All current and past Cloud Native Heroes Challenge contests are listed below. Visit cncf.io/heroes to learn more about this prior art bounty program and how you can participate.
Current contests
| Contest | Contest Entry Period |
| Lower 48: Analysis of Hierarchical Data See blog describing the challenged patent. | February 19, 2025 – April 26, 2025 |
| Lower 48: Manipulation of Complex Hierarchical Data See blog describing the challenged patent. | February 19, 2025 – April 26, 2025 |
Past contests
| Contest | Contest Entry Period | Winning Prior Art |
| KubeCon Contest – Croga Innovations: US-11178104-B2 (Network Isolation with Cloud Networks) See blog describing the challenged patent. | December 5, 2024 – February 21, 2025 | Winning submissions will be announced soon |
| Edge Networking: US-11695823-B1 (Flexible and Secure Network Programming Within End-to-End Architecture) | November 11 – December 4, 2024 | Winning Prior Art Meet the Winners |