From 5e2abfb1e2d22cf81300f1a81749fc7455f81d52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Vidal Wolf <christianvidalwolf@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:32:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: read API key from process.env for Vercel builds

---
 vite.config.ts | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 4f731fd..3041e04 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -49,10 +49,13 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
     },
     plugins: [react()],
     define: {
-      'process.env.API_KEY': JSON.stringify(env.GEMINI_API_KEY || env.API_KEY || ""),
-      'process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY': JSON.stringify(env.GEMINI_API_KEY || env.API_KEY || ""),
-      'import.meta.env.VITE_GEMINI_API_KEY': JSON.stringify(env.GEMINI_API_KEY || env.API_KEY || ""),
-      'import.meta.env.API_KEY': JSON.stringify(env.GEMINI_API_KEY || env.API_KEY || "")
+      // loadEnv reads .env files; process.env has Vercel/system env vars at build time
+      'process.env.API_KEY': JSON.stringify(
+        env.GEMINI_API_KEY || env.API_KEY || process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY || process.env.API_KEY || ""
+      ),
+      'process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY': JSON.stringify(
+        env.GEMINI_API_KEY || env.API_KEY || process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY || process.env.API_KEY || ""
+      )
     },
     resolve: {
       alias: {