From 20658645df2a52263c8ab42ad925f84e9e2210fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:32:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] build(deps): bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from
 13.8.0 to 13.9.0

Bumps [com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle](https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle) from 13.8.0 to 13.9.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/compare/checkstyle-13.8.0...checkstyle-13.9.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle
  dependency-version: 13.9.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 703b1e9c3..76c20c867 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
                             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                            <version>13.8.0</version>
+                            <version>13.9.0</version>
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                     <executions>

From bfe6e3ae6f517bbe2747ec16ec9a22ec7bdd4fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronika Al Raheem <veronika.alraheem@ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 10:15:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: update Checkstyle configuration

---
 checkstyle.xml                                                  | 2 +-
 .../java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/features/ChangesFollower.java   | 1 +
 .../cloud/cloudant/security/CouchDbSessionAuthenticator.java    | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index e90f63c34..45117c497 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
     <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
-    <module name="JavadocStyle"/>
+    <module name="SummaryJavadoc"/>
 
 
     <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions.                  -->
diff --git a/modules/cloudant/src/main/java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/features/ChangesFollower.java b/modules/cloudant/src/main/java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/features/ChangesFollower.java
index ec4fe1601..c3b4a5367 100644
--- a/modules/cloudant/src/main/java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/features/ChangesFollower.java
+++ b/modules/cloudant/src/main/java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/features/ChangesFollower.java
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ public synchronized void stop() throws IllegalStateException {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Starts the changes follower in the given mode.
      *
      * @param mode the mode in which to run the ChangesFollower
      * @return
diff --git a/modules/common/src/main/java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/security/CouchDbSessionAuthenticator.java b/modules/common/src/main/java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/security/CouchDbSessionAuthenticator.java
index 44ad9a680..bc70be3c6 100644
--- a/modules/common/src/main/java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/security/CouchDbSessionAuthenticator.java
+++ b/modules/common/src/main/java/com/ibm/cloud/cloudant/security/CouchDbSessionAuthenticator.java
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public void setSessionUrl(String serviceUrl) {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Sets the HTTP headers to use with session requests.
+     *
      * @param headers
      */
     @Override