March 2026 monthly summary for openrewrite/rewrite. Focused on delivering performance-oriented enhancements for Gradle integration and cross-DSL support. Implemented Gradle Task Registration Optimization (Lazy Registration) to replace eager task creation with a lazy approach, reducing build overhead and increasing flexibility for large projects. Delivered the ChangeTaskToTasksRegister recipe, enabling safe, lazy registration of Gradle tasks and supporting both Groovy and Kotlin DSLs. Reworked task identification across project and subproject scopes and unified Groovy/Kotlin visitors to a single JavaVisitor, improving maintainability and DSL compatibility. Updated tests and preconditions, and achieved improvements in test memory usage and template stability to enhance reliability. Business value: Faster, more scalable Gradle builds; safer and more flexible task registration; better support for Groovy and Kotlin DSLs increases developer productivity and reduces maintenance burden. Technical accomplishment: feature delivery with cross-language DSL support, test efficiency improvements, and code quality enhancements in the Gradle integration path.

Monthly summary for 2025-05: Implemented password update support in JdbcUserDetailsManager to enable secure, controlled credential rotations. Introduced UserDetailsPasswordService integration with a configurable flag to enable/disable password updates, preserving backward compatibility and reducing the risk of unintended changes. Added unit tests to verify password update behavior and updated Javadoc/author metadata to reflect the new capability. Commits: 0722c2dc41f3a14db51d3be6629c6278aad703a0; e30dc42d1e4a969552a205b3bbbeae5f5a78390a. This work improves security posture, enables password rotation workflows, and maintains code quality through tests and documentation updates.