* A new controller for managing DNS records is introduced which can be optionally disabled to enable third party components to manage DNS records for federated services. ([#45034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45034), [@shashidharatd](https://github.com/shashidharatd))

- The client label for apiserver_request_count and apiserver_request_total now no-opts and merely records an empty string. ([#87673](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87673), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan)) [SIG API Machinery, Instrumentation and Scalability]


<!-- NEW RELEASE NOTES ENTRY -->

* Update kube-dns to Version 1.14.10. Major changes: ([#62676](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62676), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))
    * - Fix a bug in DNS resolution for externalName services and PTR records that need to query from upstream nameserver.



# v1.8.11

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io) & [Examples](https://releases.k8s.io/release-1.8/examples)

## Downloads for v1.8.11

  - Two flags are added to kube-apiserver: `identity-lease-duration-seconds`, `identity-lease-renew-interval-seconds` ([#95533](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95533), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG API Machinery]

    object : Handler() {
      override fun publish(record: LogRecord) {
        val recorded =
          when (record.loggerName) {
            TaskRunner::class.java.name -> recordTaskRunner
            Http2::class.java.name -> recordFrames
            "javax.net.ssl" -> recordSslDebug && !sslExcludeFilter.matches(record.message)
            else -> false
          }

        if (recorded) {
          synchronized(clientEventsList) {

    - `rest_client_certificate_expiration_seconds` a gauge reporting the lifetime of the current client certificate. Reports the time of expiry in seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC.

* Update kube-dns to Version 1.14.10. Major changes: ([#62676](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62676), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))
    * - Fix a bug in DNS resolution for externalName services
    * and PTR records that need to query from upstream nameserver.
* fix the issue that default azure disk fsypte(ext4) does not work on Windows ([#62250](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62250), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

    }

    /**
     * Record an RDMA send operation
     *
     * @param bytes number of bytes sent
     * @param durationNanos operation duration in nanoseconds
     */
    public void recordRdmaSend(int bytes, long durationNanos) {
        rdmaSends.incrementAndGet();
        bytesTransferred.addAndGet(bytes);
        totalSendTime.addAndGet(durationNanos);
    }

    /**
     * Record an RDMA receive operation
     *

- Truncates a message if it hits the `NoteLengthLimit` when the scheduler records an event for the pod that indicates the pod has failed to schedule. ([#98715](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98715), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

                    }
                  },
                  service);
        } else if (i % DIRECT_EXECUTIONS_PER_THREAD == DIRECT_EXECUTIONS_PER_THREAD - 1) {
          // When at max depth, record stack trace depth
          lengthChecks.add(
              serializer.submit(
                  new Callable<Integer>() {
                    @Override
                    public Integer call() {