2026-01 Monthly Summary: delivered key features and reliability improvements across containers/buildah and lima-vm/lima. Business value delivered includes faster CI feedback, reduced test flakiness, and improved observability. Key outcomes: test infrastructure speed and reliability gains from using cached images in Buildah; new limactl watch command with JSON event logging and updated tests in Lima, enabling scriptable monitoring and easier debugging.

For 2025-12, canonical/lxd delivered a focused feature to generalize cluster join token handling for multi-project environments. The change removes the default project from cluster join token operations, enabling cross-project join tokens and more flexible onboarding. This reduces operational friction and improves multi-project deployment capabilities. The work is captured in commit bd7de2df07741e0b74851955ce02d949f7283905 with a Signed-off-by line by IrvingMg.