Velero

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Backup, restore and migration for Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes.

Latest v1.18.2 · by VMware TanzuWebsitevmware-tanzu/velero

Release activity

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10 releases since Jan 16, 2026

Changelog

v1.18.2

Fixed 3
  • Skip VGS cleanup when backup did not use VolumeGroupSnapshots
  • Fix backup performance regression when using includedNamespaces ["*"] by restoring cross-namespace API listing optimization
  • Fix DataUploadDeleteAction creating snapshot-info ConfigMaps labeled with the wrong backup name when a DataUpload CR from another backup is incidentally captured in the backup tarball, which caused Kopia snapshots to be leaked in object storage on expiry of the real owning backup
v1.18.2
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.2

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.2

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

All Changes
  • Skip VGS cleanup when backup did not use VolumeGroupSnapshots (#9900, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix backup performance regression when using includedNamespaces ["*"] by restoring cross-namespace API listing optimization (#9870, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix DataUploadDeleteAction creating snapshot-info ConfigMaps labeled with the wrong backup name when a DataUpload CR from another backup is incidentally captured in the backup tarball, which caused Kopia snapshots to be leaked in object storage on expiry of the real owning backup. (#9842, @christian-schlichtherle)
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How v1.18.2 went

v1.18.2-rc.2

Pre-release
Fixed 3
  • Skip VGS cleanup when backup did not use VolumeGroupSnapshots
  • Fix backup performance regression when using includedNamespaces ["*"] by restoring cross-namespace API listing optimization
  • Fix DataUploadDeleteAction creating snapshot-info ConfigMaps labeled with the wrong backup name when a DataUpload CR from another backup is incidentally captured in the backup tarball, which caused Kopia snapshots to be leaked in object storage on expiry of the real owning backup
v1.18.2-rc.2
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.2-rc.2

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.2-rc.2

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

All Changes
  • Skip VGS cleanup when backup did not use VolumeGroupSnapshots (#9900, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix backup performance regression when using includedNamespaces ["*"] by restoring cross-namespace API listing optimization (#9870, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix DataUploadDeleteAction creating snapshot-info ConfigMaps labeled with the wrong backup name when a DataUpload CR from another backup is incidentally captured in the backup tarball, which caused Kopia snapshots to be leaked in object storage on expiry of the real owning backup. (#9842, @christian-schlichtherle)
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How v1.18.2-rc.2 went

v1.18.2-rc.1

Pre-release
Fixed 3
  • Skip VGS cleanup when backup did not use VolumeGroupSnapshots
  • Fix backup performance regression when using includedNamespaces ["*"] by restoring cross-namespace API listing optimization
  • Fix DataUploadDeleteAction creating snapshot-info ConfigMaps labeled with the wrong backup name when a DataUpload CR from another backup is incidentally captured in the backup tarball, which caused Kopia snapshots to be leaked in object storage on expiry of the real owning backup
v1.18.2
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.2-rc.1

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.2-rc.1

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

All Changes
  • Skip VGS cleanup when backup did not use VolumeGroupSnapshots (#9900, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix backup performance regression when using includedNamespaces ["*"] by restoring cross-namespace API listing optimization (#9870, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix DataUploadDeleteAction creating snapshot-info ConfigMaps labeled with the wrong backup name when a DataUpload CR from another backup is incidentally captured in the backup tarball, which caused Kopia snapshots to be leaked in object storage on expiry of the real owning backup. (#9842, @christian-schlichtherle)
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How v1.18.2-rc.1 went

v1.18.1

Added 3
  • Add custom action type to volume policies
  • Add check for file extraction from tarball
  • Add ephemeral storage limit and request support for data mover and maintenance job
Changed 3
  • Bump external-snapshotter to v8.4.0 and migrate VolumeGroupSnapshot API from v1beta1 to v1beta2 for Kubernetes 1.34+ compatibility
  • Optimize VSC handle readiness polling for VSS backups
  • Treat resource as skipped from backup if BIA return updateObj with SkipFromBackupAnnotation
Fixed 14
  • Fix wildcard expansion when includes is empty and excludes has wildcards
  • Add a 2-second gap between temporary CSI VolumeSnapshotContent create and delete operations and enhance backup deletion logic to handle tarball download failures
  • Fix CSI PVC Backup Plugin list options to only list in installed namespace
  • Fix restores and podvolumerestores list options to only list in installed namespace
  • Call EndEvent to prevent data mover pod from crashing when PVB/PVR/DU/DD is cancelled before the data path is really started
  • Let go for uninitialized repo under readonly mode
v1.18.1
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.1

