November 2025 monthly summary for KodyPay/kp-protocols-clientsdk focusing on API evolution in the PreAuth workflow. Key achievements: - Removed GrpcPaymentMethodType from PreAuth API to simplify payment method handling (commits ce8c8addf90fa1fa0443cd52561333eef31398f7 and 01f24c0ddc8066fe1742eb7ee0109ebb73de8a4d). - Extended responses to expose authentication state by adding AuthStatus to CaptureAuthorisationResponse and ReleaseAuthorisationResponse, enabling downstream services to make informed authorization decisions. Major bugs fixed: - No major defects fixed this month. Focus remained on API surface changes and ensuring backward-compatibility with the updated PreAuth workflow. Overall impact and accomplishments: - API simplification reduces integration complexity for clients, shortens on-boarding time for new merchants, and improves visibility into authentication state during capture and release authorisations. - Changes support BAM-628 initiatives by reducing surface area and clarifying auth state, aiding faster delivery of payment flows. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - API design and surface simplification in a gRPC-based PreAuth workflow - Back-end attribute/response extension (AuthStatus) for improved state reporting - Versioned commit discipline and traceability (BAM-628 alignment)