diff --git a/config/build/env_vars.yaml b/config/build/env_vars.yaml
index ce8127f8..1c90b265 100644
--- a/config/build/env_vars.yaml
+++ b/config/build/env_vars.yaml
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
 #   - Patterns without '/' match the file stem exactly
 
 defaults:
-  PYAUTO_TEST_MODE: "2"                 # 0=normal, 1=reduced iterations, 2=skip sampler (fastest)
-  PYAUTO_SKIP_FIT_OUTPUT: "1"           # Skip pre/post-fit I/O, VRAM profiling, result text
-  PYAUTO_SKIP_VISUALIZATION: "1"        # Skip fit visualization and plotting
-  PYAUTO_SKIP_CHECKS: "1"              # Skip mesh validation, position checks, weight thresholds
-  PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS: "1"           # Cap grids/masks to 15x15, reduce MGE gaussians
-  PYAUTO_DISABLE_JAX: "1"              # Force use_jax=False, avoid JIT compilation overhead
-  PYAUTO_FAST_PLOTS: "1"               # Skip tight_layout() + critical curve/caustic overlays
-  JAX_ENABLE_X64: "True"               # Enable 64-bit precision in JAX
-  NUMBA_CACHE_DIR: "/tmp/numba_cache"   # Writable cache dir for numba
-  MPLCONFIGDIR: "/tmp/matplotlib"       # Writable config dir for matplotlib
+  PYAUTO_TEST_MODE: "2"                     # 0=normal, 1=reduced iterations, 2=skip sampler (fastest)
+  PYAUTO_SKIP_FIT_OUTPUT: "1"               # Skip pre/post-fit I/O, VRAM profiling, result text
+  PYAUTO_SKIP_VISUALIZATION: "1"            # Skip fit visualization and plotting
+  PYAUTO_SKIP_CHECKS: "1"                   # Skip mesh validation, position checks, weight thresholds
+  PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS: "1"                # Cap grids/masks to 15x15, reduce MGE gaussians
+  PYAUTO_DISABLE_JAX: "1"                   # Force use_jax=False, avoid JIT compilation overhead
+  PYAUTO_FAST_PLOTS: "1"                    # Skip tight_layout() + critical curve/caustic overlays
+  JAX_ENABLE_X64: "True"                    # Enable 64-bit precision in JAX
+  NUMBA_CACHE_DIR: "/tmp/numba_cache"       # Writable cache dir for numba
+  MPLCONFIGDIR: "/tmp/matplotlib"           # Writable config dir for matplotlib
 
 overrides:
   # Plotter scripts need the real search to run so `result.search_internal` is
diff --git a/config/build/env_vars_release.yaml b/config/build/env_vars_release.yaml
index a93bb683..87064a18 100644
--- a/config/build/env_vars_release.yaml
+++ b/config/build/env_vars_release.yaml
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@
 #   - Patterns without '/' match the file stem exactly
 
 defaults:
-  PYAUTO_TEST_MODE: "1"                 # reduced iterations (real sampler), not bypassed
-  PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS: "1"           # cap grids/masks to 15x15, reduce MGE gaussians
-  PYAUTO_FAST_PLOTS: "1"               # skip tight_layout() + critical curve/caustic overlays
-  PYAUTO_SKIP_FIT_OUTPUT: "0"          # real fit output (release fidelity, not smoke)
-  PYAUTO_SKIP_VISUALIZATION: "0"       # real visualization (release fidelity, not smoke)
-  PYAUTO_SKIP_CHECKS: "0"              # real checks (release fidelity, not smoke)
-  PYAUTO_DISABLE_JAX: "0"              # JAX enabled (release fidelity, not smoke)
+  PYAUTO_TEST_MODE: "1"                     # reduced iterations (real sampler), not bypassed
+  PYAUTO_SKIP_FIT_OUTPUT: "0"               # real fit output (release fidelity, not smoke)
+  PYAUTO_SKIP_VISUALIZATION: "0"            # real visualization (release fidelity, not smoke)
+  PYAUTO_SKIP_CHECKS: "0"                   # real checks (release fidelity, not smoke)
+  PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS: "1"                # cap grids/masks to 15x15, reduce MGE gaussians
+  PYAUTO_DISABLE_JAX: "0"                   # JAX enabled (release fidelity, not smoke)
+  PYAUTO_FAST_PLOTS: "1"                    # skip tight_layout() + critical curve/caustic overlays
   PYAUTO_SKIP_WORKSPACE_VERSION_CHECK: "1"  # TestPyPI dev version won't match the workspace pin
-  JAX_ENABLE_X64: "True"               # enable 64-bit precision in JAX
-  NUMBA_CACHE_DIR: "/tmp/numba_cache"   # writable cache dir for numba
-  MPLCONFIGDIR: "/tmp/matplotlib"       # writable config dir for matplotlib
+  JAX_ENABLE_X64: "True"                    # enable 64-bit precision in JAX
+  NUMBA_CACHE_DIR: "/tmp/numba_cache"       # writable cache dir for numba
+  MPLCONFIGDIR: "/tmp/matplotlib"           # writable config dir for matplotlib
 
 # plot/emcee_plotter + plot/zeus_plotter (which needed an override under the
 # smoke profile to force a real search so `result.search_internal` is