diff --git a/src/app/core/guards/is-file.guard.ts b/src/app/core/guards/is-file.guard.ts
index e2e5e38ed..d94cfbdc3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/guards/is-file.guard.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/guards/is-file.guard.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ export const isFileGuard: CanMatchFn = (route: Route, segments: UrlSegment[]) =>
 
   const id = segments[0]?.path;
   const isMetadataPath = segments[1]?.path === 'metadata';
+
+  const urlObj = new URL(window.location.href);
+  const viewOnly = urlObj.searchParams.get('view_only');
+  const extras = viewOnly ? { queryParams: { view_only: viewOnly } } : {};
+
   if (!id) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ export const isFileGuard: CanMatchFn = (route: Route, segments: UrlSegment[]) =>
         return true;
       }
       if (currentResource.parentId) {
-        router.navigate(['/', currentResource.parentId, 'files', id], { queryParamsHandling: 'preserve' });
+        router.navigate(['/', currentResource.parentId, 'files', id], extras);
         return false;
       }
     }
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ export const isFileGuard: CanMatchFn = (route: Route, segments: UrlSegment[]) =>
           return true;
         }
         if (resource.parentId) {
-          router.navigate(['/', resource.parentId, 'files', id], { queryParamsHandling: 'preserve' });
+          router.navigate(['/', resource.parentId, 'files', id], extras);
           return false;
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/app/features/files/components/file-resource-metadata/file-resource-metadata.component.html b/src/app/features/files/components/file-resource-metadata/file-resource-metadata.component.html
index 33fb23863..06c3a5c5a 100644
--- a/src/app/features/files/components/file-resource-metadata/file-resource-metadata.component.html
+++ b/src/app/features/files/components/file-resource-metadata/file-resource-metadata.component.html
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ <h4>{{ 'files.detail.resourceMetadata.fields.dateModified' | translate }}</h4>
   @if (isResourceContributorsLoading()) {
     <p-skeleton width="100%" height="4rem" />
   } @else {
-    @if (contributors().length && !hasViewOnly()) {
+    @if (hasViewOnly() || contributors().length) {
       <div class="flex flex-column gap-2">
         <h4>{{ 'common.labels.contributors' | translate }}</h4>
 
-        <osf-contributors-list [contributors]="contributors()"></osf-contributors-list>
+        <osf-contributors-list [contributors]="contributors()" [anonymous]="hasViewOnly()"></osf-contributors-list>
       </div>
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/app/features/metadata/services/metadata.service.ts b/src/app/features/metadata/services/metadata.service.ts
index c3eac71a9..8447c7337 100644
--- a/src/app/features/metadata/services/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/metadata/services/metadata.service.ts
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ export class MetadataService {
       'page[size]': 20,
     };
 
+    // [NS] TODO: Check if it can be simplified
     let cedarUrl = `${this.apiUrl}/${this.urlMap.get(resourceType)}/${resourceId}/cedar_metadata_records/`;
+
     if (url) {
-      cedarUrl = `${url}cedar_metadata_records/`;
+      cedarUrl = this.getMetadataUrl(url);
     }
 
     return this.jsonApiService.get<CedarMetadataRecordJsonApi>(cedarUrl, params);
@@ -212,4 +214,16 @@ export class MetadataService {
 
     return params;
   }
+
+  private getMetadataUrl(url: string): string {
+    const parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+
+    if (!parsedUrl.pathname.endsWith('/')) {
+      parsedUrl.pathname += '/';
+    }
+
+    parsedUrl.pathname += 'cedar_metadata_records/';
+
+    return parsedUrl.toString();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/constants/social-links.const.ts b/src/app/shared/constants/social-links.const.ts
index e7f18b186..a64cec645 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/constants/social-links.const.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/constants/social-links.const.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const SOCIAL_LINKS: SocialLinksModel[] = [
   {
     id: 2,
     label: 'settings.profileSettings.social.labels.linkedIn',
-    address: 'https://linkedin.com/',
+    address: 'https://linkedin.com/in/',
     placeholder: 'in/userID, profie/view?profileID, or pub/pubID',
     key: 'linkedIn',
     icon: 'linkedin.svg',
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mappers/contributors/contributors.mapper.ts b/src/app/shared/mappers/contributors/contributors.mapper.ts
index 9ab580df6..bf44ed469 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mappers/contributors/contributors.mapper.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mappers/contributors/contributors.mapper.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ export class ContributorsMapper {
   }
 
   static getContributor(response: ContributorDataJsonApi): ContributorModel {
-    const userEmbed = response.embeds.users;
+    const userEmbed = response.embeds?.users;
+
     const errorMeta = userEmbed?.errors && userEmbed.errors.length > 0 ? userEmbed.errors[0]?.meta : null;
     const userData = userEmbed?.data;