OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest: Feb 09–Feb 16, 2026

OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest: Activity Highlights (Feb 06–Feb 13, 2026)

Highlights#

• Enhanced DNS Security: A new pull request adds support for the RRL (Response Rate Limiting) plugin to the coresmd service, helping mitigate DNS abuse and improve reliability.
• Flexible DNS Configuration: Proposed feature to enable per-interface DNS entries for more granular network setups.
• Improved Metadata Management: Introduction of profile-based controls for metadata and cloud-config with a matching pull request adding a new Profile resource and related operations for streamlined configuration.
• JWT Support Incoming: An open feature request to add JWT support in the boot-service client aims to enhance secure authentication options.
• Group Interaction Features for SMD: Discussion underway for adding SMD group interaction capabilities to facilitate better cluster management.
• Bug Fix Underway: Investigation into an issue where sqlite fails on server startup with ent backend improves system stability.
• Remote Console Update: Refactoring efforts to expose a websocket interface for more interactive remote management.
• Community and Governance Updates: Merged pull request updating TSC member details and replacements ensures current project leadership information is accurate.
• Documentation Enhancements: Ongoing work to add Slurm installation docs and reorganize existing content for easier navigation.
• FRU Tracker Upgrade: Merged changes to update the FRU tracking service to leverage the latest Fabrica improvements.

New & Notable PRs#

• Add RRL plugin to coresmd — boost DNS security against query flooding.
• Profile resource addition in metadata-service — foundation for profile-based metadata control.
• Refactor remote-console to expose websocket interface — enables real-time remote server control.
• Update TSC member info — keeps community governance transparent.
• FRU tracker upgraded to latest Fabrica.

Issues to Watch#

• JWT support for boot-service client — will improve secure authentication workflows.
• Per-interface DNS entries in coresmd — important for multi-network environments.
• SQLite startup bug in Fabrica — critical for stable service initialization.
• SMD group interactions feature — adding collaborative cluster controls.

Releases#

None this week.

Contributor Thanks#

Special thanks to those driving key improvements this week:

• travisbcotton for DNS and group interaction features
• alexlovelltroy for metadata-service enhancements and community updates
• synackd for RRL plugin and Fabrica bug reports
• bmcdonald3 for FRU tracker updates
• cjh1 for remote-console refactor

What’s Next#

• Merge and release RRL plugin support for secure DNS.
• Complete and test JWT client authentication in boot-service.
• Resolve Fabrica’s SQLite startup bug.
• Finalize and document profile-based metadata controls.
• Expand remote-console capabilities using the new websocket interface.

Proposed Blog Titles#

• “Strengthening OpenCHAMI DNS: Introducing Response Rate Limiting”
• “How Profile-Based Metadata Control Simplifies Cloud Configuration”
• “Inside the New Remote Console: Real-Time WebSocket Control Explained”
• “Securing Boot-Service: JWT Authentication Coming Soon”
• “Tracking FRUs Smarter: Updates to Our Hardware Monitoring Service”