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.1

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

All Changes
  • Fix wildcard expansion when includes is empty and excludes has wildcards (#9743, @Joeavaikath)
  • Backporting PR #9700 and #9693, fix issue #9699, add a 2-second gap between temporary CSI VolumeSnapshotContent create and delete operations. Enhance backup deletion logic to handle tarball download failures (#9731, @priyansh17)
  • Fix issue #9703, fix CSI PVC Backup Plugin list options to only list in installed namespace (#9708, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Bump external-snapshotter to v8.4.0 and migrate VolumeGroupSnapshot API from v1beta1 to v1beta2 for Kubernetes 1.34+ compatibility (#9706, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9681, fix restores and podvolumerestores list options to only list in installed namespace (#9696, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Fix issue #9659, in the case that PVB/PVR/DU/DD is cancelled before the data path is really started, call EndEvent to prevent data mover pod from crashing because of delay event distribution (#9672, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9626, let go for uninitialized repo under readonly mode (#9669, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9460, flush buffer before data mover completes (#9610, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9475, use node-selector instead of nodName for generic restore (#9609, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9496, support customized host os (#9606, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9343, include PV topology to data mover pod affinities (#9594, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix VolumeGroupSnapshot restore failure with Ceph RBD CSI driver by creating stub VolumeGroupSnapshotContent during restore and looking up VolumeSnapshotClass by driver for credential support (#9687, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Add custom action type to volume policies (#9678, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #9666, fix node-agent node detection in multiple instances scenario (#9671, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Add check for file extraction from tarball. (#9661, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9636, fix configmap lookup in non-default namespaces (#9637, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Optimize VSC handle readiness polling for VSS backups (#9629, @sseago)
  • Fix DBR stuck when CSI snapshot no longer exists in cloud provider (#9604, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • If BIA return updateObj with SkipFromBackupAnnotation, treat it as skip the resource from backup. (#9597, @blackpiglet)
  • Add ephemeral storage limit and request support for data mover and maintenance job (#9596, @blackpiglet)
  • Remove wildcard check from getNamespacesToList. (#9587, @blackpiglet)
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How v1.18.1 went

v1.18.1-rc.2

Pre-release
Added 2
  • Add custom action type to volume policies
  • Add check for file extraction from tarball
Changed 3
  • Bump external-snapshotter to v8.4.0 and migrate VolumeGroupSnapshot API from v1beta1 to v1beta2 for Kubernetes 1.34+ compatibility
  • Optimize VSC handle readiness polling for VSS backups
  • Treat resource as skipped from backup if BIA return updateObj with SkipFromBackupAnnotation
Fixed 15
  • Fix wildcard expansion when includes is empty and excludes has wildcards
  • Add a 2-second gap between temporary CSI VolumeSnapshotContent create and delete operations
  • Enhance backup deletion logic to handle tarball download failures
  • Fix CSI PVC Backup Plugin list options to only list in installed namespace
  • Fix restores and podvolumerestores list options to only list in installed namespace
  • Call EndEvent to prevent data mover pod from crashing when PVB/PVR/DU/DD is cancelled before the data path is really started
v1.18.1
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.1-rc.2

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.1-rc.2

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

All Changes
  • Fix wildcard expansion when includes is empty and excludes has wildcards (#9743, @Joeavaikath)
  • Backporting PR #9700 and #9693, fix issue #9699, add a 2-second gap between temporary CSI VolumeSnapshotContent create and delete operations. Enhance backup deletion logic to handle tarball download failures (#9731, @priyansh17)
  • Fix issue #9703, fix CSI PVC Backup Plugin list options to only list in installed namespace (#9708, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Bump external-snapshotter to v8.4.0 and migrate VolumeGroupSnapshot API from v1beta1 to v1beta2 for Kubernetes 1.34+ compatibility (#9706, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9681, fix restores and podvolumerestores list options to only list in installed namespace (#9696, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Fix issue #9659, in the case that PVB/PVR/DU/DD is cancelled before the data path is really started, call EndEvent to prevent data mover pod from crashing because of delay event distribution (#9672, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9626, let go for uninitialized repo under readonly mode (#9669, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9460, flush buffer before data mover completes (#9610, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9475, use node-selector instead of nodName for generic restore (#9609, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9496, support customized host os (#9606, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9343, include PV topology to data mover pod affinities (#9594, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix VolumeGroupSnapshot restore failure with Ceph RBD CSI driver by creating stub VolumeGroupSnapshotContent during restore and looking up VolumeSnapshotClass by driver for credential support (#9687, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Add custom action type to volume policies (#9678, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #9666, fix node-agent node detection in multiple instances scenario (#9671, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Add check for file extraction from tarball. (#9661, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9636, fix configmap lookup in non-default namespaces (#9637, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Optimize VSC handle readiness polling for VSS backups (#9629, @sseago)
  • Fix DBR stuck when CSI snapshot no longer exists in cloud provider (#9604, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • If BIA return updateObj with SkipFromBackupAnnotation, treat it as skip the resource from backup. (#9597, @blackpiglet)
  • Add ephemeral storage limit and request support for data mover and maintenance job (#9596, @blackpiglet)
  • Remove wildcard check from getNamespacesToList. (#9587, @blackpiglet)
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How v1.18.1-rc.2 went

