in the world of music known as Sophomore slump:
In the world of music, there is a common phenomenon known as the sophomore album curse/syndrome, where newly popular artists often struggle to replicate their initial success with their second album, which is often characterized by struggles in changing musical style
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophomore_slump
Funny enough, when you apply this to software it becomes the pejorative "second system syndrome" (Brooks, 1975)