feat: add approval-task links model and related functionality for task associations

backend/app/models/approval_task_links.py

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+"""Approval-task link model for many-to-many approval associations."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from uuid import UUID, uuid4
+
+from sqlalchemy import UniqueConstraint
+from sqlmodel import Field
+
+from app.core.time import utcnow
+from app.models.base import QueryModel
+
+RUNTIME_ANNOTATION_TYPES = (datetime,)
+
+
+class ApprovalTaskLink(QueryModel, table=True):
+    """Map an approval request to one task (many links per approval allowed)."""
+
+    __tablename__ = "approval_task_links"  # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
+    __table_args__ = (
+        UniqueConstraint(
+            "approval_id",
+            "task_id",
+            name="uq_approval_task_links_approval_id_task_id",
+        ),
+    )
+
+    id: UUID = Field(default_factory=uuid4, primary_key=True)
+    approval_id: UUID = Field(foreign_key="approvals.id", index=True)
+    task_id: UUID = Field(foreign_key="tasks.id", index=True)
+    created_at: datetime = Field(default_factory=utcnow)