During January 2026, Adam Sayer focused on backend reliability improvements in the threatgrid/ctia repository, addressing a persistent issue with Elasticsearch query timeouts. He implemented explicit socket and connection timeout parameters in Clojure, allowing user-defined configurations to override defaults for greater flexibility. By adjusting the merge order and connection handling, Adam resolved intermittent NoHttpResponse and timeout failures during long-running queries, directly linking his changes to the root cause identified in a previous pull request. This work enhanced the stability of search-heavy workflows, improved maintainability, and ensured that Elasticsearch connections in ctia are more robust and configurable for future needs.