## Features

Features for this release were tracked via the use of the [kubernetes/features](https://github.com/kubernetes/features) issues repo.  Each Feature issue is owned by a Special Interest Group from [kubernetes/community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community)

- **API Machinery**

- kubeadm now works better when not connected to the Internet. In addition,  common kubeadm commands will now work without an available networking interface. ([#67397](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67397), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

Dormouse began in a great hurry; `and their names were Elsie,
Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well--'

  `What did they live on?' said Alice, who always took a great
interest in questions of eating and drinking.

  `They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse, after thinking a
minute or two.

  `They couldn't have done that, you know,' Alice gently
remarked; `they'd have been ill.'

Kubernetes version 1.9 includes new features and enhancements, as well as fixes to identified issues. The release notes contain a brief overview of the important changes introduced in this release. The content is organized by Special Interest Group ([SIG](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/sig-list.md)).

For initial installations, see the [Setup topics](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/pick-right-solution/) in the Kubernetes documentation.

- Kubeadm: now sets the host `OS` environment variables when executing `crictl` during image pulls. This fixed a bug where `*PROXY` environment variables did not affect `crictl` internet connectivity. ([#110134](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110134), [@mk46](https://github.com/mk46))

* Refactor factory_test.go to use a fake k8s client. ([#69412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69412), [@tossmilestone](https://github.com/tossmilestone))
* kubeadm: fix a case where fetching a kubernetesVersion from the internet still happened even if some commands don't need it. ([#69645](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69645), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

## Notable Features
Features for this release were tracked via the use of the [kubernetes/features](https://github.com/kubernetes/features) issues repo.  Each Feature issue is owned by a Special Interest Group from the [kubernetes/community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/sig-list.md).

### Autoscaling

## **Notable Features**

Features for this release were tracked via the use of the [kubernetes/features](https://github.com/kubernetes/features) issues repo. Each Feature issue is owned by a Special Interest Group from [kubernetes/community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community)

## Kubefed

- Fixes a spurious "namespace not found" error possible in default configurations in 1.30+ when using ValidatingAdmissionPolicy or MutatingAdmissionPolicy to intercept namespaced objects in newly-created namespaces ([#135443](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135443), [@lalitc375](https://github.com/lalitc375)) [SIG API Machinery]

### Bug or Regression

- Fixes a spurious "namespace not found" error possible in default configurations in 1.30+ when using ValidatingAdmissionPolicy or MutatingAdmissionPolicy to intercept namespaced objects in newly-created namespaces ([#135442](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135442), [@lalitc375](https://github.com/lalitc375)) [SIG API Machinery]