July 2026: Delivered Zero Noise Extrapolation (ZNE) module for Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime. The module standardizes curve fitting and variance estimation using NumPy/SciPy, introduces a backward-compatible public function for processing expectation values (process_extrapolated_expectation_values), and unifies the fitting workflow to reduce code branches. Implemented a comprehensive unit test suite and updated public documentation. No major bugs fixed this month for this repository; focus was on delivering robust ZNE tooling and laying groundwork for upcoming PEA integration. PR 2889 details and commit inspected: 005f9450790217174f581bcbb664138fe275def4. Co-authored by Samuele Ferracin and dekelmeirom.

June 2026 monthly summary for Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime: Delivered Gate Folding for Noise Management implemented as a transpiler pass to fold specific 2-qubit gates based on a defined noise factor, aiming to improve performance and accuracy of quantum computations. The work included code, tests, and documentation updates, plus a renaming of DEFAULT_FOLDED_GATES to SUPPORTED_* and related cleanups. No explicit major bug fixes were reported this month; stability enhancements came from CI/test improvements and documentation updates. Collaboration included multiple co-authors and code reviews.

June 2025: Documentation-focused sprint for Qiskit/documentation, delivering an updated SQD Getting Started Guide for v0.10 that aligns notebooks and markdown content with the new release, refreshes image outputs, and tunes plotting parameters for clearer visuals, improving onboarding and maintainability.