From acfce6645eb82e2c3797a9441abce9173c0a0b04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruben Hensen <ruben.hensen@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:46:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] velero: skip PVCs in Longhorn's no-backup group

---
 velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml b/velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml
index 74b094b..efcf12d 100644
--- a/velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml
+++ b/velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # 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.
+# PVCs in Longhorn's no-backup group (caches, such as immich's ML models)
+# are skipped too.
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -14,3 +16,8 @@ data:
         - emptyDir
       action:
         type: skip
+    - conditions:
+        pvcLabels:
+          recurring-job-group.longhorn.io/no-backup: enabled
+      action:
+        type: skip