🌍 Fix: Robust environment variable loading to prevent illegal header errors

core/ai.py

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ from dotenv import load_dotenv
 load_dotenv()
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-GEMINI_API_KEY = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY", "")
-GROQ_API_KEY = os.getenv("GROQ_API_KEY", "")
+GEMINI_API_KEY = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY") or os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY") or ""
+GEMINI_API_KEY = GEMINI_API_KEY.strip()
+GROQ_API_KEY = os.getenv("GROQ_API_KEY", "").strip()
 
 gemini_client = None
 if GEMINI_API_KEY:

core/github.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ load_dotenv()
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 GITHUB_API = "https://api.github.com"
-GITHUB_TOKEN = os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN", "")
+GITHUB_TOKEN = os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN", "").strip()
 
 HEADERS = {
     "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",