Merge pull request #9572 from blackpiglet/xj014661/v1.18/CVE-2026-24051

Xj014661/v1.18/CVE 2026 24051

.github/workflows/stale-issues.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v10.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10.1.1
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open 60 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 14 days. If a Velero team member has requested log or more information, please provide the output of the shared commands."

ADOPTERS.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ If you're using Velero and want to add your organization to this list,
 <a href="https://www.replicated.com/" border="0" target="_blank"><img alt="replicated.com" src="site/static/img/adopters/replicated-logo-red.svg" height="50"></a>
 <a href="https://cloudcasa.io/" border="0" target="_blank"><img alt="cloudcasa.io" src="site/static/img/adopters/cloudcasa.svg" height="50"></a>
 <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/" border="0" target="_blank"><img alt="azure.com" src="site/static/img/adopters/azure.svg" height="50"></a>
+<a href="https://www.broadcom.com/" border="0" target="_blank"><img alt="broadcom.com" src="site/static/img/adopters/broadcom.svg" height="50"></a>
 ## Success Stories
 
 Below is a list of adopters of Velero in **production environments** that have
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ Replicated uses the Velero open source project to enable snapshots in [KOTS][101
 **[Microsoft Azure][105]**<br>
 [Azure Backup for AKS][106] is an Azure native, Kubernetes aware, Enterprise ready backup for containerized applications deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). AKS Backup utilizes Velero to perform backup and restore operations to protect stateful applications in AKS clusters.<br>
 
+**[Broadcom][107]**<br>
+[VMware Cloud Foundation][108] (VCF) offers built-in [vSphere Kubernetes Service][109] (VKS),  a Kubernetes runtime that includes a CNCF certified Kubernetes distribution, to deploy and manage containerized workloads. VCF empowers platform engineers with native [Kubernetes multi-cluster management][110] capability for managing Kubernetes (K8s) infrastructure at scale. VCF utilizes Velero for Kubernetes data protection enabling platform engineers to back up and restore containerized workloads manifests & persistent volumes, helping to increase the resiliency of stateful applications in VKS cluster.
+
 ## Adding your organization to the list of Velero Adopters
 
 If you are using Velero and would like to be included in the list of `Velero Adopters`, add an SVG version of your logo to the `site/static/img/adopters` directory in this repo and submit a [pull request][3] with your change. Name the image file something that reflects your company (e.g., if your company is called Acme, name the image acme.png). See this for an example [PR][4].
@@ -125,3 +129,8 @@ If you would like to add your logo to a future `Adopters of Velero` section on [
 
 [105]: https://azure.microsoft.com/
 [106]: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/backup-overview
+
+[107]: https://www.broadcom.com/
+[108]: https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vmware-cloud-foundation
+[109]: https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vsphere-kubernetes-service
+[110]: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/09/29/empowering-platform-engineers-with-native-kubernetes-multi-cluster-management-in-vmware-cloud-foundation/

Dockerfile

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Velero binary build section
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25-bookworm AS velero-builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25.7-bookworm AS velero-builder
 
 ARG GOPROXY
 ARG BIN
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /output/usr/bin && \
     go clean -modcache -cache
 
 # Restic binary build section
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25-bookworm AS restic-builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25.7-bookworm AS restic-builder
 
 ARG GOPROXY
 ARG BIN
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /output/usr/bin && \
     go clean -modcache -cache
 
 # Velero image packing section
-FROM paketobuildpacks/run-jammy-tiny:latest
+FROM paketobuildpacks/run-jammy-tiny:0.2.104
 
 LABEL maintainer="Xun Jiang <jxun@vmware.com>"
 

Dockerfile-Windows

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ARG OS_VERSION=1809
 
 # Velero binary build section
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25-bookworm AS velero-builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25.7-bookworm AS velero-builder
 
 ARG GOPROXY
 ARG BIN

MAINTAINERS.md

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 | Maintainer          | GitHub ID                                                     | Affiliation                                      |
 |---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 | Scott Seago         | [sseago](https://github.com/sseago)                           | [OpenShift](https://github.com/openshift)        |
-| Daniel Jiang        | [reasonerjt](https://github.com/reasonerjt)                   | [VMware](https://www.github.com/vmware/)         |
-| Wenkai Yin          | [ywk253100](https://github.com/ywk253100)                     | [VMware](https://www.github.com/vmware/)         |
-| Xun Jiang           | [blackpiglet](https://github.com/blackpiglet)                 | [VMware](https://www.github.com/vmware/)         |
+| Daniel Jiang        | [reasonerjt](https://github.com/reasonerjt)                   | Broadcom                                         |
+| Wenkai Yin          | [ywk253100](https://github.com/ywk253100)                     | Broadcom                                         |
+| Xun Jiang           | [blackpiglet](https://github.com/blackpiglet)                 | Broadcom                                         |
 | Shubham Pampattiwar | [shubham-pampattiwar](https://github.com/shubham-pampattiwar) | [OpenShift](https://github.com/openshift)        |
-| Yonghui Li          | [Lyndon-Li](https://github.com/Lyndon-Li)                     | [VMware](https://www.github.com/vmware/)         |
+| Yonghui Li          | [Lyndon-Li](https://github.com/Lyndon-Li)                     | Broadcom                                         |
 | Anshul Ahuja        | [anshulahuja98](https://github.com/anshulahuja98)             | [Microsoft Azure](https://www.github.com/azure/) |
 | Tiger Kaovilai      | [kaovilai](https://github.com/kaovilai)                       | [OpenShift](https://github.com/openshift)        |
 
@@ -27,14 +27,3 @@
 * JenTing Hsiao ([jenting](https://github.com/jenting))
 * Dave Smith-Uchida ([dsu-igeek](https://github.com/dsu-igeek))
 * Ming Qiu ([qiuming-best](https://github.com/qiuming-best))
-
-## Velero Contributors & Stakeholders
-
-| Feature Area           |                                         Lead                                         |
-|------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
-| Technical Lead         |               Daniel Jiang [reasonerjt](https://github.com/reasonerjt)               |
-| Kubernetes CSI Liaison |                                                                                      |
-| Deployment             |                                                                                      |
-| Community Management   |            Orlin Vasilev [OrlinVasilev](https://github.com/OrlinVasilev)             |
-| Product Management     | Pradeep Kumar Chaturvedi [pradeepkchaturvedi](https://github.com/pradeepkchaturvedi) |
-

README.md

@@ -42,13 +42,11 @@ The following is a list of the supported Kubernetes versions for each Velero ver
 
 | Velero version | Expected Kubernetes version compatibility | Tested on Kubernetes version        |
 |----------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
-| 1.17           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.31.7, 1.32.3, 1.33.1, and 1.34.0          |
+| 1.18           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.33.7, 1.34.1, and 1.35.0          |
+| 1.17           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.31.7, 1.32.3, 1.33.1, and 1.34.0  |
 | 1.16           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.31.4, 1.32.3, and 1.33.0          |
 | 1.15           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.28.8, 1.29.8, 1.30.4 and 1.31.1   |
 | 1.14           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.27.9, 1.28.9, and 1.29.4          |
-| 1.13           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.26.5, 1.27.3, 1.27.8, and 1.28.3  |
-| 1.12           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.25.7, 1.26.5, 1.26.7, and 1.27.3  |
-| 1.11           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.23.10, 1.24.9, 1.25.5, and 1.26.1 |
 
 Velero supports IPv4, IPv6, and dual stack environments. Support for this was tested against Velero v1.8.
 

Tiltfile

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ git_sha = str(local("git rev-parse HEAD", quiet = True, echo_off = True)).strip(
 
 tilt_helper_dockerfile_header = """
 # Tilt image
-FROM golang:1.25 as tilt-helper
+FROM golang:1.25.7 as tilt-helper
 
 # Support live reloading with Tilt
 RUN wget --output-document /restart.sh --quiet https://raw.githubusercontent.com/windmilleng/rerun-process-wrapper/master/restart.sh  && \

changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.18.md

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+## 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](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md#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)

changelogs/unreleased/9148-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #7725, add design for backup repo cache configuration

changelogs/unreleased/9173-clementnuss

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-feat: Permit specifying annotations for the BackupPVC

changelogs/unreleased/9226-sseago

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Get pod list once per namespace in pvc IBA

changelogs/unreleased/9233-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #9229, don't attach backupPVC to the source node

changelogs/unreleased/9244-priyansh17

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update AzureAD Microsoft Authentication Library to v1.5.0

changelogs/unreleased/9248-0xLeo258

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Protect VolumeSnapshot field from race condition during multi-thread backup

changelogs/unreleased/9256-shubham-pampattiwar

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix repository maintenance jobs to inherit allowlisted tolerations from Velero deployment

changelogs/unreleased/9264-shubham-pampattiwar

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix schedule controller to prevent backup queue accumulation during extended blocking scenarios by properly handling empty backup phases

changelogs/unreleased/9269-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #7904, remove the code and doc for PVC node selection

changelogs/unreleased/9281-0xLeo258

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Implement concurrency control for cache of native VolumeSnapshotter plugin.

changelogs/unreleased/9291-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #9193, don't connect repo in repo controller

changelogs/unreleased/9295-sseago

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add option for privileged fs-backup pod

changelogs/unreleased/9296-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #9267, add events to data mover prepare diagnostic

changelogs/unreleased/9302-blackpiglet

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VerifyJSONConfigs verify every elements in Data.

changelogs/unreleased/9329-T4iFooN-IX

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix typos in documentation

changelogs/unreleased/9333-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #9332, add bytesDone for cache files

changelogs/unreleased/9342-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add cache configuration to VGDP

changelogs/unreleased/9350-blackpiglet

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix the Job build error when BackupReposiotry name longer than 63.

changelogs/unreleased/9353-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add cache dir configuration for udmrepo

changelogs/unreleased/9354-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add snapshotSize for DataDownload, PodVolumeRestore

changelogs/unreleased/9357-sseago

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add incrementalSize to DU/PVB for reporting new/changed size

changelogs/unreleased/9362-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Support cache volume for generic restore exposer and pod volume exposer

changelogs/unreleased/9367-shubham-pampattiwar

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix managed fields patch for resources using GenerateName

changelogs/unreleased/9368-shubham-pampattiwar

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Track actual resource names for GenerateName in restore status

changelogs/unreleased/9370-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add cache volume configuration

changelogs/unreleased/9375-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #9365, prevent fake completion notification due to multiple update of single PVR

changelogs/unreleased/9379-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Refactor repo provider interface for static configuration

changelogs/unreleased/9389-sseago

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-don't copy securitycontext from first container if configmap found

changelogs/unreleased/9391-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Cache volume support for DataDownload

changelogs/unreleased/9397-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Cache volume for PVR

changelogs/unreleased/9407-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #9400, connect repo first time after creation so that init params could be written

changelogs/unreleased/9418-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #9276, add doc for cache volume support

changelogs/unreleased/9419-shubham-pampattiwar

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Apply volume policies to VolumeGroupSnapshot PVC filtering

changelogs/unreleased/9420-Lyndon-Li

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #9194, add doc for GOMAXPROCS behavior change

changelogs/unreleased/9508-kaovilai

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix VolumePolicy PVC phase condition filter for unbound PVCs (#9507)

changelogs/unreleased/9537-kaovilai

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix VolumePolicy PVC phase condition filter for unbound PVCs (#9507)

changelogs/unreleased/9539-Joeavaikath

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Support all glob wildcard characters in namespace validation

config/crd/v1/bases/velero.io_backups.yaml

@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ spec:
                 description: Phase is the current state of the Backup.
                 enum:
                 - New
+                - Queued
+                - ReadyToStart
                 - FailedValidation
                 - InProgress
                 - WaitingForPluginOperations
@@ -625,6 +627,11 @@ spec:
                       filters that happen as items are processed.
                     type: integer
                 type: object
+              queuePosition:
+                description: |-
+                  QueuePosition is the position of the backup in the queue.
+                  Only relevant when Phase is "Queued"
+                type: integer
               startTimestamp:
                 description: |-
                   StartTimestamp records the time a backup was started.

config/crd/v1/bases/velero.io_backupstoragelocations.yaml

@@ -113,10 +113,38 @@ spec:
                     description: Bucket is the bucket to use for object storage.
                     type: string
                   caCert:
-                    description: CACert defines a CA bundle to use when verifying
-                      TLS connections to the provider.
+                    description: |-
+                      CACert defines a CA bundle to use when verifying TLS connections to the provider.
+                      Deprecated: Use CACertRef instead.
                     format: byte
                     type: string
+                  caCertRef:
+                    description: |-
+                      CACertRef is a reference to a Secret containing the CA certificate bundle to use
+                      when verifying TLS connections to the provider. The Secret must be in the same
+                      namespace as the BackupStorageLocation.
+                    properties:
+                      key:
+                        description: The key of the secret to select from.  Must be
+                          a valid secret key.
+                        type: string
+                      name:
+                        default: ""
+                        description: |-
+                          Name of the referent.
+                          This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is
+                          allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are
+                          almost certainly wrong.
+                          More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
+                        type: string
+                      optional:
+                        description: Specify whether the Secret or its key must be
+                          defined
+                        type: boolean
+                    required:
+                    - key
+                    type: object
+                    x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
                   prefix:
                     description: Prefix is the path inside a bucket to use for Velero
                       storage. Optional.

design/Implemented/apply-flag.md

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Apply flag for install command
+
+## Abstract
+Add an `--apply` flag to the install command that enables applying existing resources rather than creating them. This can be useful as part of the upgrade process for existing installations.
+
+## Background
+The current Velero install command creates resources but doesn't provide a direct way to apply updates to an existing installation.
+Users attempting to run the install command on an existing installation receive "already exists" messages.
+Upgrade steps for existing installs typically involve a three (or more) step process to apply updated CRDs (using `--dry-run` and piping to `kubectl apply`) and then updating/setting images on the Velero deployment and node-agent.
+
+## Goals
+- Provide a simple flag to enable applying resources on an existing Velero installation.
+- Use server-side apply to update existing resources rather than attempting to create them.
+- Maintain consistency with the regular install flow.
+
+## Non Goals
+- Implement special logic for specific version-to-version upgrades (i.e. resource deletion, etc).
+- Add complex upgrade validation or pre/post-upgrade hooks.
+- Provide rollback capabilities.
+
+## High-Level Design
+The `--apply` flag will be added to the Velero install command.
+When this flag is set, the installation process will use server-side apply to update existing resources instead of using create on new resources.
+This flag can be used as _part_ of the upgrade process, but will not always fully handle an upgrade.
+
+## Detailed Design
+The implementation adds a new boolean flag `--apply` to the install command.
+This flag will be passed through to the underlying install functions where the resource creation logic resides.
+
+When the flag is set to true:
+- The `createOrApplyResource` function will use server-side apply with field manager "velero-cli" and `force=true` to update resources.
+- Resources will be applied in the same order as they would be created during installation.
+- Custom Resource Definitions will still be processed first, and the system will wait for them to be established before continuing.
+
+The server-side apply approach with `force=true` ensures that resources are updated even if there are conflicts with the last applied state.
+This provides a best-effort mechanism to apply resources that follows the same flow as installation but updates resources instead of creating them.
+
+No special handling is added for specific versions or resource structures, making this a general-purpose mechanism for applying resources.
+
+## Alternatives Considered
+1. Creating a separate `upgrade` command that would duplicate much of the install command logic.
+   - Rejected due to code duplication and maintenance overhead.
+
+2. Implementing version-specific upgrade logic to handle breaking changes between versions.
+   - Rejected as overly complex and difficult to maintain across multiple version paths.
+   - This could be considered again in the future, but is not in the scope of the current design.
+
+3. Adding automatic detection of existing resources and switching to apply mode.
+   - Rejected as it could lead to unexpected behavior and confusion if users unintentionally apply changes to existing resources.
+
+## Security Considerations
+The apply flag maintains the same security profile as the install command.
+No additional permissions are required beyond what is needed for resource creation.
+The use of `force=true` with server-side apply could potentially override manual changes made to resources, but this is a necessary trade-off to ensure apply is successful.
+
+## Compatibility
+This enhancement is compatible with all existing Velero installations as it is a new opt-in flag.
+It does not change any resource formats or API contracts.
+The apply process is best-effort and does not guarantee compatibility between arbitrary versions of Velero.
+Users should still consult release notes for any breaking changes that may require manual intervention.
+This flag could be adopted by the helm chart, specifically for CRD updates, to simplify the CRD update job.
+
+## Implementation
+The implementation involves:
+1. Adding support for `Apply` to the existing Kubernetes client code.
+1. Adding the `--apply` flag to the install command options.
+1. Changing `createResource` to `createOrApplyResource` and updating it to use server-side apply when the `apply` boolean is set.
+
+The implementation is straightforward and follows existing code patterns.
+No migration of state or special handling of specific resources is required.

