The State of Cloud Native Development Q3 2026 | CNCF

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Published: November 10, 2026
Cloud native is growing, and its developers are at the forefront of AI adoption.
The State of Cloud Native Development Q3 2026 report, produced by CNCF in collaboration with SlashData, reveals how cloud native adoption is evolving, why cloud native developers are embracing AI faster than their peers, and how platform engineering is shaping modern software development.
Discover the latest trends in cloud native growth, AI and agentic systems, platform engineering, and infrastructure adoption, and what they mean for the future of software development.
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