diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
index 79c02b4b9..92c11037a 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ def get_hacked_up_app_for_script() -> flask.app.Flask:
             f"{home}/projects/github/sartography/sample-process-models"
         )
         if os.path.isdir(full_process_model_path):
-            os.environ["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"] = full_process_model_path
+            os.environ["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"] = (
+                full_process_model_path
+            )
         else:
             raise Exception(f"Could not find {full_process_model_path}")
     app = create_app()
@@ -198,13 +200,21 @@ def configure_sentry(app: flask.app.Flask) -> None:
                 return None
         return event
 
-    sentry_errors_sample_rate = app.config.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_ERRORS_SAMPLE_RATE")
+    sentry_errors_sample_rate = app.config.get(
+        "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_ERRORS_SAMPLE_RATE"
+    )
     if sentry_errors_sample_rate is None:
-        raise Exception("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_ERRORS_SAMPLE_RATE is not set somehow")
+        raise Exception(
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_ERRORS_SAMPLE_RATE is not set somehow"
+        )
 
-    sentry_traces_sample_rate = app.config.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE")
+    sentry_traces_sample_rate = app.config.get(
+        "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE"
+    )
     if sentry_traces_sample_rate is None:
-        raise Exception("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE is not set somehow")
+        raise Exception(
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE is not set somehow"
+        )
 
     # profiling doesn't work on windows, because of an issue like https://github.com/nvdv/vprof/issues/62
     # but also we commented out profiling because it was causing segfaults (i guess it is marked experimental)
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/__init__.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/__init__.py
index 267c9c109..7ad2237f8 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/__init__.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/__init__.py
@@ -52,15 +52,20 @@ def load_config_file(app: Flask, env_config_module: str) -> None:
 
 
 def _set_up_tenant_specific_fields_as_list_of_strings(app: Flask) -> None:
-    tenant_specific_fields = app.config.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS")
+    tenant_specific_fields = app.config.get(
+        "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS"
+    )
 
     if tenant_specific_fields is None or tenant_specific_fields == "":
         app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS"] = []
     else:
-        app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS"] = tenant_specific_fields.split(",")
+        app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS"] = (
+            tenant_specific_fields.split(",")
+        )
         if len(app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS"]) > 3:
             raise ConfigurationError(
-                "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS can have a maximum of 3 fields"
+                "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS can have a"
+                " maximum of 3 fields"
             )
 
 
@@ -117,7 +122,9 @@ def setup_config(app: Flask) -> None:
     app.config.from_pyfile(os.path.join("config", "secrets.py"), silent=True)
 
     if app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"] is None:
-        raise ConfigurationError("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR config must be set")
+        raise ConfigurationError(
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR config must be set"
+        )
 
     app.config["PROCESS_UUID"] = uuid.uuid4()
 
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
index dd9ea4d09..469d4f76e 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 import re
 from os import environ
 
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"
+)
 cors_allow_all = "*"
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS = re.split(
-    r",\s*", environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS", default=cors_allow_all)
+    r",\s*",
+    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS", default=cors_allow_all),
 )
 
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER = (
-    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER", default="false") == "true"
+    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER", default="false")
+    == "true"
 )
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL", default="http://localhost:7001"
@@ -23,23 +27,27 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL = environ.get(
 )
 
 # Open ID server
+# use "http://localhost:7000/openid" for running with simple openid
+# server hosted by spiffworkflow-backend
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL",
-    default="http://localhost:7002/realms/spiffworkflow"
-    # "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL", default="http://localhost:7000/openid"
+    default="http://localhost:7002/realms/spiffworkflow",
 )
 
-# Replace above line with this to use the built-in Open ID Server.
-# SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL", default="http://localhost:7000/openid")
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_ID = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_ID", default="spiffworkflow-backend")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_ID = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_ID", default="spiffworkflow-backend"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY = environ.get(
-    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY", default="JXeQExm0JhQPLumgHtIIqf52bDalHz0q"
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY",
+    default="JXeQExm0JhQPLumgHtIIqf52bDalHz0q",
 )  # noqa: S105
 
 # Tenant specific fields is a comma separated list of field names that we will convert to list of strings
 # and store in the user table's tenant_specific_field_n columns. You can have up to three items in this
 # comma-separated list.
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_TENANT_SPECIFIC_FIELDS"
+)
 
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOG_TO_FILE = (
     environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOG_TO_FILE", default="false") == "true"
@@ -50,7 +58,9 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME = environ.get(
 )
 
