During warm-up the fuel mixture is RICH, as the engine warms-up the mixture goes very lean..any weakness will show up.

Checking the exhaust back-pressure is a somewhat simple task..I would want to rule out that problem first.

Also contamination in the fuel rail is common, possibly removing the fuel rail & marking & moving that injector to a different location.

has a compression test been done?

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