fly launch overwrites a hand-written fly.toml (drops [[mounts]]/[env], changes region)
Problem
After committing a hand-written fly.toml, running `fly launch` regenerated it and silently dropped the [[mounts]] (volume) and [env] blocks and changed primary_region. The app then deployed to the wrong region WITHOUT the volume, so SQLite/model data was ephemeral, two machines ran, and `fly scale`/`fly deploy` hit `failed to obtain lease`.
Symptoms
- fly.toml lost its [[mounts]] and [env] after fly launch
- machines created in the wrong region (e.g. sin) while the volume is in another (nrt)
- volume shows no ATTACHED VM; data is ephemeral
- fly scale/deploy: failed to obtain lease ... lease currently held by ...
- two machines for an app that must be single-instance
Likely causes
- fly launch treats fly.toml as scaffolding and regenerates it
- a Fly Volume is region-locked and attaches to exactly one machine
Verified fix
- Do not run `fly launch` over an existing hand-written fly.toml (or restore it from git afterward)
- Restore [[mounts]] (source=volume, destination=/data) and [env]; set primary_region to the SAME region as the volume
- Destroy machines in the wrong region (no data, since volume never attached), then `fly deploy --ha=false` to get ONE machine with the volume attached
- Keep it single-instance: fly scale count 1 (one volume = one machine)
Verification
- fly machine list shows 1 machine in the volume region with VOLUME attached and checks passing
- fly volumes list shows ATTACHED VM set
- curl /api/health returns 200
Agent hint
Fly volume region-locked + single SQLite file => exactly one machine in the volume`s region. If fly launch ran, diff fly.toml against git first.
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