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From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 00:53:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 457a98875f4e11b5abbbe868172854f5f1c0f38f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 00:59:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Address code review feedback: cache template, add error
 handling, make sync

Co-authored-by: jbouder <61591423+jbouder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 app/main.py | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index c0ed2cc..7c086e3 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -35,13 +35,30 @@
 Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
 logger.info("Database tables created")
 
+# Load and cache the landing page template at startup
+_landing_page_template: str | None = None
+try:
+    html_path = Path(__file__).parent / "templates" / "index.html"
+    _landing_page_template = html_path.read_text()
+    logger.info("Landing page template loaded successfully")
+except Exception as e:
+    logger.error("Failed to load landing page template from %s: %s", html_path, e)
+
 
 # Root endpoint with API documentation links
 @app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse, include_in_schema=False)
-async def root():
+def root():
     """Render an HTML page with links to API documentation."""
-    html_path = Path(__file__).parent / "templates" / "index.html"
-    return html_path.read_text()
+    if _landing_page_template is None:
+        logger.error("Landing page template not available")
+        return HTMLResponse(
+            content=(
+                "Error: Unable to load the homepage template. "
+                "Please contact the administrator."
+            ),
+            status_code=500,
+        )
+    return _landing_page_template
 
 
 # Add routes