[LFX Mentorship T-1 2026] Implement Amazon ECS Plugin for pipedv1

[khanhtc1202]

Overview

This issue tracks the LFX Mentorship project for Term 1 2026, focused on implementing the Amazon ECS plugin for the PipeCD v1 plugin architecture. This project aims to bring full ECS deployment support to PipeCD v1.

Background

PipeCD v1 introduced a plugin-based architecture that decouples deployment logic from the core piped agent. While the legacy piped (v0) supports ECS, we need to bring this functionality to v1 as well.

Amazon ECS is a fully managed container orchestration service that powers mission-critical workloads across enterprises. Supporting ECS in pipedv1 will enable teams to leverage PipeCD's unified GitOps experience for their AWS container infrastructure.

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Ideal Mentee

This project is highly technical. We are looking for mentees with:

• Go programming skills
• Understanding of AWS ECS (task definitions, services, target groups)
• Familiarity with container orchestration concepts
• Understanding of CD strategies (Canary, Blue/Green)
• Familiarity with gRPC and plugin architectures
• Familiarity with open source workflows and version control

Mentors

• Khanh Tran @khanhtc1202
• Shinnosuke Sawada-Dazai @Warashi

Timeline

In accordance with the LFX Mentorship Term 1 2026 timeline.

Other Resources

• Existing ECS Implementation (v0): ECS platform provider

• Kubernetes Plugin (reference): Kubernetes plugin for pipedv1

• Plugin Architecture Blog: Plugin architecture Piped alpha version

• CNCF Slack: Join the PipeCD Slack Channel here.

Interested in contributing as an LFX Mentee? Submit your application to the LFX Mentorship portal before the deadline!

[armistcxy]

I’d be happy to work on this issue if it’s available

[mohammedfirdouss]

@khanhtc1202 Can this be discussed on slack, seems like a good approach

[eeshaanSA]

@armistcxy, this issue will be worked on by the mentee for LFX Mentorship Term 1

[armistcxy]

I will take on this issue

TODO

• Plugin scaffolding [ECS-Plugin] Initialize scaffolding for the ECS plugin #6557
• Deployment Plugin
  • ECS_SYNC [ECS-Plugin] Implement ECS_ SYNC stage #6559
    • Bug: Default value of config is not set [ECS-Plugin] Setting default value for config #6585
    • Service won't be removed when switching to standalone task mode [ECS] Service won't be removed when swtiching to standalone task mode #6586
  • ECS_ROLLBACK [ECS-Plugin] Implement ECS_ROLLBACK stage #6573
  • ECS_PRIMARY_ROLLOUT [ECS-Plugin]: Implement Primary Rollout and Canary Rollout Stage #6587
  • ECS_CANARY_ROLLOUT [ECS-Plugin]: Implement Primary Rollout and Canary Rollout Stage #6587
  • ECS_CANARY_CLEAN [ECS-Plugin] Implement ECS_CANARY_CLEAN stage #6608
  • ECS_TRAFFIC_ROUTING [ECS-Plugin]: Implement ECS_TRAFFIC_ROUTING stage #6613
• Plan Preview [ECS-Plugin]: Implement Plan Preview #6614
• Live State
• Drift Calc

Checklist (old issues from v0, need to notice during implementing V1)

Issue	Note
#4710	Related to ECS_PRIMARY_ROLLOUT
#5961	Related to PlanPreview