> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://rubycentral.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # July 2020 Monthly Update - URL: https://rubycentral.org/news/july-2020-monthly-update/ - Published: 2020-08-19T21:07:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-11-28T23:39:44.000Z - Author: Andre Arko - Tags: Import 2022-11-28 15:39 Hello! Welcome to the monthly update. During July, our work was supported by [Zendesk](https://www.zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [Stripe](https://stripe.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [Bleacher Report](http://www.bleacherreport.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), and many others. ## ruby together news In July, Ruby Together was supported by 44 different companies, including Sapphire member [Stripe](https://stripe.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), and 102 developer members. Thanks to all of our members for making everything that we do possible. <3 ## rubygems news In July, we improved [Bundler’s Issue Template](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3784?ref=rubycentral.org) for our maintainers and contributors. We also worked on [improving performance optimizations](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3793?ref=rubycentral.org), and simplified our CI Workflow to make all [Bundler testing combinations easier to maintain.](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3769?ref=rubycentral.org) We made improvements and cleaned up PRs related to JRuby ([#3770](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3770?ref=rubycentral.org), [#3771](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3771?ref=rubycentral.org), [#3774](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3774?ref=rubycentral.org)) and merged a follow up [PR to have a clean rubocop on new gems.](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3765?ref=rubycentral.org) [We implemented gem update --system --silent](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3789?ref=rubycentral.org) and configured RubyGems branch protection. We’ve also fixed `rake release` failing in the following instances: - [when the credentials file is missing](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3783?ref=rubycentral.org) - when a deprecation warning is triggered in the Github API - when all [local tags are pushed instead of only the release tag.](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3785?ref=rubycentral.org) Finally, we proposed a [new workflow for managing our changelog](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3792?ref=rubycentral.org) and merged more PRs integrating this workflow. [#3808](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3808?ref=rubycentral.org), [#3798](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3798?ref=rubycentral.org), [#3807](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/3807?ref=rubycentral.org). As always, we continue to fix bugs, review PRs, follow up with issues and perform ongoing maintenance. This month, RubyGems and Bundler gained 227 new commits, contributed by 15 authors. There were 146 additions and 170 deletions across 1,070 files. ## rubygems.org news RubyGems.org saw a lot of activity this month with 30 merged pull requests. We updated our sendgrid account subscription to allocate dedicated IP, and setup rDNS and gmail postmaster. We also filed a support ticket with [Fastly](fastly.com) for an IPv6 connection issue, searched honeycomb’s RubyGems.org dataset for API keys and disabled their Fastly integration, and sent an email notification about it to our users. We’ve migrated to sidecar nginx proxy running on EKS cluster from legacy SPOF nginx running on a dedicated host. We also updated our EKS cluster to v1.16. Over on we resolved tickets, fixed a TypeError on the signup page, and removed unused daemons gems from the Gemfile. In addition to those improvements, we completed the following: a [fix for rack\_attack test failing on Travis with 429](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2451?ref=rubycentral.org) searched 22 months of logs from s3 and [created a new email](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2463?ref=rubycentral.org) to [remediate a possible API key leak](https://blog.rubygems.org/2020/07/28/api-key-leak.html?ref=rubycentral.org). debugged Outlook marking RubyGems.org mails as spam and filed a support ticket for shared IP update worked on a PR for client side support of API key scopes and updated the server-side PR cleaned up failed jobs with `retry/delete`. ran `rake task` to delete dangling dependency reports and set `unresolved_name` manually. fixed `NoMethodError` on transitive dependency page removed unused dependencies from dockerfile ([#2449](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2463?ref=rubycentral.org)) In total, RubyGems.org gained 72 new commits, contributed by 8 authors. There were 335 additions and 111 deletions across 53 files. ## gemstash news We worked on the S3 backend for Gemstash. ## budget & expenses In June, we saw $14,718.48 in total income, and spent a total of $23,091.84. - Stripe Payment Processing Fees $386.99 - Employee Related $301.99 - General & Administrative $225.22 - IT & Software $707.86 - Professional Fees $319.00 - 143.6 Hours of development work $21,537.77 Until next time, Irene, André and the Ruby Together team