During January 2026, work focused on enhancing privacy controls in the streamlit/streamlit repository by introducing a configuration option to manage the visibility of external help links in exception messages. This feature, implemented using Python and React, allows users to disable these links via a TOML config path, supporting privacy and security requirements. The development included updating unit tests in TypeScript to verify correct behavior when the new option is toggled, as well as extending configuration tests to ensure reliability. Manual verification complemented automated testing, aligning the update with privacy compliance goals and providing users with greater control over exception message content.