March 2026 monthly summary for noobaa/noobaa-operator focused on Azure STS integration for Namespace Store and Backing Store, enabling Azure Blob storage with short-lived credentials. Delivered CLI commands with required-flag validations, reconciler support, and tests to improve reliability and security.

February 2026 (2026-02) centered on a focused bug fix in the Noobaa operator to improve DB cleanup configurability. Delivered a fix where Noobaa DB Cleaner honors user-defined configuration values, enhancing database management and cleanup correctness. The change included API-generation steps and updates to the Noobaa CRD documentation to reflect the new behavior, improving admin control and clarity.

Month: 2026-01 | No new features shipped for noobaa/noobaa-core. Focus this month was on code quality and terminology consistency to reduce maintenance burden and risk. A key outcome was standardizing the spelling of 'percent' across the codebase, improving readability and preventing confusion in future changes. This groundwork supports safer refactors and quicker onboarding.