assert should not be used to check external conditions

assert is not suitable for checking conditions that depend on external data, as it is not guaranteed to be evaluated.

There are several instance in the code where assert is used incorrectly, for example:

https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-boxer/blob/1ce138ffef935b98f767dfe661b5d16365855b9a/server/plugins/oauthGeneric.py#L17

https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-boxer/blob/1ce138ffef935b98f767dfe661b5d16365855b9a/server/plugins/repositories.py#L15-L16

https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-boxer/blob/1ce138ffef935b98f767dfe661b5d16365855b9a/server/plugins/github.py#L39
https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-boxer/blob/1ce138ffef935b98f767dfe661b5d16365855b9a/server/plugins/github.py#L84
https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-boxer/blob/1ce138ffef935b98f767dfe661b5d16365855b9a/server/plugins/github.py#L95
https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-boxer/blob/1ce138ffef935b98f767dfe661b5d16365855b9a/server/plugins/github.py#L106
https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-boxer/blob/1ce138ffef935b98f767dfe661b5d16365855b9a/server/plugins/github.py#L118
https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-boxer/blob/1ce138ffef935b98f767dfe661b5d16365855b9a/server/plugins/github.py#L336

There are several others

Review the assert usages in server/plugins/oauthGeneric.py, repositories.py, and github.py at the linked lines, then search the server/plugins directory for other instances. Confirm each assertion depends on external data; done means those checks remain enforced when Python assertions are disabled, with existing plugin behavior preserved.

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