Error: missing secret key. A secret key is needed to secure Payload.

[brazen storm]

I am trying the layes payload website https://github.com/payloadcms/website and after pnpm dev I got this error:

Error: missing secret key. A secret key is needed to secure Payload.

What is the issue and how to fix it?

[vocal dirge]

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[inner sundial]

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