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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 and sandbox process.