netdata/netdata
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
12 Months active
Languages Used
CCMakeMarkdownShellXMLYAMLyamlC++
Technical Skills
Build System (CMake)Build SystemsC ProgrammingC/C++ DevelopmentConfiguration ManagementDatabase Monitoring
thiagoftsm
PROFILE
Thiagoftsm
Thiago Fortes spent the past year engineering Windows-focused observability and deployment enhancements for the netdata/netdata repository. He developed and refined monitoring plugins for Windows services, MSSQL, Exchange, and sensors, expanding telemetry coverage and improving data accuracy. Leveraging C, CMake, and the Windows API, Thiago implemented robust data collection pipelines, cross-platform build automation, and installer improvements, including silent deployment and subscription tier awareness. His work included performance tuning, metadata standardization, and integration of eBPF and libbpf for advanced metrics. Thiago’s contributions addressed reliability, maintainability, and scalability, resulting in a more actionable, enterprise-ready monitoring agent for diverse Windows environments.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
87%Features
Repository Contributions
82Total
Bugs
6
Commits
82
Features
41
Lines of code
43,487
Activity Months12
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7 people
Work History
October 2025
7 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month: 2025-10 – Netdata/netdata (Windows-focused work)\n\nKey features delivered: \n- Robust Windows disk usage metrics: improved Disk Size calculation/reporting for Windows to provide more accurate disk usage metrics. Commits: f16d13c2bca8a521928f481a2ed78c330db7a687; 3d60322ada82cfd42af588b3a7986e514bdce6f1.\n- Windows installer enhancements and deployment guidance: improved installer behavior and guidance for silent installations and GUI deployment. Commits: 1d9ca4d185c54ff72e0fa2fcc44bcaa0f7ffb4e3; 15790f858a28ef38e60537e2001f3b92ee873fe9.\n- Expansion of Windows sensor collection capabilities: added support for additional sensor types (light temperature, voltage, resistance, etc.) and updated metadata/chart dimensions. Commit: 15d4e6b9e3e89c1b77ced64683479767889dafdd.\n\nMajor bugs fixed: \n- Windows memory metrics accuracy issues: fix memory usage naming (Working Set → Working Set - Private) and hide mem_private_usage on Windows to prevent inaccurate data. Commits: 55f71b4a0fe010f01fe75482bb7a2dad4e5f0d68; 6b6148d5200bf7a0b59aa252b6d20b3957402d18.\n\nOverall impact and accomplishments: The focused Windows work this month improves data reliability, deployment flexibility, and sensor coverage across Windows environments. These changes reduce data discrepancies, enable smoother enterprise deployments, and demonstrate sustained progress in Windows-native metrics and deployment tooling.\n\nTechnologies/skills demonstrated: Windows metrics instrumentation, Windows performance counters, installer UX and silent deployment strategies, Windows-specific data naming and privacy considerations, metadata and chart dimension management, and incremental sensor coverage.
7 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month: 2025-10 – Netdata/netdata (Windows-focused work)\n\nKey features delivered: \n- Robust Windows disk usage metrics: improved Disk Size calculation/reporting for Windows to provide more accurate disk usage metrics. Commits: f16d13c2bca8a521928f481a2ed78c330db7a687; 3d60322ada82cfd42af588b3a7986e514bdce6f1.\n- Windows installer enhancements and deployment guidance: improved installer behavior and guidance for silent installations and GUI deployment. Commits: 1d9ca4d185c54ff72e0fa2fcc44bcaa0f7ffb4e3; 15790f858a28ef38e60537e2001f3b92ee873fe9.\n- Expansion of Windows sensor collection capabilities: added support for additional sensor types (light temperature, voltage, resistance, etc.) and updated metadata/chart dimensions. Commit: 15d4e6b9e3e89c1b77ced64683479767889dafdd.\n\nMajor bugs fixed: \n- Windows memory metrics accuracy issues: fix memory usage naming (Working Set → Working Set - Private) and hide mem_private_usage on Windows to prevent inaccurate data. Commits: 55f71b4a0fe010f01fe75482bb7a2dad4e5f0d68; 6b6148d5200bf7a0b59aa252b6d20b3957402d18.\n\nOverall impact and accomplishments: The focused Windows work this month improves data reliability, deployment flexibility, and sensor coverage across Windows environments. These changes reduce data discrepancies, enable smoother enterprise deployments, and demonstrate sustained progress in Windows-native metrics and deployment tooling.\n\nTechnologies/skills demonstrated: Windows metrics instrumentation, Windows performance counters, installer UX and silent deployment strategies, Windows-specific data naming and privacy considerations, metadata and chart dimension management, and incremental sensor coverage.
