Idris Abdirizak focused on backend development and dependency management during August 2025, delivering targeted upgrades across the alphagov/pay-connector and alphagov/pay-webhooks repositories. He replaced the queue-4-aws-sdk-v2 library with queue-dropwizard-4 in pay-connector, enhancing messaging reliability and throughput for the service. In pay-webhooks, he updated the Pay Java commons library to ensure compatibility with the latest shared components, requiring no code changes. Idris coordinated these changes as part of a cross-repository effort to standardize dependencies, reducing future upgrade risks. His work demonstrated a methodical approach to Java-based service maintenance, emphasizing long-term reliability and maintainability over rapid feature delivery.