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[nova] [kolla-ansible ]help with nova image-cache cleaning interval
by garcetto 16 Jan '26

16 Jan '26

good morning, using kolla-ansible and trying to lower nova image-cache cleaning interval. I setup this value, but seems doing nothing despite the vms are deleted by far more than 600 secs, any help? where is a log of it? nano /etc/kolla/config/nova.conf " [image_cache] image_cache_manager_interval=600 remove_unused_base_images=true remove_unused_original_minimum_age_seconds=600 remove_unused_resized_minimum_age_seconds=600 " kolla-ansible -i multinode reconfigure --tags=nova thank you.

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[neutron][ovn-bgp-agent] ovs bridges down causes error when configuring route table
by anas.jouhdy＠gmail.com 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Hi, I am trying to use the OVN BGP agent (nb_ovn_bgp_driver with the exposing method underlay) and I would like to share a difficulty that I found, it might be related to the specific deployment that I have using Kayobe. I find that by default my openvswitch bridges appear to be down when I list them with "ip link". From what I saw in some forums this is a normal behaviour. The thing is that the OVN BGP agent uses ip link, for example here [1], to add route to a table link to these bridges and if there are down, this raise an error(pyroute2.netlink.exceptions.NetlinkError: (100, 'Network is down')). When I set the bridge state UP with "ip link" it solves the issue but this solution is not reboot persistent. Is it really a normal behaviour to have the openvswitch bridges down or is it a problem that I need to investigate on my configuration ? If this is a normal behaviour, anyone found a workaround that could be resilient in production (that is reboot persistent) ? Do not hesitate if you need more information on my configuration ! [1]: https://opendev.org/openstack/ovn-bgp-agent/src/branch/master/ovn_bgp_agent…

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[cinder] festival of reviews friday 2026-01-16
by Brian Rosmaita 14 Jan '26

14 Jan '26

Hello Argonauts, This is a reminder that the twice-monthly Cinder Festival of Reviews will be held at the end of this week on Friday 16 January. who: Everyone! what: The Cinder Festival of Reviews when: Friday 16 January 2026 from 1400-1600 UTC where: videoconf info on the etherpad etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/cinder-festival-of-reviews This recurring meeting, that happens on the first and third Friday of each month, can be placed on your calendar by using this handy ICS file: https://meetings.opendev.org/calendars/cinder-festival-of-reviews.ics See you there!

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Upcoming metrics dashboard changes
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Jan '26

14 Jan '26

Hi OpenStack community, 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, including OpenStack, starting on __January 15, 2026.__ A couple things to note: - The new OpenStack metrics dashboard[2] is already available, but it is __still under active construction.__ - The set of metrics that is displayed on the new dashboard will not be identical with the metrics on the dashboard provided by Bitergia. - LFX Insights does not display affiliation information for individuals who are listed on the dashboard as contributors, for privacy reasons. However, if you already have an LF account[3], you will be able to check and update your affiliation information. Or, you can create a new LF account[4]. - You can learn more about the dashboard in the LFX Insights documentation[5]. - If your organization is an OpenInfra Foundation / Linux Foundation member already, the LF Organization Dashboard[6] is also available for a more company-centric view. The OpenStack Bitergia metrics dashboard[7] remains available __until January 14, 2026.__ Please let me know if you have any questions. Best Regards, Ildikö [1] https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/ [2] https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/project/OpenStack/ [3] https://openprofile.dev/ [4] https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/sso/create-an-account [5] https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/docs/introduction/what-is-insights/ [6] https://lfx.linuxfoundation.org/tools/organization-dashboard/ [7] https://openstack.biterg.io/ ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community OpenInfra Foundation

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[dev][ops][tc] Taking OpenStack to the Next Level in 2026
by Jeremy Stanley 13 Jan '26

13 Jan '26

At the informal OpenInfra Governing Board get-together in France immediately before the Summit, directors talked about how they might "drive projects to the next level." In a follow-up thread on the public board mailing listi[*], Julia posited: > If we perform a risk assessment ourselves, what social and > technical aspects would come to mind? How can we move those items > forward? This was delegated to the foundation staff, whose executive management chose it as one of our three goals[**] for 2026: "Elevate OpenInfra projects to their next level" To this end, community managers and other staff have collaborated to draft areas of focus for ourselves with associated success measurements relevant to each OpenInfra Project. In the case of OpenStack, this is what we came up with: "Lowering the barriers to participate in OpenStack through clear and visible avenues and forums to get involved and collaborate, increased reviewer bandwidth and efficiency, and simplified user survey." The idea is that the foundation staff, through a multi-pronged approach, can coordinate a number of initiatives we've got underway for the year such as closer collaboration between operator-oriented groups and SIGs, continuation of the Bridging the Gap effort, planned improvements to www.openstack.org content, and giving the User Survey a much needed tune-up. Efficacy will be determined in various ways including impact on code review response times, sharing/adoption of more efficient communication behaviors across teams, cross-pollination in operator activities, increased feedback from surveys, and more effective reliance on relevant sections of the website. I'm bringing this draft plan to the mailing list to solicit community feedback, in preparation for an upcoming presentation to the board of directors. Keep in mind that the point of this exercise is to better use my time and the time of my colleagues on the staff of the OpenInfra Foundation in service of OpenStack, not to make more work for leaders and project maintainers nor to set technical direction as that's not our place. I just want to make sure that this plan is sensible and doesn't conflict with community expectations, while putting our limited resources into the right activities. If anyone has concerns or improvements to suggest please feel free to follow up in this thread or voice them to me directly (ideally over the coming week), or to your representatives on the OpenInfra Governing Board (who will be the ones to ultimately approve what we come up with). As always, thanks for everything you do in the name of OpenStack! [*] https://lists.openinfra.org/archives/list/foundation-board@lists.openinfra.… [**] https://lists.openinfra.org/archives/list/foundation@lists.openinfra.org/th… -- Jeremy Stanley

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[openstack-ansible] : Galera DB backup on Epoxy release
by keshav bareja 13 Jan '26

13 Jan '26

Hi Team We have recently upgraded to the Openstack-ansible Epoxy [2025.1] release. In this release Galera mariadb is upgraded to MariaDB 11.4.8. We have a daily DB backup crontab setup for the backup and before the Epoxy release we were using the below command to take the backup and now it doesn't work anymore. mysqldump --opt --all-databases > "openstack_$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').sql" Can you please recommend the way to take the Galera DB backup now? I can see the command mariadb-dump, can we use the options below? mariadb-dump \ --all-databases \ --single-transaction \ --quick \ --skip-lock-tables \ --skip-add-locks \ --routines \ --events \ --triggers \ > "openstack_$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').sql" Regards Keshav

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[ops][publiccloud-sig] Public Cloud SIG meeting d.d. 14 January
by Kees Meijs | Nefos 13 Jan '26

13 Jan '26

Hello Stackers, Tomorrow (that's 14 January) the bi-weekly Public Cloud SIG meeting will be held again. The publicly available video meeting will be conducted from 08:05 hrs UTC (09:05 hrs CET) until 08:55 hrs UTC (09:55 hrs CET) here: https://meetpad.opendev.org/publiccloud-sig Additional information to be found on https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/PublicCloudSIG See you tomorrow! Cheers, Kees __ Kees Meijs BICT Nefos Cloud & IT <https://nefos.com/contact> Nefos IT bv Burgemeester Mollaan 34a 5582 CK Waalre - NL kvk 66494931 +31 (0)88 2088 188 <tel:+31882088188> nefos.com <https://nefos.com/contact> The information contained in this message is intended for the addressee only and may contain classified information. If you are not the addressee, please delete this message and notify the sender; you should not copy or distribute this message or disclose its contents to anyone. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are those of the individual(s) and not necessarily of the organization. No reliance may be placed on this message without written confirmation from an authorised representative of its contents. No guarantee is implied that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. General terms and conditions ("The NLdigital Terms") apply to all our products and services.

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[tc][all] OpenStack Technical Committee Weekly Meeting Agenda (2026.1/R-11)
by Goutham Pacha Ravi 12 Jan '26

12 Jan '26

Hello Stackers, Happy New Year! After a 4-week break, the weekly TC meeting returns on January 13th 2026, Tuesday. It will be held in the #openstack-tc channel on OFTC between 1700 UTC and 1800 UTC. Please find the agenda in the meeting's wiki page [1]. I hope you'll be able to join us! On behalf of the OpenStack TC, Goutham Pacha Ravi (gouthamr) OpenStack TC Chair [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/TechnicalCommittee

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A focus on digital sovereignty in 2026
by Kendall Nelson 12 Jan '26

12 Jan '26

Hello! A growing trend around the globe that is especially relevant for OpenInfra is digital sovereignty. Now, while OpenStack has been engineered with fine grained control over the data being processed and saved in OpenStack VMs since its inception, it is not necessarily immediately obvious to the global tech industry just how secure and intentional OpenStack can be. As a community, we hope to grow awareness by collaborating on a targeted effort to promote understanding of the ways in which OpenStack and other OpenInfra technologies enable digital sovereignty. To kick off this effort we plan to host a meeting on January 20th at 7:00 UTC. This first meeting will focus on setting the stage and defining goals for the year (examples could include crafting concrete deliverables, a gathering of case studies, enumeration of new features that could grow the digital sovereignty use case, etc). If you are interested in joining this meeting, please reply to this email and I can get you added to the calendar block. Please join us! -Kendall

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[ptls][tc] 2026 OpenStack Marketing & Messaging Priorities
by Allison Price 12 Jan '26

12 Jan '26

Hi everyone, I wanted to share the big focuses for OpenInfra Foundation marketing around OpenStack messaging as I think this could be helpful as we think about overall milestones for OpenStack as well as positioning for Gazpacho and Hibiscus. I would love your help in identifying upstream and community work throughout the year that can help amplify these messaging priorities. OpenStack as the OSS Infrastructure Standard to Support AI Workloads This is a massive, quickly growing space, and it’s critical to keep OpenStack relevant as these systems get built out. It will be our primary focus for 2026. Specifically here, I want to learn more about efforts around hardware diversification efforts as this is a common concern I have heard when scaling to support AI workloads as more new hardware is introduced. Digital Sovereignty: Building a Global Network of Localized Clouds In Europe we have seen digital sovereignty provide a unique opportunity for OpenStack and we are seeing this extend to new geographies rapidly. This isn’t limited to code, but also to the OpenStack community culture in areas like open governance. Kendall Nelson will be following up on a larger effort around this soon. VMware Migration While VMware Migration will not be the primary focus this year, it continues to provide significant momentum for OpenStack adoption. As new features are built or strengthened to support this transition, we need to be prepared to share that more broadly. This is not an exhaustive list of messaging around OpenStack, but are priorities that the OpenInfra Foundation has identified to maximize OpenStack exposure in the broader open source and cloud market. If it would be helpful, I am happy to join an OpenStack TC meeting or schedule an ad hoc meeting to discuss these priorities and any feedback or concerns you may have as well as opportunities to maximize impact. Thanks, 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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