Hi everyone, I’d like to nominate Aleksandr Chesnokov (chesnokoff) as an Apache Ignite committer. He’s been contributing to Ignite since October 2024.
As of 9 November 2026, Aleksandr had resolved 97 Ignite issues and reported 46 bugs [1]. He had 71 merged PRs in apache/ignite, 10 in apache/ignite-extensions, and 16 in the abbreviation plugin [2]. He had also reviewed 30 PRs from other contributors [3]. For rolling upgrades, Aleksandr added version checks for joining nodes and commands to manage upgrades [4][5]. In Ignite Extensions, he added system view data and cache store operations to the performance reports [6]. He added JSON descriptions of message formats and a CI check that flags outdated descriptions [7]. He opened a dev@ discussion on how to use those descriptions to review compatibility [8]. He also proposed documenting the compatibility guarantees for different interfaces [9]. For 2.18, he fixed a TCP discovery serialization blocker and stopped orphaned test JVMs from breaking CI [10][11]. He also updated log4net to address a vulnerability and restore .NET CI [12]. He moved the Ignite abbreviation plugin to Gradle and announced version 4.0.0 on dev@ [13][14]. He also worked on JDK migration, fixed flaky tests, updated the docs, and added CI checks that compile documentation examples [15]. When a user reported a distributed lock hang on user@, Aleksandr filed a bug with a reproducer [16]. He presented his Ignite re-encryption benchmarks at RI-2026 and published the results [17]. On a recent build fix, Aleksandr approved the change and arranged for a committer to merge it [18]. Commit access would let him merge reviewed changes in the areas he already works on. Please share your thoughts, especially if you’ve worked with Aleksandr. Thanks, Anton [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20IGNITE%20AND%20assignee%20%3D%20chesnokoff%20AND%20resolution%20in%20(Fixed%2C%20Done) https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20IGNITE%20AND%20reporter%20%3D%20chesnokoff%20AND%20type%20%3D%20Bug [2] https://github.com/apache/ignite/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+author%3Achesnokoff https://github.com/apache/ignite-extensions/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+author%3Achesnokoff https://github.com/timoninmaxim/ignite-abbrev-plugin/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+author%3Achesnokoff [3] https://github.com/apache/ignite/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Achesnokoff+-author%3Achesnokoff https://github.com/apache/ignite-extensions/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Achesnokoff+-author%3Achesnokoff https://github.com/apache/ignite-nodejs-thin-client/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Achesnokoff+-author%3Achesnokoff [4] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-25534 [5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-26748 [6] https://apache.googlesource.com/ignite-extensions/%2Blog [7] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-29143 [8] https://lists.apache.org/thread/hq3d8opxscww09pobvqfvwgc1d0v9cls [9] https://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40ignite.apache.org/msg54106.html [10] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-28337 [11] https://habr.com/ru/companies/sberbank/articles/1048994/ [12] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-28564 [13] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-25625 [14] https://lists.apache.org/thread/jfzgh5wnbl2ygrd53j85sb578zhol9qs [15] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-28975 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-28804 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-28579 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-28800 [16] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-27962 [17] https://dev.to/chesnokoff/notes-on-re-encryption-in-apache-ignite-2180-56hn [18] https://github.com/apache/ignite/pull/13732#pullrequestreview-5651219637
