Month: 2026-01 — Backend stability and risk reduction focused update. Completed rollback of the ORCID paper synchronization feature in ResearchHub/researchhub-backend after recurring issues, removing OrcidFetchService and all ORCID-based syncing of authors' works to restore stable core workflows. The change consolidates data pipelines around internal sources and reduces external dependency exposure. The commit ce1531e1acf20751f3d7f827cca833f64990b38f (Revert "Syncing ORCID Papers") served as the audit trail for this rollback and was the primary change tracked in this effort.