During this period, contributed to the zio/zio-http repository by implementing a flexible URL handling feature that allows unescaped ':' and '@' characters in both the URL path and query parameters. This enhancement addressed encoding edge cases and improved interoperability with clients and services that require these characters in URLs. The work involved backend development and testing using Scala, focusing on refining URL construction and parsing logic to support a broader range of valid inputs. By enabling more permissive URL parsing, the update streamlined integration scenarios and reduced friction for downstream consumers relying on custom or non-standard URL formats.