For more information, see [#53154](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/53154).

* `kubectl set` commands placed on ReplicaSet and DaemonSet occasionally return version errors. All set commands, including set image, set env, set resources, and set serviceaccounts, are affected.

For more information, see [#53040](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/53040).

    * Health check parameters are configurable to be bigger than default values.
* Scheduling conformance tests related to daemonsets should set the annotation that relaxes node selection restrictions, if any are set. This ensures conformance tests can run on a wider array of clusters. ([#68793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68793), [@aveshagarwal](https://github.com/aveshagarwal))

ConfigMaps are also allowed) that kubectl can use to accurately and efficiently track set membership across `apply` operations. The format used for `ApplySet` is set out in  [KEP 3659](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/3659) as a low-level specification.  Other tools in the ecosystem can also build on this specification for improved interoperability.  To try the ApplySet-based pruning alpha, set `KUBECTL_APPLYSET=true` and use the flags `--prune --applyset=secret-name` with `kubectl...

* Scheduling conformance tests related to daemonsets should set the annotation that relaxes node selection restrictions, if any are set. This ensures conformance tests can run on a wider array of clusters. ([#68793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68793), [@aveshagarwal](https://github.com/aveshagarwal))

  * StorageClass pre-installed and set as default on Azure, AWS, GCE, OpenStack, and vSphere
  * Configurable [Dynamic Provisioning](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/#dynamic) and [StorageClass](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/#storageclasses)
* DaemonSets [can now be updated by a rolling update](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/manage-daemon/update-daemon-set).

## Action Required

*   The default `auto-detect` behavior of the kubelet's `--cloud-provider` flag is removed.
    *   You can manually set `--cloud-provider=auto-detect`, but be aware that this behavior will be removed completely in a future version.
    *   Best practice for version 1.9 and future versions is to explicitly set a cloud-provider. See [the documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/scratch/#cloud-providers)

- If firstTimestamp is not set use eventTime when printing event ([#94252](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94252), [@ingvagabund](https://github.com/ingvagabund)) [SIG CLI]

- The kube-controller-manager will set the `observedGeneration` field on pod conditions when the `PodObservedGenerationTracking` feature gate is set. ([#130650](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130650), [@natasha41575](https://github.com/natasha41575)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Node, Scheduling, Storage, Testing and Windows]

accidental enablement of the new alpha `optionalOldSelf` API field in CustomResourceDefinition validation rules, which should only be allowed to be set when the CRDValidationRatcheting feature gate is enabled. Existing CustomResourceDefinition objects which have the field set will retain it on update, but new CustomResourceDefinition objects will not be permitted to set the field while the CRDValidationRatcheting feature gate is disabled. ([#122343](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122343), [...

- Fix: set nil cache entry based on old cache ([#87591](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87591), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]