Merge pull request #9474 from blackpiglet/add_role_rolebinding_in_restore_sequence

Add Role, RoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ClusterRoleBinding in restore sequence

.github/auto-assignees.yml

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ reviewers:
       - reasonerjt
       - ywk253100
       - blackpiglet
-      - qiuming-best
       - shubham-pampattiwar
       - Lyndon-Li
       - anshulahuja98
+      - kaovilai
 
     tech-writer:
       - sseago

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Fixes #(issue)
 # Please indicate you've done the following:
 
 - [ ] [Accepted the DCO](https://velero.io/docs/v1.5/code-standards/#dco-sign-off). Commits without the DCO will delay acceptance.
-- [ ] [Created a changelog file](https://velero.io/docs/v1.5/code-standards/#adding-a-changelog) or added `/kind changelog-not-required` as a comment on this pull request.
+- [ ] [Created a changelog file (`make new-changelog`)](https://velero.io/docs/main/code-standards/#adding-a-changelog) or comment `/kind changelog-not-required` on this PR.
 - [ ] Updated the corresponding documentation in `site/content/docs/main`.

.github/workflows/crds-verify-kind.yaml

@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-name: "Verify Velero CRDs across k8s versions"
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    # Do not run when the change only includes these directories.
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "site/**"
-      - "design/**"
-
-jobs:
-  # Build the Velero CLI once for all Kubernetes versions, and cache it so the fan-out workers can get it.
-  build-cli:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
-        id: go
-      # Look for a CLI that's made for this PR
-      - name: Fetch built CLI
-        id: cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        env:
-          cache-name: cache-velero-cli
-        with:
-          path: ./_output/bin/linux/amd64/velero
-          # The cache key a combination of the current PR number, and a SHA256 hash of the Velero binary
-          key: velero-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-${{ hashFiles('./_output/bin/linux/amd64/velero') }}
-          # This key controls the prefixes that we'll look at in the cache to restore from
-          restore-keys: |
-            velero-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-
-
-      - name: Fetch cached go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
-
-      - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-
-      # If no binaries were built for this PR, build it now.
-      - name: Build Velero CLI
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          make local
-
-  # Check the common CLI against all Kubernetes versions
-  crd-check:
-    needs: build-cli
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # Latest k8s versions. There's no series-based tag, nor is there a latest tag.
-        k8s:
-          - 1.23.17
-          - 1.24.17
-          - 1.25.16
-          - 1.26.13
-          - 1.27.10
-          - 1.28.6
-          - 1.29.1
-    # All steps run in parallel unless otherwise specified.
-    # See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/managing-complex-workflows#creating-dependent-jobs
-    steps:
-      - name: Fetch built CLI
-        id: cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        env:
-          cache-name: cache-velero-cli
-        with:
-          path: ./_output/bin/linux/amd64/velero
-          # The cache key a combination of the current PR number, and a SHA256 hash of the Velero binary
-          key: velero-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-${{ hashFiles('./_output/bin/linux/amd64/velero') }}
-          # This key controls the prefixes that we'll look at in the cache to restore from
-          restore-keys: |
-            velero-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-
-      - uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
-        with:
-          version: "v0.21.0"
-          image: "kindest/node:v${{ matrix.k8s }}"
-      - name: Install CRDs
-        run: |
-          kubectl cluster-info
-          kubectl get pods -n kube-system
-          kubectl version
-          echo "current-context:" $(kubectl config current-context)
-          echo "environment-kubeconfig:" ${KUBECONFIG}
-          ./_output/bin/linux/amd64/velero install --crds-only --dry-run -oyaml | kubectl apply -f -

.github/workflows/e2e-test-kind.yaml

@@ -6,16 +6,28 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - "site/**"
       - "design/**"
+      - "**/*.md"
 jobs:
+  get-go-version:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/get-go-version.yaml
+    with:
+      ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+
   # Build the Velero CLI and image once for all Kubernetes versions, and cache it so the fan-out workers can get it.
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: get-go-version
+    outputs:
+      minio-dockerfile-sha: ${{ steps.minio-version.outputs.dockerfile_sha }}
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Check out the code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      
+      - name: Set up Go version
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
-        id: go
+          go-version: ${{ needs.get-go-version.outputs.version }}
+
       # Look for a CLI that's made for this PR
       - name: Fetch built CLI
         id: cli-cache
@@ -31,17 +43,6 @@ jobs:
           path: ./velero.tar
           # The cache key a combination of the current PR number and the commit SHA
           key: velero-image-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-${{ github.sha }}
-      - name: Fetch cached go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        if: steps.cli-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
-      - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        if: steps.cli-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || steps.image-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       # If no binaries were built for this PR, build it now.
       - name: Build Velero CLI
         if: steps.cli-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -51,47 +52,91 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Velero Image
         if: steps.image-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
-          IMAGE=velero VERSION=pr-test make container
-          docker save velero:pr-test -o ./velero.tar
+          IMAGE=velero VERSION=pr-test BUILD_OUTPUT_TYPE=docker make container
+          docker save velero:pr-test-linux-amd64 -o ./velero.tar
+      # Check and build MinIO image once for all e2e tests
+      - name: Check Bitnami MinIO Dockerfile version
+        id: minio-version
+        run: |
+          DOCKERFILE_SHA=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/bitnami/containers/commits?path=bitnami/minio/2025/debian-12/Dockerfile\&per_page=1 | jq -r '.[0].sha')
+          echo "dockerfile_sha=${DOCKERFILE_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Cache MinIO Image
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: minio-cache
+        with:
+          path: ./minio-image.tar
+          key: minio-bitnami-${{ steps.minio-version.outputs.dockerfile_sha }}
+      - name: Build MinIO Image from Bitnami Dockerfile
+        if: steps.minio-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "Building MinIO image from Bitnami Dockerfile..."
+          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git /tmp/bitnami-containers
+          cd /tmp/bitnami-containers/bitnami/minio/2025/debian-12
+          docker build -t bitnami/minio:local .
+          docker save bitnami/minio:local > ${{ github.workspace }}/minio-image.tar
+  # Create json of k8s versions to test
+  # from guide: https://stackoverflow.com/a/65094398/4590470
+  setup-test-matrix:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Set k8s versions
+        id: set-matrix
+        # everything excluding older tags. limits needs to be high enough to cover all latest versions
+        # and test labels
+        # grep -E "v[1-9]\.(2[5-9]|[3-9][0-9])" filters for v1.25 to v9.99
+        # and removes older patches of the same minor version
+        # awk -F. '{if(!a[$1"."$2]++)print $1"."$2"."$NF}'
+        run: |
+          echo "matrix={\
+            \"k8s\":$(wget -q -O - "https://hub.docker.com/v2/namespaces/kindest/repositories/node/tags?page_size=50" | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*' | grep -o '[^"]*$' | grep -v -E "alpha|beta" | grep -E "v[1-9]\.(2[5-9]|[3-9][0-9])" | awk -F. '{if(!a[$1"."$2]++)print $1"."$2"."$NF}' | sort -r | sed s/v//g | jq -R -c -s 'split("\n")[:-1]'),\
+            \"labels\":[\
+              \"Basic && (ClusterResource || NodePort || StorageClass)\", \
+              \"ResourceFiltering && !Restic\", \
+              \"ResourceModifier || (Backups && BackupsSync) || PrivilegesMgmt || OrderedResources\", \
+              \"(NamespaceMapping && Single && Restic) || (NamespaceMapping && Multiple && Restic)\"\
+            ]}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
   # Run E2E test against all Kubernetes versions on kind
   run-e2e-test:
-    needs: build
+    needs:
+      - build
+      - setup-test-matrix
+      - get-go-version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
-      matrix:
-        k8s:
-          - 1.23.17
-          - 1.24.17
-          - 1.25.16
-          - 1.26.13
-          - 1.27.10
-          - 1.28.6
-          - 1.29.1
-        focus:
-          # tests to focus on, use `|` to concatenate multiple regexes to run on the same job
-          # ordered according to e2e_suite_test.go order
-          - Basic\]\[ClusterResource
-          - ResourceFiltering
-          - ResourceModifier|Backups|PrivilegesMgmt\]\[SSR
-          - Schedule\]\[OrderedResources
-          - NamespaceMapping\]\[Single\]\[Restic|NamespaceMapping\]\[Multiple\]\[Restic
-          - Basic\]\[Nodeport
-          - Basic\]\[StorageClass
+      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.setup-test-matrix.outputs.matrix)}}
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
-        id: go
       - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install MinIO
-        run:
-          docker run -d --rm -p 9000:9000 -e "MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=minio" -e "MINIO_SECRET_KEY=minio123" -e "MINIO_DEFAULT_BUCKETS=bucket,additional-bucket" bitnami/minio:2021.6.17-debian-10-r7
-      - uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Go version
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          version: "v0.21.0"
+          go-version: ${{ needs.get-go-version.outputs.version }}
+
+      # Fetch the pre-built MinIO image from the build job
+      - name: Fetch built MinIO Image
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: minio-cache
+        with:
+          path: ./minio-image.tar
+          key: minio-bitnami-${{ needs.build.outputs.minio-dockerfile-sha }}
+      - name: Load MinIO Image
+        run: |
+          echo "Loading MinIO image..."
+          docker load < ./minio-image.tar
+      - name: Install MinIO
+        run: |
+          docker run -d --rm -p 9000:9000 -e "MINIO_ROOT_USER=minio" -e "MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minio123" -e "MINIO_DEFAULT_BUCKETS=bucket,additional-bucket" bitnami/minio:local
+      - uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.6.2
+        with:
+          skipClusterLogsExport: true
+          version: "v0.27.0"
           image: "kindest/node:v${{ matrix.k8s }}"
       - name: Fetch built CLI
         id: cli-cache
@@ -108,14 +153,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Load Velero Image
         run:
           kind load image-archive velero.tar
-      # always try to fetch the cached go modules as the e2e test needs it either
-      - name: Fetch cached go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
       - name: Run E2E test
         run: |
           cat << EOF > /tmp/credential
@@ -128,18 +165,27 @@ jobs:
           curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v${{ matrix.k8s }}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
           sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 
-          GOPATH=~/go CLOUD_PROVIDER=kind \
-              OBJECT_STORE_PROVIDER=aws BSL_CONFIG=region=minio,s3ForcePathStyle="true",s3Url=http://$(hostname -i):9000 \
-              CREDS_FILE=/tmp/credential BSL_BUCKET=bucket \
-              ADDITIONAL_OBJECT_STORE_PROVIDER=aws ADDITIONAL_BSL_CONFIG=region=minio,s3ForcePathStyle="true",s3Url=http://$(hostname -i):9000 \
-              ADDITIONAL_CREDS_FILE=/tmp/credential ADDITIONAL_BSL_BUCKET=additional-bucket \
-              GINKGO_FOCUS='${{ matrix.focus }}' VELERO_IMAGE=velero:pr-test \
-              GINKGO_SKIP='SKIP_KIND|pv-backup|Restic|Snapshot|LongTime' \
+          git clone https://github.com/vmware-tanzu-experiments/distributed-data-generator.git -b main /tmp/kibishii
+
+          GOPATH=~/go \
+              CLOUD_PROVIDER=kind \
+              OBJECT_STORE_PROVIDER=aws \
+              BSL_CONFIG=region=minio,s3ForcePathStyle="true",s3Url=http://$(hostname -i):9000 \
+              CREDS_FILE=/tmp/credential \
+              BSL_BUCKET=bucket \
+              ADDITIONAL_OBJECT_STORE_PROVIDER=aws \
+              ADDITIONAL_BSL_CONFIG=region=minio,s3ForcePathStyle="true",s3Url=http://$(hostname -i):9000 \
+              ADDITIONAL_CREDS_FILE=/tmp/credential \
+              ADDITIONAL_BSL_BUCKET=additional-bucket \
+              VELERO_IMAGE=velero:pr-test-linux-amd64 \
+              PLUGINS=velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:latest \
+              GINKGO_LABELS="${{ matrix.labels }}" \
+              KIBISHII_DIRECTORY=/tmp/kibishii/kubernetes/yaml/ \
               make -C test/ run-e2e
         timeout-minutes: 30
       - name: Upload debug bundle
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
-          name: DebugBundle
-          path: /home/runner/work/velero/velero/test/e2e/debug-bundle*
+          name: DebugBundle-k8s-${{ matrix.k8s }}-job-${{ strategy.job-index }}
+          path: /home/runner/work/velero/velero/test/e2e/debug-bundle*

.github/workflows/get-go-version.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: "The target branch's ref"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    outputs:
+      version: 
+        description: "The expected Go version"
+        value: ${{ jobs.extract.outputs.version }}
+
+jobs:
+  extract:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      outputs:
+        version: ${{ steps.pick-version.outputs.version }}
+      steps:
+        - name: Check out the code
+          uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+        - id: pick-version
+          run: |
+            if [ "${{ inputs.ref }}" == "main" ]; then
+              version=$(grep '^go ' go.mod | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d. -f1-2)
+            else
+              goDirectiveVersion=$(grep '^go ' go.mod | awk '{print $2}')
+              toolChainVersion=$(grep '^toolchain ' go.mod | awk '{print $2}')
+              version=$(printf "%s\n%s\n" "$goDirectiveVersion" "$toolChainVersion" | sort -V | tail -n1)
+            fi
+
+            echo "version=$version"
+            echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.github/workflows/nightly-trivy-scan.yml

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ jobs:
         # maintain the versions of Velero those need security scan
         versions: [main]
         # list of images that need scan
-        images: [velero, velero-restore-helper]
+        images: [velero, velero-plugin-for-aws, velero-plugin-for-gcp, velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure]
     permissions:
       security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
         uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master

.github/workflows/pr-changelog-check.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: Check out the code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Changelog check
       if: ${{ !(contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'kind/changelog-not-required') || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Design') || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Website') || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Documentation'))}}

.github/workflows/pr-ci-check.yml

@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 name: Pull Request CI Check
 on: [pull_request]
 jobs:
+  get-go-version:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/get-go-version.yaml
+    with:
+      ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+
   build:
     name: Run CI
+    needs: get-go-version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
-        id: go
       - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Fetch cached go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Go version
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+          go-version: ${{ needs.get-go-version.outputs.version }}      
+
       - name: Make ci
         run: make ci
       - name: Upload test coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           files: coverage.out

.github/workflows/pr-codespell.yml

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: Check out the code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Codespell
       uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
       with:
-        # ignore the config/.../crd.go file as it's generated binary data that is edited elswhere.
+        # ignore the config/.../crd.go file as it's generated binary data that is edited elsewhere.
         skip: .git,*.png,*.jpg,*.woff,*.ttf,*.gif,*.ico,./config/crd/v1beta1/crds/crds.go,./config/crd/v1/crds/crds.go,./config/crd/v2alpha1/crds/crds.go,./go.sum,./LICENSE
-        ignore_words_list: iam,aks,ist,bridget,ue,shouldnot,atleast
+        ignore_words_list: iam,aks,ist,bridget,ue,shouldnot,atleast,notin,sme,optin,sie
         check_filenames: true
         check_hidden: true
 

.github/workflows/pr-containers.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       name: Checkout
 
     - name: Set up QEMU

.github/workflows/pr-goreleaser.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       name: Checkout
 
     - name: Verify .goreleaser.yml and try a dryrun release.

.github/workflows/pr-linter-check.yml

@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 name: Pull Request Linter Check
-on: [pull_request]
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    # Do not run when the change only includes these directories.
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "site/**"
+      - "design/**"
+      - "**/*.md"
 jobs:
+  get-go-version:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/get-go-version.yaml
+    with:
+      ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
 
   build:
     name: Run Linter Check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: get-go-version
     steps:
       - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Go version
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-        id: go
+          go-version: ${{ needs.get-go-version.outputs.version }}
+
       - name: Linter check
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
         with:
-          version: v1.57.2
+          version: v2.5.0
           args: --verbose

.github/workflows/push-builder.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         # The default value is "1" which fetches only a single commit. If we merge PR without squash or rebase,
         # there are at least two commits: the first one is the merge commit and the second one is the real commit

.github/workflows/push.yml

@@ -9,100 +9,55 @@ on:
       - '*'
 
 jobs:
+  get-go-version:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/get-go-version.yaml
+    with:
+      ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: get-go-version
     steps:
+      - name: Check out the code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-    - name: Set up Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version: '1.22'
-      id: go
+      - name: Set up Go version
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ needs.get-go-version.outputs.version }}
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    # Fix issue of setup-gcloud
-    - run: |
-        sudo apt-get install python2.7
-        export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON="/usr/bin/python2"
-
-    - id: 'auth'
-      uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
-      with:
-        credentials_json: '${{ secrets.GCS_SA_KEY }}'
-
-    - name: 'set up GCloud SDK'
-      uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
-
-    - name: 'use gcloud CLI'
-      run: |
-        gcloud info
-
-    - name: Set up QEMU
-      id: qemu
-      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-      with:
-        platforms: all
-
-    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-      id: buildx
-      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      with:
-        version: latest
-
-    - name: Build
-      run: |
-        make local
-        # Clean go cache to ease the build environment storage pressure.
-        go clean -modcache -cache
-
-    - name: Test
-      run: make test
-
-    - name: Upload test coverage
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-      with:
-        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-        files: coverage.out
-        verbose: true
-
-    # Use the JSON key in secret to login gcr.io
-    - uses: 'docker/login-action@v3'
-      with:
-        registry: 'gcr.io' # or REGION.docker.pkg.dev
-        username: '_json_key'
-        password: '${{ secrets.GCR_SA_KEY }}'
-
-    # Only try to publish the container image from the root repo; forks don't have permission to do so and will always get failures.
-    - name: Publish container image
-      if: github.repository == 'vmware-tanzu/velero'
-      run: |
-        sudo swapoff -a
-        sudo rm -f /mnt/swapfile
-        docker system prune -a --force
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        id: qemu
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        with:
+          platforms: all
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        id: buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        with:
+          version: latest
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          make local
+          # Clean go cache to ease the build environment storage pressure.
+          go clean -modcache -cache
+      - name: Test
+        run: make test
+      - name: Upload test coverage
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          files: coverage.out
+          verbose: true
+      # Only try to publish the container image from the root repo; forks don't have permission to do so and will always get failures.
+      - name: Publish container image
+        if: github.repository == 'vmware-tanzu/velero'
+        run: |
+          sudo swapoff -a
+          sudo rm -f /mnt/swapfile
+          docker system prune -a --force
               
-        # Build and push Velero image to docker registry
-        docker login -u ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-        VERSION=$(./hack/docker-push.sh | grep 'VERSION:' | awk -F: '{print $2}' | xargs)
-
-        # Upload Velero image package to GCS
-        source hack/ci/build_util.sh
-        BIN=velero
-        RESTORE_HELPER_BIN=velero-restore-helper
-        GCS_BUCKET=velero-builds
-        VELERO_IMAGE=${BIN}-${VERSION}
-        VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE=${RESTORE_HELPER_BIN}-${VERSION}
-        VELERO_IMAGE_FILE=${VELERO_IMAGE}.tar.gz
-        VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE_FILE=${VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE}.tar.gz
-        VELERO_IMAGE_BACKUP_FILE=${VELERO_IMAGE}-'build.'${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}.tar.gz
-        VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE_BACKUP_FILE=${VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE}-'build.'${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}.tar.gz
-
-        cp ${VELERO_IMAGE_FILE} ${VELERO_IMAGE_BACKUP_FILE}
-        cp ${VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE_FILE} ${VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE_BACKUP_FILE}
-
-        uploader ${VELERO_IMAGE_FILE} ${GCS_BUCKET}
-        uploader ${VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE_FILE} ${GCS_BUCKET}
-        uploader ${VELERO_IMAGE_BACKUP_FILE} ${GCS_BUCKET}
-        uploader ${VELERO_RESTORE_HELPER_IMAGE_BACKUP_FILE} ${GCS_BUCKET}
+          # Build and push Velero image to docker registry
+          docker login -u ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+          ./hack/docker-push.sh

