- iptables proxier: now routes local traffic to LB IPs to service chain ([#77523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77523), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

    * PR [#1851](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1851) based on original PR [#1627](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1627) by [@chrisngyn](https://github.com/chrisngyn), [@YKo20010](https://github.com/YKo20010), [@kx-chen](https://github.com/kx-chen).
* Re-enable Gitter releases bot. PR [#1831](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1831).

## Changelog since v1.4.0-beta.1

### Other notable changes

* Fix a bug in kubelet hostport logic which flushes KUBE-MARK-MASQ iptables chain ([#32413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32413), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))
* Stick to 2.2.1 etcd ([#32404](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32404), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

* Stick to 2.2.1 etcd ([#32404](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32404), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))
* Fix a bug in kubelet hostport logic which flushes KUBE-MARK-MASQ iptables chain ([#32413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32413), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

* Fixed regression in initial kubectl exec terminal dimensions ([#51127](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51127), [@chen-anders](https://github.com/chen-anders))

   ([#123179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123179), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))
- Added feature gate `MutatingAdmissionPolicy` for enabling mutation policy in admission chain. ([#123425](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123425), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37))

* Fix initial exec terminal dimensions. ([#51126](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51126), [@chen-anders](https://github.com/chen-anders))
* vSphere: Fix attach volume failing on the first try. ([#51218](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51218), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))



# v1.6.9

- Azurefile: Normalize share name to not include the capital letters ([#100731](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100731), [@kassarl](https://github.com/kassarl))
- Chain the field manager creation calls in `newDefaultFieldManager` to be explicit about the order of operations. ([#101076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101076), [@kevindelgado](https://github.com/kevindelgado))

- Trace output in apiserver logs is more organized and comprehensive. Traces are nested, and for all non-long running request endpoints, the entire filter chain is instrumented (e.g. authentication check is included). ([#88936](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88936), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation and Scheduling]...

`(*"k8s.io/client-go/rest".Request).{Do,DoRaw,Stream,Watch}` now require callers to pass a `context.Context` as an argument. The context is used for timeout and cancellation signaling and to pass supplementary information to round trippers in the wrapped transport chain. If you don't need any of this functionality, it is sufficient to pass a context created with `context.Background()` to these functions. The `(*"k8s.io/client-go/rest".Request).Context` method is removed now that all methods that execute a request...