Django application failed during startup

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

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Why it happens

The image built and Django dependencies installed successfully, but the application failed while running manage.py. The captured traceback is truncated before the final exception, so the exact cause is unclear. No environment variables were provided and Engine created an empty .env, making missing Django settings or secrets a likely cause.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Compiling application on hostSuccessfully installed asgiref-3.12.1 django-5.0.6 sqlparse-0.6.0Created empty .env (required by compose env_file)Using default environment variables (source: none)Traceback (most recent call last):  File "/app/manage.py", line 6, in <module>    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)  ...  settings.INSTALLED_APPS  ...

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