.github/workflows/rebase.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout the latest code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Automatic Rebase

.github/workflows/stale-issues.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9.0.0
+      - 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."
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ jobs:
           days-before-pr-close: -1
           # Only issues made after Feb 09 2021.
           start-date: "2021-09-02T00:00:00"
-          exempt-issue-labels: "Epic,Area/CLI,Area/Cloud/AWS,Area/Cloud/Azure,Area/Cloud/GCP,Area/Cloud/vSphere,Area/CSI,Area/Design,Area/Documentation,Area/Plugins,Bug,Enhancement/User,kind/requirement,kind/refactor,kind/tech-debt,limitation,Needs investigation,Needs triage,Needs Product,P0 - Hair on fire,P1 - Important,P2 - Long-term important,P3 - Wouldn't it be nice if...,Product Requirements,Restic - GA,Restic,release-blocker,Security"
+          exempt-issue-labels: "Epic,Area/CLI,Area/Cloud/AWS,Area/Cloud/Azure,Area/Cloud/GCP,Area/Cloud/vSphere,Area/CSI,Area/Design,Area/Documentation,Area/Plugins,Bug,Enhancement/User,kind/requirement,kind/refactor,kind/tech-debt,limitation,Needs investigation,Needs triage,Needs Product,P0 - Hair on fire,P1 - Important,P2 - Long-term important,P3 - Wouldn't it be nice if...,Product Requirements,Restic - GA,Restic,release-blocker,Security,backlog"

.gitignore

@@ -53,4 +53,13 @@ tilt-resources/cloud
 # test generated files
 test/e2e/report.xml
 coverage.out
-__debug_bin*
+__debug_bin*
+debug.test*
+
+# make lint cache
+.cache/
+
+# Go telemetry directory created when container sets HOME to working directory
+# This happens because Makefile uses 'docker run -w /github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero'
+# and Go's os.UserConfigDir() falls back to $HOME/.config when XDG_CONFIG_HOME is unset
+.config/

.golangci.yaml

@@ -6,17 +6,12 @@ run:
   # default concurrency is a available CPU number
   concurrency: 4
 
-  # timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m, default is 1m
+  # timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m, default is 0
   timeout: 20m
 
   # exit code when at least one issue was found, default is 1
   issues-exit-code: 1
 
-
-  # default is true. Enables skipping of directories:
-  #   vendor$, third_party$, testdata$, examples$, Godeps$, builtin$
-  skip-dirs-use-default: true
-
   # by default isn't set. If set we pass it to "go list -mod={option}". From "go help modules":
   # If invoked with -mod=readonly, the go command is disallowed from the implicit
   # automatic updating of go.mod described above. Instead, it fails when any changes
@@ -32,378 +27,403 @@ run:
   # If false (default) - golangci-lint acquires file lock on start.
   allow-parallel-runners: false
 
-
 # output configuration options
 output:
-  # colored-line-number|line-number|json|tab|checkstyle|code-climate, default is "colored-line-number"
   formats:
-    - format: colored-line-number
+    text:
       path: stdout
 
-  # print lines of code with issue, default is true
-  print-issued-lines: true
+      # print lines of code with issue, default is true
+      print-issued-lines: true
 
-  # print linter name in the end of issue text, default is true
-  print-linter-name: true
+      # print linter name in the end of issue text, default is true
+      print-linter-name: true
 
-  # make issues output unique by line, default is true
-  uniq-by-line: true
-
-
-# all available settings of specific linters
-linters-settings:
-  dogsled:
-    # checks assignments with too many blank identifiers; default is 2
-    max-blank-identifiers: 2
-  dupl:
-    # tokens count to trigger issue, 150 by default
-    threshold: 100
-  errcheck:
-    # report about not checking of errors in type assertions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
-    # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
-    check-type-assertions: false
-
-    # report about assignment of errors to blank identifier: `num, _ := strconv.Atoi(numStr)`;
-    # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
-    check-blank: false
-
-    # [deprecated] comma-separated list of pairs of the form pkg:regex
-    # the regex is used to ignore names within pkg. (default "fmt:.*").
-    # see https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck#the-deprecated-method for details
-    # ignore: fmt:.*,io/ioutil:^Read.*
-
-    # path to a file containing a list of functions to exclude from checking
-    # see https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck#excluding-functions for details
-    # exclude: /path/to/file.txt
-  exhaustive:
-    # indicates that switch statements are to be considered exhaustive if a
-    # 'default' case is present, even if all enum members aren't listed in the
-    # switch
-    default-signifies-exhaustive: false
-  funlen:
-    lines: 60
-    statements: 40
-  gocognit:
-    # minimal code complexity to report, 30 by default (but we recommend 10-20)
-    min-complexity: 10
-  nestif:
-    # minimal complexity of if statements to report, 5 by default
-    min-complexity: 4
-  goconst:
-    # minimal length of string constant, 3 by default
-    min-len: 3
-    # minimal occurrences count to trigger, 3 by default
-    min-occurrences: 5
-  gocritic:
-    # Which checks should be enabled; can't be combined with 'disabled-checks';
-    # See https://go-critic.github.io/overview#checks-overview
-    # To check which checks are enabled run `GL_DEBUG=gocritic golangci-lint run`
-    # By default list of stable checks is used.
-    # enabled-checks:
-    #  - rangeValCopy
-
-    # Which checks should be disabled; can't be combined with 'enabled-checks'; default is empty
-    # disabled-checks:
-    #  - regexpMust
-
-    # Enable multiple checks by tags, run `GL_DEBUG=gocritic golangci-lint run` to see all tags and checks.
-    # Empty list by default. See https://github.com/go-critic/go-critic#usage -> section "Tags".
-    # enabled-tags:
-    #  - performance
-    # disabled-tags:
-    #  - experimental
-
-    settings: # settings passed to gocritic
-      captLocal: # must be valid enabled check name
-        paramsOnly: true
-    #  rangeValCopy:
-    #    sizeThreshold: 32
-  gocyclo:
-    # minimal code complexity to report, 30 by default (but we recommend 10-20)
-    min-complexity: 10
-  godot:
-    # check all top-level comments, not only declarations
-    check-all: false
-  godox:
-    # report any comments starting with keywords, this is useful for TODO or FIXME comments that
-    # might be left in the code accidentally and should be resolved before merging
-    keywords: # default keywords are TODO, BUG, and FIXME, these can be overwritten by this setting
-      - NOTE
-      - OPTIMIZE # marks code that should be optimized before merging
-      - HACK # marks hack-arounds that should be removed before merging
-  gofmt:
-    # simplify code: gofmt with `-s` option, true by default
-    simplify: true
-  goimports:
-    # put imports beginning with prefix after 3rd-party packages;
-    # it's a comma-separated list of prefixes
-    local-prefixes: github.com/org/project
-  golint:
-    # minimal confidence for issues, default is 0.8
-    min-confidence: 0.8
-  gomnd:
-    # the list of enabled checks, see https://github.com/tommy-muehle/go-mnd/#checks for description.
-    checks: argument,case,condition,operation,return,assign
-  gomodguard:
-    allowed:
-      modules:                                                        # List of allowed modules
-        # - gopkg.in/yaml.v2
-      domains:                                                        # List of allowed module domains
-        # - golang.org
-    blocked:
-      modules:                                                        # List of blocked modules
-        # - github.com/uudashr/go-module:                             # Blocked module
-        #     recommendations:                                        # Recommended modules that should be used instead (Optional)
-        #       - golang.org/x/mod
-        #     reason: "`mod` is the official go.mod parser library."  # Reason why the recommended module should be used (Optional)
-      versions:                                                       # List of blocked module version constraints
-        # - github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir:                          # Blocked module with version constraint
-        #     version: "< 1.1.0"                                      # Version constraint, see https://github.com/Masterminds/semver#basic-comparisons
-        #     reason: "testing if blocked version constraint works."  # Reason why the version constraint exists. (Optional)
-  govet:
-    # report about shadowed variables
-    # check-shadowing: true
-
-    # settings per analyzer
-    settings:
-      printf: # analyzer name, run `go tool vet help` to see all analyzers
-        funcs: # run `go tool vet help printf` to see available settings for `printf` analyzer
-          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Infof
-          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Warnf
-          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Errorf
-          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Fatalf
-
-    # enable or disable analyzers by name
-    enable:
-      - atomicalign
-    enable-all: false
-    disable:
-      - shadow
-    disable-all: false
-  depguard:
-    list-type: blacklist # Velero.io word list : ignore
-    include-go-root: false
-    packages:
-      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus
-    packages-with-error-message:
-      # specify an error message to output when a denylisted package is used
-      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus: "logging is allowed only by logutils.Log"
-  lll:
-    # max line length, lines longer will be reported. Default is 120.
-    # '\t' is counted as 1 character by default, and can be changed with the tab-width option
-    line-length: 120
-    # tab width in spaces. Default to 1.
-    tab-width: 1
-  maligned:
-    # print struct with more effective memory layout or not, false by default
-    suggest-new: true
-  misspell:
-    # Correct spellings using locale preferences for US or UK.
-    # Default is to use a neutral variety of English.
-    # Setting locale to US will correct the British spelling of 'colour' to 'color'.
-    locale: US
-    ignore-words:
-      - someword
-  nakedret:
-    # make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting and it has naked returns; default is 30
-    max-func-lines: 30
-  prealloc:
-    # XXX: we don't recommend using this linter before doing performance profiling.
-    # For most programs usage of prealloc will be a premature optimization.
-
-    # Report preallocation suggestions only on simple loops that have no returns/breaks/continues/gotos in them.
-    # True by default.
-    simple: true
-    range-loops: true # Report preallocation suggestions on range loops, true by default
-    for-loops: false # Report preallocation suggestions on for loops, false by default
-  nolintlint:
-    # Enable to ensure that nolint directives are all used. Default is true.
-    allow-unused: false
-    # Disable to ensure that nolint directives don't have a leading space. Default is true.
-    allow-leading-space: true
-    # Exclude following linters from requiring an explanation.  Default is [].
-    allow-no-explanation: []
-    # Enable to require an explanation of nonzero length after each nolint directive. Default is false.
-    require-explanation: true
-    # Enable to require nolint directives to mention the specific linter being suppressed. Default is false.
-    require-specific: true
-  revive:
-    rules:
-      - name: unexported-return
-        disabled: true
-    
-  rowserrcheck:
-    packages:
-      - github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
-  testifylint:
-      # TODO: enable them all
-      disable:
-        - bool-compare
-        - compares
-        - error-is-as
-        - error-nil
-        - expected-actual
-        - go-require
-        - float-compare
-        - require-error
-        - suite-dont-use-pkg
-        - suite-extra-assert-call
-        - suite-thelper
-      enable:
-        - empty
-        - len
-        - nil-compare
-  testpackage:
-    # regexp pattern to skip files
-    skip-regexp: (export|internal)_test\.go
-  unparam:
-    # Inspect exported functions, default is false. Set to true if no external program/library imports your code.
-    # XXX: if you enable this setting, unparam will report a lot of false-positives in text editors:
-    # if it's called for subdir of a project it can't find external interfaces. All text editor integrations
-    # with golangci-lint call it on a directory with the changed file.
-    check-exported: false
-  unused:
-    # treat code as a program (not a library) and report unused exported identifiers; default is false.
-    # XXX: if you enable this setting, unused will report a lot of false-positives in text editors:
-    # if it's called for subdir of a project it can't find funcs usages. All text editor integrations
-    # with golangci-lint call it on a directory with the changed file.
-    check-exported: false
-  whitespace:
-    multi-if: false   # Enforces newlines (or comments) after every multi-line if statement
-    multi-func: false # Enforces newlines (or comments) after every multi-line function signature
-  wsl:
-    # If true append is only allowed to be cuddled if appending value is
-    # matching variables, fields or types on line above. Default is true.
-    strict-append: true
-    # Allow calls and assignments to be cuddled as long as the lines have any
-    # matching variables, fields or types. Default is true.
-    allow-assign-and-call: true
-    # Allow multiline assignments to be cuddled. Default is true.
-    allow-multiline-assign: true
-    # Allow declarations (var) to be cuddled.
-    allow-cuddle-declarations: false
-    # Allow trailing comments in ending of blocks
-    allow-trailing-comment: false
-    # Force newlines in end of case at this limit (0 = never).
-    force-case-trailing-whitespace: 0
-    # Force cuddling of err checks with err var assignment
-    force-err-cuddling: false
-    # Allow leading comments to be separated with empty liens
-    allow-separated-leading-comment: false
+  # Show statistics per linter.      
+  show-stats: false
 
 linters:
-  disable-all: true
+  # all available settings of specific linters
+  settings:
+    depguard:
+      rules:
+        main:
+          deny:
+            # specify an error message to output when a denylisted package is used
+            - pkg: github.com/sirupsen/logrus
+              desc: "logging is allowed only by logutils.Log"
+
+    dogsled:
+      # checks assignments with too many blank identifiers; default is 2
+      max-blank-identifiers: 2
+
+    dupl:
+      # tokens count to trigger issue, 150 by default
+      threshold: 100
+
+    errcheck:
+      # report about not checking of errors in type assertions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
+      # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
+      check-type-assertions: false
+
+      # report about assignment of errors to blank identifier: `num, _ := strconv.Atoi(numStr)`;
+      # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
+      check-blank: false
+
+
+    exhaustive:
+      # indicates that switch statements are to be considered exhaustive if a
+      # 'default' case is present, even if all enum members aren't listed in the
+      # switch
+      default-signifies-exhaustive: false
+
+    funlen:
+      lines: 60
+      statements: 40
+
+    gocognit:
+      # minimal code complexity to report, 30 by default (but we recommend 10-20)
+      min-complexity: 10
+
+    nestif:
+      # minimal complexity of if statements to report, 5 by default
+      min-complexity: 4
+
+    goconst:
+      # minimal length of string constant, 3 by default
+      min-len: 3
+      # minimal occurrences count to trigger, 3 by default
+      min-occurrences: 5
+
+    gocritic:
+      # Which checks should be enabled; can't be combined with 'disabled-checks';
+      # See https://go-critic.github.io/overview#checks-overview
+      # To check which checks are enabled run `GL_DEBUG=gocritic golangci-lint run`
+      # By default list of stable checks is used.
+      settings: # settings passed to gocritic
+        captLocal: # must be valid enabled check name
+          paramsOnly: true
+
+    gocyclo:
+      # minimal code complexity to report, 30 by default (but we recommend 10-20)
+      min-complexity: 10
+
+    godot:
+      # check all top-level comments, not only declarations
+      check-all: false
+
+    godox:
+      # report any comments starting with keywords, this is useful for TODO or FIXME comments that
+      # might be left in the code accidentally and should be resolved before merging
+      keywords: # default keywords are TODO, BUG, and FIXME, these can be overwritten by this setting
+        - NOTE
+        - OPTIMIZE # marks code that should be optimized before merging
+        - HACK # marks hack-arounds that should be removed before merging
+
+    gosec:
+      excludes:
+        - G115
+
+    govet:
+      # enable or disable analyzers by name
+      enable:
+        - atomicalign
+      enable-all: false
+      disable:
+        - shadow
+      disable-all: false
+  
+    importas:
+       alias:
+        - alias: appsv1api
+          pkg: k8s.io/api/apps/v1
+        - alias: corev1api
+          pkg: k8s.io/api/core/v1
+        - alias: rbacv1
+          pkg: k8s.io/api/rbac/v1
+        - alias: apierrors
+          pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors
+        - alias: apiextv1
+          pkg: k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1
+        - alias: metav1
+          pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1
+        - alias: storagev1api
+          pkg: k8s.io/api/storage/v1
+        - alias: batchv1api
+          pkg: k8s.io/api/batch/v1
+
+    lll:
+    # max line length, lines longer will be reported. Default is 120.
+    # '\t' is counted as 1 character by default, and can be changed with the tab-width option
+      line-length: 120
+      # tab width in spaces. Default to 1.
+      tab-width: 1
+
+    misspell:
+      # Correct spellings using locale preferences for US or UK.
+      # Default is to use a neutral variety of English.
+      # Setting locale to US will correct the British spelling of 'colour' to 'color'.
+      locale: US
+      ignore-rules:
+        - someword
+
+    nakedret:
+      # make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting and it has naked returns; default is 30
+      max-func-lines: 30
+
+    prealloc:
+      # XXX: we don't recommend using this linter before doing performance profiling.
+      # For most programs usage of prealloc will be a premature optimization.
+
+      # Report preallocation suggestions only on simple loops that have no returns/breaks/continues/gotos in them.
+      # True by default.
+      simple: true
+      range-loops: true # Report preallocation suggestions on range loops, true by default
+      for-loops: false # Report preallocation suggestions on for loops, false by default
+
+    nolintlint:
+      # Enable to ensure that nolint directives are all used. Default is true.
+      allow-unused: false
+      # Exclude following linters from requiring an explanation.  Default is [].
+      allow-no-explanation: []
+      # Enable to require an explanation of nonzero length after each nolint directive. Default is false.
+      require-explanation: true
+      # Enable to require nolint directives to mention the specific linter being suppressed. Default is false.
+      require-specific: true
+
+    perfsprint:
+      strconcat: false
+      sprintf1: false
+      errorf: false
+      int-conversion: true
+
+    revive:
+      rules:
+        - name: blank-imports
+          disabled: true
+        - name: context-as-argument
+          disabled: true
+        - name: context-keys-type
+        - name: dot-imports
+          disabled: true
+        - name: early-return
+          disabled: true
+          arguments:
+            - "preserveScope"
+        - name: empty-block
+          disabled: true
+        - name: error-naming
+          disabled: true
+        - name: error-return
+          disabled: true
+        - name: error-strings
+          disabled: true
+        - name: errorf
+          disabled: true
+        - name: increment-decrement
+        - name: indent-error-flow
+          disabled: true
+        - name: range
+        - name: receiver-naming
+          disabled: true
+        - name: redefines-builtin-id
+          disabled: true
+        - name: superfluous-else
+          disabled: true
+          arguments:
+            - "preserveScope"
+        - name: time-naming
+        - name: unexported-return
+          disabled: true
+        - name: unnecessary-stmt
+        - name: unreachable-code
+        - name: unused-parameter
+          disabled: true
+        - name: use-any
+        - name: var-declaration
+        - name: var-naming
+          disabled: true
+
+    rowserrcheck:
+      packages:
+        - github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
+
+    staticcheck:
+      checks:
+        - all
+        - -QF1001 # FIXME
+        - -QF1003 # FIXME
+        - -QF1004 # FIXME
+        - -QF1007 # FIXME
+        - -QF1008 # FIXME
+        - -QF1009 # FIXME
+        - -QF1012 # FIXME
+
+    testifylint:
+      # TODO: enable them all
+      disable:
+        - float-compare
+        - go-require
+      enable-all: true
+
+    testpackage:
+      # regexp pattern to skip files
+      skip-regexp: (export|internal)_test\.go
+    unparam:
+      # Inspect exported functions, default is false. Set to true if no external program/library imports your code.
+      # XXX: if you enable this setting, unparam will report a lot of false-positives in text editors:
+      # if it's called for subdir of a project it can't find external interfaces. All text editor integrations
+      # with golangci-lint call it on a directory with the changed file.
+      check-exported: false
+
+    usetesting:
+      os-setenv: false
+
+    whitespace:
+      multi-if: false # Enforces newlines (or comments) after every multi-line if statement
+      multi-func: false # Enforces newlines (or comments) after every multi-line function signature
+
+    wsl:
+      # If true append is only allowed to be cuddled if appending value is
+      # matching variables, fields or types on line above. Default is true.
+      strict-append: true
+      # Allow calls and assignments to be cuddled as long as the lines have any
+      # matching variables, fields or types. Default is true.
+      allow-assign-and-call: true
+      # Allow multiline assignments to be cuddled. Default is true.
+      allow-multiline-assign: true
+      # Allow declarations (var) to be cuddled.
+      allow-cuddle-declarations: false
+      # Allow trailing comments in ending of blocks
+      allow-trailing-comment: false
+      # Force newlines in end of case at this limit (0 = never).
+      force-case-trailing-whitespace: 0
+      # Force cuddling of err checks with err var assignment
+      force-err-cuddling: false
+      # Allow leading comments to be separated with empty lines
+      allow-separated-leading-comment: false
+
+  default: none
   enable:
     - asasalint
     - asciicheck
     - bidichk
     - bodyclose
+    - copyloopvar
     - dogsled
-    - durationcheck
     - dupword
+    - durationcheck
     - errcheck
-    - exportloopref
     - errchkjson
+    - exptostd
+    - ginkgolinter
     - goconst
-    - gofmt
     - goheader
-    - goimports
     - goprintffuncname
     - gosec
-    - gosimple
     - govet
-    - ginkgolinter
     - importas
     - ineffassign
     - misspell
     - nakedret
-    - nosprintfhostport
     - nilerr
     - noctx
     - nolintlint
+    - nosprintfhostport
+    - perfsprint
     - revive
     - staticcheck
-    - stylecheck
     - testifylint
-    - typecheck
+    - thelper
     - unconvert
     - unparam
     - unused
     - usestdlibvars
+    - usetesting
     - whitespace
-  fast: false
 
