April 2026 PTG Recap: Community and Keeping it Open

Following the tradition of our previous Project Teams Gathering (PTG) summaries, the April 2026 PTG brought together over 35 teams and hundreds of contributors, operators, and open-source enthusiasts for a week of virtual collaboration. On the OpenStack side, the community was coming off the launch of the 2026.1 “Gazpacho” release of OpenStack and spent the week diving straight into the 2026.2 “Hibiscus” cycle. 

Here is a look at what was tackled and the teams that made it happen.

Planting the Seeds for OpenStack 2026.2 “Hibiscus”

With the Hibiscus cycle now underway, the OpenStack teams were buzzing! 

• Cinder Summary by Jon Bernard
• Cyborg Summary by Sean Mooney
• Glance Summary by Cyril Roelandt
• Horizon Summary by Tatiana Ovchinnikova
• Magnum Summary by Michal Nasiadka
• Manila Summary by Carlos Silva
• Neutron Summary by Brian Haley
• Nova Summary by Rene Ribaud
• Tacker Summary by Yasufumi Ogawa
• Watcher Summary by Douglas Viroel

A Warm Welcome to YAOOK: For the first time, we were joined by YAOOK (an ALASCA project) as an external participant. Their focus on automated OpenStack lifecycle management using Kubernetes-native patterns brought a fresh and highly relevant perspective to our deployment discussions.

Other OpenStack teams were filled with discussions on the broader health of the project and community. Check out their discussion summaries: 

• Eventlet Removal Summary by Herve Beraud
• OpenStack i18n by Ian Choi
• OpenStack Ops Radio Hour Summary by Ildiko Vancsa
• OpenStack Technical Committee Summary by Goutham Pacha Ravi 

Building Open Container Security and Edge Excellence

The PTG isn't just about OpenStack, though; it's about the entire OpenInfra ecosystem.

• Kata Containers: The Kata team held several planning sessions focused on the intersection of security and performance, particularly for sandboxing complex AI agents.For a longer summary, check out the Kata Blog!
• StarlingX: The team mapped out their next steps for the distributed cloud, ensuring edge deployments remain resilient and sovereign in increasingly complex environments. Take a look at the StarlingX blog posts for more information on the discussions!

Until Next Time! 

Every PTG reminds me why this community works: the Four Opens. Whether we were debating technical specs, or troubleshooting niche use cases, the focus is on open collaboration and our global community working together to make open software.

If you couldn't make it to every session, I highly recommend checking out the team etherpads. From Blazar and OpenInfra Marketing to YAOOK, the etherpads are full of the details that made this PTG a success.

The next PTG will be taking place October 12-16, and we hope to see you there. Keep an eye on the website for registration details and team sign ups!

Are we missing your team’s summary in this post? Reach out to [email protected] and let us know!