design/Implemented/bsl-certificate-support_design.md

@@ -0,0 +1,417 @@
+# Design for BSL Certificate Support Enhancement
+
+## Abstract
+
+This design document describes the enhancement of BackupStorageLocation (BSL) certificate management in Velero, introducing a Secret-based certificate reference mechanism (`caCertRef`) alongside the existing inline certificate field (`caCert`). This enhancement provides a more secure, Kubernetes-native approach to certificate management while enabling future CLI improvements for automatic certificate discovery.
+
+## Background
+
+Currently, Velero supports TLS certificate verification for object storage providers through an inline `caCert` field in the BSL specification. While functional, this approach has several limitations:
+
+- **Security**: Certificates are stored directly in the BSL YAML, potentially exposing sensitive data
+- **Management**: Certificate rotation requires updating the BSL resource itself
+- **CLI Usability**: Users must manually specify certificates when using CLI commands
+- **Size Limitations**: Large certificate bundles can make BSL resources unwieldy
+
+Issue #9097 and PR #8557 highlight the need for improved certificate management that addresses these concerns while maintaining backward compatibility.
+
+## Goals
+
+- Provide a secure, Secret-based certificate storage mechanism
+- Maintain full backward compatibility with existing BSL configurations
+- Enable future CLI enhancements for automatic certificate discovery
+- Simplify certificate rotation and management
+- Provide clear migration path for existing users
+
+## Non-Goals
+
+- Removing support for inline certificates immediately
+- Changing the behavior of existing BSL configurations
+- Implementing client-side certificate validation
+- Supporting certificates from ConfigMaps or other resource types
+
+## High-Level Design
+
+### API Changes
+
+#### New Field: CACertRef
+
+```go
+type ObjectStorageLocation struct {
+    // Existing field (now deprecated)
+    // +optional
+    // +kubebuilder:deprecatedversion:warning="caCert is deprecated, use caCertRef instead"
+    CACert []byte `json:"caCert,omitempty"`
+
+    // New field for Secret reference
+    // +optional
+    CACertRef *corev1api.SecretKeySelector `json:"caCertRef,omitempty"`
+}
+```
+
+The `SecretKeySelector` follows standard Kubernetes patterns:
+```go
+type SecretKeySelector struct {
+    // Name of the Secret
+    Name string `json:"name"`
+    // Key within the Secret
+    Key string `json:"key"`
+}
+```
+
+### Certificate Resolution Logic
+
+The system follows a priority-based resolution:
+
+1. If `caCertRef` is specified, retrieve certificate from the referenced Secret
+2. If `caCert` is specified (and `caCertRef` is not), use the inline certificate
+3. If neither is specified, no custom CA certificate is used
+
+### Validation
+
+BSL validation ensures mutual exclusivity:
+```go
+func (bsl *BackupStorageLocation) Validate() error {
+    if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage != nil &&
+        bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert != nil &&
+        bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef != nil {
+        return errors.New("cannot specify both caCert and caCertRef in objectStorage")
+    }
+    return nil
+}
+```
+
+## Detailed Design
+
+### BSL Controller Changes
+
+The BSL controller incorporates validation during reconciliation:
+
+```go
+func (r *backupStorageLocationReconciler) Reconcile(req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+    // ... existing code ...
+    
+    // Validate BSL configuration
+    if err := location.Validate(); err != nil {
+        r.logger.WithError(err).Error("BSL validation failed")
+        return ctrl.Result{}, err
+    }
+    
+    // ... continue reconciliation ...
+}
+```
+
+### Repository Provider Integration
+
+All repository providers implement consistent certificate handling:
+
+```go
+func configureCACert(bsl *velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation, credGetter *credentials.CredentialGetter) ([]byte, error) {
+    if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage == nil {
+        return nil, nil
+    }
+
+    // Prefer caCertRef (new method)
+    if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef != nil {
+        certString, err := credGetter.FromSecret.Get(bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef)
+        if err != nil {
+            return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error getting CA certificate from secret")
+        }
+        return []byte(certString), nil
+    }
+
+    // Fall back to caCert (deprecated)
+    if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert != nil {
+        return bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert, nil
+    }
+
+    return nil, nil
+}
+```
+
+### CLI Certificate Discovery Integration
+
+#### Background: PR #8557 Implementation
+PR #8557 ("CLI automatically discovers and uses cacert from BSL") was merged in August 2025, introducing automatic CA certificate discovery from BackupStorageLocation for Velero CLI download operations. This eliminated the need for users to manually specify the `--cacert` flag when performing operations like `backup describe`, `backup download`, `backup logs`, and `restore logs`.
+
+#### Current Implementation (Post PR #8557)
+The CLI now automatically discovers certificates from BSL through the `pkg/cmd/util/cacert/bsl_cacert.go` module:
+
+```go
+// Current implementation only supports inline caCert
+func GetCACertFromBSL(ctx context.Context, client kbclient.Client, namespace, bslName string) (string, error) {
+    // ... fetch BSL ...
+    if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage != nil && len(bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert) > 0 {
+        return string(bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert), nil
+    }
+    return "", nil
+}
+```
+
+#### Enhancement with caCertRef Support
+This design extends the existing CLI certificate discovery to support the new `caCertRef` field:
+
+```go
+// Enhanced implementation supporting both caCert and caCertRef
+func GetCACertFromBSL(ctx context.Context, client kbclient.Client, namespace, bslName string) (string, error) {
+    // ... fetch BSL ...
+
+    // Prefer caCertRef over inline caCert
+    if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef != nil {
+        secret := &corev1api.Secret{}
+        key := types.NamespacedName{
+            Name:      bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef.Name,
+            Namespace: namespace,
+        }
+        if err := client.Get(ctx, key, secret); err != nil {
+            return "", errors.Wrap(err, "error getting certificate secret")
+        }
+
+        certData, ok := secret.Data[bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef.Key]
+        if !ok {
+            return "", errors.Errorf("key %s not found in secret",
+                bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef.Key)
+        }
+        return string(certData), nil
+    }
+
+    // Fall back to inline caCert (deprecated)
+    if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert != nil {
+        return string(bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert), nil
+    }
+
+    return "", nil
+}
+```
+
+#### Certificate Resolution Priority
+
+The CLI follows this priority order for certificate resolution:
+
+1. **`--cacert` flag** - Manual override, highest priority
+2. **`caCertRef`** - Secret-based certificate (recommended)
+3. **`caCert`** - Inline certificate (deprecated)
+4. **System certificate pool** - Default fallback
+
+#### User Experience Improvements
+
+With both PR #8557 and this enhancement:
+
+```bash
+# Automatic discovery - works with both caCert and caCertRef
+velero backup describe my-backup
+velero backup download my-backup
+velero backup logs my-backup
+velero restore logs my-restore
+
+# Manual override still available
+velero backup describe my-backup --cacert /custom/ca.crt
+
+# Debug output shows certificate source
+velero backup download my-backup --log-level=debug
+# [DEBUG] Resolved CA certificate from BSL 'default' Secret 'storage-ca-cert' key 'ca-bundle.crt'
+```
+
+#### RBAC Considerations for CLI
+
+CLI users need read access to Secrets when using `caCertRef`:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: velero-cli-user
+  namespace: velero
+rules:
+- apiGroups: ["velero.io"]
+  resources: ["backups", "restores", "backupstoragelocations"]
+  verbs: ["get", "list"]
+- apiGroups: [""]
+  resources: ["secrets"]
+  verbs: ["get"]
+  # Limited to secrets referenced by BSLs
+```
+
+### Migration Strategy
+
+#### Phase 1: Introduction (Current)
+- Add `caCertRef` field
+- Mark `caCert` as deprecated
+- Both fields supported, mutual exclusivity enforced
+
+#### Phase 2: Migration Period
+- Documentation and tools to help users migrate
+- Warning messages for `caCert` usage
+- CLI enhancements to leverage `caCertRef`
+
+#### Phase 3: Future Removal
+- Remove `caCert` field in major version update
+- Provide migration tool for automatic conversion
+
+## User Experience
+
+### Creating a BSL with Certificate Reference
+
+1. Create a Secret containing the CA certificate:
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: storage-ca-cert
+  namespace: velero
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  ca-bundle.crt: <base64-encoded-certificate>
+```
+
+2. Reference the Secret in BSL:
+```yaml
+apiVersion: velero.io/v1
+kind: BackupStorageLocation
+metadata:
+  name: default
+  namespace: velero
+spec:
+  provider: aws
+  objectStorage:
+    bucket: my-bucket
+    caCertRef:
+      name: storage-ca-cert
+      key: ca-bundle.crt
+```
+
+### Certificate Rotation
+
+With Secret-based certificates:
+```bash
+# Update the Secret with new certificate
+kubectl create secret generic storage-ca-cert \
+  --from-file=ca-bundle.crt=new-ca.crt \
+  --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+
+# No BSL update required - changes take effect on next use
+```
+
+### CLI Usage Examples
+
+#### Immediate Benefits
+- No change required for existing workflows
+- Certificate validation errors include helpful context
+
+#### Future CLI Enhancements
+```bash
+# Automatic certificate discovery
+velero backup download my-backup
+
+# Manual override still available
+velero backup download my-backup --cacert /custom/ca.crt
+
+# Debug certificate resolution
+velero backup download my-backup --log-level=debug
+# [DEBUG] Resolved CA certificate from BSL 'default' Secret 'storage-ca-cert'
+```
+
+## Security Considerations
+
+### Advantages of Secret-based Storage
+
+1. **Encryption at Rest**: Secrets are encrypted in etcd
+2. **RBAC Control**: Fine-grained access control via Kubernetes RBAC
+3. **Audit Trail**: Secret access is auditable
+4. **Separation of Concerns**: Certificates separate from configuration
+
+### Required Permissions
+
+The Velero server requires additional RBAC permissions:
+```yaml
+- apiGroups: [""]
+  resources: ["secrets"]
+  verbs: ["get"]
+  # Scoped to secrets referenced by BSLs
+```
+
+## Compatibility
+
+### Backward Compatibility
+
+- Existing BSLs with `caCert` continue to function unchanged
+- No breaking changes to API
+- Gradual migration path
+
+### Forward Compatibility
+
+- Design allows for future enhancements:
+  - Multiple certificate support
+  - Certificate chain validation
+  - Automatic certificate discovery from cloud providers
+
+## Implementation Phases
+
+### Phase 1: Core Implementation ✓ (Current PR)
+- API changes with new `caCertRef` field
+- Controller validation
+- Repository provider updates
+- Basic testing
+
+### Phase 2: CLI Enhancement (Future)
+- Automatic certificate discovery in CLI
+- Enhanced error messages
+- Debug logging for certificate resolution
+
+### Phase 3: Migration Tools (Future)
+- Automated migration scripts
+- Validation tools
+- Documentation updates
+
+## Testing
+
+### Unit Tests
+- BSL validation logic
+- Certificate resolution in providers
+- Controller behavior
+
+### Integration Tests
+- End-to-end backup/restore with `caCertRef`
+- Certificate rotation scenarios
+- Migration from `caCert` to `caCertRef`
+
+### Manual Testing Scenarios
+1. Create BSL with `caCertRef`
+2. Perform backup/restore operations
+3. Rotate certificate in Secret
+4. Verify continued operation
+
+## Documentation
+
+### User Documentation
+- Migration guide from `caCert` to `caCertRef`
+- Examples for common cloud providers
+- Troubleshooting guide
+
+### API Documentation
+- Updated API reference
+- Deprecation notices
+- Field descriptions
+
+## Alternatives Considered
+
+### ConfigMap-based Storage
+- Pros: Similar to Secrets, simpler API
+- Cons: Not designed for sensitive data, no encryption at rest
+- Decision: Secrets are the Kubernetes-standard for sensitive data
+
+### External Certificate Management
+- Pros: Integration with cert-manager, etc.
+- Cons: Additional complexity, dependencies
+- Decision: Keep it simple, allow users to manage certificates as needed
+
+### Immediate Removal of Inline Certificates
+- Pros: Cleaner API, forces best practices
+- Cons: Breaking change, migration burden
+- Decision: Gradual deprecation respects existing users
+
+## Conclusion
+
+This design provides a secure, Kubernetes-native approach to certificate management in Velero while maintaining backward compatibility. It establishes the foundation for enhanced CLI functionality and improved user experience, addressing the concerns raised in issue #9097 and enabling the features proposed in PR #8557.
+
+The phased approach ensures smooth migration for existing users while delivering immediate security benefits for new deployments.

go.mod

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 module github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.25.7
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.55.0
-	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.18.1
-	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v1.10.1
+	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.57.2
+	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.20.0
+	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v1.13.1
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v5 v5.6.0
-	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage v1.8.0
-	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.6.1
+	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage v1.8.1
+	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.6.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.24.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.26.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.16.14
@@ -31,22 +31,22 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 	github.com/petar/GoLLRB v0.0.0-20210522233825-ae3b015fd3e9
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.10.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/crash-diagnostics v0.3.7
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.29.0
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.30.0
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.33.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.31.0
-	google.golang.org/api v0.241.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.73.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
+	google.golang.org/api v0.256.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.77.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.3
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.3
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	cel.dev/expr v0.23.0 // indirect
-	cloud.google.com/go v0.121.1 // indirect
-	cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.16.2 // indirect
+	cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go v0.121.6 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.17.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8 // indirect
-	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.7.0 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.5.2 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/monitoring v1.24.2 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v1.11.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v1.11.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 // indirect
-	github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/detectors/gcp v1.27.0 // indirect
-	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/metric v0.51.0 // indirect
-	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapping v0.51.0 // indirect
+	github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/detectors/gcp v1.30.0 // indirect
+	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/metric v0.53.0 // indirect
+	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapping v0.53.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds v1.14.11 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.2.10 // indirect
@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@ require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/chmduquesne/rollinghash v4.0.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20250326154945-ae57f3c0d45f // indirect
+	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20251022180443-0feb69152e9f // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.32.4 // indirect
+	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.35.0 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.3.0 // indirect
@@ -112,36 +112,36 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5 // indirect
-	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20241029153458-d1b30febd7db // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 // indirect
-	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.6 // indirect
-	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.14.2 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/cronexpr v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/cronexpr v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.10 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.2 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/crc32 v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon v1.12.4 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon v1.12.6 // indirect
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	github.com/minio/crc64nvme v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/minio/crc64nvme v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 // indirect
-	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.94 // indirect
+	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.97 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/term v0.5.0 // indirect
@@ -153,44 +153,44 @@ require (
 	github.com/natefinch/atomic v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/run v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.1.3-0.20240916144458-20a13a1f6b7c // indirect
+	github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.6.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c // indirect
 	github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.65.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.4 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/vladimirvivien/gexe v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.2.4 // indirect
-	github.com/zeebo/errs v1.4.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.36.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.38.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.61.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.61.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.37.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.37.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.37.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.36.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.37.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.40.0 // indirect
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.38.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250505200425-f936aa4a68b2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251022142026-3a174f9686a8 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251103181224-f26f9409b101 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff // indirect
@@ -198,4 +198,4 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.6.0 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/kopia/kopia => github.com/project-velero/kopia v0.0.0-20250722052735-3ea24d208777
+replace github.com/kopia/kopia => github.com/project-velero/kopia v0.0.0-20251230033609-d946b1e75197

go.sum

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-cel.dev/expr v0.23.0 h1:wUb94w6OYQS4uXraxo9U+wUAs9jT47Xvl4iPgAwM2ss=
-cel.dev/expr v0.23.0/go.mod h1:hLPLo1W4QUmuYdA72RBX06QTs6MXw941piREPl3Yfiw=
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@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ cloud.google.com/go v0.75.0/go.mod h1:VGuuCn7PG0dwsd5XPVm2Mm3wlh3EL55/79EKB6hlPT
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-cloud.google.com/go v0.121.1/go.mod h1:nRFlrHq39MNVWu+zESP2PosMWA0ryJw8KUBZ2iZpxbw=
-cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.16.2 h1:QvBAGFPLrDeoiNjyfVunhQ10HKNYuOwZ5noee0M5df4=
-cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.16.2/go.mod h1:sRBas2Y1fB1vZTdurouM0AzuYQBMZinrUYL8EufhtEA=
+cloud.google.com/go v0.121.6 h1:waZiuajrI28iAf40cWgycWNgaXPO06dupuS+sgibK6c=
+cloud.google.com/go v0.121.6/go.mod h1:coChdst4Ea5vUpiALcYKXEpR1S9ZgXbhEzzMcMR66vI=
+cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.17.0 h1:74yCm7hCj2rUyyAocqnFzsAYXgJhrG26XCFimrc/Kz4=
+cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.17.0/go.mod h1:6wv/t5/6rOPAX4fJiRjKkJCvswLwdet7G8+UGXt7nCQ=
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@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/bigquery v1.4.0/go.mod h1:S8dzgnTigyfTmLBfrtrhyYhwRxG72rYxvf
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-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.7.0 h1:PBWF+iiAerVNe8UCHxdOt6eHLVc3ydFeOCw78U8ytSU=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.7.0/go.mod h1:j5MvL9PprKL39t166CoB1uVHfQMs4tFQZZcKwksXUjo=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0 h1:pDUj4QMoPejqq20dK0Pg2N4yG9zIkYGdBtwLoEkH9Zs=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0/go.mod h1:E0bWwX5wTnLPedCKqk3pJmVgCBSM6qQI1yTBdEb3C10=
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@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.5.2 h1:qgFRAGEmd8z6dJ/qyEchAuL9jpswyODjA2lS+w234g8=
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-cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.6.7 h1:IGtfDWHhQCgCjwQjV9iiLnUta9LBCo8R9QmAFsS/PrE=
-cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.6.7/go.mod h1:EAFV3IZAKmM56TyiE6VAP3VoTzhZzySwI/YI1s/nRsY=
+cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.7.0 h1:FV0+SYF1RIj59gyoWDRi45GiYUMM3K1qO51qoboQT1E=
+cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.7.0/go.mod h1:ySn2yXmjbK9Ba0zsQqunhDkYi0+9rlXIwnoAf+h+TPY=
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-cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.55.0 h1:NESjdAToN9u1tmhVqhXCaCwYBuvEhZLLv0gBr+2znf0=
-cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.55.0/go.mod h1:ztSmTTwzsdXe5syLVS0YsbFxXuvEmEyZj7v7zChEmuY=
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@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/internal/v3 v3.1.0 h1:2qsI
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+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251022142026-3a174f9686a8 h1:mepRgnBZa07I4TRuomDE4sTIYieg/osKmzIf4USdWS4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251022142026-3a174f9686a8/go.mod h1:fDMmzKV90WSg1NbozdqrE64fkuTv6mlq2zxo9ad+3yo=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251103181224-f26f9409b101 h1:tRPGkdGHuewF4UisLzzHHr1spKw92qLM98nIzxbC0wY=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251103181224-f26f9409b101/go.mod h1:7i2o+ce6H/6BluujYR+kqX3GKH+dChPTQU19wjRPiGk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.20.1/go.mod h1:10oTOabMzJvdu6/UiuZezV6QK5dSlG84ov/aaiqXj38=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.21.0/go.mod h1:oYelfM1adQP15Ek0mdvEgi9Df8B9CZIaU1084ijfRaM=
@@ -1161,8 +1159,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.35.0/go.mod h1:qjiiYl8FncCW8feJPdyg3v6XW24KsRHe+dy9BAG
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.36.0/go.mod h1:qjiiYl8FncCW8feJPdyg3v6XW24KsRHe+dy9BAGRRjU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.36.1/go.mod h1:qjiiYl8FncCW8feJPdyg3v6XW24KsRHe+dy9BAGRRjU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.38.0/go.mod h1:NREThFqKR1f3iQ6oBuvc5LadQuXVGo9rkm5ZGrQdJfM=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.73.0 h1:VIWSmpI2MegBtTuFt5/JWy2oXxtjJ/e89Z70ImfD2ok=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.73.0/go.mod h1:50sbHOUqWoCQGI8V2HQLJM0B+LMlIUjNSZmow7EVBQc=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.77.0 h1:wVVY6/8cGA6vvffn+wWK5ToddbgdU3d8MNENr4evgXM=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.77.0/go.mod h1:z0BY1iVj0q8E1uSQCjL9cppRj+gnZjzDnzV0dHhrNig=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=
@@ -1176,8 +1174,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6 h1:z1NpPI8ku2WgiWnf+t9wTPsn6eP1L7ksHUlkfLvd9xY=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10 h1:AYd7cD/uASjIL6Q9LiTjz8JLcrh/88q5UObnmY3aOOE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=

hack/build-image/Dockerfile

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM golang:1.25-bookworm
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM golang:1.25.7-bookworm
 
 ARG GOPROXY
 
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ ENV GO111MODULE=on
 ENV GOPROXY=${GOPROXY}
 
 # kubebuilder test bundle is separated from kubebuilder. Need to setup it for CI test.
-RUN curl -sSLo envtest-bins.tar.gz https://go.kubebuilder.io/test-tools/1.22.1/linux/$(go env GOARCH) && \
-    mkdir /usr/local/kubebuilder && \
-    tar -C /usr/local/kubebuilder --strip-components=1 -zvxf envtest-bins.tar.gz
+# Using setup-envtest to download envtest binaries
+RUN go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest && \
+    mkdir -p /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin && \
+    ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR=$(setup-envtest use 1.33.0 --bin-dir /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin -p path) && \
+    cp -r ${ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR}/* /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/
 
 RUN wget --quiet https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/releases/download/v3.2.0/kubebuilder_linux_$(go env GOARCH) && \
     mv kubebuilder_linux_$(go env GOARCH) /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/kubebuilder && \
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ RUN ARCH=$(go env GOARCH) && \
     chmod +x /usr/bin/goreleaser
 
 # get golangci-lint
-RUN curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.5.0
+RUN curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/HEAD/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.5.0
 
 # install kubectl
 RUN curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/$(go env GOARCH)/kubectl

hack/fix_restic_cve.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
-index 5f939c481..6ae17f4a1 100644
+index 5f939c481..f6205aa3c 100644
 --- a/go.mod
 +++ b/go.mod
 @@ -24,32 +24,31 @@ require (
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ index 5f939c481..6ae17f4a1 100644
 -	golang.org/x/term v0.4.0
 -	golang.org/x/text v0.6.0
 -	google.golang.org/api v0.106.0
-+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0
-+	golang.org/x/net v0.38.0
++	golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0
++	golang.org/x/net v0.47.0
 +	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.28.0
-+	golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0
-+	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0
-+	golang.org/x/term v0.30.0
-+	golang.org/x/text v0.23.0
++	golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0
++	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0
++	golang.org/x/term v0.37.0
++	golang.org/x/text v0.31.0
 +	google.golang.org/api v0.114.0
  )
  
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ index 5f939c481..6ae17f4a1 100644
  )
  
 -go 1.18
-+go 1.23.0
++go 1.24.0
 +
-+toolchain go1.23.7
++toolchain go1.24.11
 diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
-index 026e1d2fa..805792055 100644
+index 026e1d2fa..4a37e7ac7 100644
 --- a/go.sum
 +++ b/go.sum
 @@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ index 026e1d2fa..805792055 100644
  golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211215153901-e495a2d5b3d3/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 -golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0 h1:U/0M97KRkSFvyD/3FSmdP5W5swImpNgle/EHFhOsQPE=
 -golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0/go.mod h1:NK/OQwhpMQP3MwtdjgLlYHnH9ebylxKWv3e0fK+mkQU=
-+golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0 h1:AnAEvhDddvBdpY+uR+MyHmuZzzNqXSe/GvuDeob5L34=
-+golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0/go.mod h1:Y4J0ReaxCR1IMaabaSMugxJES1EpwhBHhv2bDHklZvc=
++golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 h1:jMBrvKuj23MTlT0bQEOBcAE0mjg8mK9RXFhRH6nyF3Q=
++golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0/go.mod h1:XTGrrkGJve7CYK7J8PEww4aY7gM3qMCElcJQ8n8JdX4=
  golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
  golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
  golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ index 026e1d2fa..805792055 100644
  golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 -golang.org/x/net v0.5.0 h1:GyT4nK/YDHSqa1c4753ouYCDajOYKTja9Xb/OHtgvSw=
 -golang.org/x/net v0.5.0/go.mod h1:DivGGAXEgPSlEBzxGzZI+ZLohi+xUj054jfeKui00ws=
-+golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 h1:vRMAPTMaeGqVhG5QyLJHqNDwecKTomGeqbnfZyKlBI8=
-+golang.org/x/net v0.38.0/go.mod h1:ivrbrMbzFq5J41QOQh0siUuly180yBYtLp+CKbEaFx8=
++golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 h1:Mx+4dIFzqraBXUugkia1OOvlD6LemFo1ALMHjrXDOhY=
++golang.org/x/net v0.47.0/go.mod h1:/jNxtkgq5yWUGYkaZGqo27cfGZ1c5Nen03aYrrKpVRU=
  golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 -golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.4.0 h1:NF0gk8LVPg1Ml7SSbGyySuoxdsXitj7TvgvuRxIMc/M=
 -golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.4.0/go.mod h1:RznEsdpjGAINPTOF0UH/t+xJ75L18YO3Ho6Pyn+uRec=
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ index 026e1d2fa..805792055 100644
  golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 -golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 h1:wsuoTGHzEhffawBOhz5CYhcrV4IdKZbEyZjBMuTp12o=
 -golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-+golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0 h1:MHc5BpPuC30uJk597Ri8TV3CNZcTLu6B6z4lJy+g6Jw=
-+golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
++golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 h1:kr88TuHDroi+UVf+0hZnirlk8o8T+4MrK6mr60WkH/I=
++golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
  golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
  golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
  golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -205,21 +205,21 @@ index 026e1d2fa..805792055 100644
  golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 -golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0 h1:Zr2JFtRQNX3BCZ8YtxRE9hNJYC8J6I1MVbMg6owUp18=
 -golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-+golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 h1:ioabZlmFYtWhL+TRYpcnNlLwhyxaM9kWTDEmfnprqik=
-+golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
++golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
++golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
  golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 -golang.org/x/term v0.4.0 h1:O7UWfv5+A2qiuulQk30kVinPoMtoIPeVaKLEgLpVkvg=
 -golang.org/x/term v0.4.0/go.mod h1:9P2UbLfCdcvo3p/nzKvsmas4TnlujnuoV9hGgYzW1lQ=
-+golang.org/x/term v0.30.0 h1:PQ39fJZ+mfadBm0y5WlL4vlM7Sx1Hgf13sMIY2+QS9Y=
-+golang.org/x/term v0.30.0/go.mod h1:NYYFdzHoI5wRh/h5tDMdMqCqPJZEuNqVR5xJLd/n67g=
++golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 h1:8EGAD0qCmHYZg6J17DvsMy9/wJ7/D/4pV/wfnld5lTU=
++golang.org/x/term v0.37.0/go.mod h1:5pB4lxRNYYVZuTLmy8oR2BH8dflOR+IbTYFD8fi3254=
  golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
  golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
  golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
  golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 -golang.org/x/text v0.6.0 h1:3XmdazWV+ubf7QgHSTWeykHOci5oeekaGJBLkrkaw4k=
 -golang.org/x/text v0.6.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
-+golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 h1:D71I7dUrlY+VX0gQShAThNGHFxZ13dGLBHQLVl1mJlY=
-+golang.org/x/text v0.23.0/go.mod h1:/BLNzu4aZCJ1+kcD0DNRotWKage4q2rGVAg4o22unh4=
++golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 h1:aC8ghyu4JhP8VojJ2lEHBnochRno1sgL6nEi9WGFGMM=
++golang.org/x/text v0.31.0/go.mod h1:tKRAlv61yKIjGGHX/4tP1LTbc13YSec1pxVEWXzfoeM=
  golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
  golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190114222345-bf090417da8b/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
  golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190226205152-f727befe758c/go.mod h1:9Yl7xja0Znq3iFh3HoIrodX9oNMXvdceNzlUR8zjMvY=

internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go

@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ func (p *volumeSnapshotContentDeleteItemAction) Execute(
 
 	snapCont.ResourceVersion = ""
 
