## Dependencies

  ([#79106](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79106), [@vbannai](https://github.com/vbannai))

### Instrumentation

- Kibana has been slightly revamped/improved in the latest version ([#80421](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80421), [@lostick](https://github.com/lostick))

### Network

- **Cluster Ops**
  - [alpha] Added ability to create/remove clusters w/highly available (replicated) masters on GCE using kube-up/kube-down scripts. ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/ha-master-gce/)) ([kubernetes/features#48](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/48))
- **Federation**

some of them were animals, and some were birds,) `I suppose they
are the jurors.'  She said this last word two or three times over
to herself, being rather proud of it:  for she thought, and
rightly too, that very few little girls of her age knew the
meaning of it at all.  However, `jury-men' would have done just
as well.

  The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates.

* **[stable]** Volume plugin for Portworx added capability to use [Portworx](http://www.portworx.com) as a storage provider for Kubernetes clusters. Portworx pools server capacity and turns servers or cloud instances into converged, highly available compute and storage nodes.
* **[stable]** Add support to use NFSv3, NFSv4, and GlusterFS on GCE/GKE GCI image based clusters.
* **[beta]** Added support for mount options in persistent volumes.

- When the `StrictIPCIDRValidation` feature gate is enabled, Kubernetes will be
  slightly stricter about what values will be accepted as IP addresses and network
  address ranges (“CIDR blocks”).
  
  In particular, octets within IPv4 addresses are not allowed to have any leading

- DRA: scheduling pods is up to 16x faster, depending on the scenario. Scheduling throughput depends a lot on cluster utilization. It is higher for lightly loaded clusters with free resources and gets lower when the cluster utilization increases. ([#127277](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127277), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Architecture, Auth, Etcd, Instrumentation,...

1F634         ; valid                  ;      ; NV8    # 6.1  SLEEPING FACE
1F635..1F640  ; valid                  ;      ; NV8    # 6.0  DIZZY FACE..WEARY CAT FACE
1F641..1F642  ; valid                  ;      ; NV8    # 7.0  SLIGHTLY FROWNING FACE..SLIGHTLY SMILING FACE
1F643..1F644  ; valid                  ;      ; NV8    # 8.0  UPSIDE-DOWN FACE..FACE WITH ROLLING EYES

- Fixed bug in `TopologyManager` for ensuring aligned allocations...

#### Volume Plugins