June 2025 monthly summary focusing on OpenTherm Gateway climate improvements in home-assistant/core. Delivered HVAC mode support for heating and cooling, populated hvac_modes in opentherm_gw, and added graceful handling for unsupported HVAC mode changes to improve user feedback and system robustness. This work enhances reliability for users relying on OpenTherm devices and reduces potential confusion during mode switches.

January 2025 focused on delivering branding assets for the HwAM Stove custom integration to support dark-mode visuals and consistent branding across the Home Assistant brands repository. Key feature delivery included new icons and logos (standard and @2x) to visually represent the hwam_stove integration, aligned with existing branding guidelines. This work is tracked under commit 373a8881d3c6c7b683c969efba35a43381cd3793 with PR/issue reference (#6395). No major bugs were fixed in this period for the brands repo; minor maintenance and polish of icon assets were completed to ensure production readiness. Overall impact: improved user experience through clearer integration visuals, easier recognition in the UI, and a solid asset foundation for future theme and branding enhancements. Technologies/skills demonstrated: iconography design, multi-resolution asset creation (standard and @2x), dark-mode theming readiness, asset pipelines, and collaboration via commits/PRs.