* Kubernetes now automatically installs a StorageClass object when deployed on ([#31617](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31617), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))
    * AWS, Google Compute Engine, Google Container Engine, and OpenStack using
    * the default kube-up.sh scripts. This StorageClass is marked as default so that
    * a PersistentVolumeClaim without a StorageClass annotation now results in

- In text format, log messages that previously used quoting to prevent multi-line output (for example, text="some \"quotation\", a\nline break") will now be printed with more readable multi-line output without the escape sequences. ([#107103](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107103), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

      if (logger.get().isLoggable(WARNING)) {
        logger
            .get()
            .log(
                WARNING,
                String.format("while submitting close to %s; will close inline", executor),
                e);
      }
      closeQuietly(closeable, directExecutor());
    }
  }

  private void checkAndUpdateState(State oldState, State newState) {
    checkState(

- Reverts breaking change to inline AzureFile volumes in v1.18.15-v1.18.17; referenced secrets are now correctly searched for in the same namespace as the pod as in previous releases. ([#100397](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100397), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))...

- GCE: bumped COS image version to `cos-beta-73-11647-64-0` ([#75149](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75149), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
- Added alpha support for ephemeral CSI inline volumes that are embedded in pod specs. ([#74086](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74086), [@vladimirvivien](https://github.com/vladimirvivien))

 - 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]

  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

  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.