March 2026 monthly summary focusing on delivering development tooling for local testing and expanding CI coverage to support newer OpenShift versions. Key work included implementing a development overlay for local end-to-end testing (MinIO and OADP) in infra deployments, alongside OpenShift CI updates to accommodate OCP 4.18 and 4.19. Highlights: - Implemented MinIO/OADP development overlay for local e2e testing in redhat-appstudio-qe/infra-deployments, with backup scheduling and credential management. - Fixed indentation in the Schedule configuration within the dev overlay to ensure reliable backup timing. - Updated CI to support OCP 4.18/4.19 in openshift/release, including a new Konflux 4.19 cluster pool and adjustments to existing pools. - Regenerated Konflux prow job configurations to reflect the new baseline and cluster pools. - Scaled CI pools to improve stability and resource utilization for multi-version OpenShift testing. Impact: - Accelerated validation of end-to-end flows with a locally reproducible test overlay. - Expanded OpenShift version coverage in CI, enabling earlier detection of compatibility issues and smoother releases. - Improved CI reliability and scalability through pool adjustments and configuration regeneration. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Cloud-native tooling (MinIO, OADP), Kubernetes/OpenShift CI/CD integration, OpenShift versioning, and infrastructure-as-code practices. - Proficient in CI pipeline configuration, cluster pool management, and test environment provisioning.