From 7f3f808ac37405221a147342d9bb5fba289fc9d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PawanMohit16 <pawanmohit418@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:13:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Simplify regex pattern in get_leaders

---
 backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py b/backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py
index 79193122f7..6510f3ff1c 100644
--- a/backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py
+++ b/backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import itertools
 import logging
 import re
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -198,17 +197,23 @@ def get_leaders(self):
 
         leaders = []
         for line in content.split("\n"):
-            leaders.extend(
-                [
-                    name
-                    for name in itertools.chain(
-                        *re.findall(
-                            r"[-*]\s*\[\s*([^(]+?)\s*(?:\([^)]*\))?\]|\*\s*([\w\s]+)", line.strip()
-                        )
-                    )
-                    if name.strip()
-                ]
+            stripped_line = line.strip()
+            names = []
+
+            bracketed_pattern = (
+                r"[-*]\s{0,3}\[\s{0,3}([^\]\(]{1,200})"
+                r"(?:\s{0,3}\([^)]{0,100}\))?\s{0,3}\]"
             )
+            names.extend(re.findall(bracketed_pattern, stripped_line))
+            names.extend(re.findall(r"\*\s{0,3}([\w\s]{1,200})", stripped_line))
+
+            cleaned_names = []
+            for raw_name in names:
+                if raw_name.strip():
+                    cleaned = re.sub(r"\s{0,3}\([^)]{0,100}\)\s{0,3}$", "", raw_name).strip()
+                    cleaned_names.append(cleaned)
+
+            leaders.extend(cleaned_names)
 
         return leaders
 

From 3b822e33d691f9b3123f5521eeef5f4fc9cd5ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arkadii Yakovets <arkadii.yakovets@owasp.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:38:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update code

---
 backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py b/backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py
index 6510f3ff1c..e095236a9c 100644
--- a/backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py
+++ b/backend/apps/owasp/models/common.py
@@ -196,21 +196,23 @@ def get_leaders(self):
             return []
 
         leaders = []
+        # Compile regex patterns once per method call (before loop).
+        re_bracketed_pattern = re.compile(
+            r"[-*]\s{0,3}\[\s{0,3}([^\]\(]{1,200})(?:\s{0,3}\([^)]{0,100}\))?\s{0,3}\]"
+        )
+        re_plain_pattern = re.compile(r"\*\s{0,3}([\w\s]{1,200})")
+        re_parenthetical_cleanup_pattern = re.compile(r"\s{0,3}\([^)]{0,100}\)\s{0,3}$")
         for line in content.split("\n"):
             stripped_line = line.strip()
             names = []
 
-            bracketed_pattern = (
-                r"[-*]\s{0,3}\[\s{0,3}([^\]\(]{1,200})"
-                r"(?:\s{0,3}\([^)]{0,100}\))?\s{0,3}\]"
-            )
-            names.extend(re.findall(bracketed_pattern, stripped_line))
-            names.extend(re.findall(r"\*\s{0,3}([\w\s]{1,200})", stripped_line))
+            names.extend(re_bracketed_pattern.findall(stripped_line))
+            names.extend(re_plain_pattern.findall(stripped_line))
 
             cleaned_names = []
             for raw_name in names:
                 if raw_name.strip():
-                    cleaned = re.sub(r"\s{0,3}\([^)]{0,100}\)\s{0,3}$", "", raw_name).strip()
+                    cleaned = re_parenthetical_cleanup_pattern.sub("", raw_name).strip()
                     cleaned_names.append(cleaned)
 
             leaders.extend(cleaned_names)