Stale daemon environment variables

“Missing environment variable: SUB2API_API_KEY”

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/codex/issues/27057/file
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Env vars missing after attaching to older app-server daemon. A newly launched CLI has the exported variable, but the already-running shared app-server daemon lacks it, giving HTTP 401 Unauthorized or "Missing environment variable".

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Where: app-server daemon
Error text: Missing environment variable: SUB2API_API_KEY
Versions: 0.167.0. Still reported on the newest version, 0.167.0.
Platforms: Linux, macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

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Original reports2, newest first

Nov 10, 2026MCP env_vars uses stale shared daemon environment, causing authentication failures after exporting tokenOn GitHub#60579
Nov 8, 2026Stale app-server daemon environment causes missing API key in interactive CLI; restart fixes itOn GitHub#60332