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Unkey runs two primary environments. Staging auto-deploys from main and is used to validate changes before promoting them to production.

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Staging

ServiceURL
APIhttps://api.unkey-staging.com
Staging tracks the main branch — every merge to main deploys to staging automatically via ArgoCD. See promotions for details on how changes flow from staging to production.

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When to use staging

  • Testing API changes before they reach production
  • Validating new features end-to-end against a live environment
  • Reproducing bugs without affecting production data
  • Running integration tests that need a real API
Staging data is not persistent. Do not rely on staging for long-term storage or as a substitute for production.

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Production

ServiceURL
APIhttps://api.unkey.com
Production is pinned to a specific commit SHA. Deploying to production requires explicitly updating this SHA through a reviewed promotion PR. See deploying to production for the step-by-step process.