v1.18.1-rc.1

Pre-release
Added 3
  • Add custom action type to volume policies
  • Add check for file extraction from tarball
  • Add ephemeral storage limit and request support for data mover and maintenance job
Changed 3
  • Bump external-snapshotter to v8.4.0 and migrate VolumeGroupSnapshot API from v1beta1 to v1beta2 for Kubernetes 1.34+ compatibility
  • Optimize VSC handle readiness polling for VSS backups
  • Treat resource as skip from backup if BIA returns updateObj with SkipFromBackupAnnotation
Fixed 14
  • Fix wildcard expansion when includes is empty and excludes has wildcards
  • Add a 2-second gap between temporary CSI VolumeSnapshotContent create and delete operations and enhance backup deletion logic to handle tarball download failures
  • Fix CSI PVC Backup Plugin list options to only list in installed namespace
  • Fix restores and podvolumerestores list options to only list in installed namespace
  • Call EndEvent when PVB/PVR/DU/DD is cancelled before the data path is really started to prevent data mover pod from crashing because of delay event distribution
  • Let go for uninitialized repo under readonly mode
v1.18.1
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.1

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.1

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

All Changes
  • Fix wildcard expansion when includes is empty and excludes has wildcards (#9743, @Joeavaikath)
  • Backporting PR #9700 and #9693, fix issue #9699, add a 2-second gap between temporary CSI VolumeSnapshotContent create and delete operations. Enhance backup deletion logic to handle tarball download failures (#9731, @priyansh17)
  • Fix issue #9703, fix CSI PVC Backup Plugin list options to only list in installed namespace (#9708, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Bump external-snapshotter to v8.4.0 and migrate VolumeGroupSnapshot API from v1beta1 to v1beta2 for Kubernetes 1.34+ compatibility (#9706, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9681, fix restores and podvolumerestores list options to only list in installed namespace (#9696, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Fix issue #9659, in the case that PVB/PVR/DU/DD is cancelled before the data path is really started, call EndEvent to prevent data mover pod from crashing because of delay event distribution (#9672, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9626, let go for uninitialized repo under readonly mode (#9669, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9460, flush buffer before data mover completes (#9610, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9475, use node-selector instead of nodName for generic restore (#9609, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9496, support customized host os (#9606, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9343, include PV topology to data mover pod affinities (#9594, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix VolumeGroupSnapshot restore failure with Ceph RBD CSI driver by creating stub VolumeGroupSnapshotContent during restore and looking up VolumeSnapshotClass by driver for credential support (#9687, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Add custom action type to volume policies (#9678, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #9666, fix node-agent node detection in multiple instances scenario (#9671, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Add check for file extraction from tarball. (#9661, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9636, fix configmap lookup in non-default namespaces (#9637, @adam-jian-zhang)
  • Optimize VSC handle readiness polling for VSS backups (#9629, @sseago)
  • Fix DBR stuck when CSI snapshot no longer exists in cloud provider (#9604, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • If BIA return updateObj with SkipFromBackupAnnotation, treat it as skip the resource from backup. (#9597, @blackpiglet)
  • Add ephemeral storage limit and request support for data mover and maintenance job (#9596, @blackpiglet)
  • Remove wildcard check from getNamespacesToList. (#9587, @blackpiglet)
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How v1.18.1-rc.1 went

