During February 2026, Sam Barratt focused on repository hygiene for cvxgrp/cvxpy-ipopt by improving the project’s README status badges. He updated the build badge to use HTTPS and the current GitHub Actions format, ensuring accurate and secure CI status visibility. Sam also removed a non-functional SonarCloud badge and its configuration, including the sonar-project.properties file, to reduce maintenance overhead and confusion. His work, primarily using Git, GitHub, and Markdown, consolidated project status information and streamlined documentation. While the scope was limited to documentation and configuration, the changes enhanced reliability and maintainability of the repository’s status display for ongoing project management.