- 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))

- Fixed attaching volumes after detach errors. Now volumes that failed to detach are not treated as attached. Kubernetes will make sure they are fully attached before they can be used by pods. ([#120595](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120595), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))...

- It introduces a new scope name `VolumeAttributesClass`. 
  
  It matches all PVC objects that have the volume attributes class mentioned. 
  

- Fixed attaching volumes after detach errors. Now volumes that failed to detach are not treated as attached, Kubernetes will make sure they are fully attached before they can be used by pods. ([#120595](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120595), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))...

- Kubelet: Fix the volume manager didn't check the device mount state in the actual state of the world before marking the volume as detached. It may cause a pod to be stuck in the Terminating state due to the above issue when it was deleted. ([#129063](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129063), [@carlory](https...

- **Volume Extension**: There are quite a few enhancements in this release that pertain to volumes and volume modifications. Volume resizing support in CSI specs is moving to beta which allows for any CSI spec volume plugin to be resizable.

### Additional Notable Feature Updates

 - Kubelet flag `--keep-terminated-pod-volumes` was removed.  This flag was deprecated in 2017. ([#122082](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122082), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps, Node, Storage and Testing]
 
## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

- Enabled kube-apiserver support for `PodCertificateRequest` and `PodCertificate` projected volumes (behind the `PodCertificateRequest` feature gate). ([#128010](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128010), [@ahmedtd](https://github.com/ahmedtd)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, Cloud Provider, Etcd, Node, Storage and Testing]

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