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Flux at KubeCon EU 2026

+

Welcome, Flux friends! We're excited to see you in Amsterdam. Here's your guide to all things Flux and GitOps at KubeCon Europe 2025.

+ +
FluxCon Europe

FluxCon is here!

FluxCon is back for its second year as a CNCF-hosted co-located event - a dedicated half-day for the whole Flux community. + +When: Monday, March 23, 2026 - 09:00 - 12:45 CET + +Where: Elicium 1, RAI Amsterdam
+ + +
+ View the Full FluxCon Schedule + + +

FluxCon Sessions

+

A full morning of Flux talks featuring production stories from Air France–KLM, NatWest, Orange, and our maintainers.

+ +
+ +
+
+ Tiffany Wang + Francesco Beltramini +
+
+

FluxCon | Welcome + Opening Remarks

+

Tiffany Wang, Morgan Stanley & Francesco Beltramini, ControlPlane

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 09:00 - 09:05 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Stefan Prodan +
+
+

Vibe Coding Meets GitOps

+

Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 09:10 - 09:35 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Amine Alaoui Echerif + Ravi Ramrattan +
+
+

Air France–KLM's GitOps Takeoff: Real Stories From the Flight Deck

+

Alaoui Echerif Amine & Ravi Ramrattan, Air France KLM

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 09:40 - 10:05 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Andy Martin +
+
+

Agentic GitOps: Evolving Enterprise Delivery

+

Andy Martin, ControlPlane

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 10:10 - 10:15 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Joel King + Lee Coupe +
+
+

May the Flux Be With You: Tales From the GitOps Trenches at NatWest

+

Joel King & Lee Coupe, NatWest Group

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 10:20 - 10:45 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+
+ Sanskar Jaiswal +
+
+
+

Towards Better Canary Releases With Flagger and Gateway API

+

Sanskar Jaiswal, Kong

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 11:00 - 11:25 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ William Rizzo +
+
+

Talking to Your Cluster: Conversational GitOps with Flux MCP

+

William Rizzo, Mirantis

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 11:30 - 11:55 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Paris Nakita Kejser +
+
+

⚡ Lightning Talk: Flux-Powered Bootstrapping a Kubernetes With GitOps and CaC

+

Paris Nakita Kejser, Astrona

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 12:00 - 12:10 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Francois Eleouet + Thomas Morin +
+
+

Sylva, Taming Complexity With FluxCD Dependency Management

+

Thomas Morin & Francois Eleouet, Orange

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 12:15 - 12:40 CET +
+ Elicium 1 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+ +
+ + + + + + +

Flux at KyvernoCon

+

Flux and Kyverno together - attend this cross-project session in the afternoon:

+ +
+ +
+
+ Leigh Capili + Cortney Nickerson +
+
+

Policy & GitOps Unite! Kyverno and Flux Save Cluster City

+

Cortney Nickerson, Nirmata & Leigh Capili, ControlPlane

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 13:35 - 14:00 CET +
+ E106-108 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+ + + + + + +

Visit the Flux Project Booth

+

Have questions? Want to talk GitOps? Or just want to grab some stickers? Come say hi to the Flux maintainers! Stefan will also be be at the booth for extended Q&A after each session.

+

Booth 5B, Project Pavilion + +We'll be using + +Flux Operator MCP Server +to show off + +AI Assisted GitOps. + +The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center :)

+ + +

Flux at KubeCon

+ +

Catch these Flux sessions during the main conference:

+ +
+ +
+
+
+ Tamao Nakahara +
+
+
+

⚡ Project Lightning Talk: FluxCD - Gitops For All Sizes

+

Tamao Nakahara, Community Maintainer

+ + Mon, Mar 23 • 14:15 - 14:20 CET +
+ Elicium 2 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Lucas Hornung + Christian Matthaei +
+
+

From "No Time for GitOps" to Enterprise Adoption: Selling Flux the Human Way

+

Lucas Hornung & Christian Matthaei, Tchibo GmbH

+ + Wed, Mar 25 • 11:45 - 12:15 CET +
+ Hall 7 | Room B + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Matteo Bianchi + Stefan Prodan +
+
+

