During this period, work focused on stabilizing and improving API correctness within the JetBrains/phpstorm-stubs repository. The primary contribution involved fixing a critical bug in the Kafka Consumer API by updating the return type of the KafkaConsumer::newTopic method to KafkaConsumerTopic. This adjustment, implemented in PHP, ensured that type hints accurately reflected the underlying rdkafka API, reducing IDE and static analysis errors for developers integrating with Kafka. No new features were introduced, as the emphasis remained on backend development and code quality. The change enhanced the reliability of code completion and minimized type-related warnings in PHPStorm environments.