Kubernetes and CNCF won’t be using Slack like before

For ten years, Slack has supported CNCF and Kubernetes by providing a free enterprise account for both workspaces. However, due to recent changes in their business strategy, this generous offer is no longer available for these huge Open Source communities. Thus, both workspaces will be switched to a free plan this Friday, June 20.

This transition brings lots of limitations in Slack workspaces, such as retaining a 90-day history only and disabling several existing apps and workflows. Therefore, the community is considering the following steps, naming migration to Discord as one of the viable options.

P.S. Half a year ago, in December 2024, the Kubernetes workspace hit a hard Slack limit of having no more than 200,000 users per channel. This event also sparked an early discussion of a possible transition from Slack.

Find more details about these changes in the official posts from the Kubernetes project and CNCF.

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