+	if snapCont.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName != nil {
+		// Delete VolumeSnapshotClass from the VolumeSnapshotContent.
+		// This is necessary to make the deletion independent of the VolumeSnapshotClass.
+		snapCont.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName = nil
+		p.log.Debugf("Deleted VolumeSnapshotClassName from VolumeSnapshotContent %s to make deletion independent of VolumeSnapshotClass",
+			snapCont.Name)
+	}
+
 	if err := p.crClient.Create(context.TODO(), &snapCont); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "fail to create VolumeSnapshotContent %s", snapCont.Name)
 	}

internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action_test.go

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestVSCExecute(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "Normal case, VolumeSnapshot should be deleted",
-			vsc:       builder.ForVolumeSnapshotContent("bar").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabelsMap(map[string]string{velerov1api.BackupNameLabel: "backup"})).Status(&snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentStatus{SnapshotHandle: &snapshotHandleStr}).Result(),
+			vsc:       builder.ForVolumeSnapshotContent("bar").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabelsMap(map[string]string{velerov1api.BackupNameLabel: "backup"})).VolumeSnapshotClassName("volumesnapshotclass").Status(&snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentStatus{SnapshotHandle: &snapshotHandleStr}).Result(),
 			backup:    builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").ObjectMeta(builder.WithAnnotationsMap(map[string]string{velerov1api.ResourceTimeoutAnnotation: "5s"})).Result(),
 			expectErr: false,
 			function: func(
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestVSCExecute(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "Normal case, VolumeSnapshot should be deleted",
+			name:      "Error case, deletion fails",
 			vsc:       builder.ForVolumeSnapshotContent("bar").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabelsMap(map[string]string{velerov1api.BackupNameLabel: "backup"})).Status(&snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentStatus{SnapshotHandle: &snapshotHandleStr}).Result(),
 			backup:    builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").ObjectMeta(builder.WithAnnotationsMap(map[string]string{velerov1api.ResourceTimeoutAnnotation: "5s"})).Result(),
 			expectErr: true,

internal/hook/wait_exec_hook_handler.go

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (e *DefaultWaitExecHookHandler) HandleHooks(
 					hookLog.Error(err)
 					errors = append(errors, err)
 
-					errTracker := multiHookTracker.Record(restoreName, newPod.Namespace, newPod.Name, hook.Hook.Container, hook.HookSource, hook.HookName, HookPhase(""), i, true, err)
+					errTracker := multiHookTracker.Record(restoreName, newPod.Namespace, newPod.Name, hook.Hook.Container, hook.HookSource, hook.HookName, HookPhase(""), hook.hookIndex, true, err)
 					if errTracker != nil {
 						hookLog.WithError(errTracker).Warn("Error recording the hook in hook tracker")
 					}
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (e *DefaultWaitExecHookHandler) HandleHooks(
 					hookFailed = true
 				}
 
-				errTracker := multiHookTracker.Record(restoreName, newPod.Namespace, newPod.Name, hook.Hook.Container, hook.HookSource, hook.HookName, HookPhase(""), i, hookFailed, hookErr)
+				errTracker := multiHookTracker.Record(restoreName, newPod.Namespace, newPod.Name, hook.Hook.Container, hook.HookSource, hook.HookName, HookPhase(""), hook.hookIndex, hookFailed, hookErr)
 				if errTracker != nil {
 					hookLog.WithError(errTracker).Warn("Error recording the hook in hook tracker")
 				}
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (e *DefaultWaitExecHookHandler) HandleHooks(
 	// containers to become ready.
 	// Each unexecuted hook is logged as an error and this error will be returned from this function.
 	for _, hooks := range byContainer {
-		for i, hook := range hooks {
+		for _, hook := range hooks {
 			if hook.executed {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (e *DefaultWaitExecHookHandler) HandleHooks(
 				},
 			)
 
-			errTracker := multiHookTracker.Record(restoreName, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, hook.Hook.Container, hook.HookSource, hook.HookName, HookPhase(""), i, true, err)
+			errTracker := multiHookTracker.Record(restoreName, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, hook.Hook.Container, hook.HookSource, hook.HookName, HookPhase(""), hook.hookIndex, true, err)
 			if errTracker != nil {
 				hookLog.WithError(errTracker).Warn("Error recording the hook in hook tracker")
 			}

internal/hook/wait_exec_hook_handler_test.go

@@ -706,6 +706,130 @@ func TestWaitExecHandleHooks(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Multiple hooks with non-sequential indices (bug #9359)",
+			initialPod: builder.ForPod("default", "my-pod").
+				Containers(&corev1api.Container{
+					Name: "container1",
+				}).
+				ContainerStatuses(&corev1api.ContainerStatus{
+					Name: "container1",
+					State: corev1api.ContainerState{
+						Running: &corev1api.ContainerStateRunning{},
+					},
+				}).
+				Result(),
+			groupResource: "pods",
+			byContainer: map[string][]PodExecRestoreHook{
+				"container1": {
+					{
+						HookName:   "first-hook",
+						HookSource: HookSourceAnnotation,
+						Hook: velerov1api.ExecRestoreHook{
+							Container:   "container1",
+							Command:     []string{"/usr/bin/foo"},
+							OnError:     velerov1api.HookErrorModeContinue,
+							ExecTimeout: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second},
+							WaitTimeout: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
+						},
+						hookIndex: 0,
+					},
+					{
+						HookName:   "second-hook",
+						HookSource: HookSourceAnnotation,
+						Hook: velerov1api.ExecRestoreHook{
+							Container:   "container1",
+							Command:     []string{"/usr/bin/bar"},
+							OnError:     velerov1api.HookErrorModeContinue,
+							ExecTimeout: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second},
+							WaitTimeout: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
+						},
+						hookIndex: 2,
+					},
+					{
+						HookName:   "third-hook",
+						HookSource: HookSourceAnnotation,
+						Hook: velerov1api.ExecRestoreHook{
+							Container:   "container1",
+							Command:     []string{"/usr/bin/third"},
+							OnError:     velerov1api.HookErrorModeContinue,
+							ExecTimeout: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second},
+							WaitTimeout: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
+						},
+						hookIndex: 4,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedExecutions: []expectedExecution{
+				{
+					name: "first-hook",
+					hook: &velerov1api.ExecHook{
+						Container: "container1",
+						Command:   []string{"/usr/bin/foo"},
+						OnError:   velerov1api.HookErrorModeContinue,
+						Timeout:   metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second},
+					},
+					error: nil,
+					pod: builder.ForPod("default", "my-pod").
+						ObjectMeta(builder.WithResourceVersion("1")).
+						Containers(&corev1api.Container{
+							Name: "container1",
+						}).
+						ContainerStatuses(&corev1api.ContainerStatus{
+							Name: "container1",
+							State: corev1api.ContainerState{
+								Running: &corev1api.ContainerStateRunning{},
+							},
+						}).
+						Result(),
+				},
+				{
+					name: "second-hook",
+					hook: &velerov1api.ExecHook{
+						Container: "container1",
+						Command:   []string{"/usr/bin/bar"},
+						OnError:   velerov1api.HookErrorModeContinue,
+						Timeout:   metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second},
+					},
+					error: nil,
+					pod: builder.ForPod("default", "my-pod").
+						ObjectMeta(builder.WithResourceVersion("1")).
+						Containers(&corev1api.Container{
+							Name: "container1",
+						}).
+						ContainerStatuses(&corev1api.ContainerStatus{
+							Name: "container1",
+							State: corev1api.ContainerState{
+								Running: &corev1api.ContainerStateRunning{},
+							},
+						}).
+						Result(),
+				},
+				{
+					name: "third-hook",
+					hook: &velerov1api.ExecHook{
+						Container: "container1",
+						Command:   []string{"/usr/bin/third"},
+						OnError:   velerov1api.HookErrorModeContinue,
+						Timeout:   metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second},
+					},
+					error: nil,
+					pod: builder.ForPod("default", "my-pod").
+						ObjectMeta(builder.WithResourceVersion("1")).
+						Containers(&corev1api.Container{
+							Name: "container1",
+						}).
+						ContainerStatuses(&corev1api.ContainerStatus{
+							Name: "container1",
+							State: corev1api.ContainerState{
+								Running: &corev1api.ContainerStateRunning{},
+							},
+						}).
+						Result(),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedErrors: nil,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {

internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies.go

@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ func (p *Policies) BuildPolicy(resPolicies *ResourcePolicies) error {
 		if len(con.PVCLabels) > 0 {
 			volP.conditions = append(volP.conditions, &pvcLabelsCondition{labels: con.PVCLabels})
 		}
+		if len(con.PVCPhase) > 0 {
+			volP.conditions = append(volP.conditions, &pvcPhaseCondition{phases: con.PVCPhase})
+		}
 		p.volumePolicies = append(p.volumePolicies, volP)
 	}
 
@@ -191,6 +194,9 @@ func (p *Policies) GetMatchAction(res any) (*Action, error) {
 		if data.PVC != nil {
 			volume.parsePVC(data.PVC)
 		}
+	case data.PVC != nil:
+		// Handle PVC-only scenarios (e.g., unbound PVCs)
+		volume.parsePVC(data.PVC)
 	default:
 		return nil, errors.New("failed to convert object")
 	}

internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies_test.go

@@ -983,6 +983,69 @@ volumePolicies:
 			},
 			skip: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "PVC phase matching - Pending phase should skip",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+volumePolicies:
+- conditions:
+   pvcPhase: ["Pending"]
+  action:
+    type: skip`,
+			vol:    nil,
+			podVol: nil,
+			pvc: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "default",
+					Name:      "pvc-pending",
+				},
+				Status: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					Phase: corev1api.ClaimPending,
+				},
+			},
+			skip: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "PVC phase matching - Bound phase should not skip",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+volumePolicies:
+- conditions:
+   pvcPhase: ["Pending"]
+  action:
+    type: skip`,
+			vol:    nil,
+			podVol: nil,
+			pvc: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "default",
+					Name:      "pvc-bound",
+				},
+				Status: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					Phase: corev1api.ClaimBound,
+				},
+			},
+			skip: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "PVC phase matching - Multiple phases (Pending, Lost)",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+volumePolicies:
+- conditions:
+   pvcPhase: ["Pending", "Lost"]
+  action:
+    type: skip`,
+			vol:    nil,
+			podVol: nil,
+			pvc: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "default",
+					Name:      "pvc-lost",
+				},
+				Status: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					Phase: corev1api.ClaimLost,
+				},
+			},
+			skip: true,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1059,32 +1122,53 @@ func TestParsePVC(t *testing.T) {
 		name           string
 		pvc            *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim
 		expectedLabels map[string]string
+		expectedPhase  string
 		expectErr      bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "valid PVC with labels",
+			name: "valid PVC with labels and Pending phase",
 			pvc: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Labels: map[string]string{"env": "prod"},
 				},
+				Status: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					Phase: corev1api.ClaimPending,
+				},
 			},
 			expectedLabels: map[string]string{"env": "prod"},
+			expectedPhase:  "Pending",
 			expectErr:      false,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "valid PVC with empty labels",
+			name: "valid PVC with Bound phase",
 			pvc: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Labels: map[string]string{},
 				},
+				Status: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					Phase: corev1api.ClaimBound,
+				},
 			},
 			expectedLabels: nil,
+			expectedPhase:  "Bound",
+			expectErr:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid PVC with Lost phase",
+			pvc: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				Status: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					Phase: corev1api.ClaimLost,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedLabels: nil,
+			expectedPhase:  "Lost",
 			expectErr:      false,
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "nil PVC pointer",
 			pvc:            (*corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim)(nil),
 			expectedLabels: nil,
+			expectedPhase:  "",
 			expectErr:      false,
 		},
 	}
@@ -1095,6 +1179,66 @@ func TestParsePVC(t *testing.T) {
 			s.parsePVC(tc.pvc)
 
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedLabels, s.pvcLabels)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedPhase, s.pvcPhase)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPVCPhaseMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		condition     *pvcPhaseCondition
+		volume        *structuredVolume
+		expectedMatch bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "match Pending phase",
+			condition:     &pvcPhaseCondition{phases: []string{"Pending"}},
+			volume:        &structuredVolume{pvcPhase: "Pending"},
+			expectedMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "match multiple phases - Pending matches",
+			condition:     &pvcPhaseCondition{phases: []string{"Pending", "Bound"}},
+			volume:        &structuredVolume{pvcPhase: "Pending"},
+			expectedMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "match multiple phases - Bound matches",
+			condition:     &pvcPhaseCondition{phases: []string{"Pending", "Bound"}},
+			volume:        &structuredVolume{pvcPhase: "Bound"},
+			expectedMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "no match for different phase",
+			condition:     &pvcPhaseCondition{phases: []string{"Pending"}},
+			volume:        &structuredVolume{pvcPhase: "Bound"},
+			expectedMatch: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "no match for empty phase",
+			condition:     &pvcPhaseCondition{phases: []string{"Pending"}},
+			volume:        &structuredVolume{pvcPhase: ""},
+			expectedMatch: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "match with empty phases list (always match)",
+			condition:     &pvcPhaseCondition{phases: []string{}},
+			volume:        &structuredVolume{pvcPhase: "Pending"},
+			expectedMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "match with nil phases list (always match)",
+			condition:     &pvcPhaseCondition{phases: nil},
+			volume:        &structuredVolume{pvcPhase: "Pending"},
+			expectedMatch: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := tc.condition.match(tc.volume)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedMatch, result)
 		})
 	}
 }

internal/resourcepolicies/volume_resources.go

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type structuredVolume struct {
 	csi          *csiVolumeSource
 	volumeType   SupportedVolume
 	pvcLabels    map[string]string
+	pvcPhase     string
 }
 
 func (s *structuredVolume) parsePV(pv *corev1api.PersistentVolume) {
@@ -70,8 +71,11 @@ func (s *structuredVolume) parsePV(pv *corev1api.PersistentVolume) {
 }
 
 func (s *structuredVolume) parsePVC(pvc *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim) {
-	if pvc != nil && len(pvc.GetLabels()) > 0 {
-		s.pvcLabels = pvc.Labels
+	if pvc != nil {
+		if len(pvc.GetLabels()) > 0 {
+			s.pvcLabels = pvc.Labels
+		}
+		s.pvcPhase = string(pvc.Status.Phase)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -110,6 +114,31 @@ func (c *pvcLabelsCondition) validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// pvcPhaseCondition defines a condition that matches if the PVC's phase matches any of the provided phases.
+type pvcPhaseCondition struct {
+	phases []string
+}
+
+func (c *pvcPhaseCondition) match(v *structuredVolume) bool {
+	// No phases specified: always match.
+	if len(c.phases) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	if v.pvcPhase == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, phase := range c.phases {
+		if v.pvcPhase == phase {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (c *pvcPhaseCondition) validate() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 type capacityCondition struct {
 	capacity capacity
 }

internal/resourcepolicies/volume_resources_validator.go

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type volumeConditions struct {
 	CSI          *csiVolumeSource  `yaml:"csi,omitempty"`
 	VolumeTypes  []SupportedVolume `yaml:"volumeTypes,omitempty"`
 	PVCLabels    map[string]string `yaml:"pvcLabels,omitempty"`
+	PVCPhase     []string          `yaml:"pvcPhase,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (c *capacityCondition) validate() error {

internal/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package volumehelper
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	crclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/internal/resourcepolicies"
+	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/kuberesource"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/boolptr"
 	kubeutil "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/kube"
@@ -33,8 +36,16 @@ type volumeHelperImpl struct {
 	// to the volume policy check, but fs-backup is based on the pod resource,
 	// the resource filter on PVC and PV doesn't work on this scenario.
 	backupExcludePVC bool
+	// pvcPodCache provides cached PVC to Pod mappings for improved performance.
+	// When there are many PVCs and pods, using this cache avoids O(N*M) lookups.
+	pvcPodCache *podvolumeutil.PVCPodCache
 }
 
+// NewVolumeHelperImpl creates a VolumeHelper without PVC-to-Pod caching.
+//
+// Deprecated: Use NewVolumeHelperImplWithNamespaces or NewVolumeHelperImplWithCache instead
+// for better performance. These functions provide PVC-to-Pod caching which avoids O(N*M)
+// complexity when there are many PVCs and pods. See issue #9179 for details.
 func NewVolumeHelperImpl(
 	volumePolicy *resourcepolicies.Policies,
 	snapshotVolumes *bool,
@@ -43,6 +54,43 @@ func NewVolumeHelperImpl(
 	defaultVolumesToFSBackup bool,
 	backupExcludePVC bool,
 ) VolumeHelper {
+	// Pass nil namespaces - no cache will be built, so this never fails.
+	// This is used by plugins that don't need the cache optimization.
+	vh, _ := NewVolumeHelperImplWithNamespaces(
+		volumePolicy,
+		snapshotVolumes,
+		logger,
+		client,
+		defaultVolumesToFSBackup,
+		backupExcludePVC,
+		nil,
+	)
+	return vh
+}
+
+// NewVolumeHelperImplWithNamespaces creates a VolumeHelper with a PVC-to-Pod cache for improved performance.
+// The cache is built internally from the provided namespaces list.
+// This avoids O(N*M) complexity when there are many PVCs and pods.
+// See issue #9179 for details.
+// Returns an error if cache building fails - callers should not proceed with backup in this case.
+func NewVolumeHelperImplWithNamespaces(
+	volumePolicy *resourcepolicies.Policies,
+	snapshotVolumes *bool,
+	logger logrus.FieldLogger,
+	client crclient.Client,
+	defaultVolumesToFSBackup bool,
+	backupExcludePVC bool,
+	namespaces []string,
+) (VolumeHelper, error) {
+	var pvcPodCache *podvolumeutil.PVCPodCache
+	if len(namespaces) > 0 {
+		pvcPodCache = podvolumeutil.NewPVCPodCache()
+		if err := pvcPodCache.BuildCacheForNamespaces(context.Background(), namespaces, client); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		logger.Infof("Built PVC-to-Pod cache for %d namespaces", len(namespaces))
+	}
+
 	return &volumeHelperImpl{
 		volumePolicy:             volumePolicy,
 		snapshotVolumes:          snapshotVolumes,
@@ -50,7 +98,33 @@ func NewVolumeHelperImpl(
 		client:                   client,
 		defaultVolumesToFSBackup: defaultVolumesToFSBackup,
 		backupExcludePVC:         backupExcludePVC,
+		pvcPodCache:              pvcPodCache,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// NewVolumeHelperImplWithCache creates a VolumeHelper using an externally managed PVC-to-Pod cache.
+// This is used by plugins that build the cache lazily per-namespace (following the pattern from PR #9226).
+// The cache can be nil, in which case PVC-to-Pod lookups will fall back to direct API calls.
+func NewVolumeHelperImplWithCache(
+	backup velerov1api.Backup,
+	client crclient.Client,
+	logger logrus.FieldLogger,
+	pvcPodCache *podvolumeutil.PVCPodCache,
+) (VolumeHelper, error) {
+	resourcePolicies, err := resourcepolicies.GetResourcePoliciesFromBackup(backup, client, logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get volume policies from backup")
 	}
+
+	return &volumeHelperImpl{
+		volumePolicy:             resourcePolicies,
+		snapshotVolumes:          backup.Spec.SnapshotVolumes,
+		logger:                   logger,
+		client:                   client,
+		defaultVolumesToFSBackup: boolptr.IsSetToTrue(backup.Spec.DefaultVolumesToFsBackup),
+		backupExcludePVC:         boolptr.IsSetToTrue(backup.Spec.SnapshotMoveData),
+		pvcPodCache:              pvcPodCache,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func (v *volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformSnapshot(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupResource schema.GroupResource) (bool, error) {
@@ -60,6 +134,7 @@ func (v *volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformSnapshot(obj runtime.Unstructured, group
 	pv := new(corev1api.PersistentVolume)
 	var err error
 
+	var pvNotFoundErr error
 	if groupResource == kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims {
 		if err = runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(obj.UnstructuredContent(), &pvc); err != nil {
 			v.logger.WithError(err).Error("fail to convert unstructured into PVC")
@@ -68,8 +143,10 @@ func (v *volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformSnapshot(obj runtime.Unstructured, group
 
 		pv, err = kubeutil.GetPVForPVC(pvc, v.client)
 		if err != nil {
-			v.logger.WithError(err).Errorf("fail to get PV for PVC %s", pvc.Namespace+"/"+pvc.Name)
-			return false, err
+			// Any error means PV not available - save to return later if no policy matches
+			v.logger.Debugf("PV not found for PVC %s: %v", pvc.Namespace+"/"+pvc.Name, err)
+			pvNotFoundErr = err
+			pv = nil
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -84,7 +161,7 @@ func (v *volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformSnapshot(obj runtime.Unstructured, group
 		vfd := resourcepolicies.NewVolumeFilterData(pv, nil, pvc)
 		action, err := v.volumePolicy.GetMatchAction(vfd)
 		if err != nil {
-			v.logger.WithError(err).Errorf("fail to get VolumePolicy match action for PV %s", pv.Name)
+			v.logger.WithError(err).Errorf("fail to get VolumePolicy match action for %+v", vfd)
 			return false, err
 		}
 
