This is achieved by reducing the TIME-WAIT state of the connection to 1 second, instead of the defaults 60 seconds. This allows kubelet to free the socket, and free conntrack entry and ephemeral port associated. ([#115143](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115143), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network and Node]

- Fix the bug PIP's DNS is deleted if no DNS label service annotation isn't set. ([#87312](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87312), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: set nil cache entry based on old cache ([#87591](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87591), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

    - [Action Required](#action-required-7)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-19)
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# v1.8.15

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io) & [Examples](https://releases.k8s.io/release-1.8/examples)

## Downloads for v1.8.15


filename | sha256 hash
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  conntrack entries, sockets. This is achieved by reducing the `TIME-WAIT` state
  of the connection to 1 second, instead of the defaults 60 seconds. This allows
  kubelet to free the socket, and free conntrack entry and ephemeral port associated. ([#115143](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115143), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

- Clear UDP conntrack entry on endpoint changes when using nodeport ([#71573](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71573), [@JacobTanenbaum](https://github.com/JacobTanenbaum)) [SIG Network]

- Adds two kubemark flags, `--max-pods` and `--extended-resources`. ([#100267](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100267), [@Jeffwan](https://github.com/Jeffwan))
- An audit log entry will be generated when a `ValidatingAdmissionWebhook` is failing to open. ([#92739](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92739), [@cnphil](https://github.com/cnphil))
- Base images: Updated to
  - debian-base:buster-v1.6.0

  - [Changelog since v1.11.0](#changelog-since-v1110)
    - [Action Required](#action-required-5)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-16)
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# v1.12.10

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

## Downloads for v1.12.10


filename | sha512 hash
-------- | -----------

    - [Action Required](#action-required-7)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-15)
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# v1.9.11

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

## Downloads for v1.9.11


filename | sha512 hash
-------- | -----------

  - [Changelog since v1.12.0](#changelog-since-v1120)
    - [Action Required](#action-required-1)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-17)
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# v1.13.12

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

## Downloads for v1.13.12


filename | sha512 hash
-------- | -----------

    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-23)
  - [Changelog since v1.6.0](#changelog-since-v160)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-23)
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# v1.7.16

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io) & [Examples](https://releases.k8s.io/release-1.7/examples)

## Downloads for v1.7.16


filename | sha256 hash
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