</p>

<h2 id="Blocks">Blocks</h2>

<p>
A <i>block</i> is a possibly empty sequence of declarations and statements
within matching brace brackets.
</p>

<pre class="ebnf">
Block = "{" StatementList "}" .
StatementList = { Statement ";" } .
</pre>

<p>
In addition to explicit blocks in the source code, there are implicit blocks:
</p>

<ol>

// until the action is complete, unless the container process fails, in which case the handler is aborted.
message Lifecycle {
  // PostStart is called immediately after a container is created. If the handler fails,
  // the container is terminated and restarted according to its restart policy.
  // Other management of the container blocks until the hook completes.

- local: support local filesystem volume with block resource reconstruction ([#84218](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84218), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

- Enhanced the daemonset sync logic to avoid a problem where pods are thought to be unavailable when the controller's clock is slower than the node's clock. ([#77208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77208), [@DaiHao](https://github.com/DaiHao))

	   annotation, you should delete any existing NetworkPolicy
	   objects. These would have had no effect before, but with v1
	   semantics they might cause some traffic to be blocked that you
	   didn't intend to be blocked.

### Other notable changes

* Added exponential backoff to Azure cloudprovider ([#46660](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46660), [@jackfrancis](https://github.com/jackfrancis))

### OpenStack

In this cycle, SIG OpenStack focused on configuration simplification through smarter defaults and the use of auto-detection wherever feasible (Block Storage API versions, Security Groups) as well as updating API support, including:

*   Block Storage (Cinder) V3 is now supported.
*   Load Balancer (Octavia) V2 is now supported, in addition to Neutron LBaaS V2.
*   Neutron LBaas V1 support has been removed.

* The Local Volume Plugin has been updated to support Block volumeMode PVs. With this change, it is now possible to create local volume PVs for raw block devices. ([#59303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59303), [@dhirajh](https://github.com/dhirajh))

- For raw block CSI volumes on Kubernetes, kubelet was incorrectly calling CSI NodeStageVolume for every single "map" (i.e. raw block "mount") operation for a volume already attached to the node. This PR ensures it is only called once per volume per node. ([#112403](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112403), ...

- Apimachinery/clock: This deletes the apimachinery/clock package. Please use k8s.io/utils/clock instead. ([#109752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109752), [@MadhavJivrajani](https://github.com/MadhavJivrajani)) [SIG API Machinery]

* Added block volume support to Cinder volume plugin. ([#64879](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64879), [@bertinatto](https://github.com/bertinatto))
* Provided API support for external CSI storage drivers to support block volumes. ([#64723](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64723), [@vladimirvivien](https://github.com/vladimirvivien))