fix db connections

app/core/_utils/send_status.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from httpx import AsyncClient
 
 from app.core._config import PROJECT_HOST
 from app.core._crypto.signer import Signer
-from app.core._secrets import hot_seed
 from app.core.logger import make_log
 
 
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ async def send_status(service: str, status: str):
             'status': status,
         }
         message_bytes = dumps(message).encode()
+        # Lazy import to avoid triggering _secrets before DB is ready
+        from app.core._secrets import hot_seed
         signer = Signer(hot_seed)
         message_signature = signer.sign(message_bytes)
         async with AsyncClient() as client: