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Pytorch Foundation, My new role
by mark＠openinfra.dev 11 Feb '26

11 Feb '26

Hi Folks - I wanted to let you all know that I am adding a new hat this week at the Linux Foundation to my hat collection. I am stepping into the role of Executive Director of the Pytorch Foundation. The previous Executive Director, Matt White, is now CTO. The Pytorch Foundation is going through a similar evolution as we've navigated at OpenInfra, expanding beyond it's original mandate (all things Pytorch!) to host other critical project for AI like vLLM, DeepSpeed and Ray. When we discussed the idea of merging with the Linux Foundation, one of the hopes was that Jonathan and I would have an opportunity to explore leading other critical open source projects and foundations and that is really picking up steam in less than year. I'm still involved in OpenInfra, still love OpenStack, and you can definitely expect to see me at the event in Shanghai which will feature OpenInfra Summit, Kubecon, AND a Pytorch Conference. I'm really excited by what we've been able to get done in less than a year as part of the LF. Thierry has done a magnificent job as GM and the team is all doing an amazing job. OpenStack looks to be continuing its comeback with an extra boost from vmware migrations and AI infra build out, not to mention sovereignty. Kata is now being used for AI agent sandboxes, which are super hot right now, and I keep hearing about new Starlingx interest. When it comes to Zuul, I personally think there's the rise of coding agents will make testing even more valuable and I expect great things there this year. Thank you for all of the support over the many years we've all been working together! Mark Read more: https://pytorch.org/blog/why-im-joining-the-pytorch-foundation/

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OpenInfra Foundation 2025 Annual Report Now Available
by Allison Price 17 Dec '25

17 Dec '25

Hi everyone, We’ve published the OpenInfra Foundation 2025 Annual Report. As you’ve already heard many of these updates throughout the year, the report serves as a consolidated record of the outcomes, milestones, and impact the OpenInfra Foundation made this year. You can view the full report here: https://openinfra.org/annual-report/2025 We would appreciate any support in promoting the annual report on your corporate and personal social media networks. Below is a link to LinkedIn that you can share or pull language from: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/openinfra-foundation_today-weve-published-th… Thank you for your continued leadership and guidance. This report reflects not just a year of activity, but the cumulative impact of the strategic decisions made by OpenInfra Governing Board, staff, and community as we carry out the mission of building and sustaining the world’s most proven open source infrastructure software, together. Cheers, Allison Allison Price VP of Marketing & Community, OpenInfra Linux Foundation p: +1-214-686-6821 e: allison(a)openinfra.dev e: aprice(a)linuxfoundation.org

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Upcoming OpenInfra Project metrics dashboard changes
by Ildiko Vancsa 16 Dec '25

16 Dec '25

Hi All, I’m reaching out to provide you with an update about the OpenInfra project metrics dashboards. Since the OpenInfra Foundation joined the Linux Foundation, we have been looking into opportunities to take advantage of the frameworks and tool sets that the Linux Foundation has, and some of you and your organizations are already familiar with. While the dashboards are still being built I would like to let you know that, as part of that effort, we will switch to LFX Insights[1] as the metrics dashboard for OpenInfra projects, starting on __January 15, 2026.__ A couple things to note: - The new metrics dashboards are already available, but they are __still under construction.__ - The set of metrics that is displayed on the new dashboards will not be identical with the metrics on the dashboards provided by Bitergia. - LFX Insights does not display affiliation information for individuals who are listed on the dashboard as contributors, for privacy reasons. However, people who already have an LF account[2] will be able to check and update their affiliation information. Or, they can create a new LF account[3]. - You can learn more about the dashboard in the LFX Insights documentation[4]. - I would also like to highlight the LF Organizational Dashboard[5], which can provide a company-centric view to complement the project dashboard. The OpenInfra project Bitergia metrics dashboards remains available __until January 14, 2026.__ Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/ [2] https://openprofile.dev/ [3] https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/sso/create-an-account [4] https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/docs/introduction/what-is-insights/ [5] https://lfx.linuxfoundation.org/tools/organization-dashboard/ ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community OpenInfra Foundation

