Worked on enhancing content extraction reliability in the apache/tika repository by improving the parser’s handling of nested tarball archives. Focused on file handling and Java, the work ensured that resource names for nested tarballs excluded parent directory paths from the parent gzip file, addressing a common source of parsing errors. Additionally, corrected a typo in the handling of the gz file extension, which improved the accuracy of metadata extraction for downstream indexing. Employed unit testing to validate these changes, resulting in reduced errors during archive parsing and more precise metadata output, contributing to more robust and maintainable content extraction workflows.