- [Action Required] CSI drivers that call IsLikelyNotMountPoint should not assume false means that the path is a mount point. Each CSI driver needs to make sure correct usage of return value of IsLikelyNotMountPoint because if the file is an irregular file but not a mount point is acceptable ([#129370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129370), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Storage and Windows]

  }

  /**
   * Sends the given method call to this thread.
   *
   * @throws TimeoutException if this thread does not accept the request within a reasonable amount
   *     of time
   */
  private void sendRequest(String methodName, Object... arguments) throws Exception {
    if (!requestQueue.offer(new Request(methodName, arguments), TIMEOUT_MILLIS, MILLISECONDS)) {

  }

  /**
   * Sends the given method call to this thread.
   *
   * @throws TimeoutException if this thread does not accept the request within a reasonable amount
   *     of time
   */
  private void sendRequest(String methodName, Object... arguments) throws Exception {
    if (!requestQueue.offer(new Request(methodName, arguments), TIMEOUT_MILLIS, MILLISECONDS)) {

- Fixed a race condition that could result in erroneous volume unmounts for flex volume plugins during kubelet restart. ([#127669](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127669), [@olyazavr](https://github.com/olyazavr))

   * @param occurrences the number of occurrences to add
   * @return the previous count of the element before the operation; possibly zero
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code occurrences} is negative, or if the resulting amount
   *     would exceed {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE}
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public int add(E element, int occurrences) {
    checkNotNull(element);
    if (occurrences == 0) {

- Kubelet detected terminal CSI volume mount failures due to exceeded attachment limits on the node and marked the Stateful Pod as Failed, allowing its controller to recreate it. This prevented Pods from getting stuck indefinitely in the `ContainerCreating` state. ([#132933](https://github.c...