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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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# Settings reference

> Reference for all available settings for Prefect.

<Note>To use `prefect.toml` or `pyproject.toml` for configuration, `prefect>=3.1` must be installed.</Note>

## Root Settings

### `home`

The path to the Prefect home directory. Defaults to \~/.prefect

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `~/.prefect`

**TOML dotted key path**: `home`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_HOME`

### `profiles_path`

The path to a profiles configuration file. Supports \$PREFECT\_HOME templating. Defaults to \$PREFECT\_HOME/profiles.toml.

**Type**: `string`

**TOML dotted key path**: `profiles_path`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_PROFILES_PATH`

### `debug_mode`

If True, enables debug mode which may provide additional logging and debugging features.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `debug_mode`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_DEBUG_MODE`

### `api`

**Type**: [APISettings](#apisettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `api`

### `cli`

**Type**: [CLISettings](#clisettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `cli`

### `client`

**Type**: [ClientSettings](#clientsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `client`

### `cloud`

**Type**: [CloudSettings](#cloudsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `cloud`

### `deployments`

**Type**: [DeploymentsSettings](#deploymentssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `deployments`

### `events`

**Type**: [EventsSettings](#eventssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `events`

### `experiments`

Settings for controlling experimental features

**Type**: [ExperimentsSettings](#experimentssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments`

### `flows`

**Type**: [FlowsSettings](#flowssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `flows`

### `internal`

Settings for internal Prefect machinery

**Type**: [InternalSettings](#internalsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `internal`

### `logging`

**Type**: [LoggingSettings](#loggingsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging`

### `results`

**Type**: [ResultsSettings](#resultssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `results`

### `runner`

**Type**: [RunnerSettings](#runnersettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner`

### `server`

**Type**: [ServerSettings](#serversettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server`

### `tasks`

Settings for controlling task behavior

**Type**: [TasksSettings](#taskssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks`

### `telemetry`

Settings for configuring telemetry collection

**Type**: [TelemetrySettings](#telemetrysettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `telemetry`

### `testing`

Settings used during testing

**Type**: [TestingSettings](#testingsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `testing`

### `worker`

Settings for controlling worker behavior

**Type**: [WorkerSettings](#workersettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker`

### `ui_url`

The URL of the Prefect UI. If not set, the client will attempt to infer it.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `ui_url`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_UI_URL`

### `silence_api_url_misconfiguration`

If `True`, disable the warning when a user accidentally misconfigure its `PREFECT_API_URL`
Sometimes when a user manually set `PREFECT_API_URL` to a custom url,reverse-proxy for example,
we would like to silence this warning so we will set it to `FALSE`.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `silence_api_url_misconfiguration`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SILENCE_API_URL_MISCONFIGURATION`

***

## APISettings

Settings for interacting with the Prefect API

### `url`

The URL of the Prefect API. If not set, the client will attempt to infer it.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `api.url`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_API_URL`

### `auth_string`

The auth string used for basic authentication with a self-hosted Prefect API. Should be kept secret.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `api.auth_string`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_API_AUTH_STRING`

### `key`

The API key used for authentication with the Prefect API. Should be kept secret.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `api.key`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_API_KEY`

### `tls_insecure_skip_verify`

If `True`, disables SSL checking to allow insecure requests. Setting to False is recommended only during development. For example, when using self-signed certificates.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `api.tls_insecure_skip_verify`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_API_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY`

### `ssl_cert_file`

This configuration settings option specifies the path to an SSL certificate file.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `api.ssl_cert_file`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_API_SSL_CERT_FILE`

### `enable_http2`

If true, enable support for HTTP/2 for communicating with an API. If the API does not support HTTP/2, this will have no effect and connections will be made via HTTP/1.1.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `api.enable_http2`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_API_ENABLE_HTTP2`

### `request_timeout`

The default timeout for requests to the API

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `60.0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `api.request_timeout`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT`

***

## CLISettings

Settings for controlling CLI behavior

### `colors`

If True, use colors in CLI output. If `False`, output will not include colors codes.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `cli.colors`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLI_COLORS`

### `prompt`

If `True`, use interactive prompts in CLI commands. If `False`, no interactive prompts will be used. If `None`, the value will be dynamically determined based on the presence of an interactive-enabled terminal.

**Type**: `boolean | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `cli.prompt`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLI_PROMPT`

### `wrap_lines`

If `True`, wrap text by inserting new lines in long lines in CLI output. If `False`, output will not be wrapped.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `cli.wrap_lines`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLI_WRAP_LINES`

***

## ClientMetricsSettings

Settings for controlling metrics reporting from the client

### `enabled`

Whether or not to enable Prometheus metrics in the client.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.metrics.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLIENT_METRICS_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_CLIENT_ENABLE_METRICS`

### `port`

The port to expose the client Prometheus metrics on.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `4201`

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.metrics.port`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLIENT_METRICS_PORT`

***

## ClientSettings

Settings for controlling API client behavior

### `max_retries`

The maximum number of retries to perform on failed HTTP requests.
Defaults to 5. Set to 0 to disable retries.
See `PREFECT_CLIENT_RETRY_EXTRA_CODES` for details on which HTTP status codes are
retried.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `5`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.max_retries`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLIENT_MAX_RETRIES`

### `retry_jitter_factor`

A value greater than or equal to zero to control the amount of jitter added to retried
client requests. Higher values introduce larger amounts of jitter.
Set to 0 to disable jitter. See `clamped_poisson_interval` for details on the how jitter
can affect retry lengths.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `0.2`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0.0

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.retry_jitter_factor`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLIENT_RETRY_JITTER_FACTOR`

### `retry_extra_codes`

A list of extra HTTP status codes to retry on. Defaults to an empty list.
429, 502 and 503 are always retried. Please note that not all routes are idempotent and retrying
may result in unexpected behavior.

**Type**: `string | integer | array | None`

**Examples**:

* `"404,429,503"`
* `"429"`
* `[404, 429, 503]`

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.retry_extra_codes`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLIENT_RETRY_EXTRA_CODES`

### `csrf_support_enabled`

Determines if CSRF token handling is active in the Prefect client for API
requests.

When enabled (`True`), the client automatically manages CSRF tokens by
retrieving, storing, and including them in applicable state-changing requests

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.csrf_support_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLIENT_CSRF_SUPPORT_ENABLED`

### `custom_headers`

Custom HTTP headers to include with every API request to the Prefect server.
Headers are specified as key-value pairs. Note that headers like 'User-Agent'
and CSRF-related headers are managed by Prefect and cannot be overridden.

