fix(ci): stabilize database connection and Python environment

Add PostgreSQL connection retry logic (30 attempts, 2s intervals) to
prevent flaky test failures when PostgreSQL service takes time to start.

Add Python environment variables:
- PYTHONUNBUFFERED: immediate log output (no buffering)
- PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE: skip .pyc generation
- --no-cache-dir: prevent pip cache issues

Fixes intermittent 'connection refused' errors in CI runs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   DOTNET_VERSION: '9.0.x'
+  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: '1'
+  PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE: '1'
 
 jobs:
   # ========================================================================
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         # Install from requirements.txt (cache key from setup-python)
         pip install --disable-pip-version-check --quiet --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        pip install --disable-pip-version-check --quiet -r requirements.txt psycopg2-binary
+        pip install --disable-pip-version-check --quiet --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt psycopg2-binary
 
         # Verify installation
         python3 -c 'import requests, yaml, openpyxl, pytest, psycopg; print("✓ Python dependencies installed")'
@@ -89,8 +91,23 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         which psql || (sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y -qq postgresql-client)
 
-        echo "=== Database Connection Check ==="
+        echo "=== Waiting for PostgreSQL to be ready ==="
-        psql -U quantengine_ci -d quantenginedb -c "SELECT version();" || exit 1
+        ATTEMPT=0
+        MAX_ATTEMPTS=30
+        while [ $ATTEMPT -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; do
+          if psql -U quantengine_ci -d quantenginedb -c "SELECT version();" 2>/dev/null; then
+            echo "✓ PostgreSQL is ready"
+            break
+          fi
+          ATTEMPT=$((ATTEMPT + 1))
+          echo "Attempt $ATTEMPT/$MAX_ATTEMPTS: PostgreSQL not ready, waiting..."
+          sleep 2
+        done
+
+        if [ $ATTEMPT -eq $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; then
+          echo "ERROR: PostgreSQL failed to start after $MAX_ATTEMPTS attempts"
+          exit 1
+        fi
 
         echo "=== Applying Migrations ==="
         for f in $(ls src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Infrastructure/Migrations/V*.sql | sort -V); do