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# Package Settings

This page includes an exhaustive list of settings related to and maintained by the package stage.

## Instance Settings

### Package registry

Setting | Table | Description
------- | ----- | -----------
`npm_package_requests_forwarding` | `application_settings` | Enables or disables npm package forwarding at the instance level.
`pypi_package_requests_forwarding` | `application_settings` | Enables or disables PyPI package forwarding at the instance level.
`packages_cleanup_package_file_worker_capacity` | `application_settings` | Number of concurrent workers allowed for package file cleanup.
`package_registry_allow_anyone_to_pull_option`  | `application_settings` | Enables or disables the `Allow anyone to pull from Package Registry` toggle.
`throttle_unauthenticated_packages_api_requests_per_period` | `application_settings` | Request limit for unauthenticated package API requests in the period defined by `throttle_unauthenticated_packages_api_period_in_seconds`.
`throttle_unauthenticated_packages_api_period_in_seconds`  | `application_settings` | Period in seconds to measure unauthenticated package API requests.
`throttle_authenticated_packages_api_requests_per_period` | `application_settings` | Request limit for authenticated package API requests in the period defined by `throttle_authenticated_packages_api_period_in_seconds`.
`throttle_authenticated_packages_api_period_in_seconds` | `application_settings` | Period in seconds to measure authenticated package API requests.
`throttle_unauthenticated_packages_api_enabled` | `application_settings`
`throttle_authenticated_packages_api_enabled` | `application_settings` | Enables or disables request limits/throttling for the package API.
`conan_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a Conan package file.
`maven_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a Maven package file.
`npm_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for an npm package file.
`nuget_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a NuGet package file.
`pypi_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a PyPI package file.
`generic_packages_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a generic package file.
`golang_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a GoProxy package file.
`debian_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a Debian package file.
`rubygems_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a RubyGems package file.
`terraform_module_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a Terraform package file.
`helm_max_file_size` | `plan_limits` | Maximum file size for a Helm package file.

### Container registry

Setting | Table | Description
------- | ----- | -----------
`container_registry_token_expire_delay` | `application_settings` | The time in minutes before the container registry auth token (JWT) expires.
`container_expiration_policies_enable_historic_entries` | `application_settings` | Allow or prevent projects older than 12.8 to use container cleanup policies.
`container_registry_vendor` | `application_settings` | The vendor of the container registry. `gitlab` for the GitLab container registry, other values for external registries.
`container_registry_version` | `application_settings` | The current version of the container registry.
`container_registry_features` | `application_settings` | Features supported by the connected container registry. For example, tag deletion.
`container_registry_delete_tags_service_timeout` | `application_settings` | The maximum time (in seconds) that the cleanup process can take to delete a batch of tags.
`container_registry_expiration_policies_worker_capacity` | `application_settings` | Number of concurrent container image cleanup policy workers allowed.
`container_registry_cleanup_tags_service_max_list_size` | `application_settings` | The maximum number of tags that can be deleted in a cleanup policy single execution. Additional tags must be deleted in another execution.
`container_registry_expiration_policies_caching` | `application_settings` | Enable or disable tag creation timestamp caching during execution of cleanup policies.
`container_registry_import_max_tags_count` | `application_settings` | Defines what is a the maximum amount of tags that we accept to migrate.
`container_registry_import_max_retries` | `application_settings` | The maximum amount of retries done on a migration that is aborted.
`container_registry_import_start_max_retries` | `application_settings` | The maximum amount of requests to start an import step that is sent to the container registry API.
`container_registry_import_max_step_duration` | `application_settings` | The maximum amount of seconds before an ongoing migration is considered as stale.
`container_registry_import_target_plan` | `application_settings` | The target subscription plan on which we're intend to pick container repositories.
`container_registry_import_created_before` | `application_settings` | Only image repositories created before this timestamp are eligible for the migration.
`container_registry_pre_import_timeout` | `application_settings` | The timeout for long running `pre_imports` before they are canceled by the `GuardWorker`.
`container_registry_import_timeout` | `application_settings` | The timeout for long running imports before they are canceled by the `GuardWorker`.
`dependency_proxy_ttl_group_policy_worker_capacity` | `application_settings` | Number of concurrent dependency proxy cleanup policy workers allowed.

## Namespace/Group Settings

Setting | Table | Description
------- | ----- | -----------
`maven_duplicates_allowed` | `namespace_package_settings` | Allow or prevent duplicate Maven packages.
`maven_duplicate_exception_regex` | `namespace_package_settings` | Regex defining Maven packages that are allowed to be duplicate when duplicates are not allowed. This matches the name and version of the package.
`generic_duplicates_allowed` | `namespace_package_settings` | Allow or prevent duplicate generic packages.
`generic_duplicate_exception_regex` | `namespace_package_settings` | Regex defining generic packages that are allowed to be duplicate when duplicates are not allowed.
`nuget_duplicates_allowed` | `namespace_package_settings` | Allow or prevent duplicate NuGet packages.
`nuget_duplicate_exception_regex` | `namespace_package_settings` | Regex defining NuGet packages that are allowed to be duplicate when duplicates are not allowed.
`nuget_symbol_server_enabled` | `namespace_package_settings` | Enable or disable the NuGet symbol server.
`terraform_module_duplicates_allowed` | `namespace_package_settings` | Allow or prevent duplicate Terraform module packages.
`terraform_module_duplicate_exception_regex` | `namespace_package_settings` | Regex defining Terraform module packages that are allowed to be duplicate when duplicates are not allowed.
Dependency Proxy Cleanup Policies - `ttl` | `dependency_proxy_image_ttl_group_policies` | Number of days to retain an unused Dependency Proxy file before it is removed.
Dependency Proxy - `enabled` | `dependency_proxy_image_ttl_group_policies` | Enable or disable the Dependency Proxy cleanup policy.

## Project Settings

Setting | Table | Description
------- | ----- | -----------
Container Cleanup Policies - `next_run_at` | `container_expiration_policies` | When the project qualifies for the next container cleanup policy cron worker.
Container Cleanup Policies - `name_regex` | `container_expiration_policies` | Regex defining image names to remove with the container cleanup policy.
Container Cleanup Policies - `cadence` | `container_expiration_policies` | How often the container cleanup policy should run.
Container Cleanup Policies - `older_than` | `container_expiration_policies` | Age of images to remove with the container cleanup policy.
Container Cleanup Policies - `keep_n` | `container_expiration_policies` | Number of images to retain in a container cleanup policy.
Container Cleanup Policies - `enabled` | `container_expiration_policies` | Enable or disable a container cleanup policy.
Container Cleanup Policies - `name_regex_keep` | `container_expiration_policies` | Regex defining image names to always keep regardless of other rules with the container cleanup policy.