May 2026 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform-environments: Delivered key infrastructure modernization across Terraform and Kubernetes, with security and safety enhancements. Achieved policy alignment, environment import safety, and codebase tidying, setting the platform up for reliable, compliant changes.

April 2026 monthly summary across MOJ cloud environments focused on delivering scalable platform improvements, stronger security controls, and enhanced developer productivity. Key features delivered, major fixes, and cross-repo technical achievements are highlighted below with direct references to commits where applicable. Key features delivered: - ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform-environments: - EKS Platform Upgrade and Helm Chart Refresh: Upgraded EKS cluster and prod nodegroup (to 1.35) and refreshed Helm charts to improve performance, compatibility, and deployment management. Commits include 337dd01d, 078add96, and 94af010f. - AWS Provider Role ARN Security Enhancement: Introduced additional regex for role_arn validation to improve security; commit 31b54af2. - Dev Environment Setup and Terraform Workflows: Merged main into use_eks_auth and added development container configuration plus Terraform workflows for managing cloud resources. Commit f1badb21. - VPC Endpoints Expansion: Expanded VPC endpoints to strengthen network connectivity and security for the analytics platform. Commit 2aaac802. - ministryofjustice/analytical-platform: - Grafana Version Upgrade for Performance and Security Enhancements: Grafana updated from 10.5.13 to 10.5.15 to deliver performance and security improvements. Commit 6dc5584e. - ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments: - PostgreSQL Major Upgrade to 18: Upgraded PostgreSQL 17→18 with readiness flags to support future major upgrades and improved database management. Commit 5fad4de7. - RDS Configuration Stability - revert major upgrade switch: Reverted the major upgrade switch to maintain stability; commit c0a88402. Major bugs fixed: - Reverted the AWS Provider Role ARN regex change after testing issues, restoring previous behavior to maintain compatibility. Commit b74f806c. - Reverted the major upgrade switch in RDS configuration to preserve stability across the cloud platform environment. Commit c0a88402. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Increased platform stability and security posture through targeted config hardening, network hardening, and governance controls. Enhanced deployment reliability via EKS and Helm refreshes, and improved data platform readiness with PostgreSQL 18 upgrade workflows. Strengthened dev velocity with streamlined environment setup and Terraform workflows. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Kubernetes/EKS, Helm, Terraform, AWS networking (VPC endpoints), RDS/PostgreSQL, Grafana, and Git-based release discipline. - Cross-repo collaboration, branch merging strategies, and containerized development environments for faster iteration and safer deployments.