Update design for PR #3169: chore(deps): bump werkzeug from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 in /src/shoppingassistantservice

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+# PR #3169: Workflow Design Impact Analysis
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+## Affected Workflows
+- **Local Development Workflow**: This workflow builds Docker images for all microservices listed in skaffold.yaml artifacts, including shoppingassistantservice. The PR modifies requirements.txt used in the pip install during Dockerfile build for this service, thus impacting the image build step. Evidence: skaffold.yaml includes the service in artifacts; Dockerfile copies and installs from requirements.txt.
+- **GKE Deployment Workflow**: Similar to local development, involves building and pushing images via Skaffold (`skaffold run --default-repo=<registry>`), affected by the dependency update in the build process. Evidence: Shared skaffold.yaml artifacts and cloudbuild.yaml invokes Skaffold.
+- **Cloud Build CI/CD Pipeline**: Configured in cloudbuild.yaml to execute skaffold run, which builds the images remotely in Cloud Build, incorporating the updated dependency. Evidence: cloudbuild.yaml runs Skaffold with profile for remote build.
+
+## Local Development Workflow Analysis
+### Summary of design changes
+The PR bumps the werkzeug dependency from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 specifically for the shoppingassistantservice ([PR context](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo/pull/3169)). Werkzeug is a WSGI utility library dependency of Flask in this Python service for web request handling. The update is a fix release addressing:
+- Security: safe_join on Windows now blocks special device names to prevent reading via send_from_directory (GHSA-hgf8-39gv-g3f2).
+- Bugs: Debugger pin fails after 10 attempts, multipart form parser handles \r\n at chunk boundaries, improved CPU in Watchdog reloader, better annotations and traceback rendering.
+
+In relation to the workflow design in [.exp/design-workflow-1-local-development-workflow.md](.exp/design-workflow-1-local-development-workflow.md):
+- Affects the Docker build loop in the initial deployment sequence diagram: the build for shoppingassistantservice installs the updated werkzeug via pip, resulting in a more secure and stable image.
+- Similarly impacts hot reload cycle: rebuilds on changes would use new dep.
+- No new steps, modified/removed components, or changed interactions in the workflow sequences. The high-level process (Skaffold -> Docker Build -> K8s Deploy) remains unchanged.
+
+**Potential benefits/implications**: Enhances security against potential path traversal attacks in file serving, improves development-time reloading efficiency if used, and fixes parsing issues that could affect form handling in the service (though service specifics not detailed here). No breaking changes, ensuring compatibility.
+
+No Mermaid diagrams need to be updated; existing ones accurately represent the post-PR design. No green additions, yellow changes, or red removals required.
+
+## GKE Deployment Workflow Analysis
+### Summary of design changes
+The PR's dependency update affects the image build and push steps in both the direct deployment sequence and the Cloud Build variant sequence documented in [.exp/design-workflow-2-gke-deployment-workflow.md](.exp/design-workflow-2-gke-deployment-workflow.md).
+- During Skaffold's loop over artifacts, the builder (local or remote) installs the patched werkzeug for shoppingassistantservice.
+- Deployed images to GKE include the fixes, improving service runtime in the cluster.
+
+The PR implements this via a simple version bump in requirements.txt, triggered by Dependabot for security and maintenance. No alterations to workflow components (e.g., Skaffold, Registry, Kustomize) or sequences.
+
+**Potential benefits/implications**: Same as local dev; ensures production-like deployments on GKE benefit from security patches and bug fixes, potentially reducing vulnerabilities in the deployed service.
+
+No Mermaid diagrams need updates; no differences in design visualization.
+
+## Cloud Build CI/CD Pipeline Analysis
+### Summary of design changes
+No dedicated design documentation file (.exp/design-workflow-6.md) exists, but per workflows.json: Automates building Docker images and deploying to GKE using cloudbuild.yaml and skaffold.yaml.
+- The pipeline substitutes env vars (e.g., PROJECT_ID, ZONE, CLUSTER), sets up credentials, and runs `skaffold run` inside a Skaffold container.
+- The PR impacts the remote build step in Cloud Build workers, where Docker build for shoppingassistantservice uses the updated requirements.txt.
+
+The change ensures automated builds produce images with the latest werkzeug fixes. No changes to pipeline steps, tools, or flows.
+
+**Potential benefits/implications**: Automates inclusion of security updates in CI/CD, maintaining secure images without manual intervention. Improves reliability for builds triggered by commits.
+
+No Mermaid diagrams identified or needing updates.
+
+## Design Document Updates
+No updates to .exp design documents or Mermaid diagrams are required, as the PR does not alter documented workflow designs, sequences, or components. The changes are internal to one service's build process and enhance rather than modify the overall architecture.
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+Diagrams were reviewed and validated implicitly via existing syntax (no new ones created, so no mmdc validation needed).