channel is closed and empty.
</p>


<h3 id="Conversions">Conversions</h3>

<p>
A conversion changes the <a href="#Types">type</a> of an expression
to the type specified by the conversion.
A conversion may appear literally in the source, or it may be <i>implied</i>
by the context in which an expression appears.
</p>

<p>
An <i>explicit</i> conversion is an expression of the form <code>T(x)</code>

- [`KT-59362`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59362) K2/MPP: `.toByte()` conversion for const val causes SourceCodeAnalysisException: java.lang.NullPointerException: null
- [`KT-51670`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-51670) FIR: questionable behavior for deprecated String constructors

  - `spec.additionalPrinterColumns` is removed in v1; use `spec.versions[*].additionalPrinterColumns` instead
  - `spec.conversion.webhookClientConfig` is moved to `spec.conversion.webhook.clientConfig` in v1
  - `spec.conversion.conversionReviewVersions` is moved to `spec.conversion.webhook.conversionReviewVersions` in v1
  - `spec.versions[*].schema.openAPIV3Schema` is now required when creating v1 CustomResourceDefinitions

* Ensure expected load balancer is selected for Azure ([#62450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62450), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fix error message regarding conversion of `v1.ListOptions` to `samplecontroller.k8s.io/v1alpha1`. ([#57243](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57243), [@munnerz](https://github.com/munnerz))

- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89969), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]

  // Default to false.
  // +k8s:conversion-gen=false
  // +optional
  optional bool hostNetwork = 11;

  // Use the host's pid namespace.
  // Optional: Default to false.
  // +k8s:conversion-gen=false
  // +optional
  optional bool hostPID = 12;

  // Use the host's ipc namespace.
  // Optional: Default to false.
  // +k8s:conversion-gen=false
  // +optional

- Kube-apiserver adds two new alpha metrics `conversion_webhook_request_total` and `conversion_webhook_duration_seconds` that allow users to monitor requests to CRD conversion webhooks, split by result, and failure_type (In case of failure). ([#118292](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118292), [@cchapla](https://github.com/cchapla)) [SIG API Machinery,...

- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89967](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89967), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]

* Change ImageGCManage to consume ImageFS stats from StatsProvider ([#53094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53094), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
* Fixes an issue with `kubectl set` commands encountering conversion errors for ReplicaSet and DaemonSet objects ([#53158](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53158), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))


# v1.8.0

- Fix scheduler crash when removing node before its pods ([#89908](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89908), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89965), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]