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In the last 30 days, OpenLiberty/docs merged 21 of 23 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. 2 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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  • source mismatch
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#8579 ·

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  • LTPA token timeout should respond to user activity #4764
    Open
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    26.0.0.11

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#8548 ·

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  • Documentation, JWT Builder Workload Identity and JWK Rotation
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    26.0.0.12

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#8529 · 1 comment ·

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  • Document the new set of Liberty container images based on UBI Micro (26.0.0.9)
    May be free again Open
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    26.0.0.11

    OpenLiberty/docs#8499 · 6 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Jandex extended path
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 74/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#8451 · 1 comment ·

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  • Add Liberty documentation for HSM configuration (for FIPS 140-3 & PQC readiness)
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#8336 · 2 comments ·

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  • Clarify "End of Open Liberty support" meaning
    May be free again Open
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    OpenLiberty/docs#8061 · 7 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • "Invalid SSL certificate Error code 526" in openliberty.io
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#8059 ·

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  • multipart/form-data has incorrect jaxrs30 dependency version
    May be free again Open
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    doc bug

    OpenLiberty/docs#8054 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Enhance "traditional" test flow support/tooling
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#8047 · 1 comment ·

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  • Remove mentions of <webTarget/> from RestfulWS features.
    May be free again Open
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    OpenLiberty/docs#7998 · 4 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Document application class loading search order for common libraries
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    24.0.0.8

    OpenLiberty/docs#7944 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Broken links
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#7939 · 1 comment ·

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  • Samples and full guides for object caching do not exist
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    OpenLiberty/docs#7891 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

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  • Create LTPA main page
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    OpenLiberty/docs#7862 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Documentation unclear: compression
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    OpenLiberty/docs#7991 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 2 assignees ·

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  • Add a Maven coordinates section into the generated feature config docs?
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#7663 · 2 comments ·

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  • Reorganise JCache info
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#7662 · 4 comments ·

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  • A new page about how to create a custom password encryption feature
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    OpenLiberty/docs#7469 · 4 comments · 2 assignees ·

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  • There are no FileNotificationMBean usage examples in OL docs
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    • Is something wrong?
    WL to OL

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#7106 · 1 comment ·

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  • Liberty doc updates related to configurable quiesce timeout - 26.0.0.11
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    26.0.0.11 Developer reviewed

    OpenLiberty/docs#6983 · 10 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Migrate the loose application from WebSphere Liberty doc to OL.io doc
    May be free again Open
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    Developer reviewed WL to OL

    OpenLiberty/docs#6852 · 7 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Instant on support for OCP and knative
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#6837 · 4 comments ·

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  • Document Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#6833 ·

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  • access-logging topic is complex, needs to show the simplest case
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    OpenLiberty/docs#6684 · 1 assignee ·

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  • The behavior of the server shell scripts in unsetting LOG_DIR env var is unexplained
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#6391 · 8 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • Revise overview page
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#5925 · 2 comments ·

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  • Distributed caching updates
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#5910 ·

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  • Revise BELL custom user registry example
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#5850 · 2 comments ·

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  • Accessibility: JAWS, manual, Chrome extension checking
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#5827 · 2 comments ·

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  • gRPC examples and clarifications
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#5463 ·

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  • Analyze "Managed Executors"
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    low priority WL to OL

    OpenLiberty/docs#5440 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Web services documentation
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    low priority WL to OL

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#5309 ·

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  • Document batch / batchManagement feature set in Open Liberty
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    content design needed

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#4231 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

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  • Tuning Liberty for secure applications
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3431 ·

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  • Investigate how to build other REST API generated docs
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3428 · 2 comments ·

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  • SIP troubleshooting
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    low priority

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3426 ·

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  • Build messages into the OL docs
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 20/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3393 ·

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  • Java 2 Security
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    low priority

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3360 ·

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  • JAAS security with Open Liberty
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    content design needed medium priority

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3359 · 3 comments ·

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  • Suggested topic area: JCA (standardised connectors/adapters to resources)
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    • Is something wrong?
    SME needed

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3340 · 1 comment ·

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  • Investigate if more is needed about concurrency
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3339 · 1 comment ·

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  • Suggested topic (maybe): Switching off dynamic updates
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    low priority

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3333 ·

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  • Troubleshooting docs
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    • Is something wrong?
    epic

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3331 · 3 comments ·

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  • Suggested example config: OSGi console feature
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    low priority

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3328 ·

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  • Suggested topic area: Writing extensions (user features) for Liberty runtime
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    • Is something wrong?
    content design needed

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3324 · 2 comments ·

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  • Suggested topic in Security: GDPR readiness
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3317 ·

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  • Suggested topic area: Writing SIP applications
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    low priority

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3315 ·

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  • Commands doc
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    epic

    Difficulty 3/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3314 · 1 comment ·

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  • Suggested topic area: JMS messaging
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    low priority

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    OpenLiberty/docs#3313 · 1 comment ·

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