Worked on optimizing memory management in the sonic-net/sonic-swss repository by enhancing the ResponsePublisher component to better support memory-constrained environments. The approach involved replacing the std::deque container with std::list in the ResponsePublisher queue, allowing for incremental memory release and tighter control over memory usage during periods of high state update activity. This change targeted long-running orchagent processes, improving reliability and reducing peak memory footprint without compromising the thread-safe producer-consumer pattern. The work leveraged C++ and system programming skills, with a focus on concurrent programming techniques to maintain stability and throughput for state synchronization tasks in production deployments.