+  exclusions:
+    # which dirs to skip: issues from them won't be reported;
+    # can use regexp here: generated.*, regexp is applied on full path;
+    # default value is empty list, but default dirs are skipped independently
+    # from this option's value (see skip-dirs-use-default).
+    # "/" will be replaced by current OS file path separator to properly work
+    # on Windows.
+    paths:
+      - pkg/plugin/generated/*
+      - third_party
+
+    rules:
+      - linters:
+          - staticcheck
+        text: "DefaultVolumesToRestic" # No need to report deprecate for DefaultVolumesToRestic.
+      - path: ".*_test.go$"
+        linters:
+          - errcheck
+          - goconst
+          - gosec
+          - govet
+          - staticcheck
+          - unparam
+          - unused
+      - path: test/
+        linters:
+          - errcheck
+          - goconst
+          - gosec
+          - nilerr
+          - staticcheck
+          - unparam
+          - unused
+      - path: ".*data_upload_controller_test.go$"
+        linters:
+          - dupword
+        text: "type"
+      - path: ".*config_test.go$"
+        linters:
+          - dupword
+        text: "bucket"
+
+    generated: lax
+    presets:
+      - comments
+      - common-false-positives
+      - legacy
+      - std-error-handling
 
 issues:
-  exclude-rules:
-    - linters:
-        - staticcheck
-      text: "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto" # grpc-go still uses github.com/golang/protobuf/proto.
-    - linters:
-        - staticcheck
-      text: "DefaultVolumesToRestic" # No need to report deprecate for DefaultVolumesToRestic.
-    - path: ".*_test.go$"
-      linters:
-        - dupword
-        - errcheck
-        - goconst
-        - gosec
-        - govet
-        - staticcheck
-        - stylecheck
-        - unconvert
-        - unparam
-        - unused
-    - path: test/
-      linters:
-        - dupword
-        - errcheck
-        - goconst
-        - gosec
-        - gosimple
-        - nilerr
-        - staticcheck
-        - stylecheck
-        - unconvert
-        - unparam
-        - unused
-
-  # The list of ids of default excludes to include or disable. By default it's empty.
-  include:
-    - EXC0002 # disable excluding of issues about comments from golint
-
   # Maximum issues count per one linter. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 50.
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
 
   # Maximum count of issues with the same text. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 3.
   max-same-issues: 0
 
-  # Show only new issues created after git revision `REV`
-  # new-from-rev: origin/main
+  # make issues output unique by line, default is true
+  uniq-by-line: true
 
-  # which dirs to skip: issues from them won't be reported;
-  # can use regexp here: generated.*, regexp is applied on full path;
-  # default value is empty list, but default dirs are skipped independently
-  # from this option's value (see skip-dirs-use-default).
-  # "/" will be replaced by current OS file path separator to properly work
-  # on Windows.
-  exclude-dirs:
-    - pkg/plugin/generated/*
+# This file contains all available configuration options
+# with their default values.
+formatters:
+  enable:
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
+
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    paths:
+      - pkg/plugin/generated/*
+      - third_party
+
+  settings:
+    gofmt:
+      # simplify code: gofmt with `-s` option, true by default
+      simplify: true
+    goimports:
+      local-prefixes:
+        - github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
 
 severity:
-  # Default value is empty string.
-  # Set the default severity for issues. If severity rules are defined and the issues 
-  # do not match or no severity is provided to the rule this will be the default 
-  # severity applied. Severities should match the supported severity names of the 
-  # selected out format.
-  # - Code climate: https://docs.codeclimate.com/docs/issues#issue-severity
-  # -   Checkstyle: https://checkstyle.sourceforge.io/property_types.html#severity
-  # -       Github: https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-an-error-message
-  default-severity: error
-
-  # The default value is false. 
-  # If set to true severity-rules regular expressions become case sensitive.
-  case-sensitive: false
+  default: error
 
   # Default value is empty list.
   # When a list of severity rules are provided, severity information will be added to lint
@@ -412,5 +432,7 @@ severity:
   # Only affects out formats that support setting severity information.
   rules:
     - linters:
-      - dupl
+        - dupl
       severity: info
+
+version: "2"

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -26,18 +26,23 @@ builds:
       - arm
       - arm64
       - ppc64le
+      - s390x
     ignore:
       # don't build arm for darwin and arm/arm64 for windows
       - goos: darwin
         goarch: arm
       - goos: darwin
         goarch: ppc64le
+      - goos: darwin
+        goarch: s390x
       - goos: windows
         goarch: arm
       - goos: windows
         goarch: arm64
       - goos: windows
         goarch: ppc64le
+      - goos: windows
+        goarch: s390x
     ldflags:
       - -X "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/buildinfo.Version={{ .Tag }}" -X "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/buildinfo.GitSHA={{ .FullCommit }}" -X "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/buildinfo.GitTreeState={{ .Env.GIT_TREE_STATE }}" -X "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/buildinfo.ImageRegistry={{ .Env.REGISTRY }}"
 archives:
@@ -46,9 +51,6 @@ archives:
     files:
       - LICENSE
       - examples/**/*
-    # Add the setting to resolve the DEPRECATED warning. Actually, Velero's case is not affected by the rlcp behavior change.
-    # https://github.com/orgs/goreleaser/discussions/3659#discussioncomment-4587257
-    rlcp: true 
 checksum:
   name_template: 'CHECKSUM'
 release:
@@ -63,4 +65,4 @@ git:
   # tags if there are more than one tag in the same commit.
   #
   # Default: `-version:refname`
-  tag_sort: -version:creatordate
+  tag_sort: -version:creatordate

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ## Current release:
-  * [CHANGELOG-1.14.md][24]
+  * [CHANGELOG-1.15.md][25]
 
 ## Older releases:
+  * [CHANGELOG-1.14.md][24]
   * [CHANGELOG-1.13.md][23]
   * [CHANGELOG-1.12.md][22]
   * [CHANGELOG-1.11.md][21]
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
   * [CHANGELOG-0.3.md][1]
 
 
+[25]: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.15.md
 [24]: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.14.md
 [23]: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.13.md
 [22]: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.12.md

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in the Velero project and our
 community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
 size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender
-identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,
+identity and expression, level of experience, education, socioeconomic status,
 nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity
 and orientation.
 

Dockerfile

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Velero binary build section
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.22-bookworm as velero-builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25-bookworm AS velero-builder
 
 ARG GOPROXY
 ARG BIN
@@ -42,13 +42,16 @@ RUN mkdir -p /output/usr/bin && \
     export GOARM=$( echo "${GOARM}" | cut -c2-) && \
     go build -o /output/${BIN} \
     -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${PKG}/cmd/${BIN} && \
+    go build -o /output/velero-restore-helper \
+    -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${PKG}/cmd/velero-restore-helper && \
     go build -o /output/velero-helper \
     -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${PKG}/cmd/velero-helper && \
     go clean -modcache -cache
 
 # Restic binary build section
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.22-bookworm as restic-builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25-bookworm AS restic-builder
 
+ARG GOPROXY
 ARG BIN
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH

Dockerfile-Windows

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# 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.
+
+ARG OS_VERSION=1809
+
+# Velero binary build section
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25-bookworm AS velero-builder
+
+ARG GOPROXY
+ARG BIN
+ARG PKG
+ARG VERSION
+ARG REGISTRY
+ARG GIT_SHA
+ARG GIT_TREE_STATE
+ARG TARGETOS
+ARG TARGETARCH
+ARG TARGETVARIANT
+
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=0 \
+    GO111MODULE=on \
+    GOPROXY=${GOPROXY} \
+    GOOS=${TARGETOS} \
+    GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
+    GOARM=${TARGETVARIANT} \
+    LDFLAGS="-X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.Version=${VERSION} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.GitSHA=${GIT_SHA} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.GitTreeState=${GIT_TREE_STATE} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.ImageRegistry=${REGISTRY}"
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
+
+COPY . /go/src/github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
+
+RUN mkdir -p /output/usr/bin && \
+    export GOARM=$( echo "${GOARM}" | cut -c2-) && \
+    go build -o /output/${BIN}.exe \
+    -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${PKG}/cmd/${BIN} && \
+    go build -o /output/velero-restore-helper.exe \
+    -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${PKG}/cmd/velero-restore-helper && \    
+    go build -o /output/velero-helper.exe \
+    -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${PKG}/cmd/velero-helper && \
+    go clean -modcache -cache
+
+# Velero image packing section
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:${OS_VERSION}
+COPY --from=velero-builder /output /
+
+USER ContainerUser

GOVERNANCE.md

@@ -107,6 +107,29 @@ Lazy consensus does _not_ apply to the process of:
 
 * Removal of maintainers from Velero
 
+## Deprecation Policy
+
+### Deprecation Process
+
+Any contributor may introduce a request to deprecate a feature or an option of a feature by opening a feature request issue in the vmware-tanzu/velero GitHub project. The issue should describe why the feature is no longer needed or has become detrimental to Velero, as well as whether and how it has been superseded. The submitter should give as much detail as possible.
+
+Once the issue is filed, a one-month discussion period begins. Discussions take place within the issue itself as well as in the community meetings. The person who opens the issue, or a maintainer, should add the date and time marking the end of the discussion period in a comment on the issue as soon as possible after it is opened. A decision on the issue needs to be made within this one-month period.
+
+The feature will be deprecated by a supermajority vote of 50% plus one of the project maintainers at the time of the vote tallying, which is 72 hours after the end of the community meeting that is the end of the comment period. (Maintainers are permitted to vote in advance of the deadline, but should hold their votes until as close as possible to hear all possible discussion.) Votes will be tallied in comments on the issue. 
+
+Non-maintainers may add non-binding votes in comments to the issue as well; these are opinions to be taken into consideration by maintainers, but they do not count as votes. 
+
+If the vote passes, the deprecation window takes effect in the subsequent release, and the removal follows the schedule. 
+
+### Schedule
+If depreciation proposal passes by supermajority votes, the feature is deprecated in the next minor release and the feature can be removed completely after two minor version or equivalent major version e.g., if feature gets deprecated in Nth minor version, then feature can be removed after N+2 minor version or its equivalent if the major version number changes.
+
+### Deprecation Window
+
+The deprecation window is the period from the release in which the deprecation takes effect through the release in which the feature is removed. During this period, only critical security vulnerabilities and catastrophic bugs should be fixed.
+
+**Note:** If a backup relies on a deprecated feature, then backups made with the last Velero release before this feature is removed must still be restorable in version `n+2`. For instance, something like restic feature support, that might mean that restic is removed from the list of supported uploader types in version `n` but the underlying implementation required to restore from a restic backup won't be removed until release `n+2`.
+
 ## Updating Governance
 
 All substantive changes in Governance require a supermajority agreement by all maintainers.

MAINTAINERS.md

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 | 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/)         |
-| Ming Qiu            | [qiuming-best](https://github.com/qiuming-best)               | [VMware](https://www.github.com/vmware/)         |
 | 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/)         |
 | 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)        |
 
 ## Emeritus Maintainers
 * Adnan Abdulhussein ([prydonius](https://github.com/prydonius))
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 * Bridget McErlean ([zubron](https://github.com/zubron))
 * 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                                         |

Makefile

@@ -22,15 +22,26 @@ PKG := github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
 
 # Where to push the docker image.
 REGISTRY ?= velero
-GCR_REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/velero-gcp
+# In order to push images to an insecure registry, follow the two steps:
+#   1. Set "INSECURE_REGISTRY=true" 
+#   2. Provide your own buildx builder instance by setting "BUILDX_INSTANCE=your-own-builder-instance"
+#      The builder can be created with the following command:
+#        cat << EOF > buildkitd.toml
+#        [registry."insecure-registry-ip:port"]
+#        http = true
+#        insecure = true
+#        EOF
+#        docker buildx create --name=velero-builder --driver=docker-container --bootstrap --use --config ./buildkitd.toml
+#      Refer to https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues/1370#issuecomment-1288516840 for more details
+INSECURE_REGISTRY ?= false
 
 # Image name
 IMAGE ?= $(REGISTRY)/$(BIN)
-GCR_IMAGE ?= $(GCR_REGISTRY)/$(BIN)
 
 # We allow the Dockerfile to be configurable to enable the use of custom Dockerfiles
 # that pull base images from different registries.
 VELERO_DOCKERFILE ?= Dockerfile
+VELERO_DOCKERFILE_WINDOWS ?= Dockerfile-Windows
 BUILDER_IMAGE_DOCKERFILE ?= hack/build-image/Dockerfile
 
 # Calculate the realpath of the build-image Dockerfile as we `cd` into the hack/build
@@ -54,7 +65,7 @@ endif
 BUILDER_IMAGE := $(REGISTRY)/build-image:$(BUILDER_IMAGE_TAG)
 BUILDER_IMAGE_CACHED := $(shell docker images -q ${BUILDER_IMAGE} 2>/dev/null )
 
-HUGO_IMAGE := hugo-builder
+HUGO_IMAGE := ghcr.io/gohugoio/hugo
 
 # Which architecture to build - see $(ALL_ARCH) for options.
 # if the 'local' rule is being run, detect the ARCH from 'go env'
@@ -68,23 +79,21 @@ TAG_LATEST ?= false
 
 ifeq ($(TAG_LATEST), true)
 	IMAGE_TAGS ?= $(IMAGE):$(VERSION) $(IMAGE):latest
-	GCR_IMAGE_TAGS ?= $(GCR_IMAGE):$(VERSION) $(GCR_IMAGE):latest
 else
 	IMAGE_TAGS ?= $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)
-	GCR_IMAGE_TAGS ?= $(GCR_IMAGE):$(VERSION)
 endif
 
-# check buildx is enabled
+# check buildx is enabled only if docker is in path
 # macOS/Windows docker cli without Docker Desktop license: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
 # To add buildx to docker cli: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/discussions/273#discussioncomment-2684502
-ifeq ($(shell docker buildx inspect 2>/dev/null | awk '/Status/ { print $$2 }'), running)
+ifeq ($(shell which docker 2>/dev/null 1>&2 && docker buildx inspect 2>/dev/null | awk '/Status/ { print $$2 }'), running)
 	BUILDX_ENABLED ?= true
 # if emulated docker cli from podman, assume enabled
 # emulated docker cli from podman: https://podman-desktop.io/docs/migrating-from-docker/emulating-docker-cli-with-podman
 # podman known issues:
 # - on remote podman, such as on macOS,
 #   --output issue: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/15922
-else ifeq ($(shell cat $(shell which docker) | grep -c "exec podman"), 1)
+else ifeq ($(shell which docker 2>/dev/null 1>&2 && cat $(shell which docker) | grep -c "exec podman"), 1)
 	BUILDX_ENABLED ?= true
 else
 	BUILDX_ENABLED ?= false
@@ -94,13 +103,32 @@ define BUILDX_ERROR
 buildx not enabled, refusing to run this recipe
 see: https://velero.io/docs/main/build-from-source/#making-images-and-updating-velero for more info
 endef
-
+# comma cannot be escaped and can only be used in Make function arguments by putting into variable
+comma=,
 # The version of restic binary to be downloaded
 RESTIC_VERSION ?= 0.15.0
 
-CLI_PLATFORMS ?= linux-amd64 linux-arm linux-arm64 darwin-amd64 darwin-arm64 windows-amd64 linux-ppc64le
-BUILDX_PLATFORMS ?= $(subst -,/,$(ARCH))
-BUILDX_OUTPUT_TYPE ?= docker
+CLI_PLATFORMS ?= linux-amd64 linux-arm linux-arm64 darwin-amd64 darwin-arm64 windows-amd64 linux-ppc64le linux-s390x
+BUILD_OUTPUT_TYPE ?= docker
+BUILD_OS ?= linux
+BUILD_ARCH ?= amd64
+BUILD_WINDOWS_VERSION ?= ltsc2022
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_OUTPUT_TYPE), docker)
+	ALL_OS = linux
+	ALL_ARCH.linux = $(word 2, $(subst -, ,$(shell go env GOOS)-$(shell go env GOARCH)))
+else
+	ALL_OS = $(subst $(comma), ,$(BUILD_OS))
+	ALL_ARCH.linux = $(subst $(comma), ,$(BUILD_ARCH))
+endif
+
+ALL_ARCH.windows = $(if $(filter windows,$(ALL_OS)),amd64,)
+ALL_OSVERSIONS.windows = $(if $(filter windows,$(ALL_OS)),$(BUILD_WINDOWS_VERSION),)
+ALL_OS_ARCH.linux =  $(foreach os, $(filter linux,$(ALL_OS)), $(foreach arch, ${ALL_ARCH.linux}, ${os}-$(arch)))
+ALL_OS_ARCH.windows = $(foreach os, $(filter windows,$(ALL_OS)), $(foreach arch, $(ALL_ARCH.windows), $(foreach osversion, ${ALL_OSVERSIONS.windows}, ${os}-${osversion}-${arch})))
+ALL_OS_ARCH = $(ALL_OS_ARCH.linux)$(ALL_OS_ARCH.windows)
+
+ALL_IMAGE_TAGS = $(IMAGE_TAGS)
 
