fix

backend/Dockerfile

@@ -19,5 +19,9 @@ COPY . .
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-# Default: run uvicorn with hot reload for dev
-CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
+# Default: run uvicorn with hot reload for dev.
+# We pass --log-level explicitly from $LOG_LEVEL so uvicorn's own loggers
+# (uvicorn, uvicorn.access) start at the right level from the very first
+# request — without this, they stay at INFO until our lifespan runs.
+# Shell form (not exec form) so ${LOG_LEVEL} is interpolated by the shell.
+CMD sh -c 'exec uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload --log-level "${LOG_LEVEL:-info}"'