Shruthi focused on stabilizing a flaky AIX-specific asyncClose race test within the JetBrainsRuntime repository, addressing a persistent issue that affected CI reliability. She engineered a native method in C to detect pending signals support and integrated it with Java NIO, enabling conditional signaling of threads during test execution. This targeted fix improved the reproducibility of test results on AIX by reducing intermittent failures. After validating the solution, Shruthi removed the problematic test case from the problem list, further decreasing CI noise. Her work demonstrated depth in system programming, native integration, and concurrency, resulting in a more stable testing environment.