Pull Request Wars: The Flux Awakens - Ephemeral Kubernetes Environments Strike Back

+

Matteo Bianchi, GitHub & Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane

+ + Wed, Mar 25 • 15:00 - 15:30 CET +
+ Hall 8 | Room G + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Luiz Ariza +
+
+

From Chaos to Control: A Prescription for Managing Apps on Private Cellular Networks

+

Luiz Ariza, Beanters

+ + Thurs, Mar 26 • 11:00 - 11:30 CET +
+ Hall 7 | Room C + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+
+ Stefan Prodan +
+
+

Visualizing GitOps: A Tour of Flux UIs in the Open Source Ecosystem

+

Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane

+ + Thurs, Mar 26 • 13:45 - 14:15 CET +
+ Elicium 2 + + + View on Sched + +
+
+ +
+ + + + + +

Announcing Flux 2.8 GA

+

We're thrilled to announce the Flux 2.8 General Availability release. This is a major milestone, bringing Helm v4 support natively to Flux.

+

Key highlights include:

+
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  • Helm v4 support with server-side apply and kstatus-based health checking
    • +
  • Helm v3 backward compatibility for existing releases + opt-ins
    • +
  • Reduced mean time to recovery - new revisions can immediately cancel stale health checks
    • +
  • CEL expressions for readiness evaluation of Helm-managed objects
    • +
  • ArtifactGenerator support for extracting and modifying Helm charts
    • +
  • PR/MR comment providers for preview environment feedback loops
    • +
  • Cosign v3 support for verifying OCI artifacts and container images
    • +
  • Custom SSA apply stages for ordering resource application in kustomize-controller
    • +
+

Read the full 2.8 Release Announcement

+ +
+

Flux 2.8.x Upgrade Instructions Releases of Flux 2.7+ and up remove old API versions. To ensure a smooth upgrade, please follow the detailed instructions before updating your clusters. + + Upgrade instructions & Support here

+ + +

Flux Resources

+

Flux (and Flagger) is a set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes that are open and extensible. It is the GitOps engine for Microsoft's Arc Kubernetes, AWS's EKS-Anywhere, GitLab, and many more.

+

Flux is a CNCF graduated project and is General Availability.

+ + + +

Ecosystem

+

Flux has a rich ecosystem of extensions and compatible, open software. +Here are a few things to look at:

+ + + +
+ + + diff --git a/KUBECON.md b/KUBECON.md index a9bd774f..d96ee946 100644 --- a/KUBECON.md +++ b/KUBECON.md @@ -3,21 +3,17 @@

Flux at KubeCon EU 2026

-

Welcome, Flux friends! We're excited to see you in Amsterdam. Here's your guide to all things Flux and GitOps at KubeCon Europe 2025.

+

Flux friends! We had such a great time seeing you in Amsterdam. Here's what went down with all things Flux and GitOps at KubeCon Europe 2026.

-
FluxCon Europe

FluxCon is here!

FluxCon is back for its second year as a CNCF-hosted co-located event - a dedicated half-day for the whole Flux community. +
FluxCon Europe

FluxCon was packed!

FluxCon came back for its second year as a CNCF-hosted co-located event, a dedicated half-day for the whole Flux community. -When: Monday, March 23, 2026 - 09:00 - 12:45 CET - -Where: Elicium 1, RAI Amsterdam
+
- View the Full FluxCon Schedule - + Watch the talks from FluxCon -

FluxCon Sessions

-

A full morning of Flux talks featuring production stories from Air France–KLM, NatWest, Orange, and our maintainers.

+

A full morning of Flux talks featured production stories from Air France-KLM, NatWest, Orange, and our maintainers.

