[EPIC] Linter hygiene

[gundermanc]

Tracks adopting key linter rules and eliminating suppressions for existing linter rules.

Candidates include:

• Unsafe assignments
• Unsafe returns
• Misuse of promises

The emphasis is on enabling rules that prevent functional or correctness issues.

[Shafwansafi06]

/assign

[gemini-cli]

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