During February 2026, Pastoria Raar focused on enhancing the reliability of multi-threaded cache operations in the eclipse-openj9/openj9-omr repository. They addressed a critical bug by ensuring cache flushing routines consistently used the correct thread environment, which preserved data integrity and reduced race conditions. Working primarily in C++ and leveraging expertise in multi-threading and performance optimization, Pastoria updated the OMRVMThreadInterface.cpp component to align thread context across cache operations. This targeted fix improved the stability and performance of the system under concurrent workloads. The work demonstrated a deep understanding of low-level concurrency issues and contributed to the robustness of the codebase.