### Other notable changes

* Raw block volume support is promoted to beta, and enabled by default. This is accessible via the `volumeDevices` container field in pod specs, and the `volumeMode` field in persistent volume and persistent volume claims definitions. ([#71167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71167), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

* Fixes spurious 0-length API responses. ([#72856](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72856), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- CSI alpha CRDs have been removed ([#75747](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75747), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Reduce event spam during a volume operation error. ([#89794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89794), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42)) [SIG Storage]


# v1.17.4

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

## Downloads for v1.17.4

filename | sha512 hash
-------- | -----------

* Fixes issue with cleaning up stale NFS subpath mounts ([#71804](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71804), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))
* Fix device mountable volume names in DSW to prevent races in device mountable plugin, e.g. local. ([#71509](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71509), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

* Fixes issue where an apiserver on 1.9 and controller-manager on 1.10 can cause volume provisioning and binding to fail. ([#71286](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71286), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

* This fix prevents a GCE PD volume from being mounted if the udev device link is stale and tries to correct the link. ([#66832](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66832), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))
* skip nodes that have a primary NIC in a 'Failed' provisioningState ([#65412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65412), [@yastij](https://github.com/yastij))

* Adds a new "storage_operation_status_count" metric for kube-controller-manager and kubelet to count success and error statues. ([#75750](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75750), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

* Fixes issue for readOnly subpath mounts for SELinux systems and when the volume mountPath already existed in the container image. ([#64351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64351), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))
* Fix issue of colliding nodePorts when the cluster has services with externalTrafficPolicy=Local ([#64468](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64468), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Reduce event spam during a volume operation error. ([#89794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89794), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42)) [SIG Storage]


# v1.16.8

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

## Downloads for v1.16.8

filename | sha512 hash
-------- | -----------