Index: backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
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--- backend/src/main/resources/application.properties	(revision 0427f599f15f08425a193b5b366fd15cc0a95f42)
+++ backend/src/main/resources/application.properties	(revision 72053b5fc3ff291757af1cdd64e8fdfcb9e9b17d)
@@ -1,54 +1,1 @@
-spring.application.name=trekr
-
-# ============================
-# JPA & Hibernate
-# ============================
-# NOTE: On some managed PostgreSQL providers the app user cannot read pg_catalog views
-# like pg_settings. Hibernate schema migration/metadata introspection can trigger that
-# access during startup (e.g., when ddl-auto=update).
-#
-# Default to no automatic DDL. Override locally if your DB user has sufficient rights:
-#   export SPRING_JPA_HIBERNATE_DDL_AUTO=update
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=${SPRING_JPA_HIBERNATE_DDL_AUTO:none}
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
-spring.jpa.show-sql=false
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.default_schema=trekr
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.hbm2ddl.create_namespaces=true
-
-# Avoid JDBC metadata access on boot (further reduces pg_catalog permission requirements)
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.boot.allow_jdbc_metadata_access=false
-
-# ============================
-# PostgreSQL connection (loaded from backend/.env or backend/env)
-# ============================
-spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
-spring.datasource.url=${SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL}
-spring.datasource.username=${SPRING_DATASOURCE_USERNAME}
-spring.datasource.password=${SPRING_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD}
-
-# ============================
-# JWT Configuration (supports JWT_SECRET or JWT_CONFIG_SECRET)
-# ============================
-jwt.secret=${JWT_SECRET:${JWT_CONFIG_SECRET:dev-fallback-secret-min-32-chars-required}}
-
-# ============================
-# Logging
-# ============================
-logging.level.org.springframework.security=DEBUG
-
-# ============================
-# HikariCP
-# ============================
-spring.datasource.hikari.pool-name=trekrHikariPool
-# Remote PostgreSQL (especially via SSH tunnel) often has a small max_connections.
-# Use a slightly larger default so the app can serve more concurrent users without
-# overloading the database; override via env if your provider has tighter limits.
-spring.datasource.hikari.maximum-pool-size=${SPRING_DATASOURCE_HIKARI_MAX_POOL_SIZE:20}
-spring.datasource.hikari.minimum-idle=${SPRING_DATASOURCE_HIKARI_MIN_IDLE:5}
-spring.datasource.hikari.connection-timeout=30000
-spring.datasource.hikari.idle-timeout=600000
-spring.datasource.hikari.max-lifetime=1800000
-
-# Max multipart parts
-server.tomcat.max-part-count=50
+spring.application.name=backend