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## Changelog since v1.8.1

### Other notable changes

* Allow for configuring etcd hostname in the manifest ([#54403](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54403), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* Allow standard flags in client-gen. ([#53999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53999), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Allow to monitor client-go DNS resolver latencies via `rest_client_dns_resolution_duration_seconds` Prometheus metric. ([#115357](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115357), [@mfojtik](https://github.com/mfojtik))

- Extends ContainerStatus CRI API to allow runtime response with container resource requests and limits that are in effect.
  - UpdateContainerResources CRI API now supports both Linux and Windows.

  For details, see KEPs below. ([#111645](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111645), [@vinaykul](https://github.com/vinaykul)) [SIG Node]

- Rename unschedulableQ to unschedulablePods ([#108919](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108919), [@denkensk](https://github.com/denkensk))
- SPDY transport in client-go will no longer follow redirects. ([#108531](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108531), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

- Added to `MutableFeatureGate` the ability to override the default setting of feature gates, to allow default-enabling a feature on a component-by-component basis instead of for all affected components simultaneously. ([#122647](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122647), [@benluddy](https://github.com/benluddy))

- Allow-list of metric labels can be configured by supplying a manifest using the --allow-metric-labels-manifest flag ([#118299](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118299), [@rexagod](https://github.com/rexagod)) [SIG Architecture and Instrumentation]

- 'Promoted `cronjob_job_creation_skew` metric to stable to follow the cronjob v2 controller,
  the following metrics had their name updated to match metrics API guidelines:
    - `cronjob_job_creation_skew_duration_seconds` -> `job_creation_skew_duration_seconds`.' ([#113008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113008), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))