# Staging/Test server ignored the environment variable

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/staging-test-server-ignored-the-environment-variable/390085
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [December 1, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staging-test-server-ignored-the-environment-variable/390085 "2025-12-01T18:48:21Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staging-test-server-ignored-the-environment-variable/390085/2 "2025-12-01T19:09:38Z")

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The `automatic_backups_enabled` setting has been removed in August… 😭

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f8bf51441e71166a3995c5b03d0075e4c9556191](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f8bf51441e71166a3995c5b03d0075e4c9556191)

Use `backup_frequency` (`DISCOURSE_BACKUP_FREQUENCY: 0`) instead to disable backups entirely.

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