Fix: redirect Flask instance_path to local folder

app.py

@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@ from backend.routes.interview_api import interview_api
 from backend.models.resume_parser.resume_to_features import extract_resume_features
 
 # Initialize Flask app
+safe_instance_path = os.path.abspath("flask_instance")
+
 app = Flask(
     __name__,
     static_folder='backend/static',
     static_url_path='/static',
     template_folder='backend/templates',
-    instance_path=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'instance')  # ✅ fix goes here
+    instance_path=safe_instance_path  # ✅ force-safe location
 )
+os.makedirs(safe_instance_path, exist_ok=True)
+
 
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'your-secret-key'
 #