 # Sentry Configuration
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_DSN = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_DSN", default="")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_DSN = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_DSN", default=""
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_ERRORS_SAMPLE_RATE = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_ERRORS_SAMPLE_RATE", default="1"
 )  # send all errors
@@ -64,13 +74,21 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOG_LEVEL = environ.get(
 
 # When a user clicks on the `Publish` button, this is the default branch this server merges into.
 # I.e., dev server could have `staging` here. Staging server might have `production` here.
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH")
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING = environ.get("GIT_CLONE_URL")
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE", default="false") == "true"
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE = (
+    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE", default="false") == "true"
+)
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME")
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL"
+)
 
 # Database Configuration
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFF_DATABASE_TYPE = environ.get(
@@ -86,7 +104,9 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SYSTEM_NOTIFICATION_PROCESS_MODEL_MESSAGE_ID = environ.get
 )
 
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ALLOW_CONFISCATING_LOCK_AFTER_SECONDS = int(
-    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ALLOW_CONFISCATING_LOCK_AFTER_SECONDS", default="600")
+    environ.get(
+        "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ALLOW_CONFISCATING_LOCK_AFTER_SECONDS", default="600"
+    )
 )
 
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP = environ.get(
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/demo.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/demo.py
index c96944897..aec6a03bb 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/demo.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/demo.py
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME = environ.get(
 )
 
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER = (
-    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER", default="false") == "true"
+    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER", default="false")
+    == "true"
 )
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/dev.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/dev.py
index 7b8104ec2..7cc73bc8f 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/dev.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/dev.py
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 """Dev."""
 from os import environ
 
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO", default="staging")
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME", default="sartography-automated-committer")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO", default="staging"
+)
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME", default="sartography-automated-committer"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL = environ.get(
-    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL", default="sartography-automated-committer@users.noreply.github.com"
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL",
+    default="sartography-automated-committer@users.noreply.github.com",
 )
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME = "dev.yml"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/local_development.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/local_development.py
index 633d5ef75..e9e674ef2 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/local_development.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/local_development.py
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOG_LEVEL = environ.get(
 )
 
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER = (
-    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER", default="false") == "true"
+    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER", default="false")
+    == "true"
 )
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING = environ.get(
     "GIT_CLONE_URL", default="https://github.com/sartography/sample-process-models.git"
 )
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME = "sartography-automated-committer"
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL = f"{SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME}@users.noreply.github.com"
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL = (
+    f"{SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME}@users.noreply.github.com"
+)
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/qa1.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/qa1.py
index 2e55e5c98..b1592d93b 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/qa1.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/qa1.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 """Qa1."""
 from os import environ
 
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO", default="qa2")
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME", default="sartography-automated-committer")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO", default="qa2"
+)
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME", default="sartography-automated-committer"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL = environ.get(
-    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL", default=f"{SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME}@users.noreply.github.com"
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL",
+    default=f"{SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME}@users.noreply.github.com",
 )
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME", default="qa1.yml"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/qa2.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/qa2.py
index ed7528210..310897a1b 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/qa2.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/qa2.py
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME", default="qa1.yml"
 )
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL = "https://qa2.spiffworkflow.org"
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = "https://qa2.spiffworkflow.org/keycloak/realms/spiffworkflow"
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = (
+    "https://qa2.spiffworkflow.org/keycloak/realms/spiffworkflow"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL = "https://qa2.spiffworkflow.org/api"
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL = "https://qa2.spiffworkflow.org/connector-proxy"
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL = (
+    "https://qa2.spiffworkflow.org/connector-proxy"
+)
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/sartography.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/sartography.py
index dd6a307c6..f384622e6 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/sartography.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/sartography.py
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 from os import environ
 
 environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only = environ["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ENV"]
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = f"https://keycloak.{environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only}.spiffworkflow.org/realms/sartography"
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH", default="main")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = (
+    f"https://keycloak.{environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only}"
+    ".spiffworkflow.org/realms/sartography"
+)
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH", default="main"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING = environ.get(
     "GIT_CLONE_URL",
     default="https://github.com/sartography/sartography-process-models.git",
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/staging.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/staging.py
index bd77dcaba..56b4a3ff2 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/staging.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/staging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 """Staging."""
 from os import environ
 
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH", default="staging")
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO = environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO", default="main")
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH", default="staging"
+)
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO = environ.get(
+    "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO", default="main"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE = False
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME = "staging.yml"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/terraform_deployed_environment.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/terraform_deployed_environment.py
index 1c03676d0..937d17afc 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/terraform_deployed_environment.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/terraform_deployed_environment.py
@@ -6,24 +6,33 @@ environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only = environ["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEN
 
