# Velero v1.18.2

- Product: Velero (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/velero)
- Vendor: VMware Tanzu
- Date: 2026-06-26
- Version: v1.18.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/velero/releases/v1.18.2

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- **fixed** — Skip VGS cleanup when backup did not use VolumeGroupSnapshots
- **fixed** — Fix backup performance regression when using includedNamespaces ["*"] by restoring cross-namespace API listing optimization
- **fixed** — 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)