chore(deps): Bump dotenv from 16.6.1 to 18.0.5 in /backend

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Bumps dotenv from 16.6.1 to 18.0.5.

Changelog

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18.0.5 (2026-09-30)

Changed

• Fix missing typescript module declaration (#1068)
• Improve performance for large .env files (#1066)

18.0.4 (2026-09-25)

Changed

• import dotenv/config should default quiet: true (#1063)

18.0.3 (2026-09-22)

Changed

• Patch DOTENV_QUIET setting when inside .env file (#1059)

18.0.2 (2026-09-21)

Changed

• Patch additional edge cases for the fast parser (#1056)

18.0.1 (2026-09-18)

Changed

• Handle file urls in config logging (#1054)

18.0.0 (2026-09-17)

Added

• NEW: Dotenv now has a CLI. (#1022)

$ dotenv run -- node index.js
◇ injected env (2) from .env
Hello Dotenv

• NEW: Dotenv now has a fast parser thanks to @​homanp of superagent.sh. Pass config({ fast: true }), flag --fast, or set DOTENV_FAST=true to opt-in to ~2x faster character-scanner parser. (#1010)

$ dotenv run --fast -- node index.js
◇ injected env (2) from .env
Hello Dotenv
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Commits

• 05215e0 18.0.5
• 25bdd0a changelog
• 2d640d2 Merge pull request #1066 from AyanAta42/master
• c84e2b4 Merge pull request #1068 from matzehecht/fix-typescript
• 570146a Optimize fast parser comment scanning
• 4aa0665 add typescript module declaration for dotenv/config
• f1380ec Bound fast parser comment scans to the current line
• a626f72 add link
• b36a142 video links
• 86804c0 18.0.4
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