# \#contributing **URL:** https://community.jenkins.io/tag/contributing/12.md [Latest](https://community.jenkins.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.jenkins.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.jenkins.io/tags.md) --- ## [Your First Steps Into the Jenkins Community](https://community.jenkins.io/t/your-first-steps-into-the-jenkins-community/36427)
**Author:** [@sharma-sugurthi](https://community.jenkins.io/u/sharma-sugurthi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/your-first-steps-into-the-jenkins-community/36427 "2026-04-01T04:57:16Z")
Let me be real with you. When I first decided to contribute to Jenkins, I opened the GitHub page, stared at it for ten minutes, and then went and watched YouTube instead. It felt big. Like showing up to a party where e… --- ## [\[GSoc 2026\] Introduction : Jenkins Email Notifications using Outlook SMTP with OAuth](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc-2026-introduction-jenkins-email-notifications-using-outlook-smtp-with-oauth/36636)
**Author:** [@Rishikesh2007](https://community.jenkins.io/u/Rishikesh2007)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc-2026-introduction-jenkins-email-notifications-using-outlook-smtp-with-oauth/36636 "2026-03-28T20:53:24Z")
Hi Mentors (Alex Earl, Kris Stern) and Community, I am Rishikesh Varma, a student with a focus on Java Backend Development. I am highly interested in the “Jenkins Email Notifications using Outlook SMTP with OAuth” proj… --- ## [Introduction to Jenkins: Open-Source Automation Server for CI/CD](https://community.jenkins.io/t/introduction-to-jenkins-open-source-automation-server-for-ci-cd/36365)
**Author:** [@code-with-kishan](https://community.jenkins.io/u/code-with-kishan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/introduction-to-jenkins-open-source-automation-server-for-ci-cd/36365 "2026-03-04T11:52:44Z")
Hello everyone :waving\_hand: My name is Kishan Nishad, a Computer Science student and GSoC’26 aspirant interested in CI/CD, DevOps, and open-source development. I have experience with \*\*C++, DSA, and Full-Stack Web Deve… --- ## [A second-year CS student from Pune built a working Vite + React POC replacing Jenkins' Gatsby-based Contributor Spotlight pipeline, and is reaching out to mentors for feedback before writing a formal GSoC 2026 proposal](https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-second-year-cs-student-from-pune-built-a-working-vite-react-poc-replacing-jenkins-gatsby-based-contributor-spotlight-pipeline-and-is-reaching-out-to-mentors-for-feedback-before-writing-a-formal-gsoc-2026-proposal/36276)
**Author:** [@jayraje\_shinde](https://community.jenkins.io/u/jayraje_shinde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-second-year-cs-student-from-pune-built-a-working-vite-react-poc-replacing-jenkins-gatsby-based-contributor-spotlight-pipeline-and-is-reaching-out-to-mentors-for-feedback-before-writing-a-formal-gsoc-2026-proposal/36276 "2026-02-24T14:03:42Z")
Hello everyone, I’m Jayraje Shinde, a Second year Computer Science student at AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune, India ,and I’m considering applying for the GSoC 2026 project: Retooling the Jenkins Contributor Spotligh… --- ## [Abhijeet Bhosale - Contributing to Kubernetes Plugin (Exploring Agent Lifecycle Issues)](https://community.jenkins.io/t/abhijeet-bhosale-contributing-to-kubernetes-plugin-exploring-agent-lifecycle-issues/36011)
**Author:** [@Abhijeet212004](https://community.jenkins.io/u/Abhijeet212004)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/abhijeet-bhosale-contributing-to-kubernetes-plugin-exploring-agent-lifecycle-issues/36011 "2026-01-06T22:19:09Z")
Hi Jenkins Community! I’m Abhijeet, been contributing to Jenkins for a couple weeks now. Here’s what I’ve been working on: Recent Contributions: Jenkins Docker: • PR #2166 (Merged): Read initial admin password from f… --- ## [Introduction- Shruti Singh from NSUT,Delhi](https://community.jenkins.io/t/introduction-shruti-singh-from-nsut-delhi/35951)
**Author:** [@shrutiSocrates](https://community.jenkins.io/u/shrutiSocrates)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/introduction-shruti-singh-from-nsut-delhi/35951 "2025-12-18T16:38:06Z")
Hello everyone! I’m Shruti, a B.Tech Instrumentation and Control Engineer student and an aspiring open-source contributor. I have hands-on experience with Java, JavaScript, React and backend development and recently I’v… --- ## [PR #3899: Warning for RelativeTargetDirectory in Pipeline jobs](https://community.jenkins.io/t/pr-3899-warning-for-relativetargetdirectory-in-pipeline-jobs/35913)
**Author:** [@Nimbusprogrammer](https://community.jenkins.io/u/Nimbusprogrammer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/pr-3899-warning-for-relativetargetdirectory-in-pipeline-jobs/35913 "2025-12-07T08:22:10Z")
I’ve submitted PR #3899 to address issue #3068 in the git-plugin. When “Check out to a sub-directory” is configured in a Pipeline job, the repository content is placed correctly, but the Pipeline engine still evaluates … --- ## [Advocacy & Outreach SIG Meeting - June 15, 2023](https://community.jenkins.io/t/advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting-june-15-2023/8029)
**Author:** [@poddingue](https://community.jenkins.io/u/poddingue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/advocacy-outreach-sig-meeting-june-15-2023/8029 "2023-06-15T16:41:57Z")
Attending: Jean-Marc Meessen, Kevin Martens, Bruno Verachten Agenda: GSoC updates Weekly GSoC office hours continue to go well. Projects are moving forward, good experience for everyone Still in the mi… --- ## [Adding image guidelines to Jenkins contributing guide](https://community.jenkins.io/t/adding-image-guidelines-to-jenkins-contributing-guide/6691)
**Author:** [@kmartens27](https://community.jenkins.io/u/kmartens27)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/adding-image-guidelines-to-jenkins-contributing-guide/6691 "2023-04-04T15:42:49Z")
This is partly inspired by recent pull requests and my own work in the Jenkins project over the last year. The Blog post and Logo sections mention images in various capacities, but there are not dedicated image guidelin… --- ## [Distortion in jenkins documentation](https://community.jenkins.io/t/distortion-in-jenkins-documentation/891)
**Author:** [@buggynap](https://community.jenkins.io/u/buggynap)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/distortion-in-jenkins-documentation/891 "2021-12-21T07:51:43Z")
As far as I read about the documentation, it seems that the github renders the documentation from the README file of the repo and jenkins uses the same README file as reference for displaying the documentation. But I saw… --- ## [Jenkins Terminology Cleanup initiative coordination](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-terminology-cleanup-initiative-coordination/180)
**Author:** [@oleg-nenashev](https://community.jenkins.io/u/oleg-nenashev)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-terminology-cleanup-initiative-coordination/180 "2021-09-13T11:06:35Z")
In 2016, the Jenkins community decided to change the non-inclusive terminology within the project. The “agent” term was deprecated and replaced by “agent” in Jenkins 2,0. In July 2020 we also adopted the “controller” ter…