June 2026 monthly summary: Security hardening across two services via targeted dependency upgrades, delivering tangible risk reduction and maintainability gains. In acsp-api, upgraded Spring Boot minor version and structured-logging to address security vulnerabilities, with commits 6371acc1163c14424086be04edf4b641d0debd79 and dcb6be1e2f689b61da0459ab916579ec077cc7e5. In acsp-confirm-client-id-verification-web, updated node-session-handler, structured-logging-node, and js-yaml to address security vulnerabilities, with commit f0ba945c3ef0edb631765334593decc649efc70a. Overall, reduced vulnerability surface, improved session management and logging safety, and laid groundwork for future OpenTelemetry and observability improvements.

February 2026 — Strengthened the build security posture for companieshouse/acsp-web by introducing automated dependency security auditing into the build process. Implemented a Makefile task to run npm audit during builds, enabling early detection of vulnerable dependencies and reducing release risk. No major bugs were fixed this month. Business value: higher confidence in security of dependencies, earlier risk identification, and reproducible security checks in CI. Technologies used include Makefile automation, npm audit tooling, build pipelines, and secure software supply chain practices.

January 2026 monthly summary for the acsp-web repository (Companies House). Focused on security hardening and dependency maintenance to strengthen the codebase, improve build determinism, and reduce risk. Delivered a consolidated set of maintenance commits updating dependencies for security hardening, fixing lint issues, and improving package-lock hygiene. Upgraded dependencies to address vulnerabilities, revised ts-node version to address PR analysis, and cleaned up peer dependencies to ensure compatibility. Performed targeted audit fixes to remove security vulnerabilities. Note: a temporary lint suppression was applied to JsonData.ts to avoid a cyclic dependency during ongoing refactor.