A bare `except Exception: pass` meant any YAML syntax error, bad value, or unexpected structure in config.yaml was silently ignored and the gateway fell back to .env / gateway.json without any indication. Users had no way to know why their config changes had no effect. Co-authored-by: sprmn24 <oncuevtv@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>