During April 2025, Alex focused on enhancing the security and integrity of the chef/chef-workstation build process by migrating RPM build digests from SHA-1 to SHA-256. This work involved updating build system configurations to enforce stronger cryptographic standards, ensuring that published artifacts are more resistant to tampering and compliant with modern security requirements. Using skills in build systems, RPM packaging, and security, Alex established a more auditable and traceable release pipeline. Although no bugs were addressed during this period, the depth of the work lay in strengthening artifact integrity and improving trust for users and downstream consumers of the repository.