Welcome to the Percona Community Report for October 2025!
This monthly summary highlights contributions, activity, and collaboration across GitHub, Jira, and the Percona Forum. Whether you’re submitting code, reporting bugs, or helping others in discussions, thank you for being part of the community.
GitHub
Percona’s product code is hosted on GitHub, where anyone from the community can contribute code, suggest improvements, or report bugs using GitHub Issues.
Here’s a quick look at what happened in October:
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21 contributors were active across 16 repositories
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13 pull requests were submitted, and 6 were merged
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28 contributors opened issues, reported bugs, or suggested enhancements in 8 repositories
Thanks to everyone whose contributions made it into the codebase — these six merged PRs will be part of upcoming releases:
Some PRs weren’t accepted — either because they were better suited for upstream projects (like MySQL Community) or needed further refinement.
Each repository includes a README and Contributing.md with contribution guidelines. While some use GitHub Issues, Percona’s main system for tracking development is Jira, located at http://perconadev.atlassian.net/. All GitHub issues are mirrored there, so feel free to submit directly to Jira — or use GitHub Issues if that’s easier.
Jira
Percona uses Jira as its main platform for tracking product development. If you spot a bug or have an idea for improvement, feel free to submit it there.
In October:
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11 contributors opened
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12 new issues
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across 8 different projects
Thanks to everyone who participated!
You can explore the issues here
Good First Issues in Jira
Jira also includes tasks that are great for new contributors. These are usually small, well-scoped issues that help you get familiar with the product and development process. They’re marked with the label good-first-issue.
In October, Michal Nosek created a new issue that’s ideal for onboarding:
- PBM-1649 — pbm cleanup should support multiple backup profiles - Project: Percona Backup for MongoDB
Percona Forum
The Percona Forum is a space where users help each other, share ideas, and discuss challenges related to Percona products. I’m personally very grateful to everyone who participated in October — your questions, feedback, and conversations truly make a difference.
Our team reads the forum, responds when possible, and takes your input seriously to improve our products.
| Forum Highlights | |
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| User visits | 1100 |
| New users | 144 |
| Users participated in discussions | 73 |
| Active staff members | 33 |
| Active topics | 85 |
| New topics | 58 |
| Posts | 266 |
| Topics received their first reply in less than 48 hours | 51 |
| Web Visitors | 41k |
| Web Page Views | 130k |
A huge thank you to everyone who visited the forum, asked questions, shared feedback, or reported bugs. Your contributions help shape Percona’s products and community. While I can’t list every name, please know that your participation is seen and appreciated — and our engineers are listening.
Let’s keep building together 