@@ -93,22 +170,30 @@ func (v *volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformSnapshot(obj runtime.Unstructured, group
 		// If there is no match action, go on to the next check.
 		if action != nil {
 			if action.Type == resourcepolicies.Snapshot {
-				v.logger.Infof(fmt.Sprintf("performing snapshot action for pv %s", pv.Name))
+				v.logger.Infof("performing snapshot action for %+v", vfd)
 				return true, nil
 			} else {
-				v.logger.Infof("Skip snapshot action for pv %s as the action type is %s", pv.Name, action.Type)
+				v.logger.Infof("Skip snapshot action for %+v as the action type is %s", vfd, action.Type)
 				return false, nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	// If resource is PVC, and PV is nil (e.g., Pending/Lost PVC with no matching policy), return the original error
+	if groupResource == kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims && pv == nil && pvNotFoundErr != nil {
+		v.logger.WithError(pvNotFoundErr).Errorf("fail to get PV for PVC %s", pvc.Namespace+"/"+pvc.Name)
+		return false, pvNotFoundErr
+	}
+
 	// If this PV is claimed, see if we've already taken a (pod volume backup)
 	// snapshot of the contents of this PV. If so, don't take a snapshot.
 	if pv.Spec.ClaimRef != nil {
-		pods, err := podvolumeutil.GetPodsUsingPVC(
+		// Use cached lookup if available for better performance with many PVCs/pods
+		pods, err := podvolumeutil.GetPodsUsingPVCWithCache(
 			pv.Spec.ClaimRef.Namespace,
 			pv.Spec.ClaimRef.Name,
 			v.client,
+			v.pvcPodCache,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			v.logger.WithError(err).Errorf("fail to get pod for PV %s", pv.Name)
@@ -133,7 +218,7 @@ func (v *volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformSnapshot(obj runtime.Unstructured, group
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
-	v.logger.Infof(fmt.Sprintf("skipping snapshot action for pv %s possibly due to no volume policy setting or snapshotVolumes is false", pv.Name))
+	v.logger.Infof("skipping snapshot action for pv %s possibly due to no volume policy setting or snapshotVolumes is false", pv.Name)
 	return false, nil
 }
 
@@ -143,6 +228,7 @@ func (v volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformFSBackup(volume corev1api.Volume, pod cor
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
+	var pvNotFoundErr error
 	if v.volumePolicy != nil {
 		var resource any
 		var err error
@@ -154,10 +240,13 @@ func (v volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformFSBackup(volume corev1api.Volume, pod cor
 				v.logger.WithError(err).Errorf("fail to get PVC for pod %s", pod.Namespace+"/"+pod.Name)
 				return false, err
 			}
-			resource, err = kubeutil.GetPVForPVC(pvc, v.client)
+			pvResource, err := kubeutil.GetPVForPVC(pvc, v.client)
 			if err != nil {
-				v.logger.WithError(err).Errorf("fail to get PV for PVC %s", pvc.Namespace+"/"+pvc.Name)
-				return false, err
+				// Any error means PV not available - save to return later if no policy matches
+				v.logger.Debugf("PV not found for PVC %s: %v", pvc.Namespace+"/"+pvc.Name, err)
+				pvNotFoundErr = err
+			} else {
+				resource = pvResource
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -184,6 +273,12 @@ func (v volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformFSBackup(volume corev1api.Volume, pod cor
 				return false, nil
 			}
 		}
+
+		// If no policy matched and PV was not found, return the original error
+		if pvNotFoundErr != nil {
+			v.logger.WithError(pvNotFoundErr).Errorf("fail to get PV for PVC %s", pvc.Namespace+"/"+pvc.Name)
+			return false, pvNotFoundErr
+		}
 	}
 
 	if v.shouldPerformFSBackupLegacy(volume, pod) {

internal/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper_test.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/builder"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/kuberesource"
 	velerotest "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/test"
+	podvolumeutil "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/podvolume"
 )
 
 func TestVolumeHelperImpl_ShouldPerformSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ func TestVolumeHelperImpl_ShouldPerformSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedErr:         false,
 		},
 		{
-			name:          "PVC not having PV, return false and error case PV not found",
+			name:          "PVC not having PV, return false and error when no matching policy",
 			inputObj:      builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("default", "example-pvc").StorageClass("gp2-csi").Result(),
 			groupResource: kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims,
 			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
@@ -738,3 +739,807 @@ func TestGetVolumeFromResource(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "resource is not a PersistentVolume or Volume")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestVolumeHelperImplWithCache_ShouldPerformSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                     string
+		inputObj                 runtime.Object
+		groupResource            schema.GroupResource
+		pod                      *corev1api.Pod
+		resourcePolicies         *resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies
+		snapshotVolumesFlag      *bool
+		defaultVolumesToFSBackup bool
+		buildCache               bool
+		shouldSnapshot           bool
+		expectedErr              bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "VolumePolicy match with cache, returns true",
+			inputObj:      builder.ForPersistentVolume("example-pv").StorageClass("gp2-csi").ClaimRef("ns", "pvc-1").Result(),
+			groupResource: kuberesource.PersistentVolumes,
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"storageClass": []string{"gp2-csi"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Snapshot,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			snapshotVolumesFlag: ptr.To(true),
+			buildCache:          true,
+			shouldSnapshot:      true,
+			expectedErr:         false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "VolumePolicy not match, fs-backup via opt-out with cache, skips snapshot",
+			inputObj:      builder.ForPersistentVolume("example-pv").StorageClass("gp3-csi").ClaimRef("ns", "pvc-1").Result(),
+			groupResource: kuberesource.PersistentVolumes,
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").Volumes(
+				&corev1api.Volume{
+					Name: "volume",
+					VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+						PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+							ClaimName: "pvc-1",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			).Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"storageClass": []string{"gp2-csi"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Snapshot,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			snapshotVolumesFlag:      ptr.To(true),
+			defaultVolumesToFSBackup: true,
+			buildCache:               true,
+			shouldSnapshot:           false,
+			expectedErr:              false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "Cache not built, falls back to direct lookup",
+			inputObj:      builder.ForPersistentVolume("example-pv").StorageClass("gp2-csi").ClaimRef("ns", "pvc-1").Result(),
+			groupResource: kuberesource.PersistentVolumes,
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"storageClass": []string{"gp2-csi"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Snapshot,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			snapshotVolumesFlag: ptr.To(true),
+			buildCache:          false,
+			shouldSnapshot:      true,
+			expectedErr:         false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "No volume policy, defaultVolumesToFSBackup with cache, skips snapshot",
+			inputObj:      builder.ForPersistentVolume("example-pv").StorageClass("gp2-csi").ClaimRef("ns", "pvc-1").Result(),
+			groupResource: kuberesource.PersistentVolumes,
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").Volumes(
+				&corev1api.Volume{
+					Name: "volume",
+					VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+						PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+							ClaimName: "pvc-1",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			).Result(),
+			resourcePolicies:         nil,
+			snapshotVolumesFlag:      ptr.To(true),
+			defaultVolumesToFSBackup: true,
+			buildCache:               true,
+			shouldSnapshot:           false,
+			expectedErr:              false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	objs := []runtime.Object{
+		&corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Namespace: "ns",
+				Name:      "pvc-1",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fakeClient := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t, objs...)
+			if tc.pod != nil {
+				require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Create(t.Context(), tc.pod))
+			}
+
+			var p *resourcepolicies.Policies
+			if tc.resourcePolicies != nil {
+				p = &resourcepolicies.Policies{}
+				err := p.BuildPolicy(tc.resourcePolicies)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			var namespaces []string
+			if tc.buildCache {
+				namespaces = []string{"ns"}
+			}
+
+			vh, err := NewVolumeHelperImplWithNamespaces(
+				p,
+				tc.snapshotVolumesFlag,
+				logrus.StandardLogger(),
+				fakeClient,
+				tc.defaultVolumesToFSBackup,
+				false,
+				namespaces,
+			)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			obj, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(tc.inputObj)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			actualShouldSnapshot, actualError := vh.ShouldPerformSnapshot(&unstructured.Unstructured{Object: obj}, tc.groupResource)
+			if tc.expectedErr {
+				require.Error(t, actualError)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, actualError)
+			require.Equalf(t, tc.shouldSnapshot, actualShouldSnapshot, "Want shouldSnapshot as %t; Got shouldSnapshot as %t", tc.shouldSnapshot, actualShouldSnapshot)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVolumeHelperImplWithCache_ShouldPerformFSBackup(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                     string
+		pod                      *corev1api.Pod
+		resources                []runtime.Object
+		resourcePolicies         *resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies
+		snapshotVolumesFlag      *bool
+		defaultVolumesToFSBackup bool
+		buildCache               bool
+		shouldFSBackup           bool
+		expectedErr              bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "VolumePolicy match with cache, return true",
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").
+				Volumes(
+					&corev1api.Volume{
+						Name: "vol-1",
+						VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+							PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+								ClaimName: "pvc-1",
+							},
+						},
+					}).Result(),
+			resources: []runtime.Object{
+				builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-1").
+					VolumeName("pv-1").
+					StorageClass("gp2-csi").Phase(corev1api.ClaimBound).Result(),
+				builder.ForPersistentVolume("pv-1").StorageClass("gp2-csi").Result(),
+			},
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"storageClass": []string{"gp2-csi"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.FSBackup,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			buildCache:     true,
+			shouldFSBackup: true,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "VolumePolicy match with cache, action is snapshot, return false",
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").
+				Volumes(
+					&corev1api.Volume{
+						Name: "vol-1",
+						VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+							PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+								ClaimName: "pvc-1",
+							},
+						},
+					}).Result(),
+			resources: []runtime.Object{
+				builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-1").
+					VolumeName("pv-1").
+					StorageClass("gp2-csi").Phase(corev1api.ClaimBound).Result(),
+				builder.ForPersistentVolume("pv-1").StorageClass("gp2-csi").Result(),
+			},
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"storageClass": []string{"gp2-csi"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Snapshot,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			buildCache:     true,
+			shouldFSBackup: false,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Cache not built, falls back to direct lookup, opt-in annotation",
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").
+				ObjectMeta(builder.WithAnnotations(velerov1api.VolumesToBackupAnnotation, "vol-1")).
+				Volumes(
+					&corev1api.Volume{
+						Name: "vol-1",
+						VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+							PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+								ClaimName: "pvc-1",
+							},
+						},
+					}).Result(),
+			resources: []runtime.Object{
+				builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-1").
+					VolumeName("pv-1").
+					StorageClass("gp2-csi").Phase(corev1api.ClaimBound).Result(),
+				builder.ForPersistentVolume("pv-1").StorageClass("gp2-csi").Result(),
+			},
+			buildCache:               false,
+			defaultVolumesToFSBackup: false,
+			shouldFSBackup:           true,
+			expectedErr:              false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fakeClient := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t, tc.resources...)
+			if tc.pod != nil {
+				require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Create(t.Context(), tc.pod))
+			}
+
+			var p *resourcepolicies.Policies
+			if tc.resourcePolicies != nil {
+				p = &resourcepolicies.Policies{}
+				err := p.BuildPolicy(tc.resourcePolicies)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			var namespaces []string
+			if tc.buildCache {
+				namespaces = []string{"ns"}
+			}
+
+			vh, err := NewVolumeHelperImplWithNamespaces(
+				p,
+				tc.snapshotVolumesFlag,
+				logrus.StandardLogger(),
+				fakeClient,
+				tc.defaultVolumesToFSBackup,
+				false,
+				namespaces,
+			)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			actualShouldFSBackup, actualError := vh.ShouldPerformFSBackup(tc.pod.Spec.Volumes[0], *tc.pod)
+			if tc.expectedErr {
+				require.Error(t, actualError)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, actualError)
+			require.Equalf(t, tc.shouldFSBackup, actualShouldFSBackup, "Want shouldFSBackup as %t; Got shouldFSBackup as %t", tc.shouldFSBackup, actualShouldFSBackup)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNewVolumeHelperImplWithCache tests the NewVolumeHelperImplWithCache constructor
+// which is used by plugins that build the cache lazily per-namespace.
+func TestNewVolumeHelperImplWithCache(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                    string
+		backup                  velerov1api.Backup
+		resourcePolicyConfigMap *corev1api.ConfigMap
+		pvcPodCache             bool // whether to pass a cache
+		expectError             bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "creates VolumeHelper with nil cache",
+			backup: velerov1api.Backup{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-backup",
+					Namespace: "velero",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupSpec{
+					SnapshotVolumes:          ptr.To(true),
+					DefaultVolumesToFsBackup: ptr.To(false),
+				},
+			},
+			pvcPodCache: false,
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "creates VolumeHelper with non-nil cache",
+			backup: velerov1api.Backup{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-backup",
+					Namespace: "velero",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupSpec{
+					SnapshotVolumes:          ptr.To(true),
+					DefaultVolumesToFsBackup: ptr.To(true),
+					SnapshotMoveData:         ptr.To(true),
+				},
+			},
+			pvcPodCache: true,
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "creates VolumeHelper with resource policies",
+			backup: velerov1api.Backup{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-backup",
+					Namespace: "velero",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupSpec{
+					SnapshotVolumes: ptr.To(true),
+					ResourcePolicy: &corev1api.TypedLocalObjectReference{
+						Kind: "ConfigMap",
+						Name: "resource-policy",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			resourcePolicyConfigMap: &corev1api.ConfigMap{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "resource-policy",
+					Namespace: "velero",
+				},
+				Data: map[string]string{
+					"policy": `version: v1
+volumePolicies:
+- conditions:
+    storageClass:
+    - gp2-csi
+  action:
+    type: snapshot`,
+				},
+			},
+			pvcPodCache: true,
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "fails when resource policy ConfigMap not found",
+			backup: velerov1api.Backup{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-backup",
+					Namespace: "velero",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupSpec{
+					ResourcePolicy: &corev1api.TypedLocalObjectReference{
+						Kind: "ConfigMap",
+						Name: "non-existent-policy",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			pvcPodCache: false,
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var objs []runtime.Object
+			if tc.resourcePolicyConfigMap != nil {
+				objs = append(objs, tc.resourcePolicyConfigMap)
+			}
+			fakeClient := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t, objs...)
+
+			var cache *podvolumeutil.PVCPodCache
+			if tc.pvcPodCache {
+				cache = podvolumeutil.NewPVCPodCache()
+			}
+
+			vh, err := NewVolumeHelperImplWithCache(
+				tc.backup,
+				fakeClient,
+				logrus.StandardLogger(),
+				cache,
+			)
+
+			if tc.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Nil(t, vh)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.NotNil(t, vh)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNewVolumeHelperImplWithCache_UsesCache verifies that the VolumeHelper created
+// via NewVolumeHelperImplWithCache actually uses the provided cache for lookups.
+func TestNewVolumeHelperImplWithCache_UsesCache(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a pod that uses a PVC via opt-out (defaultVolumesToFsBackup=true)
+	pod := builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").Volumes(
+		&corev1api.Volume{
+			Name: "volume",
+			VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+				PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+					ClaimName: "pvc-1",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	).Result()
+
+	pvc := &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: "ns",
+			Name:      "pvc-1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	pv := builder.ForPersistentVolume("example-pv").StorageClass("gp2-csi").ClaimRef("ns", "pvc-1").Result()
+
+	fakeClient := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t, pvc, pv, pod)
+
+	// Build cache for the namespace
+	cache := podvolumeutil.NewPVCPodCache()
+	err := cache.BuildCacheForNamespace(t.Context(), "ns", fakeClient)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	backup := velerov1api.Backup{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "test-backup",
+			Namespace: "velero",
+		},
+		Spec: velerov1api.BackupSpec{
+			SnapshotVolumes:          ptr.To(true),
+			DefaultVolumesToFsBackup: ptr.To(true), // opt-out mode
+		},
+	}
+
+	vh, err := NewVolumeHelperImplWithCache(backup, fakeClient, logrus.StandardLogger(), cache)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Convert PV to unstructured
+	obj, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(pv)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// ShouldPerformSnapshot should return false because the volume is selected for fs-backup
+	// This relies on the cache to find the pod using the PVC
+	shouldSnapshot, err := vh.ShouldPerformSnapshot(&unstructured.Unstructured{Object: obj}, kuberesource.PersistentVolumes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.False(t, shouldSnapshot, "Expected snapshot to be skipped due to fs-backup selection via cache")
+}
+
+// TestVolumeHelperImpl_ShouldPerformSnapshot_UnboundPVC tests that Pending and Lost PVCs with
+// phase-based skip policies don't cause errors when GetPVForPVC would fail.
+func TestVolumeHelperImpl_ShouldPerformSnapshot_UnboundPVC(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name             string
+		inputPVC         *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim
+		resourcePolicies *resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies
+		shouldSnapshot   bool
+		expectedErr      bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Pending PVC with phase-based skip policy should not error and return false",
+			inputPVC: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-pending").
+				StorageClass("non-existent-class").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimPending).
+				Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"pvcPhase": []string{"Pending"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			shouldSnapshot: false,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Pending PVC without matching skip policy should error (no PV)",
+			inputPVC: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-pending-no-policy").
+				StorageClass("non-existent-class").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimPending).
+				Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"storageClass": []string{"gp2-csi"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			shouldSnapshot: false,
+			expectedErr:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Lost PVC with phase-based skip policy should not error and return false",
+			inputPVC: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-lost").
+				StorageClass("some-class").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimLost).
+				Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"pvcPhase": []string{"Lost"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			shouldSnapshot: false,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Lost PVC with policy for Pending and Lost should not error and return false",
+			inputPVC: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-lost").
+				StorageClass("some-class").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimLost).
+				Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"pvcPhase": []string{"Pending", "Lost"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			shouldSnapshot: false,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fakeClient := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t)
+
+			var p *resourcepolicies.Policies
+			if tc.resourcePolicies != nil {
+				p = &resourcepolicies.Policies{}
+				err := p.BuildPolicy(tc.resourcePolicies)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			vh := NewVolumeHelperImpl(
+				p,
+				ptr.To(true),
+				logrus.StandardLogger(),
+				fakeClient,
+				false,
+				false,
+			)
+
+			obj, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(tc.inputPVC)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			actualShouldSnapshot, actualError := vh.ShouldPerformSnapshot(&unstructured.Unstructured{Object: obj}, kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims)
+			if tc.expectedErr {
+				require.Error(t, actualError, "Want error; Got nil error")
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, actualError)
+			require.Equalf(t, tc.shouldSnapshot, actualShouldSnapshot, "Want shouldSnapshot as %t; Got shouldSnapshot as %t", tc.shouldSnapshot, actualShouldSnapshot)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVolumeHelperImpl_ShouldPerformFSBackup_UnboundPVC tests that Pending and Lost PVCs with
+// phase-based skip policies don't cause errors when GetPVForPVC would fail.
+func TestVolumeHelperImpl_ShouldPerformFSBackup_UnboundPVC(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name             string
+		pod              *corev1api.Pod
+		pvc              *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim
+		resourcePolicies *resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies
+		shouldFSBackup   bool
+		expectedErr      bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Pending PVC with phase-based skip policy should not error and return false",
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").
+				Volumes(
+					&corev1api.Volume{
+						Name: "vol-pending",
+						VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+							PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+								ClaimName: "pvc-pending",
+							},
+						},
+					}).Result(),
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-pending").
+				StorageClass("non-existent-class").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimPending).
+				Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"pvcPhase": []string{"Pending"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			shouldFSBackup: false,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Pending PVC without matching skip policy should error (no PV)",
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").
+				Volumes(
+					&corev1api.Volume{
+						Name: "vol-pending",
+						VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+							PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+								ClaimName: "pvc-pending-no-policy",
+							},
+						},
+					}).Result(),
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-pending-no-policy").
+				StorageClass("non-existent-class").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimPending).
+				Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"storageClass": []string{"gp2-csi"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			shouldFSBackup: false,
+			expectedErr:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Lost PVC with phase-based skip policy should not error and return false",
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").
+				Volumes(
+					&corev1api.Volume{
+						Name: "vol-lost",
+						VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+							PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+								ClaimName: "pvc-lost",
+							},
+						},
+					}).Result(),
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-lost").
+				StorageClass("some-class").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimLost).
+				Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"pvcPhase": []string{"Lost"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			shouldFSBackup: false,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Lost PVC with policy for Pending and Lost should not error and return false",
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns", "pod-1").
+				Volumes(
+					&corev1api.Volume{
+						Name: "vol-lost",
+						VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+							PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+								ClaimName: "pvc-lost",
+							},
+						},
+					}).Result(),
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pvc-lost").
+				StorageClass("some-class").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimLost).
+				Result(),
+			resourcePolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+				Version: "v1",
+				VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+					{
+						Conditions: map[string]any{
+							"pvcPhase": []string{"Pending", "Lost"},
+						},
+						Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+							Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			shouldFSBackup: false,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fakeClient := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t, tc.pvc)
+			require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Create(t.Context(), tc.pod))
+
+			var p *resourcepolicies.Policies
+			if tc.resourcePolicies != nil {
+				p = &resourcepolicies.Policies{}
+				err := p.BuildPolicy(tc.resourcePolicies)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			vh := NewVolumeHelperImpl(
+				p,
+				ptr.To(true),
+				logrus.StandardLogger(),
+				fakeClient,
+				false,
+				false,
+			)
+
+			actualShouldFSBackup, actualError := vh.ShouldPerformFSBackup(tc.pod.Spec.Volumes[0], *tc.pod)
+			if tc.expectedErr {
+				require.Error(t, actualError, "Want error; Got nil error")
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, actualError)
+			require.Equalf(t, tc.shouldFSBackup, actualShouldFSBackup, "Want shouldFSBackup as %t; Got shouldFSBackup as %t", tc.shouldFSBackup, actualShouldFSBackup)
+		})
+	}
+}

pkg/apis/velero/v1/backup_types.go

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ const (
 
 // BackupPhase is a string representation of the lifecycle phase
 // of a Velero backup.
-// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=New;FailedValidation;InProgress;WaitingForPluginOperations;WaitingForPluginOperationsPartiallyFailed;Finalizing;FinalizingPartiallyFailed;Completed;PartiallyFailed;Failed;Deleting
+// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=New;Queued;ReadyToStart;FailedValidation;InProgress;WaitingForPluginOperations;WaitingForPluginOperationsPartiallyFailed;Finalizing;FinalizingPartiallyFailed;Completed;PartiallyFailed;Failed;Deleting
 type BackupPhase string
 
 const (
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ const (
 	// yet processed by the BackupController.
 	BackupPhaseNew BackupPhase = "New"
 
