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23 merged upstream OSS PRs in 2026

Across 5 ecosystems and 15 repositories. Verifiable on CNCF DevStats (49 contributions: 12 issues + 16 PRs + reviews/discussions) and via gh search prs --author mateenali66 --merged.

Observability

7 merged

jaegertracing/jaeger-ui#3754
1.2kCNCF graduated (Jaeger)merged 2026-04-17

fix(lint): Replace new Array(n) with Array.from, promote no-new-array to error

Migrated unsafe Array(n) constructors to Array.from across the Jaeger UI codebase and promoted no-new-array to a hard lint error.

jaegertracing/jaeger-ui#3753
CNCF graduated (Jaeger)merged 2026-04-17

fix(lint): Clear unused vars/imports, promote no-unused-vars to error in TS

Cleaned unused TypeScript vars and imports across the codebase. Lint rule promoted to error so future regressions are caught at PR time.

jaegertracing/jaeger-ui#3749
CNCF graduated (Jaeger)merged 2026-04-17

fix(lint): Drop useless array spread, promote no-useless-spread to error

Removed redundant array spreads across React components. Lint rule promoted to error.

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp#3987
1.2kCNCF graduated (OpenTelemetry)merged 2026-04-14

[CODE HEALTH] Fix clang-tidy narrowing-conversions warnings in tests

Fixed clang-tidy narrowing-conversions warnings in the test suite, reducing static-analysis noise in the C++ SDK.

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp#3985
1.2kCNCF graduated (OpenTelemetry)merged 2026-04-13

[CODE HEALTH] Fix clang-tidy misc-use-internal-linkage warnings

Marked symbols static where appropriate; suppressed legitimate exceptions with NOLINTNEXTLINE; decremented warning limits to match.

Looks good. Thanks for the contribution! - @dbarker. LGTM, thanks for the cleanup. - @marcalff
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib#4086
632CNCF graduated (OpenTelemetry)merged 2026-04-10

[OpAmp] use CloseOutputAsync to fix flaky WsTransport test

Eliminated a race in the WsTransport StopAsync path by switching to CloseOutputAsync and adding a state guard. Closed issue #4085.

Approved by @martincostello, @Kielek, and @RassK
open-telemetry/otel-arrow#2529
328CNCF graduated (OpenTelemetry)merged 2026-04-04

feat(config): add URI providers for file: and env: config sources

Added FileConfigProvider, EnvConfigProvider, and a ConfigResolver matching the OTel Collector --config URI pattern. +510/-19 across 9 files.

LGTM - @lquerel (after two rounds of review)

Kubernetes

7 merged

kedacore/keda#7692
8.7kCNCF graduatedmerged 2026-05-07

fix(pulsar): scope auth header re-application on redirects

Fixed an auth-header leak in KEDA's Pulsar scaler when the Pulsar admin endpoint issued an HTTP redirect cross-origin.

kubernetes/website#55482
Kubernetes (CNCF graduated)merged 2026-04-23

Rename EnableWorkloadWithJob feature gate references to WorkloadWithJob

Updated feature-gate names in upstream Kubernetes documentation to match the renamed gate.

kubernetes/website#55481
Kubernetes (CNCF graduated)merged 2026-04-28

Use feature-state shortcode for externalIPs deprecation

Replaced prose deprecation notices with the canonical feature-state shortcode. Aligns with the kubernetes/website style guide.

agones-dev/agones#4527
6.2kCNCF graduatedmerged 2026-04-23

chore: update copyright headers to CNCF format (install/helm)

Updated copyright headers across Helm install templates to the CNCF-required format.

agones-dev/agones#4522
6.2kCNCF graduatedmerged 2026-04-21

chore: update copyright headers to CNCF format (non-helm YAML/config)

Updated copyright headers across non-Helm YAML and config files to the CNCF-required format.

rook/rook#17262
13.4kCNCF graduatedmerged 2026-04-08

deploy/examples: add standalone cleanup-job.yaml

Added a standalone manual cleanup job manifest derived directly from the operator's cleanUpJobTemplateSpec. +165/-0 across 2 files.

Approved by @travisn and @sp98 after multiple rounds of review
kmesh-net/kmesh#1639
710CNCF sandboxmerged 2026-04-01

ci: pin GitHub Actions runner to ubuntu-22.04

Pinned 7 GitHub Actions workflow jobs to ubuntu-22.04 to fix CI breakage when ubuntu-latest moved to ubuntu-24.04 (kernel 6.8) and broke kmesh's eBPF programs.

Security & Identity

5 merged

spiffe/spire#6901
2.3kCNCF graduated (SPIFFE)merged 2026-04-22

sigstore: promote out of experimental

Promoted SPIRE's sigstore integration out of the experimental phase, including documentation and config-schema updates.

spiffe/spire#6795
2.3kCNCF graduated (SPIFFE)merged 2026-04-11

fix: handle nil NSG in VMSS NIC parseNetworkInterfaceConfig

Prevented a panic in the Azure IMDS node attestor when VMSS instances had no Network Security Group attached. Added nil guards across the Properties chain plus a dedicated test. Closed issue #6630.

LGTM, thanks @mateenali66! - @sorindumitru (after one round of scope expansion)
cert-manager/cert-manager#8651
13.7kCNCF graduatedmerged 2026-03-27

fix(webhook): cache negative API discovery results in certificateRequestApproval

Added negative-result caching (30s TTL) to the certificateRequestApproval webhook. Prevents repeated API server discovery queries on every admission request when a CRD is not yet installed. +309/-18 across 3 files.

this is a super cool contribution - @SgtCoDFish (cert-manager maintainer)
external-secrets/external-secrets#6078
4.2kCNCF incubatingmerged 2026-03-15

feat: fail fast if LGTM label does not exist in repository

Added fail-fast validation when the LGTM label does not exist in the repository, preventing silent CI failures during PR review automation.

external-secrets/external-secrets#6074
4.2kCNCF incubatingmerged 2026-03-15

feat: extract LGTM processor to external JS file with tests

Extracted the LGTM processor from inline Prow configuration into a standalone JavaScript file with dedicated unit tests, improving CI maintainability.

Developer Tools

3 merged

Service Mesh / CNCF Community

1 merged

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