- For CSI drivers, kubelet no longer creates the target_path for NodePublishVolume in accordance with the CSI spec. Kubelet also no longer checks if staging and target paths are mounts or corrupted. CSI drivers need to be idempotent and do any necessary mount verification. ([#88759](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88759), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Storage]

- Fixed a race condition in kube-controller-manager and the scheduler, caused by
  a bug in the transforming informer during the Resync operation, 
  by making the transforming function idempotent. ([#124352](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124352), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery and Scheduling]