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Sahkal Poddar

Over 17 months, contributed to juspay/hyperswitch by building modular authentication systems, enhancing Click to Pay flows, and integrating 3DS protocols to support secure, flexible payment processing. Leveraged Rust, Go, and SQL to design robust backend APIs, refactor authentication logic, and implement connector integrations for Mastercard and Visa. Focused on scalable architecture, introduced domain-driven models, and improved observability with Kafka-based analytics and dashboard instrumentation. Delivered features such as configurable acquirer profiles, PCI merchant authentication, and real-time webhook processing, while addressing security, error handling, and compliance. The work emphasized maintainable code, traceable data flows, and seamless integration across payment infrastructure.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

78%Features

Repository Contributions

60Total
Bugs
9
Commits
60
Features
31
Lines of code
31,835
Activity Months17

Work History

April 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026: PCI Merchant Modular Authentication System delivered for juspay/hyperswitch, introducing a modular authentication framework with 3DS data integration and a state-driven sync strategy to boost security, compliance, and user experience. The work establishes a scalable foundation for PCI merchant authentication and paves the way for future enhancements across merchant integrations.

March 2026

4 Commits • 4 Features

Mar 1, 2026

Concise monthly summary for 2026-03 focusing on business value and technical achievements across juspay/hyperswitch and juspay/connector-service.

February 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026: Key Visa Click to Pay flow improvement delivered in hyperswitch by making the payment account reference field optional in UasTokenDetails and TokenDetails, enabling greater flexibility and reducing blockers in the Visa Click to Pay flow. Router-level fix implemented to support this change, with commit referenced for traceability.

January 2026

3 Commits • 2 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026: Delivered two authentication-focused capabilities in juspay/hyperswitch to improve observability and real-time processing. Implemented analytics and monitoring enhancements for authentication attempts (pending status), successful decryption metrics, and token pushes to Vault, plus webhook-based real-time processing with region routing. Also provisioned a VM to support authentication CTP. No major defects closed this month. These changes boost reliability, speed of insight, and downstream integration.

December 2025

2 Commits • 2 Features

Dec 1, 2025

Month: 2025-12 — In juspay/hyperswitch, delivered two technical features that unlock greater payment flexibility and stronger observability, delivering measurable business value in December. Key deliverables: 1) Flexible Click to Pay session MCC handling: MCC is now optional for session calls, increasing processing flexibility and reducing session-level failures. 2) Authentication domain model enhancements and Kafka dashboard filters: introduced new authentication domain models, improved device detail handling and error messaging, and integrated Kafka filters into the dashboard for real-time insights. These changes improve overall payment flow reliability, enable faster issue diagnostics, and empower data-driven decision-making. Technologies demonstrated include domain-driven design for authentication, Kafka-based data processing, and dashboard instrumentation.

November 2025

4 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025 monthly summary for juspay/hyperswitch focusing on delivering a consolidated payment authentication upgrade, resolving dashboard-related connector update issues, and enriching 3DS next-action data. Emphasizes security, compliance, user experience, and business value.

October 2025

6 Commits • 2 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025: Focused on strengthening configurability, security, and modular authentication in juspay/hyperswitch. Delivered 3DS server configuration metadata enhancements with extended fields and standardized merchant configuration typing across development, production, and sandbox environments. Extended modular auth/payments capability by adding payment_method_type to AuthenticationEligibilityRequest. Fixed critical metadata parsing issues in the WASM router and ClickToPay flows by correcting TOML syntax and removing problematic fields. Tightened security by deferring tokenized data retrieval until successful authentication, reducing unnecessary vault calls. These efforts improve merchant configurability, data quality, and end-to-end payment reliability while enabling more granular authentication and modular APIs.

September 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 monthly summary for juspay/hyperswitch. Focused on delivering reliable payment confirmations and flexible authentication flows. Key features delivered and bugs fixed include: 1) CTP Confirmation Flow Bug Fix addressing data type and logic issues to ensure accurate timestamping, status codes, and reporting for Click to Pay outcomes; 2) ACI Connector Confirmation Reliability and Unified Authentication Enhancement delivering multi-profile support for modular auth, improved error handling for unsupported networks, and refined network confirmation logic. These changes lead to more accurate payment outcome reporting, more robust and scalable authentication, and a stronger foundation for multi-network support. Technologies demonstrated: refactoring for reliability, type-correct data handling, modular authentication, multi-profile architecture, and improved error handling. Impact: reduced risk of incorrect payment outcomes, improved reliability of CTP flows, and business-ready groundwork for broader card network support.

August 2025

3 Commits • 1 Features

Aug 1, 2025

August 2025: Strengthened core authentication reliability and streamlined third-party integration for hyperswitch. Delivered two items across juspay/hyperswitch: an authentication flow stabilization bug fix and a metadata relaxation feature for the juspayThreedsserver connector, reducing integration friction and improving data integrity across environments.

