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@mbg mbg commented Jul 20, 2026

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This PR promotes the NewRemoteFileAddresses FF to make its behaviour the default, following release and rollout of the feature.

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mbg added 2 commits July 20, 2026 11:22
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Remove NewRemoteFileAddresses FF and default to its behaviour
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Remove explicit FF from start-proxy check
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@github-actions github-actions Bot added the size/S Should be easy to review label Jul 20, 2026
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Pull request overview

Promotes the new remote-file address format to the default behavior by removing its feature flag.

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  • Removes the NewRemoteFileAddresses feature flag and conditional checks.
  • Updates unit tests and proxy PR checks for unconditional support.
  • Refreshes generated artifacts.
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File Description
src/feature-flags.ts Removes the promoted feature flag.
src/config/remote-file.ts Unconditionally accepts the new address format.
src/config/remote-file.test.ts Updates parsing tests for default behavior.
src/config/file.test.ts Removes obsolete feature setup.
src/config-utils.ts Enables new path detection unconditionally.
src/config-utils.test.ts Updates remote-path tests.
pr-checks/checks/start-proxy.yml Removes the obsolete feature environment variable.
.github/workflows/__start-proxy.yml Generated workflow; excluded from review.
lib/entry-points.js Generated JavaScript; excluded from review.

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I'll wait a bit before merging this

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Merged via the queue into main with commit 830c231 Jul 21, 2026
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mbg deleted the mbg/ff/remove-new-remote-file-addresses-ff branch July 21, 2026 11:38
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Merge main into releases/v4 #4027
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Merge releases/v4 into releases/v3 #4029
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