During October 2025, Jan Brand developed and enhanced backend and DevOps workflows for the open-component-model/delivery-service and gardener/cc-utils repositories. He improved release versioning and workflow automation, ensuring accurate version tracking and smoother development cycles. Jan addressed data integrity by refining artefact metadata handling and implemented robust vulnerability data processing using Python and YAML. He enhanced CI/CD reliability through conditional authentication and streamlined GitHub Actions, while also simplifying Kubernetes authentication flows. His work included code refactoring, bug fixes, and the integration of AWS S3 for cloud storage compatibility. These contributions strengthened release discipline and improved data validation across both projects.