Eclipse Tractus X - Office Hour 30.10.2026

[Stephan Bauer <stephan.bauer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Eclipse Tractus-X Community,

Since not everyone can join our regular Office Hours, I’d like to share the meeting notes from today’s session with you.

Why via email? I believe e-mail helps us reach a broader audience, including people from other initiatives and industries who might not regularly follow our GitHub issues.

My goal is to keep everyone informed, encourage collaboration, and make it easier for the broader community to stay connected.

If you have any questions, feedback, or ideas, feel free to reach out or, even better, join us at one of our upcoming Office Hours! 😉

Enjoy your Friday, have a fantastic weekend, and Happy Halloween! 🎃

Best regards,
Stephan

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Eclipse Tractus X - Office Hour 30.10.2026

Executive Summary

• The meeting clarified that the proposed Toolbox and wizard/starter-kit concepts still need alignment with Matthias before definitive next steps and milestones are set.
• The group agreed on tractusx-starter-kit as the working repository/project name.
• The repository will support a static webpage and a dynamic wizard-like tool for generating configured Docker Compose files, initially for two or three components.
• Release-process improvements are planned, focusing on better documentation, broader participation from initiatives and industries beyond Catena-X, and more accessible planning meetings.
• Several tracked items remain blocked or awaiting review, including Gateway API updates, committers information, security follow-up, and the AI-related TRG discussion.

Topics Discussed

Toolbox and Starter Kit

• The relationship between the Eclipse Track-to-X Developer Toolbox and the planned wizard remains unclear; Matthias’s intended integration and the next steps should be confirmed with him.
• The planned repository will contain a static webpage and functionality to generate an easy-to-run, fully configured Docker Compose file with documentation, without requiring Kubernetes.
• The initial scope is two or three components, with the possibility of adding more later.
• The working name agreed in the discussion was tractusx-starter-kit.

Portal Hackathon

• The hackathon remains planned for Friday, with a large attendee list for the onsite meeting at the Arena.
• Differences in the new architecture were not reviewed because they are expected to be discussed again immediately before development begins.

Eclipse Tractus-X Community Days

• Registration still open  - participants were encouraged to seek approval to attend and book hotels early.

Product Page and Repository Status

• The new product page was described as an improvement, but the displayed people may incorrectly mix committers and contributors.
• The repositories and people shown on the page still need validation before the information can be considered accurate.
• Work on the related item was deferred because other work is currently taking priority.

Release Management

• The release timeline is approaching the testing phase.
• Initial pull requests for kits should be created soon so reviewers have enough time before the release.
• A brainstorming effort planned for next week will examine the current release and planning processes, including how to document them better and make them more open to other initiatives and industries.
• The current planning meetings were described as having approximately 100–120 participants in the past (two years ago) and approximately 10–20 currently -> this is the place where we can discuss and plan YOUR features -> don`t be shy, join the meeting and create your issues/requirements

Security

• The Eclipse Foundation is expected to offer a meeting next year to present security options.
• The team discussed whether the existing security team issue is still needed after changes for five individual users.

Gateway API and Other Issues

• The Gateway API work remains blocked until the active repositories are identified, after which a major issue can list the repositories requiring updates.
• A pull request concerning the project description was created, but it still needs review by someone other than its creator.
• The AI-related pull request remains unresolved after an earlier discussion about whether the topic needs its own TRG. -> meeting needed

Decisions

• Decision: Use tractusx-starter-kit as the working name for the repository/project.

Action Items

•  Stephan: Create the tractusx-starter-kit repository and submit a pull request to the Eclipse Foundation repository.

•  Stephan: Create the open meeting and kickoff issues on the Tractus X webpage.

•  Stephan: Add screenshots to the security-related issue and move it to done if complete.

•  Stephan: Check whether the committers pull request matches the issue requirements.

•  Unassigned: Review and merge the committers pull request; the creator cannot approve it.

•  Stephan: Create a 15-minute meeting with the participants of the AI-related pull request discussion.

•  Unassigned: Decide whether the AI topic should have a separate TRG or be handled within another TRG.

Stephan Bauer 

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