2025-07-31: Closing epic. What was accomplished since the last update? Remaining planned work completed. Release will happen in following weeks (not pressing). – 2025-07-31: Updating end-date to 2025-08-05. What was accomplished since the last update? Conversion cleanups between raw/managed/ref types merged. Number deserialization inconsistencies investigated and closed. BSON binary vector changes merged to reject non-zero ignored bits. What goals are we targeting for the next two weeks? Merge remaining changes and release. 2025-07-17: Updating end-date to 2025-08-08 What was accomplished since the last update? Paused due to week of vacation and week of spec fest. What goals are we targeting for the next two weeks? Migrate serde helpers to use serde_with. Improve serde representations of bson types. Expose a raw deserializer. Reasons for delays Underestimated. Decoupling en/decoding from [de] serialization was a complex refactor. 2025-07-03: No change to end-date. What was accomplished since the last update? Merged improvements for BSON C string handling Decoupling en/decoding from [de] serialization complete Consolidated error types merged What goals are we targeting for the next two weeks? Convert serde helpers to use serde_with Improve serde representations of bson types Etc Abraham and Isabel are OOO for one week each. 2025-06-18: Setting end-date to 2025-07-25 Who actively worked on the project in the last two weeks? Abraham and Isabel What was accomplished since the last update? Prep work in driver for upcoming major BSON release complete. UTF-8 performance improvement merged (changes error type). What goals are we targeting for the next two weeks? Decouple en/decoding from [de] serialization (avoids parsing ambiguity ) Consolidate error types