LGTM, thanks On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM Zhaofeng Chen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear community, > > As part of our responsibilities as an ongoing Top-Level Project, we need to > submit our quarterly report to the Apache Board this month. I’ve prepared a > draft (attached) for your review. > > Please take a look and share any comments or suggestions. In particular, > let me know if: > - There are corrections or updates needed for project activity, releases, > or community changes. > - Anything should be highlighted more (or less) for the Board’s attention. > > The submitted content remains editable until Mar.11th, so feedback before > then would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Zhaofeng > > ================= > # Apache Teaclave Board Report - March 2026 > > ## Description > Apache Teaclave provides SDKs for building memory-safe applications on > Trusted > Execution Environments (TEEs). > > ## Project Status > **Status:** Ongoing, with moderate activity. > > Apache Teaclave graduated as a Top-Level Project on August 21, 2025. This > quarter, the community released `teaclave-trustzone-sdk v0.8.0` by > introducing > the `cargo-optee` build tool, enabling stable Rust support, improving build > compatibility, and keeping pace with upstream OP-TEE changes. > > ## Summary of Project Health and Status > Since the last report, Apache Teaclave has maintained steady progress with > a > new release, improved developer tooling, and growing community engagement. > The > v0.8.0 release shipped on schedule with contributions from both existing > committers and new contributors. The mailing list saw increased activity > driven by the release cycle and substantive code review discussions. > Current > focus areas include simplifying the TEE development experience through > better > Cargo tooling and strengthening memory-safety patterns in the SDK. > > ## Issues for Board Attention > There are no Board-level issues at this time. > > ## Recent Releases > - 2026-01-26: Teaclave TrustZone SDK v0.8.0 > > ## Project Activity > > ### Development Activity > - Introduced `cargo-optee`, a Cargo subcommand that simplifies building and > running TEE trusted applications with minimal setup. > - Enabled stable Rust toolchain support and improved build compatibility > with > optional static TEEC linkage. > - Approximately 30 commits merged in the past three months. > > ### Community Activity > - Developer mailing list: increased activity (~128 messages across ~39 > threads > in the past three months). > - New Release Manager completed the latest release process. > - Two first-time contributors joined with merged PRs, representing > potential > future committers. > > ## Current Plans > - **Short term (next quarter):** > - Complete next quarterly release of Teaclave TrustZone SDK, aligned with > OP-TEE's release schedule. > - Finalize safe buffer access API for volatile ParamMemref interactions. > - Continue enhancing `cargo-optee` with toolchain management and > onboarding > improvements. > > - **Medium term:** > - Open source additional real-world SDK use cases. > - Maintain alignment with OP-TEE's quarterly release cadence. > > ## Community Changes > - Current: 16 PMC members, 7 committers; no new additions since the last > report. > - PMC membership represents a healthy diversity of organizations. > > ## Project Branding > - No branding issues. > - Website and download pages comply with Apache branding requirements. > > ## Legal Issues > - No legal issues to report. > > ## Infrastructure > - No infrastructure concerns at this time. >
