March 2026 performance summary: Focused on improving self-hosted Plane AI deployment readiness through comprehensive documentation updates, configuration guidance, and reliability enhancements. Key outcomes include extensive self-hosting documentation for Docker Compose and Kubernetes with air-gapped CA certificate support (airgapped.s3Secrets), expanded deployment guidance for multiple runtimes (Coolify, Portainer, Docker Swarm, Podman Quadlets), and updated OpenSearch version alignment (2.19) across self-hosting guides; plus clear database and environment variable strategies.

February 2026 monthly summary for developer work across makeplane/developer-docs and makeplane/plane. Focused on delivering customer-facing documentation and branding improvements, with solid execution that improves onboarding, deployment reliability, and branding consistency.

January 2026 — Developer-Docs: Delivered focused documentation enhancements to improve onboarding, deployment reliability, and migration readiness for airgapped environments and Podman-based deployments. Key improvements streamline installation, clarify prerequisites, and simplify configuration to reduce setup errors and time-to-value; expanded guidance for external services and Podman Quadlets; and provided a clear migration path from Community to Commercial editions. Also implemented documentation refactors to improve clarity and maintainability across all topics, including step numbering and section titles for faster customer adoption and reduced support load.

Month 2025-12: Stabilized the deployment infrastructure for makeplane/plane by addressing Docker build reliability and Caddy-based routing. Focused on ensuring assets are correctly copied, server commands execute reliably, and reverse proxy configurations are accurate. Implemented infrastructure fixes that reduce deployment risk and improve traffic routing and resilience.

2025-11 monthly summary: Delivered a deployment infrastructure upgrade to Kubernetes config for Plane deployments, upgrading to v1.16.0 to align with latest features. This change enhances compatibility, stability, and readiness for upcoming releases. No major bugs fixed this month.

October 2025: Delivered a targeted infra/configuration upgrade in makeplane/plane by updating the Valkey docker image to 7.2.11-alpine across both community and local development docker-compose configurations. This upgrade improves security posture and stability, reduces environmental drift, and prepares the ground for upcoming feature work.

September 2025 (makeplane/plane) delivered deployment resilience enhancements and environment hygiene improvements, with clear traceability to INFRA-235. The changes improve availability and reduce misconfiguration risk by extending the Docker Compose restart policy and removing an unused SSL variable from variables.env.

In August 2025, the developer-docs repository delivered targeted documentation improvements to clarify environment variable usage and Docker-Compose configuration, enhancing the onboarding and setup experience for Plane users. The work focused on aligning naming conventions and ensuring accurate guidance in user-facing docs.

July 2025 monthly summary for makeplane/plane focused on modernizing and stabilizing the self-hosted deployment pipeline and simplifying the proxy layer. Delivered a consolidated deployment workflow, standardized Docker and supervisor configurations, and transitioned from Nginx to a generic proxy to reduce maintenance and improve reliability. The efforts enhanced deployment reproducibility, reduced operational risk, and laid groundwork for smoother upgrades and scale.

June 2025 monthly summary for makeplane/developer-docs focusing on aligning External Secrets documentation with API v1, improving YAML readability, and refining configuration guidance to reduce onboarding time and API-reference errors.

In May 2025, delivered a comprehensive upgrade to the Kubernetes installation guide for Plane self-hosting in makeplane/developer-docs, aligning with the latest Plane release (v1.9.1) and improving onboarding, reliability, and governance of deployment processes.

April 2025: Focused on stabilizing deployments and modernizing image sourcing for makeplane/plane. Implemented Docker Registry Path Migration to pull images from the new artifact registry path artifacts.plane.so/makeplane, updating docker-compose sources and DOCKERHUB_USER references, and simplified CI/build workflow to reduce unintended environment changes. These changes lowered maintenance costs, improved deployment reliability, and set the stage for faster releases across environments.

March 2025: Focused on reliability, security, and developer experience across two repos. Key deliveries include a CI/CD upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 in makeplane/plane and a MinIO SSL termination config (MINIO_ENDPOINT_SSL) across runtime and Docker Compose. In makeplane/developer-docs, documentation fixes improved Swarm deployment accuracy and Portainer deployment steps, plus an updated minimum Plane version for Swarm self-hosting. These changes reduce deployment toil, strengthen security, and streamline onboarding, enabling faster, more reliable deployments.

February 2025 focused on expanding Plane's self-hosting capabilities by delivering Docker Swarm support, providing a scalable alternative to Docker Compose and enhancing deployment flexibility for enterprise deployments. The team also improved deployment automation and traceability to support rapid iteration and reliable releases.