Harden server restart: remove import-time crashes, centralise secret validation

- auth_service.py: RESET_OTP_SECRET no longer crashes at import; read lazily
  inside _hash_otp() so the module always loads cleanly
- main.py: _validate_runtime_secrets() now checks both BROKER_TOKEN_KEY and
  RESET_OTP_SECRET together, reporting all missing vars in one clear message
- .env.example: documents every required/optional env var with generation commands

With load_dotenv() + .env file, all secrets survive pm2 restarts automatically.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# ── Required secrets (server will NOT start without these in production) ──────
+
+# 32-byte URL-safe base64 Fernet key for encrypting Zerodha access tokens.
+# Generate: python -c "from cryptography.fernet import Fernet; print(Fernet.generate_key().decode())"
+BROKER_TOKEN_KEY=
+
+# Secret used to HMAC-sign password-reset OTPs. Any long random string works.
+# Generate: python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))"
+RESET_OTP_SECRET=
+
+# ── Environment ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+APP_ENV=production
+CORS_ORIGINS=https://quantfortune.com,https://app.quantfortune.com
+
+# ── Database ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/quantfortune
+
+# ── Email (optional — auto-login OTP emails) ─────────────────────────────────
+SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
+SMTP_PORT=587
+SMTP_USER=
+SMTP_PASS=
+
+# ── Zerodha auto-login (optional) ────────────────────────────────────────────
+# ZERODHA_API_KEY=
+# ZERODHA_API_SECRET=
+
+# ── Tuning (all have safe defaults, only set if you need to override) ─────────
+# SESSION_TTL_SECONDS=604800
+# RESET_OTP_TTL_MINUTES=10
+# LIVE_EQUITY_SNAPSHOT_HOUR=15

backend/app/main.py

@@ -108,16 +108,29 @@ def _validate_runtime_secrets():
     env_name = _environment_name()
     if env_name not in PRODUCTION_ENV_NAMES:
         return
+
+    missing = []
+
     broker_token_key = (os.getenv("BROKER_TOKEN_KEY") or "").strip()
     if not broker_token_key:
-        raise RuntimeError("BROKER_TOKEN_KEY must be configured in production")
+        missing.append("BROKER_TOKEN_KEY")
+    else:
         try:
             from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
             Fernet(broker_token_key.encode("utf-8"))
         except Exception:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "BROKER_TOKEN_KEY is set but invalid — must be a 32-byte URL-safe base64 key. "
-            "Generate one with: python -c \"from cryptography.fernet import Fernet; print(Fernet.generate_key().decode())\""
+                "Generate: python -c \"from cryptography.fernet import Fernet; print(Fernet.generate_key().decode())\""
+            )
+
+    if not (os.getenv("RESET_OTP_SECRET") or "").strip():
+        missing.append("RESET_OTP_SECRET")
+
+    if missing:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"Missing required environment variables: {', '.join(missing)}. "
+            "Add them to the .env file in the backend directory."
         )
     if (os.getenv("ENABLE_SUPER_ADMIN_BOOTSTRAP") or "").strip() in {"1", "true", "yes"}:
         if not (os.getenv("SUPER_ADMIN_EMAIL") or "").strip():

backend/app/services/auth_service.py

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ SESSION_REFRESH_WINDOW_SECONDS = int(
 RESET_OTP_TTL_MINUTES = int(os.getenv("RESET_OTP_TTL_MINUTES", "10"))
 PASSWORD_HASHER = PasswordHasher()
 LEGACY_SHA256_RE = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-f]{64}$")
-RESET_OTP_SECRET = (os.getenv("RESET_OTP_SECRET") or "").strip()
+def _get_reset_otp_secret() -> str:
-if not RESET_OTP_SECRET:
+    secret = (os.getenv("RESET_OTP_SECRET") or "").strip()
-    raise RuntimeError("RESET_OTP_SECRET must be configured")
+    if not secret:
+        raise RuntimeError("RESET_OTP_SECRET is not configured on this server")
+    return secret
 
 
 def _now_utc() -> datetime:
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ def _is_legacy_password_hash(password_hash: str | None) -> bool:
 
 
 def _hash_otp(email: str, otp: str) -> str:
-    payload = f"{email}:{otp}:{RESET_OTP_SECRET}"
+    payload = f"{email}:{otp}:{_get_reset_otp_secret()}"
     return hashlib.sha256(payload.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()