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_server.yml

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#1,017 opened on Jan 18, 2026

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Description

I know that plumber is entering into maintenance mode, but I was wondering if there were any plans to make the _server.yml standard work with plumber APIs? It's not that it's difficult to hand roll, but it'd be nice to have the parity

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Research direction
Investigate how to add support for a server.yml configuration file in plumber, potentially extending the existing entrypoint handling to parse YAML for server settings.
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Domain
api
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Feature
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2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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Rplumber
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70