What’s New with Crossplane v1.16?
Get the Insider Scoop From a Founding Engineer
Each new release of the Crossplane project comes with exciting new updates and capabilities, and the recent v1.16 release is no exception. Join our Crossplane experts as they take you on a deep dive tour of everything that's new in v1.16 and how to take advantage of these features in your production control planes today.
Additionally, they will celebrate the growth of the Crossplane contributor community and give key tips for those that want to get more involved with the project. If you've been sitting on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity, then this is a great time to dive in!
Some highlights from this talk include:
- New high level Crossplane metrics and observability to give you deeper insight into the health and performance of your control plane
- Effectively harnessing the Usage API to protect critical resources in your infrastructure and how to clean them up quickly when they are no longer needed
- Making authenticated requests to external services from inside your Functions to super charge your compositions with data important to your organization
- Getting started with contributing to the Crossplane project with code, docs, functions, and more!
Each new release of the Crossplane project comes with exciting new updates and capabilities, and the recent v1.16 release is no exception. Join our Crossplane experts as they take you on a deep dive tour of everything that's new in v1.16 and how to take advantage of these features in your production control planes today.
Additionally, they will celebrate the growth of the Crossplane contributor community and give key tips for those that want to get more involved with the project. If you've been sitting on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity, then this is a great time to dive in!
Some highlights from this talk include:
- New high level Crossplane metrics and observability to give you deeper insight into the health and performance of your control plane
- Effectively harnessing the Usage API to protect critical resources in your infrastructure and how to clean them up quickly when they are no longer needed
- Making authenticated requests to external services from inside your Functions to super charge your compositions with data important to your organization
- Getting started with contributing to the Crossplane project with code, docs, functions, and more!
Speakers

Jared Watts, Community Manager & Founding Engineer, Upbound

Viktor Farcic, Developer Advocate, Upbound