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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/docs/privacy.md
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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ For the `opa version` command, this feature can be enabled by specifying the
OPA checks the latest release version by querying the GitHub
API at `https://api.github.com`. The environment variable
`OPA_VERSION_CHECK_SERVICE_URL` can be used to configure an alternative service
URL.
URL. It can be set to `false` to disable version checking entirely.

Sample HTTP request from OPA to the GitHub API:

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions internal/versioncheck/versioncheck.go
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Expand Up @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ func New(opts Options) (Checker, error) {
if url == "" {
url = ExternalServiceURL
}
if url == "false" {
return nil, errors.New("version check is disabled with OPA_VERSION_CHECK_SERVICE_URL=false")
}

// Set a generic User-Agent to avoid sending version/platform information about the user's OPA instance.
// This ensures we only retrieve version information without transmitting any identifying data.
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