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OpenFeature at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026

· 5 min read
Jonathan Norris
Jonathan Norris
Director Software Engineering at Dynatrace, OpenFeature GC Member

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 kicks off next week in Amsterdam, March 23-26, and the OpenFeature community will be there in force. Whether you're looking to catch a talk, chat with maintainers at our booth, or join us for evening drinks, here's everything you need to know.

Sessions at KubeCon​

OpenFeature maintainers and contributors are presenting across several sessions throughout the week:

Building Secure Package Pipelines​

SpeakersAndre Silva (LexisNexis Risk Solutions)
DateSunday, March 22
Time16:05 - 16:40 CET
LocationMaintainer Summit -- Forum

Andre will walk through creating a secure package pipeline that any open-source maintainer can achieve -- covering OIDC authentication, automated SBOM generation, cryptographic attestations, and automated releases with Release Please.

OpenFeature Update From the Maintainers​

SpeakersLukas Reining (codecentric AG), Andre Silva (LexisNexis Risk Solutions), Thomas Poignant (Gens de Confiance), Alexandra Oberaigner (Dynatrace)
DateWednesday, March 25
Time11:45 - 12:15 CET
LocationE103-105

Get the latest updates from the OpenFeature maintainers on what's new in the project and where things are headed. Bring your questions.

18 Bluetooth Controllers Walk into a Bar: Observability & Runtime Configuration with CNCF Tools​

SpeakersSimon Schrottner (Dynatrace), Manuel Timelthaler (Tractive)
DateThursday, March 26
Time15:15 - 15:45 CET
LocationAuditorium -- KubeCon Main Schedule

What happens when your "distributed system" is 18 PlayStation Move controllers on Bluetooth? Simon and Manuel explore observability challenges you'd never expect, using OpenFeature and OpenTelemetry to manage context-aware flags, intelligent sampling, and real-time telemetry in a physical party game.

Visit Our Booth​

Stop by and chat with OpenFeature maintainers at our kiosk in the Project Pavilion (Halls 1-5).

Kiosk Number: P-10B

Schedule:

  • Tuesday, March 24: 15:10 - 19:00 CET
  • Wednesday, March 25: 14:00 - 17:00 CET
  • Thursday, March 26: 12:30 - 14:00 CET

We'll be there to answer questions, demo the latest features, and hear how you're using OpenFeature in your organization.

Meet the Community​

A number of OpenFeature maintainers and contributors will be in Amsterdam throughout the week, and we're organizing informal evening meetups -- including drinks. If you'd like to join or help coordinate, hop into the #openfeature-kubecon channel on the CNCF Slack. It's a great opportunity to connect face-to-face with the people building the project.

What's New in OpenFeature​

A lot has happened since KubeCon NA 2025. Here are some of the highlights:

  • New Governance Committee members -- The 2026 elections have concluded and we're excited to welcome Andre Silva (LexisNexis Risk Solutions), Jonathan Norris (Dynatrace), Maks Osowski (Google), and Thomas Poignant (Gens de Confiance) to the Governance Board for the 2026-2028 term.

  • CNCF Training (LFS140) -- The official Feature Flagging with OpenFeature course is available on the Linux Foundation Training Platform.

  • C++ SDK -- A new C++ SDK is being bootstrapped with core API surfaces, provider management, and a Bazel build system.

  • OpenFeature CLI -- The CLI continues to mature with a new push command for syncing local flag definitions to remote providers, an improved compare command, and updated code generators.

  • Multi-Provider support across SDKs -- Multi-Provider has shipped or is actively being developed in JS, Java, Go, .NET, Python, Swift, and Kotlin, enabling powerful new use cases for combining multiple flag sources.

  • flagd -- flagd has shipped several releases with major features including multi-project selectors, OAuth support for HTTP sync, array flag configurations, and a new memdb-based flag store.

  • OpenFeature MCP Server -- A new MCP server for integrating feature flags with AI/LLM tooling, now stabilizing with protocol schema updates and reliability improvements.

  • Platform modernization -- .NET SDK upgraded to .NET 10, Angular SDK reached v1.0+, Go SDK moved to Go 1.25, and Python dropped 3.9 support.

  • React <FeatureFlag> component -- The React SDK added a new declarative <FeatureFlag> component for cleaner flag evaluation in React applications.

In-Person Discussions​

With so many maintainers and contributors in Amsterdam at the same time, we're organizing informal in-person discussion sessions around key topics for the project. If any of these topics interest you, come find us in the #openfeature-kubecon channel on the CNCF Slack.

Topics on the agenda include:

  • Experimentation support -- advancing experimentation capabilities in OpenFeature
  • flagd changes -- rollout strategies, fractional granularity, and more
  • flagd common evaluation engine -- exploring a shared evaluation engine across flagd languages
  • OFREP -- SSE support and local caching changes
  • AI workflow integrations -- integrating feature flags into AI/ML workflows
  • Expanding the TC and growing maintainers -- building out the Technical Committee and onboarding new maintainers
  • OTel observability -- deeper integration with OpenTelemetry
  • C++ SDK -- roadmap and direction for the new C++ SDK

These are open discussions -- all are welcome regardless of experience level.

We're looking forward to seeing you in Amsterdam. If you haven't registered yet, there's still time:

Register for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026

Follow us on Bluesky, LinkedIn, and join the CNCF Slack to connect with the community. See you in Amsterdam!