[SIG-Storage] Meeting Notes 2026-07-27

[Andrew Burden]

07-27-2026

Recording: https://youtu.be/9JMEIo9QVHs
Agenda:

• sig-storage VEPs/implementations

• Kubevirt 1.10 soft dates

• IOThread Virtqueue Mapping for virtio-scsi

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/343

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18249

• Declarative VMState PVC

• Online VMSnapshot Using QEMU External Snapshots

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/322

• https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/CNV-91568

• CBT-related

• Improve Pull Mode Design

• Multi-checkpoint Incremental Backup

• Offline incremental backup

• Utility volumes GA

• …

• OCI artifacts import

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/396

• https://github.com/kubevirt/containerized-data-importer/pull/4214

• unsafe and directsync cache modes

• Raw I/O Support for LUN Disks

• Push back on SCC shipping with extra privileges

• OpenShift only concern

• Will present pushback at Wednesday kubevirt community meeting

• Filters

• Link - labelled sig-storage

• Link - owned by sig-storage

• No 1.10 schedule yet

• Open floor/pending PRs

• [akalenyu] Snapshot beta->GA

• Anything pending before GA?

• Remove only gated bit, which is admission, make gate no op

• Brainstorm use cases for disabling

• Triage CDI issues (Left off at: )

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• Triage kubevirt sig-storage issues link

• Query relies on sig-storage label existence so also take a peek at home issues page

• Last 3 weeks query - link

• sig-storage quarantine

[Andrew Burden]

07-27-2026

Recording: https://youtu.be/ZGInBJFMXt8 

Attendees: Ananya Banerjee, Or Shoval Orel Misan Asia Khromov

Agenda:

• VEPs

• VEP 21

• Is planned for GA in v1.10

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/253 

• VEP 106

• Is planned for GA in v1.10

• Need to enable NRI in operators lane

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/391 

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18497 

• VEP 111

• Is planned for GA in v1.10

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/347

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18317 

• VEP 183

• Is planned for Beta in v1.10

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/332 

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18451 

• VEP 168

• Landed as Alpha in v1.9

• Orel Misan Reached out to the authors

• VEP 307

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/308 

• VEP 374

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/378 

• VEP 405

• https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/pull/406 

• Decide if this will get in by the VEP freeze of 1.10

• Issues

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/issues/18399 (VEP 405)

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/issues/18012 

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/issues/17888 

• PRs

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18592

• https://github.com/kubevirt/project-infra/pull/5325 

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18506

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18475

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18452

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18365

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18261

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18231

• Slack

• https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C8ED7RKFE/p1783592702631589 

• Mailing list

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• Open floor

• Orel Misan We are now testing with Istio 1.30.2 instead of the EOL 1.26. 

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirtci/pull/1757

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18533 

• Or Shoval

• Epic https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/CNV-94039 (phases improvement)

• Convert phase 1 to conformance, move latest to phase 2

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18592

• https://github.com/kubevirt/project-infra/pull/5325

• Add mechanism to detect the phase within the job (didn’t create ticket yet)

• https://github.com/kubevirt/project-infra/pull/4184

• Challenge wrt folding SR-IOV - need discussion please

• https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18595#issuecomment-5088484454