Environment Variables
reflex.config.EnvironmentVariablesEnvironment Variables
| Name | Type | Default | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEMBIC_CONFIG | Path | alembic.ini | Path to the alembic config file | 
| APP_HARNESS_DRIVER | str | Chrome | Which app harness driver to use. | 
| APP_HARNESS_DRIVER_ARGS | str |  | Arguments to pass to the app harness driver. | 
| APP_HARNESS_HEADLESS | bool | False | Whether to run app harness tests in headless mode. | 
| NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY | str | None | None | The npm registry to use. | 
| REFLEX_ADD_ALL_ROUTES_ENDPOINT | bool | False | Used by flexgen to enumerate the pages. | 
| REFLEX_AUTO_RELOAD_COOLDOWN_TIME_MS | int | 10000 | How long to wait between automatic reload on frontend error to avoid reload loops. | 
| REFLEX_BACKEND_COLD_START_TIMEOUT | int | 10 | The timeout for the backend to do a cold start in seconds. | 
| REFLEX_BACKEND_ONLY | bool | False | Whether to run the backend only. Exclusive with REFLEX_FRONTEND_ONLY. | 
| REFLEX_BACKEND_PORT | int | None | None | The port to run the backend on. | 
| REFLEX_CHECK_LATEST_VERSION | bool | True | Whether to check for outdated package versions. | 
| __REFLEX_COMPILE_CONTEXT | CompileContext | CompileContext.UNDEFINED | Indicate the current command that was invoked in the reflex CLI. | 
| REFLEX_COMPILE_EXECUTOR | reflex.environment.ExecutorType | None | None | |
| REFLEX_COMPILE_PROCESSES | int | None | None | Whether to use separate processes to compile the frontend and how many. If not set, defaults to thread executor. | 
| REFLEX_COMPILE_THREADS | int | None | None | Whether to use separate threads to compile the frontend and how many. Defaults to  | 
| REFLEX_DIR | Path | /home/runner/.local/share/reflex | The directory to store reflex dependencies. | 
| REFLEX_DOES_BACKEND_COLD_START | bool | False | Enables different behavior for when the backend would do a cold start if it was inactive. | 
| REFLEX_ENABLE_FULL_LOGGING | bool | False | Enable full logging of debug messages to reflex user directory. | 
| REFLEX_ENV_MODE | Env | Env.DEV | This env var stores the execution mode of the app | 
| REFLEX_FRONTEND_ONLY | bool | False | Whether to run the frontend only. Exclusive with REFLEX_BACKEND_ONLY. | 
| REFLEX_FRONTEND_PORT | int | None | None | The port to run the frontend on. | 
| REFLEX_HOT_RELOAD_EXCLUDE_PATHS | list | [] | Paths to exclude from the hot reload. Takes precedence over include paths. Separated by a colon. | 
| REFLEX_HOT_RELOAD_INCLUDE_PATHS | list | [] | Additional paths to include in the hot reload. Separated by a colon. | 
| REFLEX_HTTP_CLIENT_BIND_ADDRESS | str | None | None | The address to bind the HTTP client to. You can set this to "::" to enable IPv6. | 
| REFLEX_IGNORE_REDIS_CONFIG_ERROR | bool | False | Whether to ignore the redis config error. Some redis servers only allow out-of-band configuration. | 
| REFLEX_LOG_FILE | pathlib.Path | None | None | The path to the reflex log file. If not set, the log file will be stored in the reflex user directory. | 
| __REFLEX_MOUNT_FRONTEND_COMPILED_APP | bool | False | Whether to mount the compiled frontend app in the backend server in production. | 
| REFLEX_PERF_MODE | PerformanceMode | PerformanceMode.WARN | In which performance mode to run the app. | 
| REFLEX_PERSIST_WEB_DIR | bool | False | Whether to skip purging the web directory in dev mode. | 
| __REFLEX_SKIP_COMPILE | bool | False | If this env var is set to "yes", App.compile will be a no-op | 
| REFLEX_SOCKET_INTERVAL | int | 25 | The interval to send a ping to the websocket server in seconds. | 
| REFLEX_SOCKET_MAX_HTTP_BUFFER_SIZE | int | 1000000 | Maximum size of the message in the websocket server in bytes. | 
| REFLEX_SOCKET_TIMEOUT | int | 120 | The timeout to wait for a pong from the websocket server in seconds. | 
| REFLEX_SSR | bool | True | Whether to enable SSR for the frontend. | 
| REFLEX_STATES_WORKDIR | Path | .states | The working directory for the states directory. | 
| REFLEX_STATE_MANAGER_DISK_DEBOUNCE_SECONDS | float | 2.0 | How long to delay writing updated states to disk. (Higher values mean less writes, but more chance of lost data.) | 
| REFLEX_STATE_SIZE_LIMIT | int | 1000 | The maximum size of the reflex state in kilobytes. | 
| REFLEX_STRICT_HOT_RELOAD | bool | False | Whether to run Granian in a spawn process. This enables Reflex to pick up on environment variable changes between hot reloads. | 
| REFLEX_UPLOADED_FILES_DIR | Path | uploaded_files | The directory to store uploaded files. | 
| REFLEX_USE_GRANIAN | bool | False | Whether to use Granian for the backend. By default, the backend uses Uvicorn if available. | 
| REFLEX_USE_NPM | bool | False | Whether to use npm over bun to install and run the frontend. | 
| REFLEX_USE_SYSTEM_BUN | bool | False | Whether to use the system installed bun. If set to false, bun will be bundled with the app. | 
| REFLEX_USE_TURBOPACK | bool | False | Whether to use the turbopack bundler. | 
| REFLEX_WEB_WORKDIR | Path | .web | The working directory for the frontend directory. | 
| SQLALCHEMY_ECHO | bool | False | Whether to print the SQL queries if the log level is INFO or lower. | 
| SQLALCHEMY_MAX_OVERFLOW | int | 10 | The maximum overflow size of the database connection pool. | 
| SQLALCHEMY_POOL_PRE_PING | bool | True | Whether to check db connections before using them. | 
| SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE | int | -1 | Recycle connections after this many seconds. | 
| SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE | int | 5 | The size of the database connection pool. | 
| SQLALCHEMY_POOL_TIMEOUT | int | 30 | The timeout for acquiring a connection from the pool. | 
| SSL_NO_VERIFY | bool | False | Disable SSL verification for HTTPX requests. | 
| VITE_EXPERIMENTAL_HMR | bool | False | Whether to enable Rolldown's experimental HMR. | 
| VITE_FORCE_FULL_RELOAD | bool | False | Whether to force a full reload on changes. | 
| VITE_HMR | bool | True | Whether to enable hot module replacement | 
| VITE_SOURCEMAP | Literal | False | Whether to generate sourcemaps for the frontend. |