## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

* In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9, and 1.9.4 are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first.

## Changelog since v1.9.6

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9, and 1.9.4 are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first. ([#61373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61373), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other notable changes

- Fixed an issue to not drain all the pods in a namespace when an empty-selector i.e. "{}" is specified in a Pod Disruption Budget (PDB) ([#121132](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121132), [@sairameshv](https://github.com/sairameshv)) [SIG Apps]

- Kubectl/drain: add disable-eviction option.Force drain to use delete, even if eviction is supported. This will bypass checking PodDisruptionBudgets, and should be used with caution. ([#85571](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85571), [@michaelgugino](https://github.com/michaelgugino)) [SIG CLI]

* New kubeDNS image fixes an issue where SRV records were incorrectly being compressed. Added manifest file for multiple arch images. ([#68430](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68430), [@prameshj](https://github.com/prameshj))
* Drain should delete terminal pods. ([#68767](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68767), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))



# v1.12.0-rc.1

#### Storage
- A node that uses a CSI raw block volume needs to be drained before kubelet can be upgraded to 1.17. ([#74026](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74026), [@mkimuram](https://github.com/mkimuram))

#### Windows
- The Windows containers RunAsUsername feature is now beta.

## Changelog since v1.8.10

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9, and 1.9.4 are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first. ([#61373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61373), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other notable changes

  IPv6 IPs. ([#121008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121008), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network]
- Fixed an issue to not drain all the pods in a namespace when an empty-selector i.e. "{}" is specified in a Pod Disruption Budget (PDB) ([#121131](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121131), [@sairameshv](https://github.com/sairameshv)) [SIG Apps]

- kubectl: support multiple arguments for cordon/uncordon and drain ([#68655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68655), [@goodluckbot](https://github.com/goodluckbot))