During July 2025, Furkan Akman developed a deployment optimization for the OpenStack Cloud Controller Manager DaemonSet in the kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack repository. He targeted the DaemonSet to run specifically on control-plane nodes and configured it to tolerate the CriticalAddonsOnly taint, addressing deployment reliability and scheduling challenges in Kubernetes environments. This adjustment reduced upgrade-related failures and improved the stability of OpenStack integration with Kubernetes clusters. Furkan’s work involved editing YAML manifests and applying his expertise in cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes orchestration. The feature demonstrated a focused approach to infrastructure reliability, though the scope was limited to a single targeted improvement during the period.