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### Important Note on PersistentConfig Environment Variables
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When launching Open WebUI for the first time, all environment variables are treated equally and can be used to configure the application. However, for environment variables marked as `PersistentConfig`, their values are persisted and stored internally.
After the initial launch, if you restart the container, `PersistentConfig` environment variables will no longer use the external environment variable values. Instead, they will use the internally stored values.
In contrast, regular environment variables will continue to be updated and applied on each subsequent restart.
You can update the values of `PersistentConfig` environment variables directly from within Open WebUI, and these changes will be stored internally. This allows you to manage these configuration settings independently of the external environment variables.
Please note that `PersistentConfig` environment variables are clearly marked as such in the documentation below, so you can be aware of how they will behave.
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## App/Backend
The following environment variables are used by `backend/config.py` to provide Open WebUI startup