## Changelog since v1.12.6

### Other notable changes

* Kubelet won't evict a static pod with priority `system-node-critical` upon resource pressure. ([#74222](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74222), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

  much later). ([#122757](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122757), [@hakman](https://github.com/hakman)) [SIG Network]
- If a pvc has an empty storageClassName, persistentvolume controller won't try to assign a default StorageClass ([#122704](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122704), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

- Cloud provider config CloudProviderBackoffMode has been removed since it won't be used anymore. ([#88463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid: 6724a57
- github.com/ryanuber/go-glob: 256dc44
- github.com/sergi/go-diff: v1.0.0
- github.com/shirou/gopsutil: c95755e
- github.com/shirou/w32: bb4de01
- github.com/shurcooL/go-goon: 37c2f52
- github.com/shurcooL/go: 9e1955d
- github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff: v0.5.1
- github.com/tarm/serial: 98f6abe
- github.com/tidwall/pretty: v1.0.0
- github.com/timakin/bodyclose: 87058b9

* fix azure disk mount failure on coreos and some other distros ([#54334](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54334), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fix for service controller so that it won't retry on doNotRetry service update failure. ([#54184](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54184), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))

  much later). ([#122815](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122815), [@wedaly](https://github.com/wedaly)) [SIG Network]
- If a pvc has an empty storageClassName, persistentvolume controller won't try to assign a default StorageClass ([#122704](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122704), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

- Enable SPDY pings to keep connections alive, so that `kubectl exec` and `kubectl portforward` won't be interrupted. ([#97083](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97083), [@knight42](https://github.com/knight42)) [SIG API Machinery and CLI]

* Fix clustered datastore name to be absolute. ([#54438](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54438), [@pshahzeb](https://github.com/pshahzeb))
* Fix for service controller so that it won't retry on doNotRetry service update failure. ([#54184](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54184), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))

* Kubelet won't evict a static pod with priority `system-node-critical` upon resource pressure. ([#74222](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74222), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

* Kubelet won't evict a static pod with priority `system-node-critical` upon resource pressure. ([#74222](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74222), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))



# v1.11.9