Why can't I sign up on whitelisted emails?

I’m trying to sign up in the Appwrite console using a whitelisted email address, but it doesn’t work.

What happens:

Sometimes I get “User already exists” for an email I’ve never registered.

Other times I get 401 Unauthorized immediately after trying to sign up.

I also occasionally hit a 500 Server Error when the console tries to load /v1/console/variables.

What I’ve tried:

Set _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_ROOT=disabled in .env.

Set _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_EMAILS=dyplay@devme.dev,shaun@devme.dev,lavox@devme.dev (no quotes).

Restarted Appwrite via docker compose down && docker compose up -d.

Cleared browser cache and cookies.

Tried signing up on both HTTPS and HTTP endpoints.

Expected: Signing up with a whitelisted email should create the account and let me log in.

Environment:

Appwrite version: 1.7.4

Domain: api.devme.dev

Deployed via: Docker Compose on Debian

Console accessed via: [e.g. https://api.devme.dev]

Extra Notes:

The account endpoint /v1/account returns 401 immediately after attempted signup.

The email I use is in _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_EMAILS.

No existing user appears in the database with that email.

If you want, I can also prepare a shorter, more urgent version for a Discord help channel. That way, people spot it quickly.