During March 2025, Nikita Acharya contributed to the Shopify/ci-queue repository by delivering two targeted improvements focused on reliability and maintainability. Nikita enhanced error logging within the CI queue by capturing error objects in Minitest queue rescue blocks, enabling more detailed diagnostics of CI::Queue::Error and streamlining debugging workflows. Additionally, Nikita performed a routine upgrade of the ci-queue RubyGem to version 0.64.0, updating both Gemfile.lock and version.rb to ensure consistency. These changes, implemented using Ruby and leveraging skills in debugging, error handling, and version control, reduced mean time to resolution for CI failures and improved overall pipeline stability.