diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 941deb52..736632f0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ services:
       - PUBLIC_CHAT_URL=${PUBLIC_CHAT_URL:-}
       # Frontend URL for post-OAuth redirects
       - FRONTEND_URL=${FRONTEND_URL:-}
+      # CORS — comma-separated extra allowed origins (read by config.py via
+      # EXTRA_CORS_ORIGINS). Mirrors docker-compose.yml; without this line the
+      # .env value is inert in prod (the #1039 packaging-gap class).
+      - EXTRA_CORS_ORIGINS=${EXTRA_CORS_ORIGINS:-}
       # Backend's own public origin — used to build OAuth redirect URIs
       # ({BACKEND_URL}/api/oauth/{provider}/callback, read by config.py). Mirrors
       # docker-compose.yml; without this line the .env value is inert in prod (the
@@ -121,6 +125,18 @@ services:
       # packaging-gap class).
       - TELEMETRY_CONTAINER_STATS_TTL=${TELEMETRY_CONTAINER_STATS_TTL:-10}
       - TELEMETRY_DOCKER_POOL_SIZE=${TELEMETRY_DOCKER_POOL_SIZE:-16}
+      # SSH access host override (read by services/ssh_service.py). Mirrors
+      # docker-compose.yml; without this line the .env value is inert in prod (the
+      # #1039 packaging-gap class) and SSH host detection falls back to localhost.
+      - SSH_HOST=${SSH_HOST:-}
+      # Log retention & archival (services/log_archive_service.py). Mirrors
+      # docker-compose.yml; without these lines the .env knobs are inert in prod
+      # (the #1039 packaging-gap class). LOG_ARCHIVE_PATH is intentionally omitted:
+      # the code default (/data/archives) already lands in the TRINITY_DATA_PATH
+      # bind mount (/data), so no new volume is needed.
+      - LOG_ARCHIVE_ENABLED=${LOG_ARCHIVE_ENABLED:-true}
+      - LOG_RETENTION_DAYS=${LOG_RETENTION_DAYS:-90}
+      - LOG_CLEANUP_HOUR=${LOG_CLEANUP_HOUR:-3}
     volumes:
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
       - ./config/agent-templates:/agent-configs/templates:ro
@@ -128,6 +144,10 @@ services:
       - ./config/process-docs:/app/config/process-docs:ro
       - agent-configs:/agent-configs
       - ${TRINITY_DATA_PATH:-./trinity-data}:/data
+      # Read-only access to Vector's logs so log_archive_service.py (reads
+      # /data/logs) can run in prod. Mirrors docker-compose.yml; without it the
+      # forwarded LOG_* knobs are inert (LOG_DIR not found) — the #1039 class.
+      - trinity-logs:/data/logs:ro
     depends_on:
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -364,6 +384,12 @@ services:
       # Fail-loud at compose render rather than silently use a well-known fallback (issue #692).
       - "TRINITY_PASSWORD=${ADMIN_PASSWORD:?ADMIN_PASSWORD must be set in .env}"
       - MCP_REQUIRE_API_KEY=${MCP_REQUIRE_API_KEY:-true}
+      # INTERNAL_API_SECRET (SEC-001) — shared secret for POST /api/internal/audit
+      # so MCP tool-call audit reaches the backend. Mirrors docker-compose.yml;
+      # without it audit.ts (postAudit) early-returns and ALL MCP tool-call audit
+      # is silently dropped in prod (the #1039 packaging-gap class). No default —
+      # matches the backend/scheduler prod style.
+      - INTERNAL_API_SECRET=${INTERNAL_API_SECRET}
       # No REDIS_URL: src/mcp-server/ (TypeScript) has zero Redis imports.
       # Don't hand a credential to a process that has no use for it.
     depends_on:
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/HostTelemetry.vue b/src/frontend/src/components/HostTelemetry.vue
index b1520944..7f53550d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/HostTelemetry.vue
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/HostTelemetry.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 import { ref, onMounted, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
 import SparklineChart from './SparklineChart.vue'
 
-const API_BASE = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE || ''
+// Relative, same-origin API base (nginx/Vite proxy) — matches api.js baseURL: ''.
+// Intentionally not an env var: VITE_API_BASE was never set anywhere, so this was
+// always '' (see #722 — do not point it at VITE_API_URL, that build-defaults to
+// http://localhost:8000 and would break same-origin calls).
+const API_BASE = ''
 
 // History configuration: 60 samples at 5s intervals = 5 minutes
 const MAX_POINTS = 60