- Fixed a bug where pv recycler failed to scrub volume with too many files in the directory due to hitting ARG_MAX limit with rm command (#117189). ([#117283](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117283), [@defo89](https://github.com/defo89)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

- Fixed Route controller to update routes when NodeIP changes ([#108095](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108095), [@lzhecheng](https://github.com/lzhecheng))
- Fixed `DaemonSet` to update the status even if it fails to create a pod. ([#113787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113787), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42))

  * The `--audit-policy-file` option is required if the `AdvancedAuditing` feature is not explicitly turned off (`--feature-gates=AdvancedAuditing=false`) on the API server.
  * The audit log file defaults to JSON encoding when using the advanced auditing feature gate.
  * An audit policy file without either an `apiVersion` or a `kind` field may be treated as invalid.
  * The webhook and log file now output the `v1beta1` event format.

- kube-apiserver now reloads the `--authorization-config` file when it changes. Reloads increment the `apiserver_authorization_config_controller_automatic_reload_last_timestamp_seconds` timestamp metric, with `status="success"` for successful reloads and `status="failed"` for failed reloads. Failed reloads keep using the previously loaded authorization configuration.

- Fixed OpenAPI serialization of the x-kubernetes-validations field ([#107970](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107970), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- The `metadata.clusterName` field is completely removed. This should not have any user-visible impact. ([#109602](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109602), [@lavalamp](https://github.com/lavalamp))

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- Fixed an issue with the `garbagecollection` controller registering duplicate event handlers if discovery requests failed. ([#117992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117992), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Fixed a 1.26.7 regression where kube-controller-manager can crash when StatefulSet with Parallel policy and PVC labels is scaled up. ([#121186](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121186), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]