* Fixes an issue with upgrade requests made via pod/service/node proxy subresources sending a non-absolute HTTP request-uri to backends ([#52065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52065), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

## Changelog since v1.2.6

### Other notable changes

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



# v1.2.6

[Documentation](http://kubernetes.github.io) & [Examples](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.2/examples)

## Downloads for v1.2.6

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* Automatically create the kube-system namespace ([#25196](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25196), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))
* Make ThirdPartyResource a root scoped object ([#25006](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25006), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Fixed encryption key and encryption provider rotation ([#58375](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58375), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kube-apiserver now reports metrics for authorization decisions in the `apiserver_authorization_decisions_total` metric, labeled by authorizer type, name, and decision. ([#123333](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123333), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Testing]

* Fixes ability for admin/edit/view users to see controller revisions, needed for kubectl rollout commands ([#70699](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70699), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

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



# v1.4.1

[Documentation](http://kubernetes.github.io) & [Examples](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.4/examples)

## Downloads

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- Fixes an issue that can result in namespaced custom resources being orphaned when their namespace is deleted, if the CRD defining the custom resource is removed concurrently with namespaces being deleted, then recreated. ([#93790](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93790), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery and Apps]

- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89963](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89963), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]

* Patch CVE-2016-8859 in alpine based images: ([#42936](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42936), [@timstclair](https://github.com/timstclair))