From c2ae91e4db184d64c17bcd63f6e4e32343910fd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Larson <9larsons@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:51:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added config flag to disable recommendations service (#20879)

no ref

This service can get rather noisy when doing local development with our
data generator, as we do not use real urls, and therefore generate a lot
of not found errors in the console.
---
 .../recommendations/RecommendationServiceWrapper.js        | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/recommendations/RecommendationServiceWrapper.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/recommendations/RecommendationServiceWrapper.js
index 56372c495a..25c10a9343 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/recommendations/RecommendationServiceWrapper.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/recommendations/RecommendationServiceWrapper.js
@@ -39,11 +39,16 @@ class RecommendationServiceWrapper {
     incomingRecommendationService;
 
     init() {
+        const config = require('../../../shared/config');
+        if (config.get('services:recommendations:enabled') === false) {
+            logging.info('[Recommendations] Service is disabled via config');
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (this.repository) {
             return;
         }
 
-        const config = require('../../../shared/config');
         const urlUtils = require('../../../shared/url-utils');
         const models = require('../../models');
         const sentry = require('../../../shared/sentry');