Docker Compose app failed on an invalid environment key

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

Seen1 times
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Why it happens

The Compose file contains a numeric key (0) under the Postgres service's environment section. Docker Compose expects environment variable names to be strings, so the application could not start.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Starting application (docker compose up -d)non-string key in services.<account>-postgres.environment: 0Deploy failed: Failed to start app: non-string key in services.<account>-postgres.environment: 0

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