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This pulls in @adonisjs/env for validating the environment variables once at startup, and then has small config/*.ts files which define specific shapes of configuration. The goal is to remove all the inline process.env.* usage and make sure we know exactly what environment variables exist and are being used.

Note: 229035e is actually done in #1246 / #1245

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Running of the test suite, adding in tests where necessary.

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There is one potentially breaking change here, which is our previous validation accepted yes and no as valid boolean values, after this change these are not accepted, though I wouldn't expect someone to have used these in practice.

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    Did you update CHANGELOG.md?

  • If you changed db/src/scripts/** and used CREATE TABLE, ADD COLUMN, or ALTER COLUMN:
    Are as many columns marked NOT NULL as possible? If some columns can sometimes be null depending on other columns, are there CHECK constraints capturing those relationships, and are these also reflected using unions in the associated Kysely types?

  • If you added a new signal in server/services/signalsService/signals/**:
    Did you classify every error case as a permanent error (SignalPermanentError, no retry) or a normal error (retryable)? Any case where the signal can't determine a score should be a SignalPermanentError.


Summary by cubic

Environment variables now pass through @adonisjs/env validation at startup and typed config/*.ts modules instead of being read inline. Invalid values stop the server before it accepts traffic, rather than falling back to defaults or being ignored.

Breaking changes

  • Boolean variables accept only 1, 0, true, and false; yes and no are rejected.
  • NODE_ENV accepts only development, production, or test; CI now uses test.
  • Integer variables reject floats and numeric prefixes like 12abc, where the old parseInt-based helpers accepted them.
  • DATABASE_READ_ONLY_HOST is optional and falls back to DATABASE_HOST.
  • ITEM_INVESTIGATION_AND_STRIKES_ENABLED is renamed to SCYLLA_ENABLED; Scylla connection variables are required only when enabled.
  • The unused GRAPHQL_OPAQUE_SCALAR_SECRET, LAUNCHDARKLY_SECRET, and opaque scalar mixin are removed.

Other changes

  • Centralizes application, security, Postgres, Redis, Scylla, data warehouse, email, NCMEC, integrations, and debug settings in typed config modules; variables that were previously read but undeclared (REDIS_TLS, SCYLLA_PORT, SCYLLA_SSL, SCYLLA_SSL_SERVERNAME, POSTGRES_*) are now in the schema.
  • Centralizes SAML, dashboard, password-reset, and invite URLs, preventing doubled slashes when UI_URL ends with /.
  • Splits URL validation from the deployment's blocking rules, so utils/url.ts takes rules as an argument and utils/urlValidation.ts is the configured entry point.
  • Test runs suppress Kysely query logs unless DATABASE_PRINT_LOGS is enabled.
  • Prevents Scylla TLS connections from being retargeted to the certificate hostname.
  • Moves Scylla client construction into scyllaDatabase.ts; Scylla is now abstract with connect/close, and the driver stays on require so OpenTelemetry tracing keeps working.
  • Removes the ad-hoc safeGetEnvVar, isEnvTrue, safeGetEnvInt, and safeGetEnvNonNegativeInt helpers.

Written for commit 60fe419. Summary will update on new commits.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added centralized environment configuration with validation and clearer defaults.
    • Added configurable Scylla connectivity, TLS settings, Redis TLS support, and database/analytics options.
    • Added configurable GraphQL query-depth limits and item-queue traffic routing.
    • Added reusable URL validation, including loopback-address controls.
    • Added centralized generation of signup, password-reset, and SAML links.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Corrected generated links and Scylla TLS targeting.
    • Improved production security settings and NCMEC sandbox/debug configuration.
  • Documentation

    • Updated architecture guidance, environment examples, and the unreleased changelog.

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The pull request centralizes server environment validation and configuration. It adds typed configuration modules, custom validators, shared URL construction, and updated application, storage, Scylla, email, integration, and NCMEC wiring. Tests and startup scripts now use the centralized environment accessor.

Changes

Configuration migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Environment schema and validation
.env.githubci, CHANGELOG.md, docs/development/architecture.md, server/.env.example, server/lib/env/*, server/start/env.ts, server/package.json
Environment variables now use a central schema with integer, host-list, boolean, enum, URL, secret, and optional-value validation.
Typed configuration modules
server/config/*
Application, database, warehouse, Redis, Scylla, security, session, email, integration, GraphQL, feature-flag, debug, and NCMEC settings now come from dedicated configuration modules.
Application and service wiring
server/api.ts, server/bin/*, server/graphql/*, server/services/*, server/utils/errors.ts, server/workers_jobs/*
Runtime code now consumes centralized configuration and ConfigService URL builders instead of reading environment variables at call sites.
Storage and Scylla integration
server/iocContainer/index.ts, server/scylla/*, server/storage/dataWarehouse/*, server/plugins/analytics/*
PostgreSQL, Redis, warehouse, ClickHouse, and Scylla construction now receives typed configuration.
URL validation boundaries
server/utils/url.ts, server/utils/urlValidation.ts, related callers and tests
Shared URL parsing now requires explicit options, while deployment-specific HTTP and loopback rules are provided by a separate module.
Runtime test integration
server/**/*.test.ts, server/test/*, server/jest.config.cjs, server/.eslintrc.cjs
Tests use env.get and env.set, and Jest ignores compiled build output.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Change: Refactor

Suggested reviewers: juanmrad

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 60fe4

Invalid environment values can silently alter queue routing or retry behavior, and required approvals should be completed before merge.

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@ThisIsMissEm ThisIsMissEm changed the title Emelia/standardise env handling Standardise environment variable handling Sep 16, 2026
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22 issues found across 71 files

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Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them. If appropriate, use sub-agents to investigate and fix each issue separately.


<file name="server/config/integrations.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/config/integrations.ts:14">
P2: `INTEGRATIONS_CONFIG_PATH` is read through `env.get` but never declared in the schema in `server/start/env.ts`, so it bypasses the startup validation this PR is built around. Per `@adonisjs/env` docs, `get()` returns the raw `process.env` fallback for undeclared keys, so the value is untyped and unvalidated — exactly the gap the PR's stated goal ("env usage is explicit, validated, and invalid values fail fast") and its "previously read but undeclared variables now defined in the schema" claim are meant to close. Docs (`docs/integrations/custom.md`) advertise the variable as supported, so it's not dead config. Add it to the schema (`Env.schema.string.optional()`); the loader already treats an empty string as unset, so validation behavior is preserved.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="server/config/integrations.ts:19">
P1: When `HMA_SERVICE_URL` is unset, every HMA request gets a doubled slash because the default ends with `/` and `HmaService` appends `/c/...`. Remove the trailing slash from the default and normalize configured URLs before appending endpoint paths.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/config/ncmec.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/config/ncmec.ts:30">
P1: When `NCMEC_ENV=production` is paired with a non-production `NODE_ENV`, this enables report XML dumps and verbose logs containing reportable content. Disable debug when either the application or NCMEC environment is production.</violation>
</file>

<file name="CHANGELOG.md">

<violation number="1" location="CHANGELOG.md:24">
P2: This entry does not tell deployers that `ITEM_INVESTIGATION_AND_STRIKES_ENABLED` must be renamed, so the breaking environment-variable migration is easy to miss. State explicitly that the enablement variable was renamed to `SCYLLA_ENABLED` and link the rename to this PR.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/jest.config.cjs">

<violation number="1" location="server/jest.config.cjs:65">
P3: Integration runs still scan `build/` because `test:integ` uses a separate Jest config without this exclusion. Add the same ignore to `jest.integ.config.cjs` or share the exclusion through a common config.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/config/app.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/config/app.ts:33">
P2: When `UI_URL` ends with `/`, `get-invite-token` prints a signup link containing `//signup`, which can miss the frontend route. Normalize `uiUrl` here or make the script use `ConfigService` for all generated links.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/services/userManagementService/userManagementService.test.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/services/userManagementService/userManagementService.test.ts:20">
P3: Constructing the real `ConfigService` makes this unit test fail at module load whenever the required env vars are absent. Importing `../configService/index.js` pulls in `#config/app` and then `#start/env`, whose top-level `await Env.create(...)` validates required variables (UI_URL, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_PASSWORD, REDIS_USE_CLUSTER, REDIS_HOST, SESSION_SECRET, ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE) and throws on any missing one — independent of the `uiUrl` argument, since the getters are only dereferenced when no argument is passed. Previously the plain `{ uiUrl }` object kept this file free of any env dependency, so running just this test without the full env setup now fails with an unrelated env-validation error. The rest of the suite still mocks its dependencies. Pass a minimal stub implementing only the methods the service uses (`resetPasswordUrl`) to keep the test isolated and env-free.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/package.json">

<violation number="1" location="server/package.json:38">
P2: These new runtime dependencies require explicit maintainer license and CVE review before merge under `AGENTS.md`; please obtain and record that approval.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/utils/urlValidation.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/utils/urlValidation.ts:23">
P1: When localhost URIs are disabled, this blocklist still allows loopback URLs such as `http://[::1]/` and `http://127.0.0.2/`. Block loopback IP ranges after parsing or resolution instead of matching only these two host strings, because validated user-configured endpoints reach server-side `fetchHTTP`.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/config/database.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/config/database.ts:83">
P2: When `DATABASE_SSL` is set, TLS is used but certificate and hostname verification are disabled (`rejectUnauthorized: false`). The Scylla config in this same change was hardened with `rejectUnauthorized: true` plus an SNI `servername`, so an encrypted-but-unverified Postgres connection is worth confirming as intentional — with `rejectUnauthorized: false` a MITM can read credentials and queries on this connection even though TLS is on. If the deployment's CA is not self-signed, prefer verifying using the system CA or a configured root cert.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="server/config/database.ts:126">
P1: When `DATABASE_READ_ONLY_HOST` is omitted, this fallback sends the read pool to the primary while retaining the 150-connection default. With the 30-connection primary pool, a single default Postgres can be exhausted; use the primary pool size when no replica host is configured.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/.env.example">