+	// BackupPhaseQueued means the backup has been added to the queue and is waiting for the Queue to move it out of the queue.
+	BackupPhaseQueued BackupPhase = "Queued"
+
+	// BackupPhaseReadyToStart means the backup has been pulled from the queue and is ready to start.
+	BackupPhaseReadyToStart BackupPhase = "ReadyToStart"
+
 	// BackupPhaseFailedValidation means the backup has failed
 	// the controller's validations and therefore will not run.
 	BackupPhaseFailedValidation BackupPhase = "FailedValidation"
@@ -371,6 +377,11 @@ type BackupStatus struct {
 	// +optional
 	Phase BackupPhase `json:"phase,omitempty"`
 
+	// QueuePosition is the position of the backup in the queue.
+	// Only relevant when Phase is "Queued"
+	// +optional
+	QueuePosition int `json:"queuePosition,omitempty"`
+
 	// ValidationErrors is a slice of all validation errors (if
 	// applicable).
 	// +optional

pkg/apis/velero/v1/backupstoragelocation_types.go

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+
 	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -146,8 +148,15 @@ type ObjectStorageLocation struct {
 	Prefix string `json:"prefix,omitempty"`
 
 	// CACert defines a CA bundle to use when verifying TLS connections to the provider.
+	// Deprecated: Use CACertRef instead.
 	// +optional
 	CACert []byte `json:"caCert,omitempty"`
+
+	// CACertRef is a reference to a Secret containing the CA certificate bundle to use
+	// when verifying TLS connections to the provider. The Secret must be in the same
+	// namespace as the BackupStorageLocation.
+	// +optional
+	CACertRef *corev1api.SecretKeySelector `json:"caCertRef,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // BackupStorageLocationPhase is the lifecycle phase of a Velero BackupStorageLocation.
@@ -177,3 +186,13 @@ const (
 
 // TODO(2.0): remove the AccessMode field from BackupStorageLocationStatus.
 // TODO(2.0): remove the LastSyncedRevision field from BackupStorageLocationStatus.
+
+// Validate validates the BackupStorageLocation to ensure that only one of CACert or CACertRef is set.
+func (bsl *BackupStorageLocation) Validate() error {
+	if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage != nil &&
+		bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert != nil &&
+		bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef != nil {
+		return errors.New("cannot specify both caCert and caCertRef in objectStorage")
+	}
+	return nil
+}

pkg/apis/velero/v1/backupstoragelocation_types_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Velero Contributors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+)
+
+func TestBackupStorageLocationValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		bsl         *BackupStorageLocation
+		expectError bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid - neither CACert nor CACertRef set",
+			bsl: &BackupStorageLocation{
+				Spec: BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					StorageType: StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid - only CACert set",
+			bsl: &BackupStorageLocation{
+				Spec: BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					StorageType: StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACert: []byte("test-cert"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid - only CACertRef set",
+			bsl: &BackupStorageLocation{
+				Spec: BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					StorageType: StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACertRef: &corev1api.SecretKeySelector{
+								LocalObjectReference: corev1api.LocalObjectReference{
+									Name: "ca-cert-secret",
+								},
+								Key: "ca.crt",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid - both CACert and CACertRef set",
+			bsl: &BackupStorageLocation{
+				Spec: BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					StorageType: StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACert: []byte("test-cert"),
+							CACertRef: &corev1api.SecretKeySelector{
+								LocalObjectReference: corev1api.LocalObjectReference{
+									Name: "ca-cert-secret",
+								},
+								Key: "ca.crt",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid - no ObjectStorage",
+			bsl: &BackupStorageLocation{
+				Spec: BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					StorageType: StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: nil,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := test.bsl.Validate()
+			if test.expectError && err == nil {
+				t.Errorf("expected error but got none")
+			}
+			if !test.expectError && err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("expected no error but got: %v", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

pkg/apis/velero/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go

@@ -915,6 +915,11 @@ func (in *ObjectStorageLocation) DeepCopyInto(out *ObjectStorageLocation) {
 		*out = make([]byte, len(*in))
 		copy(*out, *in)
 	}
+	if in.CACertRef != nil {
+		in, out := &in.CACertRef, &out.CACertRef
+		*out = new(corev1.SecretKeySelector)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new ObjectStorageLocation.

pkg/backup/actions/backup_pv_action.go

@@ -76,14 +76,8 @@ func (a *PVCAction) Execute(item runtime.Unstructured, backup *v1.Backup) (runti
 		pvc.Spec.Selector = nil
 	}
 
-	// remove label selectors with "velero.io/" prefixing in the key which is left by Velero restore
-	if pvc.Spec.Selector != nil && pvc.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels != nil {
-		for k := range pvc.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(k, "velero.io/") {
-				delete(pvc.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels, k)
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	// Clean stale Velero labels from PVC metadata and selector
+	a.cleanupStaleVeleroLabels(pvc, backup)
 
 	pvcMap, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(&pvc)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -92,3 +86,50 @@ func (a *PVCAction) Execute(item runtime.Unstructured, backup *v1.Backup) (runti
 
 	return &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: pvcMap}, actionhelpers.RelatedItemsForPVC(pvc, a.log), nil
 }
+
+// cleanupStaleVeleroLabels removes stale Velero labels from both the PVC metadata
+// and the selector's match labels to ensure clean backups
+func (a *PVCAction) cleanupStaleVeleroLabels(pvc *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim, backup *v1.Backup) {
+	// Clean stale Velero labels from selector match labels
+	if pvc.Spec.Selector != nil && pvc.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels != nil {
+		for k := range pvc.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(k, "velero.io/") {
+				a.log.Infof("Deleting stale Velero label %s from PVC %s selector", k, pvc.Name)
+				delete(pvc.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels, k)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Clean stale Velero labels from main metadata
+	if pvc.Labels != nil {
+		for k, v := range pvc.Labels {
+			// Only remove labels that are clearly stale from previous operations
+			shouldRemove := false
+
+			// Always remove restore-name labels as these are from previous restores
+			if k == v1.RestoreNameLabel {
+				shouldRemove = true
+			}
+
+			if k == v1.MustIncludeAdditionalItemAnnotation {
+				shouldRemove = true
+			}
+
+			// Remove backup-name labels that don't match current backup
+			if k == v1.BackupNameLabel && v != backup.Name {
+				shouldRemove = true
+			}
+
+			// Remove volume-snapshot-name labels from previous CSI backups
+			// Note: If this backup creates new CSI snapshots, the CSI action will add them back
+			if k == v1.VolumeSnapshotLabel {
+				shouldRemove = true
+			}
+
+			if shouldRemove {
+				a.log.Infof("Deleting stale Velero label %s=%s from PVC %s", k, v, pvc.Name)
+				delete(pvc.Labels, k)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

pkg/backup/actions/backup_pv_action_test.go

@@ -149,3 +149,176 @@ func TestBackupPVAction(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Empty(t, additional)
 }
+
+func TestCleanupStaleVeleroLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		inputPVC         *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim
+		backup           *v1.Backup
+		expectedLabels   map[string]string
+		expectedSelector *metav1.LabelSelector
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "removes restore-name labels",
+			inputPVC: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"velero.io/restore-name": "old-restore",
+						"app":                    "myapp",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backup: &v1.Backup{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "current-backup"}},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"app": "myapp",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "removes backup-name labels that don't match current backup",
+			inputPVC: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"velero.io/backup-name": "old-backup",
+						"app":                   "myapp",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backup: &v1.Backup{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "current-backup"}},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"app": "myapp",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "keeps backup-name labels that match current backup",
+			inputPVC: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"velero.io/backup-name": "current-backup",
+						"app":                   "myapp",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backup: &v1.Backup{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "current-backup"}},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"velero.io/backup-name": "current-backup",
+				"app":                   "myapp",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "removes volume-snapshot-name labels",
+			inputPVC: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"velero.io/volume-snapshot-name": "old-snapshot",
+						"app":                            "myapp",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backup: &v1.Backup{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "current-backup"}},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"app": "myapp",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "removes velero labels from selector match labels",
+			inputPVC: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc",
+				},
+				Spec: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+							"velero.io/restore-name": "old-restore",
+							"velero.io/backup-name":  "old-backup",
+							"app":                    "myapp",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backup:         &v1.Backup{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "current-backup"}},
+			expectedLabels: nil,
+			expectedSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+					"app": "myapp",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "handles PVC with no labels",
+			inputPVC: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc",
+				},
+			},
+			backup:         &v1.Backup{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "current-backup"}},
+			expectedLabels: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "handles PVC with no selector",
+			inputPVC: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"app": "myapp",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backup: &v1.Backup{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "current-backup"}},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"app": "myapp",
+			},
+			expectedSelector: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "removes multiple stale velero labels",
+			inputPVC: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"velero.io/restore-name":         "old-restore",
+						"velero.io/backup-name":          "old-backup",
+						"velero.io/volume-snapshot-name": "old-snapshot",
+						"app":                            "myapp",
+						"env":                            "prod",
+					},
+				},
+				Spec: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+							"velero.io/restore-name": "old-restore",
+							"app":                    "myapp",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backup: &v1.Backup{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "current-backup"}},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"app": "myapp",
+				"env": "prod",
+			},
+			expectedSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+					"app": "myapp",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			action := NewPVCAction(velerotest.NewLogger())
+
+			// Create a copy of the input PVC to avoid modifying the test case
+			pvcCopy := tc.inputPVC.DeepCopy()
+
+			action.cleanupStaleVeleroLabels(pvcCopy, tc.backup)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedLabels, pvcCopy.Labels, "Labels should match expected values")
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedSelector, pvcCopy.Spec.Selector, "Selector should match expected values")
+		})
+	}
+}

pkg/backup/actions/csi/pvc_action.go

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 
+	internalvolumehelper "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/internal/volumehelper"
 	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
 	velerov2alpha1 "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v2alpha1"
 	veleroclient "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/client"
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/boolptr"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/csi"
 	kubeutil "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/kube"
+	podvolumeutil "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/podvolume"
 )
 
 // TODO: Replace hardcoded VolumeSnapshot finalizer strings with constants from
@@ -72,6 +74,14 @@ const (
 type pvcBackupItemAction struct {
 	log      logrus.FieldLogger
 	crClient crclient.Client
+
+	// pvcPodCache provides lazy per-namespace caching of PVC-to-Pod mappings.
+	// Since plugin instances are unique per backup (created via newPluginManager and
+	// cleaned up via CleanupClients at backup completion), we can safely cache this
+	// without mutex or backup UID tracking.
+	// This avoids the O(N*M) performance issue when there are many PVCs and pods.
+	// See issue #9179 and PR #9226 for details.
+	pvcPodCache *podvolumeutil.PVCPodCache
 }
 
 // AppliesTo returns information indicating that the PVCBackupItemAction
@@ -97,6 +107,59 @@ func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) validateBackup(backup velerov1api.Backup) (valid b
 	return true
 }
 
+// ensurePVCPodCacheForNamespace ensures the PVC-to-Pod cache is built for the given namespace.
+// This uses lazy per-namespace caching following the pattern from PR #9226.
+// Since plugin instances are unique per backup, we can safely cache without mutex or backup UID tracking.
+func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) ensurePVCPodCacheForNamespace(ctx context.Context, namespace string) error {
+	// Initialize cache if needed
+	if p.pvcPodCache == nil {
+		p.pvcPodCache = podvolumeutil.NewPVCPodCache()
+	}
+
+	// Build cache for namespace if not already done
+	if !p.pvcPodCache.IsNamespaceBuilt(namespace) {
+		p.log.Debugf("Building PVC-to-Pod cache for namespace %s", namespace)
+		if err := p.pvcPodCache.BuildCacheForNamespace(ctx, namespace, p.crClient); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to build PVC-to-Pod cache for namespace %s", namespace)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getVolumeHelperWithCache creates a VolumeHelper using the pre-built PVC-to-Pod cache.
+// The cache should be ensured for the relevant namespace(s) before calling this.
+func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) getVolumeHelperWithCache(backup *velerov1api.Backup) (internalvolumehelper.VolumeHelper, error) {
+	// Create VolumeHelper with our lazy-built cache
+	vh, err := internalvolumehelper.NewVolumeHelperImplWithCache(
+		*backup,
+		p.crClient,
+		p.log,
+		p.pvcPodCache,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create VolumeHelper")
+	}
+	return vh, nil
+}
+
+// getOrCreateVolumeHelper returns a VolumeHelper with lazy per-namespace caching.
+// The VolumeHelper uses the pvcPodCache which is populated lazily as namespaces are encountered.
+// Callers should use ensurePVCPodCacheForNamespace before calling methods that need
+// PVC-to-Pod lookups for a specific namespace.
+// Since plugin instances are unique per backup (created via newPluginManager and
+// cleaned up via CleanupClients at backup completion), we can safely cache this.
+// See issue #9179 and PR #9226 for details.
+func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) getOrCreateVolumeHelper(backup *velerov1api.Backup) (internalvolumehelper.VolumeHelper, error) {
+	// Initialize the PVC-to-Pod cache if needed
+	if p.pvcPodCache == nil {
+		p.pvcPodCache = podvolumeutil.NewPVCPodCache()
+	}
+
+	// Return the VolumeHelper with our lazily-built cache
+	// The cache will be populated incrementally as namespaces are encountered
+	return p.getVolumeHelperWithCache(backup)
+}
+
 func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) validatePVCandPV(
 	pvc corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim,
 	item runtime.Unstructured,
@@ -248,12 +311,24 @@ func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) Execute(
 		return item, nil, "", nil, nil
 	}
 
-	shouldSnapshot, err := volumehelper.ShouldPerformSnapshotWithBackup(
+	// Ensure PVC-to-Pod cache is built for this namespace (lazy per-namespace caching)
+	if err := p.ensurePVCPodCacheForNamespace(context.TODO(), pvc.Namespace); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Get or create the cached VolumeHelper for this backup
+	vh, err := p.getOrCreateVolumeHelper(backup)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	shouldSnapshot, err := volumehelper.ShouldPerformSnapshotWithVolumeHelper(
 		item,
 		kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims,
 		*backup,
 		p.crClient,
 		p.log,
+		vh,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, "", nil, err
@@ -621,8 +696,19 @@ func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) getVolumeSnapshotReference(
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to list PVCs in VolumeGroupSnapshot group %q in namespace %q", group, pvc.Namespace)
 		}
 
+		// Ensure PVC-to-Pod cache is built for this namespace (lazy per-namespace caching)
+		if err := p.ensurePVCPodCacheForNamespace(ctx, pvc.Namespace); err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to build PVC-to-Pod cache for namespace %s", pvc.Namespace)
+		}
+
+		// Get the cached VolumeHelper for filtering PVCs by volume policy
+		vh, err := p.getOrCreateVolumeHelper(backup)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get VolumeHelper for filtering PVCs in group %q", group)
+		}
+
 		// Filter PVCs by volume policy
-		filteredPVCs, err := p.filterPVCsByVolumePolicy(groupedPVCs, backup)
+		filteredPVCs, err := p.filterPVCsByVolumePolicy(groupedPVCs, backup, vh)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to filter PVCs by volume policy for VolumeGroupSnapshot group %q", group)
 		}
@@ -759,11 +845,12 @@ func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) listGroupedPVCs(ctx context.Context, namespace, la
 func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) filterPVCsByVolumePolicy(
 	pvcs []corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim,
 	backup *velerov1api.Backup,
+	vh internalvolumehelper.VolumeHelper,
 ) ([]corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim, error) {
 	var filteredPVCs []corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim
 
 	for _, pvc := range pvcs {
-		// Convert PVC to unstructured for ShouldPerformSnapshotWithBackup
+		// Convert PVC to unstructured for ShouldPerformSnapshotWithVolumeHelper
 		pvcMap, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(&pvc)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to convert PVC %s/%s to unstructured", pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name)
@@ -771,12 +858,14 @@ func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) filterPVCsByVolumePolicy(
 		unstructuredPVC := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: pvcMap}
 
 		// Check if this PVC should be snapshotted according to volume policies
-		shouldSnapshot, err := volumehelper.ShouldPerformSnapshotWithBackup(
+		// Uses the cached VolumeHelper for better performance with many PVCs/pods
+		shouldSnapshot, err := volumehelper.ShouldPerformSnapshotWithVolumeHelper(
 			unstructuredPVC,
 			kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims,
 			*backup,
 			p.crClient,
 			p.log,
+			vh,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to check volume policy for PVC %s/%s", pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name)

pkg/backup/actions/csi/pvc_action_test.go

@@ -842,7 +842,9 @@ volumePolicies:
 				crClient: client,
 			}
 
-			result, err := action.filterPVCsByVolumePolicy(tt.pvcs, backup)
+			// Pass nil for VolumeHelper in tests - it will fall back to creating a new one per call
+			// This is the expected behavior for testing and third-party plugins
+			result, err := action.filterPVCsByVolumePolicy(tt.pvcs, backup, nil)
 			if tt.expectError {
 				require.Error(t, err)
 			} else {
@@ -860,6 +862,111 @@ volumePolicies:
 	}
 }
 
+// TestFilterPVCsByVolumePolicyWithVolumeHelper tests filterPVCsByVolumePolicy when a
+// pre-created VolumeHelper is passed (non-nil). This exercises the cached path used
+// by the CSI PVC BIA plugin for better performance.
+func TestFilterPVCsByVolumePolicyWithVolumeHelper(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create test PVCs and PVs
+	pvcs := []corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pvc-csi", Namespace: "ns-1"},
+			Spec: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimSpec{
+				VolumeName:       "pv-csi",
+				StorageClassName: pointer.String("sc-csi"),
+			},
+			Status: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{Phase: corev1api.ClaimBound},
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pvc-nfs", Namespace: "ns-1"},
+			Spec: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimSpec{
+				VolumeName:       "pv-nfs",
+				StorageClassName: pointer.String("sc-nfs"),
+			},
+			Status: corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{Phase: corev1api.ClaimBound},
+		},
+	}
+
+	pvs := []corev1api.PersistentVolume{
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pv-csi"},
+			Spec: corev1api.PersistentVolumeSpec{
+				PersistentVolumeSource: corev1api.PersistentVolumeSource{
+					CSI: &corev1api.CSIPersistentVolumeSource{Driver: "csi-driver"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pv-nfs"},
+			Spec: corev1api.PersistentVolumeSpec{
+				PersistentVolumeSource: corev1api.PersistentVolumeSource{
+					NFS: &corev1api.NFSVolumeSource{
+						Server: "nfs-server",
+						Path:   "/export",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Create fake client with PVs
+	objs := []runtime.Object{}
+	for i := range pvs {
+		objs = append(objs, &pvs[i])
+	}
+	client := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t, objs...)
+
+	// Create backup with volume policy that skips NFS volumes
+	volumePolicyStr := `
+version: v1
+volumePolicies:
+- conditions:
+    nfs: {}
+  action:
+    type: skip
+`
+	cm := &corev1api.ConfigMap{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "volume-policy",
+			Namespace: "velero",
+		},
+		Data: map[string]string{
+			"volume-policy": volumePolicyStr,
+		},
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, client.Create(t.Context(), cm))
+
+	backup := &velerov1api.Backup{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "test-backup",
+			Namespace: "velero",
+		},
+		Spec: velerov1api.BackupSpec{
+			ResourcePolicy: &corev1api.TypedLocalObjectReference{
+				Kind: "ConfigMap",
+				Name: "volume-policy",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	action := &pvcBackupItemAction{
+		log:      velerotest.NewLogger(),
+		crClient: client,
+	}
+
+	// Create a VolumeHelper using the same method the plugin would use
+	vh, err := action.getOrCreateVolumeHelper(backup)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, vh)
+
+	// Test with the pre-created VolumeHelper (non-nil path)
+	result, err := action.filterPVCsByVolumePolicy(pvcs, backup, vh)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Should filter out the NFS PVC, leaving only the CSI PVC
+	require.Len(t, result, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "pvc-csi", result[0].Name)
+}
+
 func TestDetermineCSIDriver(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name           string
@@ -1959,3 +2066,42 @@ func TestPVCRequestSize(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestGetOrCreateVolumeHelper tests the VolumeHelper and PVC-to-Pod cache behavior.
+// Since plugin instances are unique per backup (created via newPluginManager and
+// cleaned up via CleanupClients at backup completion), we verify that the pvcPodCache
+// is properly initialized and reused across calls.
+func TestGetOrCreateVolumeHelper(t *testing.T) {
+	client := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t)
+	action := &pvcBackupItemAction{
+		log:      velerotest.NewLogger(),
+		crClient: client,
+	}
+	backup := &velerov1api.Backup{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "test-backup",
+			Namespace: "velero",
+			UID:       types.UID("test-uid-1"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Initially, pvcPodCache should be nil
+	require.Nil(t, action.pvcPodCache, "pvcPodCache should be nil initially")
+
+	// Get VolumeHelper first time - should create new cache and VolumeHelper
+	vh1, err := action.getOrCreateVolumeHelper(backup)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, vh1)
+
+	// pvcPodCache should now be initialized
+	require.NotNil(t, action.pvcPodCache, "pvcPodCache should be initialized after first call")
+	cache1 := action.pvcPodCache
+
+	// Get VolumeHelper second time - should reuse the same cache
+	vh2, err := action.getOrCreateVolumeHelper(backup)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, vh2)
+
+	// The pvcPodCache should be the same instance
+	require.Same(t, cache1, action.pvcPodCache, "Expected same pvcPodCache instance on repeated calls")
+}

pkg/backup/actions/csi/volumesnapshot_action.go

@@ -84,17 +84,6 @@ func (p *volumeSnapshotBackupItemAction) Execute(
 		return nil, nil, "", nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
-	additionalItems := make([]velero.ResourceIdentifier, 0)
-	if vs.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName != nil {
-		additionalItems = append(
-			additionalItems,
-			velero.ResourceIdentifier{
-				GroupResource: kuberesource.VolumeSnapshotClasses,
-				Name:          *vs.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName,
-			},
-		)
-	}
-
 	if backup.Status.Phase == velerov1api.BackupPhaseFinalizing ||
 		backup.Status.Phase == velerov1api.BackupPhaseFinalizingPartiallyFailed {
 		p.log.
@@ -105,6 +94,24 @@ func (p *volumeSnapshotBackupItemAction) Execute(
 		return item, nil, "", nil, nil
 	}
 
