* Cluster Autoscaler 1.0.4 ([#59271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59271), [@mwielgus](https://github.com/mwielgus))
* Prevent kubelet from getting wedged if initialization of modules returns an error. ([#59020](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59020), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

 - 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]

* Fix kubelet panics when RuntimeClass is enabled. ([#68521](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68521), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))
* cAdvisor: Fix NVML initialization race condition ([#68431](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68431), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
    * cAdvisor: Fix brtfs filesystem discovery
    * cAdvisor: Fix race condition with AllDockerContainers

### 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]

* Fix concurrent map access panic ([#65328](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65328), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
    * Don't watch .mount cgroups to reduce number of inotify watches
    * Fix NVML initialization race condition
    * Fix brtfs disk metrics when using a subdirectory of a subvolume
* Pass cluster_location argument to Heapster ([#65176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65176), [@kawych](https://github.com/kawych))

* Fix concurrent map access panic ([#65327](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65327), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
    * Don't watch .mount cgroups to reduce number of inotify watches
    * Fix NVML initialization race condition
    * Fix brtfs disk metrics when using a subdirectory of a subvolume

   ([#122704](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122704), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

### Other notable changes

* federation: fix dns provider initialization issues ([#27252](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27252), [@mfanjie](https://github.com/mfanjie))

* Fixed a bug in the API server watch cache, which could cause a missing watch event immediately after cache initialization. ([#49992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49992), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))



# v1.6.8

* Prevent kubelet from getting wedged if initialization of modules returns an error. ([#59020](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59020), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))