CNCF Releases 2026 Observability Summit North America Schedule as Cloud Native Observability Adoption Expands

Observability Summit North America returns May 21–22 in Minneapolis, convening practitioners, contributors, and engineers to advance open observability standards and practices Key Highlights CNCF announced the schedule for Observability Summit North America 2026, May 21–22 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The program highlights practical approaches to metrics, logs and traces as organizations scale cloud native systems and adopt open observability standards. The event brings together developers, operators, site reliability engineers, platform teams and open source maintainers focused on building and operating cloud native observability systems. Registration is open now; early bird registration is $349 through March 24. Discounted registration is available for academics. Applications for scholarships are being accepted through April 6 at 11:59 p. m. PDT. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18, 2026— The Cloud Native Computing Foundation ® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced the schedule for Observability Summit North America 2026 , taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 21–22. The two-day program features more than 45 sessions exploring high-impact telemetry, automated synthetic monitoring and the practical implementation of Observability as Code (OaC). Tracks address topics including how AI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) are shaping observability, approaches to scaling complex systems, community-led standards development and practical ways to embed observability into DevOps workflows.