* Ensure expected load balancer is selected for Azure ([#62450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62450), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fix error message regarding conversion of `v1.ListOptions` to `samplecontroller.k8s.io/v1alpha1`. ([#57243](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57243), [@munnerz](https://github.com/munnerz))

* Change ImageGCManage to consume ImageFS stats from StatsProvider ([#53094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53094), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
* Fixes an issue with `kubectl set` commands encountering conversion errors for ReplicaSet and DaemonSet objects ([#53158](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53158), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))


# v1.8.0

### <a href="https://marshmallow.readthedocs.io/en/3.0/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Marshmallow</a>

APIシステムで必要とされる主な機能の一つに、コード (Python) からデータを取り出して、ネットワークを介して送れるものに変換するデータの「<abbr title="marshalling, conversion">シリアライゼーション</abbr>」があります。例えば、データベースのデータを含むオブジェクトをJSONオブジェクトに変換したり、`datetime` オブジェクトを文字列に変換するなどです。

- Fix scheduler crash when removing node before its pods ([#89908](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89908), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89965), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]

- K8s.io/apimachinery - scheme.Convert() now uses only explicitly registered conversions - default reflection based conversion is no longer available. `+k8s:conversion-gen` tags can be used with the `k8s.io/code-generator` component to generate conversions. ([#90018](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90018), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Testing]

  - If the custom resource participates the spec/status convention, the metadata.generation of the CR increments when there is any change, except for the changes to the metadata or the changes to the status.
  - If the custom resource does not participate the spec/status convention, the metadata.generation of the CR increments when there is any change to the CR, except for changes to the metadata.

does not support protobuf encoding, if you roll back to 1.5 after upgrading to
protobuf you will be forced to restore from backup, and you will lose any changes
since you converted to protobuf.  After conversion to protobuf, you should
validate the correct operation of your cluster thoroughly before returning it
to normal operation.

Backups are always a good precaution, particularly around upgrades, but this

- Fixed a regression in `1.27.0` that resulted in `missing metadata in converted object` errors when modifying objects for multi-version custom resource definitions with a conversion strategy of `None`. ([#117301](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117301), [@ncdc](https://github.com/ncdc))

* Fix issue with kubectl annotate when --resource-version is provided. ([#29319](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29319), [@juanvallejo](https://github.com/juanvallejo))
* Reverted conversion of influx-db to Pet Set, it is now a Replication Controller. ([#30080](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/30080), [@jszczepkowski](https://github.com/jszczepkowski))

            task.getVersion().convention(project.provider(() -> project.getVersion().toString()));
            task.getSourceFile().convention(dslDocbook.flatMap(AssembleDslDocTask::getDestFile));
            task.getLinksFile().convention(dslDocbook.flatMap(AssembleDslDocTask::getLinksFile));

            task.getDsldocUrl().convention("../dsl");
            task.getJavadocUrl().convention("../javadoc");