OpenStack 2026.1 'Gazpacho' Release Strengthens Workload Migration and Simplifies Cloud Operations
The release of OpenStack 2026.1 (Gazpacho), the 33rd version of the world’s most widely deployed open source cloud infrastructure software is available. The latest SLURP release introduces operational improvements, expanded hardware enablement and continued momentum from a global community building open infrastructure.
Around 500 contributors from 100 organizations including Ericsson, Rackspace, Red Hat, Walmart, BBC R&D, Samsung SDS, SAP, and NVIDIA collaborated over six months to build Gazpacho. With an increase in activity and contributors, Gazpacho introduces almost 9,000 changes as OpenStack continues to power advancement and innovation all over the world.
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How OpenStack 2026.1 Gazpacho's Features Came to Life
The OpenInfra Foundation has collaborated with the OpenStack community to highlight some of the prominent features of the Gazpacho release; more cycle highlights can be found here.
OpenStack Ironic Enhances Operator Efficiency through Intelligent Automation
- Autodetect deploy interface removes the need to choose deployment methods manually
- Automatic protocol detection (NFS / CIFS for Redfish) simplifies boot configuration
- Trait-based port scheduling automates network placement based on real infrastructure attributes
- Config + per-node overrides preserve fine-grained operator control
A special OpenInfra Live episode will provide a deep dive into the Ironic features landed in OpenStack 2026.1 Gazpacho.
Seamless Workload Migration and Mobility
- In Watcher, cross-zone migration strategies (enhanced testing) improves reliability of workload redistribution
- Live migration with vTPM in Nova enables secure movement of sensitive workloads
- In Ironic, noop deploy interface onboard and track existing workloads without redeploying
Enhanced Operational Flexibility, Security Across Production Environments
- NFS + CIFS/SMB support for virtual media boot in Ironic works across diverse storage backends
- A new driver configuration guide in Cyborg covers all supported accelerator types — FPGA, GPU, NIC, QAT, SSD, and PCI passthrough
- Manila QoS types and specs enforce workload-specific performance policies
- Integration with OpenBao (Vault) for PKI in OpenStack-Ansible align with existing enterprise security tooling
Accelerated Performance and Responsiveness at Scale
- Parallel live migrations in Nova enable faster workload movement by allowing multiple memory transfer connections. This feature has been in high demand from operators seeking a VMware alternative.
- Default IOThread per QEMU instance improves performance by offloading disk I/O from vCPUs
- Asynchronous volume attach API reduces latency and improves responsiveness by decoupling long-running operations from API calls
- Several new capabilities and scalability improvements have been integrated in the Neutron OVN driver, including BGP support, North-South routing for external ports, and allowed address pairs with virtual MAC addresses.
Contributor List
Thank you to the over 500 contributors who contributed to the OpenStack Gazpacho release.
- Takashi Kajinami
- Ivan Anfimov
- Stephen Finucane
- Elod Illes
- Dmitriy Rabotyagov
- Michal Nasiadka
- Pierre Riteau
- Rodolfo Alonso
- Dmitriy Chubinidze
- Doug Goldstein
- Julia Kreger
- Ghanshyam Maan
- Bertrand Lanson
- Brian Haley
- Guillaume Boutry
- Bartosz Bezak
- Riccardo Pittau
- Slawek Kaplonski
- Myles Penner
- Tim Burke
- Goutham Pacha Ravi
- Vladimir Kozhukalov
- Hemanth N
- Felipe Reyes
- Balazs Gibizer
- Claudiu Belu
- sean mooney
- Jay Faulkner
- Alistair Coles
- Joan Gilabert
- cid
- Thomas Goirand
- Artem Goncharov
- Jakub Libosvar
- Eric Harney
- Abhishek Kekane
- Dr. Jens Harbott
- Douglas Viroel
- Lajos Katona
- yatin
- Alfredo Moralejo
- Jeremy Stanley
- Clif Houck
- Brian Rosmaita
- Dmitry Tantsur
- Gregory Thiemonge
- Cyril Roelandt
- Maksim Malchuk
- Carlos Eduardo
- Fernando Royo
- Julien LE JEUNE
- Edward Hope-Morley
- Tatiana Ovchinnikova
- Steve Baker
- kiran pawar
- Matt Crees
- Jorge Merlino
- Jaromír Wysoglad
- Tobias Urdin
- Piotr Milewski
- Mathieu Gagné
- chandan kumar
- Rajat Dhasmana
- Omer Schwartz
- Sowmya Nethi
- melanie witt
- Allain Legacy
- Emma Foley
- Radomir Dopieralski
- Pavlo Shchelokovskyy
- Andrew Bonney
- Elvira Garcia Ruiz
- Juan Larriba
- Zachary Mark Raines
- Raven Kaur
- Arnaud Morin
- Erkin Mussurmankulov
- Sylvain Bauza
- Matthew Oliver
- Harald Jensås
- Clay Gerrard
- Dan Smith
- Michael Johnson
- Iury Gregory Melo Ferreira
- Rajesh Tailor
- Will Szumski
- Damian Dabrowski
- Jan Jasek
- Ahmad Hassan
- Wu Chunyang
- Jacob Anders
- Rose Kimondo
- Andriy Kurilin
- Rico Lin
- Ian Y. Choi
- Saikumar Pulluri
- Oria Weng
- Bryan Fraschetti
- saeed padari
- Mohammed Naser
- Dong Ma
- Simon Dodsley
- Lucian Petrut
- Jason Paroly
- Jakub Jelinek
- Seunghun Lee
- Clark Boylan
- Terry Wilson
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- Rafal Lewandowski
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- Seyeong Kim
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- Dale Smith
- Jonathan Rosser
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- Abhishek Bongale
- Morten Stephansen
- Leonie Chamberlin-Medd
- James E. Blair
- Antony Messerli
- Jake Yip
- Artom Lifshitz
- Kamil Sambor
- Nell Jerram
- Doug Szumski
- Raghavendra Tilay
- Marcin Wilk
- Owen McGonagle
- Franciszek Przewoźny
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