Fix backend CI test crash caused by service initialization import cycle

[Copilot]

The Tests (backend + contract) workflow was failing in the backend Jest phase due to a module initialization error in the auth test path. The failure was caused by an ES module import cycle that triggered a temporal-dead-zone access of hipaaComplianceService during bootstrap.

• Root cause

  • apiService imported secureStorageService at module load.
  • secureStorageService transitively depended on hipaaComplianceService, which imports apiService.
  • This cycle surfaced as ReferenceError: Cannot access 'hipaaComplianceService' before initialization.

• Change made (surgical)

  • Removed eager secureStorageService import from server/services/apiService.js.
  • Switched handleFileUpload to lazy-load secureStorageService at call time.
  • Added module-level promise caching so repeated/concurrent uploads reuse one import resolution.

• Behavioral impact

  • Breaks bootstrap-time circular initialization without changing upload semantics.
  • File upload path still initializes storage service on demand before uploadToIPFS.

let secureStorageServiceModulePromise = null;

async handleFileUpload(file, options = {}) {
  if (!secureStorageServiceModulePromise) {
    secureStorageServiceModulePromise = import("./secureStorageService.js");
  }
  const { default: secureStorageService } =
    await secureStorageServiceModulePromise;

  if (!secureStorageService.initialized) {
    await secureStorageService.initialize();
  }

  return secureStorageService.uploadToIPFS(file);
}

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
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