I am going to repost my message from another thread:

If nothing has changed re: bio/demographic information, they should process the document within a reasonable time. Six months is understandable. People pay for the processing; anything longer than 6months means they have to rehire the workers idiot M usk got fired. Christ, what an a**hole. Seems the purpose of his ridiculous DOGE was to get access to Americans' data and to see the processes that he would otherwise have absolutely zero right to see.

Every other agency that takes your money and cashes your check for a benefit, provides it within a reasonable timeline - 6, maybe 8 months should be the maximum.

I sent an inquiry about an application being past the processing time and received an automated response with appendix of "RPA". RPA IS A BOT!! Wtf.

The company that runs this for USCIS is Brillient. From a web search:
Brillient: Implemented an RPA bot at the USCIS National Benefits Center to automate workflows related to the N-400 (Application for Naturalization) "Outgoing Files/Back End Updating" process, reportedly achieving 100% accuracy and reducing manual processing times.

DACA or EAD applications are not N-400s. Good Lord.