Worked on the RediSearch/RediSearch repository to enhance reliability and maintainability of forked process management using C, with a focus on concurrent and system programming. Addressed a critical issue by implementing robust child process reaping to prevent zombie processes, introducing a blocking waitpid after child termination to resolve race conditions between forking and killing processes. Refactored the reap logic for improved readability and maintainability, adding a nanosleep-based timeout mechanism and comprehensive test scaffolding. Integrated detailed logging, updated build configurations, and improved code documentation, resulting in reduced risk of zombie processes and greater stability for deployments under fork-heavy workloads.