CI Pipeline failing due to updated Flake8 configuration

Problem

The main pipeline is showing flake8 linting failures after we updated our coding standards. This is blocking MRs from merging and deployments to staging.

Symptoms

  • Pipeline job failing on all branches
  • Error: 'E501 line too long (92 > 88 characters)'
  • Multiple files affected: app.py, db.py, freezer.py

Impact

  • HIGH PRIORITY: Blocking MR !3 which has critical bug fix
  • 3 team members waiting to merge dependent work
  • Staging deployment delayed by 2 days

Root Cause

Updated configuration to enforce stricter line length (88 chars) but existing code exceeds limit in multiple places.

Proposed Solution

  1. Update .flake8 to set max-line-length = 100 (more reasonable)
  2. OR: Fix line length violations in affected files
  3. OR: Add inline comments for unavoidable long lines

Files Affected

  • (15 violations)
  • (8 violations)
  • (3 violations)

Success Criteria

  • Flake8 job passes on all branches
  • No new line length violations introduced
  • Blocked MRs can merge
  • Documentation updated if standards changed