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OpenInfra Governing Board Meeting - Tuesday December 9th, 1500 UTC
by Julia Kreger 08 Dec '25

08 Dec '25

Greetings everyone, The next meeting of the OpenInfra Governing Board will occur on Tuesday, December 9th, at 1500 UTC. During this meeting, the board will seat a new board member, approve the 2026 budget, receive a new platinum member presentation, and preview the annual report being prepared by the staff. As such, board members should expect to attend the entirety of the final meeting of this year. The agenda can be found on the wiki[0]. -Julia [0]: https://board.openinfra.org/meetings/2025-12-09

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Be ready to brainstorm and discuss during our next meeting!
by Julia Kreger 12 Nov '25

12 Nov '25

Greetings everyone, I first wanted to reach out to encourage our governing board members to join our next meeting of the Governing Board. Secondarily, I think it would be good for directors to come to the meeting ready for discussions and with some ideas. In reviewing my copious notes from the OpenInfra summit, it is clear that there is a seismic shift in the technology landscape. One which is unrelated to AI. In large part this shift appears to be driven by what fundamentally boils down to risk management. This is highlighted by discussion of "sovereign cloud". Ultimately each aspect (of concern) is subjective to the usage pattern and context of the user and operator in an individual setting. What is a risk to one operator may be entirely different to another operator in another part of the world. I think it is clear that this is okay! In reality, it brings increased value to build awareness of concrete risks or strategies. Furthermore, there was a question asked during the meeting at the Summit about how we might drive projects and teams to the next level. I think it was that point where it dawned on me that we had six to eight hours of topics to discuss and about 30 minutes left on the schedule. But what might be the next level is going to look different from each project and team, but we should definitely encourage visioning and expectation setting. A question we might want to ask ourselves is "If we perform a risk assessment ourselves, what social and technical aspects would come to mind?" which then leads to "how can we move those items forward?". Anyhow, looking forward to the discussions next week! Thanks, -Julia

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Reminder: Board meeting tomorrow is 15utc / 7am PT!
by Thierry Carrez 03 Nov '25

03 Nov '25

Hello everyone, With the recent moves off DST, our 15:00utc board meeting may happen one hour earlier than usual for you, depending on your time zone. Please doublecheck how tomorrow's meeting time translates for you locally: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20251104T15 Regards, -- Thierry Carrez

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CRA update
by Jeremy Stanley 02 Nov '25

02 Nov '25

Since there was insufficient time to get to the CRA update topic during the informal in-person board gathering in France two weeks ago, I agreed to send a summary to the board by E-mail instead. Apologies for the delay, but if there are outstanding questions I'm happy to answer here or during Tuesday's board meeting as desired. First, just a quick reminder for those not closely following the European Union's Cyber-Resilience Act (CRA), its primary regulatory impact is to "manufacturers" (companies selling products and services within the EU or to EU citizens). This likely includes the companies that many of you represent, and I'm sure you've already been engaged with your legal counsel on these matters for a while as a result. The OpenInfra Foundation should be able to take advantage of CRA carve-outs for "open source stewards" instead, for which there are a few minor regulatory expectations but no attached punitive measures if those go unmet. I'm not a lawyer, but the prevailing interpretation is that individual contributors and maintainers for our open source projects have no legal obligations under the CRA, and should therefore be unaffected (except insofar as their employers may be involved in sale of regulated products). For roughly a year I've held an elected Steward Representative seat on the Specification Committee for the Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) Working Group at the Eclipse Foundation. ORC has been serving as a (and perhaps the primary) liaison between the broader free/libre open source ecosystem and the European Commission and related standards organizations (CEN/CENELEC, ETSI). While we've been busy trying to relate concerns and feedback to the EC and into draft standards, we've also produced a variety of useful resources published at orcwg.org including an annotated browser for the legal text of the CRA, a growing frequently asked questions list, and an inventory of related standard practices gathered from across many open source communities (including OpenStack). We've also got a white paper in the works with detailed vulnerability handling recommendations, which should be available there soon. Outside our work at ORC, I also want to point out the excellent efforts happening in the CRA SIG at OpenSSF, which among other things has resulted in their Open Source Project Security Baseline at baseline.openssf.org incorporating external mappings to CRA recitals for many of the controls they list. We're a little over 10 months from the looming enforcement deadline for the CRA's vulnerability handling requirements, and publications like these are crucial to conformance and compliance planning within our organizations and communities. Even though it was signed into law almost a year ago, much is still in flux with our collective understanding of the legislation. The EC has effectively delegated rules for implementation to "harmonized standards" (that don't yet exist), such that organizations have a presumption of conformity if they comply with these standards. Sadly, the responsible working groups within the standards organizations mostly consider open source to be at best a "corner case" not worth covering, if they deign to consider it at all. ORC has managed to embed some policy folks into these working groups finally with the hope that emerging standards will better reflect our needs, and not just those of the proprietary software vendors whose representatives make up the majority of the standards authors. Other challenges have come to light recently as more of the CRA's implications become better understood. For example, stewards are required to notify "their country's" incident response bureau in the event of an actively exploited vulnerability, but the law makes no provisions for organizations that aren't headquartered in a particular EU member state or don't sell a product primarily to citizens of a particular country there. We're also dealing with an emerging attempt by single-vendor/open-core stewards to steer discussion in directions that would make it hard or impossible for organizations such as OpenInfra Foundation to effectively act as a steward when they disclaim responsibility for technical decisions made by the project communities they represent. As should be obvious, while things are headed in a good direction and the CRA is a landmark occasion where the Open Source movement has shaped parts of public policy, our work is not done and we need to remain involved and see this through. The main responsibility I see for our foundation is to listen to you, representatives of our member organizations and individual members, to find out what we can do to help support your compliance efforts or answer questions you may have. To that end, please don't hesitate to let me know what you're thinking or want to find out more about. -- Jeremy Stanley