<violation number="1" location="server/.env.example:83">
P3: When `SCYLLA_ENABLED=true`, this says every connection setting below is required, but the schema allows the port and TLS settings to be omitted. List only the four required settings so the example does not misstate startup requirements.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/config/dataWarehouse.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/config/dataWarehouse.ts:13">
P2: When a core warehouse query runs through `DataWarehouse`, `CLICKHOUSE_MAX_BYTES_BEFORE_EXTERNAL_*`, `CLICKHOUSE_MAX_THREADS`, and `CLICKHOUSE_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE` are never sent to ClickHouse. Pass `config.memory` through `ClickhouseWarehouseAdapter` and its `clickhouse_settings`, or remove/scope these settings so operators do not get a false OOM-protection control.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/start/env.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/start/env.ts:21">
P2: When the server is launched without the package script's `--env-file-if-exists` flag, `Env.create` looks beside `start/env.ts` (or `build/start`) instead of the application root, so a server `.env` file is ignored. Pass the parent application URL to `Env.create`.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="server/start/env.ts:151">
P2: `READ_ME_JWT_SECRET` remains an undeclared environment escape hatch, so startup never validates the secret used by `readMeJWT`. Add an optional secret schema entry and migrate the caller to the validated config.</violation>

<violation number="3" location="server/start/env.ts:156">
P2: Values outside `[0, 1]` pass this schema and silently change queue routing to all-or-nothing behavior. Validate `ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE` with an inclusive zero-to-one range before startup.</violation>
</file>

<file name="docs/development/deployment.md">

<violation number="1" location="docs/development/deployment.md:22">
P2: Production operators cannot tell which credentials are mandatory from this checklist. Name the required `DATABASE_PASSWORD` and `API_SERVER_DATABASE_PASSWORD` values, and state that `SCYLLA_PASSWORD` is required when Scylla is enabled, instead of referring generically to “other secrets.”</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/config/session.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/config/session.ts:12">
P3: The comment says the cookie is HTTPS-only outside development, but `secure: appConfig.inProduction` sends `Secure` only when `NODE_ENV === 'production'`. In the `test` environment (now the CI default) the cookie is sent without `Secure` — deliberate, since the e2e tests talk to plain `http://localhost`. The comment should say "in production" (or "HTTPS-only when a TLS terminator exists") so it matches the `inProduction` gate instead of describing behavior the code does not have.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/routes/items/submitItems.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/routes/items/submitItems.ts:262">
P2: `featureFlags.itemQueueTrafficPercentage` is evaluated once at module import time (`itemQueueTrafficPercentage: env.get('ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE')` in config/featureFlags.ts), but every other env-backed config module in this PR (app.ts, email.ts, ncmec.ts, debug.ts) deliberately exposes its values as getters "Derived on access so `env.set(...)` is respected." The old code here read `safeGetEnvVar('ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE')` per request, so a runtime/env.set override was reflected immediately. Reading the value once at import means runtime changes (notably `env.set()` in tests, the pattern the other modules exist to support) no longer affect queue routing, and it diverges from the PR's own convention for derived setting.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/scylla/scyllaDatabase.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/scylla/scyllaDatabase.ts:67">
P2: The `setMaxListeners(15)` line only delays the MaxListenersExceededWarning; per the attached comment each failed `Client._connect()` still leaks listeners on `this.client.hosts` permanently. In a long-running server with recurring connection blips, the HostMap grows unbounded and the warning the code is trying to silence reappears once it exceeds 15. Consider bounding the accumulation (e.g. removing the known-leaked driver listeners around retries) rather than only raising the cap, or expect silent unbounded memory growth over time.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/config/redis.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/config/redis.ts:82">
P2: In cluster mode, the fail-fast documented here doesn't take effect: `enableOfflineQueue: false` is placed inside `redisOptions`, which ioredis applies per-node, but the `IORedis.Cluster` instance queues commands with its own `enableOfflineQueue` cluster option (default `true`) while the cluster isn't ready. A `queue.addBulk` against an unreachable cluster therefore still parks commands in the cluster offline queue instead of rejecting early, so the `enqueueNoBuffer` connection only behaves as described when `REDIS_USE_CLUSTER` is false. Set `enableOfflineQueue: false` on `clusterOptions` (alongside the `redisOptions` value) when building the cluster path.</violation>
</file>

<file name="server/services/placesApiService/placesApiService.ts">

<violation number="1" location="server/services/placesApiService/placesApiService.ts:13">
P3: When `GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY` is unset (it is `Env.schema.secret.optional()`), `googlePlacesApiKey?.release()` is `undefined`, so `String(undefined)` sends the literal value `"undefined"` as the Google Maps API `key` on every request, which Google rejects. The request should omit the key or skip the call instead. Also, `String(...)` is redundant here because `.release()` already returns a string.</violation>
</file>

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googlePlacesApiKey: env.get('GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY'),

/** Hasher-Matcher-Actioner, for perceptual hash matching. */
hmaServiceUrl: env.get('HMA_SERVICE_URL', 'http://localhost:9876/'),

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P1: When HMA_SERVICE_URL is unset, every HMA request gets a doubled slash because the default ends with / and HmaService appends /c/.... Remove the trailing slash from the default and normalize configured URLs before appending endpoint paths.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At server/config/integrations.ts, line 19:

<comment>When `HMA_SERVICE_URL` is unset, every HMA request gets a doubled slash because the default ends with `/` and `HmaService` appends `/c/...`. Remove the trailing slash from the default and normalize configured URLs before appending endpoint paths.</comment>

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@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+  googlePlacesApiKey: env.get('GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY'),
+
+  /** Hasher-Matcher-Actioner, for perceptual hash matching. */
+  hmaServiceUrl: env.get('HMA_SERVICE_URL', 'http://localhost:9876/'),
+};
</file context>
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hmaServiceUrl: env.get('HMA_SERVICE_URL', 'http://localhost:9876/'),
hmaServiceUrl: env.get('HMA_SERVICE_URL', 'http://localhost:9876'),
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This is fine because where HMA_SERVICE_URL needs to be resilient to the double-slash issue anyway, which it is (as far as I know)

Comment thread server/config/ncmec.ts
* not be written in a shared environment. Never includes credentials.
*/
get debug() {
return env.get('NCMEC_DEBUG', false) && !appConfig.inProduction;

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P1: When NCMEC_ENV=production is paired with a non-production NODE_ENV, this enables report XML dumps and verbose logs containing reportable content. Disable debug when either the application or NCMEC environment is production.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At server/config/ncmec.ts, line 30:

<comment>When `NCMEC_ENV=production` is paired with a non-production `NODE_ENV`, this enables report XML dumps and verbose logs containing reportable content. Disable debug when either the application or NCMEC environment is production.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+   * not be written in a shared environment. Never includes credentials.
+   */
+  get debug() {
+    return env.get('NCMEC_DEBUG', false) && !appConfig.inProduction;
+  },
+};
</file context>
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return env.get('NCMEC_DEBUG', false) && !appConfig.inProduction;
return (
env.get('NCMEC_DEBUG', false) &&
!appConfig.inProduction &&
env.get('NCMEC_ENV') !== 'production'
);
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allowedSchemes: ['http', 'https'],
blockedHostnames: debugConfig.allowUserInputLocalhostUris
? []
: [...LOOPBACK_HOSTNAMES],

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P1: When localhost URIs are disabled, this blocklist still allows loopback URLs such as http://[::1]/ and http://127.0.0.2/. Block loopback IP ranges after parsing or resolution instead of matching only these two host strings, because validated user-configured endpoints reach server-side fetchHTTP.

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<comment>When localhost URIs are disabled, this blocklist still allows loopback URLs such as `http://[::1]/` and `http://127.0.0.2/`. Block loopback IP ranges after parsing or resolution instead of matching only these two host strings, because validated user-configured endpoints reach server-side `fetchHTTP`.</comment>

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@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+    allowedSchemes: ['http', 'https'],
+    blockedHostnames: debugConfig.allowUserInputLocalhostUris
+      ? []
+      : [...LOOPBACK_HOSTNAMES],
+  };
+}
</file context>
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Yeah, we probably need a better approach here to prevent SSRF attacks in general, rather than this rather naive validation.

Comment thread server/config/database.ts
*/
const readReplica: PoolConfig = {
...primary,
max: config.pool.readMax,

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P1: When DATABASE_READ_ONLY_HOST is omitted, this fallback sends the read pool to the primary while retaining the 150-connection default. With the 30-connection primary pool, a single default Postgres can be exhausted; use the primary pool size when no replica host is configured.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At server/config/database.ts, line 126:

<comment>When `DATABASE_READ_ONLY_HOST` is omitted, this fallback sends the read pool to the primary while retaining the 150-connection default. With the 30-connection primary pool, a single default Postgres can be exhausted; use the primary pool size when no replica host is configured.</comment>

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@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+ */
+const readReplica: PoolConfig = {
+  ...primary,
+  max: config.pool.readMax,
+  host: config.readOnlyHost ?? config.host,
+};
</file context>
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Comment thread CHANGELOG.md
- Invalid environment variable values now prevent startup instead of falling back to defaults ([#1235](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/1235) by [@ThisIsMissEm](https://github.com/ThisIsMissEm))
- Boolean environment variables accept only `1`, `0`, `true` and `false` ([#1235](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/1235) by [@ThisIsMissEm](https://github.com/ThisIsMissEm))
- `DATABASE_READ_ONLY_HOST` is now optional, falling back to `DATABASE_HOST` ([#1235](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/1235) by [@ThisIsMissEm](https://github.com/ThisIsMissEm))
- Scylla is now optional via `SCYLLA_ENABLED` ([#918](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/918) by [@sunilatlas](https://github.com/sunilatlas))

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P2: This entry does not tell deployers that ITEM_INVESTIGATION_AND_STRIKES_ENABLED must be renamed, so the breaking environment-variable migration is easy to miss. State explicitly that the enablement variable was renamed to SCYLLA_ENABLED and link the rename to this PR.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At CHANGELOG.md, line 24:

<comment>This entry does not tell deployers that `ITEM_INVESTIGATION_AND_STRIKES_ENABLED` must be renamed, so the breaking environment-variable migration is easy to miss. State explicitly that the enablement variable was renamed to `SCYLLA_ENABLED` and link the rename to this PR.</comment>

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@@ -18,19 +18,26 @@ For more information about each release including git tags and artifacts, see [R
+- Invalid environment variable values now prevent startup instead of falling back to defaults ([#1235](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/1235) by [@ThisIsMissEm](https://github.com/ThisIsMissEm))
+- Boolean environment variables accept only `1`, `0`, `true` and `false` ([#1235](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/1235) by [@ThisIsMissEm](https://github.com/ThisIsMissEm))
+- `DATABASE_READ_ONLY_HOST` is now optional, falling back to `DATABASE_HOST` ([#1235](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/1235) by [@ThisIsMissEm](https://github.com/ThisIsMissEm))
+- Scylla is now optional via `SCYLLA_ENABLED` ([#918](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/918) by [@sunilatlas](https://github.com/sunilatlas))
 - Settings "Other" tab renamed to "Partial Items" and its settings relocated ([#965](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/965) by [@golden-fox07](https://github.com/golden-fox07))
 - Queue deletion is refused while routing rules still reference the queue ([#808](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/808) by [@reitblatt](https://github.com/reitblatt))
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- Scylla is now optional via `SCYLLA_ENABLED` ([#918](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/918) by [@sunilatlas](https://github.com/sunilatlas))
- Scylla enablement is now controlled by `SCYLLA_ENABLED`, renamed from `ITEM_INVESTIGATION_AND_STRIKES_ENABLED` ([#1235](https://github.com/roostorg/coop/pull/1235) by [@ThisIsMissEm](https://github.com/ThisIsMissEm))
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ITEM_INVESTIGATION_AND_STRIKES_ENABLED is unreleased, so it's not a breaking change.

