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title: 09 Feb 2026
tags: [governance]

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# 09 Feb 2026

[:movie_camera: Zoom Meeting Room](https://zoom.us/j/91564716663?pwd=R3A2RDFGcU1wTVdoVTErYm1jNzVWdz09) | [:calendar: Shared Calendar](https://jenkins.io/event-calendar/) | [:notes:  Meeting notes](https://community.jenkins.io/tag/governance) |

## Attendees 👥

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* @slide_o_mix (Alex Earl)
* @jonesbusy (Valentin Delaye)
* @strangelookingnerd (Daniel Krämer)
* Stefan Spiekler

## Upcoming Calendar 📆

* Next weekly release: 2.549 Tuesday February 3, 2026
* Next LTS: 2.541.2 February 18, 2026

## Agenda

### News

* [Blog post about JVM settings](https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2026/02/06/tuning-java-settings-for-higher-performance/)
* [Jenkins FOSDEM 2026 blog post](https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2026/01/30/fosdem/)
* [Jenkins Bug Bounty](https://yeswehack.com/programs/jenkins-bug-bounty-program) 
    * [LinkedIn announcement](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7403697867586179073/)
    * [Blog Post](https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2025/12/10/jenkins-bug-bounty-program-yeswehack-european-commission/)

### Action Items

* [ ] Valentin ask about JVM settings to infra team
* [ ] Basil create the attribution entries for the downloads page
    * Continues on the to-do list [draft PR](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/6882)
* [ ] Mark Waite propose further definition of sponsorship tiers
* [ ] Alex Earl request transfer of Jenkins DNS ownership (jenkins.io and jenkins-ci.org) from R. Tyler Croy to the Linux Foundation
    * Response from Tyler - Transfer to Alex, then transfer to Linux Foundation 
* [ ] Alex Earl create retrospective on elections
* [x] Alex Earl propose PR to remove JIRA option for plugin hosting

### Community activity

* Contributor summit & stand FOSDEM
* Discussion related to calendar versioning for Jenkins(https://groups.google.com/g/jenkinsci-dev/c/vA9da6BtvGI)
    * Might need JEP for a more formal proposal
* More plugin migrate to Renovate due to https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/14102
* Jira to GitHub transition for Jenkins core components and many plugins
    * Tim Jacomb migrated Jenkins core issues to GitHub as described to the [Jenkins developer mailing list](https://groups.google.com/g/jenkinsci-dev/c/GUFCfBM1j_4/m/z6QzE6XGAQAJ)
        * More details are in [Jenkins Enhancement Proposal 238](https://github.com/jenkinsci/jep/tree/master/jep/238)
    * Issues for many plugins are also migrating to GitHub issues
        * [Repository permissions updater pull requests](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/repository-permissions-updater/pulls?q=is%3Apr+Migrate+plugin+issues+to+GitHub) show the progress
* Java 25 support
    * [Jenkins core weekly 2.534](https://www.jenkins.io/changelog/2.534/) supports Java 25
    * 90% of top 250 non-deprecated Jenkins plugins are already testing with Java 25
        * [261 pull requests merged](https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3AMarkEWaite+archived%3Afalse+is%3Amerged++Test+with+Java+25)
    * What is the timeline for support?
        * Java 25 supported in Jenkins weekly October 28, 2025
        * Java 25 supported in Jenkins LTS January 21, 2026

### Governance Topics

* Jenkins Contributor Summit 2026 reembursment - Everyone invited on expensify
    * Issue with approval (Ensure under LFX and Jenkins)
* Jenkins Contributor Summit 2026 - Mark Waite and Stefan Spieker
    * AI has made visible a problem we've had for a long time
        * New contributors are make preventable mistakes
        * Failing to do good testing and code review
        * Change governance document to make it clear that contributors are resposible for their contributions
        * "Raise the bar" on entry for contributions
        * Change compatibility statement to add some information
        * Maintainer time is more important than new contributor's time
        * Discussion with GitHub 

* JFrog artifact reduction project ([infra issue 4533](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/helpdesk/issues/4533)) - Mark Waite
    * Large increase in bandwidth use in Dec 2025 due to 1 AWS IP address (12 TB of requests)
        * Reported to JFrog in December, abuse seems to have stopped at end of Dec 2025
    * OpenSSF [Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship](https://openssf.org/blog/2025/09/23/open-infrastructure-is-not-free-a-joint-statement-on-sustainable-stewardship/)
        * Continuous Delivery Foundation is a signatory of the joint statement
    * Darin Pope keeps our storage less then 2 TB
    * Bandwidth reductions are still needed
    * Some progress with high volume consumers
        * No improvement after a month interaction with AWS Trust and Safety
        * AWS Ireland 3 IP addresses are still in the top 5 consumers
    * Jenkins project use has further reduced bandwidth use
        * Still areas to improve (weekly generation of extensions list)
    * JFrog sponsorship allows not more than 10 TB monthly bandwidth, we are now at 15-20 TB monthly
        * In a holding pattern to determine next steps
            * Waiting on JFrog for some feedback on what they want to do next
* Cloud expenses and plans
    * Current situation (see recent notes from [Infrastructure Meeting](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/documentation/blob/main/meetings/2025-11-04.md#cloud-budgets))
        * All cloud expenses are within budget as reviewed by Alex Earl (2026/01/12)
* Rotating who leads the meeting
    * Basil Crow - Mar 2026
    * Daniel Krämer - Apr 2026
    * Alex Brandes - May 2026
    * Alex Earl - Jun 2026
