# OpenTelemetry is a CNCF Graduated Project

DevFeed: [OpenTelemetry is a CNCF Graduated Project](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/opentelemetry-is-a-cncf-graduated-project-32580.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/otel-graduates/>)

Author: OpenTelemetry Authors; Docs CC BY

Published: 2026-05-21T14:27:48Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on OpenTelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-opentelemetry.md>)

Topics: [OpenTelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opentelemetry.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [cncf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cncf.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [contributors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributors.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [sdks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdks.md>), [specifications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/specifications.md>)

## AI overview

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced that OpenTelemetry has graduated. The article presents the graduation as a milestone reflecting the strength of the project's community and ecosystem, and describes its continued commitment to interoperable observability standards and tooling for cloud native software.

## Source excerpt

Today, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced that OpenTelemetry has graduated. Graduation is an important milestone for the project and reflects the strength of the OpenTelemetry community and ecosystem. Since the merger of OpenTracing and OpenCensus, thousands of contributors, maintainers, end users, and organizations have helped shape OpenTelemetry into an open, vendor-neutral observability framework used across the industry. This milestone belongs to the community. We want to thank everyone who has contributed code, documentation, specifications, language SDKs, semantic conventions, bug reports, reviews, community support, advocacy, and end-user experiences. OpenTelemetry exists because of the people who continue to invest their time and expertise in the project every day.