- Number of errors reported to the metric `storage_operation_duration_seconds_count` for emptyDir decreased significantly because previously one error was reported for each projected volume created. ([#117022](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117022), [@mpatlasov](https://github.com/mpatlasov)) [SIG Storage]

## Known Issues

This section contains a list of known issues reported in Kubernetes 1.8 release. The content is populated via [v1.8.x known issues and FAQ accumulator](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/53004).

- Fix etcd_object_counts metric reported by kube-apiserver ([#94773](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94773), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Number of errors reported to the metric `storage_operation_duration_seconds_count` for emptyDir decreased significantly because previously one error was reported for each projected volume created. ([#117022](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117022), [@mpatlasov](https://github.com/mpatlasov)) [SIG Storage]

- Number of errors reported to the metric `storage_operation_duration_seconds_count` for emptyDir decreased significantly because previously one error was reported for each projected volume created. ([#117022](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117022), [@mpatlasov](https://github.com/mpatlasov)) [SIG Storage]

- Fix detach azure disk issue when vm not exist ([#95177](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95177), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix etcd_object_counts metric reported by kube-apiserver ([#94817](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94817), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery]

  - kube-apiserver <= v1.21.?

**Fixed Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.4
  - kube-apiserver v1.24.8
  - kube-apiserver v1.23.14
  - kube-apiserver v1.22.16

This vulnerability was reported by Richard Turnbull of NCC Group as part of the Kubernetes Audit

 - Scheduling failures due to no nodes available are now reported as unschedulable under ```schedule_attempts_total``` metric. ([#90989](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90989), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g)) [SIG Scheduling]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

* Fixes an issue with kubelet-reported pod status on deleted/recreated pods. ([#86320](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86320), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Added a feature gate for the plugin watcher. ([#64605](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64605), [@vikaschoudhary16](https://github.com/vikaschoudhary16))
* The status of dynamic Kubelet config is now reported via Node.Status.Config, rather than the KubeletConfigOk node condition. ([#63314](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63314), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))