+	additionalItems := make([]velero.ResourceIdentifier, 0)
+
+	if vs.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName != nil {
+		// This is still needed to add the VolumeSnapshotClass to the backup.
+		// The secret with VolumeSnapshotClass is still relevant to backup.
+		additionalItems = append(
+			additionalItems,
+			velero.ResourceIdentifier{
+				GroupResource: kuberesource.VolumeSnapshotClasses,
+				Name:          *vs.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName,
+			},
+		)
+
+		// Because async operation will update VolumeSnapshot during finalizing phase.
+		// No matter what we do, VolumeSnapshotClass cannot be deleted. So skip it.
+		// Just deleting VolumeSnapshotClass during restore and delete is enough.
+	}
+
 	p.log.Infof("Getting VolumesnapshotContent for Volumesnapshot %s/%s",
 		vs.Namespace, vs.Name)
 

pkg/backup/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go

@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ func (p *volumeSnapshotContentBackupItemAction) Execute(
 		})
 	}
 
+	// Because async operation will update VolumeSnapshotContent during finalizing phase.
+	// No matter what we do, VolumeSnapshotClass cannot be deleted. So skip it.
+	// Just deleting VolumeSnapshotClass during restore and delete is enough.
+
 	snapContMap, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(&snapCont)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, "", nil, errors.WithStack(err)

pkg/backup/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action_test.go

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestVSCExecute(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedItems []velero.ResourceIdentifier
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "Invalid VolumeSnapshotClass",
+			name: "Invalid VolumeSnapshotContent",
 			item: velerotest.UnstructuredOrDie(
 				`
 				{

pkg/backup/backup.go

@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ type kubernetesBackupper struct {
 	podCommandExecutor        podexec.PodCommandExecutor
 	podVolumeBackupperFactory podvolume.BackupperFactory
 	podVolumeTimeout          time.Duration
-	podVolumeContext          context.Context
 	defaultVolumesToFsBackup  bool
 	clientPageSize            int
 	uploaderType              string
@@ -168,10 +167,39 @@ func NewKubernetesBackupper(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// getNamespaceIncludesExcludes returns an IncludesExcludes list containing which namespaces to
-// include and exclude from the backup.
-func getNamespaceIncludesExcludes(backup *velerov1api.Backup) *collections.IncludesExcludes {
-	return collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Includes(backup.Spec.IncludedNamespaces...).Excludes(backup.Spec.ExcludedNamespaces...)
+// getNamespaceIncludesExcludesAndArgoCDNamespaces returns an IncludesExcludes list containing which namespaces to
+// include and exclude from the backup and a list of namespaces managed by ArgoCD.
+func getNamespaceIncludesExcludesAndArgoCDNamespaces(backup *velerov1api.Backup, kbClient kbclient.Client) (*collections.NamespaceIncludesExcludes, []string, error) {
+	nsList := corev1api.NamespaceList{}
+	activeNamespaces := []string{}
+	nsManagedByArgoCD := []string{}
+	if err := kbClient.List(context.Background(), &nsList); err != nil {
+		return nil, nsManagedByArgoCD, err
+	}
+	for _, ns := range nsList.Items {
+		activeNamespaces = append(activeNamespaces, ns.Name)
+	}
+
+	// Set ActiveNamespaces first, then set includes/excludes
+	includesExcludes := collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().
+		ActiveNamespaces(activeNamespaces).
+		Includes(backup.Spec.IncludedNamespaces...).
+		Excludes(backup.Spec.ExcludedNamespaces...)
+
+	// Expand wildcards if needed
+	if err := includesExcludes.ExpandIncludesExcludes(); err != nil {
+		return nil, []string{}, err
+	}
+
+	// Check for ArgoCD managed namespaces in the namespaces that will be included
+	for _, ns := range nsList.Items {
+		nsLabels := ns.GetLabels()
+		if len(nsLabels[ArgoCDManagedByNamespaceLabel]) > 0 && includesExcludes.ShouldInclude(ns.Name) {
+			nsManagedByArgoCD = append(nsManagedByArgoCD, ns.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return includesExcludes, nsManagedByArgoCD, nil
 }
 
 func getResourceHooks(hookSpecs []velerov1api.BackupResourceHookSpec, discoveryHelper discovery.Helper) ([]hook.ResourceHook, error) {
@@ -245,8 +273,35 @@ func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) BackupWithResolvers(
 	if err := kb.writeBackupVersion(tw); err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
+	var err error
+	var nsManagedByArgoCD []string
+	backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes, nsManagedByArgoCD, err = getNamespaceIncludesExcludesAndArgoCDNamespaces(backupRequest.Backup, kb.kbClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Errorf("error getting namespace includes/excludes")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes.IsWildcardExpanded() {
+		expandedIncludes := backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes.GetIncludes()
+		expandedExcludes := backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes.GetExcludes()
+
+		// Get the final namespace list after wildcard expansion
+		wildcardResult, err := backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes.ResolveNamespaceList()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Errorf("error resolving namespace list")
+			return err
+		}
+
+		log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+			"expandedIncludes": expandedIncludes,
+			"expandedExcludes": expandedExcludes,
+			"wildcardResult":   wildcardResult,
+			"includedCount":    len(expandedIncludes),
+			"excludedCount":    len(expandedExcludes),
+			"resultCount":      len(wildcardResult),
+		}).Info("Successfully expanded wildcard patterns")
+	}
 
-	backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes = getNamespaceIncludesExcludes(backupRequest.Backup)
 	log.Infof("Including namespaces: %s", backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes.IncludesString())
 	log.Infof("Excluding namespaces: %s", backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes.ExcludesString())
 
@@ -254,12 +309,8 @@ func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) BackupWithResolvers(
 	// We will check for the existence of a ArgoCD label in the includedNamespaces and add a warning
 	// so that users are at least aware about the existence of argoCD managed ns in their backup
 	// Related Issue: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7905
-	if len(backupRequest.Spec.IncludedNamespaces) > 0 {
-		nsManagedByArgoCD := getNamespacesManagedByArgoCD(kb.kbClient, backupRequest.Spec.IncludedNamespaces, log)
-
-		if len(nsManagedByArgoCD) > 0 {
-			log.Warnf("backup operation may encounter complications and potentially produce undesirable results due to the inclusion of namespaces %v managed by ArgoCD in the backup.", nsManagedByArgoCD)
-		}
+	if len(nsManagedByArgoCD) > 0 {
+		log.Warnf("backup operation may encounter complications and potentially produce undesirable results due to the inclusion of namespaces %v managed by ArgoCD in the backup.", nsManagedByArgoCD)
 	}
 
 	if collections.UseOldResourceFilters(backupRequest.Spec) {
@@ -284,7 +335,6 @@ func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) BackupWithResolvers(
 
 	log.Infof("Backing up all volumes using pod volume backup: %t", boolptr.IsSetToTrue(backupRequest.Backup.Spec.DefaultVolumesToFsBackup))
 
-	var err error
 	backupRequest.ResourceHooks, err = getResourceHooks(backupRequest.Spec.Hooks.Resources, kb.discoveryHelper)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(errors.WithStack(err)).Debugf("Error from getResourceHooks")
@@ -314,12 +364,12 @@ func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) BackupWithResolvers(
 	}
 
 	var podVolumeCancelFunc context.CancelFunc
-	kb.podVolumeContext, podVolumeCancelFunc = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), podVolumeTimeout)
+	podVolumeContext, podVolumeCancelFunc := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), podVolumeTimeout)
 	defer podVolumeCancelFunc()
 
 	var podVolumeBackupper podvolume.Backupper
 	if kb.podVolumeBackupperFactory != nil {
-		podVolumeBackupper, err = kb.podVolumeBackupperFactory.NewBackupper(kb.podVolumeContext, log, backupRequest.Backup, kb.uploaderType)
+		podVolumeBackupper, err = kb.podVolumeBackupperFactory.NewBackupper(podVolumeContext, log, backupRequest.Backup, kb.uploaderType)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.WithError(errors.WithStack(err)).Debugf("Error from NewBackupper")
 			return errors.WithStack(err)
@@ -358,6 +408,28 @@ func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) BackupWithResolvers(
 	}
 	backupRequest.Status.Progress = &velerov1api.BackupProgress{TotalItems: len(items)}
 
+	// Resolve namespaces for PVC-to-Pod cache building in volumehelper.
+	// See issue #9179 for details.
+	namespaces, err := backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes.ResolveNamespaceList()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to resolve namespace list for PVC-to-Pod cache")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	volumeHelperImpl, err := volumehelper.NewVolumeHelperImplWithNamespaces(
+		backupRequest.ResPolicies,
+		backupRequest.Spec.SnapshotVolumes,
+		log,
+		kb.kbClient,
+		boolptr.IsSetToTrue(backupRequest.Spec.DefaultVolumesToFsBackup),
+		!backupRequest.ResourceIncludesExcludes.ShouldInclude(kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims.String()),
+		namespaces,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to build PVC-to-Pod cache for volume policy lookups")
+		return err
+	}
+
 	itemBackupper := &itemBackupper{
 		backupRequest:            backupRequest,
 		tarWriter:                tw,
@@ -365,20 +437,14 @@ func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) BackupWithResolvers(
 		kbClient:                 kb.kbClient,
 		discoveryHelper:          kb.discoveryHelper,
 		podVolumeBackupper:       podVolumeBackupper,
+		podVolumeContext:         podVolumeContext,
 		podVolumeSnapshotTracker: podvolume.NewTracker(),
 		volumeSnapshotterCache:   NewVolumeSnapshotterCache(volumeSnapshotterGetter),
 		itemHookHandler: &hook.DefaultItemHookHandler{
 			PodCommandExecutor: kb.podCommandExecutor,
 		},
-		hookTracker: hook.NewHookTracker(),
-		volumeHelperImpl: volumehelper.NewVolumeHelperImpl(
-			backupRequest.ResPolicies,
-			backupRequest.Spec.SnapshotVolumes,
-			log,
-			kb.kbClient,
-			boolptr.IsSetToTrue(backupRequest.Spec.DefaultVolumesToFsBackup),
-			!backupRequest.ResourceIncludesExcludes.ShouldInclude(kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims.String()),
-		),
+		hookTracker:         hook.NewHookTracker(),
+		volumeHelperImpl:    volumeHelperImpl,
 		kubernetesBackupper: kb,
 	}
 
@@ -546,7 +612,7 @@ func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) BackupWithResolvers(
 			log.Infof("Backing Up Item Block including %s %s/%s (%v items in block)", items[i].groupResource.String(), items[i].namespace, items[i].name, len(itemBlock.Items))
 
 			wg.Add(1)
-			backupRequest.ItemBlockChannel <- ItemBlockInput{
+			backupRequest.WorkerPool.GetInputChannel() <- ItemBlockInput{
 				itemBlock:  itemBlock,
 				returnChan: itemBlockReturn,
 			}
@@ -797,7 +863,7 @@ func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) handleItemBlockPostHooks(itemBlock *BackupItemBlo
 	log := itemBlock.Log
 
 	// the post hooks will not execute until all PVBs of the item block pods are processed
-	if err := kb.waitUntilPVBsProcessed(kb.podVolumeContext, log, itemBlock, hookPods); err != nil {
+	if err := kb.waitUntilPVBsProcessed(itemBlock.itemBackupper.podVolumeContext, log, itemBlock, hookPods); err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Error("failed to wait PVBs processed for the ItemBlock")
 		return
 	}
@@ -1256,26 +1322,3 @@ func putVolumeInfos(
 
 	return backupStore.PutBackupVolumeInfos(backupName, backupVolumeInfoBuf)
 }
-
-func getNamespacesManagedByArgoCD(kbClient kbclient.Client, includedNamespaces []string, log logrus.FieldLogger) []string {
-	var nsManagedByArgoCD []string
-
-	for _, nsName := range includedNamespaces {
-		ns := corev1api.Namespace{}
-		if err := kbClient.Get(context.Background(), kbclient.ObjectKey{Name: nsName}, &ns); err != nil {
-			// check for only those ns that exist and are included in backup
-			// here we ignore cases like "" or "*" specified under includedNamespaces
-			if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-				continue
-			}
-			log.WithError(err).Errorf("error getting namespace %s", nsName)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		nsLabels := ns.GetLabels()
-		if len(nsLabels[ArgoCDManagedByNamespaceLabel]) > 0 {
-			nsManagedByArgoCD = append(nsManagedByArgoCD, nsName)
-		}
-	}
-	return nsManagedByArgoCD
-}

pkg/backup/backup_test.go

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestBackedUpItemsMatchesTarballContents(t *testing.T) {
 		Backup:           defaultBackup().Result(),
 		SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 		BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-		ItemBlockChannel: h.itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+		WorkerPool:       &h.itemBlockPool,
 	}
 
 	backupFile := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestBackupProgressIsUpdated(t *testing.T) {
 		Backup:           defaultBackup().Result(),
 		SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 		BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-		ItemBlockChannel: h.itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+		WorkerPool:       &h.itemBlockPool,
 	}
 	backupFile := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ func TestBackupOldResourceFiltering(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ func TestCRDInclusion(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ func TestBackupResourceCohabitation(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ func TestBackupUsesNewCohabitatingResourcesForEachBackup(t *testing.T) {
 		Backup:           defaultBackup().Result(),
 		SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 		BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-		ItemBlockChannel: h.itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+		WorkerPool:       &h.itemBlockPool,
 	}
 	backup1File := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ func TestBackupUsesNewCohabitatingResourcesForEachBackup(t *testing.T) {
 		Backup:           defaultBackup().Result(),
 		SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 		BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-		ItemBlockChannel: h.itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+		WorkerPool:       &h.itemBlockPool,
 	}
 	backup2File := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ func TestBackupResourceOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ func TestBackupItemActionsForSkippedPV(t *testing.T) {
 				Backup:           defaultBackup().SnapshotVolumes(false).Result(),
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			resPolicies: &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
 				Version: "v1",
@@ -1428,8 +1428,8 @@ func TestBackupItemActionsForSkippedPV(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					includedPVs: map[string]struct{}{},
 				},
-				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				BackedUpItems: NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
+				WorkerPool:    itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVCs(
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ func TestBackupActionsRunForCorrectItems(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ func TestBackupWithInvalidActions(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ func TestBackupActionModifications(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ func TestBackupActionAdditionalItems(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -2439,7 +2439,7 @@ func TestItemBlockActionsRunForCorrectItems(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -2524,7 +2524,7 @@ func TestBackupWithInvalidItemBlockActions(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ func TestItemBlockActionRelatedItems(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -2948,7 +2948,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -2984,7 +2984,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3058,7 +3058,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3095,7 +3095,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3130,7 +3130,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3148,7 +3148,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				Backup:           defaultBackup().Result(),
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3169,7 +3169,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3188,7 +3188,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3210,7 +3210,7 @@ func TestBackupWithSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.PVs(
@@ -3344,7 +3344,7 @@ func TestBackupWithAsyncOperations(t *testing.T) {
 				Backup:           defaultBackup().Result(),
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.Pods(
@@ -3376,7 +3376,7 @@ func TestBackupWithAsyncOperations(t *testing.T) {
 				Backup:           defaultBackup().Result(),
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.Pods(
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ func TestBackupWithAsyncOperations(t *testing.T) {
 				Backup:           defaultBackup().Result(),
 				SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 				BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-				ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+				WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 			},
 			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
 				test.Pods(
@@ -3494,7 +3494,7 @@ func TestBackupWithInvalidHooks(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -3968,7 +3968,7 @@ func TestBackupWithHooks(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile         = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 				podCommandExecutor = new(test.MockPodCommandExecutor)
@@ -4193,7 +4193,7 @@ func TestBackupWithPodVolume(t *testing.T) {
 					SnapshotLocations: []*velerov1.VolumeSnapshotLocation{tc.vsl},
 					SkippedPVTracker:  NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:     NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel:  itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:        itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -5312,7 +5312,7 @@ func TestBackupNewResourceFiltering(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)
@@ -5477,7 +5477,7 @@ func TestBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 					Backup:           tc.backup,
 					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
 					BackedUpItems:    NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-					ItemBlockChannel: itemBlockPool.GetInputChannel(),
+					WorkerPool:       itemBlockPool,
 				}
 				backupFile = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 			)

pkg/backup/item_backupper.go

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ type itemBackupper struct {
 	kbClient                 kbClient.Client
 	discoveryHelper          discovery.Helper
 	podVolumeBackupper       podvolume.Backupper
+	podVolumeContext         context.Context
 	podVolumeSnapshotTracker *podvolume.Tracker
 	kubernetesBackupper      *kubernetesBackupper
 	volumeSnapshotterCache   *VolumeSnapshotterCache
@@ -686,15 +687,14 @@ func (ib *itemBackupper) getMatchAction(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupResource
 			return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
 
-		pvName := pvc.Spec.VolumeName
-		if pvName == "" {
-			return nil, errors.Errorf("PVC has no volume backing this claim")
-		}
-
-		pv := &corev1api.PersistentVolume{}
-		if err := ib.kbClient.Get(context.Background(), kbClient.ObjectKey{Name: pvName}, pv); err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+		var pv *corev1api.PersistentVolume
+		if pvName := pvc.Spec.VolumeName; pvName != "" {
+			pv = &corev1api.PersistentVolume{}
+			if err := ib.kbClient.Get(context.Background(), kbClient.ObjectKey{Name: pvName}, pv); err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+			}
 		}
+		// If pv is nil for unbound PVCs - policy matching will use PVC-only conditions
 		vfd := resourcepolicies.NewVolumeFilterData(pv, nil, pvc)
 		return ib.backupRequest.ResPolicies.GetMatchAction(vfd)
 	}
@@ -708,7 +708,10 @@ func (ib *itemBackupper) trackSkippedPV(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupResource
 	if name, err := getPVName(obj, groupResource); len(name) > 0 && err == nil {
 		ib.backupRequest.SkippedPVTracker.Track(name, approach, reason)
 	} else if err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Warnf("unable to get PV name, skip tracking.")
+		// Log at info level for tracking purposes. This is not an error because
+		// it's expected for some resources (e.g., PVCs in Pending or Lost phase)
+		// to not have a PV name. This occurs when volume policy skips unbound PVCs.
+		log.WithError(err).Infof("unable to get PV name, skip tracking.")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -718,6 +721,17 @@ func (ib *itemBackupper) unTrackSkippedPV(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupResourc
 	if name, err := getPVName(obj, groupResource); len(name) > 0 && err == nil {
 		ib.backupRequest.SkippedPVTracker.Untrack(name)
 	} else if err != nil {
+		// For PVCs in Pending or Lost phase, it's expected that there's no PV name.
+		// Log at debug level instead of warning to reduce noise.
+		if groupResource == kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims {
+			pvc := new(corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim)
+			if convErr := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(obj.UnstructuredContent(), pvc); convErr == nil {
+				if pvc.Status.Phase == corev1api.ClaimPending || pvc.Status.Phase == corev1api.ClaimLost {
+					log.WithError(err).Debugf("unable to get PV name for %s PVC, skip untracking.", pvc.Status.Phase)
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		log.WithError(err).Warnf("unable to get PV name, skip untracking.")
 	}
 }

