- Added a `/status` endpoint for kube-proxy ([#128989](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128989), [@Henrywu573](https://github.com/Henrywu573)) [SIG Instrumentation and Network]
- Added a `/statusz` HTTP endpoint to the kube-scheduler. ([#128818](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128818), [@yongruilin](https://github.com/yongruilin)) [SIG Architecture, Instrumentation, Scheduling and Testing]

## Changelog since v1.7.0

### Other notable changes

* Added new flag to `kubeadm init`: --node-name, that lets you specify the name of the Node object that will be created ([#48594](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48594), [@GheRivero](https://github.com/GheRivero))

  - [Changelog since v1.23.16](#changelog-since-v12316)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
    - [Added](#added)
    - [Changed](#changed)
    - [Removed](#removed)
- [v1.23.16](#v12316)
  - [Downloads for v1.23.16](#downloads-for-v12316)
    - [Source Code](#source-code-1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-1)

  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
    - [Added](#added)
    - [Changed](#changed)
    - [Removed](#removed)
- [v1.31.11](#v13111)
  - [Downloads for v1.31.11](#downloads-for-v13111)
    - [Source Code](#source-code-1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-1)

*   [stable] [frakti](https://github.com/kubernetes/frakti): CRI implementation for hypervisor-based runtimes is now v1.9. [[@resouer](https://github.com/resouer)]
    *   Added ARM64 release. Upgraded to CNI 0.6.0, added block device as Pod volume mode. Fixed CNI plugin compatibility.
    *   Passed all CRI validation conformance tests and node end-to-end conformance tests.

- Added feature gate `MutatingAdmissionPolicy` for enabling mutation policy in admission chain. ([#123425](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123425), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37))
- Added kubelet metrics to track the memory manager allocation and pinning. ([#121778](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121778), [@Tal-or](https://github.com/Tal-or))

  - Added user-owned fields in `ResourceClaim` to specify resource requirements against each device capacity.
  - Added scheduler-owned field in `ResourceClaim.Status` to specify how much device capacity is reserved for a specific request.
  - Added an additional identifier to `ResourceClaim.Status` for the device supports multiple allocations.

### Windows support improved

- [Performance dashboards](http://perf-dash.k8s.io/#/?jobname=soak-tests-capz-windows-2019) added support for Windows
- [Unit tests](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/51540) added support for Windows
- [Conformance tests](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108592) added support for Windows

* Add a label which prevents a node from being added to a cloud load balancer ([#53146](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53146), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

### SIG Windows

* Added log and fs stats for Windows containers. ([#62266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62266), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Added security contexts for Windows containers. [#64009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64009), ([@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))