diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50dc654b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Build artifacts
+Makefile.in
+/Makefile
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+compile
+config.guess
+config.log
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+*.in
+config.h.in
+
+# CodeQL artifacts
+_codeql_detected_source_root
diff --git a/rfcMgr/rdk_debug.h b/rfcMgr/rdk_debug.h
index b6dac9aa..5ed2a09a 100644
--- a/rfcMgr/rdk_debug.h
+++ b/rfcMgr/rdk_debug.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         #define RDK_LOG_INFO 3
         #define RDK_LOG_WARN 4
         #define RDK_LOG_ERROR 5
+        #define RDK_LOG_FATAL 6
 
         // RDK Logger success/failure codes
         #define RDK_SUCCESS 0
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@
                 else if (level == RDK_LOG_ERROR) { \
                     printf("ERROR: %s: ", module); \
                 } \
+                else if (level == RDK_LOG_FATAL) { \
+                    printf("FATAL: %s: ", module); \
+                } \
                 printf(__VA_ARGS__); \
             } while (0)
     #endif
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@
     #define RDK_LOG_INFO 3
     #define RDK_LOG_WARN 4
     #define RDK_LOG_ERROR 5
+    #define RDK_LOG_FATAL 6
 
     #define RDK_SUCCESS 0
     #define RDK_FAILURE -1