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# March 2022 Monthly Update
- URL: https://rubycentral.org/news/march-2022-monthly-update/
- Published: 2022-04-18T16:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-28T23:39:45.000Z
- Author: Andre Arko
- Tags: Import 2022-11-28 15:39

Hello! Welcome to the monthly update. During March, our work was supported by [Zendesk](https://www.zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [Stitch Fix](http://multithreaded.stitchfix.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), and many others.

## ruby together news

In March, Ruby Together was supported by 37 different companies, including Ruby member [Zendesk](https://zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org). 21 companies joined as new members.

On top of those companies, 21 new developers signed up as members, including Jason Knebel, Bryan Culver, Chris Sargeant, David Balatero, Misfit VN, David Blackmon, Matt Brooke-Smith, Joel E. Svensson, Jonathan R Wallace, Jordan Humphreys, Justin Kuepper, Justin Thiele, and Keith Tom. In total, we were supported by 138 developer members. Thanks to all of our members for making everything that we do possible. <3

# RubyGems News

This month, we released new versions of RubyGems [3.3.9](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#339--2022-03-09), [3.3.10](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#3310--2022-03-23) and Bundler [2.3.9](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#239-march-9-2022), [2.3.10](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#2310-march-23-2022).

Some notable changes include:

- worked on a small regression in Bundler 2.3.7 and released a fix with Bundler 2.3.9 - [#5386](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5386?ref=rubycentral.org).
- merged some improvements to RDoc documentation - [#5396](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5396?ref=rubycentral.org), [#5398](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5398?ref=rubycentral.org), [#5399](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5399?ref=rubycentral.org).
- enabled `net-http-persistent` to get in sync with the version we use in vendor - [#5394](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5394?ref=rubycentral.org).
- merged a PR that reports Github Actions as a CI provider within the user agent string by checking the `GITHUB_ACTIONS` env variable - [#5400](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5400?ref=rubycentral.org).

As always, see [the full changelog](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/compare/master@%7B2022-03-01%7D...master@%7B2022-03-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org) for a complete list of changes.

In March, RubyGems gained [145 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/compare/master@%7B2022-03-01%7D...master@%7B2022-03-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 14 authors. There were 1,622 additions and 167 deletions across 88 files.

# RubyGems.org News

This month, RubyGems.org saw several bug fixes and updates, some of which include the following:

- increased `GEM_REQUEST_LIMIT` to fix the 422 response with `gem install aws` \- [#2991](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2991?ref=rubycentral.org).
- added `Toxiproxy` to `docker-compose` in host network mode - [#2981](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2981?ref=rubycentral.org).
- refactored `link_to_github` code - [#2980](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2980?ref=rubycentral.org).
- fixed deprecations recording when running tests - [#2979](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2979?ref=rubycentral.org).

In March, RubyGems gained [38 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/compare/master@%7B2022-03-01%7D...master@%7B2022-03-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 6 authors. There were 811 additions and 531 deletions across 30 files.

## total spent

In March we completed 32.4 hours of development work @$150/hour, and spent $4,860.00.

Until next time,  
Irene, André, and the Ruby Together team