The script refactoring from https://github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pull/1057 introduced a regression. 

Since the static pod list variable was renamed, it is now empty and won't restore the non-etcd pod yamls anymore. 

4.14 and later

always

1. create a cluster
2. restore using cluster-restore.sh

the apiserver and other static pods are not immediately restored

The script only outputs this log:

removing previous backup /var/lib/etcd-backup/member
Moving etcd data-dir /var/lib/etcd/member to /var/lib/etcd-backup
starting restore-etcd static pod

the non-etcd static pods should be immediately restored by moving them into the manifest directory again.

You can see this by the log output:

Moving etcd data-dir /var/lib/etcd/member to /var/lib/etcd-backup
starting restore-etcd static pod
starting kube-apiserver-pod.yaml
static-pod-resources/kube-apiserver-pod-7/kube-apiserver-pod.yaml
starting kube-controller-manager-pod.yaml
static-pod-resources/kube-controller-manager-pod-7/kube-controller-manager-pod.yaml
starting kube-scheduler-pod.yaml
static-pod-resources/kube-scheduler-pod-8/kube-scheduler-pod.yaml