 # set git sha and tree state
 GIT_SHA = $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
@@ -124,17 +152,14 @@ GOBIN=$$(pwd)/.go/bin
 # If you want to build all containers, see the 'all-containers' rule.
 all:
 	@$(MAKE) build
-	@$(MAKE) build BIN=velero-restore-helper
 
 build-%:
 	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory ARCH=$* build
-	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory ARCH=$* build BIN=velero-restore-helper
 
 all-build: $(addprefix build-, $(CLI_PLATFORMS))
 
 all-containers:
 	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory container
-	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory container BIN=velero-restore-helper
 
 local: build-dirs
 # Add DEBUG=1 to enable debug locally
@@ -196,11 +221,38 @@ container:
 ifneq ($(BUILDX_ENABLED), true)
 	$(error $(BUILDX_ERROR))
 endif
+
+ifeq ($(BUILDX_INSTANCE),)
+	@echo creating a buildx instance
+	-docker buildx rm velero-builder || true
+	@docker buildx create --use --name=velero-builder
+else
+	@echo using a specified buildx instance $(BUILDX_INSTANCE)
+	@docker buildx use $(BUILDX_INSTANCE)
+endif
+
+	@mkdir -p _output
+
+	@for osarch in $(ALL_OS_ARCH); do \
+		$(MAKE) container-$${osarch}; \
+	done
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_OUTPUT_TYPE), registry)
+	@for tag in $(ALL_IMAGE_TAGS); do \
+		IMAGE_TAG=$${tag} $(MAKE) push-manifest; \
+	done
+endif
+
+container-linux-%:
+	@BUILDX_ARCH=$* $(MAKE) container-linux
+
+container-linux:
+	@echo "building container: $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)-linux-$(BUILDX_ARCH)"
+
 	@docker buildx build --pull \
-	--output=type=$(BUILDX_OUTPUT_TYPE) \
-	--platform $(BUILDX_PLATFORMS) \
-	$(addprefix -t , $(IMAGE_TAGS)) \
-	$(addprefix -t , $(GCR_IMAGE_TAGS)) \
+	--output="type=$(BUILD_OUTPUT_TYPE)$(if $(findstring tar, $(BUILD_OUTPUT_TYPE)),$(comma)dest=_output/$(BIN)-$(VERSION)-linux-$(BUILDX_ARCH).tar,)" \
+	--platform="linux/$(BUILDX_ARCH)" \
+	$(addprefix -t , $(addsuffix "-linux-$(BUILDX_ARCH)",$(ALL_IMAGE_TAGS))) \
 	--build-arg=GOPROXY=$(GOPROXY) \
 	--build-arg=PKG=$(PKG) \
 	--build-arg=BIN=$(BIN) \
@@ -209,14 +261,54 @@ endif
 	--build-arg=GIT_TREE_STATE=$(GIT_TREE_STATE) \
 	--build-arg=REGISTRY=$(REGISTRY) \
 	--build-arg=RESTIC_VERSION=$(RESTIC_VERSION) \
+	--provenance=false \
+	--sbom=false \
 	-f $(VELERO_DOCKERFILE) .
-	@echo "container: $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)"
-ifeq ($(BUILDX_OUTPUT_TYPE)_$(REGISTRY), registry_velero)
-	docker pull $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)
-	rm -f $(BIN)-$(VERSION).tar
-	docker save $(IMAGE):$(VERSION) -o $(BIN)-$(VERSION).tar
-	gzip -f $(BIN)-$(VERSION).tar
-endif
+
+	@echo "built container: $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)-linux-$(BUILDX_ARCH)"
+
+container-windows-%:
+	@BUILDX_OSVERSION=$(firstword $(subst -, ,$*)) BUILDX_ARCH=$(lastword $(subst -, ,$*)) $(MAKE) container-windows
+
+container-windows:
+	@echo "building container: $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)-windows-$(BUILDX_OSVERSION)-$(BUILDX_ARCH)"
+
+	@docker buildx build --pull \
+	--output="type=$(BUILD_OUTPUT_TYPE)$(if $(findstring tar, $(BUILD_OUTPUT_TYPE)),$(comma)dest=_output/$(BIN)-$(VERSION)-windows-$(BUILDX_OSVERSION)-$(BUILDX_ARCH).tar,)" \
+	--platform="windows/$(BUILDX_ARCH)" \
+	$(addprefix -t , $(addsuffix "-windows-$(BUILDX_OSVERSION)-$(BUILDX_ARCH)",$(ALL_IMAGE_TAGS))) \
+	--build-arg=GOPROXY=$(GOPROXY) \
+	--build-arg=PKG=$(PKG) \
+	--build-arg=BIN=$(BIN) \
+	--build-arg=VERSION=$(VERSION) \
+	--build-arg=OS_VERSION=$(BUILDX_OSVERSION) \
+	--build-arg=GIT_SHA=$(GIT_SHA) \
+    --build-arg=GIT_TREE_STATE=$(GIT_TREE_STATE) \
+	--build-arg=REGISTRY=$(REGISTRY) \
+	--provenance=false \
+	--sbom=false \
+	-f $(VELERO_DOCKERFILE_WINDOWS) .
+
+	@echo "built container: $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)-windows-$(BUILDX_OSVERSION)-$(BUILDX_ARCH)"
+
+push-manifest:
+	@echo "building manifest: $(IMAGE_TAG) for $(foreach osarch, $(ALL_OS_ARCH), $(IMAGE_TAG)-${osarch})"
+	@docker manifest create --amend --insecure=$(INSECURE_REGISTRY) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(foreach osarch, $(ALL_OS_ARCH), $(IMAGE_TAG)-${osarch})
+
+	@set -x; \
+	for arch in $(ALL_ARCH.windows); do \
+		for osversion in $(ALL_OSVERSIONS.windows); do \
+			BASEIMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:$${osversion}; \
+			full_version=`docker manifest inspect --insecure=$(INSECURE_REGISTRY) $${BASEIMAGE} | jq -r '.manifests[0].platform["os.version"]'`; \
+			docker manifest annotate --os windows --arch $${arch} --os-version $${full_version} $(IMAGE_TAG) $(IMAGE_TAG)-windows-$${osversion}-$${arch}; \
+		done; \
+	done
+
+	@echo "pushing manifest $(IMAGE_TAG)"
+	@docker manifest push --purge --insecure=$(INSECURE_REGISTRY) $(IMAGE_TAG)
+
+	@echo "pushed manifest $(IMAGE_TAG):"
+	@docker manifest inspect --insecure=$(INSECURE_REGISTRY) $(IMAGE_TAG)
 
 SKIP_TESTS ?=
 test: build-dirs
@@ -359,7 +451,7 @@ release:
 serve-docs: build-image-hugo
 	docker run \
 	--rm \
-	-v "$$(pwd)/site:/srv/hugo" \
+	-v "$$(pwd)/site:/project" \
 	-it -p 1313:1313 \
 	$(HUGO_IMAGE) \
 	server --bind=0.0.0.0 --enableGitInfo=false
@@ -377,4 +469,22 @@ test-perf: local
 	$(MAKE) -e VERSION=$(VERSION) -C test/ run-perf
 
 go-generate:
-	go generate ./pkg/...
+	go generate ./pkg/...
+
+# requires an authenticated gh cli
+# gh: https://cli.github.com/
+# First create a PR
+# gh pr create --title 'Title name' --body 'PR body'
+# by default uses PR title as changelog body but can be overwritten like so
+# make new-changelog CHANGELOG_BODY="Changes you have made"
+new-changelog: GH_LOGIN ?= $(shell gh pr view --json author --jq .author.login 2> /dev/null)
+new-changelog: GH_PR_NUMBER ?= $(shell gh pr view --json number --jq .number 2> /dev/null)
+new-changelog: CHANGELOG_BODY ?= '$(shell gh pr view --json title --jq .title)'
+new-changelog:
+	@if [ "$(GH_LOGIN)" = "" ]; then \
+		echo "branch does not have PR or cli not logged in, try 'gh auth login' or 'gh pr create'"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@mkdir -p ./changelogs/unreleased/ && \
+	echo $(CHANGELOG_BODY) > ./changelogs/unreleased/$(GH_PR_NUMBER)-$(GH_LOGIN) && \
+	echo \"$(CHANGELOG_BODY)\" added to "./changelogs/unreleased/$(GH_PR_NUMBER)-$(GH_LOGIN)"

README.md

@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ 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          |
+| 1.16           | 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 |
-| 1.10           | 1.18-latest                               | 1.22.5, 1.23.8, 1.24.6 and 1.25.1   |
 
 Velero supports IPv4, IPv6, and dual stack environments. Support for this was tested against Velero v1.8.
 

SECURITY.md

@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ The Velero project maintains the following [governance document](https://github.
 
 Security is of the highest importance and all security vulnerabilities or suspected security vulnerabilities should be reported to Velero privately, to minimize attacks against current users of Velero before they are fixed. Vulnerabilities will be investigated and patched on the next patch (or minor) release as soon as possible. This information could be kept entirely internal to the project.  
 
-If you know of a publicly disclosed security vulnerability for Velero, please **IMMEDIATELY** contact the VMware Security Team (security@vmware.com).
+If you know of a publicly disclosed security vulnerability for Velero, please **IMMEDIATELY** contact the Security Team (velero-security.pdl@broadcom.com).
 
  
 
 **IMPORTANT: Do not file public issues on GitHub for security vulnerabilities**
 
-To report a vulnerability or a security-related issue, please contact the VMware email address with the details of the vulnerability. The email will be fielded by the VMware Security Team and then shared with the Velero maintainers who have committer and release permissions. Emails will be addressed within 3 business days, including a detailed plan to investigate the issue and any potential workarounds to perform in the meantime. Do not report non-security-impacting bugs through this channel. Use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/new/choose) instead.
+To report a vulnerability or a security-related issue, please contact the email address with the details of the vulnerability. The email will be fielded by the Security Team and then shared with the Velero maintainers who have committer and release permissions. Emails will be addressed within 3 business days, including a detailed plan to investigate the issue and any potential workarounds to perform in the meantime. Do not report non-security-impacting bugs through this channel. Use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/new/choose) instead.
 
 
 ## Proposed Email Content
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Provide a descriptive subject line and in the body of the email include the foll
 
 *   Basic identity information, such as your name and your affiliation or company.
 *   Detailed steps to reproduce the vulnerability  (POC scripts, screenshots, and logs are all helpful to us).
-*   Description of the effects of the vulnerability on Velero and the related hardware and software configurations, so that the VMware Security Team can reproduce it.
+*   Description of the effects of the vulnerability on Velero and the related hardware and software configurations, so that the Security Team can reproduce it.
 *   How the vulnerability affects Velero usage and an estimation of the attack surface, if there is one.
 *   List other projects or dependencies that were used in conjunction with Velero to produce the vulnerability.
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Provide a descriptive subject line and in the body of the email include the foll
 
 ## Patch, Release, and Disclosure
 
-The VMware Security Team will respond to vulnerability reports as follows:
+The Security Team will respond to vulnerability reports as follows:
 
  
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The VMware Security Team will respond to vulnerability reports as follows:
 5. The Security Team will also create a [CVSS](https://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document) using the [CVSS Calculator](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0). The Security Team makes the final call on the calculated CVSS; it is better to move quickly than making the CVSS perfect. Issues may also be reported to [Mitre](https://cve.mitre.org/) using this [scoring calculator](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator). The CVE will initially be set to private.
 6. The Security Team will work on fixing the vulnerability and perform internal testing before preparing to roll out the fix.
 7. The Security Team will provide early disclosure of the vulnerability by emailing the [Velero Distributors](https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/projectvelero-distributors) mailing list. Distributors can initially plan for the vulnerability patch ahead of the fix, and later can test the fix and provide feedback to the Velero team. See the section **Early Disclosure to Velero Distributors List** for details about how to join this mailing list. 
-8. A public disclosure date is negotiated by the VMware SecurityTeam, the bug submitter, and the distributors list. We prefer to fully disclose the bug as soon as possible once a user mitigation or patch is available. It is reasonable to delay disclosure when the bug or the fix is not yet fully understood, the solution is not well-tested, or for distributor coordination. The timeframe for disclosure is from immediate (especially if it’s already publicly known) to a few weeks. For a critical vulnerability with a straightforward mitigation, we expect the report date for the public disclosure date to be on the order of 14 business days. The VMware Security Team holds the final say when setting a public disclosure date.
+8. A public disclosure date is negotiated by the SecurityTeam, the bug submitter, and the distributors list. We prefer to fully disclose the bug as soon as possible once a user mitigation or patch is available. It is reasonable to delay disclosure when the bug or the fix is not yet fully understood, the solution is not well-tested, or for distributor coordination. The timeframe for disclosure is from immediate (especially if it’s already publicly known) to a few weeks. For a critical vulnerability with a straightforward mitigation, we expect the report date for the public disclosure date to be on the order of 14 business days. The Security Team holds the final say when setting a public disclosure date.
 9. Once the fix is confirmed, the Security Team will patch the vulnerability in the next patch or minor release, and backport a patch release into all earlier supported releases. Upon release of the patched version of Velero, we will follow the **Public Disclosure Process**.
 
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The Security Team will also publish any mitigating steps users can take until th
 
 
 
-*   Use security@vmware.com to report security concerns to the VMware Security Team, who uses the list to privately discuss security issues and fixes prior to disclosure.
+*   Use velero-security.pdl@broadcom.com to report security concerns to the Security Team, who uses the list to privately discuss security issues and fixes prior to disclosure.
 *   Join the [Velero Distributors](https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/projectvelero-distributors) mailing list for early private information and vulnerability disclosure. Early disclosure may include mitigating steps and additional information on security patch releases. See below for information on how Velero distributors or vendors can apply to join this list.
 
 
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ To be eligible to join the [Velero Distributors](https://groups.google.com/u/1/g
 
 ## Embargo Policy
 
-The information that members receive on the Velero Distributors mailing list must not be made public, shared, or even hinted at anywhere beyond those who need to know within your specific team, unless you receive explicit approval to do so from the VMware Security Team. This remains true until the public disclosure date/time agreed upon by the list. Members of the list and others cannot use the information for any reason other than to get the issue fixed for your respective distribution's users.
+The information that members receive on the Velero Distributors mailing list must not be made public, shared, or even hinted at anywhere beyond those who need to know within your specific team, unless you receive explicit approval to do so from the Security Team. This remains true until the public disclosure date/time agreed upon by the list. Members of the list and others cannot use the information for any reason other than to get the issue fixed for your respective distribution's users.
 
 Before you share any information from the list with members of your team who are required to fix the issue, these team members must agree to the same terms, and only be provided with information on a need-to-know basis.
 
-In the unfortunate event that you share information beyond what is permitted by this policy, you must urgently inform the VMware Security Team (security@vmware.com) of exactly what information was leaked and to whom. If you continue to leak information and break the policy outlined here, you will be permanently removed from the list.
+In the unfortunate event that you share information beyond what is permitted by this policy, you must urgently inform the Security Team (velero-security.pdl@broadcom.com) of exactly what information was leaked and to whom. If you continue to leak information and break the policy outlined here, you will be permanently removed from the list.
 
  
 
@@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ Send new membership requests to projectvelero-distributors@googlegroups.com. In
 
 ## Confidentiality, integrity and availability
 
-We consider vulnerabilities leading to the compromise of data confidentiality, elevation of privilege, or integrity to be our highest priority concerns. Availability, in particular in areas relating to DoS and resource exhaustion, is also a serious security concern. The VMware Security Team takes all vulnerabilities, potential vulnerabilities, and suspected vulnerabilities seriously and will investigate them in an urgent and expeditious manner.
+We consider vulnerabilities leading to the compromise of data confidentiality, elevation of privilege, or integrity to be our highest priority concerns. Availability, in particular in areas relating to DoS and resource exhaustion, is also a serious security concern. The Security Team takes all vulnerabilities, potential vulnerabilities, and suspected vulnerabilities seriously and will investigate them in an urgent and expeditious manner.
 
 Note that we do not currently consider the default settings for Velero to be secure-by-default. It is necessary for operators to explicitly configure settings, role based access control, and other resource related features in Velero to provide a hardened Velero environment. We will not act on any security disclosure that relates to a lack of safe defaults. Over time, we will work towards improved safe-by-default configuration, taking into account backwards compatibility.

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:1.22 as tilt-helper
+FROM golang:1.25 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-1.14.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ https://velero.io/docs/v1.14/upgrade-to-1.14/
 
 ### Highlights
 
-#### The maintenance work for kopia backup repositories is run in jobs
+#### The maintenance work for kopia/restic backup repositories is run in jobs
 Since velero started using kopia as the approach for filesystem-level backup/restore, we've noticed an issue when velero connects to the kopia backup repositories and performs maintenance, it sometimes consumes excessive memory that can cause the velero pod to get OOM Killed.  To mitigate this issue, the maintenance work will be moved out of velero pod to a separate kubernetes job, and the user will be able to specify the resource request in "velero install".
 #### Volume Policies are extended to support more actions to handle volumes
 In an earlier release, a flexible volume policy was introduced to skip certain volumes from a backup.  In v1.14 we've made enhancement to this policy to allow the user to set how the volumes should be backed up.  The user will be able to set "fs-backup" or "snapshot" as value of “action" in the policy and velero will backup the volumes accordingly.  This enhancement allows the user to achieve a fine-grained control like "opt-in/out" without having to update the target workload.  For more details please refer to https://velero.io/docs/v1.14/resource-filtering/#supported-volumepolicy-actions
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Besides the service principal with secret(password)-based authentication, Velero
 * CSI plugin has been merged into velero repo in v1.14 release.  It will be installed by default as an internal plugin, and should not be installed via "–plugins " parameter in "velero install" command.
 * The default resource requests and limitations for node agent are removed in v1.14, to make the node agent pods have the QoS class of "BestEffort", more details please refer to #7391
 * There's a change in namespace filtering behavior during backup:  In v1.14, when the includedNamespaces/excludedNamespaces fields are not set and the labelSelector/OrLabelSelectors are set in the backup spec, the backup will only include the namespaces which contain the resources that match the label selectors, while in previous releases all namespaces will be included in the backup with such settings.  More details refer to #7105
+* Patching the PV in the "Finalizing" state may cause the restore to be in "PartiallyFailed" state when the PV is blocked in "Pending" state, while in the previous release the restore may end up being in "Complete" state. For more details refer to #7866
 
