This edition of the iRODS newsletter covers the announcement of the 2025 iRODS User Group Meeting in Barcelona, along with recent releases including the new iRODS HTTP API Python Wrapper Library (v0.1.0, available via PyPI). The issue highlights section flags three items worth particular attention: the deprecation and upcoming removal of Oracle database support, a known timeout issue when computing checksums on large files via the HTTP API (with a workaround in use while a fix is developed), and a long-standing mystery finally solved around systemd's RemoveIPC setting silently deleting iRODS shared memory files. The bulk of the newsletter is a detailed roundup of GitHub activity across the iRODS ecosystem — covering open and recently closed issues in the main iRODS repository, the Python client, the HTTP API, testing environment, and the YODA project — touching on bugs, enhancements, and deprecations ranging from GenQuery join logic errors and ticket string truncation to privilege escalation in policy and PAM authentication improvements.