- We will no longer automatically delete all data when a failure is detected during creation of the volume data file on a CSI volume. Now we will only remove the data file and volume path. ([#96021](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96021), [@huffmanca](https://github.com/huffmanca)) [SIG Storage]

## Dependencies

- We will no longer automatically delete all data when a failure is detected during creation of the volume data file on a CSI volume. Now we will only remove the data file and volume path. ([#96021](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96021), [@huffmanca](https://github.com/huffmanca)) [SIG Storage]

## Dependencies

#### CustomResourceDefinitions Pruning

([#60301](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60301), [@tnozicka](https://github.com/tnozicka))

* ConfigMap objects now support binary data via a new `binaryData` field. When using `kubectl create configmap --from-file`, files containing non-UTF8 data will be placed in this new field in order to preserve the non-UTF8 data. Note that kubectl's `--append-hash` feature doesn't take `binaryData` into account. Use of this feature requires 1.10+ apiserver and kubelets. ([#57938](h...

###  Introduced KMS v2

Introduce KMS v2alpha1 API to add performance, rotation, and observability improvements. Encrypt data at rest (ie Kubernetes `Secrets`) with DEK using AES-GCM instead of AES-CBC for kms data encryption. No user action is required. Reads with AES-GCM and AES-CBC will continue to be allowed. See the guide [Using a KMS provider for data encryption](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kms-provider/) for more information.

- The API server and client-go libraries have been fixed to support additional non-alpha-numeric characters in UserInfo "extra" data keys. Both should be updated in order to properly support extra data containing "/" characters or other characters disallowed in HTTP headers. ([#65799](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65799), [@dekkagaijin](https://github.com/dekkagaijin)) Courtesy of SIG Auth

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Improve error message when a pod with user namespaces is created and the runtime doesn't support user namespaces. ([#131783](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131783), [@rata](https://github.com/rata)) [SIG Node]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

* fix data loss issue if using existing azure disk with partitions in disk mount  ([#63270](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63270), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- New Azure instance types do now have correct max data disk count information. ([#94340](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94340), [@ialidzhikov](https://github.com/ialidzhikov)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- The API server now re-uses data encryption keys while the kms v2 plugin key ID is stable.  Data encryption keys are still randomly generated on server start but an atomic counter is used to prevent nonce collisions. ([#116155](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116155), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))...