**Type**: `object`

**Examples**:

* `{'X-Custom-Header': 'value'}`
* `{'Authorization': 'Bearer token'}`

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.custom_headers`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLIENT_CUSTOM_HEADERS`

### `server_version_check_enabled`

Whether the client should check the server's API version on startup.
When disabled, the client will skip the call to /admin/version that
normally runs once per client context entry.  This is useful for worker
subprocesses that inherit a known-compatible server configuration and
do not need to repeat the version handshake.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.server_version_check_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLIENT_SERVER_VERSION_CHECK_ENABLED`

### `metrics`

**Type**: [ClientMetricsSettings](#clientmetricssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `client.metrics`

***

## CloudSettings

Settings for interacting with Prefect Cloud

### `api_url`

API URL for Prefect Cloud. Used for authentication with Prefect Cloud.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `https://api.prefect.cloud/api`

**TOML dotted key path**: `cloud.api_url`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLOUD_API_URL`

### `enable_orchestration_telemetry`

Whether or not to enable orchestration telemetry.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `cloud.enable_orchestration_telemetry`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLOUD_ENABLE_ORCHESTRATION_TELEMETRY`

### `max_log_size`

Maximum size in characters for a single log when sending logs to Prefect Cloud.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `25000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `cloud.max_log_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLOUD_MAX_LOG_SIZE`

### `ui_url`

The URL of the Prefect Cloud UI. If not set, the client will attempt to infer it.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `cloud.ui_url`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_CLOUD_UI_URL`

***

## DeploymentsSettings

Settings for configuring deployments defaults

### `default_work_pool_name`

The default work pool to use when creating deployments.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `deployments.default_work_pool_name`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_DEPLOYMENTS_DEFAULT_WORK_POOL_NAME`, `PREFECT_DEFAULT_WORK_POOL_NAME`

### `default_docker_build_namespace`

The default Docker namespace to use when building images.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**Examples**:

* `"my-dockerhub-registry"`
* `"4999999999999.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/my-ecr-repo"`

**TOML dotted key path**: `deployments.default_docker_build_namespace`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_DEPLOYMENTS_DEFAULT_DOCKER_BUILD_NAMESPACE`, `PREFECT_DEFAULT_DOCKER_BUILD_NAMESPACE`

***

## EventsSettings

Settings for controlling events behavior

### `worker_max_queue_size`

Maximum number of events that can be queued for delivery to the
Prefect server. When the queue is full, new events are dropped with
a warning. Set to 0 for unbounded (the default).

Warning: setting this value too low may result in data loss as events
will be silently dropped when the queue is full.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `0`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0

**TOML dotted key path**: `events.worker_max_queue_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_EVENTS_WORKER_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE`

***

## ExperimentsSettings

Settings for configuring experimental features

### `warn`

If `True`, warn on usage of experimental features.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments.warn`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_EXPERIMENTS_WARN`, `PREFECT_EXPERIMENTAL_WARN`

### `plugins`

Settings for the experimental plugin system

**Type**: [PluginsSettings](#pluginssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments.plugins`

***

## FlowsSettings

Settings for controlling flow behavior

### `heartbeat_frequency`

Number of seconds between flow run heartbeats. Heartbeats are used to detect crashed flow runs.

**Type**: `integer | None`

**Default**: `180`

**TOML dotted key path**: `flows.heartbeat_frequency`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_FLOWS_HEARTBEAT_FREQUENCY`, `PREFECT_RUNNER_HEARTBEAT_FREQUENCY`

### `default_retries`

This value sets the default number of retries for all flows.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `0`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0

**TOML dotted key path**: `flows.default_retries`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_FLOWS_DEFAULT_RETRIES`, `PREFECT_FLOW_DEFAULT_RETRIES`

### `default_retry_delay_seconds`

This value sets the default retry delay seconds for all flows.

**Type**: `integer | number | array`

**Default**: `0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `flows.default_retry_delay_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_FLOWS_DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_FLOW_DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS`

***

## InternalSettings

### `logging_level`

The default logging level for Prefect's internal machinery loggers.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `ERROR`

**Constraints**:

* Allowed values: 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'

**TOML dotted key path**: `internal.logging_level`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_INTERNAL_LOGGING_LEVEL`, `PREFECT_LOGGING_INTERNAL_LEVEL`

***

## LoggingSettings

Settings for controlling logging behavior

### `level`

The default logging level for Prefect loggers.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `INFO`

**Constraints**:

* Allowed values: 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.level`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_LEVEL`

### `config_path`

A path to a logging configuration file. Defaults to \$PREFECT\_HOME/logging.yml

**Type**: `string`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.config_path`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_CONFIG_PATH`, `PREFECT_LOGGING_SETTINGS_PATH`

### `extra_loggers`

Additional loggers to attach to Prefect logging at runtime.

**Type**: `string | array | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.extra_loggers`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_EXTRA_LOGGERS`

### `log_prints`

If `True`, `print` statements in flows and tasks will be redirected to the Prefect logger for the given run.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.log_prints`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_LOG_PRINTS`

### `colors`

If `True`, use colors in CLI output. If `False`, output will not include colors codes.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.colors`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_COLORS`

### `markup`

Whether to interpret strings wrapped in square brackets as a style.
This allows styles to be conveniently added to log messages, e.g.
`[red]This is a red message.[/red]`. However, the downside is, if enabled,
strings that contain square brackets may be inaccurately interpreted and
lead to incomplete output, e.g.
`[red]This is a red message.[/red]` may be interpreted as
`[red]This is a red message.[/red]`.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.markup`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_MARKUP`

### `to_api`

**Type**: [LoggingToAPISettings](#loggingtoapisettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.to_api`

***

## LoggingToAPISettings

Settings for controlling logging to the API

### `enabled`

If `True`, logs will be sent to the API.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.to_api.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_ENABLED`

### `batch_interval`

The number of seconds between batched writes of logs to the API.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `2.0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.to_api.batch_interval`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_BATCH_INTERVAL`

### `batch_size`

The number of logs to batch before sending to the API.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `4000000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.to_api.batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_BATCH_SIZE`

### `max_log_size`

The maximum size in characters for a single log. When connected to Prefect Cloud, this value is capped at `PREFECT_CLOUD_MAX_LOG_SIZE` (default 25,000).

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `1000000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.to_api.max_log_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_MAX_LOG_SIZE`

### `when_missing_flow`

Controls the behavior when loggers attempt to send logs to the API handler from outside of a flow.

All logs sent to the API must be associated with a flow run. The API log handler can
only be used outside of a flow by manually providing a flow run identifier. Logs
that are not associated with a flow run will not be sent to the API. This setting can
be used to determine if a warning or error is displayed when the identifier is missing.

The following options are available:

* "warn": Log a warning message.
* "error": Raise an error.
* "ignore": Do not log a warning message or raise an error.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `warn`

**Constraints**:

* Allowed values: 'warn', 'error', 'ignore'

**TOML dotted key path**: `logging.to_api.when_missing_flow`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_WHEN_MISSING_FLOW`

***

## PluginsSettings

Settings for configuring the experimental plugin system

### `enabled`

Enable the experimental plugin system.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments.plugins.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_EXPERIMENTS_PLUGINS_ENABLED`

### `allow`

Comma-separated list of plugin names to allow. If set, only these plugins will be loaded.

**Type**: `array | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments.plugins.allow`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_EXPERIMENTS_PLUGINS_ALLOW`

### `deny`

Comma-separated list of plugin names to deny. These plugins will not be loaded.

