Worked on the cilium/cilium repository to deliver a robust HTTPRoute retry policy for Envoy, enhancing reliability for HTTP traffic by ensuring retries are triggered under the correct conditions. The implementation involved aligning retry behavior with Gateway API recommendations, specifically GEP-1731, and addressing a regression that previously prevented retries from being applied. By wiring policy logic to honor retry_on with retriable status codes and connection errors, the changes reduced transient failures and improved end-to-end traffic handling. The work was accomplished using Go and focused on API design, backend development, and comprehensive testing to ensure the new policy functioned as intended.