Fix App Context

guardrails_api/app.py

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def create_app(
     cache_client.initialize(app)
 
     from guardrails_api.blueprints.root import root_bp
-    from guardrails_api.blueprints.guards import guards_bp, guard_client
+    from guardrails_api.blueprints.guards import guards_bp
 
     app.register_blueprint(root_bp)
     app.register_blueprint(guards_bp)
@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@ def create_app(
 
     console.print(":green_circle: Active guards and OpenAI compatible endpoints:")
 
-    for g in guard_client.get_guards():
-        g = g.to_dict()
-        console.print(f"- Guard: [bold white]{g.get('name')}[/bold white] {self_endpoint}/guards/{g.get('name')}/openai/v1")
+    with app.app_context():
+        from guardrails_api.blueprints.guards import guard_client
+        for g in guard_client.get_guards():
+            g = g.to_dict()
+            console.print(f"- Guard: [bold white]{g.get('name')}[/bold white] {self_endpoint}/guards/{g.get('name')}/openai/v1")
 
     console.print("")
     console.print(Rule("[bold grey]Server Logs[/bold grey]", characters="=", style="white"))
 
-    return app
+    return app

guardrails_api/clients/cache_client.py

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
+import threading
 from flask_caching import Cache
 
 
 # TODO: Add option to connect to Redis or MemCached backend with environment variables
 class CacheClient:
     _instance = None
+    _lock = threading.Lock()
 
     def __new__(cls):
         if cls._instance is None:
-            cls._instance = super(CacheClient, cls).__new__(cls)
+            with cls._lock:
+                cls._instance = super(CacheClient, cls).__new__(cls)
         return cls._instance
 
     def initialize(self, app):

guardrails_api/clients/postgres_client.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import boto3
 import json
 import os
+import threading
 from flask import Flask
 from sqlalchemy import text
 from typing import Tuple
@@ -13,10 +14,12 @@ def postgres_is_enabled() -> bool:
 
 class PostgresClient:
     _instance = None
+    _lock = threading.Lock()
 
     def __new__(cls):
         if cls._instance is None:
-            cls._instance = super(PostgresClient, cls).__new__(cls)
+            with cls._lock:
+                cls._instance = super(PostgresClient, cls).__new__(cls)
         return cls._instance
 
     def fetch_pg_secret(self, secret_arn: str) -> dict: