import crypto from 'crypto'; import fs from 'fs'; import path from 'path'; let JWT_SECRET: string = process.env.JWT_SECRET || ''; if (!JWT_SECRET) { const dataDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../data'); const secretFile = path.join(dataDir, '.jwt_secret'); try { JWT_SECRET = fs.readFileSync(secretFile, 'utf8').trim(); } catch { JWT_SECRET = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex'); try { if (!fs.existsSync(dataDir)) fs.mkdirSync(dataDir, { recursive: true }); fs.writeFileSync(secretFile, JWT_SECRET, { mode: 0o600 }); console.log('Generated and saved JWT secret to', secretFile); } catch (writeErr: unknown) { console.warn('WARNING: Could not persist JWT secret to disk:', writeErr instanceof Error ? writeErr.message : writeErr); console.warn('Sessions will reset on server restart. Set JWT_SECRET env var for persistent sessions.'); } } } export { JWT_SECRET };