* fix: defer VGS cleanup until backup finalization
The CSI PVC backup action deleted the VolumeGroupSnapshot and bound
VolumeGroupSnapshotContent after creating and waiting for all group
member VolumeSnapshots. At that point, Velero had not necessarily
completed processing the member VolumeSnapshots, CSI async operations,
or archive finalization.
Deleting the VGS triggered external-snapshotter member cleanup and could
remove VolumeSnapshot API objects still referenced by the Backup
workflow.
Remove immediate VGS/VGSC deletion from getVolumeSnapshotReference and
retain the group until the Backup reaches a terminal phase. Continue
processing VGS member VolumeSnapshots through the existing normal CSI
finalization path.
Add the velero.io/volume-group-snapshot-cleanup Backup finalizer before
VGS creation. Label VGSC resources with the Backup name and UID, enforce
DeletionPolicy=Retain before cleanup, and delete VGS/VGSC resources from
terminal Backup reconciliation only.
Make cleanup idempotent and retryable, including recovery of labeled
orphan VGSC resources. Remove the Backup finalizer only after VGS/VGSC
cleanup verification succeeds. Block Backup deletion while cleanup is
pending.
Add unit and controller integration tests covering finalizer
registration, VGS creation, terminal cleanup, failed-Backup cleanup,
orphan VGSC cleanup, and finalizer removal.
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* add changelog
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* Adress review feedback
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* remove stale VGS finalizer during snapshot restore
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* Improve codecoverage
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* explain VGS member snapshot cleanup timing
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* Second pass at review comment
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* Third pass at review comment
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* Dont swallow get errors
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
* Patch backup CR only when annotation is missing
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
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Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prajoshi@redhat.com>
Add release blog posts for v1.17 (Sep 2025) and v1.18 (Mar 2026)
covering major features, breaking changes, and community contributions.
v1.17 highlights: VolumeGroupSnapshot support, modernized fs-backup,
Windows cluster support, priority class support.
v1.18 highlights: concurrent backup processing, cache volume support
for data movers, incremental backup size reporting, VolumePolicy
enhancements.
Signed-off-by: Shubham Pampattiwar <spampatt@redhat.com>
* site: update homepage CTA and add LinkedIn to footer
Replace stale 'How Do You Use Velero?' link (GitHub issue #1327 from 2019)
with 'Join the Velero Community' pointing to the community page.
Add the new Velero LinkedIn page to the footer social links.
Signed-off-by: Shubham Pampattiwar <spampatt@redhat.com>
* site: fix invisible CNCF logo in footer
The footer uses a white background but the CNCF logo was a white SVG
(cncf-white.svg), making it invisible. Switch to the color version
from the CNCF artwork repository.
Signed-off-by: Shubham Pampattiwar <spampatt@redhat.com>
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Signed-off-by: Shubham Pampattiwar <spampatt@redhat.com>
By running the following command:
codespell -S .git,*.png,*.jpg,*.woff,*.ttf,*.gif,*.ico -L \
iam,aks,ist,bridget,ue
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Gozdek <mgozdekof@gmail.com>
* Blop post announcing Velero 1.5
Signed-off-by: Ashish Amarnath <ashisham@vmware.com>
* Remove hardcoded deploy preview URL
Signed-off-by: Nolan Brubaker <brubakern@vmware.com>
* Remove base URL entirely
Since there's not really an easy way to use the preview URL environment
variables in the netlify.toml, remove the baseURL argument entirely
from the build command.
Signed-off-by: Nolan Brubaker <brubakern@vmware.com>
* Update blog post date and expected tag link
Signed-off-by: Nolan Brubaker <brubakern@vmware.com>
Co-authored-by: Ashish Amarnath <ashisham@vmware.com>
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