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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+desc 'Fix hyc_download_stats work_id mismatch'
+task fix_hyc_download_stats_work_id_mismatch: :environment do
+  puts 'Starting to fix hyc_download_stats work_id mismatches...'
+    # Retrieve where work_id is equal to fileset_id
+  download_stats = HycDownloadStat.where('work_id = fileset_id')
+  initial_count = download_stats.count
+
+  updated = 0
+  download_stats.each do |download_stat|
+      # Retrieve the work data for the fileset id
+    work_data = WorkUtilsHelper.fetch_work_data_by_fileset_id(download_stat.fileset_id)
+
+    begin
+      # Update the download stat with the work id
+        download_stat.update!(work_id: work_data[:work_id] || 'Unknown')
+        updated += 1
+    rescue StandardError => e
+        # Log any errors encountered during the update
+      puts "Failed to update HycDownloadStat ID #{download_stat.id}: #{e.message}"
+      end
+  end
+  puts 'Completed fixing hyc_download_stats work_id mismatches.'
+  puts "Successfully updated #{updated} records out of #{initial_count} attempted."
+end