`Dotenv.load` call causes Rails app to be loaded twice

[thisismydesign]

Steps to reproduce

We had the following historical setup.

Gemfile

group :development, :test do
  gem 'dotenv-rails'
end

application.rb

if File.exist?('.env')
  require 'dotenv'
  Dotenv.load
end

Even though the application.rb part is not needed when using with rails, I wouldn't expect this setup to reload the whole app.

Expected behavior

Dotenv.load doesn't load the whole rails app.

System configuration

dotenv version: 2.7.6

Rails version: 7.0.1

Ruby version: 3.0.3

[bkeepers]

@thisismydesign thanks for the issue. Are you sure it's dotenv causing the app to reload? There is nothing in Doenv.load that should be requiring any files, so I can't imagine how this would be the cause. Can you duplicate this in a new Rails app?

[thisismydesign]

Couldn't reproduce anymore