**Type**: `array | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments.plugins.deny`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_EXPERIMENTS_PLUGINS_DENY`

### `setup_timeout_seconds`

Maximum time in seconds for all plugins to complete their setup hooks.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `20.0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments.plugins.setup_timeout_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_EXPERIMENTS_PLUGINS_SETUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`

### `strict`

If True, exit if a required plugin fails during setup.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments.plugins.strict`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_EXPERIMENTS_PLUGINS_STRICT`

### `safe_mode`

If True, load plugins but do not execute their hooks. Useful for testing.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `experiments.plugins.safe_mode`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_EXPERIMENTS_PLUGINS_SAFE_MODE`

***

## ResultsSettings

Settings for controlling result storage behavior

### `default_serializer`

The default serializer to use when not otherwise specified.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `pickle`

**TOML dotted key path**: `results.default_serializer`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RESULTS_DEFAULT_SERIALIZER`

### `persist_by_default`

The default setting for persisting results when not otherwise specified.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `results.persist_by_default`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RESULTS_PERSIST_BY_DEFAULT`

### `default_storage_block`

The `block-type/block-document` slug of a block to use as the default result storage.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `results.default_storage_block`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RESULTS_DEFAULT_STORAGE_BLOCK`, `PREFECT_DEFAULT_RESULT_STORAGE_BLOCK`

### `local_storage_path`

The default location for locally persisted results. Defaults to \$PREFECT\_HOME/storage.

**Type**: `string`

**TOML dotted key path**: `results.local_storage_path`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RESULTS_LOCAL_STORAGE_PATH`, `PREFECT_LOCAL_STORAGE_PATH`

***

## RunnerServerSettings

Settings for controlling runner server behavior

### `enable`

Whether or not to enable the runner's webserver.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.server.enable`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RUNNER_SERVER_ENABLE`

### `host`

The host address the runner's webserver should bind to.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `localhost`

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.server.host`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RUNNER_SERVER_HOST`

### `port`

The port the runner's webserver should bind to.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `8080`

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.server.port`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RUNNER_SERVER_PORT`

### `log_level`

The log level of the runner's webserver.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `ERROR`

**Constraints**:

* Allowed values: 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.server.log_level`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RUNNER_SERVER_LOG_LEVEL`

### `missed_polls_tolerance`

Number of missed polls before a runner is considered unhealthy by its webserver.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `2`

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.server.missed_polls_tolerance`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RUNNER_SERVER_MISSED_POLLS_TOLERANCE`

***

## RunnerSettings

Settings for controlling runner behavior

### `process_limit`

Maximum number of processes a runner will execute in parallel.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.process_limit`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RUNNER_PROCESS_LIMIT`

### `poll_frequency`

Number of seconds a runner should wait between queries for scheduled work.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `10`

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.poll_frequency`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RUNNER_POLL_FREQUENCY`

### `crash_on_cancellation_failure`

Whether to crash flow runs and shut down the runner when cancellation observing fails. When enabled, if both websocket and polling mechanisms for detecting cancellation events fail, all in-flight flow runs will be marked as crashed and the runner will shut down. When disabled (default), the runner will log an error but continue executing flow runs.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.crash_on_cancellation_failure`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_RUNNER_CRASH_ON_CANCELLATION_FAILURE`

### `server`

**Type**: [RunnerServerSettings](#runnerserversettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `runner.server`

***

## SQLAlchemyConnectArgsSettings

Settings for controlling SQLAlchemy connection behavior; note that these settings only take effect when
using a PostgreSQL database.

### `application_name`

Controls the application\_name field for connections opened from the connection pool when using a PostgreSQL database with the Prefect backend.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.application_name`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_APPLICATION_NAME`

### `search_path`

PostgreSQL schema name to set in search\_path when using a PostgreSQL database with the Prefect backend. Note: The public schema should be included in the search path (e.g. 'myschema, public') to ensure that pg\_trgm and other extensions remain available.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.search_path`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_SEARCH_PATH`

### `statement_cache_size`

Controls statement cache size for PostgreSQL connections. Setting this to 0 is required when using PgBouncer in transaction mode. Defaults to None.

**Type**: `integer | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.statement_cache_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_STATEMENT_CACHE_SIZE`

### `prepared_statement_cache_size`

Controls the size of the statement cache for PostgreSQL connections. When set to 0, statement caching is disabled. Defaults to None to use SQLAlchemy's default behavior.

**Type**: `integer | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.prepared_statement_cache_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_PREPARED_STATEMENT_CACHE_SIZE`

### `tls`

Settings for controlling SQLAlchemy mTLS behavior

**Type**: [SQLAlchemyTLSSettings](#sqlalchemytlssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.tls`

***

## SQLAlchemySettings

Settings for controlling SQLAlchemy behavior; note that these settings only take effect when
using a PostgreSQL database.

### `connect_args`

Settings for controlling SQLAlchemy connection behavior

**Type**: [SQLAlchemyConnectArgsSettings](#sqlalchemyconnectargssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args`

### `pool_size`

Controls connection pool size of database connection pools from the Prefect backend.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.pool_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE`, `PREFECT_SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE`

### `pool_recycle`

This setting causes the pool to recycle connections after the given number of seconds has passed; set it to -1 to avoid recycling entirely.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `3600`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.pool_recycle`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE`

### `pool_timeout`

Number of seconds to wait before giving up on getting a connection from the pool. Defaults to 30 seconds.

**Type**: `number | None`

**Default**: `30.0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.pool_timeout`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_POOL_TIMEOUT`

### `max_overflow`

Controls maximum overflow of the connection pool. To prevent overflow, set to -1.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `10`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.max_overflow`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_MAX_OVERFLOW`, `PREFECT_SQLALCHEMY_MAX_OVERFLOW`

***

## SQLAlchemyTLSSettings

Settings for controlling SQLAlchemy mTLS context when
using a PostgreSQL database.

### `enabled`

Controls whether connected to mTLS enabled PostgreSQL when using a PostgreSQL database with the Prefect backend.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.tls.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_TLS_ENABLED`

### `ca_file`

This configuration settings option specifies the path to PostgreSQL client certificate authority file.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.tls.ca_file`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_TLS_CA_FILE`

### `cert_file`

This configuration settings option specifies the path to PostgreSQL client certificate file.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.tls.cert_file`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_TLS_CERT_FILE`

### `key_file`

This configuration settings option specifies the path to PostgreSQL client key file.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.tls.key_file`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_TLS_KEY_FILE`

### `check_hostname`

This configuration settings option specifies whether to verify PostgreSQL server hostname.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy.connect_args.tls.check_hostname`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_SQLALCHEMY_CONNECT_ARGS_TLS_CHECK_HOSTNAME`

***

## ServerAPISettings

Settings for controlling API server behavior

### `auth_string`

A string to use for basic authentication with the API in the form 'user:password'.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.auth_string`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_AUTH_STRING`

### `host`

The API's host address (defaults to `127.0.0.1`).

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `127.0.0.1`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.host`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_HOST`

### `port`

The API's port address (defaults to `4200`).

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `4200`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.port`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_PORT`

### `base_path`

The base URL path to serve the API under.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**Examples**:

* `"/v2/api"`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.base_path`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_BASE_PATH`

### `default_limit`

The default limit applied to queries that can return multiple objects, such as `POST /flow_runs/filter`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `200`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.default_limit`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_DEFAULT_LIMIT`, `PREFECT_API_DEFAULT_LIMIT`

### `keepalive_timeout`

The API's keep alive timeout (defaults to `5`).
Refer to [https://www.uvicorn.org/settings/#timeouts](https://www.uvicorn.org/settings/#timeouts) for details.

When the API is hosted behind a load balancer, you may want to set this to a value
greater than the load balancer's idle timeout.

Note this setting only applies when calling `prefect server start`; if hosting the
API with another tool you will need to configure this there instead.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.keepalive_timeout`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT`

### `csrf_protection_enabled`

Controls the activation of CSRF protection for the Prefect server API.

