This issue tracks the upstream Velero GitHub issue #7492 which is part of the Velero v1.18 milestone.

Description

User expect when specifying backup selector to match a namespace labelselector that all content of that namespace is included in backup.

When we are saying 'namespace backup' we mean backup of the namespace content. Similarly as it works when using spec.includedNamespaces

This is related to https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OADP-4572

The solution being worked on is #8342.

Upstream Details

• GitHub Issue: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7492
• Status: Open (reopened)
• Assignee: kaovilai
• Labels: Breaking change, kind/requirement, Needs triage, kind/release-note, Needs Design, Reviewed Q2 2025, Reviewed Q3 2025
• Created: 2024-03-04T21:06:15Z
• Updated: 2025-09-23T15:51:32Z

This is a breaking change that will require a release note and careful design consideration.