diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/ProgrammingExerciseParticipationService.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/ProgrammingExerciseParticipationService.java
index a09602907baa..c6fc7c1c5c3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/ProgrammingExerciseParticipationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/ProgrammingExerciseParticipationService.java
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ public void resetRepository(VcsRepositoryUri targetURL, VcsRepositoryUri sourceU
      *
      * @param repositoryTypeOrUserName the name of the user or the type of the repository
      * @param repositoryURI            the participation's repository URL
+     * @param exercise                 the exercise the participation belongs to
      * @return the participation belonging to the provided repositoryURI and repository type or username
      */
     public ProgrammingExerciseParticipation fetchParticipationWithSubmissionsByRepository(String repositoryTypeOrUserName, String repositoryURI, ProgrammingExercise exercise) {
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ public ProgrammingExerciseParticipation retrieveSolutionParticipation(Exercise e
      *
      * @param repositoryTypeOrUserName the name of the user or the type of the repository
      * @param repositoryURI            the participation's repository URL
+     * @param exercise                 the exercise the participation belongs to
      * @return the participation belonging to the provided repositoryURI and repository type or username
      */
     public ProgrammingExerciseParticipation fetchParticipationByRepository(String repositoryTypeOrUserName, String repositoryURI, ProgrammingExercise exercise) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/RepositoryService.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/RepositoryService.java
index 2e7627d7e22c..9c09f451a390 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/RepositoryService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/RepositoryService.java
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ public void pullChanges(Repository repository) {
      * @param repository for which to execute the commit.
      * @param user       the user who has committed the changes in the online editor
      * @param domainId   the id of the domain Object (participation) owning the repository
+     * @return an Optional of a preliminary VcsAccessLog
      * @throws GitAPIException if the staging/committing process fails.
      */
     public Optional<VcsAccessLog> commitChanges(Repository repository, User user, Long domainId) throws GitAPIException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/localvc/LocalVCServletService.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/localvc/LocalVCServletService.java
index 30eeb87da1d1..235d841cf045 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/localvc/LocalVCServletService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/localvc/LocalVCServletService.java
@@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ private UsernameAndPassword extractUsernameAndPassword(String authorizationHeade
      * @param exercise                 The exercise the repository belongs to.
      * @param repositoryActionType     The type of the action the user wants to perform.
      * @param localVCRepositoryUri     The URI of the local repository.
+     * @param usingSSH                 The flag specifying whether the method is called from the SSH or HTTPs context
+     * @return the ProgrammingParticipation Optional, containing the participation fetched during authorization
      * @throws LocalVCForbiddenException If the user is not allowed to access the repository.
      */
     public Optional<ProgrammingExerciseParticipation> authorizeUser(String repositoryTypeOrUserName, User user, ProgrammingExercise exercise,
@@ -525,10 +527,10 @@ private void checkAccessForRepository(ProgrammingExerciseParticipation participa
      * Checks if the provided repository is an auxiliary or test repository.
      * Only load auxiliary repositories if a user is at least teaching assistant; students are not allowed to access them
      *
-     * @param exercise
-     * @param repositoryTypeOrUserName
-     * @param repositoryActionType
-     * @param user
+     * @param exercise                 the exercise, where the repository belongs to
+     * @param repositoryTypeOrUserName the type or username of the repository
+     * @param repositoryActionType     the action that should be performed on of the repository
+     * @param user                     the user who tries to access the repository
      * @return true if user is TA and
      * @throws LocalVCForbiddenException
      */
@@ -567,6 +569,7 @@ private boolean checkIfRepositoryIsAuxiliaryOrTestRepository(ProgrammingExercise
      * @param authenticationMechanism the mechanism used for authentication (e.g., token, basic auth)
      * @param ipAddress               the IP address of the user accessing the repository
      * @param localVCRepositoryUri    the URI of the localVC repository
+     * @param serverSession           the SSH serverSession, where the data gets stored
      */
     public void cacheAttributesInSshSession(User user, Optional<ProgrammingExerciseParticipation> optionalParticipation, RepositoryActionType repositoryActionType,
             AuthenticationMechanism authenticationMechanism, String ipAddress, LocalVCRepositoryUri localVCRepositoryUri, ServerSession serverSession) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/localvc/VcsAccessLogService.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/localvc/VcsAccessLogService.java
index 1700c7be4d41..47530cbac1fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/localvc/VcsAccessLogService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/programming/service/localvc/VcsAccessLogService.java
@@ -99,11 +99,12 @@ public void saveVcsAccesslog(VcsAccessLog vcsAccessLog) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Stores the log for a push from the code editor.
+     * Creates a preliminary access log for a push from the code editor, and returns it
      *
      * @param repo            The repository to which the push is executed
      * @param user            The user submitting the change
      * @param participationId The id of the participation belonging to the repository
+     * @return an Optional containing the preliminary VcsAccessLog, if one was created
      * @throws GitAPIException if an error occurs while retrieving the git log
      */
     public Optional<VcsAccessLog> createPreliminaryCodeEditorAccessLog(Repository repo, User user, Long participationId) throws GitAPIException {