- Fixes creationTimestamp: null causing unnecessary writes to etcd ([#116865](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116865), [@alexzielenski](https://github.com/alexzielenski)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]
- Revised the logic for DaemonSet rolling update to exclude nodes if scheduling constraints are not met.

* change default azure file mount permission to 0777 ([#69854](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69854), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Verify invalid secret/configmap/projected volumes before calling setup ([#68691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68691), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))



# v1.10.9

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

## Downloads for v1.10.9

    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-7)
  - [Changelog since v1.21.6](#changelog-since-v1216)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-6)
    - [Feature](#feature-4)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-6)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-7)
    - [Added](#added-7)
    - [Changed](#changed-7)
    - [Removed](#removed-7)
- [v1.21.6](#v1216)

* Allows kubectl to use http caching mechanism for the OpenAPI schema. The cache directory can be configured through `--cache-dir` command line flag to kubectl. If set to empty string, caching will be disabled. ([#50404](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50404), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))

* [stable] Expose storage usage metrics

  * The available capacity of a given Persistent Volume (PV) is available by calling the Kubernetes metrics API.

* [stable] Volume plugin metrics

  * Success and latency metrics for all Kubernetes calls are available by calling the Kubernetes metrics API. You can request volume operations, including mount, unmount, attach, detach, provision, and delete.

    * when updating a service or when node changes occur.
* kubectl: fixed an issue with "too old resource version" errors continuously appearing when calling `kubectl delete` ([#72825](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72825), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* kubectl: fixed an issue with "too old resource version" errors continuously appearing when calling `kubectl delete` ([#72825](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72825), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

## Changelog since v1.12.4

### Other notable changes

* kubectl: fixed an issue with "too old resource version" errors continuously appearing when calling `kubectl delete` ([#72825](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72825), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Spedup kubectl by >10 when calling out to kube-apiserver for discovery information. ([#73345](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73345), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

    - [Container Images](#container-images-6)
  - [Changelog since v1.28.2](#changelog-since-v1282)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-6)
    - [Feature](#feature-6)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-6)
    - [Other (Cleanup or Flake)](#other-cleanup-or-flake-3)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-6)
    - [Added](#added-6)
    - [Changed](#changed-6)