When enabled (`True`), the server enforces CSRF validation checks on incoming
state-changing requests (POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE), requiring a valid CSRF
token to be included in the request headers or body. This adds a layer of
security by preventing unauthorized or malicious sites from making requests on
behalf of authenticated users.

It is recommended to enable this setting in production environments where the
API is exposed to web clients to safeguard against CSRF attacks.

Note: Enabling this setting requires corresponding support in the client for
CSRF token management. See PREFECT\_CLIENT\_CSRF\_SUPPORT\_ENABLED for more.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.csrf_protection_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_CSRF_PROTECTION_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_SERVER_CSRF_PROTECTION_ENABLED`

### `csrf_token_expiration`

Specifies the duration for which a CSRF token remains valid after being issued
by the server.

The default expiration time is set to 1 hour, which offers a reasonable
compromise. Adjust this setting based on your specific security requirements
and usage patterns.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `PT1H`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.csrf_token_expiration`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_CSRF_TOKEN_EXPIRATION`, `PREFECT_SERVER_CSRF_TOKEN_EXPIRATION`

### `cors_allowed_origins`

A comma-separated list of origins that are authorized to make cross-origin requests to the API.

By default, this is set to `*`, which allows requests from all origins.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `*`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.cors_allowed_origins`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS`, `PREFECT_SERVER_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS`

### `cors_allowed_methods`

A comma-separated list of methods that are authorized to make cross-origin requests to the API.

By default, this is set to `*`, which allows requests from all methods.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `*`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.cors_allowed_methods`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_CORS_ALLOWED_METHODS`, `PREFECT_SERVER_CORS_ALLOWED_METHODS`

### `cors_allowed_headers`

A comma-separated list of headers that are authorized to make cross-origin requests to the API.

By default, this is set to `*`, which allows requests from all headers.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `*`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.cors_allowed_headers`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_CORS_ALLOWED_HEADERS`, `PREFECT_SERVER_CORS_ALLOWED_HEADERS`

### `max_parameter_size`

The maximum size of parameters (in bytes, JSON-serialized) that can be stored on a flow run or deployment. Set to 0 to disable the limit.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `524288`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api.max_parameter_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_API_MAX_PARAMETER_SIZE`

***

## ServerConcurrencySettings

### `lease_storage`

The module to use for storing concurrency limit leases.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `prefect.server.concurrency.lease_storage.memory`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.concurrency.lease_storage`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_CONCURRENCY_LEASE_STORAGE`

### `initial_deployment_lease_duration`

Initial duration for deployment concurrency lease in seconds.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `300.0`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 30.0
* Maximum: 3600.0

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.concurrency.initial_deployment_lease_duration`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_CONCURRENCY_INITIAL_DEPLOYMENT_LEASE_DURATION`

### `maximum_concurrency_slot_wait_seconds`

The maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying when a concurrency slot cannot be acquired.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `30`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.concurrency.maximum_concurrency_slot_wait_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_CONCURRENCY_MAXIMUM_CONCURRENCY_SLOT_WAIT_SECONDS`

***

## ServerDatabaseSettings

Settings for controlling server database behavior

### `sqlalchemy`

Settings for controlling SQLAlchemy behavior

**Type**: [SQLAlchemySettings](#sqlalchemysettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.sqlalchemy`

### `connection_url`

A database connection URL in a SQLAlchemy-compatible
format. Prefect currently supports SQLite and Postgres. Note that all
Prefect database engines must use an async driver - for SQLite, use
`sqlite+aiosqlite` and for Postgres use `postgresql+asyncpg`.

SQLite in-memory databases can be used by providing the url
`sqlite+aiosqlite:///file::memory:?cache=shared&uri=true&check_same_thread=false`,
which will allow the database to be accessed by multiple threads. Note
that in-memory databases can not be accessed from multiple processes and
should only be used for simple tests.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.connection_url`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_CONNECTION_URL`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_CONNECTION_URL`

### `driver`

The database driver to use when connecting to the database. If not set, the driver will be inferred from the connection URL.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.driver`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_DRIVER`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_DRIVER`

### `host`

The database server host.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.host`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_HOST`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_HOST`

### `port`

The database server port.

**Type**: `integer | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.port`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_PORT`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_PORT`

### `user`

The user to use when connecting to the database.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.user`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_USER`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_USER`

### `name`

The name of the Prefect database on the remote server, or the path to the database file for SQLite.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.name`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_NAME`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_NAME`

### `password`

The password to use when connecting to the database. Should be kept secret.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.password`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_PASSWORD`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_PASSWORD`

### `echo`

If `True`, SQLAlchemy will log all SQL issued to the database. Defaults to `False`.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.echo`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_ECHO`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_ECHO`

### `migrate_on_start`

If `True`, the database will be migrated on application startup.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.migrate_on_start`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_MIGRATE_ON_START`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_MIGRATE_ON_START`

### `timeout`

A statement timeout, in seconds, applied to all database interactions made by the Prefect backend. Defaults to 10 seconds.

**Type**: `number | None`

**Default**: `10.0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.timeout`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_TIMEOUT`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_TIMEOUT`

### `connection_timeout`

A connection timeout, in seconds, applied to database connections. Defaults to `5`.

**Type**: `number | None`

**Default**: `5.0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database.connection_timeout`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DATABASE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT`, `PREFECT_API_DATABASE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT`

***

## ServerDeploymentsSettings

### `concurrency_slot_wait_seconds`

The number of seconds to wait before retrying when a deployment flow run cannot secure a concurrency slot from the server.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `30.0`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0.0

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.deployments.concurrency_slot_wait_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DEPLOYMENTS_CONCURRENCY_SLOT_WAIT_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_DEPLOYMENT_CONCURRENCY_SLOT_WAIT_SECONDS`

***

## ServerDocketSettings

Settings for controlling Docket behavior

### `name`

The name of the Docket instance.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `prefect-server`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.docket.name`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DOCKET_NAME`

### `url`

The URL of the Redis server to use for Docket.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `memory://`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.docket.url`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DOCKET_URL`

***

## ServerEphemeralSettings

Settings for controlling ephemeral server behavior

### `enabled`

Controls whether or not a subprocess server can be started when no API URL is provided.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ephemeral.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EPHEMERAL_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_SERVER_ALLOW_EPHEMERAL_MODE`

### `startup_timeout_seconds`

The number of seconds to wait for the server to start when ephemeral mode is enabled.
Defaults to `20`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `20`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ephemeral.startup_timeout_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EPHEMERAL_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`

***

## ServerEventsSettings

Settings for controlling behavior of the events subsystem

### `stream_out_enabled`

Whether or not to stream events out to the API via websockets.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.stream_out_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_STREAM_OUT_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_EVENTS_STREAM_OUT_ENABLED`

### `related_resource_cache_ttl`

The number of seconds to cache related resources for in the API.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `PT5M`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.related_resource_cache_ttl`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_RELATED_RESOURCE_CACHE_TTL`, `PREFECT_API_EVENTS_RELATED_RESOURCE_CACHE_TTL`

### `maximum_labels_per_resource`

The maximum number of labels a resource may have.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `500`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.maximum_labels_per_resource`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_LABELS_PER_RESOURCE`, `PREFECT_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_LABELS_PER_RESOURCE`

### `maximum_related_resources`

The maximum number of related resources an Event may have.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `100`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.maximum_related_resources`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_RELATED_RESOURCES`, `PREFECT_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_RELATED_RESOURCES`

