Oct 21, 2025 (China/US)

# Velero Community Meeting and Open Discussion Notes _This doc is meant to serve as the "one doc to rule them all" for Velero community meetings and open discussions._ _Join our [Google Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/projectvelero) to get updates on the project and invites to community meetings._ _**Community meeting schedule**:_ - Bi-weekly community meeting alternating every week between Beijing Friendly timezone and EST/Europe Friendly Timezone ([Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=6e41fca3d22f24b2890fdbfc6b17f75dd97885a8d9ed9dab642355bdee598add@group.calendar.google.com), [iCal](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/6e41fca3d22f24b2890fdbfc6b17f75dd97885a8d9ed9dab642355bdee598add%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics)) - [Update contact](mailto:tiger@redhat.com) - Beijing/US friendly [📞Zoom](https://broadcom.zoom.us/j/98794146767?pwd=1LNCVX15G7UyiVvJs1IlJyEbkDa8tO.1) - we start at 8am Beijing Time(bound to CST) / 8pm EDT(7pm EST) / 5pm PDT(4pm PST) / 2am CEST(1am CET) - [Convert to your time zone](http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/?t=09:00&tz=PT%20%28Pacific%20Time%29) - US/Europe friendly [📞Google Meet](https://meet.google.com/dyr-djtj-sko) - we start at 10am ET(bound to ET) / 7am PDT(7am PST) / 4pm CEST (3pm CET) / 10pm/11pm CST - [Convert to your time zone](http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/?t=17:00&tz=PT%20%28Pacific%20Time%29) _You can find recordings of these meeting [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7bmigfV0EqQRysvqvqOtRNk4L5S7uqwM)._ Archives of older meeting notes * https://hackmd.io/@jonasrosland/SyV22skpL - Archive 2019 * https://hackmd.io/ukRqw4IxRNeXFwoYmp4iJQ - Archive 2020 * [Achived notes 2021](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/Velero-Community-Meeting-and-Open-Discussion-Notes--2021) * https://hackmd.io/or-hIzhbRwaB-vjsxs-qnw - Archive 2022 * https://hackmd.io/Jq6F5zqZR7S80CeDWUklkA - Archive 2023 * https://hackmd.io/bxrvgewUQ5ORH10BKUFpxw - Archive 2025 Add your request, question or suggestion to [our issue list](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues) _If you have anything you'd like to put on the agenda, please do so below for the next meeting:_ ## RoadMap - on-going Link: https://hackmd.io/iQy7XmPOT0y8lrCuAFL4PQ # Apr 28, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.1: GA is planned for 7 May 1.18.1 RC is released https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.1-rc.1 1.19: Feature freeze is planed on late Jun, FC is late Aug. https://github.com/velero-io/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.19 Beijing team will be on holiday on 1~5 May. - Shubham - Start working on 1.19 issues - Velero Server Default Restore Resource Modifier https://github.com/velero-io/velero/issues/9719 - PR reviews - Tiger - {%preview https://github.com/cncf/foundation/pull/1381 %} - waiting to confirm w/ maintainers on : > [ ] The maintainer(s) also created or updated their LFX Individual Dashboard profile. [ ] You've sent an email with the list of email address(es) to cncf-maintainer-changes@cncf.io for invitations to Service Desk and mailing lists. You can just mark this complete if you are only removing people. - please review [winget support by adding zip to releases](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9589/) Discussion Topics: - CBT Updates as of today: - CBT design is merged - CBT interfaces merged - CBT bitmap implementation is ready for review: https://github.com/velero-io/velero/pull/9736 # Apr 22, 2026 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Joseph Antony (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.1: GA is planed on 7 May, RC is at this week.https://github.com/velero-io/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Atarget%2F1.18.1 1.19: Feature freeze is planed on late Jun, FC is late Aug. https://github.com/velero-io/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.19 Beijing team will be on holiday on 1~5 May. - Yonghui - Block data mover deisgn is merged - Breaking down block data mover tasks - Started some of the tasks related to CBT - Tiger - Triaging my 1.19 issues to milestone - Joseph - https://github.com/velero-io/velero/pull/9558 - https://github.com/velero-io/velero/pull/9684 - https://github.com/velero-io/velero/pull/9697 - https://github.com/velero-io/velero/pull/9720 - Shubham - Triaging 1.19 candidate issues, moving to milestone if needed ### Discussion Topics # Apr 14, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Joseph Antony (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Wes Hayutin (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.1: RC.1 is pl anned to end of Apr. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Atarget%2F1.18.1 1.19: Finished 1st round candidate review. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate Scott - Custom volume policy PRs merged Joseph - [Fix wildcard expansion when includes is empty and excludes has wildcards](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9684) - [Log warning ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9558) - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9697 Tiger - Reviewing candidates for milestone - Fixed go mod imports via CI job for filepaths - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9553 and similar for 1.18 Shubham - Got Velero 1.18.1 PRs merged - VGS fixes - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9516 - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9695 - PR reviews ### Discussion Topics - From Wes: keep up to date with upstream CBT # Apr 7, 2026 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Yunqian Chen (Dell) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Joseph Antony (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.1: RC.1 is planned to end of Apr. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Atarget%2F1.18.1 1.19: Finished 1st round candidate review. