March 2025 focused on documentation correctness for security-related setup. Delivered a critical bug fix ensuring the Python tracing library version is correctly referenced for Datadog ASM without APM in the standalone security documentation (DataDog/documentation). This update, tied to commit 6db27284bd319aa99ad22de07ebcd1a7497601c1, reduces misconfiguration risk and support overhead, and enhances onboarding and user confidence.

February 2025 focused on tightening the DataDog/system-tests suite by deprecating asm_v1 in favor of asm_v2 and aligning tests to run only what is relevant. The change reduces CI runtime and flaky results by marking asm_v1-related tests as irrelevant in python.yml, enabling a cleaner, faster, and more reliable test cycle. This work lays groundwork for asm_v2 adoption, supporting a smoother upgrade path for downstream teams and improving overall release confidence.