- `kubelet_pod_worker_latency_microseconds` -> `kubelet_pod_worker_duration_seconds`
      - `kubelet_pod_start_latency_microseconds` -> `kubelet_pod_start_duration_seconds`
      - `kubelet_cgroup_manager_latency_microseconds` -> `kubelet_cgroup_manager_duration_seconds`
      - `kubelet_pod_worker_start_latency_microseconds` -> `kubelet_pod_worker_start_duration_seconds`

count](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/554) feature was also moved to beta. This enables a volume plugin to specify the maximum number of a given volume type per node as a function of the node characteristics (for example, a larger limit for larger nodes, a smaller limit for smaller nodes).

SIG Storage also worked on a number of [Container Storage Interface (CSI) features](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/178) this quarter in anticipation of moving support...

- etcd version monitor metrics are now marked as with the ALPHA stability level. ([#83283](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83283), [@RainbowMango](https://github.com/RainbowMango))
- Change `pod_preemption_victims` metric from Gauge to Histogram. ([#83603](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83603), [@Tabrizian](https://github.com/Tabrizian))
- Following metrics from kubelet are now marked as with the ALPHA stability level:

message EndpointSubset {
  // IP addresses which offer the related ports that are marked as ready. These endpoints
  // should be considered safe for load balancers and clients to utilize.
  // +optional
  repeated EndpointAddress addresses = 1;

  // IP addresses which offer the related ports but are not currently marked as ready
  // because they have not yet finished starting, have recently failed a readiness check,

- Added DynamicAuditing feature which allows for the configuration of audit webhooks through the use of an AuditSink API object. ([#67257](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67257), [@pbarker](https://github.com/pbarker))

- kube-proxy metrics are now marked as with the ALPHA stability level. ([#81626](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81626), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

 - The metric `storage_operation_errors_total` is not removed, but is marked deprecated, and the metric `storage_operation_status_count` is marked deprecated. In both cases the `storage_operation_duration_seconds` metric can be used to recover equivalent counts (using `status=fail-unknown` in the case of `storage_operations_errors_total`). ([#99045](https:...

  - The `PersistentVolumeLabel` admission controller will be removed in a future release, when the out-of-tree versions of the GCE and AWS cloud providers move to GA. The cloud providers are marked alpha in version 1.9.

### OpenStack

- The `openstack-heat` provider for `kube-up` is deprecated and will be removed

- [`KT-56835`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-56835) Light classes: Underlying fields for delegated properties should be marked as final and `@NotNull`
- [`KT-56840`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-56840) Light Classes: Inline classes backed by Java primitives shouldn't be marked with `@NotNull`

- The mount-utils mounter now provides an...