August 2025 performance summary: Delivered cross-repo hardware support and safety policy improvements. In commaai/panda, added White/Black Panda hardware type support in the Python interface with new hardware type constants, device list updates, and safeguards warning on deprecated hardware and raising errors for flashing deprecated devices, improving device management and preventing use of unsupported hardware. In deanlee/openpilot, updated PandaStream safety policy to NO_OUTPUT mode to prevent any runtime output, reducing risk of unintended behavior and strengthening safety guarantees.

February 2025 monthly summary focusing on cross-repo consolidation of communication protocol implementations, codebase refactor to centralize modules under opendbc, and CAN-FD enablement. These efforts improve maintainability, reduce duplication, and expand hardware compatibility, delivering measurable business and engineering value.

Month 2024-11: Delivered explicit CAN FD auto-switch control for Panda, improving reliability and determinism in CAN FD handling. Implemented a new control command to enable/disable auto-switch and disabled automatic CAN-FD switching in the Python interface to Panda to ensure predictable operation. The changes are backed by commit-level updates addressing CAN message FD flag control and Python-level auto-switch behavior (#2085, #2087). This work reduces nondeterminism, enhances safety for on-road deployments, and establishes a robust foundation for future CAN FD reliability improvements.