From ab6728c2d50ac6651291ef64780e596df4de8c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Wennberg <jakob.wennberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:05:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: skip env validation during Docker builds with
 placeholder vars

The ensureInitialized() env check threw on missing SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY
and CRON_SECRET during Next.js page collection at Docker build time. These
server-only vars are injected at runtime, not build time.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 lib/init.ts | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/init.ts b/lib/init.ts
index 7643999b..c2227513 100644
--- a/lib/init.ts
+++ b/lib/init.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ const OPTIONAL_VARS = [
 ] as const
 
 function validateEnvironment(): void {
+  // During Docker builds, NEXT_PUBLIC_* vars are placeholder sentinels
+  // replaced at runtime by docker-entrypoint.sh. Server-only vars like
+  // SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY are not available at build time at all.
+  // Skip validation so Next.js page collection doesn't fail.
+  const isBuildPlaceholder = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL?.startsWith('__')
+  if (isBuildPlaceholder) return
+
   const missing: string[] = []
 
   for (const v of REQUIRED_CORE_VARS) {