Comment thread server/jest.config.cjs
// `build/` holds the compiled output, including a copy of `package.json` so
// the `#`-prefixed subpath imports resolve when running it. Without this,
// jest's haste map sees two packages named `server` and warns on every run.
modulePathIgnorePatterns: ['<rootDir>/build/'],

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P3: Integration runs still scan build/ because test:integ uses a separate Jest config without this exclusion. Add the same ignore to jest.integ.config.cjs or share the exclusion through a common config.

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<comment>Integration runs still scan `build/` because `test:integ` uses a separate Jest config without this exclusion. Add the same ignore to `jest.integ.config.cjs` or share the exclusion through a common config.</comment>

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@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ module.exports = {
+  // `build/` holds the compiled output, including a copy of `package.json` so
+  // the `#`-prefixed subpath imports resolve when running it. Without this,
+  // jest's haste map sees two packages named `server` and warns on every run.
+  modulePathIgnorePatterns: ['<rootDir>/build/'],
 
   // Activates notifications for test results
</file context>
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const mockConfigService = {
uiUrl: 'http://localhost:3000',
};
const mockConfigService = new ConfigService('http://localhost:3000');

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P3: Constructing the real ConfigService makes this unit test fail at module load whenever the required env vars are absent. Importing ../configService/index.js pulls in #config/app and then #start/env, whose top-level await Env.create(...) validates required variables (UI_URL, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_PASSWORD, REDIS_USE_CLUSTER, REDIS_HOST, SESSION_SECRET, ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE) and throws on any missing one — independent of the uiUrl argument, since the getters are only dereferenced when no argument is passed. Previously the plain { uiUrl } object kept this file free of any env dependency, so running just this test without the full env setup now fails with an unrelated env-validation error. The rest of the suite still mocks its dependencies. Pass a minimal stub implementing only the methods the service uses (resetPasswordUrl) to keep the test isolated and env-free.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At server/services/userManagementService/userManagementService.test.ts, line 20:

<comment>Constructing the real `ConfigService` makes this unit test fail at module load whenever the required env vars are absent. Importing `../configService/index.js` pulls in `#config/app` and then `#start/env`, whose top-level `await Env.create(...)` validates required variables (UI_URL, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_PASSWORD, REDIS_USE_CLUSTER, REDIS_HOST, SESSION_SECRET, ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE) and throws on any missing one — independent of the `uiUrl` argument, since the getters are only dereferenced when no argument is passed. Previously the plain `{ uiUrl }` object kept this file free of any env dependency, so running just this test without the full env setup now fails with an unrelated env-validation error. The rest of the suite still mocks its dependencies. Pass a minimal stub implementing only the methods the service uses (`resetPasswordUrl`) to keep the test isolated and env-free.</comment>

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@@ -16,9 +17,7 @@ const mockDb = {
-const mockConfigService = {
-  uiUrl: 'http://localhost:3000',
-};
+const mockConfigService = new ConfigService('http://localhost:3000');
 
 describe('UserManagementService', () => {
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Comment thread server/.env.example
# the two Scylla-backed features — Item Investigation (item/user history views)
# and User Strikes (repeat-offender strike counts) — which then no-op: reads
# return empty (strike counts read as 0) and writes are dropped. The SCYLLA_*
# connection settings below are then not required; otherwise they are, and the

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P3: When SCYLLA_ENABLED=true, this says every connection setting below is required, but the schema allows the port and TLS settings to be omitted. List only the four required settings so the example does not misstate startup requirements.

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<comment>When `SCYLLA_ENABLED=true`, this says every connection setting below is required, but the schema allows the port and TLS settings to be omitted. List only the four required settings so the example does not misstate startup requirements.</comment>

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@@ -76,17 +76,23 @@ CLICKHOUSE_PROTOCOL=http
+# the two Scylla-backed features — Item Investigation (item/user history views)
+# and User Strikes (repeat-offender strike counts) — which then no-op: reads
+# return empty (strike counts read as 0) and writes are dropped. The SCYLLA_*
+# connection settings below are then not required; otherwise they are, and the
+# process refuses to start without them. Defaults to enabled.
+SCYLLA_ENABLED=true
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Comment thread server/config/session.ts
secret: env.get('SESSION_SECRET'),

cookie: {
/** HTTPS-only outside development, where there is no TLS terminator. */

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P3: The comment says the cookie is HTTPS-only outside development, but secure: appConfig.inProduction sends Secure only when NODE_ENV === 'production'. In the test environment (now the CI default) the cookie is sent without Secure — deliberate, since the e2e tests talk to plain http://localhost. The comment should say "in production" (or "HTTPS-only when a TLS terminator exists") so it matches the inProduction gate instead of describing behavior the code does not have.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At server/config/session.ts, line 12:

<comment>The comment says the cookie is HTTPS-only outside development, but `secure: appConfig.inProduction` sends `Secure` only when `NODE_ENV === 'production'`. In the `test` environment (now the CI default) the cookie is sent without `Secure` — deliberate, since the e2e tests talk to plain `http://localhost`. The comment should say "in production" (or "HTTPS-only when a TLS terminator exists") so it matches the `inProduction` gate instead of describing behavior the code does not have.</comment>

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@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+  secret: env.get('SESSION_SECRET'),
+
+  cookie: {
+    /** HTTPS-only outside development, where there is no TLS terminator. */
+    secure: appConfig.inProduction,
+    httpOnly: true,
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/** HTTPS-only outside development, where there is no TLS terminator. */
/** HTTPS-only in production, where a TLS terminator is present. */
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params: {
place_id: placeId,
key: String(process.env.GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY),
key: String(integrationsConfig.googlePlacesApiKey?.release()),

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P3: When GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY is unset (it is Env.schema.secret.optional()), googlePlacesApiKey?.release() is undefined, so String(undefined) sends the literal value "undefined" as the Google Maps API key on every request, which Google rejects. The request should omit the key or skip the call instead. Also, String(...) is redundant here because .release() already returns a string.

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<comment>When `GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY` is unset (it is `Env.schema.secret.optional()`), `googlePlacesApiKey?.release()` is `undefined`, so `String(undefined)` sends the literal value `"undefined"` as the Google Maps API `key` on every request, which Google rejects. The request should omit the key or skip the call instead. Also, `String(...)` is redundant here because `.release()` already returns a string.</comment>

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@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ class PlacesApiService {
       params: {
         place_id: placeId,
-        key: String(process.env.GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY),
+        key: String(integrationsConfig.googlePlacesApiKey?.release()),
       },
     };
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This is an existing bug, I decided to not fix right now due to trying to keep the PR scope manageable.

ThisIsMissEm and others added 11 commits September 17, 2026 18:27
Adds a validated schema in start/env.ts using @adonisjs/env, so a
misconfigured environment is reported once, in full, before the server
accepts traffic.

`required` means the application genuinely cannot start without the
variable. Anything the code already supplies a default for is optional,
with the default noted beside it, so deployments relying on a built-in
default keep booting. HOST and LOG_LEVEL are dropped entirely, as
nothing reads them.

lib/env extends Adonis' Env rather than mutating Env.schema, which
cannot be typed: the schema is a type alias over a const, so it resists
declaration merging, and assigning onto the imported object would make
validator availability depend on import order. Overriding the inherited
static widens it instead, which stays assignable.

Two validators live there:

- `integer`, with `.positive()` and `.nonNegative()`. Env.schema.number
  casts with Number() and rejects only NaN, so it accepts 1.5 and -5 —
  weaker than the safeGetEnvInt helpers it replaces. Zero is allowed
  where zero is meaningful, such as a disabled timeout.
- `hostList`, for SCYLLA_HOSTS. Validates each host and optional port
  and returns the parsed list, replacing a hand-rolled check that ran
  after validation had already finished and so could not be reported
  alongside other failures.

Passwords and API keys use Env.schema.secret, which redacts itself in
logs, JSON and string coercion; call .release() to read one.

Two fixes fell out of running the schema against each env file rather
than reading it:

- UI_URL rejected http://localhost:3000, because the URL format
  requires a TLD by default. server/.env.example could not boot the
  server.
- .env.githubci set NODE_ENV=CI, which is outside the enum. Changed to
  test. All four NODE_ENV comparisons in server/ are negative, so the
  two values behave identically; CI detection uses the separate CI
  variable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Introduces config/app.ts and config/security.ts, reading the validated
environment rather than process.env, and turns ConfigService from a
one-field value object into a class that owns the URLs the application
hands out.

Every outbound URL was previously interpolated at its call site from a
bare uiUrl: the SAML callback and issuer, the post-login redirect, the
password-reset link in two places, and the invite link. Each of those
would independently produce a doubled slash if UI_URL carried a trailing
one, and a mismatched SAML ACS URL is a login outage for a whole org.
Normalising happens once in the constructor instead.

uiUrl stays public for notificationsService, which passes the origin
into formatNotification rather than asking for a specific path.

