June 2025 (mxcube/mxcubeweb): Implemented Real-time Critical Error Panel to surface critical log messages in real-time, enabling immediate visibility and faster triage. The feature dispatches an action to reveal the error panel with the critical message. This work is anchored to commit 2da01c159b6a9b6aac6eaaa5465e8b95205be11d ('display alert when user_level_log is critical').

May 2025 monthly summary for mxcubecore: Focused on strengthening the Tango poller reliability to improve data collection and reduce downtime. Implemented broader exception handling during attribute reads, added retry logic when Tango devices go offline, enhanced logging for unexpected exceptions to speed debugging, and introduced a small delay between retries to avoid excessive polling. These changes boost data availability, operator efficiency, and overall maintainability.