Worked on the threatgrid/ctia repository to enhance backend reliability by addressing Elasticsearch query timeout issues using Clojure and ElasticSearch. Focused on improving the handling of long-running queries, the developer implemented explicit timeout parameters for socket and connection management, allowing user-defined configurations to override defaults for greater flexibility. This approach resolved intermittent socket timeout errors and reduced NoHttpResponse failures, directly improving the stability of search-heavy workflows. By adjusting the merge order and connection handling, the changes increased maintainability and traceability of timeout logic, ensuring that future schema-driven configurability can be supported within the existing backend infrastructure.