February 2025 monthly summary focusing on build tooling stability and OCI-based build improvements across HiveMQ repositories. No user-facing changes were introduced; the work strengthens CI/CD reliability and maintainability by upgrading the Gradle OCI plugin and restructuring OCI build configurations.

January 2025 performance summary for hivemq-community-edition: Delivered targeted OCI image and build-system improvements to streamline image creation, improve security, and reduce maintenance overhead. The work focused on two main feature areas: (1) OCI Image Build Improvements to modernize the base image, tighten file permissions, and restructure the build layout for clarity and faster CI iterations, and (2) Build System and Dependency Maintenance to refresh tooling and OCI-related plugins/digests to latest stable versions for reliability and security. A minor but notable organizational change moved OCI-related files to a dedicated src/oci directory to improve discoverability. In addition, a bug fix corrected Docker image build instructions in the README.adoc to ensure consistent local and CI builds. Overall, these changes reduce build times, lower security risk, and provide a solid, maintainable foundation for future releases.

December 2024: Delivered Gradle Build System Modernization for hivemq/helm-charts, focusing on reliability and future-proofing the build pipeline. The changes modernize the Gradle wrapper and its scripts to align with current best practices and ensure compatibility with newer Gradle versions.

During November 2024, delivered a targeted upgrade of the HiveMQ Helm charts from 4.34.0 to 4.35.0, aligning deployment artifacts with the latest HiveMQ release. This work encompassed updating chart files and configuration references, validating rendering and compatibility in CI, and documenting the change for release tracking. The upgrade enables deployments to benefit from the fixes, performance improvements, and security patches in HiveMQ 4.35.0, while maintaining stability in existing environments.