Railway · infra · fg-0071

A RUN_NOW style variable reruns the job on every Railway redeploy

The job runs and emails again after every deploy

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Verified 2026-07-05 · Confirmed by 0 builders · Trust 50/100

Cause

Setting a variable triggers a redeploy, and a flag read at boot fires on every later boot too. Deleting a variable does not trigger a redeploy.

Fix

Delete the flag right after the manual run. Audit services for leftover flags.

Apply

railway variables --json | node -e "const v=JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(0)); for (const k of Object.keys(v)) if (/RUN.*NOW/.test(k)) console.log(k, v[k] === 'true')"

Affects: Railway, July 2026

claude mcp add --transport http footgun https://getfootgun.com/api/mcp