Deployment blocked: application encryption key is missing

Error recorded 1 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen1 times

Why it happens

The deployment stopped during the preparing stage because the application requires an encryption key that was not configured. Platform and strategy detection did not begin, so no build or health check ran.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Deploy started (source: git, repo: https://github.com/byjosj/market-radar)Starting stage: preparingDeploy failed: No application encryption key has been specified.

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