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Document how to host stellar.toml for separate testnet and mainnet environments

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
75/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Find the SEP-1 guide in the Anchor Platform documentation and the asset-issuance docs. Look for existing mentions of stellar.toml and NETWORK_PASSPHRASE. Research how wallets and Frontier Lab handle testnet vs mainnet discovery. The task is to add a new section explaining the recommended hosting pattern (like a subdomain) or clarifying that a testnet file is not expected, and to update the relevant links.

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Description

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New asset issuers ask how to run separate testnet and production stellar.toml files. The SEP-1 guide under Anchor Platform says the two files need different NETWORK_PASSPHRASE values, but a domain has only one /.well-known/stellar.toml, and nothing explains how to host both or whether a testnet file is expected at all.

Please add to the SEP-1 guidance, and link it from the asset-issuance docs:

  • whether wallets, Lab and anchors look for a testnet stellar.toml;
  • if yes, the recommended pattern (e.g. a testnet. subdomain) and what differs per network;
  • if no, say so and describe how to test SEP-1 discovery before mainnet.

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