Worked on hardening resource management within the containers/storage and containers/container-libs repositories, focusing on improving reliability for long-running container workloads. Addressed two critical resource leaks by introducing defer-based cleanup in Go, ensuring file descriptors are consistently closed in both storage_linux.go and the Linux storage conversion path. These changes reduced the risk of resource exhaustion during storage operations and improved overall system stability. Demonstrated strong skills in Linux systems programming, file handling, and resource management by applying best practices for explicit resource cleanup. No new features were introduced, but the work delivered measurable improvements in the robustness of core storage components.