Hi Rajiv, Unfortunately, it is not possible to include this PR in RC3.
The 4.23.0.0 release is already about two months behind the original schedule, so we need to keep the scope of RC3 very limited. After the RC stage, we only accept blocker or critical fixes. ACS 4.24.0 is currently planned for November, so this PR can be considered for that release. The 4.24 RMs are Nicolas and Rosi. Kind regards, Wei On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM Rajiv Jain < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Wei, Daan, > > I could see, we started on 4.23 RC3, can we please consider this PR with > RC3? It has important fixes for both common and ONTAP plugin. > Please acknowledge with thoughts. > > Regards > Rajiv Jain > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM Rajiv Jain < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Wei, > > > > As discussed, we raised the PR on Saturday. You can review the changes > > here: > > > > CloudStack PR #13897 <https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/13897> > > > > In addition to the NetApp ONTAP plugin fixes, the PR also includes a few > > common improvements that we believe will benefit the broader CloudStack > > codebase. > > > > The key enhancements included in this PR are: > > > > - Fixed NFS storage pool handling after *Enter Maintenance* and > *Cancel > > Maintenance* operations. > > - Restored the *PrimaryDataStoreLifeCycle.updateStoragePool()* call > > required for the *Resize Storage Pool* workflow. > > - Added graceful handling of 404 responses during deletion of: > > - Export Policies > > - ONTAP Volumes > > - ONTAP Snapshots > > - Added validation to ensure only *Active* IP addresses are selected > > during storage pool creation. > > - Enabled instance and volume snapshots for volumes created using the > *Create > > on Storage* workflow. > > - Added support for creating NFSv3 and iSCSI primary storage pools > > with a minimum capacity of 20 MB. > > - Fixed an issue that prevented multiple VMs from being created on > > Oracle Linux hosts. > > - Ensured that iSCSI root disks created using the NetApp ONTAP storage > > plugin always use the *QCOW2* format. > > > > The first two items are orchestrator-related enhancements, while the > > remaining fixes are focused on improving the NetApp ONTAP plugin > experience. > > > > Could you please help prioritise the review so that we have a chance of > > getting these changes included in the 4.23 release? > > > > Thank you for your support. > > > > Regards, > > *Rajiv Jain* > > > > *NetApp* > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 2:38 PM Wei ZHOU <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Rajiv, > >> > >> You are welcome to submit pull requests for the upcoming release. > However, > >> the timeline is very tight, so I cannot guarantee that it will be merged > >> in > >> time. > >> > >> We plan to release CloudStack 4.23.0 as soon as the remaining security > >> issues are addressed and the release vote passes. The release will not > be > >> delayed to wait for this change. > >> > >> If the PR is ready and gets reviewed and approved in time, we can still > >> consider including it in 4.23. Otherwise, it will have to go into the > next > >> release. > >> > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> > >> Wei > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM Rajiv Jain < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi Wei, WiDo, Nicolas, > >> > > >> > We completed the code freeze for CloudStack 4.23 in the first week of > >> July > >> > and have since been progressing through the release candidate cycle > >> (RC1, > >> > RC2, and subsequent candidates), addressing issues based on their > >> severity > >> > and impact. > >> > > >> > I wanted to check whether there is still an opportunity to include a > few > >> > additional enhancements related to the NetApp ONTAP plugin in the 4.23 > >> > release. These changes are specific to the ONTAP storage plugin and > are > >> > isolated in scope, so they are not expected to affect any common > >> CloudStack > >> > workflows or use cases. > >> > > >> > In addition, we have identified a few fixes that would benefit the > >> common > >> > codebase, including: > >> > > >> > A missing storage pool update call during the pool resize workflow. > >> > Setting the CloudStack volume format appropriately based on the > >> underlying > >> > hypervisor. > >> > Addressing a few corner cases for vendors that support the hypervisor > >> type > >> > as ANY. > >> > Enabling and supporting iSCSI-backed VM snapshot workflows from the > >> > CloudStack UI, which are currently available only through APIs. > >> > > >> > We can optimize and plan to contribute these common fixes as part of > the > >> > same upstream PR. > >> > > >> > Given the planned 4.23 release timeline, we would appreciate your > >> guidance > >> > on whether these changes can still be considered for inclusion. Based > on > >> > your feedback, we can prioritise opening the upstream PRs at the > >> earliest. > >> > > >> > Thank you for your guidance. > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > Rajiv Jain > >> > NetApp > >> > > >> > > >
