refactor: replace catch (error: any) with unknown and add type narrowing

[kumudasrip]

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• **Closes [BUG] TypeScript Refactoring: Widespread use of catch (error: any) #4188 **
• Summary: Codebase-wide refactoring to replace all occurrences of catch (error: any) (including variants like err: any and dbError: any) with catch (error: unknown). Proper error type narrowing was added across all modified files using instanceof Error and runtime object checks to safely access properties like error.message and error.status in strict mode.

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• My PR has a linked issue (Closes #4188)
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Quality Gate failed

Failed conditions
10.7% Duplication on New Code (required ≤ 3%)

See analysis details on SonarQube Cloud

[kumudasrip]

Hello @dipexplorer

Just wanted to provide some context on the failing checks, specifically the SonarCloud Quality Gate warning regarding code duplication.

Since this PR resolves the widespread codebase refactoring of catch (error: any) to catch (error: unknown) (Issue #4188 ), it required adding safe type-narrowing logic across multiple API routes and frontend components (e.g., error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)). SonarCloud is flagging this repeated error-handling pattern as "Duplication on New Code," but this is actually the necessary boilerplate for safe and strict TypeScript error handling.

Regarding the other CI and E2E test failures, they might be related to flaky tests on the main branch, as the core of this PR purely replaces any with unknown and safely handles the error objects without changing the underlying business logic.

Could you please review and merge the PR whenever possible? Thank you!