govuk-one-login/authentication-api
Mar 2025 – Oct 2025
5 Months active
Languages Used
YAMLJava
Technical Skills
CloudFormationDevOpsAWS CloudFormationInfrastructure as CodeAPI DevelopmentAWS
Carly Gilson
PROFILE
Carly Gilson
Carly Gilson worked on the govuk-one-login/authentication-api repository, focusing on maintaining system stability and operational reliability over a five-month period. She addressed five critical bugs by rolling back or refining infrastructure changes, such as reverting CloudWatch alarm configurations, disabling canary deployments, and restoring previous DynamoDB access policies. Using AWS CloudFormation, Java, and YAML, Carly ensured that monitoring, deployment, and access controls aligned with compliance and audit requirements while minimizing disruption to development and production environments. Her work emphasized careful rollback strategies and traceable documentation, demonstrating a methodical approach to backend development and infrastructure as code in a complex cloud environment.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
0%Features
Repository Contributions
6Total
Bugs
5
Commits
6
Features
0
Lines of code
1,828
Activity Months5
Your Network
74 people
Work History
October 2025
1 Commits
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Reverted the IAM deny policies restricting DynamoDB access to PII-containing tables in non-development environments, restoring the prior access configuration (commit a4574f5dfb54f084def60235013bb0e8a65f8bc0). This rollback stabilized development environments and enabled continued work while allowing future policy reevaluation.
1 Commits
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Reverted the IAM deny policies restricting DynamoDB access to PII-containing tables in non-development environments, restoring the prior access configuration (commit a4574f5dfb54f084def60235013bb0e8a65f8bc0). This rollback stabilized development environments and enabled continued work while allowing future policy reevaluation.
October 2025
September 2025
2 Commits
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 summary for govuk-one-login/authentication-api. Focused on correcting an access-control change by rolling back resource policies on PII-containing tables to restore root AWS principal access and avoid disruption to critical admin workflows. Executed two revert commits to undo the security measure added in the previous rollout, preserving compliance while maintaining operational usability.
September 2025
2 Commits
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 summary for govuk-one-login/authentication-api. Focused on correcting an access-control change by rolling back resource policies on PII-containing tables to restore root AWS principal access and avoid disruption to critical admin workflows. Executed two revert commits to undo the security measure added in the previous rollout, preserving compliance while maintaining operational usability.
July 2025
1 Commits
Jul 1, 20252025-07 Monthly Summary for govuk-one-login/authentication-api: Focused on stability and correct configuration of the Document Application Credential integration. Rolled back the new Document Application Credential table integration to restore prior behavior, reverting the service class rename (DynamoDocAppCriService back to DynamoDocAppService) and updating template.yaml to align with the previous policy configuration. The rollback preserves compatibility with existing downstream integrations while allowing time for a more robust approach.
1 Commits
Jul 1, 20252025-07 Monthly Summary for govuk-one-login/authentication-api: Focused on stability and correct configuration of the Document Application Credential integration. Rolled back the new Document Application Credential table integration to restore prior behavior, reverting the service class rename (DynamoDocAppCriService back to DynamoDocAppService) and updating template.yaml to align with the previous policy configuration. The rollback preserves compatibility with existing downstream integrations while allowing time for a more robust approach.
July 2025
June 2025
1 Commits
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Focused on stabilizing the deployment pipeline for the authentication API by rolling back the Canary Deployments feature and removing related CloudWatch anomaly detection and Lambda alarms. The change preserves a safe, predictable release process, maintains the existing production baseline, and improves auditability and compliance.
June 2025
1 Commits
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Focused on stabilizing the deployment pipeline for the authentication API by rolling back the Canary Deployments feature and removing related CloudWatch anomaly detection and Lambda alarms. The change preserves a safe, predictable release process, maintains the existing production baseline, and improves auditability and compliance.
March 2025
1 Commits
Mar 1, 2025In 2025-03, the authentication API work focused on stabilizing monitoring and reducing alert noise rather than releasing new features. The team reverted backchannel logout alarm enablement and updated CloudWatch configurations to disable these alarms in Integration and Production, preventing unnecessary triggers and preserving alert quality.
1 Commits
Mar 1, 2025In 2025-03, the authentication API work focused on stabilizing monitoring and reducing alert noise rather than releasing new features. The team reverted backchannel logout alarm enablement and updated CloudWatch configurations to disable these alarms in Integration and Production, preventing unnecessary triggers and preserving alert quality.
March 2025
Activity
Loading activity data...
Quality Metrics
Correctness80.0%
Maintainability80.0%
Architecture80.0%
Performance73.4%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
JavaYAML
Technical Skills
API DevelopmentAWSAWS CloudFormationBackend DevelopmentCloudFormationDevOpsDynamoDBIAMInfrastructure as Code
Repositories Contributed To
Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline