- Callers of `wait.ExponentialBackoffWithContext` now must pass a `ConditionWithContextFunc` to be consistent with the signature and avoid creating a duplicate context. If your condition does not need a context you can use the `ConditionFunc.WithContext()` helper to ignore the context, or use `ExponentialBackoff` directly. ([#115113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115113), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

- Resolves a spurious "Unknown discovery response content-type" error in client-go discovery requests by tolerating extra content-type parameters in API responses ([#117571](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117571), [@seans3](https://github.com/seans3)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Introduction to v1.8.0

Kubernetes version 1.8 includes new features and enhancements, as well as fixes to identified issues. The release notes contain a brief overview of the important changes introduced in this release. The content is organized by Special Interest Groups ([SIGs][]).

For initial installations, see the [Setup topics][] in the Kubernetes
documentation.

   ([#123461](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123461), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Made decoding etcd's response respect the timeout context.
   ([#121815](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121815), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi))

- Improved handling of jsonpath expressions for `kubectl wait --for`. It is now possible to use simple filter expressions which match on a field's content. ([#118748](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118748), [@andreaskaris](https://github.com/andreaskaris))

- Resolves a spurious "Unknown discovery response content-type" error in client-go discovery requests by tolerating extra content-type parameters in API responses ([#117638](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117638), [@seans3](https://github.com/seans3)) [SIG API Machinery]