March 2026 (2026-03) monthly summary for checkstyle/checkstyle focusing on a targeted bug fix in the Link Checker. The team suppressed a false positive for the OWASP XXE vulnerability page that returns a 403 status, reducing noise in link validation without impacting valid checks. No new features were released this month; the emphasis was on reliability and correctness of link validation in critical security contexts.

September 2025: Expanded HertzBeat platform reach by enabling RISC-V deployment through comprehensive documentation and Docker base image updates. The team added RISC-V specific run instructions (QEMU on Ubuntu, JDK installation, deployment steps) and updated Dockerfiles to eclipse-temurin:21-jdk to improve compatibility and security for RISC-V environments, accelerating adoption on edge and on-prem hardware.

August 2025 HertzBeat monthly summary: A documentation-focused month with no code changes. Updated the GitHub link in the HertzBeat documentation to point to the correct repository URL, improving navigation for contributors and users and reducing misdirection. This small but critical change enhances maintainability and onboarding without affecting product functionality.

July 2025 monthly summary for apache/hertzbeat: Key release-management and documentation achievements to improve download reliability and upgrade clarity. Delivered consolidated release updates for 1.7.1 and 1.7.2, refreshed download assets (links, signatures, sha512), migrated domain to hertzbeat.apache.org, and published the 1.7.2 release blog. This work reduces user friction, enhances security and verifiability of downloads, and improves public release communications.