During December 2025, Runiq enhanced the perses/perses repository by delivering security-focused container hardening and flexible configuration management features. They improved Docker container reliability by fixing plugin deployment paths in the Dockerfile and transitioned the build to run as a nonroot user with tightened file ownership, leveraging distroless images to reduce deployment risk on shared storage. Runiq also expanded configuration support by enabling YAML (.yml) unmarshalling and introduced detailed logging for skipped configuration files, improving observability and debugging. Their work demonstrated depth in containerization, DevOps, and backend development using Go and Dockerfile, addressing both security and operational maintainability concerns.