[bug]: DEFAULT_EMAIL and DEFAULT_PASSWORD are ignoring
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Since Jun 18, 2026.
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
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Current behavior
Deploying Plane from scratch didn't create user according to older environment variables
- DEFAULT_EMAIL=${DEFAULT_EMAIL:-captain@plane.so}
- DEFAULT_PASSWORD=${DEFAULT_PASSWORD:-password123}
Was it somehow deprecated? Didn't found any mentioning of it directly
Steps to reproduce
Deploy docker-based self-hossted instance with
- DEFAULT_EMAIL=${DEFAULT_EMAIL:-captain@plane.so}
- DEFAULT_PASSWORD=${DEFAULT_PASSWORD:-password123}
Environment
Production
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Variant
Self-hosted
Version
latest
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