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.