Add gitleaks config to allowlist test files

Ignores backend/tests/*.py across all git history to avoid false
positives on variable names like 's3_key' in test assertions.

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -197,10 +197,20 @@ release:
       PYTEST_SCRIPT
 
 # Integration tests for stage deployment (full suite)
-# Reset stage template - shared by pre and post test reset jobs
+integration_test_stage:
+  <<: *integration_test_template
+  needs: [deploy_stage]
+  variables:
+    ORCHARD_TEST_URL: $STAGE_URL
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'
+      when: on_success
+
+# Reset stage environment after integration tests (clean slate for next run)
 # Calls the /api/v1/admin/factory-reset endpoint which handles DB and S3 cleanup
-.reset_stage_template: &reset_stage_template
+reset_stage:
   stage: deploy
+  needs: [integration_test_stage]
   image: deps.global.bsf.tools/docker/python:3.12-slim
   timeout: 5m
   retry: 1  # Retry once on transient failures
@@ -274,26 +284,6 @@ release:
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'
       when: on_success
-
-# Reset stage BEFORE integration tests (ensure known state)
-reset_stage_pre:
-  <<: *reset_stage_template
-  needs: [deploy_stage]
-
-# Integration tests for stage deployment (full suite)
-integration_test_stage:
-  <<: *integration_test_template
-  needs: [reset_stage_pre]
-  variables:
-    ORCHARD_TEST_URL: $STAGE_URL
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'
-      when: on_success
-
-# Reset stage AFTER integration tests (clean slate for next run)
-reset_stage:
-  <<: *reset_stage_template
-  needs: [integration_test_stage]
   allow_failure: true  # Don't fail pipeline if reset has issues
 
 # Integration tests for feature deployment (full suite)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Changed
-- Added pre-test stage reset to ensure known environment state before integration tests (#54)
-
-## [0.5.1] - 2026-01-23
-### Changed
 - Simplified tag pipeline to only run deploy and smoke tests (image already built on main) (#54)
 
 ### Fixed