rubyforgood / rubyforgood/alongwithyou
Release builds silently fail without `EXPO_PUBLIC_API_URL`
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severity:minor
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
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- Forks
- 4
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Description
Nothing enforces this env var at build time; a release build without it throws "No API URL configured" on every request instead of failing at build time. Should be a build-time check, not a runtime surprise.
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Research direction
Start by locating where EXPO_PUBLIC_API_URL is read and where release builds are configured. Add a build-time check for the missing variable and verify that a release build fails before runtime when it is absent.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- build-system, mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100