- Replace scale down forbidden window with scale down stabilization window. Rather than waiting a fixed period of time between scale downs HPA now scales down to the highest recommendation it during the scale down stabilization window. ([#68122](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68122), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))

Pages](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/manage-hugepages/scheduling-hugepages/), which allows pods to consume either 2Mi or 1Gi Huge Pages.  This benefits applications that consume large amounts of memory.  Use of Huge Pages is a common tuning recommendation for databases and JVMs.  Finally, the [Device Plugin](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/device-plugins/) feature, which provides a framework for vendors to advertise their resources to the Kubelet without changing Kubernetes...

## **External Dependency Version Information**

Continuous integration builds have used the following versions of external dependencies, however, this is not a strong recommendation and users should consult an appropriate installation or upgrade guide before deciding what versions of etcd, docker or rkt to use.

* Docker versions 1.10.3, 1.11.2, 1.12.6 have been validated

## External Dependency Version Information

Continuous integration builds have used the following versions of external dependencies, however, this is not a strong recommendation and users should consult an appropriate installation or upgrade guide before deciding what versions of etcd, docker or rkt to use.

* Docker versions 1.10.3, 1.11.2, 1.12.6 have been validated

## Known Issues

### Etcd v3.5.[0-2] data corruption

Data corruption issue was found in etcd v3.5.0 release that was shipped with 1.22 Kubernetes release. Please read up-to-date [production recommendations for etcd](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/tree/main/CHANGELOG).

## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

### Etcd v3.5.[0-2] data corruption

Data corruption issue was found in etcd v3.5.0 release that was shipped with 1.22 Kubernetes release. Please read up-to-date [production recommendations for etcd](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/tree/main/CHANGELOG).

## Urgent Upgrade Notes 

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

## External Dependency Version Information

Continuous integration builds have used the following versions of external dependencies, however, this is not a strong recommendation and users should consult an appropriate installation or upgrade guide before deciding what versions of etcd, docker or rkt to use.

* Docker versions 1.10.3 - 1.12.3
  * Docker version 1.11.2 known issues