### `maximum_size_bytes`

The maximum size of an Event when serialized to JSON

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `1500000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.maximum_size_bytes`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_SIZE_BYTES`, `PREFECT_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_SIZE_BYTES`

### `expired_bucket_buffer`

The amount of time to retain expired automation buckets

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `PT1M`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.expired_bucket_buffer`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_EXPIRED_BUCKET_BUFFER`, `PREFECT_EVENTS_EXPIRED_BUCKET_BUFFER`

### `proactive_granularity`

How frequently proactive automations are evaluated

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `PT5S`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.proactive_granularity`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_PROACTIVE_GRANULARITY`, `PREFECT_EVENTS_PROACTIVE_GRANULARITY`

### `retention_period`

The amount of time to retain events in the database.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `P7D`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.retention_period`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_RETENTION_PERIOD`, `PREFECT_EVENTS_RETENTION_PERIOD`

### `maximum_websocket_backfill`

The maximum range to look back for backfilling events for a websocket subscriber.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `PT15M`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.maximum_websocket_backfill`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_WEBSOCKET_BACKFILL`, `PREFECT_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_WEBSOCKET_BACKFILL`

### `websocket_backfill_page_size`

The page size for the queries to backfill events for websocket subscribers.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `250`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.websocket_backfill_page_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_WEBSOCKET_BACKFILL_PAGE_SIZE`, `PREFECT_EVENTS_WEBSOCKET_BACKFILL_PAGE_SIZE`

### `messaging_broker`

Which message broker implementation to use for the messaging system, should point to a module that exports a Publisher and Consumer class.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `prefect.server.utilities.messaging.memory`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.messaging_broker`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_MESSAGING_BROKER`, `PREFECT_MESSAGING_BROKER`

### `messaging_cache`

Which cache implementation to use for the events system. Should point to a module that exports a Cache class.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `prefect.server.utilities.messaging.memory`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.messaging_cache`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_MESSAGING_CACHE`, `PREFECT_MESSAGING_CACHE`

### `causal_ordering`

Which causal ordering implementation to use for the events system. Should point to a module that exports a CausalOrdering class.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `prefect.server.events.ordering.memory`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.causal_ordering`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_CAUSAL_ORDERING`

### `maximum_event_name_length`

The maximum length of an event name.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `1024`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events.maximum_event_name_length`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_EVENTS_MAXIMUM_EVENT_NAME_LENGTH`

***

## ServerFlowRunGraphSettings

Settings for controlling behavior of the flow run graph

### `max_nodes`

The maximum size of a flow run graph on the v2 API

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `10000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.flow_run_graph.max_nodes`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_FLOW_RUN_GRAPH_MAX_NODES`, `PREFECT_API_MAX_FLOW_RUN_GRAPH_NODES`

### `max_artifacts`

The maximum number of artifacts to show on a flow run graph on the v2 API

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `10000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.flow_run_graph.max_artifacts`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_FLOW_RUN_GRAPH_MAX_ARTIFACTS`, `PREFECT_API_MAX_FLOW_RUN_GRAPH_ARTIFACTS`

***

## ServerLogsSettings

Settings for controlling behavior of the logs subsystem

### `stream_out_enabled`

Whether or not to stream logs out to the API via websockets.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.logs.stream_out_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_LOGS_STREAM_OUT_ENABLED`

### `stream_publishing_enabled`

Whether or not to publish logs to the streaming system.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.logs.stream_publishing_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_LOGS_STREAM_PUBLISHING_ENABLED`

***

## ServerServicesCancellationCleanupSettings

Settings for controlling the cancellation cleanup service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the cancellation cleanup service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.cancellation_cleanup.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_CANCELLATION_CLEANUP_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_CANCELLATION_CLEANUP_ENABLED`

### `loop_seconds`

The cancellation cleanup service will look for non-terminal tasks and subflows this often. Defaults to `20`.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `20`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.cancellation_cleanup.loop_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_CANCELLATION_CLEANUP_LOOP_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_CANCELLATION_CLEANUP_LOOP_SECONDS`

***

## ServerServicesDBVacuumSettings

Settings for controlling the database vacuum service

### `enabled`

Comma-separated set of vacuum types to enable. Valid values: 'events', 'flow\_runs'. Defaults to 'events'. For backward compatibility, 'true' maps to 'events,flow\_runs' and 'false' maps to 'events'. Event vacuum also requires event\_persister.enabled (the default).

**Type**: `array | boolean | None`

**Default**: `['events']`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.db_vacuum.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_DB_VACUUM_ENABLED`

### `loop_seconds`

The database vacuum service will run this often, in seconds. Defaults to `3600` (1 hour).

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `3600`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.db_vacuum.loop_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_DB_VACUUM_LOOP_SECONDS`

### `retention_period`

How old a flow run must be (based on end\_time) before it is eligible for deletion. Accepts seconds. Minimum 1 hour. Defaults to 90 days.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `P90D`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.db_vacuum.retention_period`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_DB_VACUUM_RETENTION_PERIOD`

### `batch_size`

The number of records to delete per database transaction. Defaults to `200`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `200`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.db_vacuum.batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_DB_VACUUM_BATCH_SIZE`

### `event_retention_overrides`

Per-event-type retention period overrides. Keys are event type strings (e.g. 'prefect.flow-run.heartbeat'), values are retention periods in seconds. Event types not listed fall back to server.events.retention\_period. Each override is capped by the global events retention period.

**Type**: `object`

**Default**: `{'prefect.flow-run.heartbeat': 'P7D'}`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.db_vacuum.event_retention_overrides`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_DB_VACUUM_EVENT_RETENTION_OVERRIDES`

***

## ServerServicesEventLoggerSettings

Settings for controlling the event logger service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the event logger service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_logger.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_EVENT_LOGGER_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_EVENT_LOGGER_ENABLED`

***

## ServerServicesEventPersisterSettings

Settings for controlling the event persister service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the event persister service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_persister.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_ENABLED`

### `batch_size`

The number of events the event persister will attempt to insert in one batch.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `20`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_persister.batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_BATCH_SIZE`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_BATCH_SIZE`

### `read_batch_size`

The number of events the event persister will attempt to read from the message broker in one batch.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `1`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_persister.read_batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_READ_BATCH_SIZE`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_READ_BATCH_SIZE`

### `flush_interval`

The maximum number of seconds between flushes of the event persister.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_persister.flush_interval`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_FLUSH_INTERVAL`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_FLUSH_INTERVAL`

### `queue_max_size`

The maximum number of events that can be queued in memory for persistence. When the queue is full, new events will be dropped.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `50000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_persister.queue_max_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_QUEUE_MAX_SIZE`

### `max_flush_retries`

The maximum number of consecutive flush failures before events are dropped instead of being re-queued.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_persister.max_flush_retries`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_EVENT_PERSISTER_MAX_FLUSH_RETRIES`

***

## ServerServicesForemanSettings

Settings for controlling the foreman service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the foreman service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.foreman.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_FOREMAN_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_FOREMAN_ENABLED`

### `loop_seconds`

The foreman service will check for offline workers this often. Defaults to `15`.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `15`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.foreman.loop_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_FOREMAN_LOOP_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_FOREMAN_LOOP_SECONDS`

