Also at #KubeCon: Straight after KubeVirt Summit Live we have our Maintainer Summit @ 13:45 in room E103-105

All the details: sched.co/2EF4y

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Schedule Check out the schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026

For those at #KubeCon this morning, we have KubeVirt Summit Live starting at 11:00 at the Cloud Native Theatre (Solutions Showcase).

Great lineup of talks: kccnceu2026.sched.com?searchstring...

See you there!

Announcing the release of KubeVirt v1.8 | KubeVirt.io With the release of KubeVirt v1.8 we see the community adding some features that align with more traditional virtualization platforms.

KubeVirt v1.8 has just been released!

1. We have covered the highlights in our release blog: kubevirt.io/2026/KubeVir...
2. Get the latest packages from our release page: github.com/kubevirt/kub...
3. Be sure to check out all the changes in our release notes: kubevirt.io/user-guide/r...

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Hey folks, just a reminder that the KubeVirt v1.9 Unconference is today in a few hours.

For all details, see the calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

Google Summer of Code 2026 Community content. Contribute to kubevirt/community development by creating an account on GitHub.

KubeVirt will again be a Mentor Org in this year's Google Summer of Code. Woohoo!!

Check out our proposed projects and how to get involved on our wiki: github.com/kubevirt/com... }

#GSoC #opensource

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The KubeVirt VEP meetings continue, even if the v1.8 deadline has passed.
Come along to continue discussion on your accepted VEPs for this release, as well as to bring new VEPs ahead of the v1.9 schedule.

Next one starts in about 30 minutes: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

The schedule for KubeVirt Summit Live is now live!
And we are very excited about the lineup.
Join us at KubeCon EU 26 in Amsterdam, Thursday Mar 26 in the Cloud Native Theatre.

events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...

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Reminder that we are running an Asia-Pacific-friendly KubeVirt Community Meeting today at 0300 UTC - in about 3 hours :)

Main item on the agenda is talk ideas for KubeCon India, Japan, and China.

Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

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Reminder that we are running an Asia-Pacific-friendly KubeVirt Community Meeting tomorrow at 0300 UTC - 12 hours offset from our usual meeting time.

Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

KubeVirt Summit Live at KubeCon EU 26 Please use this form to submit your proposal for KubeVirt Summit Live. This will be held as part of KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands during March 24-26. The Summit Speaker CfP is open to…

The KubeVirt Summit Live CfP closes tomorrow Jan 6!!
This in-person event will be in Amsterdam on March 26 as part of KubeCon EU 2026.

Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

KubeVirt Summit Live at KubeCon EU 26 Please use this form to submit your proposal for KubeVirt Summit Live. This will be held as part of KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands during March 24-26. The Summit Speaker CfP is open to…

Reminder: The KubeVirt Summit Live CfP is open until Jan 6:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This will be our first live event running at KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, March 26.

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Tomorrow (and every other Tuesday) we have our VEP discussion. If you've got a proposal and want to make sure it will make the VEP freeze date (Jan 7 2026), put it on the agenda and come along.

Details on the calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

sig-release/releases/v1.8/schedule.md at main · kubevirt/sig-release A repo to hold and organize all the information required for KubeVirt releases - kubevirt/sig-release

The KubeVirt v1.8 schedule has been posted in our sig-release repo:
github.com/kubevirt/sig...

We also put the release milestones on the KubeVirt calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

Dedicated Migration Networks for Cross-Cluster Live Migration with KubeVirt and EVPN | KubeVirt.io Learn how to configure a separate L2VNI for dedicated migration networks to enable secure, efficient cross-cluster live migration with KubeVirt and OpenPERouter.

In case you missed it, last week we posted a follow-up blog to our 'Stretching Layer 2 Networks across Multiple Kubernetes clusters' post:
Dedicated Migration Networks for Cross-Cluster Live Migration with KubeVirt and EVPN

kubevirt.io/2025/Dedicat...

KubeVirt Summit 2025 The session recordings from KubeVirt Summit 2025, our annual virtual event to celebrate all things on the user and developer side of KubeVirt. You can find t...

The recordings from KubeVirt Summit have been posted and have now been added to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The playlist description includes a link to the slidedecks used.

Release v1.7.0 · kubevirt/kubevirt tag v1.7.0 Tagger: Luboslav Pivarc lpivarc@redhat.com This release follows v1.6.3 and consists of 1181 changes, contributed by 71 people, leading to 2363 files changed, 105899 insertions(+), 65799 ...

