M5Q3 2026In progress
Maintenance and DevX
Improved developer experience, reduced technical debt, and more stable CI and tooling - covering test infrastructure, documentation, logging, configuration, and API usability
- M5.1Documentation revised to version 2.2.0+ of HydraDue Oct 20, 2026
- M5.2Improved documentation around benchmarksDue Nov 15, 2026
- M5.3Continued compatibility with cardano-node releasesDue Dec 15, 2026
Activity
Gathered GitHub activity for this deliverable, week by week — the same evidence that appears in the weekly updates.
Week 32 · Aug 3 – Aug 9, 2026
Weekly update ↗- MergedFix some flaky gens in testscardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- MergedBump Mithril to 2630.0 and switch to the v2 database backendcardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- MergedReject deposits too large to be claimed by an increment txcardano-scaling/hydra · @v0d1ch
- MergedMake mac release binaries runnable without nixcardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- PR openedMake withTempDir clean up atomically on successcardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- PR openedFix flakey etcd, TUI and chain-sync testscardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- Issue closedAArch64 Darwin release binaries link against non-existent `/nix/store` dylibscardano-scaling/hydra · @michalrus
Week 31 · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
Weekly update ↗- MergedDecouple Blockfrost inline-datum test from published script hashescardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- MergedMake prop_specIsComplete actually enforce API doc completenesscardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- PR openedUnify docs key naming to fuel and fundscardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- PR openedMake mac release binaries runnable without nixcardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- Issue closedLimit cross-package re-exports and qualify module imports.cardano-scaling/hydra · @locallycompact
- Issue closedAllow for selection of UTxOs when performing partial fanoutcardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- Issue closedUpdate to hydra-coding-standards 0.7.0cardano-scaling/hydra · @locallycompact
- Issue closedSimple installation packages for Hydra nodecardano-scaling/hydra · @ghost
Week 30 · Jul 20 – Jul 26, 2026
Weekly update ↗- MergedComplete StateChanged generator and remove orphaned golden testscardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- MergedRe-enable golden tests for the persisted event formatcardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- Mergedfix paste in the tui; and also reject invalid valuescardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- MergedEmit SyncedStatusReport only on sync status changecardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- PR openedMake prop_specIsComplete actually enforce API doc completenesscardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- PR openedtypst-agda-spec-6: Document the Agda formalisation and record the changelog entrycardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- PR openedtypst-agda-spec-5: Differentially test the node and validator against the Agda referencecardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- PR openedtypst-agda-spec-4: Add the hydra-agda package (MAlonzo extraction) and CI gatecardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- PR openedtypst-agda-spec-3: Add the Agda formalisation of the specificationcardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- PR openedtypst-agda-spec-2: Migrate the specification prose from LaTeX to Typstcardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- PR openedtypst-agda-spec-1: Forbid simultaneous commit and decommit in the head logiccardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- PR openedAdd claude review gh actioncardano-scaling/hydra · @v0d1ch
- Issue openedAArch64 Darwin release binaries link against non-existent `/nix/store` dylibscardano-scaling/hydra · @michalrus
- Issue closedhydra-tui gets too many reports of NodeInSynccardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- Mergedfeat(web): modernize UI/UX, upgrade to React 19/Next 16, and migrate to pnpmcardano-scaling/hydra-explorer · @venom-vu
- PR openedMigrate web Nix packaging to pnpm and bump hydra to 2.3.0cardano-scaling/hydra-explorer · @v0d1ch
2 commits · cardano-scaling/hydra-explorer
Week 29 · Jul 13 – Jul 19, 2026
Weekly update ↗- MergedUpgrade hydra-coding-standsrds version to 0.8.0cardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- PR openedFirst attempt a claude skill for setting up a hydra-node clustercardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- PR openedfeat(web): modernize UI/UX, upgrade to React 19/Next 16, and migrate to pnpmcardano-scaling/hydra-explorer · @venom-vu
7 commits · cardano-scaling/hydra-explorer
Week 28 · Jul 6 – Jul 12, 2026
Weekly update ↗- MergedParallelize hydra-node test suitecardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- MergedFix nightly CI silently running zero tests, add more test coveragecardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- MergedFix blockfrost datum decodingcardano-scaling/hydra · @v0d1ch
- MergedFix bug related to non-canonical inline datums in UTxO JSON round-tripscardano-scaling/hydra · @v0d1ch
- MergedFix Blockfrost error handling so HTTP errors are retried instead of crashingcardano-scaling/hydra · @v0d1ch
2 commits · cardano-scaling/hydra-explorer
Week 27 · Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2026
Weekly update ↗- Issue openedhydra-tui gets too many reports of NodeInSynccardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- Issue closedMove the hydra-formal-specification "repo" back into the "monorepo"cardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- Issue closedMake sure all hydra-nodes in a Head use the same --deposit-periodcardano-scaling/hydra · @v0d1ch
- Issue closedNode observes and persists deposit events from unrelated Headscardano-scaling/hydra · @leuhk
Week 26 · Jun 22 – Jun 28, 2026
Weekly update ↗- MergedStop benchmark working state from leaking into published docscardano-scaling/hydra · @vrom911
- PR openedFix bug related to non-canonical inline datums in UTxO JSON round-tripscardano-scaling/hydra · @v0d1ch
- Issue openedDo a review of the documentation on the website to see what is out of datecardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio
- Issue openedDeposit/increment not re-posted after rollback if CommitFinalized was already appliedcardano-scaling/hydra · @v0d1ch
- Issue closedRevisit transaction trace picture of partial fanoutcardano-scaling/hydra · @noonio