# Behind the Scenes: How Maintaining Cloud Native Buildpacks Powers Platforms Like Heroku

DevFeed: [Behind the Scenes: How Maintaining Cloud Native Buildpacks Powers Platforms Like Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/behind-the-scenes-how-maintaining-cloud-native-buildpacks-powers-platforms-like-heroku-26448.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/how-maintaining-cloud-native-buildpacks-powers-platforms-like-heroku/>)

Author: Juan Bustamante

Published: 2026-03-17T15:00:03Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [GitHub Issues](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-issues.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>)

Tags: [buildpacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/buildpacks.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [cloud-native-ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [github-issues](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-issues.md>), [google-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-cloud.md>), [google-cloud-run](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-cloud-run.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [maintenance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintenance.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patches.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>)

## AI overview

This article describes how pack CLI maintainers support Cloud Native Buildpacks through releases, security patches, issue triage, pull request reviews, CI changes, and feature development. It explains how Heroku-funded maintenance benefits Heroku, Google Cloud Run, and internal platform teams.

## Source excerpt

Most developers never see the 11 pack releases we shipped in the last 14 months as pack CLI maintainers. That's actually a good sign--it means the infrastructure just works. When a critical vulnerability emerges requiring an immediate upgrade, the fix is shipped within days. Here's what most developers don't see: that same security patch now [...] The post Behind the Scenes: How Maintaining Cloud Native Buildpacks Powers Platforms Like Heroku appeared first on Heroku.