1.12 Roadmap

Timeline

• Feature Freeze: May 31st
• Feature Complete(FC): July 26th
• RC1: Aug 14th -> Aug 18th
• RC2: Aug 28th
• GA: Aug 30th

Major Features

Support Default data mover - Anchor feature, we will delay the release if this is not done.

• key usecase: Move CSI snapshot to/from backup repository during backup/restore
• Design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5968
• Epic: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6113

JSON substitution policy

• Design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5880

VSClass selection for CSI snapshot

• Design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5774

Design/Investigation

Versioning of velero CRs https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6168

Download artifacts without accessing object store https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6167

Plugins per backup/restore

Refactor

Restore/Backup controllers https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/2597

Quality

E2E https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6098

UT coverage update from 41% to 50%: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6191

Enable more linters https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6023

Performance Test (investigation) Can we publish the perf report in each minor release? https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6088

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• issues targeting v1.12 https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/milestones/v1.12