ConfigService is registered with bottle.factory rather than
bottle.value, so it is built on first use. It is still a singleton per
container, as factories are memoised.

The private #uiUrl field makes the class nominally typed, which caught a
{ uiUrl: string } stand-in in userManagementService.test.ts that had
drifted from the real thing.

api.ts now takes its helmet options, session secret and cookie settings
from config. The helmet ternary is deliberately unchanged in meaning:
production keeps helmet's own defaults, and only development relaxes the
Content-Security-Policy for Vite's dev server, which needs inline and
eval'd scripts plus a websocket.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds inProduction, inDev and inTest to config/app.ts, derived once from
NODE_ENV, and uses them in config/security.ts and api.ts.

The comparison previously appeared at four call sites. Spelt as a string
it fails open: `NODE_ENV === 'prod'` is silently non-production wherever
it is written, and the mistake reads as correct. Deriving it once leaves
one place to get it wrong.

It also makes negation legible — `!appConfig.inProduction` rather than
`appConfig.env !== 'production'` — which matters here because every
NODE_ENV comparison in the server is a negative one.

`env` is retained on the config even though nothing reads it now.

This is the ergonomics of Adonis' `app.inProduction` without the
dependency: @adonisjs/application peer-depends on @adonisjs/fold, so
adopting it would mean a second IoC container alongside BottleJS.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Takes the connection parameters, pool tuning and log levels out of the
IoC container, which had no business assembling them. iocContainer loses
145 lines and every DATABASE_* read; it now asks for
`databaseConfig.connections.primary`, `.readReplica` and `.logLevels`.

Defaults move next to the variables they belong to, so what a variable
takes when unset is visible where it is declared rather than at the call
site. They reproduce the previous values exactly, with two exceptions
below.

`statementTimeoutMs` and `keepAliveInitialDelayMs` stay `number |
undefined` deliberately: the pg options they map to must be absent
rather than zero when unconfigured, since zero means "no limit" for one
and "no delay" for the other.

DATABASE_READ_ONLY_HOST is no longer required, and falls back to
DATABASE_HOST. A single-database deployment previously had to repeat the
primary host to satisfy safeGetEnvVar, which is a needless chance to get
subtly wrong. The replica keeps its own pool size either way, since read
and write traffic are sized differently.

Kysely logs nothing under NODE_ENV=test. It logs a query error even when
the caller catches and handles it, so suites that deliberately exercise
failure paths — a unique violation surfacing as a friendly "name already
exists", say — fill the output with errors that are not failures and are
easily mistaken for them. DATABASE_PRINT_LOGS still overrides this.

Also deletes getEnvVarOrWarn, whose only caller was the Postgres
application_name, now config/app's serviceName. That removes one of the
dynamic `process.env[varName]` lookups.

The pg `ssl` option keeps `rejectUnauthorized: false` verbatim. That is
its own problem and is being tracked separately; moving it here at least
reduces it to a single site.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Shaped after `@adonisjs/redis`' `defineConfig`: a map of named connections,
each either plain ioredis options or a cluster config, told apart by the
presence of `clusters`. The two clients the container builds differ only by
`enableOfflineQueue`, so they become the `main` and `enqueueNoBuffer`
connections rather than one factory taking an overrides argument.

`iocContainer` no longer reads any Redis environment variable, and no longer
decides between cluster and single-node: it branches on the shape it is handed.

`REDIS_TLS` was already read by the container but was declared nowhere, so it
is added to the schema and documented in `.env.example` for the first time.
Cluster connections remain unconditionally TLS, as before, which the comments
now say out loud.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Renames `ITEM_INVESTIGATION_AND_STRIKES_ENABLED` to `SCYLLA_ENABLED`, which is
free because it has not shipped: it is still under `## [Unreleased]`. The env
schema parses it, so `itemInvestigationAndStrikesEnabled` and its bespoke
`false`/`0`/`no` parsing go away.

`connection` is `null` when Scylla is disabled rather than an options object
full of absent values, so `iocContainer` branches on the shape it is handed,
the way it now does for Redis. When enabled, `optionalWhen` makes the four
connection variables required, moving the failure from first use of the Scylla
service to startup. `hostList` gains a matching `optionalWhen` so the custom
validator composes like the built-in ones.

`SCYLLA_PORT`, `SCYLLA_SSL` and `SCYLLA_SSL_SERVERNAME` were read by the
container but declared nowhere; they are added to the schema and documented.

This is the last user of `safeGetEnvVar` and `isEnvTrue`, which are now unused
by `iocContainer`.

Fixes the Scylla TLS options passing the certificate hostname as `host`. The
driver hands those straight to `tls.connect(port, address, sslOptions)`, where
an options `host` overrides the positional address — so enabling TLS retargeted
every node connection at that one name, and failed outright when it was
inferred from a contact point carrying an explicit `:port`. `servername` sets
the SNI value and the identity check without moving the connection.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The `Scylla` factory was ~80 lines that constructed the driver, wired cluster
and log forwarding onto it, worked around a listener leak, and then declared a
subclass inline to add `connect`/`close`. That subclass existed only because
`Scylla` held its client as `private`, so it could not be written at module
scope; it captured the driver by closure instead. Widening to `protected` lets
the class live in its own file and reach `this.client` normally.

`connect` and `close` become abstract on `Scylla`. Both implementations already
had them, and declaring them on the base removes the `& { connect, close }`
patch the container had to intersect onto the binding's type — a third
implementation can no longer omit them and fail at shutdown instead of compile
time.

The driver's `require` moves along with the client it constructs. It is not
incidental: the otel instrumentation intercepts require statements, so an
ordinary import here would compile, pass, and silently stop tracing Scylla.

Two incidental simplifications, both verified equivalent:

- The listener-cap workaround reached `controlConnection.hosts` through a double
  cast because `controlConnection` is internal and absent from the driver's
  types. `Client.hosts` is the same `HostMap`, is public, is typed as an
  `EventEmitter`, and is assigned in the constructor, so no cast is needed.
- `ScyllaDatabase` is not generic. Nothing could bind the parameter at the only
  construction site, so it already resolved to its constraint.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
`DataWarehouseFactory.createConfigFromEnv()` moves here wholesale, so the
factory no longer reads the environment and the config is built once rather
than on each of the three warehouse services the container registers.

`POSTGRES_HOST`, `POSTGRES_PORT`, `POSTGRES_USERNAME`, `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` and
`POSTGRES_DATABASE` were read by the `postgresql` adapter but declared nowhere;
they are added to the schema and documented. They configure the warehouse, not
the application database, which the comments now say — the names do not.

Adapters under `plugins/` stop reading the environment. `clickhouseSettings.ts`
keeps its interface and loses its getter, `clickhouseRetry.ts` takes a settings
argument, and both adapters receive what they need through the options they
already accepted. Neither imports `iocContainer` any more, which `plugins/`
being an extension point for community adapters is the point of.

Adds `as const` to the six enum declarations that lacked it. Without it
`Env.schema.enum` widens to `string`, which is why the old code needed
`as DataWarehouseProvider` and `as 'http' | 'https'` — the schema was
discarding exactly what those casts asserted back. The casts go, and the
provider switch becomes exhaustive enough for a real `assertUnreachable`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The three sender addresses, the transport name and the SendGrid key move behind
`config/email.ts`, and `notificationFormatter` stops repeating the
`support@example.com` default that `sendEmailService` already had. The
`NODE_ENV !== 'development'` guard on the console transport becomes
`appConfig.inDev`.

`SENDGRID_API_KEY` is a `Secret`, so it is released where it is handed to the
SendGrid client rather than held in plaintext by the config.

Deliberately not changed: `makeSendEmail` still chooses its transport by falling
through — injected SES client, then `EMAIL_TRANSPORT=console`, then SendGrid if
an API key happens to be set, then SES. Making that an explicit selection, and
replacing the console transport with SMTP against a local mail catcher, is
tracked separately.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The dedup key for reported media used a raw NUL character as its separator,
written as an actual 0x00 byte in the source rather than as an escape.

One such byte is enough for `file` to classify the source as `data` rather than
text, and tools that skip binary files then skip it *silently* — `grep -r`
across the repo returned no matches from this 81KB file at all, with no
indication that it had been excluded. That is how an import of
`ncmecDebugEnabled` here went unnoticed while its definition was being removed.

The escape produces the same character, so the dedup key is unchanged; the file
is simply text again.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VPiJ3vsqgpbnwZWq1LRQLM
Four call sites each derived `NCMEC_ENV !== 'production'` independently — the
IoC container, the retry helper, the retry job and the reporting service. That
value decides whether submissions go to the CyberTipline or to the sandbox at
exttest.cybertip.org, so having it computed in four places was a poor property
for it to have. It is now derived once, in `config/ncmec.ts`, with the reasoning
next to it.

`ncmecDebugEnabled()` goes away: it combined `NCMEC_DEBUG` with a
not-in-production check, which is what `ncmecConfig.debug` now is.

The `isTest` parameter threaded through the reporting service is deliberately
left alone. Eight of its methods take it and it is forwarded twenty-one times,
which does look like configuration wearing a parameter's clothes — but an
explicit argument keeps "is this a real CyberTipline report?" visible in every
signature that participates, and testable without touching the environment.
Collapsing it is a decision about that service's API, not about where env vars
are read.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VPiJ3vsqgpbnwZWq1LRQLM
ThisIsMissEm and others added 6 commits September 17, 2026 18:28
`INTEGRATIONS_CONFIG_PATH`, `GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY` and `HMA_SERVICE_URL` were
each read where they were used, with their defaults spelled at the call site.

`GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY` is a `Secret`, so it is released where it is handed to
the Google client. Note this preserves an existing oddity rather than fixing it:
when the key is unset, `String(undefined)` sends the literal string "undefined"
as the API key, exactly as before.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VPiJ3vsqgpbnwZWq1LRQLM
`config/debug.ts` holds the two switches that trade safety for local
diagnosability — `EXPOSE_SENSITIVE_IMPLEMENTATION_DETAILS_IN_ERRORS` and
`ALLOW_USER_INPUT_LOCALHOST_URIS` — with the reason each is off by default
recorded next to it.

`config/graphql.ts` and `config/featureFlags.ts` each hold one value, but give
`GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH` and `ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE` somewhere to be
explained rather than being a bare number at a call site.