@@ -29,13 +25,8 @@

FluxCon | Welcome + Opening Remarks

Tiffany Wang, Morgan Stanley & Francesco Beltramini, ControlPlane

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 09:00 - 09:05 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -47,13 +38,8 @@

Vibe Coding Meets GitOps

Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 09:10 - 09:35 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -66,13 +52,8 @@

Air France–KLM's GitOps Takeoff: Real Stories From the Flight Deck

Alaoui Echerif Amine & Ravi Ramrattan, Air France KLM

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 09:40 - 10:05 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -84,13 +65,8 @@

Agentic GitOps: Evolving Enterprise Delivery

Andy Martin, ControlPlane

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 10:10 - 10:15 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -103,13 +79,8 @@

May the Flux Be With You: Tales From the GitOps Trenches at NatWest

Joel King & Lee Coupe, NatWest Group

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 10:20 - 10:45 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -123,13 +94,8 @@

Towards Better Canary Releases With Flagger and Gateway API

Sanskar Jaiswal, Kong

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 11:00 - 11:25 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -141,13 +107,8 @@

Talking to Your Cluster: Conversational GitOps with Flux MCP

William Rizzo, Mirantis

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 11:30 - 11:55 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -159,13 +120,8 @@

⚡ Lightning Talk: Flux-Powered Bootstrapping a Kubernetes With GitOps and CaC

Paris Nakita Kejser, Astrona

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 12:00 - 12:10 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -178,13 +134,8 @@

Sylva, Taming Complexity With FluxCD Dependency Management

Thomas Morin & Francois Eleouet, Orange

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 12:15 - 12:40 CET -
- Elicium 1 - - - View on Sched + + ▶ YouTube
@@ -201,7 +152,7 @@

Flux at KyvernoCon

-

Flux and Kyverno together - attend this cross-project session in the afternoon:

+

Flux and Kyverno come together in this cross-project session:

@@ -213,11 +164,6 @@

Policy & GitOps Unite! Kyverno and Flux Save Cluster City

Cortney Nickerson, Nirmata & Leigh Capili, ControlPlane

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 13:35 - 14:00 CET -
- E106-108 - View on Sched @@ -233,40 +179,38 @@ -

Visit the Flux Project Booth

-

Have questions? Want to talk GitOps? Or just want to grab some stickers? Come say hi to the Flux maintainers! Stefan will also be be at the booth for extended Q&A after each session.

-

Booth 5B, Project Pavilion +

The Flux Project Booth

+

Had questions? Wanted to talk GitOps? Or just wanted to grab some stickers? The Flux maintainers were there! Stefan was also at the booth for extended Q&A after each session.

+

-We'll be using +We used Flux Operator MCP Server to show off AI Assisted GitOps. +

-The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center :)

+We also launched [fluxcd/agent-skills](https://github.com/fluxcd/agent-skills), to help you work with your repos and clusters more effectively within Claude Code, Copilot, Kiro, and more. + +

Flux at KubeCon

-

Catch these Flux sessions during the main conference:

+

Flux sessions from the main conference:

- Tamao Nakahara + Matheus Pimenta
-

⚡ Project Lightning Talk: FluxCD - Gitops For All Sizes

-

Tamao Nakahara, Community Maintainer

- - Mon, Mar 23 • 14:15 - 14:20 CET -
- Elicium 2 - +

⚡ Project Lightning Talk: FluxCD - GitOps For All Sizes

+

Matheus Pimenta, Core Maintainer

View on Sched @@ -281,11 +225,6 @@ The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center

From "No Time for GitOps" to Enterprise Adoption: Selling Flux the Human Way

Lucas Hornung & Christian Matthaei, Tchibo GmbH

- - Wed, Mar 25 • 11:45 - 12:15 CET -
- Hall 7 | Room B - View on Sched @@ -300,11 +239,6 @@ The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center

Pull Request Wars: The Flux Awakens - Ephemeral Kubernetes Environments Strike Back

Matteo Bianchi, GitHub & Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane

- - Wed, Mar 25 • 15:00 - 15:30 CET -
- Hall 8 | Room G - View on Sched @@ -318,11 +252,6 @@ The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center

From Chaos to Control: A Prescription for Managing Apps on Private Cellular Networks

Luiz Ariza, Beanters

- - Thurs, Mar 26 • 11:00 - 11:30 CET -
- Hall 7 | Room C - View on Sched @@ -336,11 +265,6 @@ The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center

Visualizing GitOps: A Tour of Flux UIs in the Open Source Ecosystem

Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane

- - Thurs, Mar 26 • 13:45 - 14:15 CET -
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