- Raw Block Support: Allow volumes to be surfaced as block devices inside containers instead of just mounted filesystems.
- Volume Cloning: Duplicate a PersistentVolumeClaim and underlying storage volume using the Kubernetes API via CSI.
- CSIDriver Kubernetes API Object: Simplifies CSI driver discovery and allows CSI Drivers to customize Kubernetes behavior.

* pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests min and max can be enforced with a LimitRange of type "PersistentVolumeClaim" in the namespace ([#30145](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/30145), [@markturansky](https://github.com/markturansky))

- Fixed a bug where Kubernetes would apply a default StorageClass to a PersistentVolumeClaim,
  even when the deprecated annotation `volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-class` was set. ([#116089](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116089), [@cvvz](https://github.com/cvvz)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

### Apps

- Users can now specify a DataSource/Kind of type `PersistentVolumeClaim` in their PVC spec.  This can then be detected by the external csi-provisioner and plugins if capable. ([#76913](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76913), [@j-griffith](https://github.com/j-griffith))

- Fixed a bug where Kubernetes would apply a default StorageClass to a PersistentVolumeClaim,
  even when the deprecated annotation `volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-class` was set. ([#116089](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116089), [@cvvz](https://github.com/cvvz)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

- Implemented a queueing hint for PersistentVolumeClaim/Add event in the `CSILimit` plugin. ([#124703](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124703), [@utam0k](https://github.com/utam0k)) [SIG Scheduling and Storage]

### Bug or Regression

- Added support for Pods to reference the same `PersistentVolumeClaim` across multiple volumes. ([#122140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122140), [@huww98](https://github.com/huww98)) [SIG Node, Storage and Testing]

* The `spec.dataSource` field is now dropped during creation of PersistentVolumeClaim objects unless the `VolumeSnapshotDataSource` feature gate is enabled. ([#72666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72666), [@rajathagasthya](https://github.com/rajathagasthya))

- StatefulSet Controller now waits for PersistentVolumeClaim deletion before creating pods. ([#93457](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93457), [@ymmt2005](https://github.com/ymmt2005))

- No ([#107769](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107769), [@liurupeng](https://github.com/liurupeng)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Windows]
- NodeRestriction admission: nodes are now allowed to update PersistentVolumeClaim status fields `resizeStatus` and `allocatedResources` when the `RecoverVolumeExpansionFailure` feature is enabled. ([#107686](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107686), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))