Persist Gitea sessions across deployments

Hop-State: A_06FNB8FT1R0PTP3714DKX4R
Hop-Proposal: R_06FNB8F6MX8E54KXGS48WK8
Hop-Task: T_06FNB715NCG0M3SVDJAGHY8
Hop-Attempt: AT_06FNB715NCK5MKAVH59TE0G

compose.yaml

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ services:
       GITEA__service__DISABLE_REGISTRATION: ${GITEA_DISABLE_REGISTRATION:-false}
       GITEA__actions__ENABLED: ${GITEA_ACTIONS_ENABLED:-true}
       GITEA__security__INSTALL_LOCK: "true"
+      GITEA__session__PROVIDER: db
       GITEA__webhook__ALLOWED_HOST_LIST: control-plane
     ports:
       - "${GITEA_HTTP_BIND:-0.0.0.0}:${GITEA_HTTP_PORT:-3000}:3000"

docs/production-deployment.md

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ GITEA_DISABLE_REGISTRATION=true
 GITEA_ACTIONS_ENABLED=false
 ```
 
+Keep `GITEA__session__PROVIDER=db` in the Compose service. Gitea otherwise
+defaults to in-memory sessions, which signs every user out whenever the
+container restarts.
+
 Start the services and install the Hop-native Gitea assets:
 
 ```sh