diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
index 33414c8b21..1d4b50197f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ jobs:
           IPFS_PROVIDER=local
           IPFS_LOCAL_API_URL=http://ipfs:5001
           IPFS_LOCAL_GATEWAY_URL=http://ipfs:8080
-          DELEGATED_ROUTING_URL=http://someguy:8190
+          DELEGATED_ROUTING_URL=https://delegated-ipfs.dev
           REDIS_HOST=redis
           REDIS_PORT=6379
           TEE_WORKER_URL=http://tee-worker:3001
diff --git a/.planning/todos/pending/2026-03-23-investigate-someguy-ipns-routing-failure-locally.md b/.planning/todos/pending/2026-03-23-investigate-someguy-ipns-routing-failure-locally.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03f4de36fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.planning/todos/pending/2026-03-23-investigate-someguy-ipns-routing-failure-locally.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+created: 2026-03-23T00:38:32.141Z
+title: Investigate someguy IPNS routing failure locally
+area: infra
+files:
+  - docker/docker-compose.yml
+  - docker/docker-compose.staging.yml
+  - apps/api/src/ipns/delegated-routing.client.ts
+---
+
+## Problem
+
+Someguy v0.11.1 (latest release) has completely non-functional IPNS endpoints on staging. The `/routing/v1/providers/` endpoint works fine (returns results instantly), but `/routing/v1/ipns/` hangs indefinitely on both PUT and GET — curl times out after 30s with zero bytes received.
+
+This causes every delegated routing publish to fail after 3 retries x 10s timeout. The API falls back to DB cache for resolves, but publishes waste ~30s per attempt. Nearly 2,000 abort errors were observed in a 10-minute window during load testing.
+
+Staging has been reverted to `https://delegated-ipfs.dev` (PR #322) and someguy removed from the compose stack.
+
+## Solution
+
+Reproduce and diagnose locally using the Docker host (192.168.133.114) with Kubo v0.40.0:
+
+1. Add someguy v0.11.1 to `docker/docker-compose.yml`
+2. Point API `DELEGATED_ROUTING_URL` at `http://192.168.133.114:<port>`
+3. Test IPNS endpoint directly: `curl --max-time 30 http://<someguy>/routing/v1/ipns/<key>`
+4. If it hangs locally too — check someguy GitHub issues for known IPNS bugs, file one if needed
+5. If it works locally — investigate staging-specific factors (networking, resource constraints, DNS)
+6. Run SDK E2E (83 tests) and load tests to validate end-to-end
+
+Key questions:
+
+- Is this a known someguy bug?
+- Does Kubo v0.40.0 (vs v0.34.0 on staging when someguy was deployed) change anything?
+- Is someguy's DHT mode (`standard` vs `accelerated`) a factor?
+- Are there env vars or config we're missing?
diff --git a/docker/alloy-config.river b/docker/alloy-config.river
index dd8df7bf98..35680f683f 100644
--- a/docker/alloy-config.river
+++ b/docker/alloy-config.river
@@ -66,17 +66,6 @@ prometheus.scrape "cipherbox_api" {
   forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.grafana_cloud.receiver]
 }
 
-// Scrape someguy delegated routing sidecar for DHT and HTTP routing metrics
-prometheus.scrape "someguy" {
-  targets = [{
-    __address__ = "someguy:8190",
-  }]
-  metrics_path = "/debug/metrics/prometheus"
-  scrape_interval = "30s"
-
-  forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.grafana_cloud.receiver]
-}
-
 // Scrape Kubo /debug/metrics/prometheus endpoint for IPFS node health
 prometheus.scrape "kubo" {
   targets = [{
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.staging.yml b/docker/docker-compose.staging.yml
index c938a77b22..ad70624d67 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.staging.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.staging.yml
@@ -84,30 +84,6 @@ services:
           memory: 2G
           cpus: '1.0'
 
-  someguy:
-    image: ghcr.io/ipfs/someguy:v0.11.1
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      SOMEGUY_LISTEN_ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0:8190
-      SOMEGUY_DHT: standard
-      SOMEGUY_LIBP2P_CONNMGR_LOW: 50
-      SOMEGUY_LIBP2P_CONNMGR_HIGH: 300
-      SOMEGUY_LIBP2P_MAX_MEMORY: 536870912 # 512MB in bytes
-      GOLOG_LOG_LEVEL: info
-      GOLOG_LOG_FMT: json
-    logging: *default-logging
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'curl -sf http://localhost:8190/version || exit 1']
-      interval: 10s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 10
-      start_period: 30s
-    deploy:
-      resources:
-        limits:
-          memory: 768M
-          cpus: '0.5'
-
   tee-worker:
     image: ghcr.io/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER:-OWNER}/cipherbox-tee-worker:${TAG:-latest}
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 07b97285b3..731caee577 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release v${version}",
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    { "type": "feat", "section": "Features" },
+    { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes" },
+    { "type": "build", "section": "Build System" },
+    { "type": "perf", "section": "Performance Improvements" },
+    { "type": "revert", "section": "Reverts" },
+    { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "style", "section": "Styles", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "chore", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "refactor", "section": "Code Refactoring", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "test", "section": "Tests", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "ci", "section": "Continuous Integration", "hidden": true }
+  ],
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "release-type": "node",