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Next OpenInfra Governing Board Meeting - Tuesday November 4th, 2025
by Julia Kreger 29 Oct '25

29 Oct '25

Greetings everyone, The next meeting of the OpenInfra Governing Board will be on Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, starting at 1500 UTC. During this meeting we will be seating a new director through the end of the year, discussing the Board's informal meeting at the OpenInfra Summit, reviewing 2026 goals along with the draft budget, and finally receiving an update from the staff. The agenda can be viewed on the board wiki[0]. Thanks, -Julia [0] https://board.openinfra.org/meetings/2025-11-04

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OpenInfra Summit Governing Board Activities
by Allison Price 16 Oct '25

16 Oct '25

Hi everyone, I wanted to share an update around governing board activities for the upcoming OpenInfra Summit Europe. If you are planning to attend, you should have received 2 calendar holds from me moments ago: Informal OpenInfra Governing Board meeting: This will be onsite at the Summit venue on Friday morning. Your badge will be available at the help desk when you enter. OpenInfra Member Evening Event: This is an appreciation event on Saturday evening for OpenInfra Member organizations and the Governing Board members are encouraged to attend. This will also be on the campus where the Summit venue is located, but is a short walk outside. If you are attending the Summit, but did NOT receive a calendar hold, please let me know so I can make sure you are added. I look forward to seeing several of you in a few weeks! Cheers, Allison Allison Price VP of Marketing & Community, OpenInfra Linux Foundation p: +1-214-686-6821 e: allison(a)openinfra.dev e: aprice(a)linuxfoundation.org

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Possible topic for informal discussion at the OpenInfra Summit next month
by Julia Kreger 19 Sep '25

19 Sep '25

Greetings folks, I realize we won't have everyone at the next meeting, which is why we're treating it as an informal gathering as opposed to a formal board meeting. I also realize we'll be discussing looking forward as it relates to goal setting for the next year, but I wanted to see if there might be interest in an additional topic to move the needle in the AI space as it relates to our communities. Specifically I'm curious if there might be interest in AI driven or integrated code review. I'm not proposing anything crazy, nor any sort of requirement. But overall to see if there is interest in trying to introduce and leverage tooling to help move the present state forward. The bonus of this is it would help address a challenge the acceptance of AI tooling has created allowing some to move faster where code reviewers are largely stuck to existing processes. Thoughts? Of course, if you have other ideas for any additional, please let me know. Thanks! -Julia

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