In May 2025, Lee Rotenberger enhanced the instructlab/instructlab repository by addressing a limitation in process runtime display formatting. Using Python and backend development skills, Lee removed the previous 100-hour cap, enabling runtimes exceeding 24 hours to be shown as days and hours for improved clarity. The solution was delivered as a focused, well-documented patch that maintained compatibility with existing interfaces and analytics, ensuring no disruption to users or downstream systems. This change improved the accuracy and readability of runtime data in logs and user interfaces, supporting better capacity planning and triage for long-running processes without altering the API.