Merge branch 'main' into feat/entity_member

Author: abhayymishraa

.gitignore

@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ __pycache__
 .python_history
 .python-version
 .ruff_cache
+.venv/
 .vscode
-venv/
 *.code-workspace
 *.key
 *.log
 *.pdf
 *.pem
-backend/.venv
 backend/data/backup*
 backend/staticfiles
 frontend/blob-report/
@@ -39,3 +38,4 @@ frontend/yarn-error.log*
 logs
 node_modules/
 TODO
+venv/