annual-report-2025.md

2025 Annual Report: WG Data Protection

Current initiatives and Project Health

1. What work did the WG do this year that should be highlighted?

• KEPs being worked on:

  • Alpha
    • 3314 - CSI Changed Block Tracking - v1.33
  • Beta
    • 3476 - Volume Group Snapshot moved to v1beta2 in v1.34.
  • Stable
    • 1495 - Volume Populators - v1.33

• Work in progress whitepaper:

  • Best Practice for Applications for Data Protection

• KubeCon updates

  • KubeCon NA 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKl_OaNlpOA
  • KubeCon EU 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joOTwCatd9g

2. Are there any areas and/or subprojects that your group needs help with (e.g. fewer than 2 active OWNERS)?

• We always welcome more contributors.

Operational

Operational tasks in wg-governance.md:

• README.md reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
• WG leaders in sigs.yaml are accurate and active, and updated if needed
• Meeting notes and recordings for 2025 are linked from README.md and updated/uploaded if needed
• Updates provided to sponsoring SIGs in 2025 - sig-storage - Regular updates in sig-storage meetings