[Bug] Cannot login to admin console on first setup.

[bokchoi2020]

Describe the bug
The console page loads, and can type in the credentials.
However, cannot login to the admin console after a fresh setup.
"Unable to connect to server. Please check your connection and try again."

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Using Firefox or Vivaldi browser.
Followed the steps exactly shown on https://appflowy.com/docs/Local-Host-Deployment.

1. git clone https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy-Cloud.git
2. cp deploy.env .env
3. Modify .env PASSWORD, SECRET, and DEFAULT_EMAIL and NGINX port.
4. docker compose up -d
5. Go to host-ip:NGINX_port/console (in my case 192.168.0.102:8100/console), loads admin page.
6. Type in password and user from the .env file (copy pasted to make sure I didn't type wrong)
7. Greeted with "Unable to connect to server. Please check your connection and try again."

Expected behavior
After docker setup, should be able to login to the admin console to start using it.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Almalinux 10
• Browser Firefox 144.0.2, Vivaldi 7.6.3797.63
• Version [e.g. 22]

Additional context
I did not modify any of the docker-compose.yml files.
I did not use external proxy yet, using direct port and ip of host. (will use npmplus).
I also tried to use the host machine itself (localhost:8100/console) - same issue.
I already added port 8100 to the firewall, it is fine.
I've already tried to delete and reclone the workspace.
I tried docker compose down -v to reset everything as well.
I tried the dev.env setup instead, and no luck either.
I tried to login with the defaults (e.g. admin@example.com) but no luck either.

I checked the docker logs of gotrue, it creates the admin user fine.
Creating admin user for gotrue...
{"level":"info","msg":"Go runtime metrics collection started","time":"2025-11-06T22:29:01Z"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Create schema if not exists: auth","time":"2025-11-06T22:29:01Z"}
{"component":"pop","level":"info","msg":"Migrations already up to date, nothing to apply","time":"2025-11-06T22:29:01Z"}
{"args":[0.008818754],"component":"pop","level":"info","msg":"%.4f seconds","time":"2025-11-06T22:29:01Z"}
{"level":"info","msg":"GoTrue migrations applied successfully","time":"2025-11-06T22:29:01Z"}
{"component":"api","level":"warning","msg":"DEPRECATION NOTICE: GOTRUE_JWT_ADMIN_GROUP_NAME not supported by Supabase's GoTrue, will be removed soon","time":"2025-11-06T22:29:01Z"}
{"level":"info","msg":"GoTrue API started on: :9999","time":"2025-11-06T22:29:01Z"}

The docker logs of admin_frontend is also quite empty:
Updating server.js with runtime configuration...

Starting application on port 3000...
Environment variables:
APPFLOWY_BASE_URL=http://localhost
APPFLOWY_GOTRUE_BASE_URL=http://localhost/gotrue

▲ Next.js 15.2.3

• Local: http://ab41ffc7e414:3000
• Network: http://ab41ffc7e414:3000

✓ Starting...
✓ Ready in 661ms

[cocu998]

same issues, i had tried three weekends to work out the problem.... still the same, i am on the edge giving up

[ticrz]

Hi, I was keen to try AppFlowy but I have the same issue.
I went through #1575 but seems this must be a new issue.

[alexthecarp]

It seems something is wrong with the latest docker image. If I pin it to appflowyinc/admin_frontend:0.9.153 it works, but 194 doesn't. (either in the docker-compose or set APPFLOWY_ADMIN_FRONTEND_VERSION=0.9.153 in the .env file)

[Mozartuss]

It seems something is wrong with the latest docker image. If I pin it to appflowyinc/admin_frontend:0.9.153 it works, but 194 doesn't. (either in the docker-compose or set APPFLOWY_ADMIN_FRONTEND_VERSION=0.9.153 in the .env file)

Now the message doesn't appear, but I get this error and I still can't login

{
...
"level": "ERROR",
    "fields": {
        "error": "User not found"
    },
 "target": "appflowy_cloud::api::user",
 "filename": "src/api/user.rs",
 "line_number": 161,
...
}

[SrDayne]

Frontend tries to connect to gotrue via localhost and can not succeed since gotrue is not reachable in this case. FQDN variable value must point to ip address of the gotrue server.

[cethink]

It seems something is wrong with the latest docker image. If I pin it to appflowyinc/admin_frontend:0.9.153 it works, but 194 doesn't. (either in the docker-compose or set APPFLOWY_ADMIN_FRONTEND_VERSION=0.9.153 in the .env file)

It's useless, still the same as before.
没用，还是老样子。