 ### All Changes
 * Fix backup log to show error string, not index (#7805, @piny940)

changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.15.md

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+## v1.15
+
+### Download
+https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.15.0
+
+### Container Image
+`velero/velero:v1.15.0`
+
+### Documentation
+https://velero.io/docs/v1.15/
+
+### Upgrading
+https://velero.io/docs/v1.15/upgrade-to-1.15/
+
+### Highlights
+#### Data mover micro service
+Data transfer activities for CSI Snapshot Data Movement are moved from node-agent pods to dedicate backupPods or restorePods. This brings many benefits such as:  
+- This avoids to access volume data through host path, while host path access is privileged and may involve security escalations, which are concerned by users.
+- This enables users to to control resource (i.e., cpu, memory) allocations in a granular manner, e.g., control them per backup/restore of a volume.
+- This enhances the resilience, crash of one data movement activity won't affect others.
+- This prevents unnecessary full backup because of host path changes after workload pods restart.
+- For more information, check the design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/Implemented/vgdp-micro-service/vgdp-micro-service.md.
+
+#### Item Block concepts and ItemBlockAction (IBA) plugin
+Item Block concepts are introduced for resource backups to help to achieve multiple thread backups. Specifically, correlated resources are categorized in the same item block and item blocks could be processed concurrently in multiple threads.  
+ItemBlockAction plugin is introduced to help Velero to categorize resources into item blocks. At present, Velero provides built-in IBAs for pods and PVCs and Velero also supports customized IBAs for any resources.  
+In v1.15, Velero doesn't support multiple thread process of item blocks though item block concepts and IBA plugins are fully supported. The multiple thread support will be delivered in future releases.  
+For more information, check the design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/backup-performance-improvements.md.  
+
+#### Node selection for repository maintenance job
+Repository maintenance are resource consuming tasks, Velero now allows you to configure the nodes to run repository maintenance jobs, so that you can run repository maintenance jobs in idle nodes or avoid them to run in nodes hosting critical workloads.  
+To support the configuration, a new repository maintenance configuration configMap is introduced.  
+For more information, check the document https://velero.io/docs/v1.15/repository-maintenance/.  
+
+#### Backup PVC read-only configuration
+In 1.15, Velero allows you to configure the data mover backupPods to read-only mount the backupPVCs. In this way, the data mover expose process could be significantly accelerated for some storages (i.e., ceph).  
+To support the configuration, a new backup PVC configuration configMap is introduced.  
+For more information, check the document https://velero.io/docs/v1.15/data-movement-backup-pvc-configuration/.  
+
+#### Backup PVC storage class configuration
+In 1.15, Velero allows you to configure the storageclass used by the data mover backupPods. In this way, the provision of backupPVCs don't need to adhere to the same pattern as workload PVCs, e.g., for a backupPVC, it only needs one replica, whereas, the a workload PVC may have multiple replicas.  
+To support the configuration, the same backup PVC configuration configMap is used.  
+For more information, check the document https://velero.io/docs/v1.15/data-movement-backup-pvc-configuration/.  
+
+#### Backup repository data cache configuration
+The backup repository may need to cache data on the client side during various repository operations, i.e., read, write, maintenance, etc. The cache consumes the root file system space of the pod where the repository access happens.  
+In 1.15, Velero allows you to configure the total size of the cache per repository. In this way, if your pod doesn't have enough space in its root file system, the pod won't be evicted due to running out of ephemeral storage.  
+To support the configuration, a new backup repository configuration configMap is introduced.  
+For more information, check the document https://velero.io/docs/v1.15/backup-repository-configuration/.  
+
+#### Performance improvements
+In 1.15, several performance related issues/enhancements are included, which makes significant performance improvements in specific scenarios:  
+- There was a memory leak of Velero server after plugin calls, now it is fixed, see issue https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7925
+- The `client-burst/client-qps` parameters are automatically inherited to plugins, so that you can use the same velero server parameters to accelerate the plugin executions when large number of API server calls happen, see issue https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7806
+- Maintenance of Kopia repository takes huge memory in scenarios that huge number of files have been backed up, Velero 1.15 has included the Kopia upstream enhancement to fix the problem, see issue https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7510
+
+### Runtime and dependencies
+Golang runtime: v1.22.8  
+kopia: v0.17.0
+
+### Limitations/Known issues
+#### Read-only backup PVC may not work on SELinux environments
+Due to an issue of Kubernetes upstream, if a volume is mounted as read-only in SELinux environments, the read privilege is not granted to any user, as a result, the data mover backup will fail. On the other hand, the backupPVC must be mounted as read-only in order to accelerate the data mover expose process.  
+Therefore, a user option is added in the same backup PVC configuration configMap, once the option is enabled, the backupPod container will run as a super privileged container and disable SELinux access control. If you have concern in this super privileged container or you have configured [pod security admissions](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-admission/) and don't allow super privileged containers, you will not be able to use this read-only backupPVC feature and lose the benefit to accelerate the data mover expose process.  
+
+### Breaking changes
+#### Deprecation of Restic
+Restic path for fs-backup is in deprecation process starting from 1.15. According to [Velero deprecation policy](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/v1.15/GOVERNANCE.md#deprecation-policy), for 1.15, if Restic path is used the backup/restore of fs-backup still creates and succeeds, but you will see warnings in below scenarios:  
+- When `--uploader-type=restic` is used in Velero installation
+- When Restic path is used to create backup/restore of fs-backup
+
+#### node-agent configuration name is configurable
+Previously, a fixed name is searched for node-agent configuration configMap. Now in 1.15, Velero allows you to customize the name of the configMap, on the other hand, the name must be specified by node-agent server parameter `node-agent-configmap`.  
+
+#### Repository maintenance job configurations in Velero server parameter are moved to repository maintenance job configuration configMap
+In 1.15, below Velero server parameters for repository maintenance jobs are moved to the repository maintenance job configuration configMap. While for back compatibility reason, the same Velero sever parameters are preserved as is. But the configMap is recommended and the same values in the configMap take preference if they exist in both places:  
+```
+--keep-latest-maintenance-jobs
+--maintenance-job-cpu-request
+--maintenance-job-mem-request
+--maintenance-job-cpu-limit
+--maintenance-job-mem-limit
+```
+
+#### Changing PVC selected-node feature is deprecated
+In 1.15, the [Changing PVC selected-node feature](https://velero.io/docs/v1.15/restore-reference/#changing-pvc-selected-node) enters deprecation process and will be removed in future releases according to [Velero deprecation policy](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/v1.15/GOVERNANCE.md#deprecation-policy). Usage of this feature for any purpose is not recommended.  
+
+### All Changes
+  * add no-relabeling option to backupPVC configmap (#8288, @sseago)
+  * only set spec.volumes readonly if PVC is readonly for datamover (#8284, @sseago)
+  * Add labels to maintenance job pods (#8256, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Add the Carvel package related resources to the restore priority list (#8228, @ywk253100)
+  * Reduces indirect imports for plugin/framework importers (#8208, @kaovilai)
+  * Add controller name to periodical_enqueue_source. The logger parameter now includes an additional field with the value of reflect.TypeOf(objList).String() and another field with the value of controllerName. (#8198, @kaovilai)
+  * Update Openshift SCC docs link (#8170, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Partially fix issue #8138, add doc for node-agent memory preserve (#8167, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Pass Velero server command args to the plugins (#8166, @ywk253100)
+  * Fix issue #8155, Merge Kopia upstream commits for critical issue fixes and performance improvements (#8158, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Implement the Repo maintenance Job configuration. (#8145, @blackpiglet)
+  * Add document for data mover micro service (#8144, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8134, allow to config resource request/limit for data mover micro service pods (#8143, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Apply backupPVCConfig to backupPod volume spec (#8141, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Add resource modifier for velero restore describe CLI (#8139, @blackpiglet)
+  * Fix issue #7620, add doc for backup repo config (#8131, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Modify E2E and perf test report generated directory (#8129, @blackpiglet)
+  * Add docs for backup pvc config support (#8119, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Delete generated k8s client and informer. (#8114, @blackpiglet)
+  * Add support for backup PVC configuration (#8109, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * ItemBlock model and phase 1 (single-thread) workflow changes (#8102, @sseago)
+  * Fix issue #8032, make node-agent configMap name configurable (#8097, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8072, add the warning messages for restic deprecation (#8096, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #7620, add backup repository configuration implementation and support cacheLimit configuration for Kopia repo (#8093, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Patch dbr's status when error happens (#8086, @reasonerjt)
+  * According to design #7576, after node-agent restarts, if a DU/DD is in InProgress status, re-capture the data mover ms pod and continue the execution (#8085, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Updates to IBM COS documentation to match current version (#8082, @gjanders)
+  * Data mover micro service DUCR/DDCR controller refactor according to design #7576 (#8074, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * add retries with timeout to existing patch calls that moves a backup/restore from InProgress/Finalizing to a final status phase. (#8068, @kaovilai)
+  * Data mover micro service restore according to design #7576 (#8061, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Internal ItemBlockAction plugins (#8054, @sseago)
+  * Data mover micro service backup according to design #7576 (#8046, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Avoid wrapping failed PVB status with empty message. (#8028, @mrnold)
+  * Created new ItemBlockAction (IBA) plugin type (#8026, @sseago)
+  * Make PVPatchMaximumDuration timeout configurable (#8021, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Reuse existing plugin manager for get/put volume info (#8012, @sseago)
+  * Data mover ms watcher according to design #7576 (#7999, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * New data path for data mover ms according to design #7576 (#7988, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * For issue #7700 and #7747, add the design for backup PVC configurations (#7982, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Only get VolumeSnapshotClass when DataUpload exists. (#7974, @blackpiglet)
+  * Fix issue #7972, sync the backupPVC deletion in expose clean up (#7973, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Expose the VolumeHelper to third-party plugins. (#7969, @blackpiglet)
+  * Check whether the volume's source is PVC before fetching its PV. (#7967, @blackpiglet)
+  * Check whether the namespaces specified in namespace filter exist. (#7965, @blackpiglet)
+  * Add design for backup repository configurations for issue #7620, #7301 (#7963, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * New data path for data mover ms according to design #7576 (#7955, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Skip PV patch step in Restoe workflow for WaitForFirstConsumer VolumeBindingMode Pending state PVCs (#7953, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Fix issue #7904, add the deprecation and limitation clarification for change PVC selected-node feature (#7948, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Expose the VolumeHelper to third-party plugins. (#7944, @blackpiglet)
+  * Don't consider unschedulable pods unrecoverable (#7899, @sseago)
+  * Upgrade to robfig/cron/v3 to support time zone specification. (#7793, @kaovilai)
+  * Add the result in the backup's VolumeInfo. (#7775, @blackpiglet)
+  * Migrate from github.com/golang/protobuf to google.golang.org/protobuf (#7593, @mmorel-35)
+  * Add the design for data mover micro service (#7576, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Descriptive restore error when restoring into a terminating namespace. (#7424, @kaovilai)
+  * Ignore missing path error in conditional match (#7410, @seanblong)
+  * Propose a deprecation process for velero (#5532, @shubham-pampattiwar)

changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.16.md

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+## v1.16
+
+### Download
+https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.16.0
+
+### Container Image
+`velero/velero:v1.16.0`
+
+### Documentation
+https://velero.io/docs/v1.16/
+
+### Upgrading
+https://velero.io/docs/v1.16/upgrade-to-1.16/
+
+### Highlights
+#### Windows cluster support
+In v1.16, Velero supports to run in Windows clusters and backup/restore Windows workloads, either stateful or stateless:
+ * Hybrid build and all-in-one image: the build process is enhanced to build an all-in-one image for hybrid CPU architecture and hybrid platform. For more information, check the design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/multiple-arch-build-with-windows.md
+ * Deployment in Windows clusters: Velero node-agent, data mover pods and maintenance jobs now support to run in both linux and Windows nodes
+ * Data mover backup/restore Windows workloads: Velero built-in data mover supports Windows workloads throughout its full cycle, i.e., discovery, backup, restore, pre/post hook, etc. It automatically identifies Windows workloads and schedules data mover pods to the right group of nodes
+
+Check the epic issue https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8289 for more information.  
+
+#### Parallel Item Block backup
+v1.16 now supports to back up item blocks in parallel. Specifically, during backup, correlated resources are grouped in item blocks and Velero backup engine creates a thread pool to back up the item blocks in parallel. This significantly improves the backup throughput, especially when there are large scale of resources.  
+Pre/post hooks also belongs to item blocks, so will also run in parallel along with the item blocks.  
+Users are allowed to configure the parallelism through the `--item-block-worker-count` Velero server parameter. If not configured, the default parallelism is 1.  
+
+For more information, check issue https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8334.  
+
+#### Data mover restore enhancement in scalability
+In previous releases, for each volume of WaitForFirstConsumer mode, data mover restore is only allowed to happen in the node that the volume is attached. This severely degrades the parallelism and the balance of node resource(CPU, memory, network bandwidth) consumption for data mover restore (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8044).  
+
+In v1.16, users are allowed to configure data mover restores running and spreading evenly across all nodes in the cluster. The configuration is done through a new flag `ignoreDelayBinding` in node-agent configuration (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8242).  
+
+#### Data mover enhancements in observability 
+In 1.16, some observability enhancements are added:
+ * Output various statuses of intermediate objects for failures of data mover backup/restore (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8267)
+ * Output the errors when Velero fails to delete intermediate objects during clean up (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8125)
+
+The outputs are in the same node-agent log and enabled automatically.  
+
+#### CSI snapshot backup/restore enhancement in usability
+In previous releases, a unnecessary VolumeSnapshotContent object is retained for each backup and synced to other clusters sharing the same backup storage location. And during restore, the retained VolumeSnapshotContent is also restored unnecessarily.  
+
+In 1.16, the retained VolumeSnapshotContent is removed from the backup, so no unnecessary CSI objects are synced or restored.  
+
+For more information, check issue https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8725.  
+
+#### Backup Repository Maintenance enhancement in resiliency and observability
+In v1.16, some enhancements of backup repository maintenance are added to improve the observability and resiliency:
+ * A new backup repository maintenance history section, called `RecentMaintenance`, is added to the BackupRepository CR. Specifically, for each BackupRepository, including start/completion time, completion status and error message. (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7810)
+ * Running maintenance jobs are now recaptured after Velero server restarts. (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7753)
+ * The maintenance job will not be launched for readOnly BackupStorageLocation. (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8238)
+ * The backup repository will not try to initialize a new repository for readOnly BackupStorageLocation. (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8091)
+ * Users now are allowed to configure the intervals of an effective maintenance in the way of `normalGC`, `fastGC` and `eagerGC`, through the `fullMaintenanceInterval` parameter in backupRepository configuration. (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8364)
+
+#### Volume Policy enhancement of filtering volumes by PVC labels
+In v1.16, Volume Policy is extended to support filtering volumes by PVC labels. (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8256).   
+
+#### Resource Status restore per object
+In v1.16, users are allowed to define whether to restore resource status per object through an annotation `velero.io/restore-status` set on the object. (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8204).  
+
+#### Velero Restore Helper binary is merged into Velero image 
+In v1.16, Velero banaries, i.e., velero, velero-helper and velero-restore-helper, are all included into the single Velero image. (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8484).  
+
+### Runtime and dependencies
+Golang runtime: 1.23.7  
+kopia: 0.19.0
+
+### Limitations/Known issues
+#### Limitations of Windows support
+  * fs-backup is not supported for Windows workloads and so fs-backup runs only in linux nodes for linux workloads
+  * Backup/restore of NTFS extended attributes/advanced features are not supported, i.e., Security Descriptors, System/Hidden/ReadOnly attributes, Creation Time, NTFS Streams, etc.
+
+### All Changes
+  * Add third party annotation support for maintenance job, so that the declared third party annotations could be added to the maintenance job pods (#8812, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8803, use deterministic name to create backupRepository (#8808, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Refactor restoreItem and related functions to differentiate the backup resource name and the restore target resource name. (#8797, @blackpiglet)
+  * ensure that PV is removed before VS is deleted (#8777, @ix-rzi)
+  * host_pods should not be mandatory to node-agent (#8774, @mpryc)
+  * Log doesn't show pv name, but displays %!s(MISSING) instead (#8771, @hu-keyu)
+  * Fix issue #8754, add third party annotation support for data mover (#8770, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Add docs for volume policy with labels as a criteria (#8759, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Move pvc annotation removal from CSI RIA to regular PVC RIA (#8755, @sseago)
+  * Add doc for maintenance history (#8747, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8733, add doc for restorePVC (#8737, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8426, add doc for Windows support (#8736, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8475, refactor build-from-source doc for hybrid image build (#8729, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Return directly if no pod volme backup are tracked (#8728, @ywk253100)
+  * Fix issue #8706, for immediate volumes, there is no selected-node annotation on PVC, so deduce the attached node from VolumeAttachment CRs (#8715, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Add labels as a criteria for volume policy (#8713, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Copy SecurityContext from Containers[0] if present for PVR (#8712, @sseago)
+  * Support pushing images to an insecure registry (#8703, @ywk253100)
+  * Modify golangci configuration to make it work. (#8695, @blackpiglet)
+  * Run backup post hooks inside ItemBlock synchronously (#8694, @ywk253100)
+  * Add docs for object level status restore (#8693, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Clean artifacts generated during CSI B/R. (#8684, @blackpiglet)
+  * Don't run maintenance on the ReadOnly BackupRepositories. (#8681, @blackpiglet)
+  * Fix #8657: WaitGroup panic issue (#8679, @ywk253100)
+  * Fixes issue #8214, validate `--from-schedule` flag in create backup command to prevent empty or whitespace-only values. (#8665, @aj-2000)
+  * Implement parallel ItemBlock processing via backup_controller goroutines (#8659, @sseago)
+  * Clean up leaked CSI snapshot for incomplete backup (#8637, @raesonerjt)
+  * Handle update conflict when restoring the status (#8630, @ywk253100)
+  * Fix issue #8419, support repo maintenance job to run on Windows nodes (#8626, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Always create DataUpload configmap in restore namespace (#8621, @sseago)
+  * Fix issue #8091, avoid to create new repo when BSL is readonly (#8615, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8242, distribute dd evenly across nodes (#8611, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8497, update du/dd progress on completion (#8608, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8418, add Windows toleration to data mover pods (#8606, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Check the PVB status via podvolume Backupper rather than calling API server to avoid API server issue (#8603, @ywk253100)
+  * Fix issue #8067, add tmp folder (/tmp for linux, C:\Windows\Temp for Windows) as an alternative of udmrepo's config file location (#8602, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Data mover restore for Windows (#8594, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Skip patching the PV in finalization for failed operation (#8591, @reasonerjt)
+  * Fix issue #8579, set event burst to block event broadcaster from filtering events (#8590, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Configurable Kopia Maintenance Interval. backup-repository-configmap adds an option for configurable`fullMaintenanceInterval` where fastGC (12 hours), and eagerGC (6 hours) allowing for faster removal of deleted velero backups from kopia repo. (#8581, @kaovilai)
+  * Fix issue #7753, recall repo maintenance history on Velero server restart (#8580, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Clear validation errors when schedule is valid (#8575, @ywk253100)
+  * Merge restore helper image into Velero server image (#8574, @ywk253100)
+  * Don't include excluded items in ItemBlocks (#8572, @sseago)
+  * fs uploader and block uploader support Windows nodes (#8569, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8418, support data mover backup for Windows nodes (#8555, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8044, allow users to ignore delay binding the restorePVC of data mover when it is in WaitForFirstConsumer mode (#8550, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8539, validate uploader types when o.CRDsOnly is set to false only since CRD installation doesn't rely on uploader types (#8538, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #7810, add maintenance history for backupRepository CRs (#8532, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Make fs-backup work on linux nodes with the new Velero deployment and disable fs-backup if the source/target pod is running in non-linux node (#8424) (#8518, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue: backup schedule pause/unpause doesn't work (#8512, @ywk253100)
+  * Fix backup post hook issue #8159 (caused by #7571): always execute backup post hooks after PVBs are handled (#8509, @ywk253100)
+  * Fix issue #8267, enhance the error message when expose fails (#8508, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8416, #8417, deploy Velero server and node-agent in linux/Windows hybrid env (#8504, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Design to add label selector as a criteria for volume policy (#8503, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Related to issue #8485, move the acceptedByNode and acceptedTimestamp to Status of DU/DD CRD (#8498, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Add SecurityContext to restore-helper (#8491, @reasonerjt)
+  * Fix issue #8433, add third party labels to data mover pods when the same labels exist in node-agent pods (#8487, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8485, add an accepted time so as to count the prepare timeout (#8486, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8125, log diagnostic info for data mover exposers when expose timeout (#8482, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8415, implement multi-arch build and Windows build (#8476, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Pin kopia to 0.18.2 (#8472, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Add nil check for updating DataUpload VolumeInfo in finalizing phase (#8471, @blackpiglet)
+  * Allowing Object-Level Resource Status Restore (#8464, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * For issue #8429. Add the design for multi-arch build and windows build (#8459, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Upgrade go.mod k8s.io/ go.mod to v0.31.3 and implemented proper logger configuration for both client-go and controller-runtime libraries. This change ensures that logging format and level settings are properly applied throughout the codebase. The update improves logging consistency and control across the Velero system. (#8450, @kaovilai)
+  * Add Design for Allowing Object-Level Resource Status Restore (#8403, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Fix issue #8391, check ErrCancelled from suffix of data mover pod's termination message (#8396, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8394, don't call closeDataPath in VGDP callbacks, otherwise, the VGDP cleanup will hang (#8395, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Adding support in velero Resource Policies for filtering PVs based on additional VolumeAttributes properties under CSI PVs (#8383, @mayankagg9722)
+  * Add --item-block-worker-count flag to velero install and server (#8380, @sseago)
+  * Make BackedUpItems thread safe (#8366, @sseago)
+  * Include --annotations flag in backup and restore create commands (#8354, @alromeros)
+  * Use aggregated discovery API to discovery API groups and resources (#8353, @ywk253100)
+  * Copy "envFrom" from Velero server when creating maintenance jobs (#8343, @evhan)
+  * Set hinting region to use for GetBucketRegion() in pkg/repository/config/aws.go (#8297, @kaovilai)
+  * Bump up version of client-go and controller-runtime (#8275, @ywk253100)
+  * fix(pkg/repository/maintenance): don't panic when there's no container statuses (#8271, @mcluseau)
+  * Add Backup warning for inclusion of NS managed by ArgoCD (#8257, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Added tracking for deleted namespace status check in restore flow. (#8233, @sangitaray2021)

changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.17.md

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+## v1.17
+
+### Download
+https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.0
+
+### Container Image
+`velero/velero:v1.17.0`
+
+### Documentation
+https://velero.io/docs/v1.17/
+
+### Upgrading
+https://velero.io/docs/v1.17/upgrade-to-1.17/
+
+### Highlights
+#### Modernized fs-backup
+In v1.17, Velero fs-backup is modernized to the micro-service architecture, which brings below benefits:  
+- Many features that were absent to fs-backup are now available, i.e., load concurrency control, cancel, resume on restart, etc.
+- fs-backup is more robust, the running backup/restore could survive from node-agent restart; and the resource allocation is in a more granular manner, the failure of one backup/restore won't impact others.  
+- The resource usage of node-agent is steady, especially, the node-agent pods won't request huge memory and hold it for a long time.  
+
+Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/vgdp-micro-service-for-fs-backup/vgdp-micro-service-for-fs-backup.md for more details.  
+
+#### fs-backup support Windows cluster
+In v1.17, Velero fs-backup supports to backup/restore Windows workloads. By leveraging the new micro-service architecture for fs-backup, data mover pods could run in Windows nodes and backup/restore Windows volumes. Together with CSI snapshot data movement for Windows which is delivered in 1.16, Velero now supports Windows workload backup/restore in full scenarios.  
+Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/vgdp-micro-service-for-fs-backup/vgdp-micro-service-for-fs-backup.md for more details.  
+
+#### Volume group snapshot support
+In v1.17, Velero supports [volume group snapshots](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/12/18/kubernetes-1-32-volume-group-snapshot-beta/) which is a beta feature in Kubernetes upstream, for both CSI snapshot backup and CSI snapshot data movement. This allows a snapshot to be taken from multiple volumes at the same point-in-time to achieve write order consistency, which is helpful to achieve better data consistency when multiple volumes being backed up are correlated.  
+Check the document https://velero.io/docs/main/volume-group-snapshots/ for more details.  
+
+#### Priority class support
+In v1.17, [Kubernetes priority class](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/pod-priority-preemption/#priorityclass) is supported for all modules across Velero. Specifically, users are allowed to configure priority class to Velero server, node-agent, data mover pods, backup repository maintenance jobs separately.  
+Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/Implemented/priority-class-name-support_design.md for more details.  
+
+#### Scalability and Resiliency improvements of data movers
+##### Reduce excessive number of data mover pods in Pending state
+In v1.17, Velero allows users to set a `PrepareQueueLength` in the node-agent configuration, data mover pods and volumes out of this number won't be created until data path quota is available, so that excessive number cluster resources won't  be taken unnecessarily, which is particularly helpful for large scale environments. This improvement applies to all kinds of data movements, including fs-backup and CSI snapshot data movement.  
+Check design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/design/node-agent-load-soothing.md for more details.  
+
+##### Enhancement on node-agent restart handling for data movements
+In v1.17, data movements in all phases could survive from node-agent restart and resume themselves; when a data movement gets orphaned in special cases, e.g., cluster node absent, it could also be canceled appropriately after the restart. This improvement applies to all kinds of data movements, including fs-backup and CSI snapshot data movement.  
+Check issue https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8534 for more details.  
+
+##### CSI snapshot data movement restore node-selection and node-selection by storage class
+In v1.17, CSI snapshot data movement restore acquires the same node-selection capability as backup, that is, users could specify which nodes can/cannot run data mover pods for both backup and restore now. And users are also allowed to configure the node-selection per storage class, which is particularly helpful to the environments where a storage class are not usable by all cluster nodes.  
+Check issue https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8186 and https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/8223 for more details.  
+
+#### Include/exclude policy support for resource policy
+In v1.17, Velero resource policy supports `includeExcludePolicy` besides the existing `volumePolicy`. This allows users to set include/exclude filters for resources in a resource policy configmap, so that these filters are reusable among multiple backups.  
+Check the document https://velero.io/docs/main/resource-filtering/#creating-resource-policies:~:text=resources%3D%22*%22-,Resource%20policies,-Velero%20provides%20resource for more details.  
+
+### Runtime and dependencies
+Golang runtime: 1.24.6  
+kopia: 0.21.1  
+
+### Limitations/Known issues
+
+### Breaking changes
+#### Deprecation of Restic
+According to [Velero deprecation policy](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md#deprecation-policy), backup of fs-backup under Restic path is removed in v1.17, so `--uploader-type=restic` is not a valid installation configuration anymore. This means you cannot create a backup under Restic path, but you can still restore from the previous backups under Restic path until v1.19.  
+
+#### Repository maintenance job configurations are removed from Velero server parameter
+Since the repository maintenance job configurations are moved to repository maintenance job configMap, in v1.17 below Velero sever parameters are removed:
+- --keep-latest-maintenance-jobs
+- --maintenance-job-cpu-request
+- --maintenance-job-mem-request
+- --maintenance-job-cpu-limit
+- --maintenance-job-mem-limit
+
+### All Changes
+  * Add ConfigMap parameters validation for install CLI and server start. (#9200, @blackpiglet)
+  * Add priorityclasses to high priority restore list (#9175, @kaovilai)
+  * Introduced context-based logger for backend implementations (Azure, GCS, S3, and Filesystem) (#9168, @priyansh17)
+  * Fix issue #9140, add os=windows:NoSchedule toleration for Windows pods (#9165, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Remove the repository maintenance job parameters from velero server. (#9147, @blackpiglet)
+  * Add include/exclude policy to resources policy (#9145, @reasonerjt)
+  * Add ConfigMap support for keepLatestMaintenanceJobs with CLI parameter fallback (#9135, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Fix the dd and du's node affinity issue. (#9130, @blackpiglet)
+  * Remove the WaitUntilVSCHandleIsReady from vs BIA. (#9124, @blackpiglet)
+  * Add comprehensive Volume Group Snapshots documentation with workflow diagrams and examples (#9123, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Fix issue #9065, add doc for node-agent prepare queue length (#9118, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #9095, update restore doc for PVC selected-node (#9117, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Update CSI Snapshot Data Movement doc for issue #8534, #8185 (#9113, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8986, refactor fs-backup doc after VGDP Micro Service for fs-backup (#9112, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Return error if timeout when checking server version (#9111, @ywk253100)
+  * Update "Default Volumes to Fs Backup" to "File System Backup (Default)" (#9105, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Fix issue #9077, don't block backup deletion on list VS error (#9100, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Bump up Kopia to v0.21.1 (#9098, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Add imagePullSecrets inheritance for VGDP pod and maintenance job. (#9096, @blackpiglet)
+  * Avoid checking the VS and VSC status in the backup finalizing phase. (#9092, @blackpiglet)
+  * Fix issue #9053, Always remove selected-node annotation during PVC restore when no node mapping exists. Breaking change: Previously, the annotation was preserved if the node existed. (#9076, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Enable parameterized kubelet mount path during node-agent installation (#9074, @longxiucai)
+  * Fix issue #8857, support third party tolerations for data mover pods (#9072, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8813, remove restic from the valid uploader type (#9069, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8185, allow users to disable pod volume host path mount for node-agent (#9068, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix #8344, add the design for a mechanism to soothe creation of data mover pods for DataUpload, DataDownload, PodVolumeBackup and PodVolumeRestore (#9067, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix #8344, add a mechanism to soothe creation of data mover pods for DataUpload, DataDownload, PodVolumeBackup and PodVolumeRestore (#9064, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Add Gauge metric for BSL availability (#9059, @reasonerjt)
+  * Fix missing defaultVolumesToFsBackup flag output in Velero describe backup cmd (#9056, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Allow for proper tracking of multiple hooks per container (#9048, @sseago)
+  * Make the backup repository controller doesn't invalidate the BSL on restart (#9046, @blackpiglet)
+  * Removed username/password credential handling from newConfigCredential as azidentity.UsernamePasswordCredentialOptions is reported as deprecated. (#9041, @priyansh17)
+  * Remove dependency with VolumeSnapshotClass in DataUpload. (#9040, @blackpiglet)
+  * Fix issue #8961, cancel PVB/PVR on Velero server restart (#9031, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8962, resume PVB/PVR during node-agent restarts (#9030, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Bump kopia v0.20.1 (#9027, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8965, support PVB/PVR's cancel state in the backup/restore (#9026, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix Issue 8816 When specifying LabelSelector on restore, related items such as PVC and VolumeSnapshot are not included (#9024, @amastbau)
+  * Fix issue #8963, add legacy PVR controller for Restic path (#9022, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8964, add Windows support for VGDP MS for fs-backup (#9021, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Accommodate VGS workflows in PVC CSI plugin (#9019, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Fix issue #8958, add VGDP MS PVB controller (#9015, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8959, add VGDP MS PVR controller (#9014, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8988, add data path for VGDP ms PVR (#9005, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Fix issue #8988, add data path for VGDP ms pvb (#8998, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Skip VS and VSC not created by backup. (#8990, @blackpiglet)
+  * Make ResticIdentifier optional for kopia BackupRepositories (#8987, @kaovilai)
+  * Fix issue #8960, implement PodVolume exposer for PVB/PVR (#8985, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * fix: update mc command in minio-deployment example (#8982, @vishal-chdhry)
+  * Fix issue #8957, add design for VGDP MS for fs-backup (#8979, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Add BSL status check for backup/restore operations. (#8976, @blackpiglet)
+  * Mark BackupRepository not ready when BSL changed (#8975, @ywk253100)
+  * Add support for [distributed snapshotting](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/tree/4cedb3f45790ac593ebfa3324c490abedf739477?tab=readme-ov-file#distributed-snapshotting) (#8969, @flx5)
+  * Fix issue #8534, refactor dm controllers to tolerate cancel request in more cases, e.g., node restart, node drain (#8952, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * The backup and restore VGDP affinity enhancement implementation. (#8949, @blackpiglet)
+  * Remove CSI VS and VSC metadata from backup. (#8946, @blackpiglet)
+  * Extend PVCAction itemblock plugin to support grouping PVCs under VGS label key (#8944, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Copy security context from origin pod (#8943, @farodin91)
+  * Add support for configuring VGS label key (#8938, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Add VolumeSnapshotContent into the RIA and the mustHave resource list. (#8924, @blackpiglet)
+  * Mounted cloud credentials should not be world-readable (#8919, @sseago)
+  * Warn for not found error in patching managed fields (#8902, @sseago)
+  * Fix issue 8878, relief node os deduction error checks (#8891, @Lyndon-Li)
+  * Skip namespace in terminating state in backup resource collection. (#8890, @blackpiglet)
+  * Implement PriorityClass Support (#8883, @kaovilai)
+  * Fix Velero adding restore-wait init container when not needed. (#8880, @kaovilai)
+  * Pass the logger in kopia related operations. (#8875, @hu-keyu)
+  * Inherit the dnsPolicy and dnsConfig from the node agent pod. This is done so that the kopia task uses the same configuration. (#8845, @flx5)
+  * Add design for VolumeGroupSnapshot support (#8778, @shubham-pampattiwar)
+  * Inherit k8s default volumeSnapshotClass. (#8719, @hu-keyu)
+  * CLI automatically discovers and uses cacert from BSL for download requests (#8557, @kaovilai)
+  * This PR aims to add s390x support to Velero binary. (#7505, @pandurangkhandeparker)

changelogs/unreleased/9132-mjnagel

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `--apply` flag to `install` command, allowing usage of Kubernetes apply to make changes to existing installs

changelogs/unreleased/9141-kaovilai

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+feat: Enhance BackupStorageLocation with Secret-based CA certificate support

changelogs/unreleased/9148-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9166-claude

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add VolumePolicy support for PVC Phase conditions to allow skipping Pending PVCs

changelogs/unreleased/9173-clementnuss

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

changelogs/unreleased/9206-Joeavaikath

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove labels associated with previous backups

changelogs/unreleased/9226-sseago

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

changelogs/unreleased/9233-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9244-priyansh17

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

changelogs/unreleased/9248-0xLeo258

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

changelogs/unreleased/9255-Joeavaikath

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+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. 
+When wildcard patterns are detected, they are expanded against the list of active namespaces in the cluster before the backup proceeds.
+
+Key features:
+- Wildcard patterns in namespace includes/excludes are automatically detected and expanded
+- Pattern validation ensures unsupported patterns (regex, consecutive asterisks) are rejected
+- Empty wildcard results (e.g., "invalid*" matching no namespaces) correctly result in empty backups
+- Exact namespace names and "*" continue to work as before (no expansion needed)

changelogs/unreleased/9256-shubham-pampattiwar

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

changelogs/unreleased/9264-shubham-pampattiwar

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

changelogs/unreleased/9269-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9281-0xLeo258

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

changelogs/unreleased/9291-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9295-sseago

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

changelogs/unreleased/9296-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9302-blackpiglet

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

changelogs/unreleased/9307-sseago

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Concurrent backup processing

changelogs/unreleased/9321-shubham-pampattiwar

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Sanitize Azure HTTP responses in BSL status messages

changelogs/unreleased/9329-T4iFooN-IX

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

changelogs/unreleased/9333-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9342-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9350-blackpiglet

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

changelogs/unreleased/9353-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9354-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9357-sseago

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

changelogs/unreleased/9362-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9366-blackpiglet

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use hookIndex for recording multiple restore exec hooks.

changelogs/unreleased/9367-shubham-pampattiwar

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

changelogs/unreleased/9368-shubham-pampattiwar

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

changelogs/unreleased/9370-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9375-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9379-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9389-sseago

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

changelogs/unreleased/9391-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9397-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9407-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9414-shubham-pampattiwar

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add Prometheus metrics for maintenance jobs

changelogs/unreleased/9418-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9419-shubham-pampattiwar

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

changelogs/unreleased/9420-Lyndon-Li

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

changelogs/unreleased/9431-blackpiglet

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove VolumeSnapshotClass from CSI B/R process.

changelogs/unreleased/9441-shubham-pampattiwar

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add PVC-to-Pod cache to improve volume policy performance

changelogs/unreleased/9445-mpryc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix plugin init container names exceeding DNS-1123 limit

changelogs/unreleased/9452-blackpiglet

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add maintenance job and data mover pod's labels and annotations setting.

changelogs/unreleased/9474-blackpiglet

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add Role, RoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ClusterRoleBinding in restore sequence.

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: backuprepositories.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ spec:
                 description: MaintenanceFrequency is how often maintenance should
                   be run.
                 type: string
+              repositoryConfig:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  type: string
+                description: RepositoryConfig is for repository-specific configuration
+                  fields.
+                nullable: true
+                type: object
               repositoryType:
                 description: RepositoryType indicates the type of the backend repository
                 enum:
@@ -64,7 +71,7 @@ spec:
               resticIdentifier:
                 description: |-
                   ResticIdentifier is the full restic-compatible string for identifying
-                  this repository.
+                  this repository. This field is only used when RepositoryType is "restic".
                 type: string
               volumeNamespace:
                 description: |-
@@ -74,15 +81,14 @@ spec:
             required:
             - backupStorageLocation
             - maintenanceFrequency
-            - resticIdentifier
             - volumeNamespace
             type: object
           status:
             description: BackupRepositoryStatus is the current status of a BackupRepository.
             properties:
               lastMaintenanceTime:
-                description: LastMaintenanceTime is the last time maintenance was
-                  run.
+                description: LastMaintenanceTime is the last time repo maintenance
+                  succeeded.
                 format: date-time
                 nullable: true
                 type: string
@@ -97,6 +103,33 @@ spec:
                 - Ready
                 - NotReady
                 type: string
+              recentMaintenance:
+                description: RecentMaintenance is status of the recent repo maintenance.
+                items:
+                  properties:
+                    completeTimestamp:
+                      description: CompleteTimestamp is the completion time of the
+                        repo maintenance.
+                      format: date-time
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: string
+                    message:
+                      description: Message is a message about the current status of
+                        the repo maintenance.
+                      type: string
+                    result:
+                      description: Result is the result of the repo maintenance.
+                      enum:
+                      - Succeeded
+                      - Failed
+                      type: string
+                    startTimestamp:
+                      description: StartTimestamp is the start time of the repo maintenance.
+                      format: date-time
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: string
+                  type: object
+                type: array
             type: object
         type: object
     served: true

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: backups.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ spec:
                   DefaultVolumesToRestic specifies whether restic should be used to take a
                   backup of all pod volumes by default.
 
-
                   Deprecated: this field is no longer used and will be removed entirely in future. Use DefaultVolumesToFsBackup instead.
                 nullable: true
                 type: boolean
@@ -176,11 +175,13 @@ spec:
                                     items:
                                       type: string
                                     type: array
+                                    x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                                 required:
                                 - key
                                 - operator
                                 type: object
                               type: array
+                              x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                             matchLabels:
                               additionalProperties:
                                 type: string
@@ -364,11 +365,13 @@ spec:
                           items:
                             type: string
                           type: array
+                          x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                       required:
                       - key
                       - operator
                       type: object
                     type: array
+                    x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                   matchLabels:
                     additionalProperties:
                       type: string
@@ -425,11 +428,13 @@ spec:
                             items:
                               type: string
                             type: array
+                            x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                         required:
                         - key
                         - operator
                         type: object
                       type: array
+                      x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                     matchLabels:
                       additionalProperties:
                         type: string
@@ -502,6 +507,10 @@ spec:
                       uploads to perform when using the uploader.
                     type: integer
                 type: object
+              volumeGroupSnapshotLabelKey:
+                description: VolumeGroupSnapshotLabelKey specifies the label key to
+                  group PVCs under a VGS.
+                type: string
               volumeSnapshotLocations:
                 description: VolumeSnapshotLocations is a list containing names of
                   VolumeSnapshotLocations associated with this backup.
@@ -585,6 +594,8 @@ spec:
                 description: Phase is the current state of the Backup.
                 enum:
                 - New
+                - Queued
+                - ReadyToStart
                 - FailedValidation
                 - InProgress
                 - WaitingForPluginOperations
@@ -616,6 +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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: backupstoragelocations.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -86,10 +86,13 @@ spec:
                       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
-                      TODO: Add other useful fields. apiVersion, kind, uid?
                     type: string
                   optional:
                     description: Specify whether the Secret or its key must be defined
@@ -110,10 +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.
@@ -141,7 +172,6 @@ spec:
                 description: |-
                   AccessMode is an unused field.
 