v1.18.0

Added 8
  • Velero is capable to process multiple backups concurrently, allowing backups from different users to run simultaneously without interfering with each other
  • Users can configure cache volumes for data mover pods during restore for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup
  • Users can observe the incremental size of data movers backups for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup
  • Glob regular expressions are supported for namespace filters during backup and restore
  • VolumePolicy supports actions by PVC phase to enable special operations for PVCs with specific phases
  • Events are recorded into data mover pod diagnostic for troubleshooting when data mover pods fail
  • Add --apply flag to install command, allowing usage of Kubernetes apply to make changes to existing installs
  • BackupStorageLocation is enhanced with Secret-based CA certificate support
Changed 5
  • Backup repository operations are delay executed out of Velero server to prevent Velero server OOM Kill for large backup repositories
  • VolumePolicy performance is significantly improved for large number of pods and PVCs
  • PVC-to-Pod cache is added to improve volume policy performance
  • Golang runtime updated to 1.25.7
  • Kopia updated to 0.22.3
Fixed 5
  • Remove backup from running list when backup fails validation
  • Fix plugin init container names exceeding DNS-1123 limit
  • Prevent fake completion notification due to multiple update of single PVR
  • Fix the Job build error when BackupRepository name longer than 63
  • Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName
Deprecated 1
  • PVC selected node feature is deprecated in v1.18
v1.18
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.0

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.0

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

Highlights
Concurrent backup

In v1.18, Velero is capable to process multiple backups concurrently. This is a significant usability improvement, especially for multiple tenants or multiple users case, backups submitted from different users could run their backups simultaneously without interfering with each other.

Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/Implemented/concurrent-backup-processing.md for more details.

Cache volume for data movers

In v1.18, Velero allows users to configure cache volumes for data mover pods during restore for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup. This brings below benefits:

  • Solve the problem that data mover pods fail to when pod's ephemeral disk is limited
  • Solve the problem that multiple data mover pods fail to run concurrently in one node when the node's ephemeral disk is limited
  • Working together with backup repository's cache limit configuration, cache volume with appropriate size helps to improve the restore throughput

Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/Implemented/backup-repo-cache-volume.md for more details.

Incremental size for data movers

In v1.18, Velero allows users to observe the incremental size of data movers backups for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup, so that users could visually see the data reduction due to incremental backup.

Wildcard support for namespaces

In v1.18, Velero allows to use Glob regular expressions for namespace filters during backup and restore, so that users could filter namespaces in a batch manner.

VolumePolicy for PVC phase

In v1.18, Velero VolumePolicy supports actions by PVC phase, which help users to do special operations for PVCs with a specific phase, e.g., skip PVCs in Pending/Lost status from the backup.

Scalability and Resiliency improvements
Prevent Velero server OOM Kill for large backup repositories

In v1.18, some backup repository operations are delay executed out of Velero server, so Velero server won't be OOM Killed.

Performance improvement for VolumePolicy

In v1.18, VolumePolicy is enhanced for large number of pods/PVCs so that the performance is significantly improved.

Events for data mover pod diagnostic

In v1.18, events are recorded into data mover pod diagnostic, which allows user to see more information for troubleshooting when the data mover pod fails.

Runtime and dependencies

Golang runtime: 1.25.7
kopia: 0.22.3

Limitations/Known issues
Breaking changes
Deprecation of PVC selected node feature

According to Velero deprecation policy, PVC selected node feature is deprecated in v1.18. Velero could appropriately handle PVC's selected-node annotation, so users don't need to do anything particularly.

