During March 2025, Thomas French enhanced the bazelbuild/bazel repository by stabilizing the downloader configuration system. He transitioned the experimental downloader flag to a permanent --downloader_config flag, maintaining backward compatibility to ease user adoption and reduce onboarding friction. This work, focused on build systems and configuration management, improved the security posture by removing experimental risk signals and clarified configuration semantics for both Bazel users and external partners. Using Java, Thomas laid a foundation for future enterprise adoption by making deployment safer and more predictable, addressing usability concerns, and reducing the fragility associated with feature flags in complex build environments.