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate - Yonghui - Block data mover deisgn is ready to merge https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9528 - Remove restic from data path - Scott - Volume policy - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9540 (merged on main) - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9678 (release-1.18 cherrypick) - Shubham - Reviews needed - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9516 - Xun - Reviews needed - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9670 ### Discussion Topics # Mar 31, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Priyansh Choudhary (Microsoft) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.1: Candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18.1-candidate 1.19: Collecting candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate - Scott - Volume policy - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9540 - Tiger - Reviewed/tested Block Data Mover - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9528 # Mar 23, 2025 (China/US) Canceled # Mar 17, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.1: Candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18.1-candidate 1.19: Collecting candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate - Scott - Awaiting reviews for volume policy custom action type - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9540 - Ongoing discussion on VSS fast polling fix - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9602 - Current discussion seems to point at different solutions for 1.18.1 and 1.19 - For 1.18.1, modify current PR to avoid changing CRD. Replace server flag and velero CRD field with env var, keep install flag as-is. - For 1.19, use watches instead of polling, although it's not clear how this would be implemented in the plugin process. - Shubham - Reviews needed - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9516 ### Discussion Topics # Mar 11, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Joseph Antony (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.0: GA on Mar 6. 1.18.1: Candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18.1-candidate 1.19: Collecting candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate - Yonghui - 1.18.0 release - PR for 1.18.1 tasks - Block data mover design - Scott - CSI issue with Microsoft VSS - With VSS, there's an automatic fs unfreeze after 5 seconds. With 5-second SnapHandle polling, this means if a workload has 2 volumes, the unfreeze could happen while taking snapshot rather than in the post hook. Fix is to poll every one second for the first 10 seconds, then every 5 seconds (as before) until timeout - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9601 - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9602 - Shubham - Reviews needed - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9516 - Tiger - opened [deprecation discussion for bsl.cacert](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9600) per deprecation policy + migration to bsl.cacertRef using secret - discussion to continue offline - opened PR to discuss [toleration whitelist removal](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9575) - tiger to check/reuse nodeagent configuration doable ### Discussion Topic - Xun - Security issue with Algolia - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9595 # Mar 3, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Scott Seago (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.0: RC.2 was released on Mar 3. 1.18.1: Candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18.1-candidate 1.19: Collecting candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate - Scott - Custom volume policy actions - Design PR has 3 approvals, so it should be good to merge: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9520 - Draft PR for implementation is posted, will test it today and move to ready for review: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9540 - Tiger - CBT, still working on getting test environment up. Sent design PR feedback, we would like to mention tested vendors for phase 1 (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9528/changes) ### Discussion Topic # Feb 25, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) ### Status 1.18.0: RC.1 was released on Feb 11. Checking if RC.2 is required. 1.18.1: Candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18.1-candidate 1.19: Collecting candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate - Yonghui - 1.18.0 RC.1 release - PR for 1.18.1 tasks - Block data mover design - Scott - Custom volume policy actions - Design PR still under review, but I think I've addressed all the comments: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9520 - Draft PR for implementation is posted: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9540 ### Discussion Topic - Yonghui - Block data mover supports CBT of volume snapshot retention - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9528#issuecomment-3952903981 - Red Hat will check Ceph/Public cloud requirements. want 2 CBT storage support (vSphere Data Center, Ceph) in 1.19.0 # Feb 17, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.0: RC.1 was released on Feb 11. 1.18.1: Candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18.1-candidate 1.19: Collecting candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate - Scott - Custom volume policy actions - Design PR still under review: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9520 - Draft PR for implementation is posted: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9540 - Shubham - Ready for review: Fix VolumeGroupSnapshot restore failure with Ceph RBD CSI driver https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9516 - Tiger - Reviewed changed block tracking design - Looking to k8s repos to unblock CBT ### Discussion Topic # Feb 10, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Scott Seago - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Joseph Antony (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18.0: RC.1 is targeted on Feb 11. One open issues https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.18 1.18.1: Candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18.1-candidate 1.19: Collecting candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.19-candidate - Yonghui - 1.18.1 issues - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9532 - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9533 - Block data mover design - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9528 - Scott - custom volume policy action - Design PR: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9520 - I've started working on implementation based on the design PR - Tiger - cherrypick 1.18 volumepolicy pvc phase: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9537 - Joseph - Wildcard bug fix: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9502 - Shubham - Ready for review: Fix VolumeGroupSnapshot restore failure with Ceph RBD CSI driver https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9516 ### Discussion Topic - Yonghui - Block data mover and 1.19 plan # Feb 2, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Yunqian Chen (Dell) - Daniel Jiang - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Wes Hayutin (Red Hat) - Steven Ren (Broadcom) ### Status 1.17.2: Released on Jan 16. 