- Switched intstr.Type to sized integer to follow API guidelines and improve compatibility with proto libraries ([#83956](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83956), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* The plugin mechanism functionality now closely follows the git plugin design ([#66876](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66876), [@juanvallejo](https://github.com/juanvallejo))
* GCE: decrease cpu requests on master node, to allow more components to fit on one core machine. ([#67504](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67504), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))

## Changelog since v1.8.1

### Other notable changes

* Allow for configuring etcd hostname in the manifest ([#54403](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54403), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* Allow standard flags in client-gen. ([#53999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53999), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

* hollow-node do not use remote CRI anymore ([#86425](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86425), [@jkaniuk](https://github.com/jkaniuk))
* hollow-node use fake CRI ([#85879](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85879), [@gongguan](https://github.com/gongguan))



# v1.18.0-alpha.1

- Allow to monitor client-go DNS resolver latencies via `rest_client_dns_resolution_duration_seconds` Prometheus metric. ([#115357](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115357), [@mfojtik](https://github.com/mfojtik))

* GCP: allow a master to not include a metadata concealment firewall rule (if it's not running the metadata proxy). ([#58104](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58104), [@ihmccreery](https://github.com/ihmccreery))

    * configuration scripts to allow configuration of signing duration of
    * certificates issued via the Certificate Signing Request API.

  - [Changelog since v1.21.4](#changelog-since-v1214)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [CVE-2021-25741: Symlink Exchange Can Allow Host Filesystem Access](#cve-2021-25741-symlink-exchange-can-allow-host-filesystem-access)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-8)
    - [Feature](#feature-6)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-8)

### Feature

- Kubernetes is now built with Go 1.20.13 ([#122713](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122713), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Allow deletion of pods that use raw block volumes on node reboot ([#122211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122211), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Node and Storage]

    * ACTION REQUIRED: The deprecated Kubelet flag `--allow-privileged` has been removed. Remove any use of `--allow-privileged` from your kubelet scripts or manifests.