October 2025
September 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 20252025-09 Netdata monthly summary for netdata/netdata focusing on delivered features, critical fixes, and overall impact for performance reviews.
September 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 20252025-09 Netdata monthly summary for netdata/netdata focusing on delivered features, critical fixes, and overall impact for performance reviews.
August 2025
7 Commits • 4 Features
Aug 1, 2025During August 2025, delivered Windows-focused enhancements to netdata/netdata, expanding observability across disk usage, MSSQL monitoring, and sensor data collection. Key features delivered include Windows disk usage reporting improvements (refactor with netdata_set_hd_usage and GetDiskFreeSpaceExA, GiB scaling); MSSQL monitoring enhancements and charting improvements (new metrics: buffer management, page reads/writes, cache hit ratio, checkpoint pages, page life expectancy, SQL compilations/re-compilations) and updated queries/metadata; Windows Sensor data collection plugin (Sensors API, new charts); Windows plugin metric naming and metadata improvements (standardized units and suffixes, updated docs). Major bugs fixed: chart stability fixes for MSSQL and Windows plugin charts. Overall impact: improved visibility into Windows environments, faster troubleshooting, and higher-quality dashboards; business value includes proactive tuning and reliable performance monitoring. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Windows API usage (GetDiskFreeSpaceExA), plugin architecture, data collection pipelines, charting, metadata design, documentation.
7 Commits • 4 Features
Aug 1, 2025During August 2025, delivered Windows-focused enhancements to netdata/netdata, expanding observability across disk usage, MSSQL monitoring, and sensor data collection. Key features delivered include Windows disk usage reporting improvements (refactor with netdata_set_hd_usage and GetDiskFreeSpaceExA, GiB scaling); MSSQL monitoring enhancements and charting improvements (new metrics: buffer management, page reads/writes, cache hit ratio, checkpoint pages, page life expectancy, SQL compilations/re-compilations) and updated queries/metadata; Windows Sensor data collection plugin (Sensors API, new charts); Windows plugin metric naming and metadata improvements (standardized units and suffixes, updated docs). Major bugs fixed: chart stability fixes for MSSQL and Windows plugin charts. Overall impact: improved visibility into Windows environments, faster troubleshooting, and higher-quality dashboards; business value includes proactive tuning and reliable performance monitoring. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Windows API usage (GetDiskFreeSpaceExA), plugin architecture, data collection pipelines, charting, metadata design, documentation.
August 2025
July 2025
6 Commits • 3 Features
Jul 1, 20252025-07 monthly summary for netdata/netdata focused on Windows-centric feature work and a core library upgrade, delivering tangible business value with clearer installation guidance, expanded observability, and an up-to-date library stack.
July 2025
6 Commits • 3 Features
Jul 1, 20252025-07 monthly summary for netdata/netdata focused on Windows-centric feature work and a core library upgrade, delivering tangible business value with clearer installation guidance, expanded observability, and an up-to-date library stack.
June 2025
8 Commits • 5 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for netdata/netdata: Focused Windows-oriented enhancements and installer reliability improvements that deliver stronger deployment reliability and richer observability across Windows environments. Key work delivered included Windows Installer Improvements (complete reinstallation option, fixes to uninstall behavior, and -NoProfile enforcement for faster MSI installs), MSSQL Monitoring Enhancements (MSSQL Wait Statistics metrics and expanded lock wait/deadlock charts), Microsoft Exchange Server Monitoring via Windows plugin (new collectors and metadata for OWA, ActiveSync, RPC, proxy, workload, and queue metrics), Power Supply Monitoring for Windows (battery capacity and voltage metrics with updated build/config metadata), and NUMA Monitoring for Windows (new NUMA Node Memory collector via Perflib with metadata updates). These efforts collectively improve deployment reliability, troubleshooting capability, and cross-OS observability, enabling proactive issue detection and faster MTTR.
