- [Storage](#storage)
    - [Deprecations and Removals](#deprecations-and-removals)
    - [Metrics Changes](#metrics-changes)
      - [Added metrics](#added-metrics)
      - [Removed metrics](#removed-metrics)
      - [Deprecated/changed metrics](#deprecated/changed-metrics)
    - [Notable Features](#notable-features)
      - [Beta](#beta)
      - [Alpha](#alpha)

- Metrics server nanny has now poll period set to 30s (previously 5 minutes) to allow faster scaling of metrics server. ([#101869](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101869), [@olagacek](https://github.com/olagacek)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Instrumentation]

    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Deprecations](#deprecations)
  - [Removed and deprecated metrics](#removed-and-deprecated-metrics)
    - [Removed metrics](#removed-metrics)
    - [Deprecated metrics](#deprecated-metrics)
  - [Notable Features](#notable-features)
  - [API Changes](#api-changes)
  - [Detailed Bug Fixes And Changes](#detailed-bug-fixes-and-changes)

* The implicit registration of Prometheus metrics for workqueue has been removed, and a plug-able interface was added. If you were using workqueue in your own binaries and want these metrics, add the following to your imports in the main package: "k8s.io/pkg/util/workqueue/prometheus". ([#33792](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33792), [@caesarxuchao]...

* The implicit registration of Prometheus metrics for request count and latency have been removed, and a plug-able interface was added. If you were using our client libraries in your own binaries and want these metrics, add the following to your imports in the main package: "k8s.io/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus".  ([#30638](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/30638), [@krousey](https://github.com/krousey))

* The IP address and port for kube-proxy metrics server is now configurable via flag `--metrics-bind-address` ([#48625](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48625), [@mrhohn](https://github.com/mrhohn))
  * Special notice for kube-proxy in 1.7+ (including 1.7.0):
    * Healthz server (/healthz) will be served on 0.0.0.0:10256 by default.
    * Metrics server (/metrics and /proxyMode) will be served on 127.0.0.1:10249 by default.

### Autoscaling
* **[alpha]** The Horizontal Pod Autoscaler now supports drawing metrics through the API server aggregator.
* **[alpha]** The Horizontal Pod Autoscaler now supports scaling on multiple, custom metrics.
* Cluster Autoscaler publishes its status to kube-system/cluster-autoscaler-status ConfigMap.

evicts pods from nodes in preparation for disruptive operations like kernel
upgrades or maintenance.
     * Custom Metrics for Autoscaling (HorizontalPodAutoscaler API in the Autoscaling
API group): The Horizontal Pod Autoscaling feature now supports custom metrics
(Alpha), allowing you to specify application-level metrics and thresholds to
trigger scaling up and down the number of pods in your application.

* enable recursive processing in kubectl rollout ([#25110](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25110), [@metral](https://github.com/metral))
* Support struct,array,slice types when sorting kubectl output ([#25022](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25022), [@zhouhaibing089](https://github.com/zhouhaibing089))