KubeVirt release day!! 🥳
The #KubeVirt community is proud to announce the release of v1.7.0
This release is built for and follows the same support timeline as #Kubernetes v1.34.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!

github.com/kubevirt/kub...

KubeVirt New Contributor session (Nov 2025 edition) On the back of KubeVirt Summit 2025, this session is directed at those who are new to KubeVirt and looking to start contributing, as well as for those who want to advance their contributor…

Happy Wednesday!
The recording from yesterday's KubeVirt New Contributor session is now available on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/AfyFnWdMSJ8

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Friendly reminder: the KubeVirt New Contributor session is today.
If you're new to #KubeVirt or #cloudnative, or you want to do contribute more and aren't sure where to start, this will be a great one for you.

Details on the calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

Update: We have delayed the KubeVirt v1.7.0 release by 1 week.
The new release date is Wednesday 26th November.

Just a note to say we have a small delay with the v1.7.0 release, which was targeted for yesterday (19 Nov).

We expect it to be resolved soon but will update again if it is not resolved by the end of week (Fri 21 Nov). Thank you.

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Next Tuesday (Nov 25) we are running a New Contributor session.
If you're new to #kubevirt or #cloudnative in general, want to start or develop your contributor journey, this would be a great guided session to join.

Info on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025: The Future of Virtualization in Kubernet... View more about this event at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025

For those at #KubeCon in Atlanta today:
1. The #KubeVirt maintainer talk is today at 14:30 in Building C | Level 1 | C111-112
kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Nlm
2. You can also find us at the CNCF Project Pavilion this afternoon and tomorrow during lunch: stand 1B
3. Come by and get a project shirt!

Our 2025-2026 internship season has started.
Check out the list of openings and apply for fun and knowledge!

blog.quarkslab.com/internship-offers-for-the-2025-2026-season.html

OSTIF is proud to announce that our audit of @kubevirt.bsky.social is now public! This would not be possible without the contributions of Quarkslab and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Read about the work on our blog: ostif.org/kubevirt-aud...

Announcing the results of our Security Audit | KubeVirt.io As part of our application to Graduate, KubeVirt has a security audit performed by a third-party, organised through the CNCF and OSTIF.

We are pleased to announce that the KubeVirt Security Audit report has been published, in collaboration with @quarkslab.bsky.social and @ostifofficial.bsky.social

Check out our blog post for all the details: kubevirt.io/2025/Announc...

New #KubeVirt Blog post!
How to stretch a layer 2 network across multiple #Kubernetes clusters, using an EVPN overlay.
This enables preserving L2 adjacency between #VMs running on different clusters.

kubevirt.io/2025/Stretch...

KubeVirt Summit 2025 | CNCF Virtual Event - EVENT DATE UPDATEDKubeVirt Summit will now take place on Thursday, October 16 - we hope that you are still able to atten...

Quick reminder that KubeVirt Summit starts in just under 4 hours (12:00 UTC).
Schedule and (free) registration on the CNCF event page.

community.cncf.io/events/detai...

Release v1.6.2 · kubevirt/kubevirt tag v1.6.2 Tagger: Federico Fossemo ffossemo@redhat.com This release follows v1.6.1 and consists of 24 changes, contributed by 6 people, leading to 42 files changed, 870 insertions(+), 191 deletion...

KubeVirt v1.6.2 has been released!

If you are running v1.6.0 or v1.6.1, we highly encourage you to upgrade:
github.com/kubevirt/kub...

Release v1.6.1 · kubevirt/kubevirt tag v1.6.1 Tagger: Federico Fossemo ffossemo@redhat.com This release follows v1.6.0 and consists of 122 changes, contributed by 21 people, leading to 179 files changed, 6671 insertions(+), 22702 de...

We are pleased to announce that KubeVirt v1.6.1 has been released.

The source code and selected binaries are available for download at: github.com/kubevirt/kub...

Building VM golden images with Packer | KubeVirt.io Packer plugin for KubeVirt that builds VM golden images inside Kubernetes.

New blog post!
Learn about the new KubeVirt plugin for Packer that lets you build VM images directly in Kubernetes, enabling you to automate OS installation from ISO, customize the VM during build, and produce a reusable bootable volume, all without leaving your cluster.

kubevirt.io/2025/Buildin...