-
                   Deprecated: there is now an AccessMode field on the Spec and this field
                   will be removed entirely as of v2.0.
                 enum:
@@ -153,7 +183,6 @@ spec:
                   LastSyncedRevision is the value of the `metadata/revision` file in the backup
                   storage location the last time the BSL's contents were synced into the cluster.
 
-
                   Deprecated: this field is no longer updated or used for detecting changes to
                   the location's contents and will be removed entirely in v2.0.
                 type: string

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: deletebackuprequests.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: downloadrequests.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: podvolumebackups.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -15,38 +15,47 @@ spec:
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
-    - description: Pod Volume Backup status such as New/InProgress
+    - description: PodVolumeBackup status such as New/InProgress
       jsonPath: .status.phase
       name: Status
       type: string
-    - description: Time when this backup was started
+    - description: Time duration since this PodVolumeBackup was started
       jsonPath: .status.startTimestamp
-      name: Created
+      name: Started
       type: date
-    - description: Namespace of the pod containing the volume to be backed up
-      jsonPath: .spec.pod.namespace
-      name: Namespace
-      type: string
-    - description: Name of the pod containing the volume to be backed up
-      jsonPath: .spec.pod.name
-      name: Pod
-      type: string
-    - description: Name of the volume to be backed up
-      jsonPath: .spec.volume
-      name: Volume
-      type: string
-    - description: The type of the uploader to handle data transfer
-      jsonPath: .spec.uploaderType
-      name: Uploader Type
-      type: string
+    - description: Completed bytes
+      format: int64
+      jsonPath: .status.progress.bytesDone
+      name: Bytes Done
+      type: integer
+    - description: Total bytes
+      format: int64
+      jsonPath: .status.progress.totalBytes
+      name: Total Bytes
+      type: integer
+    - description: Incremental bytes
+      format: int64
+      jsonPath: .status.incrementalBytes
+      name: Incremental Bytes
+      priority: 10
+      type: integer
     - description: Name of the Backup Storage Location where this backup should be
         stored
       jsonPath: .spec.backupStorageLocation
       name: Storage Location
       type: string
-    - jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
+    - description: Time duration since this PodVolumeBackup was created
+      jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
       name: Age
       type: date
+    - description: Name of the node where the PodVolumeBackup is processed
+      jsonPath: .status.node
+      name: Node
+      type: string
+    - description: The type of the uploader to handle data transfer
+      jsonPath: .spec.uploaderType
+      name: Uploader
+      type: string
     name: v1
     schema:
       openAPIV3Schema:
@@ -76,6 +85,11 @@ spec:
                   BackupStorageLocation is the name of the backup storage location
                   where the backup repository is stored.
                 type: string
+              cancel:
+                description: |-
+                  Cancel indicates request to cancel the ongoing PodVolumeBackup. It can be set
+                  when the PodVolumeBackup is in InProgress phase
+                type: boolean
               node:
                 description: Node is the name of the node that the Pod is running
                   on.
@@ -96,7 +110,6 @@ spec:
                       the event) or if no container name is specified "spec.containers[2]" (container with
                       index 2 in this pod). This syntax is chosen only to have some well-defined way of
                       referencing a part of an object.
-                      TODO: this design is not final and this field is subject to change in the future.
                     type: string
                   kind:
                     description: |-
@@ -166,6 +179,13 @@ spec:
           status:
             description: PodVolumeBackupStatus is the current status of a PodVolumeBackup.
             properties:
+              acceptedTimestamp:
+                description: |-
+                  AcceptedTimestamp records the time the pod volume backup is to be prepared.
+                  The server's time is used for AcceptedTimestamp
+                format: date-time
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
               completionTimestamp:
                 description: |-
                   CompletionTimestamp records the time a backup was completed.
@@ -175,6 +195,11 @@ spec:
                 format: date-time
                 nullable: true
                 type: string
+              incrementalBytes:
+                description: IncrementalBytes holds the number of bytes new or changed
+                  since the last backup
+                format: int64
+                type: integer
               message:
                 description: Message is a message about the pod volume backup's status.
                 type: string
@@ -186,7 +211,11 @@ spec:
                 description: Phase is the current state of the PodVolumeBackup.
                 enum:
                 - New
+                - Accepted
+                - Prepared
                 - InProgress
+                - Canceling
+                - Canceled
                 - Completed
                 - Failed
                 type: string

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: podvolumerestores.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -15,39 +15,40 @@ spec:
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
-    - description: Namespace of the pod containing the volume to be restored
-      jsonPath: .spec.pod.namespace
-      name: Namespace
+    - description: PodVolumeRestore status such as New/InProgress
+      jsonPath: .status.phase
+      name: Status
       type: string
-    - description: Name of the pod containing the volume to be restored
-      jsonPath: .spec.pod.name
-      name: Pod
+    - description: Time duration since this PodVolumeRestore was started
+      jsonPath: .status.startTimestamp
+      name: Started
+      type: date
+    - description: Completed bytes
+      format: int64
+      jsonPath: .status.progress.bytesDone
+      name: Bytes Done
+      type: integer
+    - description: Total bytes
+      format: int64
+      jsonPath: .status.progress.totalBytes
+      name: Total Bytes
+      type: integer
+    - description: Name of the Backup Storage Location where the backup data is stored
+      jsonPath: .spec.backupStorageLocation
+      name: Storage Location
+      type: string
+    - description: Time duration since this PodVolumeRestore was created
+      jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
+      name: Age
+      type: date
+    - description: Name of the node where the PodVolumeRestore is processed
+      jsonPath: .status.node
+      name: Node
       type: string
     - description: The type of the uploader to handle data transfer
       jsonPath: .spec.uploaderType
       name: Uploader Type
       type: string
-    - description: Name of the volume to be restored
-      jsonPath: .spec.volume
-      name: Volume
-      type: string
-    - description: Pod Volume Restore status such as New/InProgress
-      jsonPath: .status.phase
-      name: Status
-      type: string
-    - description: Pod Volume Restore status such as New/InProgress
-      format: int64
-      jsonPath: .status.progress.totalBytes
-      name: TotalBytes
-      type: integer
-    - description: Pod Volume Restore status such as New/InProgress
-      format: int64
-      jsonPath: .status.progress.bytesDone
-      name: BytesDone
-      type: integer
-    - jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
-      name: Age
-      type: date
     name: v1
     schema:
       openAPIV3Schema:
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ spec:
                   BackupStorageLocation is the name of the backup storage location
                   where the backup repository is stored.
                 type: string
+              cancel:
+                description: |-
+                  Cancel indicates request to cancel the ongoing PodVolumeRestore. It can be set
+                  when the PodVolumeRestore is in InProgress phase
+                type: boolean
               pod:
                 description: Pod is a reference to the pod containing the volume to
                   be restored.
@@ -93,7 +99,6 @@ spec:
                       the event) or if no container name is specified "spec.containers[2]" (container with
                       index 2 in this pod). This syntax is chosen only to have some well-defined way of
                       referencing a part of an object.
-                      TODO: this design is not final and this field is subject to change in the future.
                     type: string
                   kind:
                     description: |-
@@ -128,6 +133,10 @@ spec:
               snapshotID:
                 description: SnapshotID is the ID of the volume snapshot to be restored.
                 type: string
+              snapshotSize:
+                description: SnapshotSize is the logical size in Bytes of the snapshot.
+                format: int64
+                type: integer
               sourceNamespace:
                 description: SourceNamespace is the original namespace for namaspace
                   mapping.
@@ -163,6 +172,13 @@ spec:
           status:
             description: PodVolumeRestoreStatus is the current status of a PodVolumeRestore.
             properties:
+              acceptedTimestamp:
+                description: |-
+                  AcceptedTimestamp records the time the pod volume restore is to be prepared.
+                  The server's time is used for AcceptedTimestamp
+                format: date-time
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
               completionTimestamp:
                 description: |-
                   CompletionTimestamp records the time a restore was completed.
@@ -174,11 +190,19 @@ spec:
               message:
                 description: Message is a message about the pod volume restore's status.
                 type: string
+              node:
+                description: Node is name of the node where the pod volume restore
+                  is processed.
+                type: string
               phase:
                 description: Phase is the current state of the PodVolumeRestore.
                 enum:
                 - New
+                - Accepted
+                - Prepared
                 - InProgress
+                - Canceling
+                - Canceled
                 - Completed
                 - Failed
                 type: string

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: restores.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -138,11 +138,13 @@ spec:
                                     items:
                                       type: string
                                     type: array
+                                    x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                                 required:
                                 - key
                                 - operator
                                 type: object
                               type: array
+                              x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                             matchLabels:
                               additionalProperties:
                                 type: string
@@ -291,11 +293,13 @@ spec:
                           items:
                             type: string
                           type: array
+                          x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                       required:
                       - key
                       - operator
                       type: object
                     type: array
+                    x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                   matchLabels:
                     additionalProperties:
                       type: string
@@ -354,11 +358,13 @@ spec:
                             items:
                               type: string
                             type: array
+                            x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                         required:
                         - key
                         - operator
                         type: object
                       type: array
+                      x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                     matchLabels:
                       additionalProperties:
                         type: string

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: schedules.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ spec:
                       DefaultVolumesToRestic specifies whether restic should be used to take a
                       backup of all pod volumes by default.
 
-
                       Deprecated: this field is no longer used and will be removed entirely in future. Use DefaultVolumesToFsBackup instead.
                     nullable: true
                     type: boolean
@@ -215,11 +214,13 @@ spec:
                                         items:
                                           type: string
                                         type: array
+                                        x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                                     required:
                                     - key
                                     - operator
                                     type: object
                                   type: array
+                                  x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                                 matchLabels:
                                   additionalProperties:
                                     type: string
@@ -405,11 +406,13 @@ spec:
                               items:
                                 type: string
                               type: array
+                              x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                           required:
                           - key
                           - operator
                           type: object
                         type: array
+                        x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                       matchLabels:
                         additionalProperties:
                           type: string
@@ -466,11 +469,13 @@ spec:
                                 items:
                                   type: string
                                 type: array
+                                x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                             required:
                             - key
                             - operator
                             type: object
                           type: array
+                          x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                         matchLabels:
                           additionalProperties:
                             type: string
@@ -544,6 +549,10 @@ spec:
                           uploads to perform when using the uploader.
                         type: integer
                     type: object
+                  volumeGroupSnapshotLabelKey:
+                    description: VolumeGroupSnapshotLabelKey specifies the label key
+                      to group PVCs under a VGS.
+                    type: string
                   volumeSnapshotLocations:
                     description: VolumeSnapshotLocations is a list containing names
                       of VolumeSnapshotLocations associated with this backup.

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: serverstatusrequests.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: volumesnapshotlocations.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -57,10 +57,13 @@ spec:
                       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
-                      TODO: Add other useful fields. apiVersion, kind, uid?
                     type: string
                   optional:
                     description: Specify whether the Secret or its key must be defined

config/crd/v2alpha1/bases/velero.io_datadownloads.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: datadownloads.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ spec:
                   DataMover specifies the data mover to be used by the backup.
                   If DataMover is "" or "velero", the built-in data mover will be used.
                 type: string
+              nodeOS:
+                description: NodeOS is OS of the node where the DataDownload is processed.
+                enum:
+                - auto
+                - linux
+                - windows
+                type: string
               operationTimeout:
                 description: |-
                   OperationTimeout specifies the time used to wait internal operations,
@@ -101,6 +108,10 @@ spec:
                 description: SnapshotID is the ID of the Velero backup snapshot to
                   be restored from.
                 type: string
+              snapshotSize:
+                description: SnapshotSize is the logical size in Bytes of the snapshot.
+                format: int64
+                type: integer
               sourceNamespace:
                 description: |-
                   SourceNamespace is the original namespace where the volume is backed up from.
@@ -136,6 +147,16 @@ spec:
           status:
             description: DataDownloadStatus is the current status of a DataDownload.
             properties:
+              acceptedByNode:
+                description: Node is name of the node where the DataUpload is prepared.
+                type: string
+              acceptedTimestamp:
+                description: |-
+                  AcceptedTimestamp records the time the DataUpload is to be prepared.
+                  The server's time is used for AcceptedTimestamp
+                format: date-time
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
               completionTimestamp:
                 description: |-
                   CompletionTimestamp records the time a restore was completed.

config/crd/v2alpha1/bases/velero.io_datauploads.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.5
   name: datauploads.velero.io
 spec:
   group: velero.io
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ spec:
       jsonPath: .status.progress.totalBytes
       name: Total Bytes
       type: integer
+    - description: Incremental bytes
+      format: int64
+      jsonPath: .status.incrementalBytes
+      name: Incremental Bytes
+      priority: 10
+      type: integer
     - description: Name of the Backup Storage Location where this backup should be
         stored
       jsonPath: .spec.backupStorageLocation
@@ -87,6 +93,9 @@ spec:
                   of the CSI snapshot.
                 nullable: true
                 properties:
+                  driver:
+                    description: Driver is the driver used by the VolumeSnapshotContent
+                    type: string
                   snapshotClass:
                     description: SnapshotClass is the name of the snapshot class that
                       the volume snapshot is created with
@@ -143,6 +152,17 @@ spec:
           status:
             description: DataUploadStatus is the current status of a DataUpload.
             properties:
+              acceptedByNode:
+                description: AcceptedByNode is name of the node where the DataUpload
+                  is prepared.
+                type: string
+              acceptedTimestamp:
+                description: |-
+                  AcceptedTimestamp records the time the DataUpload is to be prepared.
+                  The server's time is used for AcceptedTimestamp
+                format: date-time
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
               completionTimestamp:
                 description: |-
                   CompletionTimestamp records the time a backup was completed.
@@ -159,12 +179,24 @@ spec:
                   as a result of the DataUpload.
                 nullable: true
                 type: object
+              incrementalBytes:
+                description: IncrementalBytes holds the number of bytes new or changed
+                  since the last backup
+                format: int64
+                type: integer
               message:
                 description: Message is a message about the DataUpload's status.
                 type: string
               node:
                 description: Node is name of the node where the DataUpload is processed.
                 type: string
+              nodeOS:
+                description: NodeOS is OS of the node where the DataUpload is processed.
+                enum:
+                - auto
+                - linux
+                - windows
+                type: string
               path:
                 description: Path is the full path of the snapshot volume being backed
                   up.

config/rbac/role.yaml

@@ -8,17 +8,7 @@ rules:
   - ""
   resources:
   - persistentvolumerclaims
-  verbs:
-  - get
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
   - persistentvolumes
-  verbs:
-  - get
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
   - pods
   verbs:
   - get
@@ -26,6 +16,18 @@ rules:
   - velero.io
   resources:
   - backuprepositories
+  - backups
+  - backupstoragelocations
+  - datadownloads
+  - datauploads
+  - deletebackuprequests
+  - downloadrequests
+  - podvolumebackups
+  - podvolumerestores
+  - restores
+  - schedules
+  - serverstatusrequests
+  - volumesnapshotlocations
   verbs:
   - create
   - delete
@@ -38,239 +40,18 @@ rules:
   - velero.io
   resources:
   - backuprepositories/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - backups
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - backups/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - backupstoragelocations
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - backupstoragelocations/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - datadownloads
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - datadownloads/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - datauploads
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - datauploads/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - deletebackuprequests
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - deletebackuprequests/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - downloadrequests
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - downloadrequests/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - podvolumebackups
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - podvolumebackups/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - podvolumerestores
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - podvolumerestores/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - restores
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - restores/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - schedules
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - schedules/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - serverstatusrequests
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
   - serverstatusrequests/status
   verbs:
   - get
   - patch
   - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - velero.io
-  resources:
-  - volumesnapshotlocations
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch

design/Implemented/Extend-VolumePolicies-to-support-more-actions.md

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ volumePolicies:
 - Update VolumePolicy action type validation to account for `fs-backup` and `snapshot` as valid VolumePolicy actions.
 - Modifications needed for `fs-backup` action:
   - Now based on the specification of volume policy on backup request we will decide whether to go via legacy pod annotations approach or the newer volume policy based fs-backup action approach.
-  - If there is a presence of volume policy(fs-backup/snapshot)  on the backup request that matches as an action for a volume we use the newer volume policy approach to get the list of the volumes for `fs-backup` action
+  - If there is a presence of volume policy(fs-backup/snapshot) on the backup request that matches as an action for a volume we use the newer volume policy approach to get the list of the volumes for `fs-backup` action
   - Else continue with the annotation based legacy approach workflow.
 
 - Modifications needed for `snapshot` action:
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func (v *volumeHelperImpl) ShouldPerformSnapshot(obj runtime.Unstructured, group
 
 	if !boolptr.IsSetToFalse(v.snapshotVolumes) {
 		// If the backup.Spec.SnapshotVolumes is not set, or set to true, then should take the snapshot.
-		v.logger.Infof("performing snapshot action for pv %s as the snapshotVolumes is not set to false")
+		v.logger.Infof("performing snapshot action for pv %s as the snapshotVolumes is not set to false", pv.Name)
 		return true, nil
 	}
 

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/backup-performance-improvements.md

