Action Required - Slack Workspace Changes are Coming Friday, June 20
Yesterday the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced that CNCF Slack workspace will be converted from an enterprise plan to a free plan on Friday, June 20, 2025. This will have implications for how Slack works for the OpenTelemetry community, including a few limitations that we will need to be aware of; however, we don’t anticipate this change to radically impact our collaboration.
Although there will be no disruption to OpenTelemetry’s access to the Slack workspace, all users and project contributors should consider taking the following actions:
- Export private channel histories and direct messages. The new free Slack plan keeps posts for only 90 days. Come Friday, you will no longer have access to any posts older than 90 days. CNCF is backing up all public channel histories. If you have private channels or direct messages that you would like to keep, follow the CNCF guide to export and store the content locally.
- Back up files. If you have files stored in Slack, they will be deleted! Download and save them to GitHub or Google Docs before Friday.
- Save pinned posts. If you have important information stored in pinned posts, it might not be accessible on Friday. Make a copy of the information and store it in GitHub or Google Docs. You can add a bookmark to your channel that links to that location.
See the CNCF’s blog post for more details. For questions or to follow the discussion, join the #slack-faq channel.