OpenFeature feature flag project applies for CNCF sandbox project status

A consortium led by Dynatrace has submitted OpenFeature to the Cloud Native Computing Basis (CNCF) for consideration as a sandbox job.

The observability software program professional is creating the open up resource characteristic flag standard in partnership with LaunchDarkly, GitLab, Split, Flagsmith, CloudBees, and other folks.

Function flagging has emerged as a key enabler for successful continual program shipping, devops and web-site dependability engineering (SRE) procedures by enabling developers to toggle specific software performance on and off at runtime, with no deploying new code.

The method and tooling has also matured a short while ago to permit much more granular aspect flagging to exam performance on certain consumer cohorts, or even as a way to troubleshoot problems by disabling specific operation at runtime.

“Attribute flagging is attaining traction suitable now with this vast selection of use cases and the potential to granularly handle aspect deployment,” said Alois Reitbauer, chief product officer for cloud automation at Dynatrace.

Performed correct, this will allow developers to far more correctly take a look at new operation and steer clear of introducing bugs. Done poorly, it can convey chaos as unique groups have to configure and juggle distinctive function flagging libraries and equipment.

OpenFeature aims to give a unified API and SDK, setting up with Java, JavaScript and Go, which will permit developers to have a constant regular for feature flags and then layer on their favorite device, be it LaunchDarkly, Optimizely or other preferred feature management alternatives.

“Establishing this OpenFeature conventional will permit groups to undertake the most effective option additional very easily, with no introducing new integration demands,” Daniel O’Brien, ecosystem engineer at LaunchDarkly stated in a assertion.

By becoming open and extensible, OpenFeature wishes to stick to in the footsteps of the fast-escalating OpenTelemetry project, which is starting up to build alone as an open up common for metrics, logs and traces. Dynatrace is also a important contributor to OpenTelemetry.

The OpenFeature venture will now wait to see if it is recognized by the CNCF as a sandbox task and is aiming for a 1. general availability launch by slide this yr.