All Changes
  • Remove backup from running list when backup fails validation (#9498, @sseago)
  • Maintenance Job only uses the first element of the LoadAffinity array (#9494, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9478, add diagnose info on expose peek fails (#9481, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add Role, RoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ClusterRoleBinding in restore sequence. (#9474, @blackpiglet)
  • Add maintenance job and data mover pod's labels and annotations setting. (#9452, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix plugin init container names exceeding DNS-1123 limit (#9445, @mpryc)
  • Add PVC-to-Pod cache to improve volume policy performance (#9441, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Remove VolumeSnapshotClass from CSI B/R process. (#9431, @blackpiglet)
  • Use hookIndex for recording multiple restore exec hooks. (#9366, @blackpiglet)
  • Sanitize Azure HTTP responses in BSL status messages (#9321, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Remove labels associated with previous backups (#9206, @Joeavaikath)
  • Add VolumePolicy support for PVC Phase conditions to allow skipping Pending PVCs (#9166, @claude)
  • feat: Enhance BackupStorageLocation with Secret-based CA certificate support (#9141, @kaovilai)
  • Add --apply flag to install command, allowing usage of Kubernetes apply to make changes to existing installs (#9132, @mjnagel)
  • Fix issue #9194, add doc for GOMAXPROCS behavior change (#9420, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Apply volume policies to VolumeGroupSnapshot PVC filtering (#9419, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9276, add doc for cache volume support (#9418, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add Prometheus metrics for maintenance jobs (#9414, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9400, connect repo first time after creation so that init params could be written (#9407, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Cache volume for PVR (#9397, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Cache volume support for DataDownload (#9391, @Lyndon-Li)
  • don't copy securitycontext from first container if configmap found (#9389, @sseago)
  • Refactor repo provider interface for static configuration (#9379, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9365, prevent fake completion notification due to multiple update of single PVR (#9375, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add cache volume configuration (#9370, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Track actual resource names for GenerateName in restore status (#9368, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName (#9367, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Support cache volume for generic restore exposer and pod volume exposer (#9362, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add incrementalSize to DU/PVB for reporting new/changed size (#9357, @sseago)
  • Add snapshotSize for DataDownload, PodVolumeRestore (#9354, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add cache dir configuration for udmrepo (#9353, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix the Job build error when BackupReposiotry name longer than 63. (#9350, @blackpiglet)
  • Add cache configuration to VGDP (#9342, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9332, add bytesDone for cache files (#9333, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix typos in documentation (#9329, @T4iFooN-IX)
  • Concurrent backup processing (#9307, @sseago)
  • VerifyJSONConfigs verify every elements in Data. (#9302, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9267, add events to data mover prepare diagnostic (#9296, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add option for privileged fs-backup pod (#9295, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #9193, don't connect repo in repo controller (#9291, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Implement concurrency control for cache of native VolumeSnapshotter plugin. (#9281, @0xLeo258)
  • Fix issue #7904, remove the code and doc for PVC node selection (#9269, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix schedule controller to prevent backup queue accumulation during extended blocking scenarios by properly handling empty backup phases (#9264, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix repository maintenance jobs to inherit allowlisted tolerations from Velero deployment (#9256, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Implement wildcard namespace pattern expansion for backup namespace includes/excludes. This change adds support for wildcard patterns (*, ?, [abc], {a,b,c}) in namespace includes and excludes during backup operations (#9255, @Joeavaikath)
  • Protect VolumeSnapshot field from race condition during multi-thread backup (#9248, @0xLeo258)
  • Update AzureAD Microsoft Authentication Library to v1.5.0 (#9244, @priyansh17)
  • Get pod list once per namespace in pvc IBA (#9226, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #7725, add design for backup repo cache configuration (#9148, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9229, don't attach backupPVC to the source node (#9233, @Lyndon-Li)
  • feat: Permit specifying annotations for the BackupPVC (#9173, @clementnuss)
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How v1.18.0 went

v1.18.0-rc.2

Pre-release
Added 9
  • Velero is now capable of processing multiple backups concurrently, allowing backups from different users to run simultaneously without interfering with each other
  • Users can now configure cache volumes for data mover pods during restore for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup
  • Velero allows users to observe the incremental size of data movers backups for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup
  • Glob regular expressions are now supported for namespace filters during backup and restore
  • VolumePolicy now supports actions by PVC phase to allow special operations for PVCs with specific phases
  • Events are now recorded into data mover pod diagnostic for better troubleshooting
Changed 5
  • Backup repository operations are now delay executed outside of Velero server to prevent OOM kill for large backup repositories
  • VolumePolicy performance is significantly improved for large numbers of pods and PVCs
  • Maintenance job now only uses the first element of the LoadAffinity array
  • Role, RoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ClusterRoleBinding are now added in restore sequence
  • VolumeSnapshotClass is now removed from CSI backup and restore process
Fixed 4
  • Fix backup removal from running list when backup fails validation
  • Fix plugin init container names exceeding DNS-1123 limit
  • Fix multiple restore exec hooks recording by using hookIndex
  • Sanitize Azure HTTP responses in BackupStorageLocation status messages
Deprecated 1
  • PVC selected node feature is deprecated in v1.18
v1.18
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.0-rc.2

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.0-rc.2

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

Highlights
Concurrent backup

In v1.18, Velero is capable to process multiple backups concurrently. This is a significant usability improvement, especially for multiple tenants or multiple users case, backups submitted from different users could run their backups simultaneously without interfering with each other.

Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/Implemented/concurrent-backup-processing.md for more details.

Cache volume for data movers

In v1.18, Velero allows users to configure cache volumes for data mover pods during restore for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup. This brings below benefits:

  • Solve the problem that data mover pods fail to when pod's ephemeral disk is limited
  • Solve the problem that multiple data mover pods fail to run concurrently in one node when the node's ephemeral disk is limited
  • Working together with backup repository's cache limit configuration, cache volume with appropriate size helps to improve the restore throughput

Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/Implemented/backup-repo-cache-volume.md for more details.

