feat: ensure .env file exists for docker compose and auto-inject in payloads

app/Actions/Service/StartService.php

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class StartService
         $service->isConfigurationChanged(save: true);
         $commands[] = 'cd '.$service->workdir();
         $commands[] = "echo 'Saved configuration files to {$service->workdir()}.'";
+        // Ensure .env file exists before docker compose tries to load it
+        // This is defensive programming - saveComposeConfigs() already creates it,
+        // but we guarantee it here in case of any edge cases or manual deployments
+        $commands[] = 'touch .env';
         if ($pullLatestImages) {
             $commands[] = "echo 'Pulling images.'";
             $commands[] = 'docker compose pull';

app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php

@@ -3029,6 +3029,12 @@ COPY ./nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf");
 
     private function start_by_compose_file()
     {
+        // Ensure .env file exists before docker compose tries to load it (defensive programming)
+        $this->execute_remote_command(
+            ["touch {$this->workdir}/.env", 'hidden' => true],
+            ["touch {$this->configuration_dir}/.env", 'hidden' => true],
+        );
+
         if ($this->application->build_pack === 'dockerimage') {
             $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry('Pulling latest images from the registry.');
             $this->execute_remote_command(