([#64792](https://github.com/kuberne...

  - true/strict - perform validation and error the request on any invalid fields in the ojbect. It will attempt to perform server-side validation if it is enabled on the apiserver, otherwise it will fall back to client-side validation.

documented behavior). In this case an event with reason "ProbeWarning" will be generated, indicating that the redirect was ignored. If you were previously relying on the redirect to run health checks against different endpoints, you will need to perform the healthcheck logic outside the Kubelet, for instance by proxying the external endpoint rather than redirecting to it. ([#75416](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75416), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

- client-go...

- Kubelet: a "maxParallelImagePulls" field can now be specified in the kubelet configuration file to control how many image pulls the kubelet can perform in parallel. ([#115220](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115220), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao)) [SIG API Machinery, Node and Scalability]

  * The Docker-CRI implementation is enabled by default.
  * It is not compatible with containers created by older Kubelets. It is
    recommended to drain your node before upgrade. If you choose to perform
    an in-place upgrade, the Kubelet will automatically restart all
    Kubernetes-managed containers on the node.
  * It is not compatible with CNI plugins that do not conform to the

- Kubeadm: during execution of the "check expiration" command, treat the etcd CA as external if there is a missing etcd CA key file (etcd/ca.key) and perform the proper validation on certificates signed by the etcd CA. Additionally, make sure that the CA for all entries in the output table is included - for both certificates on disk and in kubeconfig files. ([#106924](https://github.com/kubernetes/kub...

- Added `kubectl kuberc view` and `kubectl kuberc set` commands to perform operations against the `kuberc` file. ([#135003](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135003), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG CLI and Testing]

**Affected Versions**:

* Fix GCE etcd scripts to pass in all required parameters for the etcd migration utility to correctly perform HA upgrades and downgrades ([#61957](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61957), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

### Introducing Windows CSI support alpha for Kubernetes

With the release of Kubernetes 1.18, an alpha version of CSI Proxy for Windows is getting released. CSI proxy enables non-privileged (pre-approved) containers to perform privileged storage operations on Windows. CSI drivers can now be supported in Windows by leveraging CSI proxy.
SIG Storage made a lot of progress in the 1.18 release.