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- Scaling the Open VSX Registry responsibly with rate limiting
Learn how responsible rate limiting helps keep the Open VSX Registry reliable, fair, and sustainable as AI-driven and automated usage continues to grow.
- We’re hiring: improving the services that support a global open source community
The Eclipse Foundation is hiring a Software Engineer and Software Developer to improve open source infrastructure, project tooling, and developer services.
- Strengthening supply-chain security in Open VSX
Learn how the Open VSX Registry is strengthening developer trust with new pre-publish security checks designed to protect the extension supply chain as the ecosystem grows.
- Improving ECA Renewals with Automated Notifications
Starting June 11, 2025, the Eclipse Foundation will send automated email reminders before a standalone Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA) expires.
- Security Incident Review: API Endpoint Exposure on accounts.eclipse.org
An API endpoint on accounts.eclipse.org exposed some user fields in late March 2025. The endpoint has been disabled and field permissions hardened.
- Scheduled Maintenance for accounts.eclipse.org Drupal 10 Migration
The Eclipse Foundation will migrate accounts.eclipse.org to Drupal 10 on January 19, 2025. The site will be in read-only mode during the maintenance window, with some features temporarily disabled.
- Gravatar Support Ending on accounts.eclipse.org
Gravatar support is ending on accounts.eclipse.org as part of the Drupal 10 migration. Upload your profile picture directly to keep your avatar on Eclipse Foundation sites.
- Policy Update: Eclipse Foundation Hosted Services Privacy and Acceptable Usage Policy
This update to the Eclipse Foundation Hosted Services Privacy and Acceptable Usage Policy introduces clearer guidelines for Service Operators, enhanced privacy and security measures, new analytics platform support, and reporting requirements to ensure compliance with global privacy standards.
- Announcing the Deprecation of the Eclipse User Storage Service (USS) API and SDK
The Eclipse User Storage Service API and SDK are being deprecated. The SDK will be removed from SimRel and the API will shut down on July 2, 2025.
- Dropping Support for Internet Explorer 11 in 2024
The Eclipse Foundation is ending support for Internet Explorer 11 on January 1, 2024, in step with Microsoft's retirement and the migration to Drupal 10.
- Navigating the Shift From Drupal 7 to Drupal 9/10 at the Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation is migrating six key websites from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9/10 and decoupling critical APIs from Drupal using Quarkus.
- Help Us Test the New Version of the Eclipse Marketplace Website
The Eclipse Marketplace is migrating from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. Help us test the staging environment and submit feedback before the production launch.