2026-03 Monthly Summary for influxdb3_plugins: Key features delivered include removing the anomaly_detection_adtk plugin (deprecation completed, simplifying product surface), securing credential handling in the import workflow by enforcing header-based transmission, and expanding the plugin ecosystem with Deadman Alert, forecasting (FB Prophet), and WAL Metrics, plus the OPC UA plugin for periodic ingestion. Major fixes include security hardening in imports, and streamlined plugin management via library updates. Overall impact: reduced maintenance burden and risk, broadened analytics and industrial data integration, enabling faster time-to-value for customers. Technologies demonstrated: plugin architecture, FastAPI analytics integration, FB Prophet forecasting, OPC UA integration, and secure credential handling.

February 2026: Prepared the InfluxDB Import Plugin for beta by updating its description to indicate beta status, aligning documentation with current development stage and setting clear stability expectations. This milestone improves user guidance and reduces misexpectations, enabling targeted beta feedback and faster iteration.

December 2025: Delivered a targeted Python API refinement for PyPluginCallApi in influxdata/influxdb, focusing on encapsulation and usability. Implemented a fix to hide internal helper functions from the public PyPluginCallApi interface, reducing surface area and preventing misuse. The change is implemented in commit d828abd6b922a31df7487c00ca20ddddbc41b317 (#26974) and co-authored by rcater. Impact: cleaner API for plugin developers, easier maintenance, and improved stability for Python API consumers.

2025-11 monthly summary for influxdata/docs-v2. Focused on documentation quality improvements for CLI plugin installation and data-connectivity tooling. Key deliverables include adding an install command link to the InfluxDB CLI docs to streamline plugin installation and updating/clarifying ODBC driver and Power BI documentation to improve accuracy and usability. No major code bugs fixed in this repository this month; the work emphasized user onboarding, reduced configuration errors, and prepared docs for smoother future iterations. Core contributions were implemented via two commits (2d3768c30b591d1079618592f7b2e6b2637731f5 and c79272802bb6ca0fc43d75ea19a8671308c574e8) with co-authors rcater and jstirnaman.