Local stack per worktree

Several worktrees share this machine, and only one stack can own the default ports (:4001, :5432, :6379). Before assuming local edits are live, confirm which tree serves a port: lsof -a -p <pid> -d cwd -Fn. Give each worktree its own stack instead of sharing the defaults.

Every host-facing port and Docker name is env-var driven; the defaults reproduce the single shared stack.

Pick a slot

Pick a slot N (1, 2, 3 …) and offset every port:

Redis uses ×1000 so slot 1's Redis does not land on another worktree's default storage-Redis port (6479).

Configure .envrc

Put the block in the worktree's gitignored .envrc (direnv; direnv allow after editing). Exported vars reach docker compose, drizzle-kit, vitest, and Node, and Node's --env-file never overrides an exported var.

# --- isolated stack: worktree "tel-aviv", slot 1 ---
export STACK_SUFFIX=-tel-aviv      # compose project + container name suffix (include the separator)
export POSTGRES_PORT=5532
export REDIS_PORT=7379
export STORAGE_REDIS_PORT=7479

export DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:pw@localhost:5532/db
export TEST_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:pw@localhost:5532/test

export GATEWAY_PORT=4101
export METRICS_PORT=9190
export API_PORT=4102
export UI_PORT=3102
export PLAYGROUND_PORT=3103
export CODE_PORT=3104
export DOCS_PORT=3105
export ADMIN_PORT=3106
export AIRSIDE_PORT=3107

# URLs the services hand to each other / render into pages
export API_URL=http://localhost:4102
export UI_URL=http://localhost:3102
export APP_URL=http://localhost:3102
export GATEWAY_URL=http://localhost:4101
export PLAYGROUND_URL=http://localhost:3103
export DOCS_URL=http://localhost:3105
export ADMIN_URL=http://localhost:3106
export AIRSIDE_URL=http://localhost:3107
export ORIGIN_URLS=http://localhost:3102,http://localhost:3103,http://localhost:3104,http://localhost:3105,http://localhost:3106,http://localhost:3107,http://localhost:4102

Agent shells do not run direnv. Prefix every command that depends on the block with set -a && source .envrc && set +a.

Start

docker compose up -d          # project llmgateway-tel-aviv, containers postgres-tel-aviv, …
pnpm wait-for-services
pnpm push-test
pnpm push-dev
pnpm seed

pnpm setup does all of this after a down -v; run it only with STACK_SUFFIX set.

Turbo's strict env mode drops the undeclared port and DATABASE_URL vars, so start dev servers with pnpm exec turbo run dev --env-mode=loose and confirm the startup logs show your ports. To relocate one service, run it directly:

( cd apps/api && API_PORT=4102 API_URL=http://localhost:4102 UI_URL=http://localhost:3102 \
    ORIGIN_URLS=http://localhost:3102,http://localhost:4102 \
    node --enable-source-maps --env-file=../../.env dist/serve.js )   # build first: turbo run build --filter=api

dist/serve.js has no watch; rebuild and restart after changes. The worker runs dist/index.js. Stop servers by PID (lsof -nP -iTCP:<port> -sTCP:LISTEN); a pkill -f pattern also kills other worktrees' servers.

How the wiring works

• Docker: docker-compose.yml derives the project name (llmgateway${STACK_SUFFIX}) and each container_name from STACK_SUFFIX, so down -v and pnpm setup touch only your project. Address containers with docker compose exec postgres …, not docker exec postgres ….
• Databases: apps read DATABASE_URL; tests read TEST_DATABASE_URL, falling back to DATABASE_URL, then postgres://postgres:pw@localhost:5432/test. Set both: TEST_DATABASE_URL keeps pnpm test:unit off the dev database, and pnpm push-test pushes to it.
• Redis: packages/cache reads REDIS_HOST/REDIS_PORT and STORAGE_REDIS_HOST/STORAGE_REDIS_PORT. Any STORAGE_REDIS_* var enables the separate storage instance, so always set STORAGE_REDIS_PORT.
• Service ports: gateway and api fall back to PORT; use GATEWAY_PORT and API_PORT instead and leave PORT unset. A second gateway needs METRICS_PORT. The Next.js dev scripts read UI_PORT/PLAYGROUND_PORT/CODE_PORT/DOCS_PORT/ADMIN_PORT.
• Auth + CORS: the API reads ORIGIN_URLS (CORS and better-auth trusted origins) and UI_URL. Add every relocated frontend's origin to ORIGIN_URLS. The session cookie is host-only for localhost, so login works across ports.
• Frontends → backends: frontends read API_URL and GATEWAY_URL server-side in apps/*/src/lib/config-server.ts.

Tear down

Tear down a stack you started in this session once the work is finished:

set -a && source .envrc && set +a
echo "llmgateway${STACK_SUFFIX}"   # must print your project, not plain "llmgateway"
docker compose down -v

Leave the default shared stack (no STACK_SUFFIX) and any stack you did not start running: it is the user's development database, and -v destroys its volumes.