Month: 2025-03 Key features delivered: - luoyuxia/fluss: Google Cloud Storage (GCS) filesystem integration enabling read/write operations via Hadoop's GCS connector; includes basic file system operations and a mock server to test authentication flows. Commit: 6a694853414930dff6d68b80f1753b464873a613. - apache/paimon: Google Cloud Storage (GCS) filesystem integration via GSFileIO extending HadoopCompliantFileIO and GSLoader for plugin-based loading; enables Paimon to store and retrieve data on Google Cloud Storage. Commit: fdb8306912b654a6dfd6192274f31c817698a791. Major bugs fixed: - None reported this month. Focus remained on feature delivery and integration testing; no blocking issues identified. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Expanded cloud-native data storage capabilities by enabling GCS-backed workflows in two major projects, enhancing portability and scalability of data pipelines. - Improved testability for authentication flows via a mock server, reducing risk in production deployments. - Aligned with cloud-first architecture goals and reduced vendor lock-in by supporting Google Cloud Storage as a storage backend. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Hadoop GCS integration, GSFileIO, and GSLoader; plugin-based loading; - Cross-repo collaboration and traceable changes via commits; - Java-based filesystem abstractions and cloud storage integration; Testing and mock server patterns. Business value: - Faster data ingestion and retrieval for cloud-based data lakes; improved reliability and portability across GCS-backed pipelines; groundwork for multi-cloud strategies.