During February 2026, Krikkit enhanced the home-assistant/addons repository by implementing a use_ssl_backend option in the Nginx configuration, enabling secure SSL connections to backend services for Home Assistant deployments. This feature, developed using Go and YAML, improved the security posture of addon deployments by allowing encrypted backend communication. Krikkit updated config.yaml, increased the NGINX version to 3.15.0, and revised documentation, changelogs, and translations to ensure clarity and maintainability. The work focused on DevOps practices and Home Assistant integration, demonstrating depth in configuration management and deployment documentation, though the scope was limited to a single feature without bug fixes.