Stefan Prodan
@stefanprodan.com
OSS maintainer of CNCF projects Flux, Flagger and the GitOps Toolkit Head of Development @controlplane.io 🫶 #golang #cuelang #kubernetes #gitops 👉 https://github.com/stefanprodan
Check out the new Ignore Rules in Flux :) They let you initialize values but perform selective drift correction. It's now possible to pick the starting replicas when using HPA's instead of relying on the minimum, and cert-manager can now regenerate your placeholder certs fluxcd.io/blog/2026/08...
Selective drift correction with ignore rules
Let external controllers like HPA and cert-manager manage specific fields without fighting Flux drift correction.
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check out this guide on how to bootstrap OpenBao & Flux with no secrets! We <3 workload identity (we also show a sovereign key signing flow) @openbao-official.bsky.social
Flux and OpenBao: Secrets and Signatures
This post shows off two Flux integrations with OpenBao: SOPS decryption through workload identity and sovereign OCI artifact signing with Cosign.
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Check out Flux Schema! Our brand new #FluxCD CLI plugin that validates manifests and helps AI Agents stop hallucinating Kubernetes YAML. After extensive benchmarks my conclusion is that the Flux Schema MCP Server gets you 57% fewer tokens compared to web tools. fluxcd.io/blog/2026/07...
Introducing Flux Schema and the Ecosystem Catalog
Static validation for GitOps workflows with Kubernetes API server semantics, a schema catalog for the CNCF ecosystem, and a public MCP server for AI agents.
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Happy Birthday #FluxCD! one more decade and I'm retiring 🫡 stefanprodan.com/blog/2026/fl...
Celebrating Ten Years of Flux CD
A decade since the first Flux commit and the start of the GitOps movement
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Flux v2.9 is out! 🚀 - New CLI plugin system with Mirror & Schema extensions - Server-side apply field ignore rules - Age post-quantum SOPS + OpenBao/Vault auth - SSH Git commit verification - AWS CodeCommit support fluxcd.io/blog/2026/06... #GitOps #Kubernetes #FluxCD
Announcing Flux 2.9 GA
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.9.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
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I run Claude Code autonomously for days across terminals and IDEs with sub-agents fanning out into copilot, kiro, and gemini. I won't trade that for an agent manager, so I built cctop: a live top for CC to tame the session chaos. Check it out: github.com/stefanprodan...
We've published the AI Contribution Policy for #FluxCD We require disclosure of AI usage on commits using the Assisted-by tag. The Signed-off-by and Co-authored-by tags must identify humans who can legally certify the DCO, please don’t fill these will AI product names. github.com/fluxcd/flux2...
AI Contribution Policy for the Flux project · fluxcd flux2 · Discussion #5848
AI Coding Assistants Guidance Using AI Agents to help write your PR is acceptable, but as the author, you are responsible for understanding the code and the documentation you submit. Please review ...
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AI is driving detachment from both software engineering and platform engineering. @stefanprodan.com maps out the levels at FluxCon, from Copilot tab-completion to dark software factories to autonomous cluster remediation. Check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=efpqMLQJaW4 #FluxCD #GitOps #kubernetes
Vibe Coding Meets GitOps - Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane
YouTube video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
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Morgan Stanley scaled Flux to 500+ clusters, 100k+ containers, and 10k+ Flux resources. Their 5-year journey covers: multi-tenancy, performance tuning, moving to S3 sources, and devX fluxcd.io/blog/2026/03/stairway-to-gitops-morgan-stanley/ FluxCon Europe is next Monday - come say hi! #kubecon
Stairway to GitOps: Scaling Flux at Morgan Stanley
Reflecting on Morgan Stanley's journey to production GitOps with Flux, presented at FluxCon NA 2025.
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Flux v2.8 is out! This release marks the General Availability of Helm v4 features such as server-side apply and enhanced health checking. ❤️ Big thanks to the Helm maintainers for their work on Helm v4 and for collaborating with us to ensure a smooth integration with Flux! fluxcd.io/blog/2026/02...
Announcing Flux 2.8 GA
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.8.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
fluxcd.io
We've implemented #GitOps actions in the latest Flux Operator Web UI. You can reconcile, pull latest source, and suspend/resume, with more actions to come. Check it out: fluxoperator.dev/web-ui/ ♥️ Big thanks to the #FluxCD users for the feedback that shaped this UI release.
I made a tiny macOS app to help me organise and monitor all the Kubernetes clusters I run #FluxCD tests on. I have lots of these on my laptop, homelab and clouds, so my kubeconfig is always a mess. Give it a try: github.com/stefanprodan...
GitHub - stefanprodan/kswitch: Kubernetes context manager for macOS
Kubernetes context manager for macOS. Contribute to stefanprodan/kswitch development by creating an account on GitHub.
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An early Christmas gift for all #FluxCD users 🎁🎄 Flux Operator 0.37 is here with a brand new Web UI! We've shipped a mobile-friendly web interface that gives you real-time visibility into everything Flux manages on your clusters. Unwrap it here fluxoperator.dev/web-ui/
In 2026 I won't do much public speaking. Also me kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW37/... I will chat with @stefanprodan.com about Flux and ephemeral environments based on GitHub PRs 👀 p.s. Most probably my last KubeCon, so come and say hi lol
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026: Pull Request Wars: The Flux Awakens - Ep...
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Found the best flat white in Edinburgh! The source coffee roasters
What tells Flagger a release is safe to keep going? What is the safety mechanism? @stefanprodan.com tells how it decides, and when it rolls back. Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode: youtu.be/Qi9Xq_QxX7M #Kubernetes #Flagger #ProgressiveDelivery #CanaryDeployments #Prometheus
Flux v2.7 is out 🚀 Big thanks to all contributors ❤️ Image automation goes GA, new ArtifactGenerator API for advanced sources composition and decomposition patterns, hub-and-spoke OIDC auth, and so much more. fluxcd.io/blog/2025/09... #FluxCD #GitOps #Kubernetes
Announcing Flux 2.7 GA
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.7.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
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Today, we published @rawkode.dev's first editorial! ArgoCD's UI is great, but Flux's architecture is inevitable.
FluxCD vs. ArgoCD: The Final Word
A definitive look at FluxCD's controller-first design and why its architectural alignment with Kubernetes offers superior security, efficiency, and operational maturity over ArgoCD.
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Check out our latest blog post on how to schedule deployments during maintenance windows with Flux Operator fluxcd.io/blog/2025/07... #FluxCD #GitOps #Kubernetes
Time-based deployments with Flux Operator
Update your Kubernetes workloads based on schedules with Flux Operator
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Hey all -- this is not happening -- Slack will be comped for CNCF communities in perpetuity.
kat cosgrove@kat.lol · last yr.Heads up: on 20 June, Salesforce will no longer be supporting the Kubernetes project with a free enterprise license. We will lose access to channel history older than 90 days, and will likely be forced to migrate to a new platform sometime later this year. www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2025/06...
I really hope the smart people behind Kubernetes KinD will figure out a way to run #Kubernetes on Apple silicon using the new container tool 🤞 github.com/apple/contai...
GitHub - apple/container: A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It's written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.
A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It's written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon. - GitHub - apple/container: A tool for cre...
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