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+apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
+kind: PriorityClass
+metadata:
+  name: "longhorn-critical"
+  labels: {{- include "longhorn.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+description: "Ensure Longhorn pods have the highest priority to prevent any unexpected eviction by the Kubernetes scheduler under node pressure"
+globalDefault: false
+preemptionPolicy: PreemptLowerPriority
+value: 1000000000