FOCUS Timeline
Chronological overview of major FOCUS milestones from inception through early 2026.
2023
| Date | Event |
|---|
| January 2023 | Decision to migrate from FinOps Foundation’s Open Billing working group to a standalone Linux Foundation JDF project |
| 2023 | FOCUS Project officially kicks off under Linux Foundation governance |
| 2023 | v0.5 preview release — establishes foundational schema concepts |
| November 2023 | FOCUS 1.0 preview — expanded specification covering cloud and SaaS datasets, open-source converter and validator tools |
2024
| Date | Event |
|---|
| March 2024 | Broadcom Tanzu CloudHealth releases FOCUS FlexReport template |
| June 20, 2024 | FOCUS 1.0 General Availability — 43 columns, native support announced by AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle |
| June 2024 | AWS Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 enters general availability |
| June 2024 | GCP launches FOCUS BigQuery view and Looker Template |
| November 7, 2024 | FOCUS 1.1 ratified — deeper cloud support, enhanced ETL metadata, normative changes to existing columns |
2025
| Date | Event |
|---|
| May 29, 2025 | FOCUS 1.2 ratified — SaaS/PaaS support, InvoiceId, virtual currencies, BillingAccountType, SubAccountType |
| Late 2025 | Azure FOCUS 1.2 billing exports enter Public Preview |
| December 4, 2025 | FOCUS 1.3 ratified — Contract Commitment dataset, allocation columns, data recency/completeness |
| December 2025 | Linux Foundation press release announces expanded vendor support for FOCUS 1.2 |
2026
| Date | Event |
|---|
| Early 2026 | FOCUS 1.4 under active development |
| April 2026 | Current date — 607+ commits on working_draft, 232 open issues |
| June 8–11, 2026 | FinOps X 2026 (San Diego) — dedicated FOCUS Lab planned |
Version Summary
| Version | Date | Key Theme |
|---|
| v0.5 | 2023 | Preview/foundation |
| v1.0 GA | June 2024 | Cloud billing standard (43 columns) |
| v1.1 | November 2024 | Deeper cloud support, ETL metadata |
| v1.2 | May 2025 | SaaS/PaaS, invoicing, virtual currencies |
| v1.3 | December 2025 | Contracts, allocation, data quality |
| v1.4 | TBD 2026 | Data center, AI billing (expected) |
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