The compose set SKALDSONG_DB_PATH + SKALDSONG_RUNS_DIR, but skaldsong's
app reads SKALDSONG_HOST_SQLITE_PATH + SKALDSONG_HOST_RUNS_ROOT (per
its Dockerfile ENV defaults). Our values were orthogonal — the app
fell back to Dockerfile defaults pointing at /app/data/... which is
NOT bind-mounted, so every --force-recreate wiped the SQLite DB +
runs/ tree along with the ephemeral container layer.
Surfaced by skaldsong-dev (althing thread 01KS4DPF6SXTBP4Q360JZVWPNT)
after the operator noticed stories vanishing on every deploy.
Confirmed on ana-docker: container had a 40KB skaldsong-ui.db sitting
in /app/data/, while /opt/docker/conf/skaldsong/db/ on the host was
empty. Rescued the live DB to the bind-mount target before recreate.
Fix: rename env vars to match what the app reads. Bind targets stay
at /app/state/{db,runs} (parent-dir mount for SQLite WAL+SHM).
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