#### Storage

* [stable] Mount options

  * The ability to specify mount options for volumes is moved from beta to stable.

  * A new `MountOptions` field in the `PersistentVolume` spec is available to specify mount options. This field replaces an annotation.

  * A new `MountOptions` field in the `StorageClass` spec allows configuration of mount options for dynamically provisioned volumes.

  Added `validationActions` to `ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding`, enabling validation failures to be handled by any combination of the warn, audit and deny enforcement actions. ([#115973](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115973), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

- Cloud controller manager's node controller now emits timing metrics for initial `Node` synchronization. These metrics measure the delay between the creation of a new `Node` and the node controller's initial management actions, such as removing the cloud provider taint. These metrics should be consulted when setting cloud controller manager's `--concurrent-node-syncs` flag. ([#119241](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119241), [@cartermckinnon](https://gith...

- Added options for configuring `nf_conntrack_udp_timeout`, and `nf_conntrack_udp_timeout_stream` variables of netfilter conntrack subsystem. ([#120808](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120808), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman))

- Added a `--topology-manager-policy-options` flag to the kubelet to support fine tuning the topology manager policies. The first policy option, `prefer-closest-numa-nodes`, allows these policies to favor sets of NUMA nodes with shorter distance between nodes when making admission decisions....