KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe

What's Coming Next in Containerd 2.3? - Mike Brown, IBM & Krisztian Litkey, Intel

32:45 · 23 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2026 · YouTube

About this talk

This talk focuses on the upcoming features of containerd 2.3, presented by Mike Brown from IBM and Krisztian Litkey from Intel. They discuss the transition to time-based releases following containerd 2.0, highlighting the project's emphasis on stability, a reliable release cadence, and the introduction of new functionalities. The speakers cover the enhancements for container runtime plugins, filesystems, and container image and artifact formats expected in the 2.3 release, as well as how these updates will integrate with Kubernetes to improve runtime performance and support new use cases.