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+# Bootc Operator Roadmap
+
+## Vision
+
+The Bootc Operator aims to be the standard Kubernetes operator for managing
+bootc-based node OS images. It bridges bootc and the Kubernetes control plane,
+enabling cluster admins to declaratively manage host OS updates, rollouts, and
+surfaces future bootc capabilities across any Kubernetes distribution. It claims
+to be distro-agnostic and bootc-native.
+
+## Roadmap Phases
+
+### Phase 1: Core Operator with minimal MVP
+
+* Complete milestone `v0.1`
+  [issues](https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3Av0.1)
+* Automation of the release creation: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/100
+
+### Phase 2: Improve Operator API and kubernetes integration
+* Define and test the operator upgrade path: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/14
+* Support configuring rollout halt condition: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/99
+* Support a configmap-backed config dir for configuring the bootc-operator: 
+  https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/92
+* Definition of kubernetes events: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/101
+
+### Phase 3: Add new Operator functionalities
+* Support enforcing signature verification: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/64
+* Support I/O scheduling limits for staging operations https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/61
+* Health checks and automatic rollback: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/105
+* Maintenance windows: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/105
+* Pre-staging while paused: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/106
+* Pull-through caching: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/107
+* Stuck node detection: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/108
+* Custom drain implementation: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/109
+* Cross-pool rollout ordering: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/110
+
+### Phase 4: Improve the security of the operator
+* Privilege separation for the daemon: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/103
+* Restrict daemon so it can only update its own BootcNode's status subresource: 
+  https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/6
+
+### Phase 5: Integrate new bootc features
+* Enable transient {root,etc,var} options: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/73
+
+### Phase 6: Integration with other projects
+* Support of trusted execution clusters: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/17
+* Definition of Prometheus metrics: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/issues/102