* Fix a bug where kubelet would not retry pod sandbox creation when the restart policy of the pod is Never ([#79451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79451), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

* Fixes ability for admin/edit/view users to see controller revisions, needed for kubectl rollout commands ([#70699](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70699), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* remove retry operation on attach/detach  azure disk ([#70568](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70568), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Kubeadm: support automatic retry after failing to pull image ([#86899](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86899), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* Default resourceGroup should be used when the value of annotation azure-load-balancer-resource-group is an empty string. ([#79514](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79514), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* fix: retry detach azure disk issue ([#78700](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78700), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
    * try to only update vm if detach a non-existing disk when got <200, error> after detach disk operation

- Kubeadm: apply further improvements to the tentative support for concurrent etcd member join. Fixes a bug where multiple members can receive the same hostname. Increase the etcd client dial timeout and retry timeout for add/remove/... operations. ([#87505](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87505), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Changelog since v1.8.5

### Other notable changes

* change default azure file/dir mode to 0755 ([#56551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56551), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Retry 'connection refused' errors when setting up clusters on GCE. ([#57394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57394), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))

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## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Retry NodeStageVolume calls if CSI node driver is not running ([#120330](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120330), [@rohitssingh](https://github.com/rohitssingh)) [SIG Apps, Storage and Testing]

### Feature

* ignore nonexistent ns net file error when deleting container network in case a retry ([#57697](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57697), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

* Use old dns-ip mechanism with older cdk-addons. ([#57403](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57403), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

* fix incorrect error info when creating an azure file PVC failed ([#56550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Retry 'connection refused' errors when setting up clusters on GCE. ([#57394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57394), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))

### Bug or Regression

- An issue preventing the daemonset controller to retry on status updates that failed because of conflicts is now fixed. ([#107639](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107639), [@ialidzhikov](https://github.com/ialidzhikov)) [SIG Apps]