*   Fixed bad conversion in host port chain name generating func which led to some unreachable host ports. ([#55153](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55153),[ @chenchun](https://github.com/chenchun))

- The `controller.kubernetes.io/pod-deletion-cost` annotation can be set to offer a hint on the cost of deleting a `Pod` compared to other pods belonging to the same ReplicaSet. Pods with lower deletion cost are deleted first. This is an alpha feature. ([#99163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99163), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))

  - The `ValidateProxyRedirects` feature was promoted to Beta and enabled by default. This feature restricts redirect-following from the apiserver to same-host redirects.  If nodes are configured to respond to CRI streaming requests on a different host interface than what the apiserver makes requests on (only the case if not using the built-in dockershim & setting the kubelet flag `--redirect-container-streaming=true`), then these requests will be broken....

- Kube-controller-manager: volume plugins can be restricted from contacting local and loopback addresses by setting `--volume-host-allow-local-loopback=false`, or from contacting specific CIDR ranges by setting `--volume-host-cidr-denylist` (for example, `--volume-host-cidr-denylist=127.0.0.1/28,feed::/16`) ([#91785](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91785), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, CLI,...

* Configurable etcd compaction frequency in GCE ([#59106](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59106), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* [GCE] Apiserver uses `InternalIP` as the most preferred kubelet address type by default. ([#59019](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59019), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))

* CRI now defines mounting behavior. If the host path doesn't exist, the runtime should return an error. If the host path is a symlink, the runtime should follow the symlink and mount the real destination to the container. ([#61460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61460), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

## Changelog since v1.27.5

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Fixed a bug where CEL expressions in CRD validation rules would incorrectly compute a high estimated cost for functions that return strings, lists or maps.

  - [Changelog since v1.22.1](#changelog-since-v1221)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information-2)
    - [CVE-2021-25741: Symlink Exchange Can Allow Host Filesystem Access](#cve-2021-25741-symlink-exchange-can-allow-host-filesystem-access)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-14)
    - [Feature](#feature-7)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-14)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-15)

- Added CEL runtime cost calculation into CustomerResource validation. CustomerResource validation will fail if runtime cost exceeds the budget. ([#108482](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108482), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37))

- Fixed a bug where CEL expressions in CRD validation rules would incorrectly compute a high estimated cost for functions that return strings, lists or maps.