Setting JWT_SECRET via environment variable was broken by design:
the admin panel rotation updates the in-memory binding and persists
the new value to data/.jwt_secret, but an env var would silently
override it on the next restart, reverting the rotation.
The server now always loads JWT_SECRET from data/.jwt_secret
(auto-generating it on first start), making the file the single
source of truth. Rotation is handled exclusively through the admin
panel.
- config.ts: drop process.env.JWT_SECRET fallback and
JWT_SECRET_IS_GENERATED export; always read from / write to
data/.jwt_secret
- index.ts: remove the now-obsolete JWT_SECRET startup warning
- .env.example, docker-compose.yml, README: remove JWT_SECRET entries
- Helm chart: remove JWT_SECRET from secretEnv, secret.yaml, and
deployment.yaml; rename generateJwtSecret → generateEncryptionKey
and update NOTES.txt and README accordingly
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