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE = True
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME = "sartography-automated-committer"
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL = f"{SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME}@users.noreply.github.com"
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL = (
+    f"{SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME}@users.noreply.github.com"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME",
     default="terraform_deployed_environment.yml",
 )
 
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER = (
-    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER", default="false") == "true"
+    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER", default="false")
+    == "true"
 )
 
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = f"https://keycloak.{environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only}.spiffworkflow.org/realms/spiffworkflow"
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = (
+    f"https://keycloak.{environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only}"
+    ".spiffworkflow.org/realms/spiffworkflow"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL = (
     f"https://{environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only}.spiffworkflow.org"
 )
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL = (
     f"https://api.{environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only}.spiffworkflow.org"
 )
-SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL = f"https://connector-proxy.{environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only}.spiffworkflow.org"
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL = (
+    f"https://connector-proxy.{environment_identifier_for_this_config_file_only}"
+    ".spiffworkflow.org"
+)
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING = environ.get(
     "GIT_CLONE_URL", default="https://github.com/sartography/sample-process-models.git"
 )
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/exceptions/api_error.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/exceptions/api_error.py
index de9956fcc..5fff05c2d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/exceptions/api_error.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/exceptions/api_error.py
@@ -206,8 +206,12 @@ def handle_exception(exception: Exception) -> flask.wrappers.Response:
                 f" {exception.error_code}"
             )
 
-        organization_slug = current_app.config.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_ORGANIZATION_SLUG")
-        project_slug = current_app.config.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_PROJECT_SLUG")
+        organization_slug = current_app.config.get(
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_ORGANIZATION_SLUG"
+        )
+        project_slug = current_app.config.get(
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SENTRY_PROJECT_SLUG"
+        )
         if organization_slug and project_slug:
             sentry_link = (
                 f"https://sentry.io/{organization_slug}/{project_slug}/events/{id}"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_models_controller.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_models_controller.py
index bdeccbd81..1e2a16a7c 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_models_controller.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_models_controller.py
@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ def process_model_publish(
 ) -> flask.wrappers.Response:
     """Process_model_publish."""
     if branch_to_update is None:
-        branch_to_update = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO"]
+        branch_to_update = current_app.config[
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO"
+        ]
     if branch_to_update is None:
         raise MissingGitConfigsError(
             "Missing config for SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO. "
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/service_tasks_controller.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/service_tasks_controller.py
index b8e0df25e..ee1bd2c34 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/service_tasks_controller.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/service_tasks_controller.py
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ def authentication_list() -> flask.wrappers.Response:
     available_authentications = ServiceTaskService.authentication_list()
     response_json = {
         "results": available_authentications,
-        "connector_proxy_base_url": current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL"],
+        "connector_proxy_base_url": current_app.config[
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CONNECTOR_PROXY_URL"
+        ],
         "redirect_url": f"{current_app.config['SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL']}/v1.0/authentication_callback",
     }
 
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/user.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/user.py
index 2f48e873b..6e7ac7e13 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/user.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/user.py
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ def set_new_access_token_in_cookie(
     """
     tld = current_app.config["THREAD_LOCAL_DATA"]
     domain_for_frontend_cookie: Optional[str] = re.sub(
-        r"^https?:\/\/", "", current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL"]
+        r"^https?:\/\/",
+        "",
+        current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL"],
     )
     if domain_for_frontend_cookie and domain_for_frontend_cookie.startswith(
         "localhost"
@@ -351,7 +353,9 @@ def logout(id_token: str, redirect_url: Optional[str]) -> Response:
 
 def logout_return() -> Response:
     """Logout_return."""
-    frontend_url = str(current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL"])
+    frontend_url = str(
+        current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL"]
+    )
     return redirect(f"{frontend_url}/")
 
 
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/authentication_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/authentication_service.py
index 178c56fa2..143bb7655 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/authentication_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/authentication_service.py
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ class AuthenticationService:
     @staticmethod
     def secret_key() -> str:
         """Returns the secret key from the config."""
-        return current_app.config.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY", "")
+        return current_app.config.get(
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY", ""
+        )
 
