September 2025 monthly summary: Focused on hardening proxy configuration reliability in the Kubernetes Python client, delivering a targeted bug fix that preserves the no_proxy environment variable and ensures proxy bypass settings are correctly applied in client configurations. The change removes an unnecessary assignment to None in configuration.py, enabling consistent proxy behavior across diverse environments (dev, CI, and enterprise networks). Result: improved reliability when interacting with Kubernetes clusters behind corporate proxies and fewer proxy-related configuration issues for developers. Repository: kubernetes-client/python Impact: Reduced proxy-related failures, smoother developer experience, and more dependable CI/CD pipelines when accessing cluster endpoints behind proxies. Commit reference for the fix: 7e0a76960a03e1d76d5d5e3437d1bd3f7b80554a.