diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6447450453..76d76d6909 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           NEXTAUTH_SECRET: test-secret
           JWT_SECRET: test-jwt-secret
           DATABASE_URL: postgresql://localhost:5432/hive_test_unit
+          DIRECT_URL: postgresql://localhost:5432/hive_test_unit
         run: npm run test:unit
 
   integration-tests:
diff --git a/src/__tests__/integration/api/github-app-webhook.test.ts b/src/__tests__/integration/api/github-app-webhook.test.ts
index 00bfd00f4e..9f983dfec1 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/integration/api/github-app-webhook.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/integration/api/github-app-webhook.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from "vitest";
 import { POST } from "@/app/api/github/app/webhook/route";
+import * as encryptionModule from "@/lib/encryption";
 import { db } from "@/lib/db";
 import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
 import {
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ describe("GitHub App Webhook - POST /api/github/app/webhook", () => {
       const body = JSON.stringify(payload);
       const validSignature = computeValidWebhookSignature(mockWebhookSecret, body);
 
+      const timingSafeSpy = vi.spyOn(encryptionModule, "timingSafeEqual");
+
       const request = createGitHubAppWebhookRequest(
         webhookUrl,
         payload,
@@ -146,6 +149,13 @@ describe("GitHub App Webhook - POST /api/github/app/webhook", () => {
       const response = await POST(request as NextRequest);
 
       expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+      expect(timingSafeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      // First arg is computed digest, second is the incoming signature header
+      const [calledDigest, calledSignature] = timingSafeSpy.mock.calls[0];
+      expect(calledDigest).toMatch(/^sha256=[0-9a-f]{64}$/);
+      expect(calledSignature).toBe(validSignature);
+
+      timingSafeSpy.mockRestore();
     });
   });
 
@@ -520,7 +530,7 @@ describe("GitHub App Webhook - POST /api/github/app/webhook", () => {
       db.user.findUnique = originalFindUnique;
     });
 
-    test.skip("should handle missing GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET environment variable", async () => {
+    test("should handle missing GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET environment variable", async () => {
       // Remove env var
       delete process.env.GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET;
 
@@ -536,7 +546,7 @@ describe("GitHub App Webhook - POST /api/github/app/webhook", () => {
 
       const response = await POST(request as NextRequest);
 
-      // Should fail without secret
+      // Should return controlled 500, not throw an unhandled exception
       expect(response.status).toBe(500);
 
       // Restore env var
diff --git a/src/app/api/github/app/webhook/route.ts b/src/app/api/github/app/webhook/route.ts
index 6777b99277..7490074a48 100644
--- a/src/app/api/github/app/webhook/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/github/app/webhook/route.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import crypto from "crypto";
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { timingSafeEqual } from "@/lib/encryption";
 
 export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
+    const secret = process.env.GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET;
+    if (!secret) {
+        return new Response("Webhook secret not configured", { status: 500 });
+    }
 
-    console.log("🔴 Github app webhook received");
-
-    console.log("🔴 Github app webhook headers", req.headers);
-
-    console.log("🔴 Github app webhook body", req);
-
-    const secret = process.env.GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET!;
     const signature = req.headers.get("x-hub-signature-256") || "";
     const body = await req.text();
 
@@ -17,10 +15,12 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
     const hmac = crypto.createHmac("sha256", secret);
     const digest = `sha256=${hmac.update(body).digest("hex")}`;
 
-    if (signature !== digest) {
+    if (!timingSafeEqual(digest, signature)) {
         return NextResponse.json({ message: "Invalid signature" }, { status: 401 });
     }
 
+    console.log("🔴 Github app webhook received");
+
     const event = req.headers.get("x-github-event");
     const payload = JSON.parse(body);
 
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
     }
 
     return NextResponse.json({ success: true });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}