diff --git a/.emergent/emergent.yml b/.emergent/emergent.yml
index f85292a..6fca254 100644
--- a/.emergent/emergent.yml
+++ b/.emergent/emergent.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "env_image_name": "fastapi_react_mongo_shadcn_base_image_cloud_arm:release-17042026-1",
   "job_id": "08d9a7a1-2a0c-4502-9939-fc5d643c04c4",
-  "created_at": "2026-04-29T16:04:05.373422+00:00Z"
+  "created_at": "2026-04-29T16:22:36.278232+00:00Z"
 }
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d89305f..102eeae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,3 +95,12 @@ credentials.json
 *.pem
 *.key
 .credentials
+-e 
+# Environment and credential files
+.env
+.env.*
+*.env
+credentials.json
+*.pem
+*.key
+.credentials