## Changelog since v1.7.10

### Other notable changes

* Bugfix: master startup script on GCP no longer fails randomly due to concurrent iptables invocations. ([#55945](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55945), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))

- The deprecated feature gates GCERegionalPersistentDisk, EnableAggregatedDiscoveryTimeout and PersistentLocalVolumes are now unconditionally enabled and can no longer be specified in component invocations. ([#82472](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82472), [@draveness](https://github.com/draveness))

- Client-go: Informer resync processing improved handling of Resync handling. This reduces contention on store locks between incoming events and handler updates, which may result in observable timing differences of handler invocations. This behavior is guarded by an AtomicFIFO feature gate. This gate is enabled by default in 1.36, but can be disabled if needed to temporarily regain the previous behavior. ([#136008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/136008), [@mic...

* Fix bug where master startup script on GCP failed randomly due to concurrent iptables invocations. ([#55945](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55945), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))



# v1.8.4

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

*   Masquerading rules are now added by default to GCE/GKE ([#55178](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55178),[ @dnardo](https://github.com/dnardo))
*   Fixed master startup issues with concurrent iptables invocations. ([#55945](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55945),[ @x13n](https://github.com/x13n))

- Kube-proxy: removed log warning about not using config file. ([#118115](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118115), [@TommyStarK](https://github.com/TommyStarK)) [SIG Network]
- Made Job controller batching of syncJob invocations enabled unconditionally (it was conditional on JobReadyPods feature before).

- The following deprecated metrics are removed, please convert to the corresponding metrics:
  - The following replacement metrics are available from v1.14.0:

- Kubectl: restored `--dry-run`, `--dry-run=true`, and `--dry-run=false` for compatibility with pre-1.23 invocations. ([#107003](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107003), [@julianvmodesto](https://github.com/julianvmodesto))

* The feature gates `ReadOnlyAPIDataVolumes` and `ServiceProxyAllowExternalIPs`, deprecated since 1.10, have been removed and any references must be removed from command-line invocations. ([#67951](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67951), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kubectl: restores `--dry-run`, `--dry-run=true`, and `--dry-run=false` for compatibility with pre-1.23 invocations. ([#107021](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107021), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG CLI and Testing]