During March 2025, Jean Sabat delivered a backend feature for the SOEN490-SportsApp/SportsApp repository, focusing on enhancing the social user experience. He modified the getFriends API endpoint by removing the @PreAuthorize restriction, allowing any authenticated user to view other users’ friend lists. This change, implemented using Java and Spring Boot, simplified access control logic and enabled broader visibility of social connections while maintaining authentication requirements to preserve security. Jean’s work demonstrated a clear understanding of API development and backend architecture, though the scope was limited to a single feature with no bug fixes, reflecting a focused but narrow engineering contribution.