1.18: FC target Jan 16. Two open issues https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.18 - Scott - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9505 - Closed initial PR. Instead of a server arg to allow user-defined actions, we will add an action called "custom". The action "parameters" field will need to be looked at to distinguish between different custom actions. I will submit a design PR later today. - Shubham - Working on: - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9512 - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9515 ### Discussion Topic - Daniel - Velero will be donated to CNCF - Request will be submitted on Feb 10 - Repository address will be changed - Yonghui - 1.18 will cut branch this week - Fixes need to cherry-pick - Which Kubernetes version has Redhat tested/verified? # Jan 28, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Wes Hayutin (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Joseph Antony (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18: FC on Jan 16. Post FC test is ongoing. 1.18.1: Some inmportant issues have been identified https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18.1-candidate - Scott - Backup hangs in queued status - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9493 - Merged today ### Discussion Topic - Xun - CLI cannot support the added GLOB wildcard characters https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9495 - Yonghui - AI generated PR policy # Jan 20, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) ### Status 1.17.2: Released on Jan 16. 1.18: FC target Jan 16. Two open issues https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.18 ### Discussion Topics # Jan 14, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) ### Status 1.17.2: RC.2 is on Jan 13. GA is on Jan 16. 1.18: FC target Jan 16. No open tasks https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.18 ### Discussion Topics - Yonghui - Resource Policy ehancements - Filter enhancement - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9448 - Job restore policy - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/8884#discussion_r2609292904 # Jan 6, 2026 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Scott Seago - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Wes Hayutin (Red Hat) ### Status 1.17.2: RC is on 5 Jan. No open issues https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20label%3Atarget%2F1.17.2 1.18: FC target Jan 16. Open tasks https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.18 ### Discussion Topics # Dec 31, 2025 (China/US) Canceled # Dec 23, 2025 (US/Europe) Canceled # Dec 17, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Wes Hayutin (Red Hat) ### Status 1.17.2: RC is on 5 Jan. No open issues https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20label%3Atarget%2F1.17.2 1.18: FC target Dec 24. Open tasks https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.18 - Shubham - Updated PR for Add PVC-to-Pod cache to improve volume policy performance: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9441 ### Discussion Topics - Yonghui - Do we need to delay FC? - Do we need to cancel meeting on 23rd and 31st? - Policy for AI generated PRs # Dec 9, 2025 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Priyansh Choudhary (Microsoft) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Wes Hayutin (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18: FC is on 24 Dec. Open tasks https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.18 Scott's Parallel Backup processing PR was merged ! https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9307 - Shubham - PRs ready for review: - Sanitize Azure BSL errors: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9321 - Add PVC-to-Pod cache to improve volume policy performance https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9441 - Maint metric PR merged: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9414 - Tiger - addressing testing comment from Xun for 1.18 PR. - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9141 ### Discussion Topics * priyansh - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9186 # Dec 3, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - wes hayutin (red hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) ### Status 1.18: FC is on 24 Dec. Opening tasks https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av1.18 - Yonghui - Tasks for cache volume are all completed. Running function testing - Review parallel backup PR and have one opening comment https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9307#discussion_r2579907160, see if we can further improve the reconcile logics - Review wildcard ns PR, approved - Review maitenance metrics PR and have one opening comment https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9414#discussion_r2544241164 - Scott - Parallel backup - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9307 - Responded to feedback - In the process of resolving conflicts with the wildcard namespace merge, will re-test tomorrow and update the PR - Xun - Reviewed wildcarc ns PR. - Review BSL with secret-based CA - Review velero install support kubectl apply - Work on removing VolumeSnapshotClass from backup - Shubham - PRs ready for review: - Add maint metrics: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9414 - Sanitize Azure BSL errors: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9321 - Draft PR up for Add PVC-to-Pod cache to improve volume policy performance https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9441 ### Discussion Topics * wes - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9097 # Nov 25, 2025 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Priyansh Choudhary (Microsoft) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) ### Status Shubham: - Working on Velero 1.18 issues: - Add maint metrics: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9414 - Sanitize Azure BSL