* Reduced excessive logging from fluentd-gcp-scaler. ([#68837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68837), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
* locking fix in vSphere cleanup function ([#68388](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68388), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))
    * The vSphere cloud provider has a cleanup function with a loop,

*   Add-on manager now supports HA masters. ([#55466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55466),[ #55782](https://github.com/x13n),[ @x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
*   Hyperkube can now run from a non-standard path. ([#54570](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54570))

#### **GCP**

### SIG Auth

- API Server can be configured to reject requests that cannot be audit-logged. ([#65763](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65763), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))

* Fix bug where master startup script on GCP failed randomly due to concurrent iptables invocations. ([#55945](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55945), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))



# v1.8.4

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io) & [Examples](https://releases.k8s.io/release-1.8/examples)

## Downloads for v1.8.4


filename | sha256 hash

* Reduced excessive logging from fluentd-gcp-scaler. ([#68837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68837), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
* kubeadm: Fixed support of node certificates when joining a cluster ([#69328](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69328), [@bart0sh](https://github.com/bart0sh))

### Other notable changes

* Bugfix: master startup script on GCP no longer fails randomly due to concurrent iptables invocations. ([#55945](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55945), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
* Fix bug in mounting volumes with GlusterFS plugin ([#53292](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53292), [@humblec](https://github.com/humblec))

- Updated Cluster Autosaler to version `1.22.0`. Release notes: https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.22.0. ([#104293](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104293), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
- Updates `debian-iptables` to v1.6.7 to pick up CVE fixes. ([#104970](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104970), [@PushkarJ](https://github.com/PushkarJ))
- Updates the following images to pick up CVE fixes:

- Metrics Server updated to use `0.4.4` image that doesn't depend on deprecated `authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1` subjectaccessreviews API version. ([#101477](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101477), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
- Migrate `proxy/ipvs/proxier.go` logs to structured logging. ([#97796](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97796), [@JornShen](https://github.com/JornShen))

* Reduced excessive logging from fluentd-gcp-scaler. ([#68837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68837), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
* Fix potential panic when getting azure load balancer status ([#68609](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68609), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

xerox

// xihuan : Beijing Qihu Keji Co., Ltd.
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/xihuan.html
xihuan

// xin : Elegant Leader Limited
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/xin.html
xin

// xn--11b4c3d : VeriSign Sarl
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/xn--11b4c3d.html
कॉम

// xn--1ck2e1b : Amazon Registry Services, Inc.