July 2025

6 Commits • 2 Features

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025: Delivered major enhancements to the hyperswitch authentication flow, expanded business profile data model for compliance, and hardened error handling for country-code inputs. These changes improve merchant integrations, reduce operational risk, and establish a scalable foundation for modular authentication and regional processing across the Juspay hyperswitch platform.

June 2025

4 Commits • 2 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025: Delivered major features for juspay/hyperswitch, focusing on configurable payment capabilities and authentication architecture. Implemented Profile Acquirer Configuration Management with API support and new acquirer metadata fields for threedsecure.io. Launched Modular Authentication System with new request/response structures, API model integration, and required DB schema changes. Added WASM-based threedsecure.io integration in MCA to collect acquirer_bin, acquirer_merchant_id, and acquirer_country_code. No major bugs fixed this month. These changes reduce merchant onboarding time, enable flexible business configurations, and strengthen security and compliance.

May 2025

5 Commits • 2 Features

May 1, 2025

May 2025 monthly summary for juspay/hyperswitch: Delivered security-forward authentication and data handling improvements alongside enhanced 3DS analytics. Key stability and security fixes reduce failure risk and improve data governance, while analytics expansion enables deeper 3DS intelligence for risk scoring and business insights.

April 2025

5 Commits • 3 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments and business value delivered for juspay/hyperswitch. This month delivered major feature expansions for Visa CTP metadata, improved Click to Pay session data handling, enhanced 3DS controls for decoupled transactions, and a backward-compatibility fix for CTP provider fields, contributing to more reliable processing, better reporting, and smoother integrations across environments.

March 2025

5 Commits • 3 Features

Mar 1, 2025

2025-03 monthly summary for juspay/hyperswitch: Delivered new payment integration capabilities and stability improvements that directly impact checkout reliability and merchant options. Implemented Juspay 3DS server connector with API key authentication, enabling seamless 3DS server integration. Refactored authentication flow to propagate payment IDs through router data, improving data consistency and traceability across the payment lifecycle. Added Visa Click to Pay support, expanding payment methods and reducing checkout friction. Fixed a CTP Authorization Confirmation bug to ensure confirmations occur only when CTP is enabled and service details exist. These changes collectively improve merchant acceptance, reduce checkout failures, and enhance observability and data integrity. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Broadened payment method support and integration touchpoints with Juspay 3DS, Visa Click to Pay, and enhanced data routing. - Improved data traceability and observability by carrying payment IDs through authentication routing. - Strengthened risk controls by ensuring CTP confirmations are gated behind CTP enablement and valid service details. - Delivered reusable connector patterns and request transformation adjustments to support future payment method expansions.

February 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 monthly summary for juspay/hyperswitch: Delivered Click to Pay enhancements focusing on card_discovery filtering and a unified authentication confirmation flow across connectors and authentication services. These changes streamline card selection in the payment flow, strengthen the Click to Pay confirmation step, and lay groundwork for broader rollout across the core payment pipeline.

January 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jan 1, 2025

January 2025 — juspay/hyperswitch: Delivered a key feature enhancement to the Click to Pay flow by enabling MCA ID-based credential access and introducing a dedicated credential mapping layer, AuthenticationConnectorAccountMap. This refactor improves security, traceability, and reliability of credential retrieval in the CTP flow, and sets the foundation for scalable support of additional authentication products.

December 2024

6 Commits • 2 Features

Dec 1, 2024

December 2024 monthly summary for juspay/hyperswitch focusing on feature delivery and architectural improvements. Key highlights include Click to Pay (CTP) enhancements with business-profile toggle, Mastercard CTP integration readiness, and session data validation enhancements; Unified Authentication Service (UAS) framework and data model enhancements across payment operations; groundwork laid for broader CTP rollout and authentication standardization.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness88.0%
Maintainability85.0%
Architecture86.0%
Performance81.6%
AI Usage35.4%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

GoJSONPythonRustSQLTOMLTypeScript

Technical Skills

3D Secure3DS ProtocolAPI DesignAPI DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAPI designAPI developmentAPI integrationAnalyticsAuthenticationAuthentication FlowsAuthentication ServicesAuthentication SystemsBackend DevelopmentConfiguration Management

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

juspay/hyperswitch

Dec 2024 Apr 2026
17 Months active

Languages Used

RustSQLTOMLJSONGoPythonTypeScript

Technical Skills

API DesignAPI DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAuthentication ServicesBackend DevelopmentConnector Development

juspay/connector-service

Mar 2026 Mar 2026
1 Month active

Languages Used

Rust

Technical Skills

Rustbackend developmentdependency management