<ul><li>Kubernetes v1.33 introduces General Availability (GA) for a feature preventing PersistentVolume leaks when deleting out of order.</li><li>Previously in Kubernetes, deleting a PersistentVolume (PV) before deleting its corresponding PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) could lead to storage asset leaks in external infrastructure.</li><li>With the graduation to GA in Kubernetes v1.33, the PV reclaim policy is now reliably honored even if PVs are deleted before their bound PVCs, using finalizers for storage backend resource release.</li><li>To enable this new behavior, users must upgrade their cluster to Kubernetes v1.33 and run the CSI external-provisioner version 5.0.1 or later.</li></ul>

Kubernetes v1.33: Prevent PersistentVolume Leaks When Deleting out of Order graduates to GA

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