During the month, work centered on improving governance and code quality within the DataDog/agent-payload repository, with a focus on code ownership management and DevOps practices. The primary contribution involved realigning CODEOWNERS for network connections files, specifically process/connections.* and proto/process/connections.*, to the DataDog/cloud-network-monitoring team. This adjustment ensured that network-related changes would be reviewed by the appropriate experts, reducing the risk of misrouted approvals and streamlining the review process. Utilizing YAML for configuration updates, the developer enhanced accountability and maintainability for network code paths, addressing one bug and prioritizing process improvements over new feature development during this period.