### `inactivity_heartbeat_multiple`

The number of heartbeats that must be missed before a worker is marked as offline. Defaults to `3`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `3`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.foreman.inactivity_heartbeat_multiple`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_FOREMAN_INACTIVITY_HEARTBEAT_MULTIPLE`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_FOREMAN_INACTIVITY_HEARTBEAT_MULTIPLE`

### `fallback_heartbeat_interval_seconds`

The number of seconds to use for online/offline evaluation if a worker's heartbeat
interval is not set. Defaults to `30`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `30`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.foreman.fallback_heartbeat_interval_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_FOREMAN_FALLBACK_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_FOREMAN_FALLBACK_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS`

### `deployment_last_polled_timeout_seconds`

The number of seconds before a deployment is marked as not ready if it has not been
polled. Defaults to `60`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `60`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.foreman.deployment_last_polled_timeout_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_FOREMAN_DEPLOYMENT_LAST_POLLED_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_FOREMAN_DEPLOYMENT_LAST_POLLED_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`

### `work_queue_last_polled_timeout_seconds`

The number of seconds before a work queue is marked as not ready if it has not been
polled. Defaults to `60`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `60`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.foreman.work_queue_last_polled_timeout_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_FOREMAN_WORK_QUEUE_LAST_POLLED_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_FOREMAN_WORK_QUEUE_LAST_POLLED_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`

***

## ServerServicesLateRunsSettings

Settings for controlling the late runs service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the late runs service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.late_runs.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_LATE_RUNS_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_LATE_RUNS_ENABLED`

### `loop_seconds`

The late runs service will look for runs to mark as late this often. Defaults to `5`.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.late_runs.loop_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_LATE_RUNS_LOOP_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_LATE_RUNS_LOOP_SECONDS`

### `after_seconds`

The late runs service will mark runs as late after they have exceeded their scheduled start time by this many seconds. Defaults to `5` seconds.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `PT15S`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.late_runs.after_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_LATE_RUNS_AFTER_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_LATE_RUNS_AFTER_SECONDS`

***

## ServerServicesPauseExpirationsSettings

Settings for controlling the pause expiration service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the paused flow run expiration service in the server
application. If disabled, paused flows that have timed out will remain in a Paused state
until a resume attempt.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.pause_expirations.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_PAUSE_EXPIRATIONS_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_PAUSE_EXPIRATIONS_ENABLED`

### `loop_seconds`

The pause expiration service will look for runs to mark as failed this often. Defaults to `5`.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.pause_expirations.loop_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_PAUSE_EXPIRATIONS_LOOP_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_PAUSE_EXPIRATIONS_LOOP_SECONDS`

***

## ServerServicesRepossessorSettings

Settings for controlling the repossessor service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the repossessor service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.repossessor.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_REPOSSESSOR_ENABLED`

### `loop_seconds`

The repossessor service will look for expired leases this often. Defaults to `15`.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `15`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.repossessor.loop_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_REPOSSESSOR_LOOP_SECONDS`

***

## ServerServicesSchedulerSettings

Settings for controlling the scheduler service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the scheduler service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_ENABLED`

### `loop_seconds`

The scheduler loop interval, in seconds. This determines
how often the scheduler will attempt to schedule new flow runs, but has no
impact on how quickly either flow runs or task runs are actually executed.
Defaults to `60`.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `60`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.loop_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_LOOP_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_LOOP_SECONDS`

### `deployment_batch_size`

The number of deployments the scheduler will attempt to
schedule in a single batch. If there are more deployments than the batch
size, the scheduler immediately attempts to schedule the next batch; it
does not sleep for `scheduler_loop_seconds` until it has visited every
deployment once. Defaults to `100`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `100`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.deployment_batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_DEPLOYMENT_BATCH_SIZE`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_DEPLOYMENT_BATCH_SIZE`

### `max_runs`

The scheduler will attempt to schedule up to this many
auto-scheduled runs in the future. Note that runs may have fewer than
this many scheduled runs, depending on the value of
`scheduler_max_scheduled_time`.  Defaults to `100`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `100`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.max_runs`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_MAX_RUNS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_MAX_RUNS`

### `min_runs`

The scheduler will attempt to schedule at least this many
auto-scheduled runs in the future. Note that runs may have more than
this many scheduled runs, depending on the value of
`scheduler_min_scheduled_time`.  Defaults to `3`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `3`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.min_runs`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_MIN_RUNS`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_MIN_RUNS`

### `max_scheduled_time`

The scheduler will create new runs up to this far in the
future. Note that this setting will take precedence over
`scheduler_max_runs`: if a flow runs once a month and
`scheduler_max_scheduled_time` is three months, then only three runs will be
scheduled. Defaults to 100 days (`8640000` seconds).

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `P100D`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.max_scheduled_time`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_MAX_SCHEDULED_TIME`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_MAX_SCHEDULED_TIME`

### `min_scheduled_time`

The scheduler will create new runs at least this far in the
future. Note that this setting will take precedence over `scheduler_min_runs`:
if a flow runs every hour and `scheduler_min_scheduled_time` is three hours,
then three runs will be scheduled even if `scheduler_min_runs` is 1. Defaults to

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `PT1H`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.min_scheduled_time`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_MIN_SCHEDULED_TIME`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_MIN_SCHEDULED_TIME`

### `insert_batch_size`

The number of runs the scheduler will attempt to insert in a single batch.
Defaults to `500`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `500`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.insert_batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_INSERT_BATCH_SIZE`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_INSERT_BATCH_SIZE`

### `recent_deployments_loop_seconds`

The number of seconds the recent deployments scheduler will wait between checking for recently updated deployments. Defaults to `5`.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler.recent_deployments_loop_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_SCHEDULER_RECENT_DEPLOYMENTS_LOOP_SECONDS`

***

## ServerServicesSettings

Settings for controlling server services

### `cancellation_cleanup`

**Type**: [ServerServicesCancellationCleanupSettings](#serverservicescancellationcleanupsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.cancellation_cleanup`

### `db_vacuum`

**Type**: [ServerServicesDBVacuumSettings](#serverservicesdbvacuumsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.db_vacuum`

### `event_persister`

**Type**: [ServerServicesEventPersisterSettings](#serverserviceseventpersistersettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_persister`

### `event_logger`

**Type**: [ServerServicesEventLoggerSettings](#serverserviceseventloggersettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.event_logger`

### `foreman`

**Type**: [ServerServicesForemanSettings](#serverservicesforemansettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.foreman`

### `late_runs`

**Type**: [ServerServicesLateRunsSettings](#serverserviceslaterunssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.late_runs`

### `scheduler`

**Type**: [ServerServicesSchedulerSettings](#serverservicesschedulersettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.scheduler`

### `pause_expirations`

**Type**: [ServerServicesPauseExpirationsSettings](#serverservicespauseexpirationssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.pause_expirations`

### `repossessor`

**Type**: [ServerServicesRepossessorSettings](#serverservicesrepossessorsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.repossessor`

### `task_run_recorder`

**Type**: [ServerServicesTaskRunRecorderSettings](#serverservicestaskrunrecordersettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.task_run_recorder`

### `triggers`

**Type**: [ServerServicesTriggersSettings](#serverservicestriggerssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.triggers`

***

## ServerServicesTaskRunRecorderSettings

Settings for controlling the task run recorder service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the task run recorder service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.task_run_recorder.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_TASK_RUN_RECORDER_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_TASK_RUN_RECORDER_ENABLED`

