FOSDEM 2026’s Network DevRoom featured multiple sessions on FD.io projects, Vector Packet Processing (VPP) spanning hardware traffic management offload, reproducible benchmarking with CSIT, and scaling high-performance IPsec for secure network functions. Harnessing Hardware for High-Performance Traffic Management in FD.io/VPP Speakers: Venkata Ravichandra Mynidi, Alok Mishra This session focuses on using dedicated NIC/SmartNIC/DPU capabilities for traffic management while keeping VPP’s forwarding graph flexible. It introduces a VPP traffic-management (TM) offload framework with a vendor-neutral API intended to program and manage hardware-based QoS features such as hierarchical scheduling, dual-rate shaping (RFC 2698), and policing. Link: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TWNGYR-vpp-hardware-traffic-management/ Terabits without Tall Tales: Reproducible Packet & Session Benchmarks in FD.io (CSIT + VPP) Speaker: Maciek Konstantynowicz This talk presents the FD.io CSIT approach to …
CSIT 25.10 Report on 12th of November 2025 – The CSIT report information can be found in csit.fd.io. Previous CSIT releases are also linked from there. The current CSIT report can be found here!
VPP 25.10 Release on 29th of October 2025 – The VPP 25.10 Release includes 17 new features such as Host Stack application features, HTTP/2 features, Marvell device driver features, Snort plugin rework, driver features, and others. More than 322 commits were merged since the previous release, including 129 fixes. Complete list of features and bug fixes can be found in the Release Notes here9
CSIT 25.06 Report on 9th of July 2025 – The CSIT report information can be found in csit.fd.io. Previous CSIT releases are also linked from there. The current CSIT report can be found here!
VPP 25.06 Release on 25th of June 2025 – The VPP 25.06 Release includes 28 new features such as Host Stack application features, HTTP/2 features, Marvell device driver features, QUIC engine API, Crypto Infra features, and others. More than 260 commits were merged since the previous release, including 92 fixes. Complete list of features and bug fixes can be found in the Release Notes here!
CSIT 25.02 Report on 12th of March 2025 – The CSIT report information can be found in csit.fd.io. Previous CSIT releases are also linked from there. The current CSIT report can be found here!
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VPP 25.02 Release on 26th of February 2025 – The VPP 25.02 Release includes 21 new features such as Host Stack application features, Session Layer features, async processing support for TLS and TLS engine plugins, Marvell device driver features, and others. More than 269 commits were merged since the previous release, including 100 fixes. Complete list of features and bug fixes can be found in the Release Notes here!
In Review: FD.io in 2024 By Dave Wallace, FD.io TSC Chair – The FD.io release train maintained its momentum in 2024, delivering another year of outstanding performance with timely VPP releases and comprehensive CSIT release reports. The FD.io Technical Steering Committee (TSC) played a pivotal role in driving the community’s success by ensuring balanced representation through nominated membership, implementing cost-saving measures, and facilitating the acquisition and integration of cutting-edge hardware into the FD.io performance and CI lab (which will continue into 2025). FD.io’s core projects, VPP and CSIT, continued to set new benchmarks in data plane performance and testing excellence. Some key highlights from 2024 include: Regular Release Cadence: FD.io maintained its commitment to timely updates, delivering multiple releases throughout the year. Notably, the Vector Packet Processing (VPP) Project releases: VPP 24.02 release on February 28 introduced 262 commits since the …
CSIT 24.10 Report on 13th of November 2024 – The CSIT report information can be found in csit.fd.io. Previous CSIT releases are also linked from there. The current CSIT report can be found here!
Networking and Security Enhancements in Calico v3.29.0 release on 29th of October 2024 – It’s almost time for KubeCon North America, and we’re excited to share the latest updates in Calico. These updates improve network and runtime security, make it easier to use, and extend Calico’s strong network security and observability for Kubernetes to VMs and hosts that are not part of Kubernetes clusters. Whether you’re managing Kubernetes clusters, transitioning to a new Linux data plane, or seeking a unified network security solution across your Kubernetes and non-Kubernetes workloads on-premises or in the cloud, Calico’s latest enhancements have you covered. Read the full article here!
VPP 24.10 Release on 30th of October 2024" – The VPP 24.10 Release includes 19 new features such as port of VPP to FreeBSD, new device driver infra updates, Marvell Armada device driver, and others. More than 241 commits were merged since the previous release, including 86 fixes. Complete list of features and bug fixes can be found in the Release Notes here!