Notifications subsystem initializes unexpectedly in Docker even with no notifier env; crashes with "dial tcp :0"

[Linon419]

Describe the bug When running bbgo in Docker or CLI, the notifications subsystem initializes even when no notifier variables are present and no notifications: block is in the config. It prints a Telegram OTP and then exits with:

vbnet Copy code Error: notification configure error: dial tcp :0: connect: connection refused

Environment

Host OS: Debian (Docker host)

CPU arch: arm64 (aarch64)

Timezone: Australia/Sydney

Docker: recent CLI + Compose

Redis: redis:alpine (internal network only)

bbgo image:

Broken: newer images (e.g. yoanlin/bbgo:latest as of 2025-09-13 AEST)

Minimal docker-compose.yml

services:
  bbgo:
    image: yoanlin/bbgo:latest   # broken; works if pinned to sha-981c703
    container_name: bbgo-trading
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./bbgo.yaml:/config/bbgo.yaml:ro
      - ./safe.env:/config/safe.env:ro
      # also mounted to overwrite default lookup path
      - ./safe.env:/home/bbgo/.env.local:ro
      - ./data:/home/bbgo/data
      - ./logs:/home/bbgo/logs
    environment:
      - TZ=Australia/Sydney
      - DISABLE_MARKET_CACHE=1
    command: ["run", "--config", "/config/bbgo.yaml", "--dotenv", "/config/safe.env", "--enable-webserver", "--debug"]
    ports:
      - "8356:8080"
    depends_on: [redis]
    networks: [bbgo-network]

  redis:
    image: redis:alpine
    container_name: bbgo-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    # no host port exposed; only internal
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    networks: [bbgo-network]

volumes:
  redis_data:

networks:
  bbgo-network:
    driver: bridge

safe.env (dotenv used by --dotenv and also as /home/bbgo/.env.local)

BINANCE_API_KEY=***redacted***
BINANCE_API_SECRET=***redacted***
PAPER_TRADE=1
Note: there are no TELEGRAM_*, SLACK_*, SMTP_*, WEBHOOK_*, or NOTIFY* variables anywhere.

bbgo.yaml (minimal; no notifications: block present)

persistence:
  redis:
    enabled: true
    addr: "bbgo-redis:6379"
    db: 0

sessions:
  binance:
    exchange: binance
    envVarPrefix: BINANCE

exchangeStrategies:
- on: binance
  supertrend:
    symbol: BTCUSDT
    interval: 5m
    window: 70
    supertrendMultiplier: 4.0
    leverage: 1.0
    drawGraph: false

Steps to reproduce

Create the files above in a clean directory (bbgo.yaml, safe.env, docker-compose.yml).

docker compose up -d

docker compose logs -f bbgo

Actual behavior (logs excerpt)

sql

... debug mode is enabled
... [redis] get key "bbgo:auth:<id>", data =  persistence=redis
... telegram session not found, generating new one-time password key for new telegram session...
====================================================================
  PLEASE STORE YOUR OTP KEY SAFELY
  Issuer:       <hex>
  AccountName:  bbgo
  Secret:       <secret>
  Key URL:      otpauth://totp/<...>
====================================================================
Error: notification configure error: dial tcp :0: connect: connection refused
FATAL cannot execute command error=dial tcp :0: connect: connection refused

This happens even though:

There is no notifications: block in bbgo.yaml.

The dotenv file contains only BINANCE_* and PAPER_TRADE, and is passed explicitly with --dotenv /config/safe.env.

We also mount the same dotenv to /home/bbgo/.env.local to prevent default discovery from picking up anything else.

Redis is clean (we deleted bbgo:auth*, bbgo:telegram* keys before starting).

Expected behavior With no notifier-related env and no notifications: config, the notifications subsystem should not initialize and should not attempt any network connections. bbgo should start the webserver and strategies normally.