During August 2025, Ryan Bromfield enhanced observability and reliability for notification services in the companieshouse/chs-notification-kafka-consumer and chs-notification-sender-api repositories. He implemented structured logging throughout the notification stack using Java and Spring Boot, focusing on detailed WebClient exception and Kafka message logging. By improving error handling and encapsulation in KafkaConsumerService, Ryan reduced log noise and protected sensitive data. He expanded test coverage with JUnit and Mockito, strengthening notification flow validation and standardizing logging across controllers and producer services. These efforts resulted in a more maintainable, observable codebase, improving incident response and reducing debugging time for backend notification systems.