* Reverts to looking up the current VM in vSphere using the machine's UUID, either obtained via sysfs or via the `vm-uuid` parameter in the cloud configuration file. ([#40892](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40892), [@robdaemon](https://github.com/robdaemon))

  * Filter out IPV6 node addresses. ([#45181](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45181), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

  * Fix fetching of VM UUID on Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora. ([#45311](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45311), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))


#### Cluster Provisioning
* Juju:

- github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog/tree/v1.0.0)
- github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid: [v1.0.1](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid/tree/v1.0.1)
- github.com/hashicorp/go.net: [v0.0.1](https://github.com/hashicorp/go.net/tree/v0.0.1)
- github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru: [v0.5.1](https://github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/tree/v0.5.1)

- github.com/go-task/slim-sprig: [348f09d → 52ccab3](https://github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/compare/348f09d...52ccab3)
- github.com/gofrs/uuid: [v4.0.0+incompatible → v4.4.0+incompatible](https://github.com/gofrs/uuid/compare/v4.0.0...v4.4.0)
- github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4: [v4.4.2 → v4.5.0](https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4/compare/v4.4.2...v4.5.0)

- windows: Ensured graceful termination when being run as windows service ([#73292](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73292), [@steffengy](https://github.com/steffengy))
- vSphere cloud provider now correctly retrieves the VM's UUID when running on Windows ([#71147](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71147), [@benmoss](https://github.com/benmoss))

## Non-user-facing Changes

* CRI now uses moutpoint as image filesystem identifier instead of UUID. ([#59475](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59475), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))

- github.com/coreos/rkt: v1.30.0
- github.com/globalsign/mgo: eeefdec
- github.com/google/certificate-transparency-go: v1.0.21
- github.com/heketi/rest: aa6a652
- github.com/heketi/utils: 435bc5b
- github.com/pborman/uuid: v1.2.0

# v1.17.0-rc.2

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

## Downloads for v1.17.0-rc.2


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

* Bumped gRPC version to 1.3.0 ([#51154](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51154), [@RenaudWasTaken](https://github.com/RenaudWasTaken))
* Delete load balancers if the UIDs for services don't match. ([#50539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50539), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

* Bumped gRPC version to 1.3.0 ([#51154](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51154), [@RenaudWasTaken](https://github.com/RenaudWasTaken))
* Delete load balancers if the UIDs for services don't match. ([#50539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50539), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

- Kube-controller-manager: Resolves potential issues handling pods with incorrect uids in their ownerReference ([#134658](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134658), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Apps]