App needs an external service account before it can start

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

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Why it happens

This app cannot run without an account or server at a third-party service (for example an API key, an OAuth app, a claim token or the address of a server it manages). Its recipe checks for those settings and stops the deploy when they are missing.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Failed to start app: The service forge-check did not start (exited with code 1), so the application was not started either. It printed: woodpecker: set in the project's environment variables, then redeploy: one forge switch: WOODPECKER_GITHUB, WOODPECKER_GITLAB, WOODPECKER_GITEA, WOODPECKER_FORGEJO, WOODPECKER_BITBUCKET or WOODPECKER_BITBUCKET_DC set to true (plus WOODPECKER_FORGE_URL for a self-hosted forge) WOODPECKER_FORGE_CLIENT (the OAuth applicat… The full output is in the deploy log.

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