OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest: Nov 03–Nov 10, 2025

Highlights

Multi-architecture support advancing: Image Builder continues to expand with a new open PR for multi-arch manifests (#49) and an enhancement issue focused on multi-arch image manifests (#15).
Improved SMD APIs: Feature request for idempotent update APIs in SMD is open, alongside active work adding SerialConsole and CommandShell support to Redfish (Feature #79, PR #81).
Power control updates: Latest SMD images integrated via a merged PR, boosting stability and capabilities (PR #55).
Deployment recipes bug identified: A reported issue with bss-init failing in the quickstart guide related to docker compose and architecture requirements (#142).
OpenCHAMI/ochami release v0.5.6: New version delivered with bug fixes and improvements; also addressing BMC addition errors (v0.5.6 release, Issue #55).
Boot Service API backward compatibility issue: Legacy endpoint /boot/v1/bootparameters not fully compatible with BSS clients, pending resolution (#1).
Roadmap planning: Proposals for Hardware Inventory API and SerialConsole Redfish support show focus on deeper hardware & system management integration (#112, #120).
Community improvements: Workflow updates enhance token verification and automation with a new weekly digest workflow merged (#37, #36).
Documentation progress: Ongoing efforts to enhance technical writing are visible with an open docs-focused PR (#45).

Multi Arch Support (Image Builder) — Adds multi-architecture support for image manifests.
Add SerialConsole and CommandShell to RF (SMD) — Extends Redfish support for consoles.
Add support back for routing to old parseRedfishEndpoints (SMD) — Improves backward compatibility.
Bump to latest SMD images (Power Control) — Updates components for better stability.
Fix workflow permissions and improve token verification (Community) — Security and automation enhancements.

bss-init fails during docker compose step — Potential blocker for quickstart users on x86-64.
Legacy Boot Service API not backward compatible — Could affect systems relying on older BSS clients.
Building compute image fails on aarch64 nodes — Critical bug for ARM64 architecture users.
Adding duplicate BMC causes errors — Could impact device management workflows.
Hardware Inventory API proposal — Signals upcoming improvements in hardware data modeling.

Thanks to everyone driving progress this week, including:

alexlovelltroy for multiple PRs and docs updates
cjh1 for contributions to SMD and power-control
smehta99 for multi-arch support work
bmcdonald3 and jlow2016 for active issue reporting and feature proposals

Resolve critical bugs impacting deployment and image-building on diverse architectures.
Finalize and merge multi-architecture image builder improvements.
Implement proposed Hardware Inventory APIs for better system hardware insights.
Expand Redfish SerialConsole and CommandShell support to improve management capabilities.
Continue improving documentation and automation workflows for better community engagement.