* fix azure disk create failure due to sdk upgrade ([#67236](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67236), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Kubeadm join --control-plane main workflow ([#66873](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66873), [@fabriziopandini](https://github.com/fabriziopandini))

* Restored cAdvisor prometheus metrics to the main port -- a regression that existed in v1.7.0-v1.7.2 ([#49079](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49079), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

all API calls had to fetch key/value stored in secret and use it to authenticate/authorize these operations. With this change API calls receive key/value as a input parameter so they not need to know where and how credentials were stored and fetched. Main goal was to make these API calls CO (Container Orchestrator) agnostic.  ([#60118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60118), [@sbezverk](https://github.com/sbezverk))

* StorageOS volume plugin has been updated to support mount...

- Migrated the main kube-controller-manager binary to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging). ([#116529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116529), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

### SIG Cloud Provider

In addition, the NodeRestriction admission plugin now prevents kubelets from modifying taints on their Node API objects, making it easier to keep track of which nodes should be in use.

### SIG CLI

- Added a new scheduler metric, `pod_scheduling_sli_duration_seconds`,...

    * faster handoff when a leader-elected process is gracefully terminated.
* Make volume binder resilient to races between main schedule loop and async binding operation  ([#72045](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72045), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

* Fix resync goroutine leak in ListAndWatch ([#35672](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35672), [@tatsuhiro-t](https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t))

#### client-go

Kubernetes 1.15 consists of **25 enhancements**: 2 moving to stable, 13 in beta, and 10 in alpha. The main themes of this release are:

#### Continuous Improvement