* Fix mounting of UNIX sockets(and other special files) in subpaths ([#61480](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61480), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
* Fixed missing error checking that could cause kubelet to crash in a race condition. ([#60962](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60962), [@technicianted](https://github.com/technicianted))

* Improve Azure instance metadata handling by adding caches. ([#70353](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70353), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fix cloud-controller-manager crash when using OpenStack provider and PersistentVolume initializing controller   ([#70459](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70459), [@mvladev](https://github.com/mvladev))

* Support new NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION 'custom' on GCE ([#61235](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61235), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
* Fixed missing error checking that could cause kubelet to crash in a race condition. ([#60962](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60962), [@technicianted](https://github.com/technicianted))

* Clean links handling in cp's tar code ([#76788](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76788), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))
* Fix issue in Portworx volume driver causing controller manager to crash ([#76341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76341), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))

 - Base-images: Update to kube-cross:v1.13.9-5 ([#90964](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90964), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus)) [SIG Release and Testing]
 - CSINode initialization does not crash kubelet on startup when APIServer is not reachable or kubelet has not the right credentials yet. ([#89589](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89589), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Storage]

- Fixed a 1.27.4 regression where kube-controller-manager can crash when StatefulSet with Parallel policy and PVC labels is scaled up. ([#121185](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121185), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]

# OSX leaves these everywhere on SMB shares
._*

# OSX trash
.DS_Store

# Developers can store local stuff in dirs named __something
__*

# Eclipse files
.classpath
.project
.settings/**

# Files generated by JetBrains IDEs, e.g. IntelliJ IDEA
.idea/
*.iml

# Vscode files
.vscode

# This is where the result of the go build goes
/output*/
/_output*/
/_output

# Emacs save files
*~
\#*\#

### Bug or Regression
 - Base-images: Update to kube-cross:v1.13.9-5 ([#90965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90965), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus)) [SIG Release]
 - CSINode initialization does not crash kubelet on startup when APIServer is not reachable or kubelet has not the right credentials yet. ([#89589](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89589), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Storage]

- Fixes problem where invalid selector on `PodDisruptionBudget` leads to a nil pointer dereference that causes the Controller manager to crash loop. ([#98750](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98750), [@mortent](https://github.com/mortent))

    *   reflector_watches_total
    * While this is a backwards-incompatible change, it would have been impossible to setup reliable monitoring around these metrics since the labels were not stable. 
* Fix keymutex issues which may crash in some platforms. ([#74386](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74386), [@danielqsj](https://github.com/danielqsj))



# v1.12.6

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