- Fixed an issue to ignore unnecessary node events and improve daemonset controller performance. ([#121669](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121669), [@xigang](https://github.com/xigang))

- This release added support for `NodeExpandSecret` for CSI driver client which enables the CSI drivers to make use of this secret while performing node expansion operation based on the user request. Previously there was no secret  provided as part of the `nodeexpansion` call, thus CSI drivers did not make use of the same while expanding the volume at the node side. ([#105963](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105963),...

- Fixed file permission issues that happened during update of Secret/ConfigMap/projected volume when fsGroup is used. The problem caused a race condition where application gets intermittent permission denied error when reading files that were just updated, before the correct permissions were applied. ([#114728](ht...

- Existing InTree AzureFile PVs which don't have a secret namespace defined will now work properly after enabling CSI migration - the namespace will be obtained from ClaimRef. ([#108000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108000), [@RomanBednar](https://github.com/RomanBednar)) [SIG Cloud Provider...

    String APP_CIPHER_KEY = "app.cipher.key";

    /** The key of the configuration. e.g. sha256 */
    String APP_DIGEST_ALGORISM = "app.digest.algorism";

    /** The key of the configuration. e.g. .*password|.*key|.*token|.*secret */
    String APP_ENCRYPT_PROPERTY_PATTERN = "app.encrypt.property.pattern";

    /** The key of the configuration. e.g.  */
    String APP_EXTENSION_NAMES = "app.extension.names";

* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Existing InTree AzureFile PVs which don't have a secret namespace defined will now work properly after enabling CSI migration - the namespace will be obtained from ClaimRef. ([#108000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108000), [@RomanBednar](https://github.com/RomanBednar)) [SIG Cloud Provider...

            },
            "type": "array",
            "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
          },
          "secretName": {

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Fixes the flooding warning messages about setting volume ownership for configmap/secret volumes ([#92878](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92878), [@jvanz](https://github.com/jvanz)) [SIG Instrumentation, Node and Storage]