Hi,

I’m reaching out for help regarding issues with setting up a staging environment for my MedusaJS project on Railway. My production environment is running as expected, but I’ve encountered several problems when deploying the staging environment.

Overview of the Problem
Database Initialization:

In the staging environment, the database does not automatically create a default admin user or seed demo data, even though I’ve configured the DATABASE_URL and other necessary variables correctly.

I manually created an admin user, but I’m unsure if the database is fully initialized as it should be.

Storefront Issues:

Pages in the storefront are not working properly in the staging environment, even though they work perfectly in production.

Products assigned to categories in the admin panel do not appear in the storefront.

New Project Test:

When I spin up a new project with the same settings (as a fresh deployment), everything works as expected, including database initialization and storefront functionality. This suggests there might be something misconfigured or missing in my staging setup.

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