Incremental size for data movers

In v1.18, Velero allows users to observe the incremental size of data movers backups for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup, so that users could visually see the data reduction due to incremental backup.

Wildcard support for namespaces

In v1.18, Velero allows to use Glob regular expressions for namespace filters during backup and restore, so that users could filter namespaces in a batch manner.

VolumePolicy for PVC phase

In v1.18, Velero VolumePolicy supports actions by PVC phase, which help users to do special operations for PVCs with a specific phase, e.g., skip PVCs in Pending/Lost status from the backup.

Scalability and Resiliency improvements
Prevent Velero server OOM Kill for large backup repositories

In v1.18, some backup repository operations are delay executed out of Velero server, so Velero server won't be OOM Killed.

Performance improvement for VolumePolicy

In v1.18, VolumePolicy is enhanced for large number of pods/PVCs so that the performance is significantly improved.

Events for data mover pod diagnostic

In v1.18, events are recorded into data mover pod diagnostic, which allows user to see more information for troubleshooting when the data mover pod fails.

Runtime and dependencies

Golang runtime: 1.25.7
kopia: 0.22.3

Limitations/Known issues
Breaking changes
Deprecation of PVC selected node feature

According to Velero deprecation policy, PVC selected node feature is deprecated in v1.18. Velero could appropriately handle PVC's selected-node annotation, so users don't need to do anything particularly.

All Changes
  • Remove backup from running list when backup fails validation (#9498, @sseago)
  • Maintenance Job only uses the first element of the LoadAffinity array (#9494, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9478, add diagnose info on expose peek fails (#9481, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add Role, RoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ClusterRoleBinding in restore sequence. (#9474, @blackpiglet)
  • Add maintenance job and data mover pod's labels and annotations setting. (#9452, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix plugin init container names exceeding DNS-1123 limit (#9445, @mpryc)
  • Add PVC-to-Pod cache to improve volume policy performance (#9441, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Remove VolumeSnapshotClass from CSI B/R process. (#9431, @blackpiglet)
  • Use hookIndex for recording multiple restore exec hooks. (#9366, @blackpiglet)
  • Sanitize Azure HTTP responses in BSL status messages (#9321, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Remove labels associated with previous backups (#9206, @Joeavaikath)
  • Add VolumePolicy support for PVC Phase conditions to allow skipping Pending PVCs (#9166, @claude)
  • feat: Enhance BackupStorageLocation with Secret-based CA certificate support (#9141, @kaovilai)
  • Add --apply flag to install command, allowing usage of Kubernetes apply to make changes to existing installs (#9132, @mjnagel)
  • Fix issue #9194, add doc for GOMAXPROCS behavior change (#9420, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Apply volume policies to VolumeGroupSnapshot PVC filtering (#9419, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9276, add doc for cache volume support (#9418, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add Prometheus metrics for maintenance jobs (#9414, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9400, connect repo first time after creation so that init params could be written (#9407, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Cache volume for PVR (#9397, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Cache volume support for DataDownload (#9391, @Lyndon-Li)
  • don't copy securitycontext from first container if configmap found (#9389, @sseago)
  • Refactor repo provider interface for static configuration (#9379, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9365, prevent fake completion notification due to multiple update of single PVR (#9375, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add cache volume configuration (#9370, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Track actual resource names for GenerateName in restore status (#9368, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName (#9367, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Support cache volume for generic restore exposer and pod volume exposer (#9362, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add incrementalSize to DU/PVB for reporting new/changed size (#9357, @sseago)
  • Add snapshotSize for DataDownload, PodVolumeRestore (#9354, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add cache dir configuration for udmrepo (#9353, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix the Job build error when BackupReposiotry name longer than 63. (#9350, @blackpiglet)
  • Add cache configuration to VGDP (#9342, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9332, add bytesDone for cache files (#9333, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix typos in documentation (#9329, @T4iFooN-IX)
  • Concurrent backup processing (#9307, @sseago)
  • VerifyJSONConfigs verify every elements in Data. (#9302, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9267, add events to data mover prepare diagnostic (#9296, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add option for privileged fs-backup pod (#9295, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #9193, don't connect repo in repo controller (#9291, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Implement concurrency control for cache of native VolumeSnapshotter plugin. (#9281, @0xLeo258)
  • Fix issue #7904, remove the code and doc for PVC node selection (#9269, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix schedule controller to prevent backup queue accumulation during extended blocking scenarios by properly handling empty backup phases (#9264, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix repository maintenance jobs to inherit allowlisted tolerations from Velero deployment (#9256, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Implement wildcard namespace pattern expansion for backup namespace includes/excludes. This change adds support for wildcard patterns (*, ?, [abc], {a,b,c}) in namespace includes and excludes during backup operations (#9255, @Joeavaikath)
  • Protect VolumeSnapshot field from race condition during multi-thread backup (#9248, @0xLeo258)
  • Update AzureAD Microsoft Authentication Library to v1.5.0 (#9244, @priyansh17)
  • Get pod list once per namespace in pvc IBA (#9226, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #7725, add design for backup repo cache configuration (#9148, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9229, don't attach backupPVC to the source node (#9233, @Lyndon-Li)
  • feat: Permit specifying annotations for the BackupPVC (#9173, @clementnuss)
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How v1.18.0-rc.2 went

