- 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))
- Fixed `SELinux` label for host path volumes created by host path provisioner ([#112021](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112021), [@mrunalp](https://github.com/mrunalp))

* - fluentd-gcp runs with a dedicated fluentd-gcp service account ([#54175](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54175), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))
    * - Stop mounting the host certificates into fluentd's prometheus-to-sd container

  and removed `--short` flag entirely. ([#116720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116720), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))
- Kube-controller-manager deprecate `--volume-host-cidr-denylist` and `--volume-host-allow-local-loopback` flags. ([#118128](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118128), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Network, Node, Storage and Testing]

Previous versions of Kubernetes on Google Cloud required that workloads (e.g. Deployments, DaemonSets, etc.) which used `PersistentDisk` volumes were using them in read-only mode.  This validation provided very little value at relatively host implementation cost, and will no longer be validated.  If this is a problem for a specific use-case, please set the `SkipReadOnlyValidationGCE` gate to false to re-enable the validation, and file a Kubernetes bug with details. ([#121083](https://github.com/...

   ([#122558](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122558), [@linxiulei](https://github.com/linxiulei))
- Fixed CEL estimated cost for expressions that perform operations on the result of `map()` operations (e.g., `.map(...).exists(...)` ) to have the correct estimated cost instead of an unbounded cost.
   ([#123562](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123562), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

## Changelog since v1.26.8

## 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.