Fix bool env whitespace parsing and ignore venv dirs

.gitignore

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ __pycache__
 .ruff_cache
 .serena
 .venv
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
 agent_workspace
 .env
 server.log

config/settings.py

@@ -145,6 +145,22 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
             return None
         return v
 
+    @field_validator(
+        "fast_prefix_detection",
+        "enable_network_probe_mock",
+        "enable_title_generation_skip",
+        "enable_suggestion_mode_skip",
+        "enable_filepath_extraction_mock",
+        "nim_enable_thinking",
+        "voice_note_enabled",
+        mode="before",
+    )
+    @classmethod
+    def normalize_bool_env_values(cls, v):
+        if isinstance(v, str):
+            return v.strip()
+        return v
+
     @field_validator("whisper_device")
     @classmethod
     def validate_whisper_device(cls, v: str) -> str:

tests/config/test_config.py

@@ -298,6 +298,16 @@ class TestSettingsOptionalStr:
         s = Settings()
         assert s.whisper_device == device
 
+    def test_bool_env_with_trailing_newline(self, monkeypatch):
+        """Boolean env values with whitespace/newlines are parsed correctly."""
+        from config.settings import Settings
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("ENABLE_NETWORK_PROBE_MOCK", "true\n")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("ENABLE_TITLE_GENERATION_SKIP", " false ")
+        s = Settings()
+        assert s.enable_network_probe_mock is True
+        assert s.enable_title_generation_skip is False
+
 
 class TestPerModelMapping:
     """Test per-model fields and resolve_model()."""