April 2025 dp-dataset-api monthly summary focused on delivering robust dataset version state management and improving API reliability. Delivered a new PUT state endpoint to manage dataset version state with proper parsing, validation, and application of state transitions, including error handling for invalid inputs and improper transitions. Updated the OpenAPI/Swagger specification to reflect the new endpoint and enhanced validation rules. Expanded test coverage with unit tests for the putState endpoint and removed extraneous debugging logs to improve production readiness.

March 2025 performance summary for ONSdigital/dp-dataset-api: Delivered robust static dataset version management with dedicated datastore operations and locking, ensuring safe publish/update flows for static datasets. Introduced dataset title uniqueness enforcement to prevent duplicates, with a new duplicate-title error type and pre-check in the creation API. Improved reliability and observability through enhanced error handling and logging, along with test coverage for static datasets. This work reduces data integrity risks, prevents duplicate datasets, and strengthens deployment confidence for static datasets.

February 2025: Delivered a Version Model Enhancement for ONSdigital/dp-dataset-api, expanding the Version data model with QualityDesignation and Distribution fields, introducing a new Distribution struct, and relocating Version from dataset.go to version.go. Updated tests to cover the expanded fields and CSV distribution details. No major bugs fixed this month. Impact: richer metadata enables better data quality signaling and distribution-aware API responses, improved maintainability through clearer project structure, and stronger test coverage. Skills demonstrated: Go refactoring, data modeling, test modernization, and versioned API design.

January 2025 performance summary for ONSdigital/dp-dataset-api. Focused on strengthening test reliability through a Utils Package Test Suite Isolation Refactor. This work moved the initialization of link builders into each test function to ensure clean, isolated test state, reducing flakiness and making future test maintenance easier. Commit: ef067e18e120a180476ae848acbb1b8f769aab65. Impact: improved CI stability and faster development feedback due to more deterministic tests and a cleaner test suite architecture.

December 2024 – ONSdigital/dp-dataset-api: Delivered robust dataset creation validation with required fields and business rules, improved error handling, and comprehensive tests; refactored validation into reusable helpers; added component tests; performed Go module dependency updates (golang.org/x/net) for security fixes and compatibility; overall improvements in data integrity, reliability, and maintainability.

October 2024: Delivered foundational dataset catalogue initialization and key management improvements for ONSdigital/dp-compose, enabling faster deployments and stronger key security across environments. Implemented an init target in the common Makefile and integrated GPG decryption for encrypted key files. Introduced configurable key directories with DEFAULT_KEYS_FOLDER and ONS_DP_SRC_ROOT to improve build flexibility. Updated user-facing documentation to reduce onboarding friction (Gotchas section for key setup and clarified README wording). No high-severity bugs reported; minor documentation tidy-ups completed to improve clarity and consistency.