- CRI now supports a "runtime_handler" field for RunPodSandboxRequest, used for selecting the runtime configuration to run the sandbox with (alpha feature). ([#67518](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67518), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

- Fix: resize Azure disk issue when it's in attached state ([#96705](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96705), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fixed kubelet creating extra sandbox for pods with RestartPolicyOnFailure after all containers succeeded ([#92614](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92614), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn)) [SIG Node and Testing]

    * The `kube-cloud-controller-manager` flag `--use-service-account-credentials` is now honored consistently, regardless of whether `--service-account-private-key-file` was specified.
* Fix credentials providers for docker sandbox image. ([#51870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51870), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Fixed kubelet creating extra sandbox for pods with RestartPolicyOnFailure after all containers succeeded ([#92614](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92614), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn)) [SIG Node and Testing]

* Remove pids cgroup controller requirement when related feature gates are disabled ([#79073](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79073), [@rafatio](https://github.com/rafatio))
* Fix a bug where kubelet would not retry pod sandbox creation when the restart policy of the pod is Never ([#79451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79451), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

* Add --request-timeout to kube-apiserver to make global request timeout configurable. ([#51415](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51415), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))
* Fix credentials providers for docker sandbox image. ([#51870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51870), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

* Fix a bug where kubelet would not retry pod sandbox creation when the restart policy of the pod is Never ([#79451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79451), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

* Make logdump support kubemark and support gke with 'use_custom_instance_list' ([#51834](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51834), [@shyamjvs](https://github.com/shyamjvs))
* Fix credentials providers for docker sandbox image. ([#51870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51870), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))



# v1.6.10

* Support copying "options" in resolv.conf into pod sandbox when dnsPolicy is Default ([#54773](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54773), [@phsiao](https://github.com/phsiao))

- `kubeadm`: now shows a warning message when detecting that the sandbox image of the container runtime is inconsistent with that used by kubeadm ([#115610](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115610), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))