diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9c8ca10f85e9..ddea27ad029a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
 permissions:
   contents: read
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7f6645f4af4d..e7cb692bac29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
 permissions:
   contents: read
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/cloudstack'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main-sonar-check.yml b/.github/workflows/main-sonar-check.yml
index f48409fbc0c3..d5d0c1fb1c5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main-sonar-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main-sonar-check.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/cloudstack'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rat.yml b/.github/workflows/rat.yml
index b75ff42b9122..f4f9e71d3c3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rat.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
 permissions:
   contents: read
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar-check.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar-check.yml
index fbb3cb9f540d..08f8c6518fa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar-check.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Sonar JaCoCo Coverage
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index abaef83e4555..1c96edf51e2b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackAPI/*
 unittest
 venv
 waf-*
+waf3-*
+
+**/.mvn/.develocity*
 
 # this ignores _all files starting with '.'. Don't do that!
 #.*
diff --git a/.mvn/develocity.xml b/.mvn/develocity.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bde8355a5e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/develocity.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+
+-->
+
+<develocity
+  xmlns="https://www.gradle.com/develocity-maven" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.gradle.com/develocity-maven https://www.gradle.com/schema/develocity-maven.xsd">
+  <server>
+    <url>https://develocity.apache.org</url>
+    <allowUntrusted>false</allowUntrusted>
+  </server>
+  <buildScan>
+    <backgroundBuildScanUpload>#{isFalse(env['GITHUB_ACTIONS'])}</backgroundBuildScanUpload>
+    <obfuscation>
+      <ipAddresses>#{{'0.0.0.0'}}</ipAddresses>
+    </obfuscation>
+    <publishing>
+      <onlyIf>
+        <![CDATA[authenticated]]>
+      </onlyIf>
+    </publishing>
+  </buildScan>
+  <buildCache>
+    <local>
+      <enabled>false</enabled>
+    </local>
+    <remote>
+      <enabled>false</enabled>
+      <storeEnabled>#{isTrue(env['GITHUB_ACTIONS'])}</storeEnabled>
+    </remote>
+  </buildCache>
+</develocity>
diff --git a/.mvn/extensions.xml b/.mvn/extensions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef246414a405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/extensions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+
+-->
+
+<extensions>
+  <extension>
+    <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
+    <artifactId>develocity-maven-extension</artifactId>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
+  </extension>
+  <extension>
+    <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
+    <artifactId>common-custom-user-data-maven-extension</artifactId>
+    <version>2.4.0</version>
+  </extension>
+</extensions>