App / Daemon Settings

Settings persisted in Vault's settings table, grouped by area. Defaults are the built-in values used when a setting is unset.

General

Setting	Type	Default	Description
appdata_path	string	/mnt/user/appdata	Path to the Unraid appdata share containing Docker container configurations.
fuse_mount_base_dir	string	(empty)	Base directory on the host where read-only FUSE backup mounts are attached. Empty uses /mnt/addons/vault-fuse, or a temporary directory when /mnt/addons does not exist.
fuse_mount_idle_minutes	int	30	Idle timeout in minutes after which inactive FUSE backup mounts are automatically unmounted.
history_retention_days	int	365	Number of days of job-run history retained before pruning.
log_level	string	info	Minimum log level emitted by the daemon ("debug", "info", "warn", "error").
memory_limit_mb	int	0	Soft memory limit for the daemon in MiB, applied live with the Go runtime's memory limit. 0 turns it off; otherwise 512 to 1048576. It is a soft limit: set it above the backup working set (S3 uploads hold part size × 5 per upload stream), or the garbage collector runs almost continuously. A GOMEMLIMIT environment variable overrides it.
replication_enabled	string	(empty)	Master toggle for the replication subsystem. Empty/false disables replication scheduling; "true" enables it.
snapshot_path_override	string	(empty)	Override for the directory used to stage filesystem snapshots. Empty uses the built-in default.
staging_dir_override	string	(empty)	Override for the working directory used to stage archives before upload. Empty uses the built-in default.
storage_verbose_logging	bool	false	When enabled, storage adapters log every operation for troubleshooting.

Backup

Setting	Type	Default	Description
adaptive_folder_idle_minutes	int	5	Adaptive backups: a folder is considered busy when any file in it changed within this many minutes.
adaptive_idle_cpu_percent	int	20	Adaptive backups: a container or VM is considered busy above this CPU percentage (single-core units).
adaptive_idle_net_kbps	int	500	Adaptive backups: a container is considered busy above this network rate in kilobits per second.
adaptive_max_postpone_minutes	int	60	Adaptive backups: after postponing this long, the backup runs anyway so busy workloads still get protected.
adaptive_recheck_minutes	int	2	Adaptive backups: how often a postponed job re-checks whether its workloads have gone idle.
auto_throttle_enabled	bool	false	Adaptively slow Vault's uploads when other services (e.g. Plex remote streams) are using the internet uplink. Requires the link capacity below to be set.
auto_throttle_floor_mbps	int	5	Minimum upload rate in Mbps the adaptive throttle will always leave Vault, so backups keep progressing even on a busy link.
auto_throttle_link_mbps	int	0	Upstream capacity of the internet link in Mbps (as quoted by the ISP). The adaptive throttle targets this minus current non-Vault traffic minus 10% headroom.
breaker_close_successes	int	2	Consecutive successes required to close an open circuit breaker and resume normal operation.
breaker_fail_threshold	int	3	Consecutive storage failures required before a destination's circuit breaker opens.
dedup_compaction_min_dead_ratio	float	0.5	Minimum fraction of dead (unreferenced) blocks in a dedup store before compaction runs.
global_exclude_paths	json	[]	Paths excluded from every folder and container backup (JSON array). Merged with each item's own exclusions rather than replacing them, so an item can still add its own.
label_exclusions_enabled	bool	true	Honour the vault.exclude Docker label on containers, treating its comma-separated paths as backup exclusions for that container.
retry_delays_default	json	[900,3600,14400]	Default retry backoff schedule (JSON array of seconds) used when a job has no per-job override.
retry_max_default	int	2	Default maximum number of automatic retries for a failed backup when a job has no per-job override.

Anomaly Detection

Setting	Type	Default	Description
anomaly_detection_enabled	bool	true	Master toggle for statistical anomaly detection on backup runs.
anomaly_notify_min_severity	string	critical	Minimum anomaly severity that triggers a notification ("info", "warning", or "critical").
anomaly_sensitivity_default	string	balanced	Default detection sensitivity ("strict", "balanced", or "permissive") when a job or destination has no override.

Notifications

Setting	Type	Default	Description
discord_bot_avatar_url	string	(empty)	Optional override for the avatar shown on Discord webhook messages.
discord_bot_username	string	(empty)	Optional override for the username shown on Discord webhook messages.
discord_mention_on	string	never	When to mention the configured Discord role ("never", "failure", or "always").
discord_mention_role_id	string	(empty)	Discord role ID to mention on notifications. Empty disables role mentions.
discord_notify_on	string	always	When to send Discord notifications ("always" or "failure").
discord_webhook_url	string	(empty)	Discord webhook URL for notifications. Empty disables Discord delivery.
notifications_enabled	bool	true	Master toggle for all outbound notifications.