website/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/prefer-nominated-node.md

title	content_type	_build	stages	removed
PreferNominatedNode	feature_gate	list render never false	stage defaultValue fromVersion toVersion alpha false 1.21 1.21 stage defaultValue fromVersion toVersion beta true 1.22 1.23 stage defaultValue fromVersion toVersion stable true 1.24 1.25	true

This flag tells the scheduler whether the nominated nodes will be checked first before looping through all the other nodes in the cluster.