Beta feature in 1.27. ([#114445](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114445), [@mengjiao-liu](https://github.com/mengjiao-liu))
- `Secret` of `kubernetes.io/tls` type now verifies that the private key matches the cert ([#113581](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113581), [@aimuz](https://github.com/aimuz))

- Kubeadm: tried to load CA cert from external CertificateAuthority file when CertificateAuthorityData is empty for existing kubeconfig. ([#111783](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111783), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))

- Revised the logic for `DaemonSet` rolling update to exclude nodes if scheduling constraints are not met. This eliminates the problem of rolling updates to a `DaemonSet` getting stuck around tolerations. ([#119317](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119317), [@mochizuki875](https://github.com/mochizuki875))

// Node affinity is a group of node affinity scheduling rules.
message NodeAffinity {
  // If the affinity requirements specified by this field are not met at
  // scheduling time, the pod will not be scheduled onto the node.
  // If the affinity requirements specified by this field cease to be met
  // at some point during pod execution (e.g. due to an update), the system
  // may or may not try to eventually evict the pod from its node.