--- title: ArgoCon Japan 2026: Meeting the Maintainers, enterprise... description: ArgoCon Japan will be held July 28, 2026 in Yokohama as a half-day colocated event with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. The event brings together Argo maintainers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/argocon-japan-2026-meeting-the-maintainers-enterprise-insights-and-the-road-to-argo-cd-3-5-ce9c1a421 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ArgoCon Japan 2026: Meeting the Maintainers, enterprise insights, and the road to Argo CD 3.5 | daily.dev og:description: ArgoCon Japan will be held July 28, 2026 in Yokohama as a half-day colocated event with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. The event brings together Argo maintainers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/argocon-japan-2026-meeting-the-maintainers-enterprise-insights-and-the-road-to-argo-cd-3-5-ce9c1a421 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CE9C1A421.png og:image:alt: ArgoCon Japan 2026: Meeting the Maintainers, enterprise insights, and the road to Argo CD 3.5 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ArgoCon Japan 2026: Meeting the Maintainers, enterprise insights, and the road to Argo CD 3.5 **[CNCF](https://daily.dev/sources/cncf)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ArgoCon Japan will be held July 28, 2026 in Yokohama as a half-day colocated event with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. The event brings together Argo maintainers and end users for the first time in Asia, featuring talks from companies like American Express and Coralogix. Key topics include AI agent orchestration, GitOps best practices, scaling Argo Workflows, and a preview of Argo CD 3.5 — described as the biggest release since 3.0, with major improvements to ApplicationSets. Results from the 2026 Argo CD end-user survey will also be shared. Over 70% of Kubernetes-running organizations have adopted or are adopting Argo according to the CNCF Annual Survey. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features are coming in Argo CD 3.5? Argo CD 3.5 is described as the biggest release since Argo CD 3.0, bringing hundreds of improvements with a major focus on making ApplicationSets first-class citizens. It follows a 2026 end-user survey gathering community feedback, and Argo CD lead Michael Crenshaw is expected to share a proposal for the next version at ArgoCon Japan 2026. _Track Argo CD 3.5's rollout and ApplicationSets changes on daily.dev before planning your upgrade._ ### When and where is ArgoCon Japan 2026 taking place? ArgoCon Japan 2026 is a half-day event running from 1:30pm to 6:30pm on July 28, 2026, in Yokohama, Japan, colocated with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan. It marks the first time ArgoCon has been held in Asia, having previously been limited to North America and Europe, and requires KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan registration to attend. _Follow Argo CD and GitOps community events like this on daily.dev to plan your conference calendar._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [ArgoCon North America 2026: What to expect as the Argo community looks toward CD 4.0](https://daily.dev/posts/argocon-north-america-2026-what-to-expect-as-the-argo-community-looks-toward-cd-4-0-c3tk2igds) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [5 Talks at KubeCon Japan I'm Looking Forward To](https://daily.dev/posts/5-talks-at-kubecon-japan-i-m-looking-forward-to-7xqi9qxgg) · MetalBear · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenTelemetry @ KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-lk3zghxdr) · OpenTelemetry · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon North America 2025 Guide](https://daily.dev/posts/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america-2025-guide-2fbiswmsw) · Spacelift · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#gitops](https://daily.dev/tags/gitops), [#cncf](https://daily.dev/tags/cncf), [#argocd](https://daily.dev/tags/argocd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/argocon-japan-2026-meeting-the-maintainers-enterprise-insights-and-the-road-to-argo-cd-3-5-ce9c1a421) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"ArgoCon Japan 2026: Meeting the Maintainers, enterprise insights, and the road to Argo CD 3.5","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/argocon-japan-2026-meeting-the-maintainers-enterprise-insights-and-the-road-to-argo-cd-3-5-ce9c1a421","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/argocon-japan-2026-meeting-the-maintainers-enterprise-insights-and-the-road-to-argo-cd-3-5-ce9c1a421"},"datePublished":"2026-07-20T12:37:36.388Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:49:59.290Z","description":"ArgoCon Japan will be held July 28, 2026 in Yokohama as a half-day colocated event with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. 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