- reach GA, and deprecate the beta, or
 - have a new beta version _(and deprecate the previous beta)_.

### Promoted CSI Ephemeral Volume to Stable

- Fix smb mount PermissionDenied issue on Windows ([#99550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Storage and Windows]
- Fix: azure file inline volume namespace issue in csi migration translation ([#101235](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101235), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Apps, Cloud Provider, Node and Storage]

<p>
Given the declarations
</p>
<pre>
type Point3D struct { x, y, z float64 }
type Line struct { p, q Point3D }
</pre>

<p>
one may write
</p>

<pre>
origin := Point3D{}                            // zero value for Point3D
line := Line{origin, Point3D{y: -4, z: 12.3}}  // zero value for line.q.x
</pre>

<p>
For array and slice literals the following rules apply:
</p>
<ul>

  the newer `apiVersion`. ([#116299](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116299), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))
- `volumes`: `resource.claims` is now cleared for PVC specs during create or update of a pod spec with inline PVC template or of a PVC because it has no effect. ([#115928](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115928), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

### Feature

- E2e.test and e2e_node.test: tests which depend on alpha or beta feature gates now have `Feature:Alpha` or `Feature:Beta` as Ginkgo labels. The inline text is `[Alpha]` or `[Beta]`, as before. ([#124350](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124350), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

  Alice caught the baby with some difficulty, as it was a queer-
shaped little creature, and held out its arms and legs in all
directions, `just like a star-fish,' thought Alice.  The poor
little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it,
and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again,
so that altogether, for the first minute or two, it was as much
as she could do to hold it.

    * clusters. When that var is set to true, the command line flag enabling kubelet
    * client certificate rotation will be added to the kubelet command line.
* Make sure that resources being updated are handled correctly by Quota system ([#52452](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52452), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

- YAML documents separators ("---") can now be followed by whitespace and comments ("# ....") on the same line. This fixes a bug where documents starting with a comment after the separator were ignored. Other types of content on the same line will result in an error. ([#103457](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103457), [@codearky](https://github.com/codearky)) [SIG API Machinery]

l/58171), [@verult](https://github.com/verult))

* Default values differ between the Kubelet's componentconfig (config file) API and the Kubelet's command line. Be sure to review the default values when migrating to using a config file. For example, the authz mode is set to "AlwaysAllow" if you rely on the command line, but defaults to the more secure "Webhook" mode if you load config from a file. ([#59666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59666), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))...