This repository contains the privacy configuration files used by DuckDuckGo's Apps and Browser Extensions to control which privacy protections are enabled or disabled.
Debugging guide: .cursor/rules/debugging.mdc - Comprehensive debugging steps for remote config, including:
- Config version and hash validation (critical: clients ignore updates without version/hash bumps)
- Required fields (unprotectedTemporary, etc.)
- Config structure validation
- Using tooling to build and validate config
- PR automation for test links
- Features: Files in
features/directory control privacy protection enable/disable - Overrides: Platform-specific configurations in
overrides/directory - Exceptions: Site-specific exceptions to disable features when they break site functionality
- Unprotected entries: Disable all protections (use only for severe breakage)
See README.md for full documentation including:
- Config maintainer documentation
- Feature implementer guides
- Schema writing guides
- Incremental rollout implementation