Upload app.py

metadata_search/app.py

@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ _bootstrap_search_data()
 
 from flask import Flask, jsonify, request, send_from_directory
 
-from metadata_search.chat_api import chat_payload, get_papers_payload
+# Import config FIRST, immediately after the Dataset bootstrap.
+# This prevents another metadata_search import chain from loading config
+# before the bootstrap environment variables are resolved.
 from metadata_search.config import METADATA_SEARCH_PORT, PAPER_CSV, PAPER_FIGURES_DIR, PROJECT_ROOT
+
+from metadata_search.chat_api import chat_payload, get_papers_payload
 from metadata_search.paper_figures import (
     figure_paper_count,
     figures_payload_for_paper,