Worked on stabilizing the metrics collection pipeline for the Azure/prometheus-collector repository, focusing on deployments in sovereign and disconnected environments. Addressed a reliability issue by updating the CA certificate directory path used by ama-metrics pods, ensuring proper loading of cloud-specific CA roots and intermediates on AKS host nodes, particularly in air-gapped scenarios. The solution involved modifying Helm chart configurations and YAML manifests to reference the correct CA trust source, reducing certificate trust errors and improving subsystem stability. No new features were introduced during this period, with efforts concentrated on hardening the metrics subsystem using Kubernetes and YAML to support edge deployments.