*[action required] Remove the kubelet's `--cloud-provider=auto-detect` feature ([#56287](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56287), [@stewart-yu](https://github.com/stewart-yu))
### Other notable changes
* Fix Heapster configuration and Metrics Server configuration to enable overriding default resource requirements. ([#56965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56965), [@kawych](https://github.com/kawych))
* YAMLDecoder Read now returns the number of bytes read ([#57000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57000), [@sel](https://github.com/sel))
* Retry 'connection refused' errors when setting up clusters on GCE. ([#57324](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57324), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))
* Update kubeadm's minimum supported Kubernetes version in v1.10.x to v1.9.0 ([#57233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57233), [@xiangpengzhao](https://github.com/xiangpengzhao))
* Graduate CPU Manager feature from alpha to beta. ([#55977](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55977), [@ConnorDoyle](https://github.com/ConnorDoyle))
* Drop hacks used for Mesos integration that was already removed from main kubernetes repository ([#56754](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56754), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))
* Improved event generation in volume mount, attach, and extend operations ([#56872](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56872), [@davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))
* GCE: bump COS image version to cos-stable-63-10032-71-0 ([#57204](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57204), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))
* fluentd-gcp updated to version 2.0.11. ([#56927](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56927), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
* calico-node addon tolerates all NoExecute and NoSchedule taints by default. ([#57122](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57122), [@caseydavenport](https://github.com/caseydavenport))
* Support LoadBalancer for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets ([#57131](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57131), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Makes the kube-dns addon optional so that users can deploy their own DNS solution. ([#57113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57113), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))
* Enabled log rotation for load balancer's api logs to prevent running out of disk space. ([#56979](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56979), [@hyperbolic2346](https://github.com/hyperbolic2346))
* Remove ScrubDNS interface from cloudprovider. ([#56955](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56955), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fix `etcd-version-monitor` to backward compatibly support etcd 3.1 [go-grpc-prometheus](https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus) metrics format. ([#56871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56871), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))
* enable flexvolume on Windows node ([#56921](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56921), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* When using Role-Based Access Control, the "admin", "edit", and "view" roles now have the expected permissions on NetworkPolicy resources. ([#56650](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56650), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))
* Fix the PersistentVolumeLabel controller from initializing the PV labels when it's not the next pending initializer. ([#56831](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56831), [@jhorwit2](https://github.com/jhorwit2))
* kube-apiserver: The external hostname no longer longer use the cloud provider API to select a default. It can be set explicitly using --external-hostname, if needed. ([#56812](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56812), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))
* Use GiB unit for creating and resizing volumes for Glusterfs ([#56581](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56581), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
* PersistentVolume flexVolume sources can now reference secrets in a namespace other than the PersistentVolumeClaim's namespace. ([#56460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56460), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Scheduler skips pods that use a PVC that either does not exist or is being deleted. ([#55957](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55957), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))
* Fixed a garbage collection race condition where objects with ownerRefs pointing to cluster-scoped objects could be deleted incorrectly. ([#57211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57211), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Kubectl explain now prints out the Kind and API version of the resource being explained ([#55689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55689), [@luksa](https://github.com/luksa))
* api-server provides specific events when unable to repair a service cluster ip or node port ([#54304](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54304), [@frodenas](https://github.com/frodenas))
* Added docker-logins config to kubernetes-worker charm ([#56217](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56217), [@Cynerva](https://github.com/Cynerva))
* add mount options support for azure disk ([#56147](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56147), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Use structured generator for kubectl autoscale ([#55913](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55913), [@wackxu](https://github.com/wackxu))