`session` moves out of `config/app.ts` into `config/session.ts`. It was the only
part of the app config describing one specific piece of middleware. The whole
cookie goes with it — `api.ts` no longer reassembles the attributes one by one,
it hands `sessionConfig.cookie` to the middleware as it is. `satisfies
CookieOptions` keeps that object honest now that nothing between here and
express-session is checking it.

`config/app.ts` also stops capturing its values at import and derives them on
access, so that `env.set` in a test is respected. The following commit does the
same to the remaining config modules and explains why the suite needs it.

This is the last reader of `safeGetEnvVar` and `safeGetEnvInt` outside
`iocContainer/utils.ts` itself.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VPiJ3vsqgpbnwZWq1LRQLM
Moving these reads into config modules changed *when* they happen. A
`const isTest = env.get('NCMEC_ENV') !== 'production'` at module scope is
evaluated once, the first time anything imports the module — which in a test run
is whenever the first suite happens to pull it in, not when a test sets the
value it wants.

Four suites depended on setting the variable per-test, and broke: the NCMEC
reporting and retry-job suites, the email transport suite, and the NCMEC
submission integration test. Getters restore the old behaviour, because
`env.get` reads the snapshot `Env.create` produced and `env.set` writes to it.

The tests move from `process.env` to `env.set` to match. They are not
interchangeable: `EnvProcessor` copies `.env` into `process.env` before
validation and never looks at it again, so a test mutating `process.env` after
boot is writing somewhere nothing reads. Going through `env` also types the
values — `NCMEC_ENV` is `'production' | 'test' | undefined` rather than
`string | undefined`, and restoring a captured value no longer needs the
`delete process.env.X` branch for undefined.

This is a workaround for these modules being read as ambient state rather than
injected. The services that consume them — `makeSendEmail`, the NCMEC
reporting helpers — take no configuration argument, so a test cannot hand them
a configuration and has to reach for the environment instead.

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`utils/url.ts` read `ALLOW_USER_INPUT_LOCALHOST_URIS` from `process.env` inside
a default argument, so "is this a valid URL" and "what does this deployment
consider valid" were the same function. That made the environment an input to
every caller, including tests, which is why its own suite could not test the
blocking behaviour without setting a variable first.

The split is along that seam. `utils/url.ts` now takes the rules as an argument
and knows nothing about configuration; `utils/urlValidation.ts` is the
configured entry point, holds the single read of `debugConfig`, and is what
every caller imports. `LOOPBACK_HOSTNAMES` is exported so a caller opting out of
the configured defaults can still say "the usual loopback set".

Two fixes fall out of it:

`validateUrl` wrapped its whole body in `try`/`catch` and rethrew everything as
`Invalid URL`, so a blocked hostname and an unparseable string were
indistinguishable, and the scheme and hostname errors it raised were dead text.
Only the parse is guarded now, via `URL.canParse`.

`validateUrlOrNull` is removed. It carried a copy of the default options with a
comment asking the reader to keep the two in sync by hand, and had no callers.

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`org.ts` gets `appConfig.inProduction`, and reads in the order the comment above
it describes: throw in production, return empty outside it.

`apiKey.ts` returned `process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' ? '' : ''` — both
branches the same, so the environment was never an input. It returns `''`.

`bin/get-invite-token.ts` built its signup link from `process.env.UI_URL` with a
localhost fallback. The fallback could not be reached: the script imports the
IoC container, which loads `#start/env`, and `UI_URL` is required there — so an
unset `UI_URL` fails the script before this line runs.

`READ_ME_JWT_SECRET` in `user.ts` is deliberately left alone; that resolver is
being removed separately.

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`safeGetEnvVar`, `isEnvTrue`, `safeGetEnvInt` and `safeGetEnvNonNegativeInt`
have no callers left: every variable they read is declared in `start/env.ts` and
reached through a module in `config/`.

Two behaviours go with them, both deliberately:

`isEnvTrue` accepted `true`, `1` and `yes`, case-insensitively and trimmed.
`Env.schema.boolean` accepts only `true`/`1`/`false`/`0`, exactly. An operator
setting `SOMETHING=yes` used to get a silent false where they meant true, and
now gets a startup error naming the variable.

`safeGetEnvInt` logged to `console.error` and carried on with its default when
a value was out of range, so a typo in a pool size or timeout survived as a log
line nobody read. The validators in `lib/env` refuse to let the process start.

The `NodeJS.ProcessEnv` block in `decs.d.ts` goes too. It typed those variables
as `string | undefined` at the `process.env` reads that no longer exist —
`env.get` returns the validated type instead. The rest of `decs.d.ts` stays; it
is ambient declarations for untyped packages and has nothing to do with the
environment.

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Obtain the required human approvals before merge.

  • server/api.ts#L101-L101: obtain explicit maintainer approval for the security middleware change.
  • server/iocContainer/index.ts#L648-L660: obtain explicit human approval for the Scylla lifecycle rewiring.
  • server/iocContainer/index.ts#L1400-L1402: include the lazy ConfigService initialization in the lifecycle approval.
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In `@server/.env.example`:
- Line 83: Update the Scylla connection-settings description in the environment
example to state that only SCYLLA_HOSTS, SCYLLA_USERNAME, SCYLLA_PASSWORD, and
SCYLLA_LOCAL_DATACENTER are required when Scylla is enabled; identify
SCYLLA_PORT, SCYLLA_SSL, and SCYLLA_SSL_SERVERNAME as optional.

In `@server/config/database.ts`:
- Line 83: Update the SSL configuration in the database connection settings so
DATABASE_SSL enables certificate verification instead of setting
rejectUnauthorized to false. Require the PostgreSQL client to validate the
server certificate and use the configured CA chain for deployments with private
certificates, preserving SSL-disabled behavior when config.ssl is false.

In `@server/lib/env/validators.ts`:
- Around line 70-71: Update castToInteger to trim the incoming value and reject
an empty trimmed string before calling Number, while preserving the existing
minimum and integer validation. Add coverage for whitespace-only required and
optional values.

In `@server/package.json`:
- Line 38: Obtain explicit human approval for the added `@adonisjs/env` and
`@poppinss/utils` dependencies, including Apache-2.0 license compatibility and
known-CVE review, before merging the dependency changes.

In `@server/start/env.ts`:
- Line 156: Update the ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE schema validation to
require values between 0 and 1 inclusive, replacing the unbounded
Env.schema.number() validator while preserving the existing configuration
contract.

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Comment thread server/.env.example
# the two Scylla-backed features — Item Investigation (item/user history views)
# and User Strikes (repeat-offender strike counts) — which then no-op: reads
# return empty (strike counts read as 0) and writes are dropped. The SCYLLA_*
# connection settings below are then not required; otherwise they are, and the

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the required-setting description.

When Scylla is enabled, only SCYLLA_HOSTS, SCYLLA_USERNAME, SCYLLA_PASSWORD, and SCYLLA_LOCAL_DATACENTER are required. SCYLLA_PORT, SCYLLA_SSL, and SCYLLA_SSL_SERVERNAME are optional. The current text can make operators expect a startup failure for valid configurations that omit those optional settings.

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In `@server/.env.example` at line 83, Update the Scylla connection-settings
description in the environment example to state that only SCYLLA_HOSTS,
SCYLLA_USERNAME, SCYLLA_PASSWORD, and SCYLLA_LOCAL_DATACENTER are required when
Scylla is enabled; identify SCYLLA_PORT, SCYLLA_SSL, and SCYLLA_SSL_SERVERNAME
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password: config.password.release(),
port: config.port,
host: config.host,
ssl: config.ssl ? { rejectUnauthorized: false } : undefined,

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Analyzed with Security Review | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Security Misconfiguration

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

Require PostgreSQL certificate verification.

When DATABASE_SSL=true, this passes rejectUnauthorized: false to both PostgreSQL pools through connectionParams. TLS then encrypts the connection but accepts an attacker certificate. An attacker who can intercept database traffic can impersonate the database server and read or alter application data. Enable certificate verification and configure the required CA chain for deployments that use private certificates.

