* Fix Pods using Portworx volumes getting stuck in ContainerCreating phase. ([#48898](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48898), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))

            return null;
        }
        try {
            return Integer.parseInt(value);
        } catch (final NumberFormatException e) {
            if (value.endsWith("%") || value.endsWith("px")) {
                return null;
            }
            return 0;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates a URL object from the current URL and a relative or absolute URL string.
     *

* Fix issue in Portworx volume driver causing controller manager to crash ([#76341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76341), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* fix azure disk list corruption issue ([#77187](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77187), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* Fixes an issue where Portworx volumes cannot be mounted if 9001 port is already in use on the host and users remap 9001 to another port. ([#70392](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70392), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* kube-proxy in IPVS mode will stop initiating connections to terminating pods for services with sessionAffinity set. ([#71834](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71834), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

* Fixes an issue where Portworx PVCs remain in pending state when created using a StorageClass with empty parameters ([#64895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64895), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* On COS, NPD creates a node condition for frequent occurrences of unregister_netdevice ([#65342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65342), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))



# v1.9.9

* Fixes an issue where Portworx PVCs remain in pending state when created using a StorageClass with empty parameters ([#64895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64895), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* add external resource group support for azure disk ([#64427](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64427), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fixed issue in Portworx volume driver causing controller manager to crash. ([#76341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76341), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
- For an empty regular file, `stat --printf %F` will now display `regular empty file` instead of `regular file`. ([#62159](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62159), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

* Fix issue in Portworx volume driver causing controller manager to crash ([#76341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76341), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* Fixes segmentation fault issue with Protobuf library when log entries are deeply nested. ([#77224](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77224), [@qingling128](https://github.com/qingling128))

* Fix Pods using Portworx volumes getting stuck in ContainerCreating phase. ([#48898](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48898), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* RBAC role and role-binding reconciliation now ensures namespaces exist when reconciling on startup. ([#48480](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48480), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Fixes an issue where Portworx volumes cannot be mounted if 9001 port is already in use on the host and users remap 9001 to another port. ([#70392](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70392), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* fix race condition when attach azure disk in vmss ([#71992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71992), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))