updates on the otp updates on the customer app

db/connect.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"doormile/config"
@@ -142,6 +143,17 @@ func InitRedis(cfg *config.Config) {
 }
 
 func InitNATS(cfg *config.Config) {
+	// No URL means NATS is deliberately not configured, so do not connect.
+	// This used to default to the production cluster, which meant any local
+	// run joined the live stream and competed with the real workers for the
+	// same durable pull consumer — messages got redelivered rather than lost,
+	// but it was production churn caused by someone running the repo.
+	if strings.TrimSpace(cfg.NatsURL) == "" {
+		utils.Info("NATS_URL is not set — running without NATS. " +
+			"Publishes are dropped and no consumer is started.")
+		return
+	}
+
 	var err error
 	Nc, err = nats.Connect(
 		cfg.NatsURL,