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Roadmap#

Open AD Kit matures in stages. We start with a trustworthy foundation and layer on validation, security, and automation until the full pipeline is proven end to end.

flowchart LR
    subgraph Y2026["2026"]
        direction TB
        v20["v2.0.0<br/>Jul 2026"] --> v21["v2.1.0<br/>Sep 2026"] --> v22["v2.2.0<br/>Oct 2026"] --> v23["v2.3.0<br/>Nov 2026"]
    end
    subgraph Y2027["2027"]
        direction TB
        ces["CES 2027<br/>Jan 6–9"] --> v24["v2.4.0<br/>Late Jan–Feb"] --> v25["v2.5.0<br/>Mar 2027"] --> v30["v3.0.0<br/>May 2027"]
    end
    v23 --> ces

Release Ladder#

Release Target Scope
v2.0.0 Jul 2026 Trustworthy release
Pinned images, scans, bundles, compose validation, CARLA 0.9.16
v2.1.0 Sep 2026 Compatibility MVP
Lockfiles, manifests, validation, platform matrix
v2.2.0 Oct 2026 Readiness + gating
Scenario V2 CI gate, health readiness, restart path
v2.3.0 Nov 2026 Trust signals
SBOM, provenance, cosign signing, vulnerability policy
CES 2027 Jan 6–9 Flagship demo
VisionPilot + Safety Island + CARLA (event, not a release gate)
v2.4.0 Late Jan–Feb Platform profiles
Production AutoSD/Podman profiles (OAK component images, BlueChi); Zenoh split; S-Core analysis. An experimental AutoSD planning-simulator demo already exists under platforms/autosd/.
v2.5.0 Mar 2027 Update/rollback beta
Staged apply, health promotion, verified rollback
v3.0.0 May 2027 Closed loop
Build → deploy → test → observe → update → rollback