Worked on enhancing the Everest framework by implementing graceful shutdown capabilities to improve application resilience and observability. Developed C++ signal handlers for SIGTERM and SIGINT, ensuring that registered atexit handlers execute reliably during shutdown, such as dumping gcov statistics for post-termination analysis. Integrated signal handling at module load time to guarantee consistent behavior across both startup and runtime phases. This feature, contributed to the EVerest/everest-framework repository, addressed the risk of data loss during abrupt terminations and provided better visibility into application state after shutdown. The work demonstrated a strong focus on system programming, signal handling, and robust application lifecycle management.