8 Commits • 5 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for netdata/netdata: Focused Windows-oriented enhancements and installer reliability improvements that deliver stronger deployment reliability and richer observability across Windows environments. Key work delivered included Windows Installer Improvements (complete reinstallation option, fixes to uninstall behavior, and -NoProfile enforcement for faster MSI installs), MSSQL Monitoring Enhancements (MSSQL Wait Statistics metrics and expanded lock wait/deadlock charts), Microsoft Exchange Server Monitoring via Windows plugin (new collectors and metadata for OWA, ActiveSync, RPC, proxy, workload, and queue metrics), Power Supply Monitoring for Windows (battery capacity and voltage metrics with updated build/config metadata), and NUMA Monitoring for Windows (new NUMA Node Memory collector via Perflib with metadata updates). These efforts collectively improve deployment reliability, troubleshooting capability, and cross-OS observability, enabling proactive issue detection and faster MTTR.
June 2025
May 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
May 1, 2025Monthly Summary for 2025-05 (netdata/netdata) This period focused on expanding observability for MSSQL and Windows environments, strengthening reliability, and improving maintainability through documentation and dependencies updates. The work enhances data-driven operations, reduces incident response time, and supports scalable monitoring at enterprise scale. Key features delivered: - MSSQL Monitoring Enhancements: Detailed lock/deadlock metrics, lock waits/requests, improved transaction and file size monitoring, refined data collection configuration and error handling. - Windows Monitoring Enhancements: New Windows metrics (CPU/Memory), including Free System Page Table Entries and Processor Queue Length, plus IIS W3SVC_W3WP metrics for deeper Windows telemetry. - Windows Installer Documentation Update: Updated installer documentation to reflect a directory name change (netdata to Netdata) and added guidance on viewing Netdata logs via Windows Event Viewer. - eBPF Library Upgrade (libbpf): Upgraded libbpf, ebpf-co-re, and ebpf-code-legacy references in CMake to access latest fixes and improvements. Major bugs fixed: - No discrete bug-fix tickets were tracked this month; reliability and robustness improvements were delivered as part of feature work, notably in MSSQL error handling and telemetry collection. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Enhanced observability across Windows and MSSQL environments, enabling proactive performance tuning, faster incident response, and improved capacity planning. - Improved deployment and maintenance experience with clearer Windows installer documentation and up-to-date dependencies. - Maintained platform compatibility and performance through current eBPF components, supporting kernel fixes and new features. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Windows performance monitoring and MSSQL telemetry, eBPF/libbpf ecosystem, CMake-based build maintenance, and documentation discipline. - Focus on reliability, maintainability, and scalable data collection across a production-grade monitoring agent.
May 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
May 1, 2025Monthly Summary for 2025-05 (netdata/netdata) This period focused on expanding observability for MSSQL and Windows environments, strengthening reliability, and improving maintainability through documentation and dependencies updates. The work enhances data-driven operations, reduces incident response time, and supports scalable monitoring at enterprise scale. Key features delivered: - MSSQL Monitoring Enhancements: Detailed lock/deadlock metrics, lock waits/requests, improved transaction and file size monitoring, refined data collection configuration and error handling. - Windows Monitoring Enhancements: New Windows metrics (CPU/Memory), including Free System Page Table Entries and Processor Queue Length, plus IIS W3SVC_W3WP metrics for deeper Windows telemetry. - Windows Installer Documentation Update: Updated installer documentation to reflect a directory name change (netdata to Netdata) and added guidance on viewing Netdata logs via Windows Event Viewer. - eBPF Library Upgrade (libbpf): Upgraded libbpf, ebpf-co-re, and ebpf-code-legacy references in CMake to access latest fixes and improvements. Major bugs fixed: - No discrete bug-fix tickets were tracked this month; reliability and robustness improvements were delivered as part of feature work, notably in MSSQL error handling and telemetry collection. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Enhanced observability across Windows and MSSQL environments, enabling proactive performance tuning, faster incident response, and improved capacity planning. - Improved deployment and maintenance experience with clearer Windows installer documentation and up-to-date dependencies. - Maintained platform compatibility and performance through current eBPF components, supporting kernel fixes and new features. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Windows performance monitoring and MSSQL telemetry, eBPF/libbpf ecosystem, CMake-based build maintenance, and documentation discipline. - Focus on reliability, maintainability, and scalable data collection across a production-grade monitoring agent.
