TAC Project Status

Current Release Nephio R4 was released on Details: https://lfnetworking.org/nephio-r4-launch-advancing-cloud-native-network-automation-with-o-ran-integration-and-gitops/ Upcoming Release planning is underway for the R5 release, details are available here: https://lf-nephio.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/316506116/R5+Planning Community Updates Community is planning Nephio Developer Summit Community is planning a GenAI hackathon (dates tentatively April 15 - April 30) Nephio O-RAN implementation of cluster creation was demoed at the O-RAN F2F in Paris on Feb 27 Ongoing Collaborations A Nephio-Sylva collaboration is being discussed There is active collaboration between Nephio and O-RAN in the FOCOM and NFO implementation Community Event Schedule - Asks for the TAC / Board Support in promoting/coordinating logistics for GenAI and Nephio hackathon Developers required in SIG Automation  Active participation from additional services providers Orange, DT, Bell, Vodafone etc.

Current Release Scandium (Release Sign-Off On 11-Nov-2024) Upcoming Release Titanium Details: (Delayed) Community Updates Multiple improvements made to controller,netconf and many features. ODL-Tutorial for users has been created by David Arjona Community Event Schedule <dates> Ongoing Collaborations Asks for the TAC / Board

Current Release Paris (Release sign-off was on July 10 2025), Upcoming Release Quebec (June 2025 ~) Quebec would be the first release that executes ONAP semi-standalone project evolutions. Working on the Governance cadence and project cadence management independently. Exploring a way to add AI-capabilities to projects. Community Updates ONAP has gone through a transformation from "Monolithic" to "Modular Network Automation" Streamlined continuous delivery environment New focus on standard-based intent-driven approach Community is planning to present updates at the ONAP DTF Days 2025 (Event schedule is under discussion); for session topics, see  Detailed update (ONAP messaging 2025) - Unlocking the Future: The Evolution and Strategic Direction of ONAP:  Ongoing Collaborations Nephio, O-RAN SC Community Event Schedule Past schedule: Session Topics and Schedule: see the Wiki page ONAP DTF DAYs 2025 ; Asks for the TAC / Board Support in promoting/coordinating logistics for semi-standalone ONAP core projects Github Action migration completion. Supports in promoting/coordinating AI/ML-driven intent network automation orchestration

Current Release Quinnipiac (Released ) Upcoming Release Red River (preliminary release date: ) Community Updates Archived RI1, RI2, Kuberef and Barometer Refreshing RA1 to current OpenStack releases Ongoing Collaborations Discussions with Sylva, O-RAN Alliance Community Event Schedule <dates> Asks for the TAC / Board Board / Staff: Communicate outages and IT decisions affecting our projects better gerrit.opnfv.org was down for days and we did not received any notifications Jenkins will be shut down on a short notice TAC / Staff: Provide an actual support to maintain Scorecard integration E.g. add some comments here why do we need Scorecard at all.

Current Release VPP 25.10 , CSIT 25.06 Report Upcoming Release VPP 26.02 , CSIT 26.02 Report Community Updates Migration from Jenkins to GitHub Actions under development. Development 90% complete, roll-out to production scheduled to begin TSC CY2025 equipment shipping . Equipment installation scheduled for December 2025 / January 2026. FD.io podcast series planning in progress. Pilot slated for January 2026, followed by recording/production of next several episodes shortly thereafter. Community Event Schedule TSC Meetings weekly on Thursday at 8am Pacific Time VPP Community Meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 8am Pacific Time CSIT Community Meetings weekly on Tuesday at 7am Pacific Time GoVPP Community Meetings every other week on Thursday at 6:30am Pacific Time Ongoing Collaborations DPDK Envoy Calico Asks for the TAC / Board

Current Release Upcoming Release Community Updates Community Event Schedule <dates> Ongoing Collaborations Asks for the TAC / Board

Current Release N/A Upcoming Release N/A Community Updates TSC Notes Community Event Schedule <dates> Ongoing Collaborations Current integration projects underway can be found here: Asks for the TAC / Board None at this time.

Current Release CNTi Test Suite version 1.4.1 was released on Jan 29, 2025. Upcoming Release CNTi goal is to release on a monthly basis (either major or minor release): CNTi issues a new major release when there are significant new functional/technical enhancements CNTi issues a new minor release when there are smaller functional/technical enhancements or bug fixes Community Updates CNTi Community Priorities 1H/2025 defined: CNF Test suite code cleanup/refactoring, hardening, and test cleanup Support fixes and enhancements for project Sylva Identify and establish new collaboration with other communities, vendors, operators CNTi working with Project Sylva in evaluation of security requirements that can be provided via CNTi Test Suite CNTi participation in London events Community Event Schedule <dates> Ongoing Collaborations CNTi is actively collaborating with Project Sylva with the CNTi Test Suite being used as part of their CNF Validation program. CNTi and Sylva are starting to discuss additional cloud native best practice tests for security and potential inclusion into the CNTi Test Suite. Discussions with NGMN in progress for possible collaboration Asks for the TAC / Board Continued support in promoting the work of CNTi in providing a vendor neutral test suite to validate a CNF’s adherence to cloud native best practices. Additional CNF vendors, CSPs, or projects that might leverage and contribute to our work will help drive confidence and adoption for cloud native in telecom networks. Action: Ask that LFN TAC members and Board members for CNF vendors consider executing the CNTi Test Suite to a) provide us feedback and b) validate their use of cloud native best practices.

Current Release Preparing for initial release (aiming for within a month). Upcoming Release Initial release planned for within the month (code complete, just pending announcement and some testing). The initial release will begin our planned schedule of releases every 6 months. Community Updates Ongoing discussions / design talks for potentially creating a lift-and-shift deployment tool to turn existing cloud deployments into Paraglider configuration. Introduced technical talks to community meetings. Will be releasing a call for a TAC rep this week. Community Event Schedule <dates> Ongoing Collaborations Collaborating with teams at IBM research for data plane optimization as well as a zero-trust controller deployment option. Asks for the TAC / Board