pkg/backup/item_backupper_test.go

@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 package backup
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	ctrlfake "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/internal/resourcepolicies"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/kuberesource"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -269,3 +272,225 @@ func TestAddVolumeInfo(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetMatchAction_PendingLostPVC(t *testing.T) {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	require.NoError(t, corev1api.AddToScheme(scheme))
+
+	// Create resource policies that skip Pending/Lost PVCs
+	resPolicies := &resourcepolicies.ResourcePolicies{
+		Version: "v1",
+		VolumePolicies: []resourcepolicies.VolumePolicy{
+			{
+				Conditions: map[string]any{
+					"pvcPhase": []string{"Pending", "Lost"},
+				},
+				Action: resourcepolicies.Action{
+					Type: resourcepolicies.Skip,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	policies := &resourcepolicies.Policies{}
+	err := policies.BuildPolicy(resPolicies)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name           string
+		pvc            *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim
+		pv             *corev1api.PersistentVolume
+		expectedAction *resourcepolicies.Action
+		expectError    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Pending PVC with no VolumeName should match pvcPhase policy",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pending-pvc").
+				StorageClass("test-sc").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimPending).
+				Result(),
+			pv:             nil,
+			expectedAction: &resourcepolicies.Action{Type: resourcepolicies.Skip},
+			expectError:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Lost PVC with no VolumeName should match pvcPhase policy",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "lost-pvc").
+				StorageClass("test-sc").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimLost).
+				Result(),
+			pv:             nil,
+			expectedAction: &resourcepolicies.Action{Type: resourcepolicies.Skip},
+			expectError:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Bound PVC with VolumeName and matching PV should not match pvcPhase policy",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "bound-pvc").
+				StorageClass("test-sc").
+				VolumeName("test-pv").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimBound).
+				Result(),
+			pv:             builder.ForPersistentVolume("test-pv").StorageClass("test-sc").Result(),
+			expectedAction: nil,
+			expectError:    false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Build fake client with PV if present
+			clientBuilder := ctrlfake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme)
+			if tc.pv != nil {
+				clientBuilder = clientBuilder.WithObjects(tc.pv)
+			}
+			fakeClient := clientBuilder.Build()
+
+			ib := &itemBackupper{
+				kbClient: fakeClient,
+				backupRequest: &Request{
+					ResPolicies: policies,
+				},
+			}
+
+			// Convert PVC to unstructured
+			pvcData, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(tc.pvc)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			obj := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: pvcData}
+
+			action, err := ib.getMatchAction(obj, kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims, csiBIAPluginName)
+			if tc.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			if tc.expectedAction == nil {
+				assert.Nil(t, action)
+			} else {
+				require.NotNil(t, action)
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedAction.Type, action.Type)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTrackSkippedPV_PendingLostPVC(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		pvc  *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Pending PVC should log at info level",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pending-pvc").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimPending).
+				Result(),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Lost PVC should log at info level",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "lost-pvc").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimLost).
+				Result(),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Bound PVC without VolumeName should log at info level",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "bound-pvc").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimBound).
+				Result(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ib := &itemBackupper{
+				backupRequest: &Request{
+					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
+				},
+			}
+
+			// Set up log capture
+			logOutput := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			logger := logrus.New()
+			logger.SetOutput(logOutput)
+			logger.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+
+			// Convert PVC to unstructured
+			pvcData, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(tc.pvc)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			obj := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: pvcData}
+
+			ib.trackSkippedPV(obj, kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims, "", "test reason", logger)
+
+			logStr := logOutput.String()
+			assert.Contains(t, logStr, "level=info")
+			assert.Contains(t, logStr, "unable to get PV name, skip tracking.")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnTrackSkippedPV_PendingLostPVC(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name               string
+		pvc                *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim
+		expectWarningLog   bool
+		expectDebugMessage string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Pending PVC should log at debug level, not warning",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "pending-pvc").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimPending).
+				Result(),
+			expectWarningLog:   false,
+			expectDebugMessage: "unable to get PV name for Pending PVC, skip untracking.",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Lost PVC should log at debug level, not warning",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "lost-pvc").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimLost).
+				Result(),
+			expectWarningLog:   false,
+			expectDebugMessage: "unable to get PV name for Lost PVC, skip untracking.",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Bound PVC without VolumeName should log warning",
+			pvc: builder.ForPersistentVolumeClaim("ns", "bound-pvc").
+				Phase(corev1api.ClaimBound).
+				Result(),
+			expectWarningLog:   true,
+			expectDebugMessage: "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ib := &itemBackupper{
+				backupRequest: &Request{
+					SkippedPVTracker: NewSkipPVTracker(),
+				},
+			}
+
+			// Set up log capture
+			logOutput := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			logger := logrus.New()
+			logger.SetOutput(logOutput)
+			logger.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+
+			// Convert PVC to unstructured
+			pvcData, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(tc.pvc)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			obj := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: pvcData}
+
+			ib.unTrackSkippedPV(obj, kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims, logger)
+
+			logStr := logOutput.String()
+			if tc.expectWarningLog {
+				assert.Contains(t, logStr, "level=warning")
+				assert.Contains(t, logStr, "unable to get PV name, skip untracking.")
+			} else {
+				assert.NotContains(t, logStr, "level=warning")
+				if tc.expectDebugMessage != "" {
+					assert.Contains(t, logStr, "level=debug")
+					assert.Contains(t, logStr, tc.expectDebugMessage)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

pkg/backup/item_collector.go

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type itemCollector struct {
 type nsTracker struct {
 	singleLabelSelector labels.Selector
 	orLabelSelector     []labels.Selector
-	namespaceFilter     *collections.IncludesExcludes
+	namespaceFilter     *collections.NamespaceIncludesExcludes
 	logger              logrus.FieldLogger
 
 	namespaceMap map[string]bool
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (nt *nsTracker) init(
 	unstructuredNSs []unstructured.Unstructured,
 	singleLabelSelector labels.Selector,
 	orLabelSelector []labels.Selector,
-	namespaceFilter *collections.IncludesExcludes,
+	namespaceFilter *collections.NamespaceIncludesExcludes,
 	logger logrus.FieldLogger,
 ) {
 	if nt.namespaceMap == nil {
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ func coreGroupResourcePriority(resource string) int {
 // getNamespacesToList examines ie and resolves the includes and excludes to a full list of
 // namespaces to list. If ie is nil or it includes *, the result is just "" (list across all
 // namespaces). Otherwise, the result is a list of every included namespace minus all excluded ones.
-func getNamespacesToList(ie *collections.IncludesExcludes) []string {
+func getNamespacesToList(ie *collections.NamespaceIncludesExcludes) []string {
 	if ie == nil {
 		return []string{""}
 	}
@@ -753,21 +753,28 @@ func (r *itemCollector) collectNamespaces(
 	}
 
 	unstructuredList, err := resourceClient.List(metav1.ListOptions{})
+
+	activeNamespacesHashSet := make(map[string]bool)
+	for _, namespace := range unstructuredList.Items {
+		activeNamespacesHashSet[namespace.GetName()] = true
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(errors.WithStack(err)).Error("error list namespaces")
 		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
-	for _, includedNSName := range r.backupRequest.Backup.Spec.IncludedNamespaces {
+	// Change to look at the struct includes/excludes
+	// In case wildcards are expanded, we need to look at the struct includes/excludes
+	for _, includedNSName := range r.backupRequest.NamespaceIncludesExcludes.GetIncludes() {
 		nsExists := false
 		// Skip checking the namespace existing when it's "*".
 		if includedNSName == "*" {
 			continue
 		}
-		for _, unstructuredNS := range unstructuredList.Items {
-			if unstructuredNS.GetName() == includedNSName {
-				nsExists = true
-			}
+
+		if _, ok := activeNamespacesHashSet[includedNSName]; ok {
+			nsExists = true
 		}
 
 		if !nsExists {
@@ -809,17 +816,18 @@ func (r *itemCollector) collectNamespaces(
 	var items []*kubernetesResource
 
 	for index := range unstructuredList.Items {
+		nsName := unstructuredList.Items[index].GetName()
+
 		path, err := r.writeToFile(&unstructuredList.Items[index])
 		if err != nil {
-			log.WithError(err).Errorf("Error writing item %s to file",
-				unstructuredList.Items[index].GetName())
+			log.WithError(err).Errorf("Error writing item %s to file", nsName)
 			continue
 		}
 
 		items = append(items, &kubernetesResource{
 			groupResource: gr,
 			preferredGVR:  preferredGVR,
-			name:          unstructuredList.Items[index].GetName(),
+			name:          nsName,
 			path:          path,
 			kind:          resource.Kind,
 		})

pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestFilterNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name              string
-		ie                *collections.IncludesExcludes
+		ie                *collections.NamespaceIncludesExcludes
 		namespaces        []*corev1api.Namespace
 		backup            *velerov1api.Backup
 		expectedTrackedNS []string
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "ns filter by namespace IE filter",
 			backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").Result(),
-			ie:     collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Includes("ns1"),
+			ie:     collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().Includes("ns1"),
 			namespaces: []*corev1api.Namespace{
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns1").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns2").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 			backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").LabelSelector(&metav1.LabelSelector{
 				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"name": "ns1"},
 			}).Result(),
-			ie: collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Includes("*"),
+			ie: collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().Includes("*"),
 			namespaces: []*corev1api.Namespace{
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns1").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels("name", "ns1")).Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns2").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 			backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").OrLabelSelector([]*metav1.LabelSelector{
 				{MatchLabels: map[string]string{"name": "ns1"}},
 			}).Result(),
-			ie: collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Includes("*"),
+			ie: collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().Includes("*"),
 			namespaces: []*corev1api.Namespace{
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns1").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels("name", "ns1")).Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns2").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 			backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").LabelSelector(&metav1.LabelSelector{
 				MatchLabels: map[string]string{"name": "ns1"},
 			}).Result(),
-			ie: collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Excludes("ns1"),
+			ie: collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().Excludes("ns1"),
 			namespaces: []*corev1api.Namespace{
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns1").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels("name", "ns1")).Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns2").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 			backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").OrLabelSelector([]*metav1.LabelSelector{
 				{MatchLabels: map[string]string{"name": "ns1"}},
 			}).Result(),
-			ie: collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Excludes("ns1", "ns2"),
+			ie: collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().Excludes("ns1", "ns2"),
 			namespaces: []*corev1api.Namespace{
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns1").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels("name", "ns1")).Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns2").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "No ns filters",
 			backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").Result(),
-			ie:     collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Includes("*"),
+			ie:     collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().Includes("*"),
 			namespaces: []*corev1api.Namespace{
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns1").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels("name", "ns1")).Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns2").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "ns specified by the IncludeNamespaces cannot be found",
 			backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").IncludedNamespaces("ns1", "invalid", "*").Result(),
-			ie:     collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Includes("ns1", "invalid", "*"),
+			ie:     collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().Includes("ns1", "invalid", "*"),
 			namespaces: []*corev1api.Namespace{
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns1").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels("name", "ns1")).Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns2").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "terminating ns should not tracked",
 			backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").Result(),
-			ie:     collections.NewIncludesExcludes().Includes("ns1", "ns2"),
+			ie:     collections.NewNamespaceIncludesExcludes().Includes("ns1", "ns2"),
 			namespaces: []*corev1api.Namespace{
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns1").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceTerminating).Result(),
 				builder.ForNamespace("ns2").Phase(corev1api.NamespaceActive).Result(),

pkg/backup/request.go

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type Request struct {
 	*velerov1api.Backup
 	StorageLocation           *velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation
 	SnapshotLocations         []*velerov1api.VolumeSnapshotLocation
-	NamespaceIncludesExcludes *collections.IncludesExcludes
+	NamespaceIncludesExcludes *collections.NamespaceIncludesExcludes
 	ResourceIncludesExcludes  collections.IncludesExcludesInterface
 	ResourceHooks             []hook.ResourceHook
 	ResolvedActions           []framework.BackupItemResolvedActionV2
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type Request struct {
 	ResPolicies               *resourcepolicies.Policies
 	SkippedPVTracker          *skipPVTracker
 	VolumesInformation        volume.BackupVolumesInformation
-	ItemBlockChannel          chan ItemBlockInput
+	WorkerPool                *ItemBlockWorkerPool
 }
 
 // BackupVolumesInformation contains the information needs by generating
@@ -103,3 +103,7 @@ func (r *Request) FillVolumesInformation() {
 	r.VolumesInformation.BackupOperations = *r.GetItemOperationsList()
 	r.VolumesInformation.BackupName = r.Backup.Name
 }
+
+func (r *Request) StopWorkerPool() {
+	r.WorkerPool.Stop()
+}

pkg/builder/backup_builder.go

@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ func (b *BackupBuilder) Phase(phase velerov1api.BackupPhase) *BackupBuilder {
 	return b
 }
 
+// Phase sets the Backup's queue position.
+func (b *BackupBuilder) QueuePosition(queuePos int) *BackupBuilder {
+	b.object.Status.QueuePosition = queuePos
+	return b
+}
+
 // StorageLocation sets the Backup's storage location.
 func (b *BackupBuilder) StorageLocation(location string) *BackupBuilder {
 	b.object.Spec.StorageLocation = location

pkg/builder/backup_storage_location_builder.go

@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ func (b *BackupStorageLocationBuilder) CACert(val []byte) *BackupStorageLocation
 	return b
 }
 
+// CACertRef sets the BackupStorageLocation's object storage CACertRef (Secret reference).
+func (b *BackupStorageLocationBuilder) CACertRef(selector *corev1api.SecretKeySelector) *BackupStorageLocationBuilder {
+	if b.object.Spec.StorageType.ObjectStorage == nil {
+		b.object.Spec.StorageType.ObjectStorage = new(velerov1api.ObjectStorageLocation)
+	}
+	b.object.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef = selector
+	return b
+}
+
 // Default sets the BackupStorageLocation's is default or not
 func (b *BackupStorageLocationBuilder) Default(isDefault bool) *BackupStorageLocationBuilder {
 	b.object.Spec.Default = isDefault

pkg/builder/container_builder.go

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 
 	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apimachineryRuntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/label"
 )
 
 // ContainerBuilder builds Container objects
@@ -45,9 +47,9 @@ func ForPluginContainer(image string, pullPolicy corev1api.PullPolicy) *Containe
 	return ForContainer(getName(image), image).PullPolicy(pullPolicy).VolumeMounts(volumeMount)
 }
 
-// getName returns the 'name' component of a docker
-// image that includes the entire string except the registry name, and transforms the combined
-// string into a RFC-1123 compatible name.
+// getName returns the 'name' component of a docker image that includes the entire string
+// except the registry name, and transforms the combined string into a DNS-1123 compatible name
+// that fits within the 63-character limit for Kubernetes container names.
 func getName(image string) string {
 	slashIndex := strings.Index(image, "/")
 	slashCount := 0
@@ -83,7 +85,10 @@ func getName(image string) string {
 	re := strings.NewReplacer("/", "-",
 		"_", "-",
 		".", "-")
-	return re.Replace(image[start:end])
+	name := re.Replace(image[start:end])
+
+	// Ensure the name doesn't exceed Kubernetes container name length limit
+	return label.GetValidName(name)
 }
 
 // Result returns the built Container.

pkg/builder/container_builder_test.go

@@ -100,3 +100,50 @@ func TestGetName(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetNameWithLongPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		image    string
+		validate func(t *testing.T, result string)
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "plugin with deeply nested repository path exceeding 63 characters",
+			image: "arohcpsvcdev.azurecr.io/redhat-user-workloads/ocp-art-tenant/oadp-hypershift-oadp-plugin-main@sha256:adb840bf3890b4904a8cdda1a74c82cf8d96c52eba9944ac10e795335d6fd450",
+			validate: func(t *testing.T, result string) {
+				t.Helper()
+				// Should not exceed DNS-1123 label limit of 63 characters
+				assert.LessOrEqual(t, len(result), 63, "Container name must satisfy DNS-1123 label constraints (max 63 chars)")
+				// Should be exactly 63 characters (truncated with hash)
+				assert.Len(t, result, 63)
+				// Should be deterministic
+				result2 := getName("arohcpsvcdev.azurecr.io/redhat-user-workloads/ocp-art-tenant/oadp-hypershift-oadp-plugin-main@sha256:adb840bf3890b4904a8cdda1a74c82cf8d96c52eba9944ac10e795335d6fd450")
+				assert.Equal(t, result, result2)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "plugin with normal path length (should remain unchanged)",
+			image: "arohcpsvcdev.azurecr.io/konveyor/velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure@sha256:b2db5f09da514e817a74c992dcca5f90b77c2ab0b2797eba947d224271d6070e",
+			validate: func(t *testing.T, result string) {
+				t.Helper()
+				assert.Equal(t, "konveyor-velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure", result)
+				assert.LessOrEqual(t, len(result), 63)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "very long nested path",
+			image: "registry.example.com/org/team/project/subproject/component/service/application-name-with-many-words:v1.2.3",
+			validate: func(t *testing.T, result string) {
+				t.Helper()
+				assert.LessOrEqual(t, len(result), 63)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := getName(test.image)
+			test.validate(t, result)
+		})
+	}
+}

pkg/client/dynamic.go

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ type StatusUpdater interface {
 	UpdateStatus(obj *unstructured.Unstructured, opts metav1.UpdateOptions) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error)
 }
 
+// Applier applies changes to an object using server-side apply
+type Applier interface {
+	Apply(name string, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, opts metav1.ApplyOptions) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error)
+}
+
 // Dynamic contains client methods that Velero needs for backing up and restoring resources.
 type Dynamic interface {
 	Creator
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ type Dynamic interface {
 	Patcher
 	Deletor
 	StatusUpdater
+	Applier
 }
 
 // dynamicResourceClient implements Dynamic.
@@ -136,6 +142,10 @@ func (d *dynamicResourceClient) Get(name string, opts metav1.GetOptions) (*unstr
 	return d.resourceClient.Get(context.TODO(), name, opts)
 }
 
+func (d *dynamicResourceClient) Apply(name string, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, opts metav1.ApplyOptions) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+	return d.resourceClient.Apply(context.TODO(), name, obj, opts)
+}
+
 func (d *dynamicResourceClient) Patch(name string, data []byte) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
 	return d.resourceClient.Patch(context.TODO(), name, types.MergePatchType, data, metav1.PatchOptions{})
 }

pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go

@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ type Options struct {
 	RepoMaintenanceJobConfigMap     string
 	NodeAgentConfigMap              string
 	ItemBlockWorkerCount            int
+	ConcurrentBackups               int
 	NodeAgentDisableHostPath        bool
 	kubeletRootDir                  string
+	Apply                           bool
 	ServerPriorityClassName         string
 	NodeAgentPriorityClassName      string
 }
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ func (o *Options) BindFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVar(&o.BucketName, "bucket", o.BucketName, "Name of the object storage bucket where backups should be stored")
 	flags.StringVar(&o.SecretFile, "secret-file", o.SecretFile, "File containing credentials for backup and volume provider. If not specified, --no-secret must be used for confirmation. Optional.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&o.NoSecret, "no-secret", o.NoSecret, "Flag indicating if a secret should be created. Must be used as confirmation if --secret-file is not provided. Optional.")
+	flags.BoolVar(&o.Apply, "apply", o.Apply, "Flag indicating if resources should be applied instead of created. This can be used for updating existing resources.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&o.NoDefaultBackupLocation, "no-default-backup-location", o.NoDefaultBackupLocation, "Flag indicating if a default backup location should be created. Must be used as confirmation if --bucket or --provider are not provided. Optional.")
 	flags.StringVar(&o.Image, "image", o.Image, "Image to use for the Velero and node agent pods. Optional.")
 	flags.StringVar(&o.Prefix, "prefix", o.Prefix, "Prefix under which all Velero data should be stored within the bucket. Optional.")
@@ -196,6 +199,12 @@ func (o *Options) BindFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		o.ItemBlockWorkerCount,
 		"Number of worker threads to process ItemBlocks. Default is one. Optional.",
 	)
+	flags.IntVar(
+		&o.ConcurrentBackups,
+		"concurrent-backups",
+		o.ConcurrentBackups,
+		"Number of backups to process concurrently. Default is one. Optional.",
+	)
 	flags.StringVar(
 		&o.ServerPriorityClassName,
 		"server-priority-class-name",
@@ -313,6 +322,7 @@ func (o *Options) AsVeleroOptions() (*install.VeleroOptions, error) {
 		RepoMaintenanceJobConfigMap:     o.RepoMaintenanceJobConfigMap,
 		NodeAgentConfigMap:              o.NodeAgentConfigMap,
 		ItemBlockWorkerCount:            o.ItemBlockWorkerCount,
+		ConcurrentBackups:               o.ConcurrentBackups,
 		KubeletRootDir:                  o.kubeletRootDir,
 		NodeAgentDisableHostPath:        o.NodeAgentDisableHostPath,
 		ServerPriorityClassName:         o.ServerPriorityClassName,
@@ -408,7 +418,7 @@ func (o *Options) Run(c *cobra.Command, f client.Factory) error {
 
 	errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf("\n\nError installing Velero. Use `kubectl logs deploy/velero -n %s` to check the deploy logs", o.Namespace)
 
-	err = install.Install(dynamicFactory, kbClient, resources, os.Stdout)
+	err = install.Install(dynamicFactory, kbClient, resources, os.Stdout, o.Apply)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, errorMsg)
 	}

pkg/cmd/cli/nodeagent/server.go

@@ -340,30 +340,74 @@ func (s *nodeAgentServer) run() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var cachePVCConfig *velerotypes.CachePVC
 	if s.dataPathConfigs != nil && s.dataPathConfigs.CachePVCConfig != nil {
 		if err := s.validateCachePVCConfig(*s.dataPathConfigs.CachePVCConfig); err != nil {
 			s.logger.WithError(err).Warnf("Ignore cache config %v", s.dataPathConfigs.CachePVCConfig)
 		} else {
+			cachePVCConfig = s.dataPathConfigs.CachePVCConfig
 			s.logger.Infof("Using cache volume configs %v", s.dataPathConfigs.CachePVCConfig)
 		}
 	}
 
-	var cachePVCConfig *velerotypes.CachePVC
-	if s.dataPathConfigs != nil && s.dataPathConfigs.CachePVCConfig != nil {
-		cachePVCConfig = s.dataPathConfigs.CachePVCConfig
-		s.logger.Infof("Using customized cachePVC config %v", cachePVCConfig)
+	var podLabels map[string]string
+	if s.dataPathConfigs != nil && len(s.dataPathConfigs.PodLabels) > 0 {
+		podLabels = s.dataPathConfigs.PodLabels
+		s.logger.Infof("Using customized pod labels %+v", podLabels)
+	}
+
+	var podAnnotations map[string]string
+	if s.dataPathConfigs != nil && len(s.dataPathConfigs.PodAnnotations) > 0 {
+		podAnnotations = s.dataPathConfigs.PodAnnotations
+		s.logger.Infof("Using customized pod annotations %+v", podAnnotations)
 	}
 
 	if s.backupRepoConfigs != nil {
 		s.logger.Infof("Using backup repo config %v", s.backupRepoConfigs)
+	} else if cachePVCConfig != nil {
+		s.logger.Info("Backup repo config is not provided, using default values for cache volume configs")
 	}
 
-	pvbReconciler := controller.NewPodVolumeBackupReconciler(s.mgr.GetClient(), s.mgr, s.kubeClient, s.dataPathMgr, s.vgdpCounter, s.nodeName, s.config.dataMoverPrepareTimeout, s.config.resourceTimeout, podResources, s.metrics, s.logger, dataMovePriorityClass, privilegedFsBackup)
+	pvbReconciler := controller.NewPodVolumeBackupReconciler(
+		s.mgr.GetClient(),
+		s.mgr,
+		s.kubeClient,
+		s.dataPathMgr,
+		s.vgdpCounter,
+		s.nodeName,
+		s.config.dataMoverPrepareTimeout,
+		s.config.resourceTimeout,
+		podResources,
+		s.metrics,
+		s.logger,
+		dataMovePriorityClass,
+		privilegedFsBackup,
+		podLabels,
+		podAnnotations,
+	)
 	if err := pvbReconciler.SetupWithManager(s.mgr); err != nil {
 		s.logger.Fatal(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", constant.ControllerPodVolumeBackup)
 	}
 