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In `@server/config/database.ts` at line 83, Update the SSL configuration in the
database connection settings so DATABASE_SSL enables certificate verification
instead of setting rejectUnauthorized to false. Require the PostgreSQL client to
validate the server certificate and use the configured CA chain for deployments
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const casted = Number(value);
if (!Number.isInteger(casted) || casted < minimum) {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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<title>Releases · adonisjs/env · GitHub</title> https://github.com/adonisjs/env/releases Releases · adonisjs/env · GitHub ## Release list Jump to release - Tag as latest - Bug fix and remove dotenv dependency in favor of Node.js parseEnv util - Add secret schema type - Add file identifier - Update dependencies - Introduce defineIdentifier and defineIdentifierIfMissing methods - Update dependencies - Empty Example value - Update dependencies - Allow to add identifiers Tag as latest Latest Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 25 Feb 05:03 # 7.0.0 (2026-02-25) Assets 2 Bug fix and remove dotenv dependency in favor of Node.js parseEnv util Pre-release Pre-release Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 15 Dec 04:21 # 7.0.0-next.3 (2025-12-15) ### Bug Fixes - treat empty string as a value 7434177, closes#46 ### Features - remove dotenv in favor of util.parseEnv 0a596e9 Assets 2 Add secret schema type Pre-release Pre-release Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 08 Sep 09:50 # 7.0.0-next.2 (2025-09-08) ### Features - add schema.secret type (b8f318a) - setup typedoc (1a942d6) Assets 2 👍 1 1 person reacted Add file identifier Pre-release Pre-release Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 28 Aug 07:13 # 7.0.0-next.1 (2025-08-28) ### Features - add file identifier to read file contents (5dc2f6a) - share appRoot with the parser to share it with identifier callbacks (71797a2) Assets 2 🎉 2 2 people reacted Pre-release Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 15 Aug 09:38 # 7.0.0-next.0 (2025-08-15) Assets 2 Introduce defineIdentifier and defineIdentifierIfMissing methods Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 19 Mar 08:16 The`Env.identifier` method has been deprecated in favor of`defineIdentifier` and`defineIdentifierIfMissing` method is added to define the identifier only when its not already defined ## 6.2.0 (2025-03-19) - test: small improvements to the test cases (f1e786b) - test: update test to have assertions (459aece) - ci: add stale workflow (c62fe26) - chore: update dependencies (9629685) - feat(parser): rename identifier to defineIdentifier and add IfMissingDefineIdentifier (526ce63) ## What&`#39`;s Changed - feat(parser): rename identifier to defineIdentifier and add IfMissing… by@RomainLanz in#44 ### Contributors RomainLanz Assets 2 Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 11 Jan 17:48 ## 6.1.1 (2025-01-11) - chore: add release workflow (595d694) - chore: update dependencies (5faeed1) - chore: update to eslint 9 (15cf5eb) - chore(package): correct author & contributors field (f75e8cf) - chore(package): remove corepack field (ce41d99) - ci: add labels workflow (bae355c) - ci: update release-it config (fbfb69c) - refactor: migrate to ts-node-maintained (a814ca1) Assets 2 Compare # Choose a tag to compare Julien-R44 released this 29 Apr 09:51 ## Changes Added a third argument`withEmptyExampleValue` to the`EnvEditor``add` method which allows to insert a empty value in the .env.example file ``` const editor = await EnvEditor.create(fs.baseUrl) editor.add(&`#39`;SECRET_VALUE&`#39`;, &`#39`;key, true) ``` This will result in`SECRET_VALUE=key` in the`.env` file, but with`SECRET_VALUE=` in the .env.example file. ## Commits - Merge pull request#39 from adonisjs/feat/empty-example (418e443) - chore: wip (9168360) - chore: readme (eae8a30) - feat:`add` with empty example value (ddaa57a) Assets 2 Compare # Choose a tag to compare thetutlage released this 22 Apr 04:53 - chore: replace np with release-it (94e38fc) - chore: update dependencies (494c7c3) - chore: update readme to add identifier feature (7fb9a8c) Assets 2 Allow to add identifiers Compare # Choose a tag to compare RomainLanz released this 30 Mar 14:58 This release adds the possibility to define`identifier`. The identifier is a string that prefix the environment variable value and let you customize the value resolution. ``` import { readFile } from &`#39`;node:fs/promises&`#39`; import { EnvParser }…[truncated] <title>`@adonisjs` / env</title> https://npmx.dev/package-changelog/@adonisjs/env/v/7.0.0 ## Bug fix and remove dotenv dependency in favor of Node.js parseEnv util ... - remove dotenv in favor of util.parseEnv 0a596e9 ... This release adds the possibility to define`identifier`.The identifier is a string that prefix the environment variable value and let you customize the value resolution. ... ``` import { readFile ... :fs/ ... EnvParser } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; ... EnvParser.identifier(&`#39`;file&`#39`;, (value) => { return readFile(value, &`#39`;utf-8&`#39`;) }) ... const envParser = new EnvParser(` DB_PASSWORD=file:/run/secret/db_password `) ... console.log(await envParser.parse()) // { DB_PASSWORD: &`#39`;Value from file /run/secret/db_password&`#39`; } ``` ... The`parse` method of the`EnvParser` class is now async. ... ## Add ability to create Env class by processing and loading env variables in one go ... - refactor: fix breaking example 4ab99a2 - refactor: export EnvProcessor 5f0fe9e - docs(README): update docs with recent changes to the API 51bd068 - feat: add "Env.create" method to create env instance 9908a61 - chore: update dependencies 27b504a - chore: update dependencies ff42580 ... ## Add support for loading .local files ... The`EnvLoader` class now uses the same conventions as Symfony and Ruby DotEnv to load a total of 4`.env` files inside all the environments. ... The files are returned inside an array ordered by their priority. <title>adonisjs/env</title> https://github.com/adonisjs/env?tab=readme-ov-file # adonisjs/env Framework agnostic environment variables parser and validator - Stars: 48 - Forks: 12 - Watchers: 48 - Open issues: 3 - License: MIT License - Homepage: https://docs.adonisjs.com/guides/environment-variables - Default branch: 7.x - Created: 2019-05-14T14:32:47Z ## Languages - JavaScript - TypeScript ## Topics - bundled-with-core - env ## Top Contributors - thetutlage (263 contributions) - RomainLanz (16 contributions) - Julien-R44 (6 contributions) - targos (4 contributions) - dependabot-preview[bot] (2 contributions) - McSneaky (1 contributions) - varun-nambiar (1 contributions) - Xstoudi (1 contributions) - dependabot[bot] (1 contributions) --- ## README # `@adonisjs/env` > Environment variables parser and validator used by the AdonisJS. [![gh-workflow-image]][gh-workflow-url] [![typescript-image]][typescript-url] [![npm-image]][npm-url] [![license-image]][license-url] > **Note:** This package is framework agnostic and can also be used outside of AdonisJS. The `@adonisjs/env` package encapsulates the workflow around loading, parsing, and validating environment variables. ## Setup Install the package from the npm packages registry as follows. ```sh npm i `@adonisjs/env` ``` ## EnvLoader The `EnvLoader` class is responsible for loading the environment variable files from the disk and returning their contents as a string. ```ts import { EnvLoader } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; const lookupPath = new URL(&`#39`;./&`#39`;, import.meta.url) const loader = new EnvLoader(lookupPath) const envFiles = await loader.load() ``` The return value is an array of objects with following properties. - `path`: The path to the loaded dot-env file. - `contents`: The contents of the file. Following is the list of loaded files. The array is ordered by the priority of the files. The first file has the highest priority and must override the variables from the last file. | Priority | File name | Environment | Should I `.gitignore` it | Notes | |----------|-----------|-------------|--------------------------|-------| | 1st | `.env.[NODE_ENV].local` | Current environment | Yes | Loaded when `NODE_ENV` is set | | 2nd | `.env.local` | All | Yes | Loaded in all the environments except `test` or `testing` environments | | 3rd | `.env.[NODE_ENV]` | Current environment | No | Loaded when `NODE_ENV` is set | | 4th | `.env` | All | Depends | Loaded in all the environments. You should `.gitignore` it when storing secrets in this file | ## EnvParser The `EnvParser` class is responsible for parsing the contents of the `.env` file(s) and converting them into an object. ```ts import { EnvParser } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; const envParser = new EnvParser(` PORT=3000 HOST=localhost `) console.log(await envParser.parse()) // { PORT: &`#39`;3000&`#39`;, HOST: &`#39`;localhost&`#39`; } ``` The return value of `parser.parse` is an object with key-value pair. The parser also has support for interpolation. By default, the parser prefers existing `process.env` values when they exist. However, you can instruct the parser to ignore existing `process.env` files as follows. ```ts new EnvParser(envContents, { ignoreProcessEnv: true }) ``` ### Identifier You can define an "identifier" to be used for interpolation. The identifier is a string that prefix the environment variable value and let you customize the value resolution. ```ts import { readFile } from &`#39`;node:fs/promises&`#39`; import { EnvParser } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; EnvParser.identifier(&`#39`;file&`#39`;, (value) => { return readFile(value, &`#39`;utf-8&`#39`;) }) const envParser = new EnvParser(` DB_PASSWORD=file:/run/secret/db_password `) console.log(await envParser.parse()) // { DB_PASSWORD: &`#39`;Value from file /run/secret/db_password&`#39`; } ``` This can be useful when you are using secrets manager like `Docker Secret`, `HashiCorp Vault`, `Google Secrets Manager` and others to manage your secrets. ## Validating environment variables Once you have the parsed objects, you can optionally …[truncated] <title>adonisjs/env</title> https://github.com/adonisjs/env # adonisjs/env Framework agnostic environment variables parser and validator - Stars: 48 - Forks: 12 - Watchers: 48 - Open issues: 3 - License: MIT License - Homepage: https://docs.adonisjs.com/guides/environment-variables - Default branch: 7.x - Created: 2019-05-14T14:32:47Z ## Languages - JavaScript - TypeScript ## Topics - bundled-with-core - env ## Top Contributors - thetutlage (263 contributions) - RomainLanz (16 contributions) - Julien-R44 (6 contributions) - targos (4 contributions) - dependabot-preview[bot] (2 contributions) - McSneaky (1 contributions) - varun-nambiar (1 contributions) - Xstoudi (1 contributions) - dependabot[bot] (1 contributions) --- ## README # `@adonisjs/env` > Environment variables parser and validator used by the AdonisJS. [![gh-workflow-image]][gh-workflow-url] [![typescript-image]][typescript-url] [![npm-image]][npm-url] [![license-image]][license-url] > **Note:** This package is framework agnostic and can also be used outside of AdonisJS. The `@adonisjs/env` package encapsulates the workflow around loading, parsing, and validating environment variables. ## Setup Install the package from the npm packages registry as follows. ```sh npm i `@adonisjs/env` ``` ## EnvLoader The `EnvLoader` class is responsible for loading the environment variable files from the disk and returning their contents as a string. ```ts import { EnvLoader } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; const lookupPath = new URL(&`#39`;./&`#39`;, import.meta.url) const loader = new EnvLoader(lookupPath) const envFiles = await loader.load() ``` The return value is an array of objects with following properties. - `path`: The path to the loaded dot-env file. - `contents`: The contents of the file. Following is the list of loaded files. The array is ordered by the priority of the files. The first file has the highest priority and must override the variables from the last file. | Priority | File name | Environment | Should I `.gitignore` it | Notes | |----------|-----------|-------------|--------------------------|-------| | 1st | `.env.[NODE_ENV].local` | Current environment | Yes | Loaded when `NODE_ENV` is set | | 2nd | `.env.local` | All | Yes | Loaded in all the environments except `test` or `testing` environments | | 3rd | `.env.[NODE_ENV]` | Current environment | No | Loaded when `NODE_ENV` is set | | 4th | `.env` | All | Depends | Loaded in all the environments. You should `.gitignore` it when storing secrets in this file | ## EnvParser The `EnvParser` class is responsible for parsing the contents of the `.env` file(s) and converting them into an object. ```ts import { EnvParser } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; const envParser = new EnvParser(` PORT=3000 HOST=localhost `) console.log(await envParser.parse()) // { PORT: &`#39`;3000&`#39`;, HOST: &`#39`;localhost&`#39`; } ``` The return value of `parser.parse` is an object with key-value pair. The parser also has support for interpolation. By default, the parser prefers existing `process.env` values when they exist. However, you can instruct the parser to ignore existing `process.env` files as follows. ```ts new EnvParser(envContents, { ignoreProcessEnv: true }) ``` ### Identifier You can define an "identifier" to be used for interpolation. 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The `EnvLoader` class is responsible for loading the environment variable files from the disk and returning their contents as a string. ... ```ts import { EnvLoader } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; ... const lookupPath = new URL(&`#39`;./&`#39`;, import.meta.url) const loader = new EnvLoader(lookupPath) ... const envFiles = await loader.load() ... The return value is an array of objects with following properties. ... - `path`: The path to the loaded dot-env file. - `contents`: The contents of the file. ... Following is the list of loaded files. The array is ordered by the priority of the files. 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<title>adonisjs/env</title> https://github.com/adonisjs/env # adonisjs/env Framework agnostic environment variables parser and validator - Stars: 48 - Forks: 12 - Watchers: 48 - Open issues: 3 - License: MIT License - Homepage: https://docs.adonisjs.com/guides/environment-variables - Default branch: 7.x - Created: 2019-05-14T14:32:47Z ## Languages - JavaScript - TypeScript ## Topics - bundled-with-core - env ## Top Contributors - thetutlage (263 contributions) - RomainLanz (16 contributions) - Julien-R44 (6 contributions) - targos (4 contributions) - dependabot-preview[bot] (2 contributions) - McSneaky (1 contributions) - varun-nambiar (1 contributions) - Xstoudi (1 contributions) - dependabot[bot] (1 contributions) --- ## README # `@adonisjs/env` > Environment variables parser and validator used by the AdonisJS. [![gh-workflow-image]][gh-workflow-url] [![typescript-image]][typescript-url] [![npm-image]][npm-url] [![license-image]][license-url] > **Note:** This package is framework agnostic and can also be used outside of AdonisJS. The `@adonisjs/env` package encapsulates the workflow around loading, parsing, and validating environment variables. ## Setup Install the package from the npm packages registry as follows. ```sh npm i `@adonisjs/env` ``` ## EnvLoader The `EnvLoader` class is responsible for loading the environment variable files from the disk and returning their contents as a string. ```ts import { EnvLoader } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; const lookupPath = new URL(&`#39`;./&`#39`;, import.meta.url) const loader = new EnvLoader(lookupPath) const envFiles = await loader.load() ``` The return value is an array of objects with following properties. - `path`: The path to the loaded dot-env file. - `contents`: The contents of the file. Following is the list of loaded files. The array is ordered by the priority of the files. The first file has the highest priority and must override the variables from the last file. | Priority | File name | Environment | Should I `.gitignore` it | Notes | |----------|-----------|-------------|--------------------------|-------| | 1st | `.env.[NODE_ENV].local` | Current environment | Yes | Loaded when `NODE_ENV` is set | | 2nd | `.env.local` | All | Yes | Loaded in all the environments except `test` or `testing` environments | | 3rd | `.env.[NODE_ENV]` | Current environment | No | Loaded when `NODE_ENV` is set | | 4th | `.env` | All | Depends | Loaded in all the environments. You should `.gitignore` it when storing secrets in this file | ## EnvParser The `EnvParser` class is responsible for parsing the contents of the `.env` file(s) and converting them into an object. ```ts import { EnvParser } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; const envParser = new EnvParser(` PORT=3000 HOST=localhost `) console.log(await envParser.parse()) // { PORT: &`#39`;3000&`#39`;, HOST: &`#39`;localhost&`#39`; } ``` The return value of `parser.parse` is an object with key-value pair. The parser also has support for interpolation. By default, the parser prefers existing `process.env` values when they exist. However, you can instruct the parser to ignore existing `process.env` files as follows. ```ts new EnvParser(envContents, { ignoreProcessEnv: true }) ``` ### Identifier You can define an "identifier" to be used for interpolation. 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Tag: v7.0.0-next.3 - Repository: adonisjs/env - Published: 2025-12-15T04:21:03Z - Pre-release: yes - Author: github-actions[bot] --- # 7.0.0-next.3 (2025-12-15) ### Bug Fixes * treat empty string as a value 7434177, closes `#46` ### Features * remove dotenv in favor of util.parseEnv 0a596e9 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/adonisjs/env/compare/v7.0.0-next.2...v7.0.0-next.3 <title>Releases · adonisjs/env · GitHub</title> https://github.com/adonisjs/env/releases Releases · adonisjs/env · GitHub ## Release list Jump to release - Tag as latest - Bug fix and remove dotenv dependency in favor of Node.js parseEnv util - Add secret schema type - Add file identifier - Update dependencies - Introduce defineIdentifier and defineIdentifierIfMissing methods - Update dependencies - Empty Example value - Update dependencies - Allow to add identifiers Tag as latest Latest Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 25 Feb 05:03 # 7.0.0 (2026-02-25) Assets 2 Bug fix and remove dotenv dependency in favor of Node.js parseEnv util Pre-release Pre-release Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 15 Dec 04:21 # 7.0.0-next.3 (2025-12-15) ### Bug Fixes - treat empty string as a value 7434177, closes#46 ### Features - remove dotenv in favor of util.parseEnv 0a596e9 Assets 2 Add secret schema type Pre-release Pre-release Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 08 Sep 09:50 # 7.0.0-next.2 (2025-09-08) ### Features - add schema.secret type (b8f318a) - setup typedoc (1a942d6) Assets 2 👍 1 1 person reacted Add file identifier Pre-release Pre-release Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 28 Aug 07:13 # 7.0.0-next.1 (2025-08-28) ### Features - add file identifier to read file contents (5dc2f6a) - share appRoot with the parser to share it with identifier callbacks (71797a2) Assets 2 🎉 2 2 people reacted Pre-release Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 15 Aug 09:38 # 7.0.0-next.0 (2025-08-15) Assets 2 Introduce defineIdentifier and defineIdentifierIfMissing methods Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 19 Mar 08:16 The`Env.identifier` method has been deprecated in favor of`defineIdentifier` and`defineIdentifierIfMissing` method is added to define the identifier only when its not already defined ## 6.2.0 (2025-03-19) - test: small improvements to the test cases (f1e786b) - test: update test to have assertions (459aece) - ci: add stale workflow (c62fe26) - chore: update dependencies (9629685) - feat(parser): rename identifier to defineIdentifier and add IfMissingDefineIdentifier (526ce63) ## What&`#39`;s Changed - feat(parser): rename identifier to defineIdentifier and add IfMissing… by@RomainLanz in#44 ### Contributors RomainLanz Assets 2 Compare # Choose a tag to compare github-actions released this 11 Jan 17:48 ## 6.1.1 (2025-01-11) - chore: add release workflow (595d694) - chore: update dependencies (5faeed1) - chore: update to eslint 9 (15cf5eb) - chore(package): correct author & contributors field (f75e8cf) - chore(package): remove corepack field (ce41d99) - ci: add labels workflow (bae355c) - ci: update release-it config (fbfb69c) - refactor: migrate to ts-node-maintained (a814ca1) Assets 2 Compare # Choose a tag to compare Julien-R44 released this 29 Apr 09:51 ## Changes Added a third argument`withEmptyExampleValue` to the`EnvEditor``add` method which allows to insert a empty value in the .env.example file ``` const editor = await EnvEditor.create(fs.baseUrl) editor.add(&`#39`;SECRET_VALUE&`#39`;, &`#39`;key, true) ``` This will result in`SECRET_VALUE=key` in the`.env` file, but with`SECRET_VALUE=` in the .env.example file. ## Commits - Merge pull request#39 from adonisjs/feat/empty-example (418e443) - chore: wip (9168360) - chore: readme (eae8a30) - feat:`add` with empty example value (ddaa57a) Assets 2 Compare # Choose a tag to compare thetutlage released this 22 Apr 04:53 - chore: replace np with release-it (94e38fc) - chore: update dependencies (494c7c3) - chore: update readme to add identifier feature (7fb9a8c) Assets 2 Allow to add identifiers Compare # Choose a tag to compare RomainLanz released this 30 Mar 14:58 This release adds the possibility to define`identifier`. The identifier is a string that prefix the environment variable value and let you customize the value resolution. ``` import { readFile } from &`#39`;node:fs/promises&`#39`; import { EnvParser }…[truncated] <title>Allow to add identifiers</title> https://github.com/adonisjs/env/releases/tag/v6.0.0 # Release: adonisjs/env v6.0.0 - Repository: adonisjs/env | Framework agnostic environment variables parser and validator | 47 stars | TypeScript - Name: Allow to add identifiers - Author: [`@RomainLanz`](https://github.com/RomainLanz) - Created: 2024-03-30T14:49:54Z - Published: 2024-03-30T14:58:47Z This release adds the possibility to define `identifier`. The identifier is a string that prefix the environment variable value and let you customize the value resolution. ```ts import { readFile } from &`#39`;node:fs/promises&`#39`; import { EnvParser } from &`#39`;`@adonisjs/env`&`#39`; EnvParser.identifier(&`#39`;file&`#39`;, (value) => { return readFile(value, &`#39`;utf-8&`#39`;) }) const envParser = new EnvParser(` DB_PASSWORD=file:/run/secret/db_password `) console.log(await envParser.parse()) // { DB_PASSWORD: &`#39`;Value from file /run/secret/db_password&`#39`; } ``` ## Breaking The `parse` method of the `EnvParser` class is now async. ## Commits - Merge pull request `#37` from adonisjs/feat/identifier e7574df - feat(parser): allow to escape identifier fbba16b - test(parser): ensure identifier can be escaped b5b63fa - fix(parser): ensure identifier fully-match before using it 821ef92 - feat(parser): allow to add identifiers 0e612ae https://github.com/adonisjs/env/compare/v5.0.1...v6.0.0 <title>Introduce defineIdentifier and defineIdentifierIfMissing methods</title> https://github.com/adonisjs/env/releases/tag/v6.2.0 # Release: adonisjs/env v6.2.0 - Repository: adonisjs/env | Framework agnostic environment variables parser and validator | 46 stars | TypeScript - Name: Introduce defineIdentifier and defineIdentifierIfMissing methods - Author: [`@github-actions`[bot]](https://github.com/github-actions[bot]) - Created: 2025-03-19T08:16:43Z - Published: 2025-03-19T08:16:44Z The `Env.identifier` method has been deprecated in favor of `defineIdentifier` and `defineIdentifierIfMissing` method is added to define the identifier only when its not already defined ## 6.2.0 (2025-03-19) - test: small improvements to the test cases ([f1e786b](https://github.com/adonisjs/env/commit/f1e786b)) - test: update test to have assertions ([459aece](https://github.com/adonisjs/env/commit/459aece)) - ci: add stale workflow ([c62fe26](https://github.com/adonisjs/env/commit/c62fe26)) - chore: update dependencies ([9629685](https://github.com/adonisjs/env/commit/9629685)) - feat(parser): rename identifier to defineIdentifier and add IfMissingDefineIdentifier ([526ce63](https://github.com/adonisjs/env/commit/526ce63)) ## What&`#39`;s Changed - feat(parser): rename identifier to defineIdentifier and add IfMissing… by `@RomainLanz` in https://github.com/adonisjs/env/pull/44 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/adonisjs/env/compare/v6.1.1...v6.2.0

