# Environment variables Documentation Feature Flag

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| **Feature Group** | **Variable** | **Possible Values** | **Services** | **Whats does it do?** |
|-------------------|--------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------------|
| **Net Promoter** | `FEATURE_FLAG_NET_PROMOTER_SCORE_UI_UN_7747` |  | next-chat | Enable net promoter modal |
| Service Now Feedback | `FEATURE_FLAG_SERVICE_NOW_FEEDBACK_UN_9322` |  | next-chat |  |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_PPT_PAGE_BASED_CHUNKING_UN_9444` |  | node-ingestion-worker |  |
| Advanced Charts | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_ADVANCED_FORMATTING_UN_9758` |  | next-chat | Enable advanced formatting in chat, currently only used for financial chart. |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_EXCEL_INGESTION_UN_9855` |  | node-ingestion-worker |  |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_SEARCH_ADAPTER_ELASTICSEARCH_UN_9883` |  | node-ingestion |  |
| **Space 2.0** | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_SPACE_LANDING_PAGE_UN_9930` |  | next-admin | Enable manage all space view with tile and type UI. |
| Space 2.0 | `FEATURE_FLAG_ABOUT_SPACE_SECTION_UN_10270` |  | next-chat | Enable select files in chat (e.g context window) |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_LANDSCAPED_PDF_PAGE_BASED_CHUNKING_UN_10606` |  | node-ingestion-worker |  |
| References in Chat | `FEATURE_FLAG_NEW_SOURCE_REFERENCES_UN_10906` |  | next-chat | Enable new UI for references in chat |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_CONFIGURE_FILE_METADATA_UN_10908` |  | knowledge-upload | Activates static metadata feature that allows admin to define static metadata in the UI that should be present on all files in the scope |
| **Space 2.0** | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_SPACES_2_0_UN_11203` |  | next-chat, next-admin | Enable space 2.0 creation form |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_EXPAND_HIGHLIGHT_RANGE_UN_11265` |  | node-ingestion-worker |  |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_USER_API_KEY_GENERATION_UN_11416` |  | next-chat, next-admin, knowledge-upload, next-theme | Show in user menu API key for all users |
| Folder Admin | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_CAN_MANAGE_ACCESS_UN_11608` |  | knowledge-upload, node-scope-management | Enable none admin user to manage a folder |
| **MCP** | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_MCP_UN_11963` & `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_MCP_ADMIN_UN_14099` | `true`, `false` | next-chat, next-admin, next-theme, knowledge-upload,<br>node-chat | Enable MCP in admin and chat<br>Requires `CHAT_FRONTEND_URL` being set on `chat` backend service. |
|  | `MCP_POLICY_MODE="UNRESTRICTED" # STRICT | PATTERN | UNRESTRICTED MCP_ALLOWED_ENDPOINTS="*" # *.unique.app, mcp.*.com MCP_DENIED_ENDPOINTS=""` |  | node-chat | These settings configure the backend’s **MCP Policy Engine**, which controls which MCP servers/endpoints the platform is allowed to connect to. |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_UN_12024` |  | knowledge-upload |  |
| **Deep Research** | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_DEEP_RESEARCH_UN_12630` |  | next-admin, next-chat | Enable deep research tool. |
|  | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_ELASTICSEARCH_INDEXING` |  | node-ingestion |  |
| **Save Model Usage** | `FEATURE_FLAG_SAVE_MODEL_USAGE_UN_12832` |  | node-chat | Used to save model usage for public APIs. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_SAVE_MODEL_USAGE_DASHBOARD_UN_18889` |  | next-chat<br>next-admin | Turns on **cost** **dashboard view** in the **UI. The view** surfaces the model usage and costs. |
| **Use OpenAI V1 endpoints** | `FEATURE_FLAG_USE_OPENAI_V1_13819` |  | node-chat | Enable V1 endpoints for Azure models. |
| **Sub-agents** | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_SUB_AGENTS_UN_13661` |  | next-admin | Enable sub-agents space creation in Admin |
| **Agentic Table** | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_MAGIC_TABLE_UN_8472` |  | next-admin, next-chat | Enables the Agentic Table UI for spaces, including the overview, sheet creation, and table sheet pages. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_AGENTIC_TABLE_ENABLE_NEW_SHARING_UI_UN_16758` |  | next-chat | Enables a new sharing feature that allows for more fine-grained access control. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_AGENTIC_TABLE_ERROR_BANNER_UN_11777` |  | next-chat | Introduces an error notification banner to alert users when the agent encounters a failure. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_AGENTIC_TABLE_CONTEXT_UN_14904` |  | next-chat | Allows defining Agentic Table instructions to be considered when processing an Agentic Table. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_AGENTIC_TABLE_SHEET_METADATA_UN_14904` |  | next-chat | Allows defining sheet-level metadata to be considered when processing an Agentic Table. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_AGENTIC_TABLE_ROW_METADATA_UN_14904` |  | next-chat | Allows defining row-level metadata to be considered when processing an Agentic Table. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_AGENTIC_TABLE_COMMENTS_UN_17606` |  | next-chat | Enable inline comments on cells in the Agentic Table with threaded replies, _@mentions_, resolve/re-open and a dedicated side panel for triage. |
