# CNCF Project Archiving Process v1.0

Open source projects have a lifecycle and there are times that projects become inactive due to a variety of reasons. There are also cases where a project may no longer want to be supported by the TOC.

## Archiving Criteria

There are different criteria to consider when archiving a project, but here are ones that the TOC looks for:

* It hasn't seen a commit in over 6 months.
* It hasn't seen a release in over 6 months.
* There haven't been any issues opened for 6 months.
* Opened issues haven't received a response within 6 months.
* It's binaries/source are no longer being downloaded

It is important to note that there is a difference between a mature project that doesn't get much attention anymore but is stable versus a project that is inactive.

## Voting Process

To archive a project:

* A proposal must be put forth to the TOC repo and be open for at least 2 weeks of discussion.
* The TOC will inform the CNCF end user community and wider community of all archiving proposals
* A vote must be finalized with 2/3 approval from the TOC

## Archiving Process

What does archiving for a CNCF project mean?

* CNCF will no longer provide any support for the project, via service desk
* CNCF will list archived projects online
* Archived CNCF projects will be transferred to the Linux Foundation for neutral holding and support

## Reactivating an Archived Project

Any project can be reactivated into CNCF by finally the normal project [proposal](https://github.com/cncf/toc/blob/master/process/project_proposals.adoc) and [sandbox](https://github.com/cncf/toc/blob/master/process/sandbox.md) process.