In February 2026, Behzad Salamat enhanced the security and reliability of HTTP transport within Kubernetes by developing features across the kubernetes/kube-aggregator and kubernetes/kubernetes repositories. He implemented optional TLS validation enforcement using CAData, ensuring that API services could verify connections as needed. To address issues with stale connections during pod migrations, he introduced logic to drop and recreate cached HTTP connections on unexpected responses or network errors. Behzad wrote comprehensive tests to validate both standard and edge-case behaviors. His work leveraged Go, Kubernetes, and network programming, demonstrating a deep understanding of backend development and robust transport mechanisms in distributed systems.