Worked on improving healthcheck reliability for Podman Compose in the containers/podman-compose repository, focusing on containerization and DevOps practices. Addressed a bug where healthcheck commands were previously executed through /bin/sh -c, which caused issues for commands sensitive to shell interpretation. By passing the healthcheck command directly to Podman, the update eliminated false positives and negatives, resulting in more accurate health status reporting and stable container lifecycle management. Utilized Python and shell scripting to implement these changes, which enhanced CI/CD reliability and ensured that healthchecks functioned correctly across diverse deployment environments, contributing to more robust integration and deployment workflows.