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feat(create): add ArkEnv add-on for environment variables - #516
The same add-on is already usable as a remote URL (https://arkenv.js.org/tanstack/info.json). This PR puts it in the catalog. Auto-discovered from packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv. React only, same as T3Env. Vite only, while #505 is open.
What's included
src/env.ts with a validator prompt: ArkType (@arkenv/core, default), Zod, or Valibot (@arkenv/standard)
@arkenv/vite-plugin registered in vite.config.ts
.env.example
/demo/arkenv route (server-only DATABASE_URL vs inlined VITE_API_URL)
exclusive: ["env"] on ArkEnv and T3Env, because both write src/env.ts, plus env on the exclusive enum in packages/create/src/types.ts
Add-on logo (small-logo.svg)
Package ranges match npm latest today: @arkenv/core, @arkenv/standard, and @arkenv/vite-plugin at ^1.0.0-rc.2. That range also accepts 1.0.0 when it publishes. Zod is ^4.4.1, which matches the @arkenv/standard peer.
Testing
Generated with install skipped:
App
src/env.ts
Vite plugin
.env.example
Demo route
default
@arkenv/core + ArkType
arkenv()
present
src/routes/demo/arkenv.tsx
validator: zod
@arkenv/standard + zod^4.4.1
arkenv()
present
present
Interactive create lists ArkEnv. After selecting it, the prompt is ArkEnv: Validator Engine (ArkType, Zod, Valibot).
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New Features
Added an ArkEnv add-on for React Start projects, available during project creation or when adding features to an existing app.
Choose ArkType, Zod, or Valibot to validate environment variables. Generated setup includes common server and public variables with defaults and validation.
Optionally add a /demo/arkenv route showing how environment values can be used in the app.
ArkEnv and T3Env cannot be selected together because they both configure environment variables.
Documentation
Added ArkEnv setup guidance and an example environment file.
…les in React Start apps
- Added a new add-on, ArkEnv, which provides typesafe environment variable validation with build-time validation and runtime leak protection.
- Includes a demo route to showcase server-only keys and their protection.
- Supports multiple validator options: ArkType, Zod, and Valibot.
- Updated documentation and example files for usage guidance.
This enhances the tooling available for managing environment variables in TanStack Start applications.
The pull request adds an ArkEnv add-on for React apps. It generates validator-specific environment schemas and Vite plugin imports, optionally adds a demo route, and checks for conflicts with T3Env.
The add-on offers ArkType, Zod, and Valibot options. Its templates select dependencies, schema imports, and plugin imports based on the validator. The generated environment schema defines PORT, VITE_API_URL, DATABASE_URL, and NODE_ENV.
Demo route and generation tests packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/assets/src/routes/demo/arkenv.tsx.ejs, packages/create/tests/arkenv-addon.test.ts
The optional demo route displays the public API URL and loader-provided endpoint, and includes a client component that accesses DATABASE_URL. Tests cover generated configurations, route omission, conflicts, and port bounds.
TanStack/cli#505: Adds the bundler helpers and local exclusive-add-on check that this pull request relocates and extends.
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to d860e
No concrete merge-blocking issue is established. Adding ArkEnv to a Vite project with T3Env is rejected before files are overwritten.
Security architecture risk: Moderate · up to c451a
The optional demo returns fixed example values rather than the database URL. However, it also deliberately reads the server-only variable in browser code, relying on protection that has not been verified here. The generated configuration supplies a predictable database-URL fallback.
Retained concerns
Medium · security · inferred: The optional demo deliberately evaluates a server-only database URL in client-rendered code. Its safety depends on ArkEnv excluding the value from client output and blocking access at runtime; the supplied tests do not establish either behavior. This is a control-dependency concern, not a verified leak.
Low · security · inferred: Every generated validator variant specifies a credentialed localhost DATABASE_URL default. If a generated application relies on this value, an unset deployment variable need not fail the demo’s presence check; no actual database use by the demo was established.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The immediate exposure is limited to generated React applications selecting ArkEnv with examples enabled; if the client-side guard fails, the affected asset would be that application’s DATABASE_URL. No broader tenant or service exposure was established.
Security Findings and Attack Paths
inferred — No secret disclosure is verified. The server-function return is fixed and non-secret; the unresolved path is whether the direct client reference can reveal the server-only value despite the intended plugin protection.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
inferred — A caller can invoke the demo loader, but its source returns no database URL. The distinct client-side access path relies on ArkEnv enforcement; generated-source assertions do not establish compiled-client or runtime behavior.
Hardening Proposals
proposed — Verify an installed, built generated application: inspect client output and browser behavior for every validator choice, and check the observable server-function response. Consider requiring an explicit production DATABASE_URL rather than retaining the example fallback.
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The title "feat(create): add ArkEnv add-on for environment variables" matches the main change. The PR adds ArkEnv as a built-in React add-on in the create tool. It writes src/env.ts, registers the Vite plugin, and adds a demo route. The title names the add-on and its purpose, and it follows a conventional commit format. It does not mention the exclusive-group logic or the validator choice, but those are supporting details.