@@ -0,0 +1,370 @@
+# Velero Backup performance Improvements and VolumeGroupSnapshot enablement
+
+There are two different goals here, linked by a single primary missing feature in the Velero backup workflow.
+The first goal is to enhance backup performance by allowing the primary backup controller to run in multiple threads, enabling Velero to back up multiple items at the same time for a given backup.
+The second goal is to enable Velero to eventually support VolumeGroupSnapshots.
+For both of these goals, Velero needs a way to determine which items should be backed up together.
+
+This design proposal will include two development phases:
+- Phase 1 will refactor the backup workflow to identify blocks of related items that should be backed up together, and then coordinate backup hooks among items in the block.
+- Phase 2 will add multiple worker threads for backing up item blocks, so instead of backing up each block as it identified, the velero backup workflow will instead add the block to a channel and one of the workers will pick it up.
+- Actual support for VolumeGroupSnapshots is out-of-scope here and will be handled in a future design proposal, but the item block refactor introduced in Phase 1 is a primary building block for this future proposal.
+
+## Background
+Currently, during backup processing, the main Velero backup controller runs in a single thread, completely finishing the primary backup processing for one resource before moving on to the next one.
+We can improve the overall backup performance by backing up multiple items for a backup at the same time, but before we can do this we must first identify resources that need to be backed up together.
+Generally speaking, resources that need to be backed up together are resources with interdependencies -- pods with their PVCs, PVCs with their PVs, groups of pods that form a single application, CRs, pods, and other resources that belong to the same operator, etc.
+As part of this initial refactoring, once these "Item Blocks" are identified, an additional change will be to move pod hook processing up to the ItemBlock level.
+If there are multiple pods in the ItemBlock, pre-hooks for all pods will be run before backing up the items, followed by post-hooks for all pods.
+This change to hook processing is another prerequisite for future VolumeGroupSnapshot support, since supporting this will require backing up the pods and volumes together for any volumes which belong to the same group.
+Once we are backing up items by block, the next step will be to create multiple worker threads to process and back up ItemBlocks, so that we can back up multiple ItemBlocks at the same time.
+
+In looking at the different kinds of large backups that Velero must deal with, two obvious scenarios come to mind:
+1. Backups with a relatively small number of large volumes
+2. Backups with a large number of relatively small volumes.
+
+In case 1, the majority of the time spent on the backup is in the asynchronous phases -- CSI snapshot creation actions after the snaphandle exists, and DataUpload processing. In that case, parallel item processing will likely have a minimal impact on overall backup completion time.
+
+In case 2, the majority of time spent on the backup will likely be during the synchronous actions. Especially as regards CSI snapshot creation, the waiting for the VSC snaphandle to exist will result in significant passage of time with thousands of volumes. This is the sort of use case which will benefit the most from parallel item processing.
+
+## Goals
+- Identify groups of related items to back up together (ItemBlocks).
+- Manage backup hooks at the ItemBlock level rather than per-item.
+- Using worker threads, back up ItemBlocks at the same time.
+
+## Non Goals
+- Support VolumeGroupSnapshots: this is a future feature, although certain prerequisites for this enhancement are included in this proposal.
+- Process multiple backups in parallel: this is a future feature, although certain prerequisites for this enhancement are included in this proposal.
+- Refactoring plugin infrastructure to avoid RPC calls for internal plugins.
+- Restore performance improvements: this is potentially a future feature
+
+## High-Level Design
+
+### ItemBlock concept
+
+The updated design is based on a new struct/type called `ItemBlock`.
+Essentially, an `ItemBlock` is a group of items that must be backed up together in order to guarantee backup integrity.
+When we eventually split item backup across multiple worker threads, `ItemBlocks` will be kept together as the basic unit of backup.
+To facilitate this, a new plugin type, `ItemBlockAction` will allow relationships between items to be identified by velero -- any resources that must be backed up with other resources will need IBA plugins defined for them.
+Examples of `ItemBlocks` include:
+1. A pod, its mounted PVCs, and the bound PVs for those PVCs.
+2. A VolumeGroup (related PVCs and PVs) along with any pods mounting these volumes.
+3. For a ReadWriteMany PVC, the PVC, its bound PV, and all pods mounting this PVC.
+
+### Phase 1: ItemBlock processing
+- A new plugin type, `ItemBlockAction`, will be created
+- `ItemBlockAction` will contain the API method `GetRelatedItems`, which will be needed for determining which items to group together into `ItemBlocks`.
+- When processing the list of items returned from the item collector, instead of simply calling `BackupItem` on each in turn, we will use the `GetRelatedItems` API call to determine other items to include with the current item in an ItemBlock. Repeat recursively on each item returned.
+- Don't include an item in more than one ItemBlock -- if the next item from the item collector is already in a block, skip it.
+- Once ItemBlock is determined, call new func `BackupItemBlock` instead of `BackupItem`.
+- New func `BackupItemBlock` will call pre hooks for any pods in the block, then back up the items in the block (`BackupItem` will no longer run hooks directly), then call post hooks for any pods in the block.
+- The finalize phase will not be affected by the ItemBlock design, since this is just updating resources after async operations are completed on the items and there is no need to run these updates in parallel.
+
+### Phase 2: Process ItemBlocks for a single backup in multiple threads
+- Concurrent `BackupItemBlock` operations will be executed by worker threads invoked by the backup controller, which will communicate with the backup controller operation via a shared channel.
+- The ItemBlock processing loop implemented in Phase 1 will be modified to send each newly-created ItemBlock to the shared channel rather than calling `BackupItemBlock` inline.
+- Users will be able to configure the number of workers available for concurrent `BackupItemBlock` operations.
+- Access to the BackedUpItems map must be synchronized
+
+## Detailed Design
+
+### Phase 1: ItemBlock processing
+
+#### New ItemBlockAction plugin type
+
+In order for Velero to identify groups of items to back up together in an ItemBlock, we need a way to identify items which need to be backed up along with the current item. While the current `Execute` BackupItemAction method does return a list of additional items which are required by the current item, we need to know this *before* we start the item backup. To support this, we need a new plugin type, `ItemBlockAction` (IBA) with an API method, `GetRelatedItems` which Velero will call on each item as it processes. The expectation is that the registered IBA plugins will return the same items as returned as additional items by the BIA `Execute` method, with the exception that items which are not created until calling `Execute` should not be returned here, as they don't exist yet.
+
+#### Proto definition (compiled into golang by protoc)
+
+The ItemBlockAction plugin type is defined as follows:
+```
+service ItemBlockAction {
+    rpc AppliesTo(ItemBlockActionAppliesToRequest) returns (ItemBlockActionAppliesToResponse);
+    rpc GetRelatedItems(ItemBlockActionGetRelatedItemsRequest) returns (ItemBlockActionGetRelatedItemsResponse);
+}
+
+message ItemBlockActionAppliesToRequest {
+    string plugin = 1;
+}
+
+message ItemBlockActionAppliesToResponse {
+    ResourceSelector ResourceSelector = 1;
+}
+
+message ItemBlockActionGetRelatedItemsRequest {
+    string plugin = 1;
+    bytes item = 2;
+    bytes backup = 3;
+}
+
+message ItemBlockActionGetRelatedItemsResponse {
+    repeated generated.ResourceIdentifier relatedItems = 1;
+}
+```
+
+A new PluginKind, `ItemBlockAction`, will be created, and the backup process will be modified to use this plugin kind.
+
+For any BIA plugins which return additional items from `Execute()` that need to be backed up at the same time or sequentially in the same worker thread as the current items should add a new IBA plugin to return these same items (minus any which won't exist before BIA `Execute()` is called).
+This mainly applies to plugins that operate on pods which reference resources which must be backed up along with the pod and are potentially affected by pod hooks or for plugins which connect multiple pods whose volumes should be backed up at the same time.
+
+### Changes to processing item list from the Item Collector
+
+#### New structs BackupItemBlock, ItemBlock, and ItemBlockItem
+```go
+package backup
+
+type BackupItemBlock struct {
+    itemblock.ItemBlock
+    // This is a reference to the  shared itemBackupper for the backup
+    itemBackupper *itemBackupper
+}
+
+package itemblock
+
+type ItemBlock struct {
+    Log           logrus.FieldLogger
+    Items         []ItemBlockItem
+}
+
+type ItemBlockItem struct {
+    Gr           schema.GroupResource
+    Item         *unstructured.Unstructured
+    PreferredGVR schema.GroupVersionResource
+}
+```
+
+#### Current workflow
+In the `BackupWithResolvers` func, the current Velero implementation iterates over the list of items for backup returned by the Item Collector. For each item, Velero loads the item from the file created by the Item Collector, we call `backupItem`, update the GR map if successful, remove the (temporary) file containing item metadata, and update progress for the backup.
+
+#### Modifications to the loop over ItemCollector results
+The `kubernetesResource` struct used by the item collector will be modified to add an `orderedResource` bool which will be set true for all of the resources moved to the beginning for each GroupResource as a result of being ordered resources.
+In addition, an `inItemBlock` bool is added to the struct which will be set to true later when processing the list when each item is added to an ItemBlock.
+While the item collector already puts ordered resources first for each GR, there is no indication in the list which of these initial items are from the ordered resources list and which are the remaining (unordered) items.
+Velero needs to know which resources are ordered because when we process them later, the ordered resources for each GroupResource must be processed sequentially in a single ItemBlock.
+
+The current workflow within each iteration of the ItemCollector.items loop will replaced with the following:
+- (note that some of the below should be pulled out into a helper func to facilitate recursive call to it for items returned from `GetRelatedItems`.)
+- Before loop iteration, create a pointer to a `BackupItemBlock` which will represent the current ItemBlock being processed.
+- If `item` has `inItemBlock==true`, continue. This one has already been processed.
+- If current `itemBlock` is nil, create it.
+- Add `item` to `itemBlock`.
+- Load item from ItemCollector file. Close/remove file after loading (on error return or not, possibly with similar anonymous func to current impl)
+- If other versions of the same item exist (via EnableAPIGroupVersions), add these to the `itemBlock` as well (and load from ItemCollector file)
+- Get matching IBA plugins for item, call `GetRelatedItems` for each. For each item returned, get full item content from ItemCollector (if present in item list, pulling from file, removing file when done) or from cluster (if not present in item list), add item to the current block, add item to `itemsInBlock` map, and then recursively apply current step to each (i.e. call IBA method, add to block, etc.)
+- If current item and next item are both ordered items for the same GR, then continue to next item, adding to current `itemBlock`.
+- Once full ItemBlock list is generated, call `backupItemBlock(block ItemBlock)
+- Add `backupItemBlock` return values to `backedUpGroupResources` map
+
+
+#### New func `backupItemBlock`
+
+Method signature for new func `backupItemBlock` is as follows:
+```go
+func (kb *kubernetesBackupper) backupItemBlock(block BackupItemBlock) []schema.GroupResource
+```
+The return value is a slice of GRs for resources which were backed up. Velero tracks these to determine which CRDs need to be included in the backup. Note that we need to make sure we include in this not only those resources that were backed up directly, but also those backed up indirectly via additional items BIA execute returns.
+
+In order to handle backup hooks, this func will first take the input item list (`block.items`) and get a list of included pods, filtered to include only those not yet backed up (using `block.itemBackupper.backupRequest.BackedUpItems`). Iterate over this list and execute pre hooks (pulled out of `itemBackupper.backupItemInternal`) for each item.
+Now iterate over the full list (`block.items`) and call `backupItem` for each. After the first, the later items should already have been backed up, but calling a second time is harmless, since the first thing Velero does is check the `BackedUpItems` map, exiting if item is already backed up). We still need this call in case there's a plugin which returns something in `GetAdditionalItems` but forgets to return it in the `Execute` additional items return value. If we don't do this, we could end up missing items.
+
+After backing up the items in the block, we now execute post hooks using the same filtered item list we used for pre hooks, again taking the logic from `itemBackupper.backupItemInternal`).
+
+#### `itemBackupper.backupItemInternal` cleanup
+
+After implementing backup hooks in `backupItemBlock`, hook processing should be removed from `itemBackupper.backupItemInternal`.
+
+### Phase 2: Process ItemBlocks for a single backup in multiple threads
+
+#### New input field for number of ItemBlock workers
+
+The velero installer and server CLIs will get a new input field `itemBlockWorkerCount`, which will be passed along to the `backupReconciler`.
+The `backupReconciler` struct will also have this new field added. 
+
+#### Worker pool for item block processing
+
+A new type, `ItemBlockWorker` will be added which will manage a pool of worker goroutines which will process item blocks, a shared input channel for passing blocks to workers, and a WaitGroup to shut down cleanly when the reconciler exits.
+```go
+type ItemBlockWorkerPool struct {
+    itemBlockChannel chan ItemBlockInput
+    wg               *sync.WaitGroup
+    logger           logrus.FieldLogger
+}
+
+type ItemBlockInput struct {
+    itemBlock  *BackupItemBlock
+    returnChan chan ItemBlockReturn
+}
+
+type ItemBlockReturn struct {
+    itemBlock *BackupItemBlock
+    resources []schema.GroupResource
+    err       error
+}
+
+func (*p ItemBlockWorkerPool) getInputChannel() chan ItemBlockInput
+func StartItemBlockWorkerPool(context context.Context, workers int, logger logrus.FieldLogger) ItemBlockWorkerPool
+func processItemBlockWorker(context context.Context, itemBlockChannel chan ItemBlockInput, logger logrus.FieldLogger, wg *sync.WaitGroup)
+```
+
+The worker pool will be started by calling `StartItemBlockWorkerPool` in `NewBackupReconciler()`, passing in the worker count and reconciler context.
+`backupreconciler.prepareBackupRequest` will also add the input channel to the `backupRequest` so that it will be available during backup processing.
+The func `StartItemBlockWorkerPool` will create the `ItemBlockWorkerPool` with a shared buffered input channel (fixed buffer size) and start `workers` gororoutines which will each call `processItemBlockWorker`.
+The `processItemBlockWorker` func (run by the worker goroutines) will read from `itemBlockChannel`, call `BackupItemBlock` on the retrieved `ItemBlock`, and then send the return value to the retrieved `returnChan`, and then process the next block.
+
+#### Modify ItemBlock processing loop to send ItemBlocks to the worker pool rather than backing them up directly
+
+The ItemBlock processing loop implemented in Phase 1 will be modified to send each newly-created ItemBlock to the shared channel rather than calling `BackupItemBlock` inline, using a WaitGroup to manage in-process items. A separate goroutine will be created to process returns for this backup. After completion of the ItemBlock processing loop, velero will use the WaitGroup to wait for all ItemBlock processing to complete before moving forward.
+
+A simplified example of what this response goroutine might look like:
+```go
+    // omitting cancel handling, context, etc
+    ret := make(chan ItemBlockReturn)
+    wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+    // Handle returns
+    go func() {
+        for {
+            select {
+            case response := <-ret: // process each BackupItemBlock response
+                func() {
+                    defer wg.Done()
+                    responses = append(responses, response)
+                }()
+            case <-ctx.Done():
+                return
+            }
+        }
+    }()
+    // Simplified illustration, looping over and assumed already-determined ItemBlock list
+    for _, itemBlock := range itemBlocks {
+        wg.Add(1)
+        inputChan <- ItemBlockInput{itemBlock: itemBlock, returnChan: ret}
+    }
+    done := make(chan struct{})
+    go func() {
+        defer close(done)
+        wg.Wait()
+    }()
+    // Wait for all the ItemBlocks to be processed
+    select {
+    case <-done:
+        logger.Info("done processing ItemBlocks")
+    }
+    // responses from BackupItemBlock calls are in responses
+```
+
+When processing the responses, the main thing is to set `backedUpGroupResources[item.groupResource]=true` for each GR returned, which will give the same result as the current implementation calling items one-by-one and setting that field as needed.
+
+The ItemBlock processing loop described above will be split into two separate iterations. For the first iteration, velero will only process those items at the beginning of the loop identified as `orderedResources` -- when the groups generated from these resources are passed to the worker channel, velero will wait for the response before moving on to the next ItemBlock.
+This is to ensure that the ordered resources are processed in the required order. Once the last ordered resource is processed, the remaining ItemBlocks will be processed and sent to the worker channel without waiting for a response, in order to allow these ItemBlocks to be processed in parallel.
+The reason we must execute `ItemBlocks` with ordered resources first (and one at a time) is that this is a list of resources identified by the user as resources which must be backed up first, and in a particular order.
+
+#### Synchronize access to the BackedUpItems map
+
+Velero uses a map of BackedUpItems to track which items have already been backed up. This prevents velero from attempting to back up an item more than once, as well as guarding against creating infinite loops due to circular dependencies in the additional items returns. Since velero will now be accessing this map from the parallel goroutines, access to the map must be synchronized with mutexes.
+
+### Backup Finalize phase
+
+The finalize phase will not be affected by the ItemBlock design, since this is just updating resources after async operations are completed on the items and there is no need to run these updates in parallel.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+### BackpuItemAction v3 API
+
+Instead of adding a new  `ItemBlockAction` plugin type, we could add a `GetAdditionalItems` method to BackupItemAction.
+This was rejected because the new plugin type provides a cleaner interface, and keeps the function of grouping related items separate from the function of modifying item content for the backup.
+
+### Per-backup worker pool
+
+The current design makes use of a permanent worker pool, started at backup controller startup time. With this design, when we follow on with running multiple backups in parallel, the same set of workers will take ItemBlock inputs from more than one backup. Another approach that was initially considered was a temporary worker pool, created while processing a backup, and deleted upon backup completion. 
+
+#### User-visible API differences between the two approaches
+
+The main user-visible difference here is in the configuration API. For the permanent worker approach, the worker count represents the total worker count for all backups. The concurrent backup count represents the number of backups running at the same time. At any given time, though, the maximum number of worker threads backing up items concurrently is equal to the worker count. If worker count is 15 and the concurrent backup count is 3, then there will be, at most, 15 items being processed at the same time, split among up to three running backups.
+
+For the per-backup worker approach, the worker count represents the worker count for each backup. The concurrent backup count, as before, represents the number of backups running at the same time. If worker count is 15 and the concurrent backup count is 3, then there will be, at most, 45 items being processed at the same time, up to 15 for each of up to three running backups.
+#### Comparison of the two approaches
+
+- Permanent worker pool advantages:
+  - This is the more commonly-followed Kubernetes pattern. It's generally better to follow standard practices, unless there are genuine reasons for the use case to go in a different way.
+  - It's easier for users to understand the maximum number of concurrent items processed, which will have performance impact and impact on the resource requirements for the Velero pod. Users will not have to multiply the config numbers in their heads when working out how many total workers are present.
+  - It will give us more flexibility for future enhancements around concurrent backups. One possible use case: backup priority. Maybe a user wants scheduled backups to have a lower priority than user-generated backups, since a user is sitting there waiting for completion -- a shared worker pool could react to the priority by taking ItemBlocks for the higher priority backup first, which would allow a large lower-priority backup's items to be preempted by a higher-priority backup's items without needing to explicitly stop the main controller flow for that backup.
+- Per-backup worker pool advantages:
+  - Lower memory consumption than permanent worker pool, but the total memory used by a worker blocked on input will be pretty low, so if we're talking only 10-20 workers, the impact will be minimal.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+### Example IBA implementation for BIA plugins which return additional items
+
+Included below is an example of what might be required for a BIA  plugin which returns additional items.
+The code is taken from the internal velero `pod_action.go` which identifies the items required for a given pod.
+
+In this particular case, the only function of pod_action is to return additional items, so we can really just convert this plugin to an IBA plugin. If there were other actions, such as modifying the pod content on backup, then we would still need the pod action, and the related items vs. content manipulation functions would need to be separated.
+
+```go
+// PodAction implements ItemBlockAction.
+type PodAction struct {
+	log logrus.FieldLogger
+}
+
+// NewPodAction creates a new ItemAction for pods.
+func NewPodAction(logger logrus.FieldLogger) *PodAction {
+	return &PodAction{log: logger}
+}
+
+// AppliesTo returns a ResourceSelector that applies only to pods.
+func (a *PodAction) AppliesTo() (velero.ResourceSelector, error) {
+	return velero.ResourceSelector{
+		IncludedResources: []string{"pods"},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// GetRelatedItems scans the pod's spec.volumes for persistentVolumeClaim volumes and returns a
+// ResourceIdentifier list containing references to all of the persistentVolumeClaim volumes used by
+// the pod. This ensures that when a pod is backed up, all referenced PVCs are backed up too.
+func (a *PodAction) GetRelatedItems(item runtime.Unstructured, backup *v1.Backup) (runtime.Unstructured, []velero.ResourceIdentifier, error) {
+	pod := new(corev1api.Pod)
+	if err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(item.UnstructuredContent(), pod); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	var relatedItems []velero.ResourceIdentifier
+	if pod.Spec.PriorityClassName != "" {
+		a.log.Infof("Adding priorityclass %s to relatedItems", pod.Spec.PriorityClassName)
+		relatedItems = append(relatedItems, velero.ResourceIdentifier{
+			GroupResource: kuberesource.PriorityClasses,
+			Name:          pod.Spec.PriorityClassName,
+		})
+	}
+
+	if len(pod.Spec.Volumes) == 0 {
+		a.log.Info("pod has no volumes")
+		return relatedItems, nil
+	}
+
+	for _, volume := range pod.Spec.Volumes {
+		if volume.PersistentVolumeClaim != nil && volume.PersistentVolumeClaim.ClaimName != "" {
+			a.log.Infof("Adding pvc %s to relatedItems", volume.PersistentVolumeClaim.ClaimName)
+
+			relatedItems = append(relatedItems, velero.ResourceIdentifier{
+				GroupResource: kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims,
+				Namespace:     pod.Namespace,
+				Name:          volume.PersistentVolumeClaim.ClaimName,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return relatedItems, nil
+}
+
+// API call
+func (a *PodAction) Name() string {
+	return "PodAction"
+}
+
+```
+
+
+## Implementation
+Phase 1 and Phase 2 could be implemented within the same Velero release cycle, but they need not be.
+Phase 1 is expected to be implemented in Velero 1.15.
+Phase 2 is expected to be implemented in Velero 1.16.