## Changelog since v1.6.1

### Other notable changes

* Fix for [Windows kubectl sending full path to binary in User Agent](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/44419). ([#44622](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44622), [@monopole](https://github.com/monopole))

	}

	toEncode := io.Reader(data)
	if data.Size() >= bigFileThreshold {
		// We use 2 buffers, so we always have a full buffer of input.
		pool := globalBytePoolCap.Load()
		bufA := pool.Get()
		bufB := pool.Get()
		defer pool.Put(bufA)
		defer pool.Put(bufB)

### Bug or Regression

- Client-go: resolves an issue with informers falling back to full list requests when timeouts are encountered, rather than re-establishing a watch. ([#89976](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89976), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- The new feature gate "SidecarContainers" is now available. This feature introduces sidecar containers, a new type of init container that starts before other containers but remains running for the full duration of the pod's lifecycle and will not block pod termination. ([#116429](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116429), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Node, Scheduling and Testing]

- Fixed bug with leads to Node goes `Not-ready` state when credentials...

* Update version of Istio addon from 0.5.1 to 0.6.0. ([#61911](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61911), [@ostromart](https://github.com/ostromart))
    * See https://istio.io/news/releases/0.x/announcing-0.6/ for full Isto release notes.
* removed unsafe double RLock in cpumanager ([#62464](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62464), [@choury](https://github.com/choury))

* Update version of Istio addon from 0.5.1 to 0.8.0. See [full Istio release notes](https://istio.io/news/releases/0.x/announcing-0.6/).([#64537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64537))
* Update cadvisor godeps to v0.30.0 ([#64800](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64800))

succeeds only when both a sender and receiver are ready. Otherwise, the channel
is buffered and communication succeeds without blocking if the buffer
is not full (sends) or not empty (receives).
A <code>nil</code> channel is never ready for communication.
</p>

<p>
A channel may be closed with the built-in function
<a href="#Close"><code>close</code></a>.

includes beta versions of `ValidatingWebhookConfiguration`, `MutatingWebhookConfiguration`, `CustomResourceDefinition`, `APIService`, `TokenReview`, `SubjectAccessReview`, `CertificateSigningRequest`, `Lease`, `Ingress`, and `IngressClass` APIs. For the full list check out [Deprecated API Migration Guide](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/deprecation-guide/#v1-22) and the blog post [Kubernetes API and Feature Removals In 1.22: Here’s What You Need To Know](https://blog.k8s.io/2021/07/14/u...

* The AWS cloudprovider will cache results from DescribeInstances() if the set of nodes hasn't changed ([#26900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/26900), [@therc](https://github.com/therc))
* GCE provider: Log full contents of long operations ([#26962](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/26962), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))