Worked on the gardener/gardener repository to enhance the Gardener Node Agent by enabling reliable multi-architecture image pulls. Developed and integrated the --skip-metadata option into the init script, allowing ctr to pull images across different architectures without metadata issues. Improved the script’s version handling by normalizing ctr version strings, removing alphabetic characters to prevent compatibility problems. Updated and fixed related tests to ensure alignment with the new behavior, which contributed to more stable CI processes. Utilized Go and Shell scripting skills within a containerization and DevOps context, focusing on cross-architecture compatibility and reducing image-pull failures during node provisioning workflows.