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# maintenance

Provides administrative control over background processes and system health. Endpoints in this collection can trigger manual database optimizations, clear system caches, rebuild search indexes, or run data archiving jobs. It is typically restricted to high-level admins and is used to keep the application running smoothly or to debug performance issues.