Try a unified api endpoint

.env.example

@@ -47,8 +47,11 @@ PROVIDER_BASE_URL_ALLOWLIST=[]
 
 PUBLIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000
 CORS_ORIGINS=["http://localhost:5173","http://localhost:3000"]
-# Used at build time for production frontend image, and at runtime in development.
+# Leave empty to use same-origin /api/v1 through the frontend proxy.
+# Set an absolute URL only when you intentionally want split-origin frontend/API traffic.
 VITE_API_BASE=
+# Development-only Vite proxy target. Docker compose sets this to http://api:8000 automatically.
+VITE_API_PROXY_TARGET=http://localhost:8000
 # Development-only Vite host allowlist override.
 VITE_ALLOWED_HOSTS=