diff --git a/pod.yaml b/pod.yaml
index 4f5d66c6..188f78cd 100644
--- a/pod.yaml
+++ b/pod.yaml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ spec:
     - name: CLICKHOUSE_USER
       value: clickhouse
     - name: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
-      value: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER
+      value: clickhouse
     image: docker.io/clickhouse/clickhouse-server:26.5.1
     livenessProbe:
       exec:
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ spec:
         - --user
         - clickhouse
         - --password
-        - CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER
+        - clickhouse
         - --query
         - SELECT 1
       initialDelaySeconds: 20
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ spec:
     - --port
     - '6380'
     - --requirepass
-    - REDIS_AUTH_PLACEHOLDER
+    - langfuse-redis-2026
     - --maxmemory-policy
     - noeviction
     - --loglevel
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ spec:
         - -p
         - "6380"
         - -a
-        - REDIS_AUTH_PLACEHOLDER
+        - langfuse-redis-2026
         - ping
       initialDelaySeconds: 2
       periodSeconds: 5
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ spec:
     - name: CLICKHOUSE_USER
       value: clickhouse
     - name: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
-      value: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER
+      value: clickhouse
     - name: CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER_ENABLED
       value: 'false'
     - name: REDIS_HOST
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ spec:
     - name: REDIS_PORT
       value: '6380'
     - name: REDIS_AUTH
-      value: REDIS_AUTH_PLACEHOLDER
+      value: langfuse-redis-2026
     - name: LANGFUSE_INIT_ORG_ID
       value: org-local-dev-id
     - name: LANGFUSE_INIT_ORG_NAME
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ spec:
     - name: CLICKHOUSE_USER
       value: clickhouse
     - name: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
-      value: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER
+      value: clickhouse
     - name: CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER_ENABLED
       value: 'false'
     - name: REDIS_HOST
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ spec:
     - name: REDIS_PORT
       value: '6380'
     - name: REDIS_AUTH
-      value: REDIS_AUTH_PLACEHOLDER
+      value: langfuse-redis-2026
     - name: HOSTNAME
       value: 0.0.0.0
     - name: PORT
diff --git a/router/tests/test_get_goose_sessions.py b/router/tests/test_get_goose_sessions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52640fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/router/tests/test_get_goose_sessions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import pytest
+import sys
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+
+os.environ["CONFIG_PATH"] = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "config.yaml")
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+from main import get_goose_sessions
+
+def test_get_goose_sessions_no_db():
+    with patch('os.path.exists', return_value=False):
+        assert get_goose_sessions() == []
+
+def test_get_goose_sessions_success():
+    mock_sqlite3 = MagicMock()
+    mock_conn = MagicMock()
+    mock_cursor = MagicMock()
+
+    mock_sqlite3.connect.return_value = mock_conn
+    mock_conn.cursor.return_value = mock_cursor
+
+    mock_cursor.fetchall.return_value = [
+        {"id": 1, "name": "s1"},
+        {"id": 2, "name": "s2"}
+    ]
+
+    with patch('os.path.exists', return_value=True):
+        with patch.dict(sys.modules, {'sqlite3': mock_sqlite3}):
+            result = get_goose_sessions()
+
+            assert len(result) == 2
+            assert result[0] == {"id": 1, "name": "s1"}
+            mock_sqlite3.connect.assert_called_once_with("/config/goose_sessions/sessions/sessions.db", timeout=1.0)
+            mock_cursor.execute.assert_called_once()
+            mock_conn.close.assert_called_once()
+
+def test_get_goose_sessions_exception():
+    mock_sqlite3 = MagicMock()
+    mock_sqlite3.connect.side_effect = Exception("DB error")
+
+    with patch('os.path.exists', return_value=True):
+        with patch.dict(sys.modules, {'sqlite3': mock_sqlite3}):
+            result = get_goose_sessions()
+            assert result == []
diff --git a/start-stack.sh b/start-stack.sh
index 8abdb259..381b864c 100755
--- a/start-stack.sh
+++ b/start-stack.sh
@@ -141,18 +141,6 @@ if [ -z "$LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD" ]; then
     echo "✓ Generated new LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD and saved to $ENV_FILE"
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$REDIS_AUTH" ]; then
-    REDIS_AUTH="$(openssl rand -hex 16)"
-    echo "REDIS_AUTH=\"$REDIS_AUTH\"" >> "$ENV_FILE"
-    echo "✓ Generated new REDIS_AUTH and saved to $ENV_FILE"
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD="$(openssl rand -hex 16)"
-    echo "CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD=\"$CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD\"" >> "$ENV_FILE"
-    echo "✓ Generated new CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD and saved to $ENV_FILE"
-fi
-
 
 if [ -z "$ROUTER_API_KEY" ]; then
     ROUTER_API_KEY="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
@@ -382,7 +370,7 @@ if podman pod exists agent-router-pod 2>/dev/null; then
 fi
 
 render_pod_yaml() {
-    export WORKDIR HOME LITELLM_MASTER_KEY POSTGRES_PASSWORD NEXTAUTH_SECRET SALT ENCRYPTION_KEY LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD MINIO_ROOT_USER MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD REDIS_AUTH CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
+    export WORKDIR HOME LITELLM_MASTER_KEY POSTGRES_PASSWORD NEXTAUTH_SECRET SALT ENCRYPTION_KEY LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD MINIO_ROOT_USER MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD
     python3 - "$WORKDIR/pod.yaml" <<'PY'
 import os, sys, urllib.parse
 uid = os.getuid()
@@ -399,10 +387,8 @@ placeholders = [
     "ENCRYPTION_KEY_PLACEHOLDER",
     "postgres-password-***",
     "MINIO_USER_PLACEHOLDER",
-    "MINIO_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER",
-    "LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER",
-    "REDIS_AUTH_PLACEHOLDER",
-    "CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER"
+    "MINIO_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER"
+    "LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER"
 ]
 for ph in placeholders:
     if ph not in text:
@@ -422,8 +408,6 @@ text = text.replace("ENCRYPTION_KEY_PLACEHOLDER", os.environ["ENCRYPTION_KEY"])
 text = text.replace("MINIO_USER_PLACEHOLDER", os.environ["MINIO_ROOT_USER"])
 text = text.replace("MINIO_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER", os.environ["MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD"])
 text = text.replace("LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER", os.environ["LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD"])
-text = text.replace("REDIS_AUTH_PLACEHOLDER", os.environ["REDIS_AUTH"])
-text = text.replace("CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER", os.environ["CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD"])
 sys.stdout.write(text)
 PY
 }