The cherry-pick auto-resolution + AST sweep applied plain utf-8 at three .env reader sites where the salvaged PRs (#62617, #62123) deliberately use utf-8-sig — a Notepad BOM must not hide/duplicate the first key. Restore the contract (tests pin it).
The cherry-pick auto-resolution + AST sweep applied plain utf-8 at three .env reader sites where the salvaged PRs (#62617, #62123) deliberately use utf-8-sig — a Notepad BOM must not hide/duplicate the first key. Restore the contract (tests pin it).