In March 2025, Daniel Steelman focused on enhancing data integrity for the DSpace/DSpace repository by addressing reliability issues in long-running background operations. He implemented commit-based checkpointing for BitstreamStorageService migrations and checksum processing, ensuring database changes persisted even if processes were interrupted. Using Java and leveraging backend development and database management skills, Daniel added integration tests to verify that migration and checksum flows maintained correct statuses under failure scenarios. This work improved the resilience of assetstore migrations, reduced the risk of data loss, and established a more robust foundation for future background workflow reliability within the DSpace platform.