Core Contributor News for Sprint: Mar 27th - Apr 10th, 2026

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Core Contributor News for Sprint: Mar 27th - Apr 10th, 2026

This sprint brought mostly positive experiences. 50% of participants rated their experience as good or great, while 50% reported a neutral experience or faced some challenges.

:tada: What are we celebrating?

@Felipe

  • Releasing v2.3.2 of ai-extensions and the companion ai-badges repo (v1.4)

@Fox_Piacenti

  • The PDF block, with a revised React-based editor, is now in master and will be in Verawood!

:sos_button: Who needs help?

:construction: What Pull Requests (PRs) need review?

As a CC, check for PRs that are stuck and need attention. Don’t have write access? No problem! You can still help by reviewing to move things forward. Ping Axim if there are issues merging after you review.

Below is a list of stalled PRs that need urgent attention. These are just some of the many PRs that require immediate review and action. In addition, there are several Draft PRs that need attention to move forward. Please take a moment to review and update them as needed so they don’t remain blocked. Thank you!

Stuck waiting for review

Draft PRs: Require review and updates to move forward:

Find a full list of PRs ready for review here, or focus on edx-platform PRs that need attention.

:memo: What are the Working Groups up to?

Working Group Latest Updates
BizDev The BizDev WG meeting will focus on aligning priorities and restructuring the group for 2026, consolidating focus areas into fewer, clearer pillars with defined ownership. Key discussions include defining an effective execution model, improving the market–product feedback loop, and clarifying data-sharing boundaries and AI positioning. The session will conclude by agreeing on concrete next steps and expectations for Q1 2026 to ensure outcomes, not just updates. Last meeting notes → 2026-04-02 Partnership development Meeting
Build-Test-Release (BTR) The team defined key Verawood roles, with Majo as chair, open positions like security patcher, and opportunities for newcomers to support as bug triagers. They discussed release readiness for April 23, including planning a conference test-a-thon and reviewing the new point release process. Several risks remain, especially around LTI 1.3 fixes, documentation, studio roles, and other pending items that require follow-up before the release cut. Latest meeting notes → 2026-06-04 BTR Meeting Minutes
Governance WG The main focus during this period was preparing the Contributions Review Hackathon, with progress on defining PR filters and keeping the April–May timeline on track. Key contributors committed resources, including eduNEXT and OpenCraft, to help reduce the OSPR backlog. No progress was made on other initiatives like communication tools or notifications proposals, which remain unchanged. Latest meeting notes → Mar 23 to Apr 6 2026 — Open edX Governance WG
Core Product No current updates available. Last meeting notes → 2026-02-10 Core Product Meeting Notes
Data The session highlighted ongoing efforts to improve the operator experience, along with upcoming enhancements through Superset themes and upgrades. It also focused on new and updated Aspects dashboards aligned with modular learning initiatives. The discussion reviewed early requirements for these dashboards as part of the evolving Aspects × Modular Learning strategy. Latest meeting notes → 2026-04-08 Meeting notes
Deprecation The group discussed improving DEPR project management by introducing a clearer distinction between Abandoned, Rejected, and Draft (help wanted) statuses to better track ticket lifecycle and encourage community contributions. Deborah initiated outreach to find maintainers for enterprise repos, with plans to create DEPR tickets for unclaimed ones after March 26. Next steps include updating the OEP, documenting decision rationale in tickets, and publicizing the new status framework. Last meeting notes → DEPR Meetings Notes (2026)
Documentation No current updates available. Last meeting notes → 2026-02-04 Docs WG
Educators The working group reviewed logistics updates and explored EduNext’s new AI extensibility framework, which enables educators to use AI tools like chatbots and content generators within Open edX. Felipe demonstrated practical use cases such as a course-aware chatbot and an AI question generator, highlighting how the framework uses templates, scopes, and sessions to configure behavior and integrate with LMS data. Overall, the framework is positioned as both a ready-to-use AI toolset and a customizable platform, allowing institutions to build their own AI workflows while maintaining flexibility and avoiding core platform forks. Latest meeting notes → 2026-03-16 Educators
Frontend The meeting covered a status update of frontend-base and key tasks needed to meet the Verawood cutoff, including pending deliverables and priorities. A potential demo on developing with tutor-mfe using frontend-base was also planned, time permitting. Additionally, the team emphasized the need to better document the value and benefits for operators to strengthen adoption and community understanding. Latest meeting notes → 2026-04-09 Frontend Working Group Meeting Notes
Large Instances The meeting highlighted a successful migration of a large Open edX instance from AWS to Google Cloud, confirming compatibility with minimal changes and leveraging managed services. A major concern discussed was data integrity issues in Aspects, with significant event loss during ingestion, currently under investigation. Additionally, progress was made on Ingress-Nginx replacement, with an ADR approved and next steps planned to migrate toward Traefik. Latest meeting notes → Large Instances Meeting Notes 2026-03-17
Learning Tools (LTI) No current updates available. Latest meeting notes → 2025-11-25 Meeting notes
Maintenance The team discussed setting up an Open edX Dashboard with Bitergia-like metrics, focusing on improving visibility into project activity and health. Usama Sadiq will work on bringing up a repo health dashboard to support this effort. The goal is to replicate and enhance key metrics previously provided by Bitergia for better tracking and decision-making. Latest meeting notes → 2026-04-02 Meeting notes
Marketing No current updates available. Last meeting notes →Agenda, Oct 14th, 2025
Mobile No current updates available. Latest meeting notes →Agenda, 2026-01-30
Technical Oversight Committee The Technical Oversight Committee discussed the opportunity to build a university-focused Open edX distribution, highlighting key gaps like classroom management, SIS integration, and multi-tenancy, while reinforcing a modular, platform-first approach. They also addressed the future of digital credentials, debating whether to deprecate the current service or invest in a more scalable, standards-based solution potentially integrated with external wallets or an LRS. Overall, the consensus emphasized strengthening Open edX as a flexible platform, enabling different products and ecosystems to be built on top of a smaller, more extensible core. Latest meeting notes → TOC Meeting Notes - 2026-01-14
Translation The Translation Working Group shared updates on a leadership transition and upcoming improvements in documentation, best practices, and community coordination. They highlighted the use of Transifex AI to automate translations, with high-quality outputs auto-reviewed and lower-quality ones requiring human validation. Key next steps include recruiting a new WG leader, improving workflows and tooling understanding, and reducing notification noise to streamline collaboration. Latest meeting notes → 2026-03-18 Translation WG Meeting
Design The Translation Working Group reviewed string completion progress via Transifex, highlighting improved coverage supported by AI-assisted translations. They shared updates on leadership transition and upcoming documentation/best practices, while reinforcing the use of AI with human review based on quality scores. Key next steps include recruiting a new WG leader, improving workflows, and reducing notification noise to streamline collaboration. Last meeting notes → 2026-03-18 - Design Working Group Meeting

:date: What events are coming up?

  • We are excited to announce that Western Governors University (WGU) will be hosting the Open edX Conference 2026. May 19 – 22, 2026 • Salt Lake City, Utah

    • Register now and join the Open edX community in reimagining what’s possible in learning!

  • Join a working group meeting using the community calendar.

:rocket: What are we working on?

:handshake: Want to participate in Core Contributor Governance?

  • Participate to the work of the Contributor Coordination Working Group. The group works asynchronously using the working group tasks board, and we’d love your input there. You can review and comment on existing threads there, or post your own topic to discuss with the group by creating your own ticket on the board (“+ Add item” in “New topics and issues to discuss”).

:speech_balloon: Anything to add?

Share your thoughts in Slack (openedx.slack.com) or the comments below!