From 6031e20a19bd86762122906f46919d8068c2940d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuktha Priya <yukthapriya@admins-MacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:08:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] ci: add GitHub Actions workflow to publish frontend to
 Pages

---
 .github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c01e38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Build & Publish Frontend to GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Use Node.js 18
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "18"
+
+      - name: Install & build frontend
+        working-directory: frontend
+        env:
+          VITE_API_BASE: ${{ secrets.FRONTEND_API_BASE }}
+          VITE_SOCKET_URL: ${{ secrets.FRONTEND_SOCKET_URL }}
+        run: |
+          npm ci
+          npm run build
+
+      - name: Upload build artifact for GitHub Pages
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          path: frontend/dist
+
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v1

From 3ce0bd9ef3ff76460d3275ebfb8a0065f6cad8c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yukthapriya <myukthapriya@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:16:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] ci: ensure VITE_* envs at build time for Pages workflow

---
 .github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml
index c01e38d..3d3eabb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-frontend.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ jobs:
           VITE_SOCKET_URL: ${{ secrets.FRONTEND_SOCKET_URL }}
         run: |
           npm ci
+          # ensure build-time env vars exist for Vite (safe defaults if secrets missing)
+          cat > .env.production <<EOV
+VITE_API_BASE=${{ secrets.FRONTEND_API_BASE }}
+VITE_SOCKET_URL=${{ secrets.FRONTEND_SOCKET_URL }}
+EOV
           npm run build
 
       - name: Upload build artifact for GitHub Pages

From 902965d37c0db358dcd28f3605e0d478250cde13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yukthapriya <myukthapriya@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:16:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] ci: trigger Pages rebuild


From a1377ed019b6c5cb39cd42794ebe9f7c0c6cc06b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yukthapriya <myukthapriya@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:23:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] chore: ignore local env and build artifacts

---
 .gitignore | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f310eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# local env and build artifacts
+.env.production
+frontend/dist/
+frontend/node_modules/