Laravel Octane: Config changes not loaded during deploy

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Hello

I have been using Octane in production for a few months now. In my deploy script, I have:

php artisan optimize:clear
php artisan config:cache
php artisan view:cache
php artisan event:cache

php artisan octane:reload

Now I have the problem that when I change an .env variable that is used in app/config.php, such as an API token, it does not update. Only when I use php artisan octane:stop (followed by an automatic restart via Supervisor) is the .env variable reloaded.

Since I want to deploy without downtime, php artisan octane:stop is not ideal. Is this a known issue and are there any solutions for it?

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I already found the solution. If I add php artisan route:cache before php artisan octane:reload, it works. I just have no idea why. It also works if I combine the commands with php artisan optimize.