- The `export` query parameter for list API calls, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.18.

- Performs strict server side schema validation requests via the `fieldValidation=[Strict,Warn,Ignore]` query parameter. (#105916, @kevindelgado) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, Cloud Provider and Testing]
- Support pod priority based node graceful shutdown (#102915, @wzshiming) [SIG Node and Testing]

### Feature

* Remove examples moved to docs site ([#23513](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23513), [@erictune](https://github.com/erictune))
* Do not query the metadata server to find out if running on GCE.  Retry metadata server query for gcr if running on gce. ([#28871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28871), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))

* We change the default attach_detach_controller sync period to 1 minute to reduce the query frequency through cloud provider to check whether volumes are attached or not. ([#41363](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41363), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

## Changes to Major Components

  - The `export` query parameter for list API calls, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.18.

* Fix a typo in prometheus-to-sd configuration, that drops some stackdriver metrics. ([#56473](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56473), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))
* Update jquery and bootstrap dependencies ([#56447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56447), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))



# v1.7.11

* Fix logrotate config on GCI ([#29139](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29139), [@adityakali](https://github.com/adityakali))
* Do not query the metadata server to find out if running on GCE.  Retry metadata server query for gcr if running on gce. ([#28871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28871), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))

* Update kubectl help for 1.2 resources ([#23305](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23305), [@janetkuo](https://github.com/janetkuo))
* Removing URL query param from swagger UI to fix the XSS issue ([#23234](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23234), [@nikhiljindal](https://github.com/nikhiljindal))

  - The `export` query parameter for list API calls is deprecated and will be removed in v1.18 ([#73783](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73783), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))