* Fixed a bug in the API server watch cache, which could cause a missing watch event immediately after cache initialization. ([#49992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49992), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))



# v1.6.8

- Fix race condition in kube-proxy initialization that could blackhole UDP traffic to service VIP. ([#126688](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126688), [@wedaly](https://github.com/wedaly)) [SIG Network]

* Prevent kubelet from getting wedged if initialization of modules returns an error. ([#59020](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59020), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

* Fix concurrent map access panic ([#65328](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65328), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
    * Don't watch .mount cgroups to reduce number of inotify watches
    * Fix NVML initialization race condition
    * Fix brtfs disk metrics when using a subdirectory of a subvolume
* Pass cluster_location argument to Heapster ([#65176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65176), [@kawych](https://github.com/kawych))

### Other notable changes

* federation: fix dns provider initialization issues ([#27252](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27252), [@mfanjie](https://github.com/mfanjie))

* Cluster Autoscaler 1.0.4 ([#59271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59271), [@mwielgus](https://github.com/mwielgus))
* Prevent kubelet from getting wedged if initialization of modules returns an error. ([#59020](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59020), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

* Fix concurrent map access panic ([#65327](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65327), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
    * Don't watch .mount cgroups to reduce number of inotify watches
    * Fix NVML initialization race condition
    * Fix brtfs disk metrics when using a subdirectory of a subvolume

- Make / build: fix docker IP address detection ([#135576](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135576), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder)) [SIG Release and Testing]

      `pods.beta.kubernetes.io/init-container-statuses` to
      `pods.beta.kubernetes.io/init-container-statuses`.
    * Any code that inspects this annotation should be changed to use the new key.
      State of Initialization will continue to be reported in both pods.alpha.kubernetes.io/initialized
      and in `podStatus.conditions.{status: "True", type: Initialized}`

* Bump up glbc version to 0.9.0-beta.1 ([#40565](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40565), [@bprashanth](https://github.com/bprashanth))
* Enable lazy inode table and journal initialization for ext3 and ext4 ([#38865](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38865), [@codablock](https://github.com/codablock))