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Document canonical way to set priority for static pods

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#46,859 opened on Jun 17, 2024

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Description

Per doc, static pods does not support priorityClassName field. However, when static pods are created with only priority values set to 2000001000 (that matches with system-node-critical) kubelet prints the following error:

forbidden: the integer value of priority (2000001000) must not be provided in pod spec; priority admission controller computed 0 from the given PriorityClass name" pod="kube-system/...

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Review the existing documentation on static pods and priority, reproduce the error, and update the documentation to clarify the expected behavior and the correct way to set priority for static pods.
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