- Stdin is now only passed to client-go exec credential plugins when it is detected to be an interactive terminal. Previously, it was passed to client-go exec plugins when **stdout** was detected to be an interactive terminal. ([#99654](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99654), [@ankeesler](https://github.com/ankeesler))...

* API server properly parses propagationPolicy as a query parameter sent with a delete request ([#63414](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63414), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

- Kubeadm now respects the custom image registry configuration across joins and upgrades. Kubeadm passes the custom registry to the kubelet for a custom pause container. ([#70603](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70603), [@chuckha](https://github.com/chuckha))

* [beta] [CRI-O](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o) v1.0.0-alpha.0. It has passed all e2e tests. ([release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.0))

* [beta] [Frakti](https://github.com/kubernetes/frakti) v1.0. It has passed all node conformance tests. ([release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/frakti/releases/tag/v1.0))



### **Scheduling**

- kubeadm: Avoided loading the file passed to `--kubeconfig` during `kubeadm init` phases more than once. ([#129006](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129006), [@kokes](https://github.com/kokes))

* kubeadm: add optional self-hosted deployment for apiserver, controller-manager and scheduler. ([#40075](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40075), [@pires](https://github.com/pires))
* kubelet tears down pod volumes on pod termination rather than pod deletion ([#37228](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37228), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))

- Kubectl set resources will no longer return an error if passed an empty change for a resource. kubectl set subject will no longer return an error if passed an empty change for a resource. ([#85490](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85490), [@sallyom](https://github.com/sallyom))

(defaulting to one year), **and** are referenced from the `.secrets` list of a ServiceAccount object, **and**  are not referenced from pods. This label causes the authentication layer to reject use of the credentials. After being labeled as invalid, if the time specified by `--legacy-service-account-token-clean-up-period` (defaulting to one year) passes without the credential being used, the secret is automatically deleted. Secrets labeled as invalid which have not been auto-deleted yet can be re-activated...

  Don't use these flags. Using deprecated flags causes the server to print a warning. Using a removed flag causes the server to abort the startup.

* The following deprecated flags were removed from `kubelet`:

  * `api-servers` - add apiserver addresses to the kubeconfig file instead.

  Don't use these flags. Using deprecated flags causes the kubelet to print a warning. Using a removed flag causes the kubelet to abort the startup.

    *  - vSphere cloud provider (VCP) uses OS hostname and not vSphere Inventory VM Name.
    *    That means, now  VCP can handle cases where user changes VM inventory name.
    * - VCP can handle cases where VM migrates to other ESXi cluster or datacenter or vCenter.
    * The only requirement is the shared storage. VCP needs shared storage on all Node VMs.