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[Security/Reliability] Use context managers for all SQLite database connections #632

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@satyakiabhijit

🐛 Problem

The codebase has inconsistent database connection handling. Many functions open SQLite connections without using Python's context manager (with statement), which can lead to:

  1. Connection leaks - If an exception occurs before conn.close(), the connection stays open
  2. Resource exhaustion - Too many open connections can exhaust system resources
  3. Data corruption risk - Uncommitted transactions may be left in inconsistent states

📍 Current Problematic Pattern

# ❌ Current pattern found in multiple files
conn = sqlite3.connect("users.db")
cursor = conn.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT ...")
result = cursor.fetchone()
conn.close()  # ⚠️ May not be reached if exception occurs above!

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