March 2026: NHSDigital/communications-manager-api focused on codebase health and maintainability through a dedicated maintenance/refactor cycle. Delivered no user-facing features; implemented minor internal changes to simplify future development and improve stability. All changes were small, well-scoped commits aimed at reducing technical debt and aligning the codebase with long-term maintainability goals. Commit: 89c6537442cf212f9f426cf145125524bf380dd1 (+minor).

Jan 2025 monthly summary for NHSDigital/nhs-notify-iam-webauth: Delivered security-focused authentication enhancements and UX/URL standardization. Implemented Cognito token lifetime adjustments (access/ID/refresh), with refresh token validity set to 12 hours; updated production and sandbox configurations; removed sandbox client secret to strengthen security. Improved authentication UX by fixing LoginStatus UI IDs; standardized logout redirect URLs across environments; and removed trailing slashes from callback and related URLs to ensure consistent redirect behavior. Result: stronger security posture, reduced configuration drift between prod and sandbox, and smoother, reliable user login/logout experience. Technologies demonstrated: Cognito policies, environment-specific config management, UI/UX QA for auth flows, and robust URL normalization.

December 2024 monthly summary for NHSDigital/nhs-notify-reporting. Focused on delivering accurate reporting improvements for completed communications and ensuring CI/CD stability through tooling updates. This month delivered business value by improving visibility into plan status and reducing manual reconciliation.