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Expand Up @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ When adding a new entry, please use the following format:

## Log

- [2026-04-01] fix: set explicit home directory for app user to resolve Gunicorn and worker permission issues [#742](https://github.com/jlab-sensing/ENTS-backend/pull/742)
- [2026-03-30] fix: added test decorators to resolve lack of "TTN_API_KEY" on fork PR's. removed k6 from github actions. changed github action to utilize env-import.py as opposeed to directly accessing s3 bucket for env variables. [#736] (https://github.com/jlab-sensing/ENTS-backend/pull/736)
- [2026-03-23] fix: increase fallback SECRET_KEY length to resolve PyJWT InsecureKeyLengthWarning [#682](https://github.com/jlab-sensing/ENTS-backend/pull/682)
- [2026-03-12] fix: safely catch PyJWT DecodeErrors and remove log spam for invalid tokens [#683](https://github.com/jlab-sensing/ENTS-backend/pull/683)
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Expand Up @@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /tmp/requirements.txt
#RUN pip wheel --no-cache-dir --no-deps --wheel-dir /usr/src/app/wheels -r requirements.txt

# create new user and group to run the app with name "app"
RUN adduser --system --group app
# Give the user an explicit home directory OUTSIDE the mounted volume
RUN adduser --system --group --home /home/app app
ENV HOME=/home/app
USER app
WORKDIR $HOME
WORKDIR /app

# copy files from source tree
COPY . .
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