- Stopped removing the CSI JSON file if the volume was already mounted during subsequent errors. ([#131311](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131311), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

- Fix kubelet restart unmounts volumes of running pods if the referenced PVC is being deleted by the user ([#130685](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130685), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Node, Storage and Testing]

## Dependencies

### Bug or Regression

- Fix: statle smb mount issue when smb file share is deleted and then unmount ([#121851](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121851), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Storage]
- The scheduling queue didn't notice any extenders' failures, it could miss some cluster events,

* Local volume source paths that are directories and not mount points fail to unmount.  A fix is in process ([#48331](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/48331)).

* [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.

* [stable] The PV spec for Azure File, CephFS, iSCSI, and Glusterfs is modified to reference namespaced resources.

- Fix: statle smb mount issue when smb file share is deleted and then unmount ([#121851](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121851), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Storage]
- Fixed a regression since 1.27.0 in scheduler framework when running score plugins. 

- Fix azure disk data loss issue on Windows when unmount disk ([#95456](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95456), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]