{"id":9930,"date":"2026-05-05T11:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=9930"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:29:01","slug":"april-2026-ptg-recap-the-road-from-gazpacho-to-hibiscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/april-2026-ptg-recap-the-road-from-gazpacho-to-hibiscus\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2026 PTG Recap: The Road from Gazpacho to Hibiscus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead\">Following the tradition of our previous Project Teams Gathering (PTG) summaries, the April 2026 PTG brought together over 35 teams and hundreds of contributors, operators, and open-source enthusiasts for a week of virtual collaboration. On the OpenStack side, the community was coming off the launch of the 2026.1 \u201cGazpacho\u201d release of OpenStack and spent the week diving straight into the 2026.2 \u201cHibiscus\u201d cycle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Planting the Seeds for \u201cHibiscus\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Hibiscus cycle now underway, the OpenStack service teams were buzzing post \u201cGazpacho\u201d release! You can find OpenStack team summaries below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/AEMEEJXQY6ETSBRWQVGBA6WY2T5EBRPG\/\">Cinder Summary by Jon Bernard<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/MBE5DX4IQTD4SQOTSWNTDBBHTN5BSCPE\/\">Cyborg Summary by Sean Mooney<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/EL65IPFTH3IHXVBWKB2Z4CW3HQ6PZQX3\/\">Glance Summary by Cyril Roelandt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/O2WXGLUB35UI4RBYKOJSMMB4LBCFBWP7\/\">Horizon Summary by Tatiana Ovchinnikova<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/N7N3RRQ5JGOOLRGRWK5TG3EXR5JNRYHQ\/\">Magnum Summary by Michal Nasiadka<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/WCVINC7MRKGBUNEJLGOVRI72EZBDGU2G\/\">Manila Summary by Carlos Silva<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/6T2GX5DD4PZRUUAIPDWI7W6VTN7FBUIA\/\">Neutron Summary by Brian Haley<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/FNJ5U25TLZSQIGYGGUSTAPDXWD6XBZUJ\/\">Nova Summary by Rene Ribaud<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/VOYCEDDXJGDV6DINJLKYPRBDBRQK7V4B\/\">Tacker Summary by Yasufumi Ogawa<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/FVV7K7T5FITK7QNPJLJN7P4FJL2WQJ4A\/\">Watcher Summary by Douglas Viroel<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>OpenStack Community and Strategy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Other OpenStack community teams were filled with discussions on broader topics. Check out their discussion summaries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/CIKLAGYX23SQTKOSNAOITEVVR6KTWHNQ\/\">Eventlet Removal Summary by Herve Beraud<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/AY7VJVW34WIW3XTM5OQKHTOKVL7G3ZOY\/\">OpenStack i18n by Ian Choi<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/3KUT5OPGE7PYS4V25APCW63JGJ7PNVLE\/\">OpenStack Ops Radio Hour Summary by Ildiko Vancsa<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/archives\/list\/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org\/message\/XYXFYV4GAVNHHDWFEBYFITZAAYPQQS6K\/\">OpenStack Technical Committee Summary by Goutham Pacha Ravi<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Until Next Time!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every PTG reminds me why this community works: the <a href=\"https:\/\/openinfra.org\/four-opens\/\">Four Opens<\/a>. Whether we were debating technical specs, or troubleshooting niche use cases, the focus is on open collaboration and our global community working together to make open software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you couldn&#8217;t make it a session, I highly recommend checking out <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/wiki\/PTG\/April2026PTG\/Etherpads\">the team etherpads<\/a>. These etherpads are full of the details that made this PTG a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next PTG will be taking place after the \u201cHibiscus\u201d release, October 12-16! <a href=\"https:\/\/openinfra.org\/ptg\/\">Keep an eye on the website for registration details and team sign ups!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are we missing your team\u2019s summary in this post? Reach out to <a href=\"mailto:ptg@openinfra.org\">ptg@openinfra.org<\/a> and let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the tradition of our previous Project Teams Gathering (PTG) summaries, the April 2026 PTG brought together over 35 teams and hundreds of contributors, operators, and open-source enthusiasts for a week of virtual collaboration. On the OpenStack side, the community was coming off the launch of the 2026.1 \u201cGazpacho\u201d release of OpenStack and spent the&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/april-2026-ptg-recap-the-road-from-gazpacho-to-hibiscus\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read April 2026 PTG Recap: The Road from Gazpacho to Hibiscus\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,435],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9931,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions\/9931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}