May 2026 monthly summary for Kong/official-images: Focused on platform compatibility and security hardening for Amazon Linux across Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023. Implemented comprehensive package updates to ensure runtime compatibility, security posture, and continued reliability of official container images. Added amazonlinux releases reference (#21363) to streamline packaging and release tracking. Collaborated with teammates to co-author changes, strengthening cross-team alignment for production deployments.

Month 2026-03: Strengthened security and compatibility for Amazon Linux within elastic/official-images. Delivered a comprehensive platform compatibility and security update by upgrading a broad set of core packages for both Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023, ensuring continued stability and security of official images.

December 2025 – Official Images (influxdata/official-images): Delivered the Amazon Linux Compatibility and Security Package Update across Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023, aligning image dependencies with current security advisories and runtime requirements to improve reliability for customer deployments. Overall, the work focused on updating libraries and tools to newer, secure versions for AL2 and AL2023, ensuring compatibility across deployed environments and reducing maintenance burden for customers relying on Amazon Linux in production.

October 2025 monthly summary for influxdata/official-images focused on delivering runtime compatibility and security updates for Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023 to ensure secure, stable deployments and smoother image builds.