* Allow for configuring etcd hostname in the manifest ([#54403](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54403), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* fix a bug where disk pressure could trigger prematurely when using overlay2 ([#53684](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53684), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))



# v1.7.9

  be prematurely closed when deleting a pod with an iSCSI persistent volume attached and that prevented the use of newly created LUNs on targets with preestablished connections. ([#41196](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41196)), [@CristianPop](htt...

- Fixed an issue where a CSI migrated volume may be prematurely detached when the CSI driver is not running on the node.

- Do not unmount and mount subpath bind mounts during container creation unless bind mount changes ([#105512](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105512), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Storage]

* API machinery's httpstream/spdy calls now support CIDR notation for NO_PROXY ([#54413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54413), [@kad](https://github.com/kad))
* fix a bug where disk pressure could trigger prematurely when using overlay2 ([#53684](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53684), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

* fix a bug where disk pressure could trigger prematurely when using overlay2 ([#53684](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53684), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

- When initializing nodes using external cloud-providers, the process now waits for the providerID value to be available before declaring the node ready. This ensures that nodes are not marked as Ready prematurely due to communication errors with the cloud-provider. The providerID and zone labels are necessary for integrations such as load balancers to function correctly. Users can choose to opt out of this behavior by setting the feature flag OptionalProviderID...

- Fixed a Windows kube-proxy (winkernel) issue where stale `RemoteEndpoints`
  remained when a Deployment was referenced by multiple Services due to premature
  clearing of the `terminatedEndpoints` map. ([#135146](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135146), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

- Fixed a bug in apiserver storage that could cause just-added finalizers to be ignored immediately following a delete request, leading to premature deletion. ([#77619](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77619), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

* Fixed a bug in the apiserver storage that could cause just-added finalizers to be ignored on an immediately following delete request, leading to premature deletion. ([#77619](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77619), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))