- [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-17)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-17)
- [Changes](#changes)
  - [What’s New (Major Themes)](#whats-new-major-themes)
    - [Cloud Provider Labels reach General Availability](#cloud-provider-labels-reach-general-availability)
    - [Volume Snapshot Moves to Beta](#volume-snapshot-moves-to-beta)
    - [CSI Migration Beta](#csi-migration-beta)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)

  termination message log file. The termination message file is now properly
  readable for end users and has a maximum size (4k bytes) to prevent abuse.
  Each pod may have up to 12k bytes of termination messages before the contents
  of each will be truncated.
* Do not delete pod objects until all its compute resource footprint has been
  reclaimed.

- Fixed throughput when scheduling DaemonSet pods to reach 300 pods/s, if the configured QPS allows it. ([#124714](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124714), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))

Kubernetes will no longer ship an instance of the Cloud Controller Manager binary. Each Cloud Provider is expected to ship their own instance of this binary. Details for a Cloud Provider to create an instance of such a binary can be found [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample). Anyone with questions on building a Cloud Controller Manager should reach out to SIG Cloud Provider. Questions about the Cloud Controller Manager on a Managed...

type in <code>V</code>'s type set can be converted to each type in <code>T</code>'s
type set.
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Only <code>V</code> is a type parameter and a value of each
type in <code>V</code>'s type set can be converted to <code>T</code>.
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Only <code>T</code> is a type parameter and <code>x</code> can be converted to each
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* `kubectl wait` is a new command that allows waiting for one or more resources to be deleted or to reach a specific condition. It adds a `kubectl wait --for=[delete|condition=condition-name] resource/string` command. ([#64034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64034), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- Added driver-owned fields in `ResourceSlice` to mark whether the device was shareable among multiple resource claims (or requests) and to specify how each capacity could be shared between different requests.
  - 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.

## Before Upgrading

Consider the following changes, limitations, and guidelines before you upgrade:

### **API Machinery**

For the 1.8 release, SIG Scheduling extended the concept of cluster sharing by introducing
pod priority and pod preemption. These features allow mixing various types of workloads in a single cluster, and help reach
higher levels of resource utilization and availability.
These features are in alpha. SIG Scheduling also improved the internal APIs for scheduling and made them easier for other components and external schedulers to use.

- Featuregate AllowInsecureBackendProxy graduates to GA and unconditionally enabled. ([#99658](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99658), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))
- Increase timeout for pod lifecycle test to reach pod status=ready ([#96691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96691), [@hh](https://github.com/hh))