Flux Operator Roadmap

Planned features for the Flux Operator project, including the Kubernetes controllers, MCP Server, Web UI and Flux distribution releases.

Note that the milestones marked as provisional are subject to change based on the project's priorities and the community's feedback.

Q2 2026

Completed
  • Flux v2.9 GA
    • Kubernetes 1.36 conformance
    • Distribution release
  • Controllers
    • ResourceSet: Cancel Kustomizations and HelmReleases health checks on updates
    • ResourceSet: Checksum ConfigMaps and Secrets to trigger rollout restarts
    • ResourceSet: Multi-stage reconciliation for workflow orchestration
    • ResourceSet: Kubernetes Job scheduler
  • CLI
    • Air-gapped image sync: flux-operator distro mirror
  • MCP Server
    • Compatibility with OpenAI MCP clients
    • Docs tool: add concise corpus and index
  • Web UI
    • Workload dashboards (Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, CronJobs)
    • Workload rollout visualization and deploy pipeline graph view
    • Workload actions: rollout restart, delete pods, reconcile, suspend/resume
    • Workload logs viewer: pod logs streaming, search and level filtering
  • Website
    • Serve docs in Markdown format to AI crawlers
    • AI Agent Skills packaging and distribution guide

Q3 2026

In Progress
  • Controllers
    • ResourceSet: ExternalArtifact input provider
    • ResourceSet: Workload Identity federation for OCI artifact inputs
  • CLI
    • Extend mirroring to sync the CLI image and instance chart
    • support for merging multiple kubeconfig files
  • MCP Server
    • Stateless server: MCP Spec 2026-07-28
    • Server instructions advertised to MCP clients
    • Query tool: field selection with JSONPath
    • Reconcile tool: unified reconcile_flux_resource for all Flux kinds
    • Logs tool: workload support with since and grep filters
    • Events tool: get_kubernetes_events for workloads and Flux resources
    • Diff tool: server-side apply dry-run with Flux owner transforms
    • Patch tool: patch_kubernetes_resource with merge, JSON and strategic patches
    • Docs tools: chunked search index and read_flux_doc
  • Web UI
    • Workloads listing with advanced search
    • Keyboard shortcuts for navigation and actions
    • GitOps actions: fine-grained access mode
    • CPU/Memory metrics charts for workloads
    • GitOps actions: bulk reconcile, suspend, resume
    • Custom actions for ResourceSets
  • Website

Q4 2026

Provisional
  • Flux v2.10 GA
    • Kubernetes 1.37 conformance
    • Distribution release
  • MCP Server
    • Publish to registry.modelcontextprotocol.io
  • Web UI (GA release)
    • OpenReports integration
    • Security audit and hardening
History Q4 2025 – Q1 2026

Q4 2025

Completed
  • Flux v2.7 GA
    • Kubernetes 1.34 conformance
    • Distribution release
  • Controllers
  • CLI
    • New command: flux-operator install
    • New command: flux-operator uninstall
  • MCP Server
    • Install tool: bootstrap from OCI Artifact
    • Docs tool: offline full-text search
  • Web UI (MVP release)
    • Cluster overview dashboard
    • Resource dashboards per Flux kind
    • Favorite resources management
    • GitOps pipeline visualization
    • Search and filtering
    • Single Sign-On (SSO) integration
    • Multi-tenancy RBAC based on OIDC claims
  • Website (GA release)
    • Presentation of operator features
    • Documentation import and search
    • Quickstart guide
    • Launch new fluxoperator.dev website

Q1 2026

Completed