main::awc_db2_mgmt_kick running uncatalog for dcs entries

'dcs' => [ {} ],

So your problem is that $hashref->{'dcs'} is a reference to an Array of Hashes (AoH)

my $type_hash = $hashref->{$type}; # not a hash ref
foreach my $item (keys %{$type_hash}) { # can't de-ref to hash
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