Tekton Pipelines Roadmap

Project Board: https://github.com/orgs/tektoncd/projects/16

Purpose

The Tekton Pipelines Roadmap project board tracks the development roadmap for the tektoncd/pipeline component. It provides visibility into planned features, ongoing work, and completed items including:

Feature requests and enhancements
TEPs (Tekton Enhancement Proposals)
Epics and their sub-issues
Infrastructure improvements

See The Tekton mission and vision for more information on our long-term goals.

Status Columns

Status	Meaning
Todo	Planned work, not yet started
In Progress	Actively being worked on
Review	Implementation complete, awaiting review
Done	Completed and closed
Hold	Paused or blocked

How Items Get Added

Automatic Addition (Recommended)

Add the area/roadmap label to any open issue or PR in tektoncd/pipeline. The automation will:

Add the item to the project board
Set its status to Todo

Sub-issues of items already on the board are automatically added as well.

Manual Addition

Maintainers can manually add items via the project board interface for items that don't have the area/roadmap label.

How Items Move

Most status transitions happen automatically based on GitHub events:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        ENTRY POINTS                             │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Label "area/roadmap" added       ───────────────► Todo         │
│  Sub-issue created                ───────────────► Todo         │
│  Manually added to project        ───────────────► Todo         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    AUTOMATED TRANSITIONS                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│   Todo                                                          │
│     │                                                           │
│     │  PR linked to issue                                       │
│     │  Changes requested on PR                                  │
│     ▼                                                           │
│   In Progress                                                   │
│     │                                                           │
│     │  Issue closed                                             │
│     │  PR merged                                                │
│     ▼                                                           │
│   Done                                                          │
│     │                                                           │
│     │  Issue reopened ──────────────────────► In Progress       │
│     │                                                           │
│     │  Closed > 1 year with no updates                          │
│     ▼                                                           │
│   [Archived]                                                    │
│                                                                 │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                     MANUAL TRANSITIONS                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│   Any status ◄──────────────────────────────► Hold              │
│   In Progress ──────────────────────────────► Review            │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Best Practices

For Contributors

Action	How
Get your feature on the roadmap	Add `area/roadmap` label to your issue
Signal you're working on something	Link your PR to the issue — status moves to "In Progress" automatically
Break down large features	Use GitHub sub-issues; they're auto-added to the board
Check what's planned	Review the Todo column before proposing duplicate work

For Maintainers

Action	How
Prioritize roadmap items	Use the board's drag-and-drop to reorder within columns
Block work temporarily	Move items to Hold manually; add a comment explaining why
Signal review needed	Move items to Review manually when implementation is complete
Keep the board clean	Items auto-archive after 1 year closed, but you can archive manually
Track epic progress	Use sub-issues — the board shows sub-issue completion progress

Things to Avoid

Don't manually set Done — let the automation handle it when issues close or PRs merge
Don't remove area/roadmap label to remove from board — the item stays; archive it instead if needed
Don't duplicate items — search the board before adding new roadmap items