Akshit Sahore enhanced the rudder-server repository by developing a context-aware gateway rate limiting feature using Go, focusing on backend and API development. He ensured the rate limiter respected context cancellation, which improved system robustness during cancellation and limit-reached scenarios. By refining the handling of cancellation signals, Akshit reduced spurious errors and contributed to more reliable gateway operations. His work, co-authored with Aris Tzoumas, emphasized collaborative engineering and thorough code review. These changes led to safer shutdown behavior, clearer error semantics, and a smoother integration experience, ultimately lowering operational risk for customers and improving developer workflows in high-load environments.