CloudNativePG is now a CNCF Incubating project, and it is a long way from the days when running PostgreSQL in Kubernetes was called an anti-pattern. This is a personal look at the road that led here: a cloud native initiative started at 2ndQuadrant in 2019, its quality-first mindset, the long-term support of EDB after the acquisition and the open sourcing of the project, a rejected Sandbox application in 2022 and the decision we took at KubeCon Atlanta. It also explains what Incubation means for PostgreSQL on Kubernetes, how the project governance and maintainer team are evolving, and our plan to apply for Graduation in 2027.