PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards

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PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards

Date: 2026-06-26
Team: OWNER
Scope: Governance/documentation only, plus .env.example comments/placeholders
Status: PASS

Summary

• Built on OWNER_050 by adding official environment configuration standards.
• Clarified that only .env.example is committed to the repository.
• Clarified that real .env files are user/environment-owned and must live outside the repo clone or be injected by deployment.
• Documented external environment layout: /env/local/.env, /env/dev/.env, /env/ist/.env, /env/uat/.env, /env/prod/.env, and /GFS/ repo clone.
• Standardized official external copy-source file names: .env.local, .env.dev, .env.ist, .env.uat, and .env.prod.
• Documented .env.prd as legacy technical debt only.
• Clarified that .env.prod remains the official PROD naming when a copy-source file is used outside the repo.
• Added allowed GAMEFOUNDRY_ENVIRONMENT values: local, dev, ist, uat, and prod.
• Clarified that GAMEFOUNDRY_ENVIRONMENT_LABEL is display-only.
• Preserved the identical deployable artifact rule and the rule that only .env values and environment-managed secret values may differ.
• Preserved one shared API/service contract and documented that URLs may differ by .env only.
• Documented local hostnames use 127.0.0.1, while shared environments use configured *.gamefoundrystudio.com hostnames.
• Documented feature flags cannot create permanent environment-specific behavior.
• Updated .env.example comments/placeholders only.
• No runtime behavior, UI behavior, engine core, DDL, storage implementation, API implementation, or feature flag implementation changed.

Branch Validation

PASS. Current branch is PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards, created from clean synchronized main at 62ebb318b.

Instruction Compliance

• PASS: Current branch was main before branch creation.
• PASS: PR name includes OWNER team token.
• PASS: Team OWNER owns environment strategy and governance.
• PASS: Scope is governance/documentation only except .env.example comments/placeholders.
• PASS: No runtime, UI, engine core, start_of_day, migration, DDL, API implementation, storage implementation, or feature flag implementation files changed.
• PASS: Required reports and ZIP artifact are produced for the BUILD.

Changed Files

• .env.example
• docs_build/dev/BUILD_PR.md
• docs_build/dev/PROJECT_INSTRUCTIONS.md
• docs_build/dev/ProjectInstructions/PROJECT_INSTRUCTIONS.md
• docs_build/dev/ProjectInstructions/README.txt
• docs_build/dev/ProjectInstructions/addendums/environment_configuration_standards.md
• docs_build/dev/ProjectInstructions/addendums/environment_governance_model.md
• docs_build/dev/ProjectInstructions/addendums/release_gate.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_branch-validation.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_requirement-checklist.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_validation-lane.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_manual-validation-notes.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_instruction-compliance-checklist.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/codex_changed_files.txt
• docs_build/dev/reports/codex_review.diff

Required Reports

• docs_build/dev/reports/codex_review.diff
• docs_build/dev/reports/codex_changed_files.txt
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_branch-validation.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_requirement-checklist.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_validation-lane.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_manual-validation-notes.md
• docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_instruction-compliance-checklist.md

Validation

• PASS: git diff --check.
• SKIP: Playwright was not run because no runtime files changed.

Artifact

• tmp/PR_26177_OWNER_051-environment-configuration-standards_delta.zip