     @classmethod
     def open_id_endpoint_for_name(cls, name: str) -> str:
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/authorization_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/authorization_service.py
index abd9c8d5e..9db4c39c6 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/authorization_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/authorization_service.py
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ class AuthorizationService:
             )
 
         received_sign = auth_header.split("sha256=")[-1].strip()
-        secret = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET"].encode()
+        secret = current_app.config[
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET"
+        ].encode()
         expected_sign = HMAC(key=secret, msg=request.data, digestmod=sha256).hexdigest()
         if not compare_digest(received_sign, expected_sign):
             raise TokenInvalidError(
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
index 2ddee7d63..37b04937a 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ class GitService:
     @classmethod
     def get_current_revision(cls) -> str:
         """Get_current_revision."""
-        bpmn_spec_absolute_dir = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"]
+        bpmn_spec_absolute_dir = current_app.config[
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"
+        ]
         # The value includes a carriage return character at the end, so we don't grab the last character
         with FileSystemService.cd(bpmn_spec_absolute_dir):
             return cls.run_shell_command_to_get_stdout(
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ class GitService:
         file_name: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> str:
         """Get_instance_file_contents_for_revision."""
-        bpmn_spec_absolute_dir = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"]
+        bpmn_spec_absolute_dir = current_app.config[
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"
+        ]
         process_model_relative_path = FileSystemService.process_model_relative_path(
             process_model
         )
@@ -81,17 +85,24 @@ class GitService:
             branch_name_to_use = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH"]
         repo_path_to_use = repo_path
         if repo_path is None:
-            repo_path_to_use = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"]
-        if repo_path_to_use is None:
-            raise ConfigurationError("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR config must be set")
-        if current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"]:
-            os.environ["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"] = current_app.config[
-                "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
+            repo_path_to_use = current_app.config[
+                "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"
             ]
+        if repo_path_to_use is None:
+            raise ConfigurationError(
+                "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR config must be set"
+            )
+        if current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"]:
+            os.environ["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"] = (
+                current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"]
+            )
 
         git_username = ""
         git_email = ""
-        if current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME"] and current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL"]:
+        if (
+            current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME"]
+            and current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL"]
+        ):
             git_username = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USERNAME"]
             git_email = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_USER_EMAIL"]
         shell_command_path = os.path.join(
@@ -126,10 +137,13 @@ class GitService:
                 "Missing config for SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH_TO_PUBLISH_TO. "
                 "This is required for publishing process models"
             )
-        if current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING"] is None:
+        if (
+            current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING"]
+            is None
+        ):
             raise MissingGitConfigsError(
-                "Missing config for SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING. "
-                "This is required for publishing process models"
+                "Missing config for SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING."
+                " This is required for publishing process models"
             )
 
     @classmethod
@@ -182,7 +196,10 @@ class GitService:
             )
 
         clone_url = webhook["repository"]["clone_url"]
-        if clone_url != current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING"]:
+        if (
+            clone_url
+            != current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING"]
+        ):
             raise GitCloneUrlMismatchError(
                 "Configured clone url does not match clone url from webhook:"
                 f" {clone_url}"
@@ -195,8 +212,8 @@ class GitService:
 
         if current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH"] is None:
             raise MissingGitConfigsError(
-                "Missing config for SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH. This is required for updating the"
-                " repository as a result of the webhook"
+                "Missing config for SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_BRANCH. This is required"
+                " for updating the repository as a result of the webhook"
             )
 
         ref = webhook["ref"]
@@ -204,7 +221,9 @@ class GitService:
         if ref != f"refs/heads/{git_branch}":
             return False
 
-        with FileSystemService.cd(current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"]):
+        with FileSystemService.cd(
+            current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"]
+        ):
             cls.run_shell_command(["git", "pull"])
         return True
 
@@ -223,7 +242,9 @@ class GitService:
         # we are adding a guid to this so the flake8 issue has been mitigated
         destination_process_root = f"/tmp/{clone_dir}"  # noqa
 
-        git_clone_url = current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING"]
+        git_clone_url = current_app.config[
+            "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_CLONE_URL_FOR_PUBLISHING"
+        ]
         if git_clone_url.startswith("https://"):
             git_clone_url = git_clone_url.replace(
                 "https://",
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index cb2a076d7..5aabe5acc 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -1301,7 +1301,9 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
         current_time_in_seconds = round(time.time())
         lock_expiry_in_seconds = (
             current_time_in_seconds
-            - current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ALLOW_CONFISCATING_LOCK_AFTER_SECONDS"]
+            - current_app.config[
+                "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ALLOW_CONFISCATING_LOCK_AFTER_SECONDS"
+            ]
         )
 
         query_text = text(