April 2025
6 Commits • 5 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 Netdata (netdata/netdata) performance summary: Expanded Windows telemetry coverage, stabilized core collectors, and improved deployment readiness. Delivered MSSQL monitoring with comprehensive metrics and Windows integration, added Windows Services Monitoring, refactored IIS monitoring for better maintainability, normalized Hyper-V metrics naming for clearer charts, and established Windows installer scaffolding. These efforts broaden telemetry coverage, reduce response time to incidents, and simplify deployment across Windows environments, delivering business value through actionable insights and a more maintainable codebase.
6 Commits • 5 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 Netdata (netdata/netdata) performance summary: Expanded Windows telemetry coverage, stabilized core collectors, and improved deployment readiness. Delivered MSSQL monitoring with comprehensive metrics and Windows integration, added Windows Services Monitoring, refactored IIS monitoring for better maintainability, normalized Hyper-V metrics naming for clearer charts, and established Windows installer scaffolding. These efforts broaden telemetry coverage, reduce response time to incidents, and simplify deployment across Windows environments, delivering business value through actionable insights and a more maintainable codebase.
April 2025
March 2025
4 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 (netdata/netdata) — Key features delivered, improvements, and impact across Windows and eBPF plugins. Key features delivered: - eBPF Plugin IPC and Shared Memory Integration: added inter-process communication support (shared memory and Unix sockets) to enable efficient data sharing between collectors; refactored build system; introduced IPC-related C files; configurable IPC method. - Windows Plugin ADFS Metrics Collector: introduced monitoring for Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) within the Windows plugin; new collector gathering authentication attempts, database interactions, and request handling metrics; metadata and Windows sources updated. - Windows Plugin IIS Application Pools Metrics: added metrics for IIS Application Pools (status, worker processes, failures, recycles, uptime); metadata and data sources updated. Major bugs fixed / stability improvements: - Memory management refactor for eBPF plugin (ebpf.plugin: rework memory) to improve reliability and performance. - Build-system improvements accompanying IPC integration to streamline future changes. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened cross-platform observability with cross-collector IPC, and expanded Windows monitoring for security and performance. - Improved data collection efficiency and configurability (IPC method) enabling better resource utilization in high-volume deployments. - Increased maintainability through memory management refactors and build-system modernization. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - C, eBPF plugin architecture, inter-process communication (shared memory, Unix sockets) - Windows plugin development (ADFS and IIS App Pool metrics) - Metadata integration, data collection workflows, and cross-platform instrumentation - Build system refactoring and memory management optimizations Business value: - Faster, more reliable metrics sharing across collectors reduces overhead and improves alerting accuracy. - Expanded Windows monitoring supports enterprise security and performance oversight. - Configurable IPC enables environment-specific optimizations for data paths and resource usage.
