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 v1.56.0
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+Stop forcing preallocation on block imports (#2598)
+Annotation to check for statically provisioned PVs when creating DataVolumes (#2605)
+Get rid of sync/updateStatus shared state (#2607)
+Respect bind.immediate annotation by not attempting fancy clones (#2612)
+Add manila csi to list of known provisioners (#2614)
+Add sourceRef support for VolumeSnapshot sources (#2616)