everyItem(org.hamcrest.Matcher); public static org.hamcrest.Matcher containsString(String); public static org.hamcrest.core.CombinableMatcher$CombinableBothMatche both(org.hamcrest.Matcher); public static org.hamcrest.core.CombinableMatcher$CombinableEitherMatc either(org.hamcrest.Matcher); public static org.hamcrest.Matcher isThrowable(org.hamcrest.Matcher); public static org.hamcrest.Matcher isException(org.hamcrest.Matcher); } org/junit/Assume.class package org.junit; public synchronized class Assume { public void...

 - The flag `--experimental-patches` is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. You can migrate to using the new flag `--patches`. Add a new field `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory` that can be used for the same purpose. For `init` and `join` it is now recommended that you migrate to configure patches via `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory`. For the time being, these flags can be mixed with `--config`, but that...

- Ensure Job status updates are batched by 1s. This fixes an unlikely scenario when a sequence of immediately 
  completing pods could trigger a sequence of non-batched Job status updates. ([#118470](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118470), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG Apps]

* kube-apiserver: Fixed a regression accepting patch requests > 1MB ([#84963](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84963), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* kube-apiserver: fixed a bug that could cause a goroutine leak if the apiserver encountered an encoding error serving a watch to a websocket watcher ([#84693](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84693), [@tedyu](https://github.com/tedyu))

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated flag `--experimental-patches` for the `init|join|upgrade` commands. The flag `--patches` is no longer allowed in a mixture with the flag `--config`. Please use the kubeadm configuration for setting patches for a node using `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches`. ([#104065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104065), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

- Implement a new feature that allows applying kustomize patches to static pod manifests generated by kubeadm. ([#80905](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80905), [@fabriziopandini](https://gi...

incorrect.  If watching objects with a filter, when an update was made that no longer matched the filter a DELETE event was correctly sent.  However, the object that was returned by that delete was not the (correct) version before the update, but instead, the newer version.  That meant the new object was not matched by the filter.  This was a regression from behavior between cached watches on the server side and uncached watches, and thus broke downstream API clients. ([#46223](https://github.com/kuberne...

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed
- github.com/evanphx/json-patch: [162e562 → v4.9.0+incompatible](https://github.com/evanphx/json-patch/compare/162e562...v4.9.0)

### Removed
- github.com/jessevdk/go-flags: [v1.4.0](https://github.com/jessevdk/go-flags/tree/v1.4.0)



# v1.18.8

- Very large patches may now be specified to `kubectl patch` with the `--patch-file` flag instead of including them directly on the command line. The `--patch` and `--patch-file` flags are mutually exclusive. ([#93548](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93548), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton)) [SIG CLI]

* Added a feature gate for the plugin watcher. ([#64605](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64605), [@vikaschoudhary16](https://github.com/vikaschoudhary16))