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Cedar Joins CNCF as a Sandbox Project
Cedar, an open-source policy language architected by AWS, has joined the CNCF as a Sandbox project. Designed for fine-grained application permissions, it decouples access control from code using a verifiable, high-performance policy engine. Cedar supports RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC, offering a secure, analyzable alternative to general-purpose tools like OPA.
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OpenCost Looks Back on 2025 Milestones and Charts a Roadmap for 2026
The OpenCost project, an open-source cost and resource management tool hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), has published a year-in-review reflecting on its progress in 2025 and outlining priorities for 2026.
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Kubernetes 1.35 Released with In-Place Pod Resize and AI-Optimized Scheduling
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced the release of Kubernetes 1.35, named "Timbernetes", emphasizing its focus on mutability and the optimization of high-performance AI/ML workloads.
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Kubernetes 1.34 Released with KYAML, Traffic Routing Controls, and Improved Observability
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) released Kubernetes 1.34, named "Of Wind & Will" (O’ WaW), last month. The release introduced features such as distributed resource allocation and production-grade tracing for the kubelet and API server.
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Another Lightweight Kubernetes Distro Choice as k0s Joins CNCF Sandbox
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has accepted k0s, a lightweight Kubernetes distribution, into its Sandbox programme. Mirantis's zero-dependency Kubernetes platform has been gaining adoption in edge computing and resource-constrained environments.
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Can Open Source Projects Exit Foundations? How the NATS Controversy Unfolded
Last month, Synadia threatened to pull NATS from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), moving from the Apache 2.0 license to a non-open source license. While the dispute lasted only a few days, with both Synadia and CNCF agreeing that the project remains in the open source ecosystem, the dispute left many concerned about the long-term availability and support of open source projects.
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CNCF Accepts Kubescape as an Incubating Project
The CNCF Technical Steering Committee (TOC) recently announced that it has accepted Kubescape as an incubating project. Kubescape offers security coverage for the Kubernetes environment from development to deployment. It is available as a CLI tool and a Kubernetes operator.
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Cloud-Native Distributed Storage System CubeFS Graduates from CNCF
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced that the open-source distributed storage system CubeFS has reached graduation status. CubeFS is a storage solution supporting multiple access protocols, including POSIX, HDFS, S3, and its own REST API. CubeFS key platform areas are big data, AI/LLM applications, container platforms, and databases.
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Kubernetes 1.32 Released with Dynamic Resource Allocation and Graceful Shutdown of Windows Nodes
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) released Kubernetes 1.32, named Penelope a few weeks ago. The new release introduced support for the Graceful Shutdown of Windows Nodes, new status endpoints for core components, and asynchronous preemptions in the Kubernetes scheduler.
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2024: Key Announcements and Projects Updates
Last week, the cloud-native community gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah, for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024. Practitioners, tech leaders, and vendors explored the latest innovations and technologies defining cloud-native computing.
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Figma Moves from ECS to Kubernetes to Benefit from the CNCF Ecosystem and Reduce Costs
Figma migrated its compute platform from AWS ECS to Kubernetes (EKS) in less than 12 months with minimal customer impact. The company decided to adopt Kubernetes to run its containerized workloads primarily to take advantage of the large ecosystem supported by the CNCF. Additionally, the move was dictated by pursuing cost savings, improved developer experience, and increased resiliency.
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Kubernetes 1.30 Released with Contextual Logging, Improved Performance, and Security
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) released Kubernetes 1.30, named Uwubernetes in April. The release introduced features such as recursive read-only mounts, job completion policy, and fast recursive SELinux label change.
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Radius is Now a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox Project
The Microsoft Azure Incubations Team recently announced the approval of Radius as a Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) sandbox project. Radius is a cloud-native, cloud-agnostic application platform that the CNCF has recognized as having the potential to contribute to the cloud-native ecosystem.
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Cloud Native Computing Foundation Graduation of CloudEvents: Q&A with Clemens Vasters
Earlier this year, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced that CloudEvents had graduated. CloudEvents is a specification designed to expose event metadata in a standardized manner, which helps to ensure interoperability across platforms, services, and systems.
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KubeCon EU Highlights: CloudEvents & Falco Graduate, Beta Tetragon , Linkerd Meshes Legacy Systems
As highlighted at the recent KubeCon and CNCF EU conference, the count of CNCF graduated projects has reached twenty-six, as Cloud Events and Falco joined the “boring, but safe project list”. Linkerd added mesh extended capabilities for legacy systems; in this way, you can extend the governance and security policies of your mesh. The Beta version of Cilium Tetragon is deployed by early adopters.