Fix: Start background services at global scope for Gradio SDK

app.py

@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ def start_orchestrator_api():
     uvicorn.run(orchestrator_app, host="127.0.0.1", port=8888)
 
 # Start background services
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+# NOTE: For 'sdk: gradio', this must run at import time, not just in __main__
+if not os.environ.get("NACC_SERVICES_STARTED"):
+    os.environ["NACC_SERVICES_STARTED"] = "1"
+    
     # 1. Start the Orchestrator API in a thread
     api_thread = threading.Thread(target=start_orchestrator_api, daemon=True)
     api_thread.start()
@@ -103,8 +106,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     
     # 3. Give services a moment to spin up
     time.sleep(3)
-    
-    # 4. Launch the UI
-    print("💻 Launching NACC UI...")
-    demo = create_ui()
+
+# 4. Create the UI (Gradio will launch this)
+print("💻 Launching NACC UI...")
+demo = create_ui()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     demo.launch(server_name="0.0.0.0", server_port=7860)