- The scheduler now retries Pods, which are failed by `nodevolumelimits` due to not found PVCs, only when new PVCs are added. ([#121952](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121952), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))

- Kubernetes now includes a metric that reports the number of PVCs that are in-use,with plugin and node name as dimensions, making it possible to figure out how many PVCs each node is using when troubleshooting attach/detach issues.
 ([#64527](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64527), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

* attachdetach controller attaches volumes immediately when Pod's PVCs are bound ([#66863](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66863), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

* fix cluster-info dump error ([#66652](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66652), [@charrywanganthony](https://github.com/charrywanganthony))
* attachdetach controller attaches volumes immediately when Pod's PVCs are bound ([#66863](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66863), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

## Changelog since v1.7.15

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9, and 1.9.4 are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first. ([#61373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61373), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other notable changes

* attachdetach controller attaches volumes immediately when Pod's PVCs are bound ([#66863](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66863), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

- Added scheduler preemption support for pods using `ReadWriteOncePod` PVCs ([#114051](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114051), [@chrishenzie](https://github.com/chrishenzie))

- Fixed a bug in block volume expansion. ([#77317](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77317), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
- Count PVCs that are unbound towards attach limit. ([#73863](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73863), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

### VMware

## Changelog since v1.8.10

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9, and 1.9.4 are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first. ([#61373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61373), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other notable changes

- Added a feature gate `StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC`, which allows PVCs automatically created for StatefulSet pods to be automatically deleted. ([#99728](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99728), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary))