community/sig-architecture/annual-report-2024.md

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2024 Annual Report: SIG Architecture

Current initiatives and Project Health

  1. What work did the SIG do this year that should be highlighted?
  • At Kubecon NA, we merged the last outstanding conformance test to reach "100% conformance tested" milestone (see issue). With this we fully paid down the debt for older APIs which did not have conformance tests.
  • Go workspaces for k/k (see issue)
  • Launched WG Device Management (see PR)
  • Launched WG Serving (see PR)
  • Add apisnoop subproject (see Issue)
  1. Are there any areas and/or subprojects that your group needs help with (e.g. fewer than 2 active OWNERS)?

The team needs new contributors. While we handle regular release tasks well, we could improve areas like simplifying the KEP template. Fresh perspectives in sig-architecture meetings would help challenge the status quo. We also need long-term contributors for future leadership transitions. Most subprojects (e.g., api-reviews, PRRs) are self-sustaining, but we haven't tackled new conformance challenges (e.g., mandatory RBAC). Maintaining the release cadence remains our priority.

  1. Did you have community-wide updates in 2024 (e.g. KubeCon talks)?

Yes we had SIG-Architecture related talks in:

Thanks to John Belamaric and David Eads!

  1. KEP work in 2024 (v1.30, v1.31, v1.32):

Subprojects

New in 2024:

  • apisnoop
  • wg-device-management
  • wg-serving Continuing:
  • architecture-and-api-governance
  • code-organization
  • conformance-definition
  • enhancements
  • production-readiness

Working groups

New in 2024:

  • Device Management
  • Serving Retired in 2024:
  • API Expression Continuing:
  • LTS
  • Policy
  • Structured Logging

Operational

Operational tasks in sig-governance.md:

  • README.md reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
  • CONTRIBUTING.md reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
  • Other contributing docs (e.g. in devel dir or contributor guide) reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
  • Subprojects list and linked OWNERS files in sigs.yaml reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
  • SIG leaders (chairs, tech leads, and subproject leads) in sigs.yaml are accurate and active, and updated if needed
  • Meeting notes and recordings for 2024 are linked from README.md and updated/uploaded if needed