- [v1.6.0](#v160)
  - [Downloads for v1.6.0](#downloads-for-v160)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-13)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-13)
  - [WARNING: etcd backup strongly recommended](#warning-etcd-backup-strongly-recommended)
  - [Major updates and release themes](#major-updates-and-release-themes)
  - [Action Required](#action-required-1)
    - [Certificates API](#certificates-api)

    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-11)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-11)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-11)
  - [1.9 Release Notes](#19-release-notes)
  - [WARNING: etcd backup strongly recommended](#warning-etcd-backup-strongly-recommended)
  - [Introduction to 1.9.0](#introduction-to-190)
  - [Major themes](#major-themes)
    - [API Machinery](#api-machinery)
    - [Apps](#apps)
    - [Auth](#auth)
    - [AWS](#aws)

#### kubectl:

  accept the value "primary", meaning to only listen for NodePort connections
  on the node's primary IPv4 and/or IPv6 address (according to the Node object).
  This is strongly recommended, if you were not previously using
  --nodeport-addresses, to avoid surprising behavior.
  (This behavior is enabled by default with the nftables backend; you would

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Added the feature gates `StrictCostEnforcementForVAP` and `StrictCostEnforcementForWebhooks` to enforce the strct cost calculation for CEL extended libraries. It is strongly recommended to turn on the feature gates as early as possible. ([#124676](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124676), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, Node and Testing]

- Filter published OpenAPI schema by making nullable, required fields non-required in order to avoid kubectl to wrongly reject null values. ([#85722](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85722), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- kubelet: Fixed a bug where kubelet wrongly drops the QOSClass field of the Pod's status when it rejects a Pod. ([#128083](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128083), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Node and Testing]

- Scores from InterPodAffinity have stronger differentiation. ([#98096](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98096), [@leileiwan](https://github.com/leileiwan)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Strip unnecessary security contexts on Windows ([#93475](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93475), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla)) [SIG Node, Testing and Windows]
- To ensure the code be strong,  add unit test for GetAddressAndDialer ([#93180](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93180), [@FreeZhang61](https://github.com/FreeZhang61)) [SIG Node]

## **External Dependency Version Information**

Continuous integration builds have used the following versions of external dependencies, however, this is not a strong recommendation and users should consult an appropriate installation or upgrade guide before deciding what versions of etcd, docker or rkt to use.

* Docker versions 1.10.3, 1.11.2, 1.12.6 have been validated