- The `CSIMigrationAzureFile` feature gate (for the feature which graduated to GA in v1.26) is now unconditionally enabled and will be removed in v1.28. ([#114953](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114953), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

- The following features are unconditionally enabled and the corresponding `--feature-gates` flags have been removed: `PodPriority`, `TaintNodesByCondition`, `ResourceQuotaScopeSelectors` and `ScheduleDaemonSetPods` ([#86210](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86210), [@drave...

- The `BoundServiceAccountTokenVolume` feature gate that is GA since v1.22 is unconditionally enabled, and can no longer be specified via the `--feature-gates` argument. ([#104167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104167), [@ialidzhikov](https://github.com/ialidzhikov))

- The feature gates `CSIMigrationGCE` is graduated to GA and were unconditionally enabled have been removed in `v1.25`, and the entire `gcepd` package has been removed. ([#117055](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117055), [@cyclinder](https://github.com/cyclinder))

- The metrics controlled by the `ComponentSLIs` feature-gate and served at `/metrics/slis` are now GA and unconditionally enabled. The feature-gate will be removed in `v1.31`. ([#120574](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120574), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

- `CSRDuration` feature gate that graduated to GA in 1.24 and is unconditionally
  enabled now removed in v1.26.
   ([#112386](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112386), [@Shubham82](https://github.com/Shubham82))

- The GA feature-gate APISelfSubjectReview is removed, and the feature is unconditionally enabled. ([#122032](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122032), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Auth and Testing]

- The kube-apiserver `--kubelet-https` flag is deprecated. kube-apiserver connections to kubelets now unconditionally use `https` (kubelets have unconditionally used `https` to serve the endpoints the apiserver communicates with since before v1.0). ([#91...

- The Pod `spec.podOS` field is promoted to GA. The `IdentifyPodOS` feature gate unconditionally enabled, and will no longer be accepted as a `--feature-gates` parameter in 1.27. ([#111229](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111229), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))

- Fixed GetVolumeLimits log flushing issue ([#69558](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69558), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
- The `MountPropagation` feature is unconditionally enabled in v1.13, and can no longer be disabled. ([#68230](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68230), [@bertinatto](https://github.com/bertinatto))

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