I first came across Project Copacetic (#Copa for short) in @markrussinovich keynotes about Azure where they use it to patch vulns in millions of container images a month, internally and for Azure users and I thought 'doesn't everyone with container images need to do this'?

Turns out, that's exactly what the Copa team (who also worked on tools like #Radius and #Dapr) thought, and when they open sourced it, other tools like Kubescape started to use it; Anubhav Gupta told me why it's so useful for platform teams. @descopeinc built a whole self-patching registry on top of it. Copa isn't perfect but Vadim Bauer told me it might be a useful plugin for updating images in Harbor the way Microsoft does in ACR with Copa and Dalec.

Microsoft still uses it at massive scale: "every build that goes through our engineering system for any team, runs through Copa,” @sozercan told me.

Copa doesn't create patches but as soon as there is a patch for an issue Trivy (or other scanners) find, it can apply it as a patch layer so you don't have to wait for an official image or even an image rebuild; you can use it with GitHub Actions and Dependabot; it does OS patches, distroless and now app runtime patches for Node.js, Python, .NET and soon Go patching too.

One of the frustrating things with open source is you don't always know who's using it: Bank of America and thousands of other companies are using Copa, almost everyone who's heard of it loves is but it still feels like a bit of a hidden secret in the #CNCF sandbox; maybe this will help!

Extra thanks to everyone who talked to me for this piece, since it was either in the run up to or actually at #Kubecon when everyone is extra busy! Also, hit me up if you're on Mastodon and I haven't tagged you here because @ mentions are being weird for me today...

https://www.thestack.technology/copacetic-copa-patch-containers-automatic-scale/

Distributed inference is becoming a standard cloud native workload.
#llmd has joined the #CNCF Sandbox, bringing Kubernetes-native routing, orchestration, and disaggregated serving to AI inference.

Learn more: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/03/24/welcome-llm-d-to-the-cncf-evolving-kubernetes-into-sota-ai-infrastructure/
#Kubernetes #AI #CloudNative #CNCF

AI at the edge is an infrastructure puzzle. Red Hat is helping solve it by contributing llm-d to the #CNCF, establishing "well-lit paths" for AI-RAN orchestration with SoftBank. 🐧

This is about optimization—making inference a first-class citizen alongside traditional containers.

Proud to see Red Hat continuing our legacy of open-source leadership, from #Kubernetes and #etcd to #KEDA and now #llmd.

Read more: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-llm-d-brings-critical-resource-optimization-softbanks-ai-ran-orchestrator

#RedHat #AI #OpenSource #KubeCon #CloudNative

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And that's it; #KubeConEU is coming to an end. While absolutely exhausting, it was also truly inspiring. I go home with countless new ideas, new friends, and plenty of things to do now, positively. But first: recovery!

Two blogs that contain what I learned and took away:

https://www.vshn.ch/blog/kubecon-europe-2026-recap-souveraenitaet-ai-agents-und-eine-starke-community/

https://servala.com/article/what-open-sovereign-cloud-day-told-us-about-the-future-of-servala/

#KubeCon #Amsterdam #Kubernetes #CNCF

Red Hat is contributing llm-d to the #CNCF, turning fragmented AI into modular, interoperable microservices. 🐧

The goal? Make AI inference a first-class citizen in the same cloud-native environment as your traditional apps.

I love how Red Hat continues to fuel the #OpenSource ecosystem. From our roots in #Kubernetes and #etcd to newer projects like #KEDA and #CRI-O, we’re committed to building "well-lit paths" for everyone.

#RedHat #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon #AI #llmd

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-were-contributing-llm-d-cncf-standardizing-future-ai?sc_cid=701f2000000txokAAA&utm_source=bambu&utm_medium=organic_social

Final day at #CNCF #KubeCon is here 🚀

If you haven’t stopped by yet, now’s your chance 👇

Swing by booth #780, grab some swag 🎁 and chat with us about

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We’re here until 2PM, don’t miss it!

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It’s the last day at #KubeCon Europe!
This is the last opportunity to meet with our team today. Come and ask questions about how to optimize your observability stack.

We’re thankful for the incredible interactions at the #VictoriaMetrics booth. #Amsterdam has been amazing!
Let’s continue discussing open source #observability together. 🙌💻 #RootCauseAnalysis #CNCF

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