During December 2025, this developer delivered Xugu Database Monitoring Support for the apache/hertzbeat repository, expanding its monitoring capabilities to include Xugu RDBMS. They integrated a new JDBC driver dependency and updated the connection logic, enabling seamless connectivity and configuration-driven metrics through YAML and XML files. Their work established out-of-the-box visibility for Xugu databases, allowing users to monitor key parameters without manual setup. By focusing on Java development and configuration management, the developer laid a foundation for future support of additional databases. The feature was implemented end-to-end, reviewed, and tracked under a dedicated commit, reflecting thorough and targeted engineering effort.