Metal3 (pronounced “metal cubed”) entered 2026 as one of the newest incubating projects in the CNCF. As the foundational layer for infrastructure management in…

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Metal3, the Kubernetes-native bare metal lifecycle management project, recently achieved CNCF Incubating status and will have a significant presence at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026. Activities include a lightning talk on project status and roadmap, two in-depth sessions covering Metal3's governance journey from CNCF Sandbox to Incubation and a real-world telco adoption use case via the Sylva Project, plus a kiosk on the Solutions Showcase floor for direct engagement with maintainers.

Metal3 at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026: Meet the CNCF’s Freshly Incubated Bare Metal Project

A packed Metal3 presence at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe

Two in-depth sessions: governance and adoption