* array whose contents are initially non-null. The {@code @Nullable} annotation indicates that
   * this method will write nulls into the array during iteration.
   *
   * <p>This is mainly just to avoid the intermediate ArrayDeque in ConsumingQueueIterator.
   */
  private static <I extends Iterator<?>> Iterator<I> consumingForArray(@Nullable I... elements) {
    return new UnmodifiableIterator<I>() {
      int index = 0;

- Kubeadm: add support for certificate chain validation. When using kubeadm in external CA mode, this allows an intermediate CA to be used to sign the certificates. The intermediate CA certificate must be appended to each signed certificate for this to work correctly. ([#97266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97266), [@robbiemcmichael](https://github.com/robbiemcmichael)) [SIG Cluster...

## Changelog since v1.3.8

### Other notable changes

* Test x509 intermediates correctly ([#34524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34524), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Fixed an issue that caused a credential error when deploying federation control plane onto a GKE cluster. ([#31747](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31747), [@madhusudancs](https://github.com/madhusudancs))
* Test x509 intermediates correctly ([#34524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34524), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))



# v1.4.1

* etcd3: avoid unnecessary decoding in etcd3 client  ([#34435](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34435), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* Test x509 intermediates correctly ([#34524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34524), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Client-go certificate manager rotation gained the ability to preserve optional intermediate chains accompanying issued certificates ([#88744](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88744), [@jackkleeman](https://github.com/jackkleeman)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

</p>

<p>
For instance, some architectures provide a "fused multiply and add" (FMA) instruction
that computes <code>x*y + z</code> without rounding the intermediate result <code>x*y</code>.
These examples show when a Go implementation can use that instruction:
</p>

<pre>
// FMA allowed for computing r, because x*y is not explicitly rounded:
r  = x*y + z

- Kubeadm: during the validation of existing kubeconfig files on disk, handle cases where the "ca.crt" is a bundle and has intermediate certificates. Find a common trust anchor between the "ca.crt" bundle and the CA in the existing kubeconfig on disk instead of treating "ca.crt" as a file containing a single CA. ([#123102](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123102),...

</p>

<p>
For instance, some architectures provide a "fused multiply and add" (FMA) instruction
that computes <code>x*y + z</code> without rounding the intermediate result <code>x*y</code>.
These examples show when a Go implementation can use that instruction:
</p>

<pre>
// FMA allowed for computing r, because x*y is not explicitly rounded:
r  = x*y + z

  * [stable] [containerd](https://github.com/containerd/containerd): containerd v1.1 natively supports CRI v1alpha2 now, so users can use Kubernetes v1.10 with containerd v1.1 directly, without having to use the intermediate cri-containerd daemon. [All Kubernetes 1.10 tests passed](https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-node-containerd). [@Random-Liu]