# What it took to reach 1 billion build manifests

DevFeed: [What it took to reach 1 billion build manifests](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-it-took-to-reach-1-billion-build-manifests-13318.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/what-it-took-to-reach-1-billion-build-manifests>)

Published: 2026-09-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>), [chainguard os](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-os.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [sigstore](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sigstore.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [NumPy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/numpy.md>)

Tags: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-factory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-factory.md>), [chainguard-os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-os.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [provenance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provenance.md>), [sbom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sbom.md>), [sigstore](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sigstore.md>), [software-supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain.md>)

## AI overview

Chainguard describes how it doubled container build output from 500 million to more than 1 billion manifests in six months. The article explains how Chainguard Factory and Chainguard OS support continuous rebuilds, while using source builds, SLSA Level 3 provenance, Sigstore signatures, and full SBOMs.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard doubled its container build output in six months. Learn how Factory 2.0 uses AI and reconciliation to rebuild secure software at scale.