- Fix: set "host is down" as corrupted mount. When SMB server is down, there is no way to terminate pod which is using SMB mount, would get an error. ([#101398](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101398), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

### Dashboard v2

  * New Azure File Service Volume Plugin enables mounting Microsoft Azure File
Volumes (SMB 2.1 and 3.0) into a Pod. See [example](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.2/examples/azure_file/README.md) for details.

specific type of Active Directory account that provides automatic password management, simplified service principal name (SPN) management, and the ability to delegate the management to other administrators across multiple servers.

- Fixed smb remount and unmount issues on Windows ([#73661](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73661), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx), [#75087](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75087), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))...

- Fixed some invalid and unimportant log calls. ([#121249](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121249), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Testing]
- Fixed stale SMB mount issue when SMB file share is deleted and then unmounted. ([#121851](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121851), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Kubernetes is now built with Go 1.20.12 ([#122218](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122218), [@xmudrii](https://github.com/xmudrii)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### 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]