* kubectl cp now safely allows unpacking of symlinks that may point outside the destination directory ([#82384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82384), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))
* Limit use of tags when calling EC2 API to prevent API throttling for very large clusters ([#76749](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76749), [@mcrute](https://github.com/mcrute))

- Fix: Mount point may become local without calling NodePublishVolume after node rebooting. ([#119923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119923), [@cvvz](https://github.com/cvvz)) [SIG Node and Storage]

* [stable] Expose storage usage metrics

  * The available capacity of a given Persistent Volume (PV) is available by calling the Kubernetes metrics API.

* [stable] Volume plugin metrics

  * Success and latency metrics for all Kubernetes calls are available by calling the Kubernetes metrics API. You can request volume operations, including mount, unmount, attach, detach, provision, and delete.

or, for function parameters and results, the signature
of a <a href="#Function_declarations">function declaration</a>
or <a href="#Function_literals">function literal</a> reserves
storage for a named variable.

Calling the built-in function <a href="#Allocation"><code>new</code></a>
or taking the address of a <a href="#Composite_literals">composite literal</a>
allocates storage for a variable at run time.

  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-15)
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    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-15)
    - [Other (Cleanup or Flake)](#other-cleanup-or-flake-4)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-16)
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    - [Changed](#changed-16)

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    - [Feature](#feature-10)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-10)
    - [Other (Cleanup or Flake)](#other-cleanup-or-flake-3)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-10)
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## Changelog since v1.12.4

### Other notable changes

* kubectl: fixed an issue with "too old resource version" errors continuously appearing when calling `kubectl delete` ([#72825](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72825), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

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    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Feature](#feature-5)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-10)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-10)
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    - [Changed](#changed-10)
    - [Removed](#removed-10)
- [v1.23.6](#v1236)

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    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-5)
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