Settings Reference

All configuration is contained in the DJANGO_AUTOMATE dictionary in settings.py.

Core Settings

Path	Type	Default	Description
`ENABLED`	`bool`	`True`	Global master switch. If False, triggers are ignored.
`WORKER_MODE`	`str`	`"thread"`	`"thread"`, `"process"`, or `"custom"`. Controls built-in worker behavior.

Path	Type	Default	Description
`EXECUTION.timeout_seconds`	`int`	`60`	Hard timeout for a single step execution span.
`EXECUTION.max_retries`	`int`	`3`	Default retries for transient exceptions.
`EXECUTION.batch_size`	`int`	`10`	SQL limit for `claim_batch`.
`OUTBOX.lease_seconds`	`int`	`60`	How long a worker owns a job before it expires (for crash recovery).

[!NOTE] DB Capability: On Postgres, batch_size uses SKIP LOCKED for high concurrency. On SQLite, it locks the table, reducing throughput.

Path	Type	Default	Description
`POLICY.allow_ssrf`	`bool`	`False`	Safety gate for HTTP connectors. Blocks private IPs.
`POLICY.connector_allowlist`	`list[str]`	`["*"]`	Allowed connector codes. e.g. `["http.post", "slack.*"]`.
`POLICY.llm_budget_daily`	`float`	`10.0`	Daily USD cap for LLM usage.

Path	Type	Default	Description
`SECRETS.backend`	`str`	`"env"`	Module path to `SecretsBackend`.
`SECRETS.prefix`	`str`	`"AUTOMATE_"`	Env var prefix for discovery.

Path	Type	Default	Description
`OBSERVABILITY.log_schema`	`str`	`"ecs"`	`"ecs"` (Elastic) or `"simple"`.
`OBSERVABILITY.metrics_export`	`bool`	`False`	Expose `/metrics` endpoint (Prometheus).