* Add fallbacks to ARM API when getting empty node IP from Azure IMDS ([#69077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69077), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Deduplicate PATH items when reading plugins. ([#69089](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69089), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

* Fixed a bug in the apiserver storage that could cause just-added finalizers to be ignored on an immediately following delete request, leading to premature deletion. ([#77619](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77619), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

CustomResourceDefinitions also have new support for defaulting, with defaults specified using the `default` keyword in the OpenAPI validation schema. Defaults are set for unspecified fields in an object sent to the API, and when reading from etcd.

Defaulting will be available as alpha in Kubernetes 1.15 and requires structural schemas.

#### CustomResourceDefinition OpenAPI Publishing

in accord with this section must be in a format that is publicly
documented (and with an implementation available to the public in
source code form), and must require no special password or key for
unpacking, reading or copying.

  7. Additional Terms.

  "Additional permissions" are terms that supplement the terms of this
License by making exceptions from one or more of its conditions.

16FE5..16FEF  ; disallowed                             # NA   <reserved-16FE5>..<reserved-16FEF>
16FF0..16FF1  ; valid                                  # 13.0 VIETNAMESE ALTERNATE READING MARK CA..VIETNAMESE ALTERNATE READING MARK NHAY
16FF2..16FFF  ; disallowed                             # NA   <reserved-16FF2>..<reserved-16FFF>

* Get public IP for Azure vmss nodes. ([#68498](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68498), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Deduplicate PATH items when reading plugins. ([#69170](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69170), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))



# v1.12.0

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

## Downloads for v1.12.0

* kubeadm upgrade no longer races leading to unexpected upgrade behavior on pod restarts ([#62655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62655), [@stealthybox](https://github.com/stealthybox))

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.32.0 - v1.32.5
  - kube-apiserver v1.33.0 - v1.33.1

**Fixed Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.32.6
  - kube-apiserver v1.33.2

- Fixed file permission issues that happened during update of Secret/ConfigMap/projected volume when fsGroup is used. The problem caused a race condition where application gets intermittent permission denied error when reading files that were just updated, before the correct permissions were applied. ([#114728](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114728), [@furkatgofurov7](https://github.com/furkatgofurov7)) [SIG Storage]

scalable and extensible alternative to the Endpoints API. EndpointSlices track IP addresses, ports, readiness, and topology information for Pods backing a Service.

In Kubernetes 1.19 this feature will be enabled by default with kube-proxy reading from EndpointSlices instead of Endpoints. Although this will mostly be an invisible change, it should result in noticeable scalability improvements in large clusters. It will also enable significant new features in future Kubernetes releases like...