- Static pods were taking extra time to be restarted after being updated.  Static pods that are waiting to restart were not correctly counted in `kubelet_working_pods`. ([#116995](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116995), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))...

    - [Immutable Secrets and ConfigMaps](#immutable-secrets-and-configmaps)
    - [Structured Logging in Kubelet](#structured-logging-in-kubelet)
    - [Storage Capacity Tracking](#storage-capacity-tracking)
    - [Generic Ephemeral Volumes](#generic-ephemeral-volumes)
    - [CSI Service Account Token](#csi-service-account-token)
    - [CSI Health Monitoring](#csi-health-monitoring)

- Show a warning when `volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-class` annotation is used in pv or pvc ([#117036](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117036), [@haoruan](https://github.com/haoruan)) [SIG Storage]

* [stable] Expose storage usage metrics

  * The available capacity of a given Persistent Volume (PV) is available by calling the Kubernetes metrics API.

* [stable] Volume plugin metrics

  * Success and latency metrics for all Kubernetes calls are available by calling the Kubernetes metrics API. You can request volume operations, including mount, unmount, attach, detach, provision, and delete.

   ([#103523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103523), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))
- `MaxUnavailable` for `StatefulSets`, allows faster `RollingUpdate` by taking down more than 1 pod at a time.
  The number of pods you want to take down during a `RollingUpdate` is configurable using `maxUnavailable` parameter.

  Jobs that are tracked using this mechanism get the annotation `batch.kubernetes.io/job-tracking`. This is a temporary measure. Two releases after this feature graduates to beta, the annotation won't be added to Jobs anymore. ([#98817](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98817), ...

- For raw block CSI volumes on Kubernetes, kubelet was incorrectly calling CSI NodeStageVolume for every single "map" (i.e. raw block "mount") operation for a volume already attached to the node. This PR ensures it is only called once per volume per node. ([#112403](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112403),...

- MaxUnavailable for StatefulSets, allows faster RollingUpdate by taking down more than 1 pod at a time. The number of pods you want to take down during a RollingUpdate is configurable using maxUnavailable parameter. ([#82162](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82162), [@krmayankk](https://github.com/krmayankk))...

- Fix: Mount point may become local without calling NodePublishVolume after node rebooting. ([#119923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119923), [@cvvz](https://github.com/cvvz)) [SIG Node and Storage]

  Jobs tracked with finalizers have the annotation batch.kubernetes.io/job-tracking.
  If the annotation is present and the user attempts to remove it, the control plane adds it back.
  The annotation `batch.kubernetes.io/job-tracking` is now deprecated.