config.json is re-rendered every deploy, so credentials go in
/etc/van-router-mqtt/credentials.json (seeded empty if absent, never
overwritten). The service logs MQTT connect/refuse/disconnect state changes,
and --post-check warns when the broker refuses the service.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KqhjP7nud5gdBg25zCiRk9
