Introduction

The Open Home Foundation Engineering Standards define the technologies and practices that the Infrastructure (INFRA) Working Group requires for any service that the INFRA team deploys, operates, or supports. These standards also provide optional but strongly recommended guidance for engineering teams across the foundation to promote cross-team consistency, shared operational understanding, and ease of collaboration.

While this document contains engineering best practices that extend beyond pure infrastructure topics, its mandatory scope applies only to services under INFRA's responsibility. Other teams may adopt these standards voluntarily to improve consistency.

Version 1.1 - Feb 11, 2026