**As** an OpenProject system administrator
**I want to** be able to change certain configurations at runtime
**so that** I can update them without requiring a restart.

**Acceptance criteria**

* there are many spots in OpenProject where we use `OpenProject::Configuration` instead of `Setting` where it would be perfectly valid to use the latter Begin of the insertion

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion
End of the deletion * this would make life easier for some administrators including ourselves in the cloud context Begin of the insertion

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion
End of the deletion * examples: Begin of the insertion

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion
End of the deletion * [openproject/app/helpers/homescreen\_helper.rb at dev · opf/openproject (github.com)](https://github.com/opf/openproject/blob/dev/app/helpers/homescreen_helper.rb#L63) Begin of the insertion

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion
End of the deletion * Begin of the deletion [openproject/app/helpers/omniauth\_helper.rb at dev · opf/openproject (github.com)](https://github.com/opf/openproject/blob/dev/app/helpers/omniauth_helper.rb#L45)
* End of the deletion [openproject/app/controllers/concerns/accounts/user\_password\_change.rb at dev · opf/openproject (github.com)](https://github.com/opf/openproject/blob/dev/app/controllers/concerns/accounts/user_password_change.rb#L37) Begin of the insertion

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion
End of the deletion * I don't see a reason why you shouldn't be able to change these and many other options at runtime (even if we don't have a UI for it yet) Begin of the insertion

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion
End of the deletion * if you want to pin them you can still set the via the environment as usual