### `read_batch_size`

The number of task runs the task run recorder will attempt to read from the message broker in one batch.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `1`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.task_run_recorder.read_batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_TASK_RUN_RECORDER_READ_BATCH_SIZE`

### `batch_size`

The number of task runs the task run recorder will attempt to insert in one batch.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `1`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.task_run_recorder.batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_TASK_RUN_RECORDER_BATCH_SIZE`

### `flush_interval`

The maximum number of seconds between flushes of the task run recorder.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.task_run_recorder.flush_interval`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_TASK_RUN_RECORDER_FLUSH_INTERVAL`

***

## ServerServicesTriggersSettings

Settings for controlling the triggers service

### `enabled`

Whether or not to start the triggers service in the server application.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.triggers.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_TRIGGERS_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_SERVICES_TRIGGERS_ENABLED`

### `read_batch_size`

The number of events the triggers service will attempt to read from the message broker in one batch.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `1`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.triggers.read_batch_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_TRIGGERS_READ_BATCH_SIZE`

### `pg_notify_reconnect_interval_seconds`

The number of seconds to wait before reconnecting to the PostgreSQL NOTIFY/LISTEN
connection after an error. Only used when using PostgreSQL as the database.
Defaults to `10`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `10`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.triggers.pg_notify_reconnect_interval_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_TRIGGERS_PG_NOTIFY_RECONNECT_INTERVAL_SECONDS`

### `pg_notify_heartbeat_interval_seconds`

The number of seconds between heartbeat checks for the PostgreSQL NOTIFY/LISTEN
connection to ensure it's still alive. Only used when using PostgreSQL as the database.
Defaults to `5`.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `5`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services.triggers.pg_notify_heartbeat_interval_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_SERVICES_TRIGGERS_PG_NOTIFY_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS`

***

## ServerSettings

Settings for controlling server behavior

### `logging_level`

The default logging level for the Prefect API server.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `WARNING`

**Constraints**:

* Allowed values: 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.logging_level`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_LOGGING_LEVEL`, `PREFECT_LOGGING_SERVER_LEVEL`

### `analytics_enabled`

When enabled, Prefect sends anonymous data (e.g. count of flow runs, package version)
on server startup to help us improve our product.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.analytics_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_ANALYTICS_ENABLED`

### `metrics_enabled`

Whether or not to enable Prometheus metrics in the API.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.metrics_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_METRICS_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_API_ENABLE_METRICS`

### `log_retryable_errors`

If `True`, log retryable errors in the API and it's services.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.log_retryable_errors`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_LOG_RETRYABLE_ERRORS`, `PREFECT_API_LOG_RETRYABLE_ERRORS`

### `register_blocks_on_start`

If set, any block types that have been imported will be registered with the backend on application startup. If not set, block types must be manually registered.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.register_blocks_on_start`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_REGISTER_BLOCKS_ON_START`, `PREFECT_API_BLOCKS_REGISTER_ON_START`

### `memoize_block_auto_registration`

Controls whether or not block auto-registration on start

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.memoize_block_auto_registration`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_MEMOIZE_BLOCK_AUTO_REGISTRATION`, `PREFECT_MEMOIZE_BLOCK_AUTO_REGISTRATION`

### `memo_store_path`

Path to the memo store file. Defaults to \$PREFECT\_HOME/memo\_store.toml

**Type**: `string`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.memo_store_path`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_MEMO_STORE_PATH`, `PREFECT_MEMO_STORE_PATH`

### `deployment_schedule_max_scheduled_runs`

The maximum number of scheduled runs to create for a deployment.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `50`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.deployment_schedule_max_scheduled_runs`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_DEPLOYMENT_SCHEDULE_MAX_SCHEDULED_RUNS`, `PREFECT_DEPLOYMENT_SCHEDULE_MAX_SCHEDULED_RUNS`

### `api`

**Type**: [ServerAPISettings](#serverapisettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.api`

### `concurrency`

Settings for controlling server-side concurrency limit handling

**Type**: [ServerConcurrencySettings](#serverconcurrencysettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.concurrency`

### `database`

**Type**: [ServerDatabaseSettings](#serverdatabasesettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.database`

### `deployments`

Settings for controlling server deployments behavior

**Type**: [ServerDeploymentsSettings](#serverdeploymentssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.deployments`

### `docket`

Settings for controlling server Docket behavior

**Type**: [ServerDocketSettings](#serverdocketsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.docket`

### `ephemeral`

**Type**: [ServerEphemeralSettings](#serverephemeralsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ephemeral`

### `events`

Settings for controlling server events behavior

**Type**: [ServerEventsSettings](#servereventssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.events`

### `flow_run_graph`

Settings for controlling flow run graph behavior

**Type**: [ServerFlowRunGraphSettings](#serverflowrungraphsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.flow_run_graph`

### `logs`

Settings for controlling server logs behavior

**Type**: [ServerLogsSettings](#serverlogssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.logs`

### `services`

Settings for controlling server services behavior

**Type**: [ServerServicesSettings](#serverservicessettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.services`

### `tasks`

Settings for controlling server tasks behavior

**Type**: [ServerTasksSettings](#servertaskssettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.tasks`

### `ui`

Settings for controlling server UI behavior

**Type**: [ServerUISettings](#serveruisettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ui`

***

## ServerTasksSchedulingSettings

Settings for controlling server-side behavior related to task scheduling

### `max_scheduled_queue_size`

The maximum number of scheduled tasks to queue for submission.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `1000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.tasks.scheduling.max_scheduled_queue_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_TASKS_SCHEDULING_MAX_SCHEDULED_QUEUE_SIZE`, `PREFECT_TASK_SCHEDULING_MAX_SCHEDULED_QUEUE_SIZE`

### `max_retry_queue_size`

The maximum number of retries to queue for submission.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `100`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.tasks.scheduling.max_retry_queue_size`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_TASKS_SCHEDULING_MAX_RETRY_QUEUE_SIZE`, `PREFECT_TASK_SCHEDULING_MAX_RETRY_QUEUE_SIZE`

### `pending_task_timeout`

How long before a PENDING task are made available to another task worker.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `PT0S`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.tasks.scheduling.pending_task_timeout`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_TASKS_SCHEDULING_PENDING_TASK_TIMEOUT`, `PREFECT_TASK_SCHEDULING_PENDING_TASK_TIMEOUT`

***

## ServerTasksSettings

Settings for controlling server-side behavior related to tasks

### `tag_concurrency_slot_wait_seconds`

The number of seconds to wait before retrying when a task run cannot secure a concurrency slot from the server.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `10`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.tasks.tag_concurrency_slot_wait_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_TASKS_TAG_CONCURRENCY_SLOT_WAIT_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_TASK_RUN_TAG_CONCURRENCY_SLOT_WAIT_SECONDS`

### `max_cache_key_length`

The maximum number of characters allowed for a task run cache key.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `2000`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.tasks.max_cache_key_length`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_TASKS_MAX_CACHE_KEY_LENGTH`, `PREFECT_API_TASK_CACHE_KEY_MAX_LENGTH`

### `scheduling`

**Type**: [ServerTasksSchedulingSettings](#servertasksschedulingsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.tasks.scheduling`

***

## ServerUISettings

### `enabled`

Whether or not to serve the Prefect UI.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ui.enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_UI_ENABLED`, `PREFECT_UI_ENABLED`

### `v2_enabled`

Whether to serve the experimental V2 UI instead of the default V1 UI.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ui.v2_enabled`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_UI_V2_ENABLED`

### `api_url`

The connection url for communication from the UI to the API. Defaults to `PREFECT_API_URL` if set. Otherwise, the default URL is generated from `PREFECT_SERVER_API_HOST` and `PREFECT_SERVER_API_PORT`.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ui.api_url`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_UI_API_URL`, `PREFECT_UI_API_URL`

### `serve_base`

The base URL path to serve the Prefect UI from.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `/`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ui.serve_base`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_UI_SERVE_BASE`, `PREFECT_UI_SERVE_BASE`

### `static_directory`

The directory to serve static files from. This should be used when running into permissions issues when attempting to serve the UI from the default directory (for example when running in a Docker container).

