January 2026 monthly summary for wasmerio/pingora focusing on observability and protocol flexibility. Delivered two features: (1) HTTP/1.x upload pending time tracking with upstream_write_pending_time added to Session along with setter/getter accessors to improve upload diagnostics and latency visibility (not applicable to HTTP/2 due to multiplexing). (2) Compression algorithms extension adding support for dcb and dcz, including updates to the Algorithm enum and decompression logic to handle client-specific requests for greater flexibility and efficiency. No major bug fixes reported this month. Overall impact emphasizes improved diagnostics, enhanced client-side performance tuning, and a more flexible compression surface. Technologies demonstrated include Rust code instrumentation, protocol observability, enum and logic updates, and contributor collaboration for traceable changes.