Is it plugged in

When something is not working as expected in your code, it is always worthwhile to double check to make sure it is plugged in.

Is the code you’re looking at the code that’s actually running? Are your environment variables what they should be? Are they actually being loaded properly? Do you need to rebuild the project and then restart?

Especially if the problem feels stupid, you should check. You’ll only feel more stupid the longer you debug code that’s not even running.