- Introduce a new server run option 'shutdown-send-retry-after'. If true the HTTP Server will continue listening until all non longrunning request(s) in flight have been drained, during this window all incoming requests will be rejected with a status code `429` and a 'Retry-After' response header. ([#101257](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101257), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem))

- Changed node staging path for CSI driver to use a PV agnostic path. Nodes must be drained before updating the kubelet with this change. ([#107065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107065), [@saikat-royc](https://github.com/saikat-royc))

  /**
   * Constructs a new {@code CacheStats} instance.
   *
   * <p>Five parameters of the same type in a row is a bad thing, but this class is not constructed
   * by end users and is too fine-grained for a builder.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // should accept a java.time.Duration
  public CacheStats(
      long hitCount,
      long missCount,
      long loadSuccessCount,
      long loadExceptionCount,

  /**
   * Constructs a new {@code CacheStats} instance.
   *
   * <p>Five parameters of the same type in a row is a bad thing, but this class is not constructed
   * by end users and is too fine-grained for a builder.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // should accept a java.time.Duration
  public CacheStats(
      long hitCount,
      long missCount,
      long loadSuccessCount,
      long loadExceptionCount,

* ACTION REQUIRED: In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14+, 1.8.9+, and 1.9.4+ are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first. ([#61373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61373), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other notable changes

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# Gradle platform architecture

Gradle is arranged into coarse-grained components called "architecture modules" and "platforms".
See [ADR4](standards/0004-use-a-platform-architecture.md) for a definition of these terms.

The diagram below shows the current set of architecture modules and platforms:

For the 1.8 release, SIG Scalability focused on automating large cluster
scalability testing in a continuous integration (CI) environment. The SIG
defined a concrete process for scalability testing, created
documentation for the current scalability thresholds, and defined a new set of
Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for the system.
Here's the release [scalability validation report].

- Improved scheduler performance when no scoring plugins were defined.
   ([#122058](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122058), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska))
- Improved scheduler performance when no scoring plugins were defined.

## Changelog since v1.9.6

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9, and 1.9.4 are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first. ([#61373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61373), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other notable changes

## Changelog since v1.7.15

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9, and 1.9.4 are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first. ([#61373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61373), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other notable changes