April 2026 focused on delivering business-value improvements in API usability, system observability, and security hardening, while expanding XO deployment documentation. The work across the Xen Orchestra repo (vatesfr/xen-orchestra) strengthened developer experience, operational insight, and platform reliability for customers and internal teams.

March 2026 — Reliability, observability, and tooling improvements across Xen Orchestra core and related extensions (MCP and QA infrastructure). Key outcomes include secure MCP authentication, safer host maintenance, expanded observability, and richer automation tooling for operations and developers. Key features delivered: - Token-based authentication for MCP server (XO_TOKEN) to replace username/password. - Host management REST API with evacuation during host disablement to minimize VM disruption. - Expanded MCP tooling (list_networks, get_network_details, list_srs, get_sr_details) and infrastructure querying; monorepo QA tooling migrated for unified testing. - Observability enhancements: VBD throughput/latency metrics and DCMI power consumption metrics; latency reporting corrected in OpenMetrics with updated tests. - WebSocket loading: race condition fix to improve plugin reliability. - New tooling: list_vdis to filter/list virtual disks (with error handling and tests). - General modernization: MCP server code modularization and QA testing infrastructure improvements. - Dependency upgrade in extensions: dependi 1.4.4. Impact and value: - Reduced operational disruption during maintenance windows and host disable/enable cycles. - Faster issue diagnosis and capacity planning thanks to richer metrics and monitoring. - Accelerated automation and QA with modular MCP tooling and monorepo QA migration. - Strengthened security and reliability with token-based auth and race-condition fixes. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - OpenMetrics instrumentation and unit testing; REST API design and exposure; WebSocket reliability debugging; token-based authentication; MCP code modularization; monorepo QA adoption; tooling development; dependency management.

February 2026 showcased strong cross-repo delivery, delivering robust dependency resolution improvements and expanded automation, observability, and platform readiness. Notable outcomes include corrected pub.dev dependency resolution, a security/compliance patch cycle for the Dependi extension, the introduction of 1.4.x enhancements with improved Python requirements detection, a comprehensive Xen Orchestra 6.1.x release and packaging modernization, significant upgrades to monitoring/metrics for better visibility, and REST API/MCP enhancements enabling AI-assisted orchestration and safer host management.

January 2026 performance summary focusing on delivering business value through a robust extension ecosystem, API-first virtualization enhancements, and reliability improvements across zed-industries/extensions and Xen Orchestra. Key areas include: (1) developer productivity and ecosystem health via Dependi extension with dependency management features, vulnerability detection, and autocompletion; (2) expanded dependency tooling with multi-release updates; (3) virtualization platform enhancements with observability, security, and API expansions; and (4) architectural and performance improvements enabling faster delivery and better scalability.

Monthly performance summary for 2025-12: Delivered OpenMetrics/Prometheus monitoring integration for Xen Orchestra (XO Server), including a secure, spec-compliant OpenMetrics endpoint, authentication hardening, and comprehensive docs; fixed RAM usage reporting for halted hosts to prevent misleading metrics; established alignment with Prometheus-based observability to improve dashboard reliability and incident detection; security and documentation enhancements strengthen operator confidence and ease of adoption; the work demonstrates robust cross-team collaboration and a clear path to scalable monitoring upgrades.

Month 2025-11 | Focused on delivering business-value features and reliability improvements in xen-orchestra (vatesfr/xen-orchestra). Key work included enhancements to usage reporting, a non-destructive approach to network reconfiguration, and clearer guidance for email-based notifications. All work aligns with improving provisioning governance, reducing downtime, and clarifying configuration for customers and contributors. Commits under review show strong collaboration and traceable changes: - OS information added to usage reports and RAM/CPU provisioning details (e4d484e84f480442215103ad3c0931f06369d041; 2592f2fc2cd3f4303e968ec4c14dc6d9157d1060) - Non-destructive network changes via VIF.move API preserving VIF UUIDs (ed5bd4d42e002a26d63f34564b0b7715e22550ff) - Email notification guidance for Gmail App Passwords and Microsoft 365 auth, plus clarifications for backup-reports plugin configuration (fa0202f5b3993643f35f70ce2fd1b5c19b7fa44e)

Month: 2025-10 — Focused on strengthening monitoring capabilities and automation for XenServer in xen-orchestra. Delivered a new System Status Reports API for xo-cli, enabling end-to-end status retrieval and streaming with proper authentication. This work supports proactive monitoring, faster incident response, and streamlined reporting for operators.