--- type: "article" title: "AsyncAPI Community Update - April 2026" newsletter: "AsyncAPI Initiative" newsletter_handle: "asyncapi-initiative" newsletter_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/asyncapi-initiative" author: "Thulisile Sibanda (@thulieblack)" published: "2026-04-09T05:00:00.000Z" canonical_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/asyncapi-initiative/a/asyncapi-community-update-april-2026" markdown_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/asyncapi-initiative/a/asyncapi-community-update-april-2026.md" chat_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/asyncapi-initiative/a/asyncapi-community-update-april-2026/chat" source_url: "https://mailchi.mp/asyncapi/community-updates-18002450" body_source: "imported" likes: 2 replies: 0 body_words: 457 --- # AsyncAPI Community Update - April 2026 [![](https://mcusercontent.com/3cdae6aed726d2e7490aec739/images/a402998d-3c23-fb75-796f-76cf09204187.png)](https://www.asyncapi.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_updates&utm_id=newsletter) [![](https://mcusercontent.com/3cdae6aed726d2e7490aec739/images/454fb0b7-7999-c8ab-635c-ba4a5699ea99.png)](https://www.asyncapi.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_updates&utm_id=newsletter) ## AsyncAPI Community Update ## April 2026 Hey, 👋🏿 AsyncAPI community It's time for your monthly dose of updates! For a longer version, please read the [March Community Update](https://www.asyncapi.com/blog/2026-march-summary?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_updates&utm_id=newsletter). ## 📢Announcements! - The**AsyncAPI Governance Board Elections** for 2026 are coming up, and nominations for new members are now open until **12 pm UTC on the 26th April**. For requirements, [read the Board Nomination blog](https://www.asyncapi.com/blog/board-nomination?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_updates&utm_id=newsletter). - We have a new release of AsyncAPI Studio [that now supports file references](https://github.com/asyncapi/studio/releases/tag/%40asyncapi%2Fstudio%401.3.0). Thanks to the efforts and contributions made by [Iván García Sainz-Aja](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivangarciasainzaja). - [The Call for Speakers for Amsterdam is still open. Please submit your proposal by the **12th of April**](https://apidays.typeform.com/speak). When submitting, select **AsyncAPI** in the question about the **FOST Partner Conferences.** - We added the [AsyncAPI Meetups](https://conference.asyncapi.com/meetups) to the conference to expand our reach, and we’re looking for sponsors, partners, and community members to lead and organise a meetup in their local area, or to partner with others to share more knowledge about AsyncAPI and learn from a diverse audience. ## 🗞️Articles & News ### [Managing Asynchronous APIs At Scale](https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/managing-async-apis?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_updates&utm_id=newsletter) At QCon London 2026, Ian Cooper discussed managing asynchronous APIs in production and how endpoint definitions can drive code generation, schema registration, and automated messaging infrastructure. By [Ian Cooper](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-cooper-2b059b/) ### [Beyond configuration drift: How Barbacane Reimagines the API Gateway](https://barbacane.dev/blog/beyond-configuration-drift?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_updates&utm_id=newsletter) What if your OpenAPI & AsyncAPI spec wasn't just documentation, but the actual configuration of your production gateway? Explore how Barbacane eliminates configuration drift with a spec-driven, compiled approach. By [Nicolas Dreno](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasdreno) ### [AsyncAPI & WebSocket: A Match Made from Heaven?](https://www.asyncapi.com/blog/asyncapi-and-websocket?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_updates&utm_id=newsletter) While building a collaborative drawing web application with WebSocket, Azeez discovered just how efficient it is to document a WebSocket server using the AsyncAPI specification in a spec-first approach. But what exactly does “spec-first” mean? By [Azeez Elegbede](https://www.linkedin.com/in/acebuild/) ## 📝Discussions and Notes - [Election Time](https://github.com/asyncapi/community/issues/3496) - [Repository Audit & Consolidation](https://github.com/asyncapi/community/issues/3495) - [Code of Conduct Nomination - 2026](https://github.com/asyncapi/community/issues/2236) - [Donate Sonar AsyncAPI Core and Rules](https://github.com/orgs/asyncapi/discussions/2235) ## 🎥Previous Community Meetings - [Community WG Meeting, March 3rd 2026](https://www.youtube.com/live/Bbff9W2e85w?si=rW2kH8MDHFUnuVcE) - [AsyncAPI Website Triage Meeting, March 4th 2026](https://www.youtube.com/live/QM0m25V8pJs?si=1AhDim84r_-zVrst) - [AsyncAPI Community WG Meeting, March 17th 2026](https://www.youtube.com/live/ZNGe0cU5Mpg?si=rVQlbDQnTPMMiCFT) - [AsyncAPI Website Triage Meeting, March 18th 2026](https://www.youtube.com/live/T8RHRCHtPhs?si=8dimGrwvhGA4b5MQ) - [Docs Meeting, March 25th 2026](https://www.youtube.com/live/CkfW2GAMTI0?si=sgfxFrZNuNXonnAN) - [Spec meeting, March 25th 2026](https://www.youtube.com/live/ku-WyyCT9I8?si=tjekAtwClGRXguOs) - [AsyncAPI Community WG Meeting, March 31st 2026](https://www.youtube.com/live/hvUOm9OIpgI?si=rO2FbZjl_SZ-GwyZ) ## 🤝Upcoming Events - [AsyncAPI Community WG Meeting, 15:00 UTC Tuesday, April 14th 2026](https://github.com/asyncapi/community/issues/3498) - [AsyncAPI Docs Meeting, 16:00 UTC Wednesday, April 29th 2026](https://github.com/asyncapi/community/issues/3507) [Find out more](https://www.asyncapi.com/community/events "Find out more") ### 🤔Suggestions for the following newsletter? **Share your suggestions or requests on the [#16_newsletter](https://asyncapi.slack.com/archives/C05PWURSSP7) on Slack.** Finally, help us spread some love by liking, sharing, and subscribing to our content and socials💜 [![GitHub](https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-github-96.png)](https://github.comasyncapi) [![LinkedIn](https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-linkedin-96.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/company/asyncapi) [![YouTube](https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-youtube-96.png)](https://youtube.com/asyncapi) [![Email](https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-forwardtofriend-96.png)](mailto:info@asyncapi.io) [![Website](https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-link-96.png)](https://www.asyncapi.com/) [![Spotify](https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-spotify-96.png)](https://open.spotify.com/show/73BrcNwJ5ZI9ygR8nfElZi) [![](https://mcusercontent.com/3cdae6aed726d2e7490aec739/images/ff9bc14e-c38f-d7f3-6861-b0d2af80d00c.png)](https://www.asyncapi.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_updates&utm_id=newsletter) *Copyright © 2026 AsyncAPI Initiative, All rights reserved.* *** ## Discussion No replies yet.