- Stopped expanding the volume on the node if controller-side expansion was already completed. ([#131868](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131868), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
- Stopped logging error events when waiting for expansion on the kubelet. ([#131408](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131408), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

- kube-apiserver: fixed a 1.31 regression that stopped honoring build ID overrides with the --version flag ([#126665](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126665), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Changelog since v1.9.2

### Action Required

* Bug fix: webhooks now do not skip cluster-scoped resources ([#58185](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58185), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

- Kube-apiserver: Fixes a 1.31 regression that stopped honoring build ID overrides with the --version flag ([#126670](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126670), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]

- GCE/Windows: When the service cannot be stopped Stackdriver logging processes are now force killed ([#77378](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77378), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

- Fixes a bug where a partial EndpointSlice update could cause node name information to be dropped from endpoints that were not updated. ([#108198](ht...

not include those `$ref` fields. ([#58438](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58438), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

* Webhooks now do not skip cluster-scoped resources. Before upgrading your Kubernetes clusters, double check whether you have configured webhooks for cluster-scoped objects (e.g., nodes, persistentVolume), as these webhooks will start to take effect. Delete/modify the configs if that's not desirable. ([#58185](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58185),...

- Dropped support for `certificates/v1beta1` `CertificateSigningRequest` in `kubectl`. ([#134782](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134782), [@scaliby](https://github.com/scaliby))
- Dropped support for `discovery/v1beta1` `EndpointSlice` in `kubectl`. ([#134913](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134913), [@scaliby](https://github.com/scaliby))

- `apiserver_dropped_requests` is dropped from this release since `apiserver_request_total` can now be used to track dropped requests. `etcd_object_counts` is also removed in favor of `apiserver_storage_objects`. `apiserver_registered_watchers` is also removed in favor of `apiserver_longrunning_requests`. ([#110337](https://git...

# v1.7.7