added code for YFINANCE_NO_CACHE

app.py

@@ -63,9 +63,13 @@ NN_model.predict(np.zeros((1, 5)))  # warm-up dummy prediction
 scaler_X = joblib.load(os.path.join(model_dir, "scaler_X.pkl"))
 scaler_y = joblib.load(os.path.join(model_dir, "scaler_y.pkl"))
 
+os.environ["YFINANCE_NO_CACHE"] = "1"   # <-- 🔥 disables SQLite caching
+
 # --- Inference Function --- #
 def predict_stock():
-
+    # lightweight log print near the top of predict_stock() to verify it's hitting the cache config:
+    print("YFINANCE_NO_CACHE =", os.getenv("YFINANCE_NO_CACHE"))
+  
     # --- Clear yfinance cache to get latest volume and price data --- #
     cache_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.cache/py-yfinance")
     if os.path.exists(cache_path):