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…apps
- Updated the description to clarify that the add-on provides environment variable validation.
- Added functionality for `tanstack add arkenv` to write `src/env.ts`, register `@arkenv/vite-plugin`, and create a `/demo/arkenv` route.
- Included selectable validators: ArkType, Zod, and Valibot, with mutual exclusivity between ArkEnv and T3Env due to both writing `src/env.ts`.
- Improved formatting of the description for better readability.
- Clarified the functionality of `tanstack add arkenv`, including its effects on `src/env.ts`, registration of `@arkenv/vite-plugin`, and the addition of a `/demo/arkenv` route.
- Maintained details on selectable validators and mutual exclusivity between ArkEnv and T3Env.
- Streamlined the structure by removing unnecessary fields while retaining essential information.
- Updated and to simplify validator option handling.
- Enhanced the demo route in for better readability and maintainability, ensuring proper handling of server-only variables and client access attempts.
- Improved overall code formatting for consistency and clarity.
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In `@packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/assets/src/env.ts.ejs`:
- Line 22: Update the PORT schema in the Valibot environment definition to apply
minimum 1 and maximum 65535 checks after v.integer(), rejecting out-of-range
values and empty values converted to 0.
In
`@packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/assets/src/routes/demo/arkenv.tsx.ejs`:
- Line 11: Update the demo server function that returns `{ host, protocol }` so
it returns illustrative values instead of parsing or exposing the deployed
`DATABASE_URL`; ensure its result cannot reveal the database endpoint.
In `@packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/info.json`:
- Line 45: Update the ArkEnv import in the integration’s info.json to use the
standard Vite plugin entrypoint for both Zod and Valibot selections, matching
the `@arkenv/standard` import generated in `env.ts`.
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Zod and Valibot need the standard Vite plugin, the Valibot port schema should reject values outside 1-65535, and the demo route should not send the deployed database host to the browser.
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In `@packages/create/src/edge-template-file.ts`:
- Around line 149-159: Register EJS-containing inline integration.import values
from info.json during manifest generation so renderManifestTemplate can render
the strings passed through integrationImportContent without failing due to
missing precompilation.
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The ArkEnv Vite import is EJS inside info.json. Edge and worker generation only render templates registered in the manifest, so that import has to be compiled while the manifest is built.
Thanks for the ArkEnv contribution. The updated branch keeps the validator-specific import inside the add-on and stops a conflicting env add-on before it can replace an existing schema.
AI review notes:
npm rejected the original minimum Vite plugin release because it requested a stable ArkEnv peer that had not been published. The new floor is 1.0.0-rc.5, the first published Vite plugin release with compatible prerelease peers. A generated app also confirmed that Vite accepted T3Env after ArkEnv and could overwrite src/env.ts. The generator now rejects that pair before writing files.
Local builds, unit and blocking browser tests passed. Fresh generated ArkType, Zod and Valibot apps built, typechecked and served the demo without exposing the database sentinel. The minimum ArkType fixture also passed. On an existing Bun app, adding ArkEnv worked and the conflicting T3Env add preserved the env file.
Unverified finding
Verification ran but could not confirm this finding. It is shown for review, not as a verified issue.
Pin @arkenv/vite-plugin to an exact version.
@arkenv/vite-plugin runs arbitrary code during vite build and vite dev. The range ^1.0.0-rc.5 accepts new prerelease and release versions without review. A lockfile does not stop a compromised publish from being picked up when the scaffold resolves it for the first time.
The PR description lists ^1.0.0-rc.2 for this package, but the template uses rc.5. Align the two when you pin.
Based on learnings: security-sensitive build plugins should use exact version pins, and loose ranges should be flagged.
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Summary
Adds ArkEnv as a built-in React add-on, next to T3Env, so this works:
The same add-on is already usable as a remote URL (
https://arkenv.js.org/tanstack/info.json). This PR puts it in the catalog. Auto-discovered frompackages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv. React only, same as T3Env. Vite only, while #505 is open.What's included
src/env.tswith a validator prompt: ArkType (@arkenv/core, default), Zod, or Valibot (@arkenv/standard)@arkenv/vite-pluginregistered invite.config.ts.env.example/demo/arkenvroute (server-onlyDATABASE_URLvs inlinedVITE_API_URL)exclusive: ["env"]on ArkEnv and T3Env, because both writesrc/env.ts, plusenvon the exclusive enum inpackages/create/src/types.tssmall-logo.svg)Package ranges match npm
latesttoday:@arkenv/core,@arkenv/standard, and@arkenv/vite-pluginat^1.0.0-rc.2. That range also accepts1.0.0when it publishes. Zod is^4.4.1, which matches the@arkenv/standardpeer.Testing
Generated with install skipped:
src/env.ts.env.example@arkenv/core+ ArkTypearkenv()src/routes/demo/arkenv.tsxvalidator: zod@arkenv/standard+zod^4.4.1arkenv()Interactive create lists ArkEnv. After selecting it, the prompt is ArkEnv: Validator Engine (ArkType, Zod, Valibot).
Summary by CodeRabbit
/demo/arkenvroute showing how environment values can be used in the app.