The CNCF has announced the first wave of Kubernetes Community Days (KCDs) for H1 2026, introducing three tiers to accommodate various community sizes. New events will take place in several cities worldwide, including New Delhi, Panama, and Toronto, with applications for additional events opening in December 2025.

OpenYurt has been accepted as an incubating project by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), enhancing cloud-edge orchestration for Kubernetes. Originally open-sourced by Alibaba Cloud, OpenYurt addresses key challenges in edge computing while maintaining compatibility with Kubernetes APIs, and has seen significant community growth and feature development since joining the CNCF Sandbox in 2020. The roadmap for 2025 includes support for Kubernetes v1.32 and expanded network capabilities.

k0s, a lightweight and fully open-source Kubernetes distribution, has officially joined the CNCF as a Sandbox project, marking a significant milestone in its development. This partnership will enhance collaboration within the cloud-native community and improve Kubernetes usability and accessibility. The k0s project aims to provide an efficient solution for various use cases, from data centers to edge computing environments.