diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index eb82088..65a52d7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -196,15 +196,8 @@ jobs:
       # It uses stage-specific Stripe keys (sk_test_...) so checkout can be
       # exercised safely. Prod deploy only runs after the smoke test below passes.
       #
-      # Note: STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY (pk_test_...) is not set here — set it
-      # manually on the service once with:
-      #   gcloud run services update marketing-stage --region us-central1 \
-      #     --project neuron-785695 \
-      #     --update-env-vars STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=pk_test_...
-      #
       # --update-env-vars / --update-secrets merges with existing config so
-      # manually-set values like STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY are preserved across
-      # pipeline deploys.
+      # any manually-set values on the service are preserved across deploys.
 
       - name: Deploy to marketing-stage
         id: deploy-stage
@@ -217,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
             --image "$IMAGE" \
             --region us-central1 \
             --project neuron-785695 \
-            --update-env-vars "NODE_ENV=production,GCS_SHARE_BUCKET=neuron-shares-prod,SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJzdXBhYmFzZSIsInJlZiI6Im9jb2pzZ2hhb25sdHVuaWRrenB3Iiwicm9sZSI6ImFub24iLCJpYXQiOjE3Nzc2NDIxNjgsImV4cCI6MjA5MzIxODE2OH0.e0FVFw1aahnrBVvnkR5R8a-RxCx095U8o_gsk7Quq3E,NEURON_LLM_0_FORMAT=anthropic,NEURON_LLM_0_MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-5,NEURON_LLM_0_URL=https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages" \
+            --update-env-vars "NODE_ENV=production,STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=pk_test_51TPoHnJg9Fv1D3AUp1FEMcy4MGlKRZqs4scW66kjQFQjWofmNc2rottzXzDaXekHvuw1OQpyp2WCIsc7O5fXIG0G00HQQrkdGX,GCS_SHARE_BUCKET=neuron-shares-prod,SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJzdXBhYmFzZSIsInJlZiI6Im9jb2pzZ2hhb25sdHVuaWRrenB3Iiwicm9sZSI6ImFub24iLCJpYXQiOjE3Nzc2NDIxNjgsImV4cCI6MjA5MzIxODE2OH0.e0FVFw1aahnrBVvnkR5R8a-RxCx095U8o_gsk7Quq3E,NEURON_LLM_0_FORMAT=anthropic,NEURON_LLM_0_MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-5,NEURON_LLM_0_URL=https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages" \
             --update-secrets "SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY=supabase-service-key:latest,NEURON_LLM_0_KEY=anthropic-api-key:latest,ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=anthropic-api-key:latest,STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=stripe-secret-key-stage:latest,STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=stripe-webhook-secret-stage:latest,STRIPE_PRICE_PROFESSIONAL=stripe-price-professional-stage:latest,STRIPE_PRICE_FOUNDING=stripe-price-founding-stage:latest,STRIPE_PRICE_FAMILY_CHILD=stripe-price-family-child:latest,RESEND_API_KEY=resend-api-key:latest,DOCUSEAL_WEBHOOK_TOKEN=docuseal-webhook-token:latest" \
             --allow-unauthenticated \
             --quiet