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Maintenance Mode

You can put the application into maintenance mode so users see a maintenance page instead of the chat interface.

How to enable

Set the following in the frontend environment:

MAINTENANCE_MODE=true

Restart or redeploy the frontend for the change to take effect.

What users see

When maintenance mode is enabled, users are shown the maintenance page (e.g. at /maintenance or as the default route). The page typically explains that the service is temporarily unavailable and when it may be back.

How to disable

Set:

MAINTENANCE_MODE=false

Or remove the variable. Redeploy the frontend.

Use cases

  • Planned maintenance (database migrations, upgrades)
  • Emergency takedown (security incident, critical bug)
  • Gradual rollout (show maintenance to some users while others use the new version)