* possible to update the spec field of an existing
    * NetworkPolicy. (Previously you had to delete and recreate a
    * NetworkPolicy if you wanted to change it.)
* Fix udp service blackhole problem when number of backends changes from 0 to non-0 ([#48524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48524), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

* CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER environment variable will be used to populate notification banner in Kubernetes Dashboard add-on. ([#60639](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60639), [@konryd](https://github.com/konryd))
* Fix exists status for azure GetLoadBalancer ([#57991](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57991), [@karataliu](https://github.com/karataliu))



# v1.9.5

([#57926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57926), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

* Check for known manifests during preflight instead of only checking for non-empty manifests directory. This makes the preflight checks less heavy-handed by specifically checking for well-known files (kube-apiserver.yaml, kube-controller-manager.yaml, kube-scheduler.yaml, etcd.yaml) in /etc/kubernetes/manifests instead of simply checking for a non-empty directory. ([#57287](https://github.com/kube...

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* There's a known issue where the Vertical Pod Autoscaler will radically change implementation in 1.12, so users of VPA (alpha) in 1.11 are warned that they will not be able to automatically migrate their VPA configs from 1.11 to 1.12.


## Before Upgrading

Kubernetes releases are now generating provenance attestation files describing the staging and release phases of the release process and artifacts are verified as they are handed over from one phase to the next.
This final piece completes the work needed to comply with Level 1 of the [SLSA security framework](https://slsa.dev/) (Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts).