diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 091f408..b69ba47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 node_modules/
 dist/
 .next/
+
+# Local environment files. Keep example templates tracked.
 .env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+!.env.*.example
+!apps/**/.env.example
 .env.local
 .env.local-server
 .env.production
+
+# Logs and local diagnostics.
 *.log
+logs/
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+pnpm-debug.log*
+lerna-debug.log*
+
+# Local IDE/editor state.
+.idea/
 .turbo/
 coverage/
 .tmp/
diff --git a/scripts/verify-production-deploy.mjs b/scripts/verify-production-deploy.mjs
index 957505f..789e241 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-production-deploy.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-production-deploy.mjs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const checks = [
       'pnpm --filter @ftb/shared build',
       'pnpm --filter web build',
       'NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL',
+      'NEXT_API_PROXY_TARGET',
       'NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_VERSION',
       'ARG APP_VERSION=unknown',
       'COPY scripts ./scripts',
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ const checks = [
       'SERVER_IMAGE',
       'WEB_IMAGE',
       'APP_VERSION',
+      'NEXT_API_PROXY_TARGET',
       '/api/v1/health/version',
       'prometheus:',
       "profiles: ['monitoring']",
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ const checks = [
       'appleboy/ssh-action',
       'docker compose --env-file .env.production -f docker-compose.prod.yml pull',
       'pnpm --filter server db:deploy',
+      'NEXT_API_PROXY_TARGET',
       'scripts/smoke-test-release.mjs',
       '--expected-version',
     ],
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ const checks = [
     file: 'scripts/smoke-test-release.mjs',
     snippets: [
       'Release smoke test passed',
+      '/api/v1/health/version',
       '/api/v1/v2.2/requirements?productId=__smoke__',
       '/api/v1/config/ai',
     ],
@@ -111,9 +115,29 @@ const checks = [
       'nginx:',
       'local_server_data:',
       'NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL',
+      'NEXT_API_PROXY_TARGET',
       '${LOCAL_HTTP_PORT:-8080}:80',
     ],
   },
+  {
+    file: 'apps/web/lib/api.ts',
+    snippets: [
+      "env.NODE_ENV === 'production'",
+      'isLocalOnlyApiUrl',
+      "'localhost'",
+      "'127.0.0.1'",
+      "'0.0.0.0'",
+      "return '/api/v1'",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    file: 'apps/web/next.config.js',
+    snippets: [
+      'NEXT_API_PROXY_TARGET',
+      'toApiProxyDestination',
+      '/api/v1/:path*',
+    ],
+  },
   {
     file: 'deploy/nginx/default.conf.template',
     snippets: [
@@ -188,7 +212,8 @@ const checks = [
     snippets: [
       'POSTGRES_PASSWORD=',
       'DATABASE_URL=postgresql://',
-      'NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=',
+      'NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=/api/v1',
+      'NEXT_API_PROXY_TARGET=',
       'APP_VERSION=',
       'WEB_IMAGE=',
       'SERVER_IMAGE=',
@@ -203,8 +228,12 @@ const checks = [
       'LOCAL_ACCESS_HOST=localhost',
       'DATABASE_URL=postgresql://',
       'NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=/api/v1',
+      'NEXT_API_PROXY_TARGET=',
       'NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:8080',
     ],
+    forbiddenSnippets: [
+      'LOCAL_SERVER_PORT=',
+    ],
   },
   {
     file: 'docs/deployment.md',
@@ -243,6 +272,12 @@ for (const check of checks) {
       failed = true;
     }
   }
+  for (const snippet of check.forbiddenSnippets ?? []) {
+    if (content.includes(snippet)) {
+      console.error(`Forbidden snippet in ${check.file}: ${snippet}`);
+      failed = true;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 for (const check of requiredRuntimeDependencies) {