From 2c4164ad2244ddab78ef3dba9f31f2971ca5ddf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruben Hensen <ruben.hensen@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:12:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] velero: skip emptyDir volumes in scheduled backups

The nightly backup of 2026-10-23 ended PartiallyFailed because a repository maintenance job pod finished while Velero was reading its emptyDir volumes. emptyDir holds nothing worth restoring, so a volume policy now skips it for both schedules.
---
 velero/daily-backup.yaml         |  5 ++++-
 velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 velero/weekly-backup.yaml        |  5 ++++-
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml

diff --git a/velero/daily-backup.yaml b/velero/daily-backup.yaml
index ea64d9e..f719b5c 100644
--- a/velero/daily-backup.yaml
+++ b/velero/daily-backup.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ spec:
     ttl: 720h # 30 days ONLY h, d/w for day and week do not work!
     defaultVolumesToFsBackup: true
     snapshotVolumes: true
-    snapshotMoveData: true
\ No newline at end of file
+    snapshotMoveData: true
+    resourcePolicy:
+      kind: configmap
+      name: skip-emptydir-policy
diff --git a/velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml b/velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74b094b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Volume policy for the backup schedules. emptyDir volumes hold nothing
+# worth keeping, and backing them up fails when the pod is gone before its
+# volume is read, as happens with Velero's own repository maintenance jobs.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: skip-emptydir-policy
+data:
+  policy.yaml: |
+    version: v1
+    volumePolicies:
+    - conditions:
+        volumeTypes:
+        - emptyDir
+      action:
+        type: skip
diff --git a/velero/weekly-backup.yaml b/velero/weekly-backup.yaml
index 3eea6ee..3aa4751 100644
--- a/velero/weekly-backup.yaml
+++ b/velero/weekly-backup.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ spec:
     ttl: 2160h # 90 days
     defaultVolumesToFsBackup: true
     snapshotVolumes: true
-    snapshotMoveData: true
\ No newline at end of file
+    snapshotMoveData: true
+    resourcePolicy:
+      kind: configmap
+      name: skip-emptydir-policy