* Fixes a bug where character devices are not recognized by the kubelet ([#60440](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60440), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

* StatefulSet in apps/v1 is now included in Conformance Tests. ([#60336](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60336), [@enisoc](https://github.com/enisoc))

work-in-progress for removing the in-tree provider. This work, being done in conjunction with SIG Cloud Provider, is focusing on moving internal APIs that the OpenStack (and other providers) depends upon to staging to guarantee API stability. This work also included abstracting the in-tree Cinder API and refactoring code to the external Cinder provider to remove additional Cinder volume provider code.

Additional work was also done to implement an OpenStack driver for the Cluster API effort lead...

**No binaries have been produced or will be provided for `v1.18.0-alpha.4`.**

The changelog for `v1.18.0-alpha.4` is included as part of the [changelog since v1.18.0-alpha.3][#changelog-since-v1180-alpha3] section.

# v1.18.0-alpha.3

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

## Downloads for v1.18.0-alpha.3

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* The Calico version included in kube-up for GCE has been updated to v2.2. ([#38169](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38169), [@caseydavenport](https://github.com/caseydavenport))

- Respect grace period when updating static pods....

### API Change

- A CDIDevice field is included in the Device Plugin's `ContainerAllocateResponse`. This field maps to the CDIDevice field in the CRI protocol. ([#118254](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118254), [@elezar](https://github.com/elezar)) [SIG Node and Testing]

- Scheduler: included supported ScoringStrategyType list in error message for NodeResourcesFit plugin ([#111206](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111206), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))