Feature Flags

These settings apply to the whole site for all users as soon as you change them.

Access and identity

Private messages

Enable private messaging, including message history, unread status, and history sync. Disabling preserves stored messages. Messages navigation updates here immediately; reload other messaging pages after re-enabling.

FORUM_PRIVATE_MESSAGES_ENABLED ⓘ default
enabled
Allow members to approve keys for other existing accounts

When disabled, members can approve new usernames and their own additional keys. Only root-approved operators can approve keys for other existing usernames. Existing approvals remain valid.

FORUM_ALLOW_NON_OPERATOR_CROSS_ACCOUNT_APPROVAL ⓘ default
enabled
Approved members only

Restrict the site to approved members and provide a lobby for unapproved users.

FORUM_APPROVED_MEMBERS_ONLY ⓘ default
disabled
Automatic guest keypair

Prepare a browser-local guest keypair for new visitors before their first signed action. Each browser controls whether its public key is published immediately or on first use.

FORUM_AUTOMATIC_GUEST_KEYPAIR_ENABLED ⓘ default
disabled
Username changes overridden

Let members change the username on their existing key from Account, and list each change in the activity report. Disabling stops new changes and hides their activity; saved names, keys and approvals are unchanged.

FORUM_USERNAME_CHANGES_ENABLED ⓘ site
enabled

Authored content

Image attachments overridden

Allow approved members to attach JPEG/PNG images. Disabling blocks image delivery and authoring; retained images can still be backed up when image backups are enabled.

FORUM_IMAGE_CONTENT_ENABLED ⓘ site
enabled
Unicode authored text overridden

Allow visible UTF-8 prose in human-authored post subject and body fields.

FORUM_UNICODE_AUTHORED_TEXT ⓘ site
enabled
Emoji authored text

Allow emoji in human-authored post subject and body fields when Unicode authored text is also enabled.

FORUM_EMOJI_AUTHORED_TEXT requires Unicode authored text ⓘ default
disabled
Event support

Allow threads to include and display optional event date, location, and link details.

FORUM_EVENT_SUPPORT_ENABLED ⓘ default
disabled

Forum experience

App version notification

Show browser-side app version polling and the reload notification banner.

FORUM_APP_VERSION_NOTIFICATION ⓘ default
enabled
Thread density toggle

Show the Comfortable/Compact thread density menu in the board/tag header. Off by default: the menu has known bugs and crowds the header on mobile.

FORUM_THREAD_DENSITY_TOGGLE_ENABLED ⓘ default
disabled

Site rendering

Collapse posts from same author overridden

Group consecutive posts by the same author within 15 minutes in thread views.

FORUM_COLLAPSE_SAME_AUTHOR_POSTS_ENABLED ⓘ site
disabled
Static detail pages

Off by default: individual threads and posts render at runtime. Enable to pre-build detail pages for static hosting. Run a full static build after changing this flag.

FORUM_STATIC_DETAIL_PAGES_ENABLED ⓘ default
disabled
Media embed cards

Render a small local card for a recognized YouTube/Instagram URL in a post body, instead of a bare link. Off by default; enable per site once ready.

FORUM_MEDIA_EMBEDS_ENABLED ⓘ default
disabled
Media embed inline player

Play a recognized YouTube link inline behind a collapsed expando, and show a cached thumbnail/title preview for a recognized Instagram link, instead of Media embed cards' plain link card. Off by default; requires Media embed cards enabled too.

FORUM_MEDIA_EMBEDS_INLINE_PLAYER_ENABLED ⚠ inactive — requires Media embed cards ⓘ default
disabled

Backups

Image backups

Allow image archive downloads, including retained images when attachments are disabled. Stored images are preserved.

FORUM_IMAGE_BACKUP_ENABLED ⓘ default
enabled
Text backups

Allow repository and SQLite downloads. Disabling also makes SQLite Viewer and query dialogs unavailable; stored content is preserved.

FORUM_TEXT_BACKUP_ENABLED ⓘ default
enabled

Fastmod

Fast scoring overridden locked

Allow published posts to be scored for moderation signal via the fast/cheap Fastmod scoring pipeline.

Fastmod

FAST_SCORING_ENABLED ⓘ private-config
enabled
Automatic fast scoring overridden locked

Automatically enqueue eligible published posts for fast scoring.

FAST_SCORING_AUTOMATIC_ENQUEUE_ENABLED ⓘ requires Fast scoring private-config
enabled
Automatic Fastmod tagging

Apply tags from eligible Fastmod results. Disabling preserves existing tags.

FASTMOD_AUTOMATIC_TAGGING_ENABLED requires Fast scoring ⓘ legacy-private-config
disabled

Agent replies

Legacy suggested agent replies locked

Allow the legacy post-analysis suggested-response path to generate and publish agent replies when reply gates pass.

DEDALUS_AGENT_REPLIES_ENABLED ⓘ private-config
enabled
Legacy automatic agent replies overridden locked

Allow eligible post pages and analysis requests to publish legacy suggested agent replies automatically. Does not affect reader-requested response modes.

DEDALUS_AGENT_REPLIES_AUTOMATIC_ENABLED ⓘ requires Legacy suggested agent replies private-config
disabled
Request agent responses locked

Allow approved readers to request a selected agent response for a post.

AGENT_RESPONSE_REQUESTS_ENABLED ⓘ private-config
enabled

LLM exchanges

LLM conversation recording locked

Record exact LLM prompts and responses in the private exchange database.

LLM_CONVERSATION_RECORDING_ENABLED ⓘ private-config
enabled
LLM conversation UI locked

Make recorded LLM prompts and responses available in the approved-user/operator web UI.

LLM_CONVERSATION_UI_ENABLED ⓘ private-config
enabled