Sunbeam Forecast - March 16, 2026

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Happy Monday and Happy Stable Release Week to all who celebrate! Over the last pulse the team has released a new stable version of Sunbeam (2024.1/stable). Take it for a spin with sudo snap install openstack and check out the docs to get your cloud set up!

:new_button: Highlights from the Last Pulse

Sunbeam 2024.1/stable release - a new stable version of Sunbeam dropped with new identity integrations, GPU-related features, a new network role, and many others. Check out the full writeup here!

Feature gates introduced in Sunbeam - Experimental capabilities can now be exposed through feature gates. Operators can list available feature gates using: sunbeam list-feature-gates

Magnum Cluster API updates - Magnum’s Cluster API dependencies have been upgraded to v1.12.3, and Cluster API Canonical Kubernetes has been updated to v0.6.1. These updates are now included in Sunbeam 2024.1/edge, improving compatibility with upstream Kubernetes cluster lifecycle tooling.

Traefik TLS startup improvements - Traefik applications are now pinned to the latest/candidate channel to address a long-standing issue where deployments with TLS enabled could take a long time to settle. This issue is related to how CSRs are generated per unit when TLS is enabled; upstream work is underway to restore the previous per-application CSR generation behavior.

Vault charm upgrade subcommand - A new upgrade subcommand has been introduced for the Vault charm, improving upgrade workflows and giving operators a clearer path when performing Vault upgrades in Sunbeam environments.

:bullseye: Goals for the Next Pulse

  • Octavia Amphora support in Sunbeam - Work is underway to introduce Amphora-based load balancing support. A new wrapper CNI called openstack-port-cni has been developed to simplify plumbing Octavia worker instances into OVS networking.
  • Further Gazpacho testing for Sunbeam - Upstream OpenStack is uploading Release Candidate versions of projects that we are hard at work building and testing against the latest from Ubuntu, Python, and Sunbeam.

:handshake: How to Get Involved

No contribution is too big or too small. Regardless of skill level, come chat!

Thanks again to everyone contributing code, docs, reviews, and feedback. Your enthusiasm keeps Sunbeam moving forward!

See you in the next Forecast! :waving_hand:

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