The service does not read MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL; the recipe-search provider and base URL come from the recipe_search_settings row. The runbook now gives the PATCH/GET/test steps to point the app at http://searxng:8080, says the variable is planned, and records which engines answered from this host. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>