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diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/kubernetes/1-25/patches/0010-EKS-PATCH-Handle-eventually-consistent-EC2-PrivateDn.patch b/projects/kubernetes/kubernetes/1-25/patches/0010-EKS-PATCH-Handle-eventually-consistent-EC2-PrivateDn.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81d2c124c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/kubernetes/kubernetes/1-25/patches/0010-EKS-PATCH-Handle-eventually-consistent-EC2-PrivateDn.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Carter McKinnon <mckdev@amazon.com>
+Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:21:43 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] --EKS-PATCH-- Handle eventually-consistent EC2 PrivateDnsName
+
+---
+ .../k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go  | 34 ++++++++++++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
+index 434df20cc2e..5df947d6ed5 100644
+--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
++++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
+@@ -282,6 +282,14 @@ const (
+ 	volumeCreateBackoffFactor = 1.2
+ 	volumeCreateBackoffSteps  = 10
+ 
++	// acquireNodeName* is configuration of exponential backoff for acquiring this instance's
++	// node name (currently the EC2 PrivateDnsName) during cloud provider initialization.
++	// This value is eventually-consistent.
++	// The current config will make its final attempt after ~130 seconds.
++	acquireNodeNameInitialDelay  = 5 * time.Second
++	acquireNodeNameBackoffFactor = 1.25
++	acquireNodeNameBackoffSteps  = 10
++
+ 	// Number of node names that can be added to a filter. The AWS limit is 200
+ 	// but we are using a lower limit on purpose
+ 	filterNodeLimit = 150
+@@ -2432,11 +2440,29 @@ func (c *Cloud) buildSelfAWSInstance() (*awsInstance, error) {
+ 	// information from the instance returned by the EC2 API - it is a
+ 	// single API call to get all the information, and it means we don't
+ 	// have two code paths.
+-	instance, err := c.getInstanceByID(instanceID)
+-	if err != nil {
+-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error finding instance %s: %q", instanceID, err)
++	// The PrivateDnsName is eventually-consistent, and we can't complete
++	// initialization until we acquire it.
++	backoff := wait.Backoff{
++		Duration: acquireNodeNameInitialDelay,
++		Factor:   acquireNodeNameBackoffFactor,
++		Steps:    acquireNodeNameBackoffSteps,
+ 	}
+-	return newAWSInstance(c.ec2, instance), nil
++	var awsInstance *awsInstance
++	err = wait.ExponentialBackoff(backoff, func() (done bool, err error) {
++		instance, err := c.getInstanceByID(instanceID)
++		if err != nil {
++			return true, fmt.Errorf("error finding instance %s: %q", instanceID, err)
++		}
++		awsInstance = newAWSInstance(c.ec2, instance)
++		if awsInstance.nodeName != "" {
++			return true, nil
++		}
++		return false, nil
++	})	
++ 	if err != nil {
++		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to acquire node name for instance %s: %q", instanceID, err)
++ 	}
++	return awsInstance, nil
+ }
+ 
+ // wrapAttachError wraps the error returned by an AttachVolume request with