Concise monthly summary for 2025-04 focusing on business value and technical achievements. Overview: - Repository: coreos/fedora-coreos-config - Focus this month: validate Docker Swarm overlay network auto-bridging through a dedicated connectivity test to ensure overlay networks provide internet access as expected. Key features delivered: - Introduced a Network Connectivity Validation Test for Docker Swarm Overlay (dockergw_bridge). This new test script verifies that containers connected to an overlay network can reach the internet, confirming the expected auto-bridging behavior. - Commit: 50f6c6ca886b521e3e24cc6f847a8420a901434f Major bugs fixed: - None reported for this repository this month. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened network reliability validation for containerized workloads by adding automated verification of dockergw_bridge behavior, reducing deployment risk and improving CI confidence. - Provides explicit evidence of correct overlay network connectivity, enabling faster issue detection and safer rollout of networking changes in Docker Swarm environments. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Test automation scripting for container networking - Docker Swarm overlay network concepts and auto-bridging validation - Reg-resilient connectivity checks across containers - Version-controlled test artifacts (Git commits) and reproducible validation Business value: - Mitigates risk in production by validating critical networking behavior before release, enabling engineers to rely on overlay networks for scalable, internet-connected container deployments.