [v1.8.x known issues and FAQ accumulator](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/53004).

    (namely `iptables`) drifted from the versions used in the kube-proxy images.
  
    The following issues were filed on kube-proxy failures when using hyperkube:
    - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/92275
    - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/92272
    - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/92250
  
    To address this, the new debian-hyperkube-base image (v1.1.0) uses the

* Fix kubelet start failure issue on Azure Stack due to InstanceMetadata setting ([#74936](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74936), [@rjaini](https://github.com/rjaini))
* fix parse devicePath issue on Azure Disk ([#74499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74499), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))