- The feature gate "SkipReadOnlyValidationGCE" has been removed.  This gate has been active for 2 releases with no reports of issues (and was such a niche thing, we didn't expect any). ([#124210](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124210), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))

* Returns error if NodeGetInfo fails. ([#68979](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68979), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))
* Pod disruption budgets shouldn't be checked for terminal pods while evicting ([#68892](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68892), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))

- Added reason to metric `attachdetach_controller_forced_detaches` in the attach detach controller. ([#119185](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119185), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))
- Added support for pod `hostNetwork` field selector ([#110477](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110477), [@halfcrazy](https://github.com/halfcrazy)) [SIG Apps and Node]

* Fixes API compatibility issue with empty lists incorrectly returning a null `items` field instead of an empty array. ([#39834](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39834), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Re-add /healthz/ping handler in genericapiserver ([#38603](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38603), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Fix problem in updating VolumeAttached in node status ([#112303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112303), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang)) [SIG Apps]

- Fix problem in updating VolumeAttached in node status ([#112302](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112302), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang)) [SIG Apps]