Replit Secrets Not Working in Deployment
Quick answer
Workspace Secrets don't update deployment secrets, so add them to the deployment and republish.
Most likely fix: Add to deployment
How to fix it
Try these in order — the most common fix is first.
1. Add to deployment
- Publishing > Adjust Settings > Secrets > add key and value
Did this fix it?2. Republish
- Publish again so the new value loads
Did this fix it?3. Log presence
- Add a startup log that prints whether the variable exists (not its value)
Did this fix it?
Symptoms
Env var is undefined or 'not found' only in the published app.
Why it happens
- Dev and production secrets are separate
- Secret removed after republish
- Typo in name
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- replit secrets not working
- replit environment variable not found deployment
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