April 2025: Focused UI/UX bug fix in DSpace/dspace-angular to improve Access Control: Select Bitstreams modal pagination. Fixed rendering and empty state handling, enabling seamless navigation and accurate permission management. The change reduces user friction and supports faster task completion for permission administration.

December 2024 (DSpace/DSpace) monthly summary: Delivered key enhancements to metadata crosswalk and startup reliability. Key features: (1) OpenAIRE metadata crosswalk quality and accuracy improvements, including removal of unsupported date types, correct date type mappings (dc.date.issued → Accepted/Issued; dc.date.embargo → Available), enforcement of the ccLicense step in submissions, and removal of an unimplemented objectType attribute. (2) Startup process cleanup refactor centralized in ProcessRestRepository to handle and log failures during Tomcat startup and preserve logs on restart. Major bugs fixed: improved OpenAIRE crosswalk data accuracy and submission integrity via date-type corrections and mappings; ensured embargo date handling is correct; required ccLicense step; removed outdated crosswalk attribute. Overall impact: higher metadata accuracy and submission reliability, more predictable startup behavior, and improved maintainability and traceability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Java-based repository refactors, metadata crosswalk configuration, Tomcat startup handling, centralized error handling in RestRepository, and issue-traceability (references to related issues).