Merge branch 'main' into gsocmodule_C_week_2

Author: PRAteek-singHWY

.env.example

@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ REDIS_NO_SSL=false
 FLASK_CONFIG=development
 INSECURE_REQUESTS=false
 
+# Feature Flags
+# Enable the deploy/uptime health probe at GET /rest/v1/health.
+# Set to one of 1, true, yes (case-insensitive) to enable; any other value
+# (including unset or false) leaves it off and the endpoint returns 404.
+
+CRE_ENABLE_HEALTH=false
+
 # Embeddings
 
 NO_GEN_EMBEDDINGS=false

README.md

@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ Then edit `.env` and provide values appropriate for your environment.
 * Google Auth: `GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID`, `GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET`, `GOOGLE_SECRET_JSON`, `LOGIN_ALLOWED_DOMAINS`
 * GCP: `GCP_NATIVE`
 * Spreadsheet Auth: `OpenCRE_gspread_Auth`
+* Feature flags: `CRE_ENABLE_HEALTH` (enable the `GET /rest/v1/health` deploy/uptime probe; off by default, returns 404 when unset)
 
 See `.env.example` for full list and defaults.