Compliance Fix: Resolver setup timeout with lazy Gradio and extended 120s wait

inference.py

@@ -305,7 +305,16 @@ async def main() -> None:
         if not setup_error:
             try:
                 if IMAGE_NAME:
-                    env = await PolicyEvolverEnv.from_docker_image(IMAGE_NAME)
+                    # Manually handle Docker startup to override the 30s library default
+                    from openenv.core.containers.runtime.providers import LocalDockerProvider
+                    provider = LocalDockerProvider()
+                    base_url = provider.start_container(IMAGE_NAME)
+                    
+                    print(f"[DEBUG] Waiting for container {IMAGE_NAME} at {base_url} (Extended Timeout 120s)...", flush=True)
+                    provider.wait_for_ready(base_url, timeout_s=120.0)
+                    
+                    env = PolicyEvolverEnv(base_url=base_url, provider=provider)
+                    await env.connect()
                 else:
                     local_url = os.environ.get("ENV_BASE_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:7860")
                     env = PolicyEvolverEnv(base_url=local_url)

server/app.py

@@ -387,9 +387,17 @@ def build_custom_ui():
 
     return demo
 
-# Enable the professional "Judge Ready" console by default
-custom_demo = build_custom_ui()
-app = gr.mount_gradio_app(app, custom_demo, path="/dashboard/")
+# Lazy Gradio UI Mounting
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def startup_event():
+    import gradio as gr
+    # Import locally to avoid module-level overhead
+    try:
+        custom_demo = build_custom_ui()
+        gr.mount_gradio_app(app, custom_demo, path="/dashboard/")
+        print("[INFO] PolicyEvolver Dashboard mounted at /dashboard/")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[WARNING] Failed to mount Gradio Dashboard: {e}")
 
 def main():
     # Sync with Hugging Face and local requirements