During August 2025, Darshan Pandya developed and integrated AI service connectivity health checks within the ibm-mas/gitops repository, focusing on improving deployment reliability. He implemented a feature that enables the Manage service to verify AI service health and API key availability using an unauthenticated ping API, incorporating Python-based retry logic to reduce transient failures. Darshan updated the postsync-manage-verify.yaml workflow, ensuring the necessary permissions and environment variables were in place for seamless operation within existing CI/CD pipelines. Leveraging skills in API integration, Kubernetes, and YAML, his work enabled earlier detection of connectivity issues, contributing to more robust and confident deployment processes.