-	pvrReconciler := controller.NewPodVolumeRestoreReconciler(s.mgr.GetClient(), s.mgr, s.kubeClient, s.dataPathMgr, s.vgdpCounter, s.nodeName, s.config.dataMoverPrepareTimeout, s.config.resourceTimeout, s.backupRepoConfigs, cachePVCConfig, podResources, s.logger, dataMovePriorityClass, privilegedFsBackup, s.repoConfigMgr)
+	pvrReconciler := controller.NewPodVolumeRestoreReconciler(
+		s.mgr.GetClient(),
+		s.mgr,
+		s.kubeClient,
+		s.dataPathMgr,
+		s.vgdpCounter,
+		s.nodeName,
+		s.config.dataMoverPrepareTimeout,
+		s.config.resourceTimeout,
+		s.backupRepoConfigs,
+		cachePVCConfig,
+		podResources,
+		s.logger,
+		dataMovePriorityClass,
+		privilegedFsBackup,
+		s.repoConfigMgr,
+		podLabels,
+		podAnnotations,
+	)
 	if err := pvrReconciler.SetupWithManager(s.mgr); err != nil {
 		s.logger.WithError(err).Fatal("Unable to create the pod volume restore controller")
 	}
@@ -388,6 +432,8 @@ func (s *nodeAgentServer) run() {
 		s.logger,
 		s.metrics,
 		dataMovePriorityClass,
+		podLabels,
+		podAnnotations,
 	)
 	if err := dataUploadReconciler.SetupWithManager(s.mgr); err != nil {
 		s.logger.WithError(err).Fatal("Unable to create the data upload controller")
@@ -416,6 +462,8 @@ func (s *nodeAgentServer) run() {
 		s.metrics,
 		dataMovePriorityClass,
 		s.repoConfigMgr,
+		podLabels,
+		podAnnotations,
 	)
 
 	if err := dataDownloadReconciler.SetupWithManager(s.mgr); err != nil {

pkg/cmd/server/config/config.go

@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ const (
 	defaultDisableInformerCache        = false
 
 	DefaultItemBlockWorkerCount = 1
+	DefaultConcurrentBackups    = 1
 )
 
 var (
 	// DisableableControllers is a list of controllers that can be disabled
 	DisableableControllers = []string{
+		constant.ControllerBackupQueue,
 		constant.ControllerBackup,
 		constant.ControllerBackupOperations,
 		constant.ControllerBackupDeletion,
@@ -113,7 +115,11 @@ var (
 			"datauploads.velero.io",
 			"persistentvolumes",
 			"persistentvolumeclaims",
+			"clusterroles",
+			"roles",
 			"serviceaccounts",
+			"clusterrolebindings",
+			"rolebindings",
 			"secrets",
 			"configmaps",
 			"limitranges",
@@ -174,6 +180,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	BackupRepoConfig               string
 	RepoMaintenanceJobConfig       string
 	ItemBlockWorkerCount           int
+	ConcurrentBackups              int
 }
 
 func GetDefaultConfig() *Config {
@@ -206,6 +213,7 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *Config {
 		ScheduleSkipImmediately:        false,
 		CredentialsDirectory:           credentials.DefaultStoreDirectory(),
 		ItemBlockWorkerCount:           DefaultItemBlockWorkerCount,
+		ConcurrentBackups:              DefaultConcurrentBackups,
 	}
 
 	return config
@@ -261,4 +269,10 @@ func (c *Config) BindFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		c.ItemBlockWorkerCount,
 		"Number of worker threads to process ItemBlocks. Default is one. Optional.",
 	)
+	flags.IntVar(
+		&c.ConcurrentBackups,
+		"concurrent-backups",
+		c.ConcurrentBackups,
+		"Number of backups to process concurrently. Default is one. Optional.",
+	)
 }

pkg/cmd/server/server.go

@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func (s *server) runControllers(defaultVolumeSnapshotLocations map[string]string
 		return clientmgmt.NewManager(logger, s.logLevel, s.pluginRegistry)
 	}
 
-	backupStoreGetter := persistence.NewObjectBackupStoreGetter(s.credentialFileStore)
+	backupStoreGetter := persistence.NewObjectBackupStoreGetterWithSecretStore(s.credentialFileStore, s.credentialSecretStore)
 
 	backupTracker := controller.NewBackupTracker()
 
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ func (s *server) runControllers(defaultVolumeSnapshotLocations map[string]string
 		constant.ControllerSchedule:            {},
 		constant.ControllerServerStatusRequest: {},
 		constant.ControllerRestoreFinalizer:    {},
+		constant.ControllerBackupQueue:         {},
 	}
 
 	if s.config.RestoreOnly {
@@ -668,6 +669,7 @@ func (s *server) runControllers(defaultVolumeSnapshotLocations map[string]string
 			s.config.MaxConcurrentK8SConnections,
 			s.config.DefaultSnapshotMoveData,
 			s.config.ItemBlockWorkerCount,
+			s.config.ConcurrentBackups,
 			s.crClient,
 		).SetupWithManager(s.mgr); err != nil {
 			s.logger.Fatal(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", constant.ControllerBackup)
@@ -756,6 +758,7 @@ func (s *server) runControllers(defaultVolumeSnapshotLocations map[string]string
 			s.config.RepoMaintenanceJobConfig,
 			s.logLevel,
 			s.config.LogFormat,
+			s.metrics,
 		).SetupWithManager(s.mgr); err != nil {
 			s.logger.Fatal(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", constant.ControllerBackupRepo)
 		}
@@ -909,6 +912,18 @@ func (s *server) runControllers(defaultVolumeSnapshotLocations map[string]string
 		}
 	}
 
+	if _, ok := enabledRuntimeControllers[constant.ControllerBackupQueue]; ok {
+		if err := controller.NewBackupQueueReconciler(
+			s.mgr.GetClient(),
+			s.mgr.GetScheme(),
+			s.logger,
+			s.config.ConcurrentBackups,
+			backupTracker,
+		).SetupWithManager(s.mgr); err != nil {
+			s.logger.Fatal(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", constant.ControllerBackupQueue)
+		}
+	}
+
 	s.logger.Info("Server starting...")
 
 	if err := s.mgr.Start(s.ctx); err != nil {

pkg/cmd/util/cacert/bsl_cacert.go

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	kbclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
 	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ func GetCACertFromRestore(ctx context.Context, client kbclient.Client, namespace
 }
 
 // GetCACertFromBSL fetches a BackupStorageLocation directly and returns its cacert
+// Priority order: caCertRef (from Secret) > caCert (inline, deprecated)
 func GetCACertFromBSL(ctx context.Context, client kbclient.Client, namespace, bslName string) (string, error) {
 	if bslName == "" {
 		return "", nil
@@ -71,7 +74,44 @@ func GetCACertFromBSL(ctx context.Context, client kbclient.Client, namespace, bs
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting backup storage location %s", bslName)
 	}
 
-	if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage != nil && len(bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert) > 0 {
+	if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage == nil {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	// Prefer caCertRef over inline caCert
+	if bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef != nil {
+		// Fetch certificate from Secret
+		secret := &corev1api.Secret{}
+		secretKey := types.NamespacedName{
+			Name:      bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef.Name,
+			Namespace: namespace,
+		}
+
+		if err := client.Get(ctx, secretKey, secret); err != nil {
+			if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				return "", errors.Errorf("certificate secret %s not found in namespace %s",
+					bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef.Name, namespace)
+			}
+			return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting certificate secret %s",
+				bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef.Name)
+		}
+
+		keyName := bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef.Key
+		if keyName == "" {
+			return "", errors.New("caCertRef key is empty")
+		}
+
+		certData, ok := secret.Data[keyName]
+		if !ok {
+			return "", errors.Errorf("key %s not found in secret %s",
+				keyName, bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACertRef.Name)
+		}
+
+		return string(certData), nil
+	}
+
+	// Fall back to inline caCert (deprecated)
+	if len(bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert) > 0 {
 		return string(bsl.Spec.ObjectStorage.CACert), nil
 	}
 

pkg/cmd/util/cacert/bsl_cacert_test.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
@@ -294,6 +295,271 @@ func TestGetCACertFromBSL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestGetCACertFromBSL_WithCACertRef tests the new caCertRef functionality
+func TestGetCACertFromBSL_WithCACertRef(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name           string
+		bslName        string
+		bsl            *velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation
+		secret         *corev1api.Secret
+		expectedCACert string
+		expectedError  bool
+		errorContains  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "BSL with caCertRef pointing to valid secret",
+			bslName: "test-bsl",
+			bsl: &velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-bsl",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					Provider: "aws",
+					StorageType: velerov1api.StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &velerov1api.ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACertRef: &corev1api.SecretKeySelector{
+								LocalObjectReference: corev1api.LocalObjectReference{
+									Name: "test-secret",
+								},
+								Key: "ca-bundle.crt",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			secret: &corev1api.Secret{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-secret",
+				},
+				Data: map[string][]byte{
+					"ca-bundle.crt": []byte("test-cacert-from-secret"),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCACert: "test-cacert-from-secret",
+			expectedError:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "BSL with both caCertRef and caCert - caCertRef takes precedence",
+			bslName: "test-bsl",
+			bsl: &velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-bsl",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					Provider: "aws",
+					StorageType: velerov1api.StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &velerov1api.ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACert: []byte("inline-cacert-deprecated"),
+							CACertRef: &corev1api.SecretKeySelector{
+								LocalObjectReference: corev1api.LocalObjectReference{
+									Name: "test-secret",
+								},
+								Key: "ca-bundle.crt",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			secret: &corev1api.Secret{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-secret",
+				},
+				Data: map[string][]byte{
+					"ca-bundle.crt": []byte("cacert-from-secret-takes-precedence"),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCACert: "cacert-from-secret-takes-precedence",
+			expectedError:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "BSL with caCertRef but secret not found",
+			bslName: "test-bsl",
+			bsl: &velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-bsl",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					Provider: "aws",
+					StorageType: velerov1api.StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &velerov1api.ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACertRef: &corev1api.SecretKeySelector{
+								LocalObjectReference: corev1api.LocalObjectReference{
+									Name: "missing-secret",
+								},
+								Key: "ca-bundle.crt",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			secret:         nil,
+			expectedCACert: "",
+			expectedError:  true,
+			errorContains:  "certificate secret missing-secret not found",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "BSL with caCertRef but key not found in secret",
+			bslName: "test-bsl",
+			bsl: &velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-bsl",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					Provider: "aws",
+					StorageType: velerov1api.StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &velerov1api.ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACertRef: &corev1api.SecretKeySelector{
+								LocalObjectReference: corev1api.LocalObjectReference{
+									Name: "test-secret",
+								},
+								Key: "missing-key",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			secret: &corev1api.Secret{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-secret",
+				},
+				Data: map[string][]byte{
+					"ca-bundle.crt": []byte("test-cacert"),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCACert: "",
+			expectedError:  true,
+			errorContains:  "key missing-key not found in secret test-secret",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "BSL with caCertRef but empty key",
+			bslName: "test-bsl",
+			bsl: &velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-bsl",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					Provider: "aws",
+					StorageType: velerov1api.StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &velerov1api.ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACertRef: &corev1api.SecretKeySelector{
+								LocalObjectReference: corev1api.LocalObjectReference{
+									Name: "test-secret",
+								},
+								Key: "",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			secret: &corev1api.Secret{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-secret",
+				},
+				Data: map[string][]byte{
+					"ca-bundle.crt": []byte("test-cacert"),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCACert: "",
+			expectedError:  true,
+			errorContains:  "caCertRef key is empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "BSL with caCertRef containing multi-line PEM certificate",
+			bslName: "test-bsl",
+			bsl: &velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-bsl",
+				},
+				Spec: velerov1api.BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+					Provider: "aws",
+					StorageType: velerov1api.StorageType{
+						ObjectStorage: &velerov1api.ObjectStorageLocation{
+							Bucket: "test-bucket",
+							CACertRef: &corev1api.SecretKeySelector{
+								LocalObjectReference: corev1api.LocalObjectReference{
+									Name: "test-secret",
+								},
+								Key: "ca.pem",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			secret: &corev1api.Secret{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+					Name:      "test-secret",
+				},
+				Data: map[string][]byte{
+					"ca.pem": []byte("-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIDETC...\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n"),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCACert: "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIDETC...\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n",
+			expectedError:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "BSL falls back to inline caCert when caCertRef is nil",
+			bslName: "test-bsl",
+			bsl: builder.ForBackupStorageLocation("test-ns", "test-bsl").
+				Provider("aws").
+				Bucket("test-bucket").
+				CACert([]byte("fallback-inline-cacert")).
+				Result(),
+			secret:         nil,
+			expectedCACert: "fallback-inline-cacert",
+			expectedError:  false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var objs []runtime.Object
+			if tc.bsl != nil {
+				objs = append(objs, tc.bsl)
+			}
+			if tc.secret != nil {
+				objs = append(objs, tc.secret)
+			}
+
+			scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+			_ = velerov1api.AddToScheme(scheme)
+			_ = corev1api.AddToScheme(scheme)
+
+			fakeClient := fake.NewClientBuilder().
+				WithScheme(scheme).
+				WithRuntimeObjects(objs...).
+				Build()
+
+			cacert, err := GetCACertFromBSL(t.Context(), fakeClient, "test-ns", tc.bslName)
+
+			if tc.expectedError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				if tc.errorContains != "" {
+					assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tc.errorContains)
+				}
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedCACert, cacert)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // TestGetCACertFromBackup_ClientError tests error scenarios where client.Get returns non-NotFound errors
 func TestGetCACertFromBackup_ClientError(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {

pkg/cmd/util/output/backup_describer.go

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func DescribeBackup(
 		case velerov1api.BackupPhaseFinalizing, velerov1api.BackupPhaseFinalizingPartiallyFailed:
 		case velerov1api.BackupPhaseInProgress:
 		case velerov1api.BackupPhaseNew:
+		case velerov1api.BackupPhaseQueued, velerov1api.BackupPhaseReadyToStart:
 		}
 
 		logsNote := ""
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ func DescribeBackup(
 		}
 
 		d.Printf("Phase:\t%s%s\n", phaseString, logsNote)
+		if phase == velerov1api.BackupPhaseQueued {
+			d.Printf("Queue position:\t%v\n", backup.Status.QueuePosition)
+		}
 
 		if backup.Spec.ResourcePolicy != nil {
 			d.Println()
@@ -315,8 +319,14 @@ func DescribeBackupSpec(d *Describer, spec velerov1api.BackupSpec) {
 }
 
 // DescribeBackupStatus describes a backup status in human-readable format.
-func DescribeBackupStatus(ctx context.Context, kbClient kbclient.Client, d *Describer, backup *velerov1api.Backup, details bool,
-	insecureSkipTLSVerify bool, caCertPath string, podVolumeBackups []velerov1api.PodVolumeBackup) {
+func DescribeBackupStatus(ctx context.Context,
+	kbClient kbclient.Client,
+	d *Describer,
+	backup *velerov1api.Backup,
+	details bool,
+	insecureSkipTLSVerify bool,
+	caCertPath string,
+	podVolumeBackups []velerov1api.PodVolumeBackup) {
 	status := backup.Status
 
 	// Status.Version has been deprecated, use Status.FormatVersion

pkg/cmd/util/output/backup_printer.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ var (
 		{Name: "Created"},
 		{Name: "Expires"},
 		{Name: "Storage Location"},
+		{Name: "Queue Position"},
 		{Name: "Selector"},
 	}
 )
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ func printBackup(backup *velerov1api.Backup) []metav1.TableRow {
 		backup.Status.StartTimestamp,
 		humanReadableTimeFromNow(expiration),
 		backup.Spec.StorageLocation,
+		queuePosition(backup.Status.QueuePosition),
 		metav1.FormatLabelSelector(backup.Spec.LabelSelector),
 	)
 
@@ -127,3 +130,11 @@ func humanReadableTimeFromNow(when time.Time) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s ago", duration.ShortHumanDuration(now.Sub(when)))
 	}
 }
+
+func queuePosition(pos int) string {
+	if pos == 0 {
+		return ""
+	} else {
+		return strconv.Itoa(pos)
+	}
+}

pkg/constant/constant.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package constant
 
 const (
+	ControllerBackupQueue           = "backup-queue"
 	ControllerBackup                = "backup"
 	ControllerBackupOperations      = "backup-operations"
 	ControllerBackupDeletion        = "backup-deletion"

pkg/controller/backup_controller.go

@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder"
 	kbclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/internal/credentials"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/internal/resourcepolicies"
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ type backupReconciler struct {
 	defaultSnapshotMoveData     bool
 	globalCRClient              kbclient.Client
 	itemBlockWorkerCount        int
-	workerPool                  *pkgbackup.ItemBlockWorkerPool
+	concurrentBackups           int
 }
 
 func NewBackupReconciler(
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ func NewBackupReconciler(
 	maxConcurrentK8SConnections int,
 	defaultSnapshotMoveData bool,
 	itemBlockWorkerCount int,
+	concurrentBackups int,
 	globalCRClient kbclient.Client,
 ) *backupReconciler {
 	b := &backupReconciler{
@@ -159,8 +164,8 @@ func NewBackupReconciler(
 		maxConcurrentK8SConnections: maxConcurrentK8SConnections,
 		defaultSnapshotMoveData:     defaultSnapshotMoveData,
 		itemBlockWorkerCount:        itemBlockWorkerCount,
+		concurrentBackups:           max(concurrentBackups, 1),
 		globalCRClient:              globalCRClient,
-		workerPool:                  pkgbackup.StartItemBlockWorkerPool(ctx, itemBlockWorkerCount, logger),
 	}
 	b.updateTotalBackupMetric()
 	return b
@@ -168,7 +173,24 @@ func NewBackupReconciler(
 
 func (b *backupReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
-		For(&velerov1api.Backup{}).
+		For(&velerov1api.Backup{}, builder.WithPredicates(predicate.Funcs{
+			UpdateFunc: func(ue event.UpdateEvent) bool {
+				backup := ue.ObjectNew.(*velerov1api.Backup)
+				return backup.Status.Phase == velerov1api.BackupPhaseReadyToStart
+			},
+			CreateFunc: func(ce event.CreateEvent) bool {
+				return false
+			},
+			DeleteFunc: func(de event.DeleteEvent) bool {
+				return false
+			},
+			GenericFunc: func(ge event.GenericEvent) bool {
+				return false
+			},
+		})).
+		WithOptions(controller.Options{
+			MaxConcurrentReconciles: b.concurrentBackups,
+		}).
 		Named(constant.ControllerBackup).
 		Complete(b)
 }
@@ -254,8 +276,8 @@ func (b *backupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 	// InProgress, we still need this check so we can return nil to indicate we've finished processing
 	// this key (even though it was a no-op).
 	switch original.Status.Phase {
-	case "", velerov1api.BackupPhaseNew:
-		// only process new backups
+	case velerov1api.BackupPhaseReadyToStart:
+		// only process ReadytToStart backups
 	default:
 		b.logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 			"backup": kubeutil.NamespaceAndName(original),
@@ -265,7 +287,9 @@ func (b *backupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 	}
 
 	log.Debug("Preparing backup request")
-	request := b.prepareBackupRequest(original, log)
+	request := b.prepareBackupRequest(ctx, original, log)
+	// delete worker pool after reconcile
+	defer request.StopWorkerPool()
 	if len(request.Status.ValidationErrors) > 0 {
 		request.Status.Phase = velerov1api.BackupPhaseFailedValidation
 	} else {
@@ -283,6 +307,16 @@ func (b *backupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 
 	backupScheduleName := request.GetLabels()[velerov1api.ScheduleNameLabel]
 
+	b.backupTracker.Add(request.Namespace, request.Name)
+	defer func() {
+		switch request.Status.Phase {
+		case velerov1api.BackupPhaseCompleted, velerov1api.BackupPhasePartiallyFailed, velerov1api.BackupPhaseFailed, velerov1api.BackupPhaseFailedValidation:
+			b.backupTracker.Delete(request.Namespace, request.Name)
+		case velerov1api.BackupPhaseWaitingForPluginOperations, velerov1api.BackupPhaseWaitingForPluginOperationsPartiallyFailed, velerov1api.BackupPhaseFinalizing, velerov1api.BackupPhaseFinalizingPartiallyFailed:
+			b.backupTracker.AddPostProcessing(request.Namespace, request.Name)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	if request.Status.Phase == velerov1api.BackupPhaseFailedValidation {
 		log.Debug("failed to validate backup status")
 		b.metrics.RegisterBackupValidationFailure(backupScheduleName)
@@ -294,14 +328,6 @@ func (b *backupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 	// store ref to just-updated item for creating patch
 	original = request.Backup.DeepCopy()
 
-	b.backupTracker.Add(request.Namespace, request.Name)
-	defer func() {
-		switch request.Status.Phase {
-		case velerov1api.BackupPhaseCompleted, velerov1api.BackupPhasePartiallyFailed, velerov1api.BackupPhaseFailed, velerov1api.BackupPhaseFailedValidation:
-			b.backupTracker.Delete(request.Namespace, request.Name)
-		}
-	}()
-
 	log.Debug("Running backup")
 
 	b.metrics.RegisterBackupAttempt(backupScheduleName)
@@ -347,12 +373,12 @@ func (b *backupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
-func (b *backupReconciler) prepareBackupRequest(backup *velerov1api.Backup, logger logrus.FieldLogger) *pkgbackup.Request {
+func (b *backupReconciler) prepareBackupRequest(ctx context.Context, backup *velerov1api.Backup, logger logrus.FieldLogger) *pkgbackup.Request {
 	request := &pkgbackup.Request{
 		Backup:           backup.DeepCopy(), // don't modify items in the cache
 		SkippedPVTracker: pkgbackup.NewSkipPVTracker(),
 		BackedUpItems:    pkgbackup.NewBackedUpItemsMap(),
-		ItemBlockChannel: b.workerPool.GetInputChannel(),
+		WorkerPool:       pkgbackup.StartItemBlockWorkerPool(ctx, b.itemBlockWorkerCount, logger),
 	}
 	request.VolumesInformation.Init()