fix: Ensure SUPERSET__SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI takes absolute precedence

- Add explicit environment variable checks to prevent config override
- Add final override at end of Docker config to ensure DuckDB URI is used
- Fixes issue where SQLite default was overriding DuckDB environment variable in AWS

Based on AWS logs showing env var set correctly but app config using SQLite default.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: mistercrunch

docker/pythonpath_dev/superset_config.py

@@ -50,12 +50,17 @@
 )
 
 # Use environment variable if set, otherwise construct from components
-SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI = os.getenv(
-    "SUPERSET__SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI",
-    f"{DATABASE_DIALECT}://"
-    f"{EXAMPLES_USER}:{EXAMPLES_PASSWORD}@"
-    f"{EXAMPLES_HOST}:{EXAMPLES_PORT}/{EXAMPLES_DB}",
-)
+# This MUST take precedence over any other configuration
+_examples_uri_env = os.getenv("SUPERSET__SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI")
+if _examples_uri_env:
+    SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI = _examples_uri_env
+else:
+    # Fallback to PostgreSQL construction only if env var not set
+    SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI = (
+        f"{DATABASE_DIALECT}://"
+        f"{EXAMPLES_USER}:{EXAMPLES_PASSWORD}@"
+        f"{EXAMPLES_HOST}:{EXAMPLES_PORT}/{EXAMPLES_DB}"
+    )
 
 # SUPERDEBUG: Log the Docker config override for examples URI
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -163,3 +168,13 @@ class CeleryConfig:
     )
 except ImportError:
     logger.info("Using default Docker config...")
+
+# FINAL OVERRIDE: Ensure SUPERSET__SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI takes absolute precedence
+# This must be the last thing executed to override any other config files
+_final_examples_uri = os.getenv("SUPERSET__SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI")
+if _final_examples_uri:
+    SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI = _final_examples_uri
+    logger.info(
+        f"SUPERDEBUG [docker/pythonpath_dev/superset_config.py]: "
+        f"FINAL OVERRIDE - SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI set to: {SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI}"
+    )

superset/config.py

@@ -669,7 +669,19 @@ class D3TimeFormat(TypedDict, total=False):
 for env_var in ENV_VAR_KEYS:
     if env_var in os.environ:
         config_var = env_var.replace("SUPERSET__", "")
+        old_value = globals().get(config_var, "not previously set")
         globals()[config_var] = os.environ[env_var]
+        # SUPERDEBUG: Log when we process environment variables
+        import logging
+
+        logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        logger.warning(
+            f"SUPERDEBUG [superset/config.py]: Processing {env_var} -> {config_var}"
+        )
+        logger.warning(f"SUPERDEBUG [superset/config.py]: Old value: {old_value}")
+        logger.warning(
+            f"SUPERDEBUG [superset/config.py]: New value: {os.environ[env_var]}"
+        )
 
 # This function can be overridden to customize the name of the user agent
 # triggering the query.