v1.18.0-rc.1

Pre-release
Added 9
  • Velero is capable to process multiple backups concurrently
  • Allow users to configure cache volumes for data mover pods during restore for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup
  • Allow users to observe the incremental size of data movers backups for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup
  • Allow use of Glob regular expressions for namespace filters during backup and restore
  • VolumePolicy supports actions by PVC phase
  • Events are recorded into data mover pod diagnostic
Changed 2
  • Some backup repository operations are delay executed out of Velero server to prevent OOM Kill
  • VolumePolicy enhanced for large number of pods/PVCs with significantly improved performance
Fixed 4
  • Remove backup from running list when backup fails validation
  • Fix plugin init container names exceeding DNS-1123 limit
  • Fix issue where Job build error occurs when BackupRepository name longer than 63 characters
  • Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName
Removed 1
  • Remove VolumeSnapshotClass from CSI backup/restore process
Deprecated 1
  • PVC selected node feature is deprecated
v1.18
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.0-rc.1

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.18.0-rc.1

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.18/upgrade-to-1.18/

Highlights
Concurrent backup

In v1.18, Velero is capable to process multiple backups concurrently. This is a significant usability improvement, especially for multiple tenants or multiple users case, backups submitted from different users could run their backups simultaneously without interfering with each other.

Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/Implemented/concurrent-backup-processing.md for more details.

Cache volume for data movers

In v1.18, Velero allows users to configure cache volumes for data mover pods during restore for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup. This brings below benefits:

  • Solve the problem that data mover pods fail to when pod's ephemeral disk is limited
  • Solve the problem that multiple data mover pods fail to run concurrently in one node when the node's ephemeral disk is limited
  • Working together with backup repository's cache limit configuration, cache volume with appropriate size helps to improve the restore throughput

Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/Implemented/backup-repo-cache-volume.md for more details.

Incremental size for data movers

In v1.18, Velero allows users to observe the incremental size of data movers backups for CSI snapshot data movement and fs-backup, so that users could visually see the data reduction due to incremental backup.

Wildcard support for namespaces

In v1.18, Velero allows to use Glob regular expressions for namespace filters during backup and restore, so that users could filter namespaces in a batch manner.

VolumePolicy for PVC phase

In v1.18, Velero VolumePolicy supports actions by PVC phase, which help users to do special operations for PVCs with a specific phase, e.g., skip PVCs in Pending/Lost status from the backup.

Scalability and Resiliency improvements
Prevent Velero server OOM Kill for large backup repositories

In v1.18, some backup repository operations are delay executed out of Velero server, so Velero server won't be OOM Killed.

Performance improvement for VolumePolicy

In v1.18, VolumePolicy is enhanced for large number of pods/PVCs so that the performance is significantly improved.

Events for data mover pod diagnostic

In v1.18, events are recorded into data mover pod diagnostic, which allows user to see more information for troubleshooting when the data mover pod fails.

Runtime and dependencies

Golang runtime: 1.25.7
kopia: 0.22.3

Limitations/Known issues
Breaking changes
Deprecation of PVC selected node feature

According to Velero deprecation policy, PVC selected node feature is deprecated in v1.18. Velero could appropriately handle PVC's selected-node annotation, so users don't need to do anything particularly.

