Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America 2026

Spinnaker historically embedded artifact data directly into pipeline execution context. As workflows grew more complex, this approach led to oversized context payloads, fragile retries, and tight coupling between pipeline logic and storage representation.

The Entity Store rethinks this model. By replacing embedded state with URI-based references and delegating persistence to pluggable handlers, Spinnaker separates semantic identity from storage mechanics. Execution context becomes lighter, more stable, and easier to evolve.

In this talk, we’ll explore the architectural shift, implementation tradeoffs, migration strategy, and what this change means for future extensibility in Spinnaker and other CD systems.