SIG Storage also moves support for Block Volumes to beta (introduced as alpha in v1.9) and support for Topology Aware Volume Scheduling to stable (introduced as alpha in v1.9 and promoted to beta in 1.10).

### SIG UI

- Introduced new apiserver metric `apiserver_flowcontrol_current_inqueue_seats`. This metric is analogous to `apiserver_flowcontrol_current_inqueue_requests`, but tracks the total number of seats, as each request can take more than one seat. ([#119385](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119385), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

- Resolve a regression introduced in version 1.31 on Windows Proxy, where the creation of HNS endpoints fails if remote HNS endpoints with the same IP address have already been created. ([#131428](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131428), [@princepereira](https://g...

* Fixed missing error checking that could cause kubelet to crash in a race condition. ([#60962](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60962), [@technicianted](https://github.com/technicianted))
* Introduced `--http2-max-streams-per-connection` command line flag on api-servers and set default to 1000 for aggregated API servers. ([#60054](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60054), [@MikeSpreitzer](https://github.com/MikeSpreitzer))

- Introduced OpenAPI format support for `k8s-short-name` and `k8s-long-name` in CustomResourceDefinition schemas. ([#132504](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132504), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Auth, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation, Network, Node, Scheduling and Storage]

    - [Promoted Server Side Unknown Field Validation to Beta](#promoted-server-side-unknown-field-validation-to-beta)
    - [Introduced KMS v2](#introduced-kms-v2)
    - [Kube-proxy images are now based on distroless images](#kube-proxy-images-are-now-based-on-distroless-images)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)

## Version 2.7.4

_2016-02-07_

 *  Fix: Don't crash when finding the trust manager if the Play Services (GMS)
    security provider is installed.
 *  Fix: The previous release introduced a performance regression on Android,
    caused by looking up CA certificates. This is now fixed.


## Version 2.7.3

_2016-02-06_

 *  Fix: Permit the trusted CA root to be pinned by `CertificatePinner`.

- Introduce alpha support for exec-based container registry credential provider plugins in the kubelet. ([#94196](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94196), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG Node and Release]

* Bug fixes

    * Adds support for 1.5.x series of Kubernetes
    * Introduces a tactic for keeping templates in sync with upstream eliminating template drift
    * Adds CNI support to the Juju Charms
    * Adds durable storage support to the Juju Charms
    * Introduces an e2e Charm layer for repeatable testing efforts and validation of clusters

### libvirt CoreOS