- 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))

- A new sleep action for the `PreStop` lifecycle hook was added, allowing containers to pause for a specified duration before termination. ([#119026](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119026), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

- `(*"k8s.io/client-go/rest".Request).{Do,DoRaw,Stream,Watch}` now require callers to pass a `context.Context` as an argument. The context is used for timeout and cancellation signaling and to pass supplementary information to round trippers in the wrapped transport chain. If you don't need any of this functionality, it is sufficient to pass a context created with `context.Background()` to these functions. The `(*"k8s.io/client-go/rest".Request).Context` method...

* fix azure disk storage account init issue ([#55927](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55927), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* falls back to parse Docker runtime version as generic if not semver ([#54040](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54040), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

* [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**

*   [stable] [cri-o](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o): CRI implementation for OCI-based runtimes is now v1.9. [[@mrunalp](https://github.com/mrunalp)]
    *   Pass all the Kubernetes 1.9 end-to-end test suites and now gating PRs as well
    *   Pass all the CRI validation tests
    *   Release has been focused on bug fixes, stability and performance with runc and Clear Containers
    *   Minikube integration

- 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))

- Fixed in-tree to CSI migration for Portworx volumes, in clusters where Portworx security feature is enabled (it's a Portworx feature, not Kubernetes feature). It required secret data from the secret mentioned in-tree SC, to be passed in CSI requests which was not happening before this fix. ([#129630](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129630), [@gohilankit](https://github.com/gohilankit)) [SIG Storage]

- Fixed in-tree to CSI migration for Portworx volumes, in clusters where Portworx security feature is enabled (it's a Portworx feature, not Kubernetes feature). It required secret data from the secret mentioned in-tree SC, to be passed in CSI requests which was not happening before this fix. ([#129674](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129674), [@gohilankit](https://github.com/gohilankit)) [SIG Storage]

* kubeadm: fix "upgrade plan" not defaulting to a "stable" version if no version argument is passed ([#75900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75900), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))