| **Code Execution** | `FEATURE_FLAG_USE_OPENAI_V1_13819` |  | next-chat | **Code execution (all three required):**<br>Allows using the OpenAI v1 API, which is required for code execution.<br>Enables the code execution tool for assistants.<br>Allows loading the list of available tools from the Python service so the code execution tool is offered.<br>All three flags must be enabled for code execution to work. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_CODE_EXECUTION_UN_17498` |  | next-chat, next-admin |
| `SOURCE_AVAILABLE_TOOLS_REMOTELY` |  | next-chat |
| Analytics | `ANONYMIZED_CHAT_INTERACTIONS_EXPORT` | `true`, `false` | node-chat | Enables anonymization of user email in the export |
|  | `ANONYMIZED_CHAT_INTERACTIONS_EXPORT_TYPE` | `null`, `idempotent` | node-chat | Used together with `ANONYMIZED_CHAT_INTERACTIONS_EXPORT` to allow masking user identity behind an idempotent pseudonym for analytics export |
| Answer UI | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_NEW_ANSWER_FORMATTING_UN_14392` | true, false | next-chat | Enable new UI for chat messages |
| References Style | `FEATURE_FLAG_REFERENCE_STYLE_REVAMP_UN_16900` | `true`<br>`false`<br>`companyid1,companyid2,…` | next-chat | Changes the visualisation of the references in chat showing up to three before aggregation |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_REFERENCE_STYLE_2_UN_16900` | `true`<br>`false`<br>`companyid1,companyid2,…` | next-chat | Changes the visualisation of the references in chat to numbers instead of text showing up to five before aggregation.<br>**Note:** Requires `FEATURE_FLAG_REFERENCE_STYLE_REVAMP_UN_16900` turned on |
| **User-Group-Sync-Management** | `SCOPE_MANAGEMENT_IDP_ROLE_MANAGEMENT` | `GRANT_AND_REVOKE`, `GRANT_ONLY` (default), `IGNORE` | node-scope-management | Role management for roles in Unique AI towards the IDP<br>This flag is only about Unique AI --> IDP<br>It affects logic when membership changes or role assignments on groups are detected on Unique AI |
| `SCOPE_MANAGEMENT_IDP_LINKING` | `DISABLED`, _anythingElse_ | Defines the IDP linking strategy for the SCIM user creation. |
| `SCOPE_MANAGEMENT_DEFAULT_USER_ROLES` | `chat.chat.basic` (default), `chat.chat.basic,chat.knowledge.read` | Defines which roles a user gets granted when created with SCIM. |
| Event distribution per module | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_MODULE_BASED_EVENT_DISTRIBUTION_UN_15312` | `true`<br>`false`<br>`companyid1,companyid2,…` | node-chat, node-app-repository,<br>node-webhook-scheduler | Enables Module based Filtering and event distribution. |
| `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_ENDPOINT_MODULES_UN_15310` | `true`<br>`false(default)` | next-admin | Enables selecting which AI modules should receive events on the endpoint in admin. |
| PG SSL Mode | `PG_DATABASE_SSL_MODE` | `verify`, `verify-full` | all backend apps | With Prisma upgrade to 7.0. It now requires we explicitly set the SSL_MODE of the database. Setting to `verify` is usually enough. More details about this [here](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-ssl.html) |
| Redis Cluster Mode | `PUBSUB_REDIS_CLUSTER_MODE` | `false`<br>`true` | `node-chat` | Enables Redis cluster mode for node-chat application |
| `PUBSUB_REDIS_CLUSTER_NODES` | ```<br>'[<br>{"host":"localhost","port":10130},<br>{"host":"localhost","port":10131}<br>]'<br>``` | `node-chat` | A JSON list of Redis Cluster nodes (host & port) |
| `PUBSUB_REDIS_CLUSTER_USERNAME` | `default`<br>`any-username-of-your-choosing` | `node-chat` | Configures the username to use to connect to the Redis Cluster |
| `PUBSUB_REDIS_CLUSTER_PASSWORD` | `secret-password`<br>`any-password-of-your-choosing` | `node-chat` | Configures the password to use to connect to the Redis Cluster |
| `PUBSUB_REDIS_CLUSTER_ENABLE_TLS` | `false`<br>`true` | `node-chat` | Whether to configure the connection with TLS support. Only when using TLS Redis |
| `PUBSUB_REDIS_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` | `true`<br>`false` | `node-chat` | Whether to reject unverified or self-signed CA, when using Redis with TLS |
| **Session Timeout** | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_UN_15656` | `true`<br>`false` | `next-chat`<br>`next-admin`<br>`next-theme`<br>`knowledge-upload` | Whether to enable automatic log out of users after 30 minutes of inactivity. |
| End user spaces | `FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLE_END_USER_SPACE_UN_8855` | `true`<br>`false` | `next-chat`<br>`next-admin` | Whether to enable end user spaces creation and management |