Docker Compose validation loop: Missing required environment variables in Talawa-API

invalid@example.com (anshika_prasad), anshika_prasad
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:17:39 +0000
Talawa - API

I am trying to set up a local development environment for the Talawa-Admin and Talawa-API. While running the API via Docker, I am encountering a "cascading" validation error during the interpolation phase of docker compose.
Every time I run "docker compose --env-file .env up -d" or "docker compose config", the process fails because of a missing required variable. As soon as I add one missing variable to my .env file, the next one in the docker-compose.yml file throws an error. So...