Hi everyone, Here’s a brief summary of our weekly *Apache ResilientDB (Incubating)* community meeting held on *November 17, 2025* for those who couldn’t attend:
Attendees: Aahan Rathod, Bismanpal Anand, Chenyi Zhou, Dakai Kang, Devang Borkar, Harish Krishnakumar, Henry Chou, Junchao Chen, Mohammad Sadoghi, Shaokang Xie, Zehong Ruan Brief Summary: This week’s meeting centered on debugging backend issues, refining deployment pipelines, and aligning priorities for the next ResilientDB release. The team addressed GraphQL and endpoint timeout problems, discussed cleanup and configuration updates, and reviewed plans for tool development under the ResAI initiative. Progress was also made on repository organization, monorepo transition, and planning for the implementation of the ROK token currency. Action Items: - Raise a bug for broken buttons on the documentation page; move frontend applications to Vercel and set up Docker containers for backend projects; discuss deployment. pipeline; begin implementing ROK token currency and coordinate with contributors; clean up the repository for the next release. - Raise a vote to bring Henry into the PPMC; create an issue for revamping configuration file generation; continue debugging GraphQL issues and notify for review. - Review and merge Harish’s cleanup PR; look into checkpointing implementation; merge the code into a new branch; continue partition experiment analysis. - Continue work on demo video and pull requests; collaborate with Harish and Junchao on GraphQL debugging; assist with backend improvements. *Beacon, GraphQL, and Endpoint Debugging* The team began by addressing technical issues on the ResilientDB website and backend. Harish and Bismanpal identified broken beacon links on the documentation pages and will raise a bug to assign a fix. The team discussed persistent GraphQL server issues, with Henry, Harish, and Junchao collaborating to debug on the development instance. Endpoint timeout errors on production were mitigated by switching to the dev server, and the team plans to analyze logs for malformed data or JSON validation issues. *ResAI Tool Development and Next Release Planning* The team aligned on developing three core tools under the ResAI initiative: a Prometheus-based monitoring tool, an automated Ansible playbook for cloud setup, and a documentation generator triggered by PRs. These will form the basis of a short demo paper planned for December. The group also discussed configuration cleanup tasks and standardizing config file generation scripts in preparation for the upcoming release. *Repository and Deployment Strategy* Bismanpal outlined steps for improving deployment efficiency, moving frontend apps to Vercel and containerizing backend systems using Docker. Harish and Bismanpal discussed deprecating legacy repositories and finalizing the monorepo transition. The team reviewed plans for implementing the ROK token as the native ResilientDB currency and engaging with related teams for integration and gas fee calculation. *Ongoing Projects and Research Work* Junchao updated on the checkpointing work and partitioning experiments, while Devang shared progress on ResShare redeployment and UI improvements. Shaokang reported on Cassandra pipelining and research documentation. Henry continued work on the demo video and reviewed PRs from the Hacktoberfest, with the team agreeing to refine UX changes before deployment. *Ending Note:* The meeting reflected steady technical progress and cross-team collaboration. From debugging critical backend issues to preparing new AI tools and improving deployment pipelines, the team continues to strengthen ResilientDB’s infrastructure and documentation as part of its incubation journey toward graduation. - Best, Bismanpal Singh Anand PPMC, ResilientDB (Incubating) -- Bismanpal Singh Anand
