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Changelog Entry
Added an option to disable persistent configuration globally for easier management of settings.
Description
This PR enables configuration solely through the environment variables, which complies with the Twelve-Factor App methodology.
Added
ENABLE_PERSISTENT_CONFIG configuration variable with default value set to True
Changed
if the ENABLE_PERSISTENT_CONFIG env var is set to False, all configuration variables will be treated as regular variables
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## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/12654
**Author:** [@valckmir](https://github.com/valckmir)
**Created:** 4/9/2025
**Status:** ✅ Merged
**Merged:** 4/9/2025
**Merged by:** [@tjbck](https://github.com/tjbck)
**Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `main`
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### 📝 Commits (2)
- [`68aea6b`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/68aea6bf10f432806fe5ceb1b346e28b0147b0c1) feat: disable persistent config
- [`a5faaf3`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/a5faaf388e2e961cc2d75a751ecad8a18654166e) refactor: rename persistent config variable
### 📊 Changes
**1 file changed** (+2 additions, -1 deletions)
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📝 `backend/open_webui/config.py` (+2 -1)
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### 📄 Description
# Pull Request Checklist
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- **BREAKING CHANGE**: Significant changes that may affect compatibility
- **build**: Changes that affect the build system or external dependencies
- **ci**: Changes to our continuous integration processes or workflows
- **chore**: Refactor, cleanup, or other non-functional code changes
- **docs**: Documentation update or addition
- **feat**: Introduces a new feature or enhancement to the codebase
- **fix**: Bug fix or error correction
- **i18n**: Internationalization or localization changes
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- **style**: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc.)
- **test**: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
- **WIP**: Work in progress, a temporary label for incomplete or ongoing work
# Changelog Entry
Added an option to disable persistent configuration globally for easier management of settings.
### Description
This PR enables configuration solely through the environment variables, which complies with the [Twelve-Factor App methodology](https://12factor.net/config).
### Added
- `ENABLE_PERSISTENT_CONFIG` configuration variable with default value set to `True`
### Changed
- if the `ENABLE_PERSISTENT_CONFIG` env var is set to `False`, all configuration variables will be treated as regular variables
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### Additional Information
- Disable PersistentConfig globally discussion
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/9297
- Not possible to reconfigure some PersistentConfig variables
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/10450
- Documentation update
- https://github.com/open-webui/docs/pull/485
---
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/12654
Author: @valckmir
Created: 4/9/2025
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 4/9/2025
Merged by: @tjbck
Base:
dev← Head:main📝 Commits (2)
68aea6bfeat: disable persistent configa5faaf3refactor: rename persistent config variable📊 Changes
1 file changed (+2 additions, -1 deletions)
View changed files
📝
backend/open_webui/config.py(+2 -1)📄 Description
Pull Request Checklist
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devbranch.Changelog Entry
Added an option to disable persistent configuration globally for easier management of settings.
Description
This PR enables configuration solely through the environment variables, which complies with the Twelve-Factor App methodology.
Added
ENABLE_PERSISTENT_CONFIGconfiguration variable with default value set toTrueChanged
ENABLE_PERSISTENT_CONFIGenv var is set toFalse, all configuration variables will be treated as regular variablesAdditional Information
Disable PersistentConfig globally discussion
Not possible to reconfigure some PersistentConfig variables
Documentation update
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.