In Oct 2025, modular/modular delivered a focused feature to improve deprecation guidance. A new 'use' keyword argument was added to the @deprecated decorator, allowing developers to specify an alternative symbol to use when a function or method is deprecated. The change updates the changelog with an explicit example to guide developers during migrations and deprecation planning. The work is traceable to commit 410211dc73cbf1e1fcb5491ba237ad97cc72d0ce with message [KGEN] Add use field to `@deprecated`. No major bugs were reported as part of this effort. This release improves developer experience and migration readiness by clarifying deprecation paths.

Monthly summary for 2025-09 focused on delivering key infrastructure updates and improving developer guidance to accelerate iteration cycles. Work emphasizes stable LLVM integration, MLIR dialect enhancements, and clearer extension installation guidance to reduce onboarding friction.

August 2025 monthly summary for modular/modular: Delivered a targeted bug fix to test discovery by excluding all dot-prefixed hidden directories, preventing hidden folders from being scanned and improving test reliability. Changelog updated. Commit tied to mojo-test change (#66702).

Month: 2025-06 Overview: Implemented targeted Language Server Protocol progress reporting capabilities across two repositories to improve editor feedback and developer productivity. No major bug fixes were reported this month; focus was on delivering user-visible progress indicators for long-running operations.

April 2025 monthly summary for modular/modular: Focused on performance, compatibility, and documentation quality to accelerate developer productivity and maintain system stability. Key outcomes include faster language-server responsiveness, LLVM data-layout compatibility across GPU targets, and clarified MemRefLayoutAttrInterface docs.