Development

• Milestone for XRootD 5.7.0
  • Need to update docs for new load balancing algorithm
• Official DEB repositories are back, for Debian 11, 12, and Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04

Issues

• GitHub Issues
• EOS Jira Issues

Pull Requests

• Defer or disable TLS client authentication
• Add OSS statistics/monitoring plugin

Release Plans

• Release 5.7 has been released
• Solution for now is to use OpenSSL 3.2 on Alma 9 (EOS public migrated and working fine)
• HTTP gateways using nginx on Alma 9 needed a patch for nginx to support using proxy certificates
  • Considering move to XrdHttp for CERN opendata
  • Authentication is not necessary, but browsing is desirable
• What to prioritize for the XRootD Workshop?

XRootD Workshop Plans

• XRootD and FTS Workshop @ STFC, 9–13 Sep 2024, Abingdon UK