During January 2025, Andrew Leonardi focused on stabilizing continuous integration workflows for the eclipse-openj9/openj9 repository, specifically targeting Adoptium headless riscv64_linux builds. He addressed persistent environment-specific test failures by disabling the cmdLineTester_libpathTestRtfChild test, which had been causing unreliable CI outcomes. Working primarily in C and leveraging expertise in build systems and testing, Andrew’s changes improved the reliability and speed of feedback cycles for upstream integration. By maintaining compatibility with upstream OpenJ9 pipelines and ensuring clear traceability for environment-specific issues, his work provided a focused, in-depth solution to a critical CI stability problem without introducing new user-facing features.