* AWS: recognize eu-west-2 region ([#38746](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38746), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))
* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Fix issue when attempting to unmount a wrong vSphere volume ([#37413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37413), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

* Fix GCI mounter issue ([#38124](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38124), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))
* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

- Fixed an issue in asynchronous preemption: Scheduler now checks if preemption is ongoing for a Pod before initiating new preemption calls. ([#134730](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134730), [@ania-borowiec](https://github.com/ania-borowiec)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

        boolean isDir = false;
        try {
            isDir = isDirectory();
        } catch (SmbException e) {
            // If we can't determine directory status, assume file
            // Log the issue but continue with file assumptions
            log.debug("Unable to determine if resource is directory: {}", e.getMessage());
        }

        // Directories only support read leases
        if (isDir) {