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Summary

Adds ArkEnv as a built-in React add-on, next to T3Env, so this works:

npx @tanstack/cli create my-app --add-ons arkenv
npx @tanstack/cli add arkenv

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).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added an ArkEnv add-on for React Start projects, available during project creation or through the add-on command.
    • Choose ArkType, Zod, or Valibot for environment-variable validation. The add-on generates environment configuration and supports an optional demo route.
    • ArkEnv and T3Env cannot be selected together because both configure the same environment file.
    • The generated Valibot configuration validates that the server port is an integer from 1 to 65535.
  • Updates
    • The demo route uses a fixed example database endpoint and requires DATABASE_URL to be set.

…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.
- Updated the exclusive add-ons array in the AddOnBaseSchema to include 'env', allowing for better management of environment-related add-ons.
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Adds ArkEnv as a React add-on for TanStack Start. The add-on generates validator-specific environment schemas and dependencies, supports an optional demo route, and is marked exclusive with T3Env. It also updates how template integration imports are rendered.

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ArkEnv add-on

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Configure the add-on and generate environment validation
packages/create/src/types.ts, packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/t3env/info.json, packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/info.json, packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/package.json.ejs, packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/assets/src/env.ts.ejs, packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/assets/_dot_env.example, packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/README.md, .changeset/arkenv-addon.md
Adds ArkEnv add-on metadata, validator options, and validator-specific dependencies and environment schemas. The Valibot schema constrains PORT to integers from 1 through 65535. The changes also add environment examples and documentation, and mark T3Env exclusive with the env add-on.
Render integration imports in templates
packages/create/src/template-file.ts, packages/create/src/edge-template-file.ts, packages/create/scripts/generate-manifest.mjs
Moves integration import generation into template values. Import strings containing EJS delimiters are registered, compiled, and rendered with the current template values.
Generate and validate the ArkEnv demo route
packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/arkenv/assets/src/routes/demo/arkenv.tsx.ejs, packages/create/tests/arkenv-addon.test.ts
The demo server function throws when DATABASE_URL is unset. Otherwise, it returns fixed example host and protocol values instead of parsing the URL. Tests check plugin selection, endpoint representation, and Valibot port bounds across generated app targets.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: tannerlinsley

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c451a

The generated demo does not expose the configured database URL. No identified issue remains that should block merging after normal checks.

Security Architecture Review

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.
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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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- 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`:
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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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Comment thread packages/create/src/edge-template-file.ts
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.
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