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Backstage Community Update: September 2024

September 10, 2024
Kashish Mittal
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    Red Hat has been deeply engaged in the Backstage community since joining in 2022. Here's a roundup of the latest developments:

    Releases 

    Main Release Line: The latest version, 1.30, marks a significant milestone for the New Frontend System. It includes breaking changes in certain APIs, new features, and updates like backend system deprecations and auth sign-in resolver priority changes. See the v1.30.0 release notes for details.

    Upcoming Features: Want a sneak peek at what’s coming next? Check out the .next release, updated weekly every Tuesday, for early access to new features before the main release.

    Red Hat Contributions

    Red Hat is actively involved in advancing Backstage. We've made significant contributions to key areas like dynamic plugin support, the upstream Helm chart, and plugin development. We also participate actively in the Backstage Community Plugins SIG. Our latest focus is introducing the Auditor service upstream, with the recent merger of the Auditor BEP.

    Fall 2024 Backstage Roadmap

    The Backstage Roadmap, updated every six months, outlines project priorities.  The current priorities have been in progress since May 2024, with the next roadmap update planned for November 2024.

    Here's the progress on the new backend and frontend systems:

    New Backend System 

    The team is working towards a stable 1.0 release of the new backend system, focusing on documentation updates, API reviews, and refactoring. The goal is to retire the legacy system by the end of December 2024. Version 1.30 includes steps in that direction with several deprecations and removals.

    New Frontend System

    The goal is to make the new frontend system ready for plugin migration. This work is informed by community feedback, and v1.30 includes new features, deprecations, and breaking changes to encourage plugin owners to adopt the new system.

    Recent and Upcoming Events

    Coming Up: BackstageCon North America ‘24: Learn more and register here.

    Recent: BackstageCon Europe ‘24: Missed it? Check out the CNCF playlist of all BackstageCon talks!

    Stay Up to Date on Backstage

    Want to stay in the loop on Backstage? Head over to the Backstage blog for the latest news and insights. Don't forget to explore the Red Hat Developer Hub and give it a spin on the Developer Sandbox. Feeling inspired? Learn how you can contribute to the Backstage community!

    Last updated: September 11, 2024
    Disclaimer: Please note the content in this blog post has not been thoroughly reviewed by the Red Hat Developer editorial team. Any opinions expressed in this post are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the policies or positions of Red Hat.

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