- The `IPTablesOwnershipCleanup` feature (KEP-3178) is now GA; kubelet no longer
  creates the `KUBE-MARK-DROP` chain (which has been unused for several releases)
  or the `KUBE-MARK-MASQ` chain (which is now only created by kube-proxy). ([#119374](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119374), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

## Changelog since v1.4.0-beta.1

### Other notable changes

* Fix a bug in kubelet hostport logic which flushes KUBE-MARK-MASQ iptables chain ([#32413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32413), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))
* Stick to 2.2.1 etcd ([#32404](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32404), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

* Stick to 2.2.1 etcd ([#32404](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32404), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))
* Fix a bug in kubelet hostport logic which flushes KUBE-MARK-MASQ iptables chain ([#32413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32413), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

          nextTableIndex = currentTable.length() - 1;
          if (nextInTable()) {
            return;
          }
        }
      }
    }

    /** Finds the next entry in the current chain. Returns true if an entry was found. */
    boolean nextInChain() {
      if (nextEntry != null) {
        for (nextEntry = nextEntry.getNext(); nextEntry != null; nextEntry = nextEntry.getNext()) {

* Bump ip-masq-agent to v2.1.1 ([#67916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67916), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))
    * Update debian-iptables image for CVEs.
    * Change chain name to IP-MASQ to be compatible with the pre-injected masquerade rules.

- iptables proxier: now routes local traffic to LB IPs to service chain ([#77523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77523), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

    * PR [#1851](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1851) based on original PR [#1627](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1627) by [@chrisngyn](https://github.com/chrisngyn), [@YKo20010](https://github.com/YKo20010), [@kx-chen](https://github.com/kx-chen).
* Re-enable Gitter releases bot. PR [#1831](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1831).

* Fixed regression in initial kubectl exec terminal dimensions ([#51127](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51127), [@chen-anders](https://github.com/chen-anders))

   ([#123179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123179), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))
- Added feature gate `MutatingAdmissionPolicy` for enabling mutation policy in admission chain. ([#123425](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123425), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37))

* Fix initial exec terminal dimensions. ([#51126](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51126), [@chen-anders](https://github.com/chen-anders))
* vSphere: Fix attach volume failing on the first try. ([#51218](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51218), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))



# v1.6.9