March 2025
4 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 (netdata/netdata) — Key features delivered, improvements, and impact across Windows and eBPF plugins. Key features delivered: - eBPF Plugin IPC and Shared Memory Integration: added inter-process communication support (shared memory and Unix sockets) to enable efficient data sharing between collectors; refactored build system; introduced IPC-related C files; configurable IPC method. - Windows Plugin ADFS Metrics Collector: introduced monitoring for Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) within the Windows plugin; new collector gathering authentication attempts, database interactions, and request handling metrics; metadata and Windows sources updated. - Windows Plugin IIS Application Pools Metrics: added metrics for IIS Application Pools (status, worker processes, failures, recycles, uptime); metadata and data sources updated. Major bugs fixed / stability improvements: - Memory management refactor for eBPF plugin (ebpf.plugin: rework memory) to improve reliability and performance. - Build-system improvements accompanying IPC integration to streamline future changes. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened cross-platform observability with cross-collector IPC, and expanded Windows monitoring for security and performance. - Improved data collection efficiency and configurability (IPC method) enabling better resource utilization in high-volume deployments. - Increased maintainability through memory management refactors and build-system modernization. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - C, eBPF plugin architecture, inter-process communication (shared memory, Unix sockets) - Windows plugin development (ADFS and IIS App Pool metrics) - Metadata integration, data collection workflows, and cross-platform instrumentation - Build system refactoring and memory management optimizations Business value: - Faster, more reliable metrics sharing across collectors reduces overhead and improves alerting accuracy. - Expanded Windows monitoring supports enterprise security and performance oversight. - Configurable IPC enables environment-specific optimizations for data paths and resource usage.
February 2025
7 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025: Focused on code quality, stability, and data presentation for netdata/netdata. Delivered cross-platform improvements including code style and formatting cleanup for the eBPF component and Windows plugin, enhancements to Windows plugin with AD/ADCS metadata and adjusted chart/dimension definitions, and install-time reliability improvements. Addressed critical bugs affecting stability and multi-instance scenarios, and ensured proper initialization of the Windows install directory structure.
7 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025: Focused on code quality, stability, and data presentation for netdata/netdata. Delivered cross-platform improvements including code style and formatting cleanup for the eBPF component and Windows plugin, enhancements to Windows plugin with AD/ADCS metadata and adjusted chart/dimension definitions, and install-time reliability improvements. Addressed critical bugs affecting stability and multi-instance scenarios, and ensured proper initialization of the Windows install directory structure.
February 2025
January 2025
6 Commits • 3 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025: Delivered core Windows plugin enhancements and improved metrics accuracy across key components. Focused on expanding observable coverage for Active Directory and .NET framework metrics, ensured MSSQL metric collection correctness, and modernized the eBPF plugin architecture for centralized IPC structures. These efforts collectively improve monitoring fidelity, reduce troubleshooting effort, and enable scalable data collection for future Netdata improvements.
January 2025
6 Commits • 3 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025: Delivered core Windows plugin enhancements and improved metrics accuracy across key components. Focused on expanding observable coverage for Active Directory and .NET framework metrics, ensured MSSQL metric collection correctness, and modernized the eBPF plugin architecture for centralized IPC structures. These efforts collectively improve monitoring fidelity, reduce troubleshooting effort, and enable scalable data collection for future Netdata improvements.
December 2024
10 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 (2024-12) performance review for netdata/netdata: Delivered rich Windows observability enhancements, stabilized deployment UX, and completed a key internal refactor to improve maintainability. The work focused on expanding metadata coverage, improving installer reliability, and reorganizing eBPF integration within the collector plugin. Overall, these changes strengthen monitoring capabilities on Windows, reduce deployment friction, and set a cleaner foundation for future growth.
10 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 (2024-12) performance review for netdata/netdata: Delivered rich Windows observability enhancements, stabilized deployment UX, and completed a key internal refactor to improve maintainability. The work focused on expanding metadata coverage, improving installer reliability, and reorganizing eBPF integration within the collector plugin. Overall, these changes strengthen monitoring capabilities on Windows, reduce deployment friction, and set a cleaner foundation for future growth.
December 2024
November 2024
9 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 20242024-11 Monthly Summary for netdata/netdata: Delivered key platform enhancements across Windows deployment, telemetry expansion, and plugin performance, driving deployment reliability, richer observability, and reduced runtime noise.
November 2024
9 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 20242024-11 Monthly Summary for netdata/netdata: Delivered key platform enhancements across Windows deployment, telemetry expansion, and plugin performance, driving deployment reliability, richer observability, and reduced runtime noise.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.6%
Maintainability92.2%
Architecture90.8%
Performance87.0%
AI Usage20.4%
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