All Changes
  • Remove backup from running list when backup fails validation (#9498, @sseago)
  • Maintenance Job only uses the first element of the LoadAffinity array (#9494, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9478, add diagnose info on expose peek fails (#9481, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add Role, RoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ClusterRoleBinding in restore sequence. (#9474, @blackpiglet)
  • Add maintenance job and data mover pod's labels and annotations setting. (#9452, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix plugin init container names exceeding DNS-1123 limit (#9445, @mpryc)
  • Add PVC-to-Pod cache to improve volume policy performance (#9441, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Remove VolumeSnapshotClass from CSI B/R process. (#9431, @blackpiglet)
  • Use hookIndex for recording multiple restore exec hooks. (#9366, @blackpiglet)
  • Sanitize Azure HTTP responses in BSL status messages (#9321, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Remove labels associated with previous backups (#9206, @Joeavaikath)
  • Add VolumePolicy support for PVC Phase conditions to allow skipping Pending PVCs (#9166, @claude)
  • feat: Enhance BackupStorageLocation with Secret-based CA certificate support (#9141, @kaovilai)
  • Add --apply flag to install command, allowing usage of Kubernetes apply to make changes to existing installs (#9132, @mjnagel)
  • Fix issue #9194, add doc for GOMAXPROCS behavior change (#9420, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Apply volume policies to VolumeGroupSnapshot PVC filtering (#9419, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9276, add doc for cache volume support (#9418, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add Prometheus metrics for maintenance jobs (#9414, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix issue #9400, connect repo first time after creation so that init params could be written (#9407, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Cache volume for PVR (#9397, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Cache volume support for DataDownload (#9391, @Lyndon-Li)
  • don't copy securitycontext from first container if configmap found (#9389, @sseago)
  • Refactor repo provider interface for static configuration (#9379, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9365, prevent fake completion notification due to multiple update of single PVR (#9375, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add cache volume configuration (#9370, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Track actual resource names for GenerateName in restore status (#9368, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName (#9367, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Support cache volume for generic restore exposer and pod volume exposer (#9362, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add incrementalSize to DU/PVB for reporting new/changed size (#9357, @sseago)
  • Add snapshotSize for DataDownload, PodVolumeRestore (#9354, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add cache dir configuration for udmrepo (#9353, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix the Job build error when BackupReposiotry name longer than 63. (#9350, @blackpiglet)
  • Add cache configuration to VGDP (#9342, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9332, add bytesDone for cache files (#9333, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix typos in documentation (#9329, @T4iFooN-IX)
  • Concurrent backup processing (#9307, @sseago)
  • VerifyJSONConfigs verify every elements in Data. (#9302, @blackpiglet)
  • Fix issue #9267, add events to data mover prepare diagnostic (#9296, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Add option for privileged fs-backup pod (#9295, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #9193, don't connect repo in repo controller (#9291, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Implement concurrency control for cache of native VolumeSnapshotter plugin. (#9281, @0xLeo258)
  • Fix issue #7904, remove the code and doc for PVC node selection (#9269, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix schedule controller to prevent backup queue accumulation during extended blocking scenarios by properly handling empty backup phases (#9264, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix repository maintenance jobs to inherit allowlisted tolerations from Velero deployment (#9256, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Implement wildcard namespace pattern expansion for backup namespace includes/excludes. This change adds support for wildcard patterns (*, ?, [abc], {a,b,c}) in namespace includes and excludes during backup operations (#9255, @Joeavaikath)
  • Protect VolumeSnapshot field from race condition during multi-thread backup (#9248, @0xLeo258)
  • Update AzureAD Microsoft Authentication Library to v1.5.0 (#9244, @priyansh17)
  • Get pod list once per namespace in pvc IBA (#9226, @sseago)
  • Fix issue #7725, add design for backup repo cache configuration (#9148, @Lyndon-Li)
  • Fix issue #9229, don't attach backupPVC to the source node (#9233, @Lyndon-Li)
  • feat: Permit specifying annotations for the BackupPVC (#9173, @clementnuss)
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v1.17.2

Changed 1
  • Add Role, RoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ClusterRoleBinding in restore sequence
Fixed 3
  • Track actual resource names for GenerateName in restore status
  • Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName
  • Don't copy securitycontext from first container if configmap found
v1.17.2
Download

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.2

Container Image

velero/velero:v1.17.2

Documentation

https://velero.io/docs/v1.17/

Upgrading

https://velero.io/docs/v1.17/upgrade-to-1.17/

All Changes
  • Track actual resource names for GenerateName in restore status (#9409, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName (#9408, @shubham-pampattiwar)
  • don't copy securitycontext from first container if configmap found (#9394, @sseago)
  • Add Role, RoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ClusterRoleBinding in restore sequence. (#9479, @blackpiglet)
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