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For more details refer to the `process.env` documentation. ### DotEnv# Stability: 2 - Stable Set of utilities for dealing with additional environment variables defined in `.env` files. #### .env files# `.env` files (also known as dotenv files) are files that define environment variables, which Node.js applications can then interact with (popularized by the dotenv package). The following is an example of the content of a basic `.env` file: `MY_VAR_A = "my variable A" MY_VAR_B = "my variable B" ` This type of file is used in various different programming languages and platforms but there is no formal specification for it, therefore Node.js defines its own specification described below. A `.env` file is a file that contains key-value pairs, each pair is represented by a variable name followed by the equal sign (`=`) followed by a variable value. 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Examples of valid variables: `MY_SIMPLE_VAR = a simple single line variable MY_EQUALS_VAR = "this variable contains an = sign!" MY_HASH_VAR = &`#39`;this variable contains a # symbol!&`#39`; MY_MULTILINE_VAR = &`#39`; this is a multiline variable containing two separate lines\nSorry, I meant three lines&`#39`; ` ##### Spacing# Leading and trailing whitespace characters around variable keys and values are ignored unless they are enclosed within quotes. ` MY_VAR_A = my variable a MY_VAR_B = &`#39`; my variable b &`#39`; ` will be treated identically to: `MY_VAR_A = my variable a MY_VAR_B = &`#39`; my variable b &`#39`; ` ##### Comments# Hash-tag (`#`) characters…[truncated] <title>Environment Variables | Node.js v26.7.0 Documentation</title> https://nodejs.org/dist/latest/docs/api/environment_variables.html Environment Variables | Node.js v26.7.0 Documentation Table of contents - Environment Variables - CLI Environment Variables - `process.env` - DotEnv - .env files - Variable Names - Variable Values - Spacing - Comments - `export` prefixes - CLI Options - Programmatic APIs ## Environment Variables# Environment variables are variables associated to the environment the Node.js process runs in. ### CLI Environment Variables# There is a set of environment variables that can be defined to customize the behavior of Node.js, for more details refer to the CLI Environment Variables documentation. ### `process.env`# The basic API for interacting with environment variables is `process.env`, it consists of an object with pre-populated user environment variables that can be modified and expanded. For more details refer to the `process.env` documentation. ### DotEnv# Stability: 2 - Stable Set of utilities for dealing with additional environment variables defined in `.env` files. #### .env files# `.env` files (also known as dotenv files) are files that define environment variables, which Node.js applications can then interact with (popularized by the dotenv package). The following is an example of the content of a basic `.env` file: `MY_VAR_A = "my variable A" MY_VAR_B = "my variable B" ` This type of file is used in various different programming languages and platforms but there is no formal specification for it, therefore Node.js defines its own specification described below. A `.env` file is a file that contains key-value pairs, each pair is represented by a variable name followed by the equal sign (`=`) followed by a variable value. 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Given an example`.env` file: ... ``` const { parseEnv } = require(&`#39`;node:util&`#39`;); parseEnv(&`#39`;HELLO=world\nHELLO=oh my\n&`#39`;); // Returns: { HELLO: &`#39`;oh my&`#39`; }import { parseEnv } from &`#39`;node:util&`#39`;; parseEnv(&`#39`;HELLO=world\nHELLO=oh my\n&`#39`;); // Returns: { HELLO: &`#39`;oh my&`#39`; }copy ``` <title>`dotenv` not required: load `.env` and parse env vars natively in modern Node.js · Code with Hugo</title> https://codewithhugo.com/load-env-vars-files-nodejs-dotenv/ `dotenv` not required: load `.env` and parse env vars natively in modern Node.js · Code with Hugo dotenv is a 39 million download a week pac">dotenv is a 39 million download a week pac">dotenv is a 39 million download a week pac"> dotenv is a 39 million download a week package allows Node.js apps to load environment variables from`.env` files and other utilities around environment variables. It’s very useful for building 12-factor apps for which a principle is to read configuration from environment variables instead of config or code files. As of Node 20.6 (and all Node 22.x versions), env files can be loaded via the`--env-file` CLI argument. As of Node.js 20.12 (and all Node 22.x versions), env files can be loaded programmatically via`process.loadEnvFile()` and env vars in a string can be parsed with`util.parseEnv()`. Note that the Node 20 release line is the Active LTS until October 2024, Node 22 is “current” until October 2024 when it becomes the Active LTS. We’ll now detail how to use the native APIs to replace dotenv. You can skip to the code on GitHub at: github.com/HugoDF/dotenv-not-required/, see the`package.json` and`index.test.js`. Table of Contents ## Load an env file via CLI arguments: replace -r dotenv/config with --env-file With dotenv: ``` { "scripts": { "start": "node -r dotenv/config index.js" } } ``` With Node.js`--env-file`: ``` { "scripts": { "start": "node --env-file=.env index.js" } } ``` Given an`.env` file with ``` MY_VAR=from-env-file ``` And`index.js`: ``` console.log(process.env.MY_VAR); ``` Running either of these via npm scripts will yield the following output: ``` npm start > start > node -r dotenv/config index.js from-env-file ``` Full example available at: https://github.com/HugoDF/dotenv-not-required/blob/19daca76ce6a2059839cb4de5867c6fd067273af/package.json#L5-L6 ## Load an env file programmatically, replace dotenv.config() with process.loadEnvFile() `dotenv.config()` can be used as follows: ``` dotenv.config({ path: &`#39`;.env&`#39`; }); // or by default path is `.env` also dotenv.config(); ``` This`dotenv.config()` call can be replaced with`process.loadEnvFile(path)`, as follows: ``` import process from &`#39`;node:process&`#39`;; // using the process global without this import also works process.loadEnvFile(&`#39`;.env&`#39`;); ``` Full example available at: https://github.com/HugoDF/dotenv-not-required/blob/19daca76ce6a2059839cb4de5867c6fd067273af/index.test.js#L36-L52 ## Parse env vars from a string, replace dotenv.parse() with util.parseEnv() `dotenv.parse()` is used as follows: ``` import dotenv from &`#39`;dotenv&`#39`;; assert.deepEqual(dotenv.parse(&`#39`;MY_VAR=my-value&`#39`;), { MY_VAR: &`#39`;my-value&`#39`;, }); ``` And can be replaced by the native Node.js API`util.parseEnv()`: ``` import util from &`#39`;node:util&`#39`;; assert.deepEqual(util.parseEnv(&`#39`;MY_VAR=my-value&`#39`;), { MY_VAR: &`#39`;my-value&`#39`;, }); ``` Full example available at: https://github.com/HugoDF/dotenv-not-required/blob/19daca76ce6a2059839cb4de5867c6fd067273af/index.test.js#L54-L66 We’ve now seen how to replace`dotenv.parse()` with`util.parseEnv` and remove the need for the`dotenv` package. ## Availability in Node.js & docs links `--env-file`: - docs for cli options - from v20.0.6 programmatic: - docs for process.loadEnvFile(path) - docs for util.parseEnv(content) - both from: v21.7.0 (so all v22), v20.12.0 ### Interested in Alpine.js? 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Reject whitespace-only integer values.

