The instance-owner feature reads OWNER_EMAIL, but the backend service's
environment block is an explicit allow-list that didn't include it — so setting
it in .env never reached the app (is_instance_owner always saw "" → no owner).
Add the passthrough.
NOTE: the same allow-list omits the AI provider keys (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
OPENAI_*, XAI_*, OLLAMA_*) and SMTP settings, so those documented env vars also
don't currently reach the backend on this deployment. Worth a follow-up
(forward them explicitly, or switch the service to env_file) so .env actually
drives all configuration per the twelve-factor rule.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Justin Paul <justin@jpaul.me>
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