February 2026 focused on modernization and dependency maintenance across two NHSDigital e-referrals services to enable stable, future-ready deployments. Upgraded Python runtimes to 3.13 and updated client dependencies to maintain compatibility with the latest features and security improvements. No major bugs fixed this month; the work improved reliability and maintainability, and laid groundwork for upcoming feature work.

Month: 2026-01 — Focused on stabilizing and modernizing the Python runtime across core services. Delivered Python 3.13 upgrade across NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-api and NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-patient-care-api by updating configuration, scripts, and project settings (4 commits across both repos). This work reduces technical debt, enhances security and performance baseline, and enables smoother future feature work. No major production defects were addressed this month; the primary value is upgrade readiness, cross-repo standardization, and improved CI/CD reliability. Traceable to RAA-4357.