errors: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9321 Tiger: pr reviews ### Discussion Topics Priyansh - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9377 # Nov 19, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) ### Status - Parallel backup processing - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9307 - Review and revision ongoing - Shubham - Ready for Review: - Add Prometheus metrics for maintenance jobs: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9414 - Apply volume policies to VolumeGroupSnapshot PVC filtering: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9419 - Sanitize Azure HTTP responses in BSL status messages: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9321 - Tiger - R4Review - [Design proposal for handling restoration of Kubernetes Jobs #8884 ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/8884) - [feat: add apply flag to install command #9132 ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9132) - [Design: namespace selection by label selector #9223 ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9223) - [Add VolumePolicy support for Pending PVC Phase conditions #9166 ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9166) ### Discussion Topics # Nov 11, 2025 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Joseph Antony (Red Hat) - Scott Seago - Priyansh Choudhary (Microsoft) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Wes Hayutin(Red Hat) ### Status 1.17.1: GA is on Nov 7. 1.18: Feature Freeze on Oct 29. Joseph - Wildcard namespaces design merged, thank you - Wildcard namespaces implementation ready to [review](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9255) Scott - PodVolumeRestore configmap broken - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9372 - Fix merged on main and release-1.17 - Parallel backup processing - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9307 - Awaiting further review Shubham: - Merged fixes on main for [Velero fails to handle resources with generateName added by RestoreItemAction plugins](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9392) - CP for 1.17.2 remains - Working on fix for [VolumeGroupSnaphosts don't respect VolumePolicies](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9344) Tiger: - new velero:main bug [RepoService.Open should not be called during PrepareRepo for existing repo. #9400 ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9400) - fix pr from lyndon: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9407/ ### Discussion Topics Priyansh - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9377 Wes - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9350 # Nov 5, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) ### Status 1.17.1: RC.1 created on Nov 4, and GA is on Nov 7. 1.18: Feature Freeze on Oct 29. Yonghui - 1.18 work items - PR review Scott - PodVolumeRestore configmap broken - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9372 - fix posted: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9389 - Parallel backup processing - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9307 - Awaiting further review - Tiger - Ready for Review: Wildcard namespaces design [Link](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9057) - Triaged issues/cleared 1.18-candidates - fixed velero-dev reminders - Shubham - Need reviews on - Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9367 - Track actual resource names for GenerateName in restore status: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9368 ### Discussion Topics # Nov 1, 2025 (US/Europe) ### Attendees ### Status 1.17.1: GA on Nov 7. 1.18: Feature Freeze on Oct 29. ### Discussion Topics # Oct 28, 2025 (US/Europe) ### Attendees - Yunqian Chen (Dell) - Scott Seago (Red Hat) - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) ### Status 1.17.1: FC on Oct 24, and GA is on Nov 7. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue label%3Atarget%2Fv1.17.1. 1.18: Feature Freeze on Oct 29. Last turn review on candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18-candidate. Scott - Parallel backup processing - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9307 - Under review. Responded to first round of comments - Incremental DU/PVB upload size reporting - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9357 - Merged this morning Shubham: - Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9367 - Track actual resource names for GenerateName in restore status: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9368 ### Discussion Topics # Oct 22, 2025 (China/US) ### Attendees - Yonghui Li (Broadcom) - Joseph A (Red Hat) - Scott Seago - Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat) - Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat) - Xun Jiang (Broadcom) - Wes Hayutin(Red Hat) ### Status 1.17.1: FC on Oct 24, and GA is on Nov 7. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue label%3Atarget%2Fv1.17.1. 1.18: Feature Freeze on Oct 29. Last turn review on candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A1.18-candidate. Yonghui - 1.18 work items - PR review Joseph - Design PR for Wildcard namespaces: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9057 - Label cleanup issue PR: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9206 - Backup Cancellation: Not 1.18? Scott - Parallel backup processing - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9307 - Under review. Responded to first round of comments - Incremental DU/PVB upload size reporting - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9357 Shubham: - Working on Sanitize Azure HTTP responses in BSL status messages: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/9321 - Which option to go with for the VGS with VolumePolicy issue: - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9344 Tiger: - Need review [Design proposal for handling restoration of Kubernetes Jobs #8884 ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/8884) - [Select namespace to include by its labelSelector #7492 ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7492) has new comments to use --resourcepolicy, will update design ### Discussion Topics Yonghui - Any 1.18-candidate issues need to highlight? - Tiger, mpryc PR needs review [Fix #8132: managed fields failure during Restore #8133 ](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/8133) https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/9012

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