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⚖️ The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) is the technical governing body of the CNCF Foundation.

Is cncf/toc beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, cncf/toc merged 7 of 13 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

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  • [HEALTH]: xDS maintenance
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/review needs-triage review/health toc

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 5/100

    cncf/toc#2321 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Sustainable DRA Driver Power Profile & Telemetry Conformance Specification and Automation
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-group needs-triage

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

    cncf/toc#2316 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Interroperability best-practices for AI agents harnesses
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-group needs-triage

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

    cncf/toc#2313 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Automated Governance: does the TAG want it back as an initiative, and where do its documents live?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    needs-group needs-kind needs-triage tag/security-and-compliance

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2301 · 3 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Redirect archived https://tag-security.cncf.io/ to new locations
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-group needs-triage

    cncf/toc#2292 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Incubation] Higress Incubation Application
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    dd/needs-triage kind/dd level/incubation needs-triage toc

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/toc#2291 · 2 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: White Paper on Runtime Conditions Profiles Specification
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-group needs-triage

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2285 · 3 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Tech Review]: Cozystack
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-triage review/tech sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/toc#2271 · 1 reaction ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Gov. Review]: Cozystack
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/review needs-triage review/governance sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/toc#2270 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Gov. Review]: Higress
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/review needs-triage review/governance sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    cncf/toc#2267 · 2 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Tech Review]: Higress
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-triage review/tech sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/toc#2266 · 5 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Gov. Review]: Open Cluster Management (OCM)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/review needs-triage review/governance sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2263 · 2 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [HEALTH]: Oxia - Onboarding Deadline Approaching (10+ Months)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/review needs-triage review/health toc

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    cncf/toc#2259 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [LEVEL CHANGE] Kubeflow Incubation to Graduation
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    needs-kind needs-triage toc

    cncf/toc#2253 · 1 comment · 2 assignees ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [LEVEL CHANGE] k8gb moving from Sandbox to Incubation
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    needs-kind toc triage/valid

    cncf/toc#2245 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 2 assignees ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [LEVEL CHANGE] Buildpacks move from Incubating to Graduation
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    needs-kind toc triage/valid

    cncf/toc#2244 · 1 comment · 2 assignees ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [LEVEL CHANGE] Confidential Containers move from Sandbox to Incubation
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    level/incubation needs-kind toc triage/valid

    cncf/toc#2236 · 2 comments · 2 assignees ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Scale and performance testing guidance
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    help wanted init/not-started kind/initiative needs-triage sub/project-reviews tag/operational-resilience

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2233 · 4 comments · 2 reactions ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Community growth playbook for CNCF projects
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    init/not-started kind/initiative needs-triage sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2232 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Vendor neutrality guidance for CNCF projects
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    init/not-started kind/initiative needs-triage sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

    cncf/toc#2231 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Public roadmap documentation standards
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    init/not-started kind/initiative needs-triage sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2230 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Adopter documentation standards (ADOPTERS.md)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    init/not-started kind/initiative needs-triage sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/toc#2229 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Move cncf/project-template ownership to TOC Project Reviews Subproject
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    needs-group needs-kind needs-triage

    cncf/toc#2226 · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [LEVEL CHANGE] HAMi move from Sandbox to Incubation
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    needs-kind toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    cncf/toc#2217 · 1 comment · 4 reactions ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Incubation] KubeArmor Incubation Application
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    dd-status/ready-for-assignment kind/dd level/incubation needs-group needs-kind needs-triage

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/toc#2211 · 4 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Gov. Review]: KubeVirt
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    dd-gov-review/in-progress kind/review needs-kind review/governance sub/project-reviews triage/valid

    cncf/toc#2207 · 2 comments · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Tech Review]: Meshery
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-triage review/tech sub/project-reviews

    cncf/toc#2193 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: GPU-Aware Autoscaling in Cloud Native AI Infrastructure
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    needs-group needs-kind needs-triage

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2188 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Update Project Security Guidelines
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    init/in-progress kind/initiative needs-triage tag/security-and-compliance

    cncf/toc#2186 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · 2 assignees ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Tech Review]: kcp
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/review review/tech sub/project-reviews triage/valid

    cncf/toc#2174 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Tech Review]: Open Cluster Management (OCM)
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-triage review/tech sub/project-reviews

    cncf/toc#2173 · 17 comments · 2 assignees ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [LEVEL CHANGE] OpenTelemetry
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    level/graduation needs-kind needs-triage toc

    cncf/toc#2152 · 2 comments · 14 reactions · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Tech Review]: OpenEBS
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-triage review/tech sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2139 · 3 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Tech Review]: Kubeflow
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-triage review/tech sub/project-reviews

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/toc#2117 · 4 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Tech Review]: KubeVirt
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-triage review/tech sub/project-reviews

    cncf/toc#2116 · 2 comments · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Graduation] gRPC Graduation Application
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    dd-status/ready-for-assignment kind/dd level/graduation needs-kind needs-triage toc

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    cncf/toc#2101 · 4 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [HEALTH]: SOPS
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/review needs-triage review/health toc

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/toc#2098 · 3 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [TOC Meeting][Public] 2026-12-01
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/meeting toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/toc#2080 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [TOC Meeting][Public] 2026-11-17
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/meeting toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/toc#2079 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [TOC Meeting][Public] 2026-11-03
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/meeting toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/toc#2078 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [TOC Meeting][Public] 2026-10-20
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/meeting toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/toc#2077 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [TOC Meeting][Public] 2026-10-06
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/meeting toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 15/100

    cncf/toc#2076 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [TOC Meeting][Public] 2026-09-15
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/meeting toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/toc#2075 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [TOC Meeting][Public] 2026-09-01
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/meeting toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/toc#2074 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [TOC Meeting][Public] 2026-08-04
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/meeting toc triage/valid

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/toc#2072 · 2 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Graduation] NATS Graduation Application
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    dd/status/ready-for-assignment kind/dd level/graduation toc

    cncf/toc#2042 · 7 comments · 4 reactions · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Cloud Native Observability Personas
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    help wanted kind/initiative tag/operational-resilience

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/toc#2037 · 9 comments · 1 reaction ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Release Notes Best Practices
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/initiative needs-triage tag/operational-resilience

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

    cncf/toc#2026 · 5 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Initiative]: Reference framework for the levels of Service Reliability Automation
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    help wanted kind/initiative needs-triage tag/operational-resilience

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

    cncf/toc#1984 · 31 comments · 7 reactions ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • [Incubation] kagent Incubation Application
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    kind/dd level/incubation toc

    cncf/toc#1978 · 1 comment · 51 reactions · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

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