@adonisjs/env passes existing process.env values to schema validators without trimming. A whitespace-only value is truthy, reaches castToInteger, and Number(value) converts it to 0. Non-negative timeout and retry settings can therefore override their defaults with zero.

Trim the value and reject it when the trimmed value is empty before conversion. Add coverage for whitespace-only required and optional values.

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In `@server/lib/env/validators.ts` around lines 70 - 71, Update castToInteger to
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"#start/*": "./start/*.js"
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Obtain the required dependency approval.

This change adds @adonisjs/env and @poppinss/utils, with matching server/package-lock.json updates. Obtain explicit human approval for Apache-2.0 license compatibility and known-CVE review before merge.

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HMA_SERVICE_URL: Env.schema.string.optional({ format: 'url', tld: false }),

// Others:
ITEM_QUEUE_TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE: Env.schema.number(),

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject queue percentages outside the range 0 through 1.

Env.schema.number() accepts values such as -1 and 2. These values pass startup validation despite the documented fraction contract. They can route none or all of the traffic instead of the intended percentage.

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really the configuration should probably be a number 0-100 rather than a float, then we could actually do such validation here.

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@ThisIsMissEm, agreed. An integer percentage from 0 through 100 is clearer for configuration.

This requires a contract change. The traffic-routing code must convert the configured percentage before it compares the value with a 0 through 1 random value. The documentation and environment examples must also change.

Until that change is made, the current fraction contract still needs validation for 0 <= value <= 1.

You are interacting with an AI system.

serendipty01 added a commit to serendipty01/coop that referenced this pull request Sep 18, 2026
Address review feedback on the env vars introduced in this stack:

- OPEN_AI_BASE_URL and GOOGLE_CONTENT_SAFETY_BASE_URL use `||` so an empty
  value in .env falls back to the default instead of producing a broken URL,
  and OPEN_AI_BASE_URL has trailing slashes stripped so path concatenation
  can't double up.
- MANUAL_REVIEW_LOCK_DURATION_MS falls back to the default on anything that
  isn't a positive integer, instead of handing NaN or 0 to BullMQ's lock
  logic.
- Reword the OpenAI override docs to promise only OpenAI's API contract
  rather than naming Azure specifically.

Scheme validation for these URLs is deferred to the env schema in roostorg#1235
rather than adding a parallel mechanism here.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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