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ui.static_directory`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_UI_STATIC_DIRECTORY`, `PREFECT_UI_STATIC_DIRECTORY`

### `show_promotional_content`

Whether or not to display promotional content in the UI, including upgrade prompts and marketing banners.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `server.ui.show_promotional_content`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_SERVER_UI_SHOW_PROMOTIONAL_CONTENT`

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## TasksRunnerSettings

### `thread_pool_max_workers`

The maximum number of workers for ThreadPoolTaskRunner.

**Type**: `integer | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.runner.thread_pool_max_workers`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_RUNNER_THREAD_POOL_MAX_WORKERS`, `PREFECT_TASK_RUNNER_THREAD_POOL_MAX_WORKERS`

### `process_pool_max_workers`

The maximum number of workers for ProcessPoolTaskRunner.

**Type**: `integer | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.runner.process_pool_max_workers`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_RUNNER_PROCESS_POOL_MAX_WORKERS`

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## TasksSchedulingSettings

### `default_storage_block`

The `block-type/block-document` slug of a block to use as the default storage for autonomous tasks.

**Type**: `string | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.scheduling.default_storage_block`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_SCHEDULING_DEFAULT_STORAGE_BLOCK`, `PREFECT_TASK_SCHEDULING_DEFAULT_STORAGE_BLOCK`

### `delete_failed_submissions`

Whether or not to delete failed task submissions from the database.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.scheduling.delete_failed_submissions`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_SCHEDULING_DELETE_FAILED_SUBMISSIONS`, `PREFECT_TASK_SCHEDULING_DELETE_FAILED_SUBMISSIONS`

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## TasksSettings

### `refresh_cache`

If `True`, enables a refresh of cached results: re-executing the task will refresh the cached results.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.refresh_cache`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_REFRESH_CACHE`

### `default_no_cache`

If `True`, sets the default cache policy on all tasks to `NO_CACHE`.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.default_no_cache`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_DEFAULT_NO_CACHE`

### `disable_caching`

If `True`, disables caching on all tasks regardless of cache policy.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.disable_caching`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_DISABLE_CACHING`

### `default_retries`

This value sets the default number of retries for all tasks.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `0`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 0

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.default_retries`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_DEFAULT_RETRIES`, `PREFECT_TASK_DEFAULT_RETRIES`

### `default_retry_delay_seconds`

This value sets the default retry delay seconds for all tasks.

**Type**: `string | integer | number | array | None`

**Default**: `0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.default_retry_delay_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS`, `PREFECT_TASK_DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS`

### `default_persist_result`

If `True`, results will be persisted by default for all tasks. Set to `False` to disable persistence by default. Note that setting to `False` will override the behavior set by a parent flow or task.

**Type**: `boolean | None`

**Default**: `None`

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.default_persist_result`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TASKS_DEFAULT_PERSIST_RESULT`

### `runner`

Settings for controlling task runner behavior

**Type**: [TasksRunnerSettings](#tasksrunnersettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.runner`

### `scheduling`

Settings for controlling client-side task scheduling behavior

**Type**: [TasksSchedulingSettings](#tasksschedulingsettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `tasks.scheduling`

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## TelemetrySettings

Settings for configuring Prefect telemetry

### `enable_resource_metrics`

Whether to enable OS-level resource metric collection in flow run subprocesses.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `telemetry.enable_resource_metrics`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TELEMETRY_ENABLE_RESOURCE_METRICS`

### `resource_metrics_interval_seconds`

Interval in seconds between resource metric collections.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `10`

**Constraints**:

* Minimum: 1

**TOML dotted key path**: `telemetry.resource_metrics_interval_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TELEMETRY_RESOURCE_METRICS_INTERVAL_SECONDS`

***

## TestingSettings

### `test_mode`

If `True`, places the API in test mode. This may modify behavior to facilitate testing.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `testing.test_mode`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TESTING_TEST_MODE`, `PREFECT_TEST_MODE`

### `unit_test_mode`

This setting only exists to facilitate unit testing. If `True`, code is executing in a unit test context. Defaults to `False`.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `testing.unit_test_mode`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TESTING_UNIT_TEST_MODE`, `PREFECT_UNIT_TEST_MODE`

### `unit_test_loop_debug`

If `True` turns on debug mode for the unit testing event loop.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `True`

**TOML dotted key path**: `testing.unit_test_loop_debug`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TESTING_UNIT_TEST_LOOP_DEBUG`, `PREFECT_UNIT_TEST_LOOP_DEBUG`

### `test_setting`

This setting only exists to facilitate unit testing. If in test mode, this setting will return its value. Otherwise, it returns `None`.

**Type**: `None`

**Default**: `FOO`

**TOML dotted key path**: `testing.test_setting`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_TESTING_TEST_SETTING`, `PREFECT_TEST_SETTING`

***

## WorkerSettings

### `debug_mode`

If True, enables debug mode for the worker only. Unlike PREFECT\_DEBUG\_MODE, this setting does not propagate to flow runs executed by the worker.

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.debug_mode`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_WORKER_DEBUG_MODE`

### `heartbeat_seconds`

Number of seconds a worker should wait between sending a heartbeat.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `30`

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.heartbeat_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_WORKER_HEARTBEAT_SECONDS`

### `query_seconds`

Number of seconds a worker should wait between queries for scheduled work.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `10`

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.query_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_WORKER_QUERY_SECONDS`

### `prefetch_seconds`

The number of seconds into the future a worker should query for scheduled work.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `10`

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.prefetch_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_WORKER_PREFETCH_SECONDS`

### `enable_cancellation`

Enable worker-side flow run cancellation for pending flow runs. When enabled, the worker will terminate infrastructure for flow runs that are cancelled while still in PENDING state (before the runner starts).

**Type**: `boolean`

**Default**: `False`

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.enable_cancellation`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_WORKER_ENABLE_CANCELLATION`

### `cancellation_poll_seconds`

Number of seconds between polls for cancelling flow runs. Used as a fallback when the WebSocket connection for real-time cancellation events is unavailable.

**Type**: `number`

**Default**: `120`

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.cancellation_poll_seconds`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_WORKER_CANCELLATION_POLL_SECONDS`

### `webserver`

Settings for a worker's webserver

**Type**: [WorkerWebserverSettings](#workerwebserversettings)

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.webserver`

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## WorkerWebserverSettings

### `host`

The host address the worker's webserver should bind to.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `0.0.0.0`

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.webserver.host`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_WORKER_WEBSERVER_HOST`

### `port`

The port the worker's webserver should bind to.

**Type**: `integer`

**Default**: `8080`

**TOML dotted key path**: `worker.webserver.port`

**Supported environment variables**:
`PREFECT_WORKER_WEBSERVER_PORT`

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