V6.1 backups: once more into the breach.

src/transcription/app.py

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ async def _lifespan(app: FastAPI):
     settings.upload_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     settings.prompt_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     settings.log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    settings.database_backup_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
     await _recover_stale_processing_jobs(app)
 

src/transcription/config.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Centralized application configuration.
 
-All settings are loaded from environment variables (or a .env file)
+All settings are loaded from environment variables (or an env file)
 once at startup. Provider-specific defaults (model names, base URLs)
 are resolved by the provider adapters, not here.
 """
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ DatabaseSettings = Annotated[
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
-        env_file=".env",
+        env_file=".env.production",
         env_file_encoding="utf-8",
         extra="ignore",
         env_nested_delimiter="__",
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # --- filesystem paths ---
     upload_dir: Path = Path("./data")
     prompt_dir: Path = Path("./prompts")
-    database_backup_dir: Path = Path("./data/backups")
 
     # --- worker reliability ---
     worker_max_retries: int = Field(default=0, ge=0)

src/transcription/ui/runtime_settings_store.py

@@ -99,12 +99,13 @@ HIDDEN_SETTINGS_CATEGORIES: tuple[HiddenSettingsCategory, ...] = (
             "CLOUDFLARE_TUNNEL_TOKEN",
             "RUNTIME_SETTINGS_ENV_FILE",
             "BACKUP_DIR",
-            "APP_DATA_BACKUP_DIR",
-            "UPLOADS_BACKUP_DIR",
             "BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS",
-            "SYNOLOGY_BACKUP_DIR",
             "ENV_FILE",
             "COMPOSE_FILE",
+            "DATABASE_BACKUP_DIR",
+            "APP_DATA_BACKUP_DIR",
+            "UPLOADS_BACKUP_DIR",
+            "SYNOLOGY_BACKUP_DIR",
         ),
     ),
 )
@@ -250,13 +251,6 @@ RUNTIME_SETTINGS_CATALOG: tuple[RuntimeSettingDescriptor, ...] = (
         "Directory containing editable markdown prompts.",
         "text",
     ),
-    RuntimeSettingDescriptor(
-        "database_backup_dir",
-        "DATABASE_BACKUP_DIR",
-        "Database backup directory",
-        "Directory for generated database backups.",
-        "text",
-    ),
     RuntimeSettingDescriptor(
         "worker_max_retries",
         "WORKER_MAX_RETRIES",
@@ -404,7 +398,7 @@ def _resolve_env_file_path(*, settings: Settings, env_file_path: Path | None) ->
 
     configured = settings.model_config.get("env_file")
     if configured is None:
-        return Path(".env")
+        return Path(".env.production")
     if isinstance(configured, Path):
         return Path(configured)
     if isinstance(configured, str):
@@ -415,7 +409,7 @@ def _resolve_env_file_path(*, settings: Settings, env_file_path: Path | None) ->
             return Path(first)
         if isinstance(first, str):
             return Path(first)
-    return Path(".env")
+    return Path(".env.production")
 
 
 def _display_value(value: object) -> str | bool:
@@ -459,7 +453,7 @@ def _validate_candidate_env(*, env_map: dict[str, str], env_file_path: Path) ->
         raise AppError(
             "One or more settings values are invalid.",
             category=ErrorCategory.VALIDATION,
-            suggestion="Review the highlighted values and use the same formats shown in .env.example.",
+            suggestion="Review the highlighted values and use the same formats shown in .env.production.example.",
             detail=f"Invalid runtime settings for {env_file_path}: {exc}",
         ) from exc
     finally: