kubernetes/enhancements: [#116](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/116) [[kep](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-windows/116-windows-node-support/README.md)]

Updated Plugin Mechanism for kubectl is Graduating to Stable ([#579](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/579))

- Renamed some metrics related to CoreDNS, see the [README](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/blob/v1.11.0/plugin/forward/README.md#metrics) for `v1.11.0` of CoreDNS. ([#129232](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129232), [@DamianSawicki](https://github.com/DamianSawicki))

kuberc configuration schema. Two new optional fields added to kuberc configuration, `credPluginPolicy` and `credPluginAllowlist`. This is documented in [KEP-3104](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-cli/3104-introduce-kuberc/README.md#allowlist-design-details) and documentation is added to the website by [kubernetes/website#52877](https://github.com/kubernetes/website/pull/52877) ([#134870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134870), [@pmengelbert](https://github.com/pmengelbert))...

- Set config.BindAddress to IPv4 address `127.0.0.1` if not specified ([#83822](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83822), [@zouyee](https://github.com/zouyee))
- Updated kube-proxy ipvs README with correct grep argument to list loaded ipvs modules ([#83677](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83677), [@pete911](https://github.com/pete911))

* [alpha] Integration with [containerd] (https://github.com/containerd/containerd) , which supports basic pod lifecycle and image management. ([docs](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-containerd/blob/master/README.md) and [release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-containerd/releases/tag/v0.1.0)) ([kubernetes/features#286](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/286))

* Compare correct file names for volume detach operation ([#57053](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57053), [@prashima](https://github.com/prashima))

* Fixed documentation typo in IPVS README. ([#56578](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56578), [@shift](https://github.com/shift))

* [alpha] kops now supports [running as a server](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/master/docs/api-server/README.md). ([#359](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/359), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))

### Immutable Secrets and ConfigMaps

l-containers/), it became more obvious how we can support developers with tooling built on top of `kubectl exec`. The addition of the `kubectl debug` [command](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-cli/1441-kubectl-debug/README.md) (it is alpha but your feedback is more than welcome), allows developers to easily debug their Pods inside the cluster. We think this addition is invaluable.  This command allows one to create a temporary container which runs next to the Pod one...

* Validate that cronjob names are 52 characters or less ([#52733](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52733), [@julia-stripe](https://github.com/julia-stripe))
* add readme file of ipvs ([#51937](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51937), [@Lion-Wei](https://github.com/Lion-Wei))



# v1.9.0-alpha.1