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Health check treats whitespace-only env vars as present

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repo ab4e09bc·PR #3·reviewed 2 weeks ago

GPT-5 finding

Health check treats whitespace-only env vars as present

lowapi-contractmedium
  • apps/web/app/api/health/route.ts:31-35
The intent (per comments) is to pre-emptively catch missing secrets so the next real request doesn’t fail. The check only flags undefined or empty-string values, but a whitespace-only value (e.g., " ") would be considered present and pass the health check, while still being effectively invalid for keys/secrets. This slightly undermines the stated goal of catching misconfiguration early.

Recommendation

Treat whitespace-only values as missing by trimming before checking, e.g., const v = process.env[name]; const isMissing = v == null || (typeof v === 'string' && v.trim() === ''); and use that in the filter.

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