*   Extends the device plugin checkpoint data to record registered resources so that we can finish resource removing devices even upon kubelet restarts.
    *   Passes sourcesReady from kubelet to the device plugin to avoid removing inactive pods during the grace period of kubelet restart.

- Cloud controller manager's node controller now emits timing metrics for initial `Node` synchronization. These metrics measure the delay between the creation of a new `Node` and the node controller's initial management actions, such as removing the cloud provider taint. These metrics should be consulted when setting cloud controller manager's `--concurrent-node-syncs` flag. ([#119241](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119241), [@cartermckinnon](https://github.com/cartermckinnon))...

SIG Storage also worked on a number of [Container Storage Interface (CSI) features](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/178) this quarter in anticipation of moving support for CSI from beta to GA in the next Kubernetes release. This includes graduating the dependent “mount namespace propagation” feature to GA, moving the Kubelet plugin registration mechanism to beta, adding alpha support for a new CSI driver registry as well as for topology, and adding a number of alpha features to support...

- Fix a bug that a preemptor pod may exist as a phantom in the scheduler. ([#102498](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102498), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Fix removing pods from podTopologyHints mapping ([#101892](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101892), [@aheng-ch](https://github.com/aheng-ch)) [SIG Node]

* Add `metrics-port` to kube-proxy cmd flags. ([#72682](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72682), [@whypro](https://github.com/whypro))
* Reduce memory utilization of admission webhook metrics by removing resource related labels. ([#69895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69895), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))



# v1.11.8

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

## Downloads for v1.11.8

- Kubectl explain should correctly work for all resources ([#118876](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118876), [@atiratree](https://github.com/atiratree)) [SIG CLI]
- Only declare Job as finished after removing all Pod finalizers to avoid orphan Pods ([#119160](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119160), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

### SIG Openstack

- Fix scheduler crash when removing node before its pods ([#89908](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89908), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Consolidate ScoreWithNormalizePlugin into the ScorePlugin interface ([#83042](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83042), [@draveness](https://github.com/draveness))
- New APIs to allow adding/removing pods from pre-calculated prefilter state in the scheduling framework ([#82912](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82912), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))

* Fix regression in the CRI: do not add a default hostname on short image names ([#58955](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58955), [@runcom](https://github.com/runcom))

* use containing API group when resolving shortname from discovery ([#58741](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58741), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))