Configuration Option to Hide/Disable "Ready to Scale" Button

[a51001k]

Description:
As a self-hosted Prefect server user, I would like the ability to disable or hide the "Ready to Scale" button in the UI.

Current Behavior:

• The "Ready to Scale" button is permanently visible in the UI
• This button promotes cloud features that aren't relevant for self-hosted deployments
• There's no configuration option to disable it

Requested Feature:
A configuration option (either environment variable or server setting) to disable promotional UI elements like the "Ready to Scale" button.

Benefits:

1. Cleaner UI for self-hosted deployments
2. Reduced confusion for team members who don't need cloud features
3. More professional appearance for enterprise deployments

Use Case:
Many organizations running self-hosted Prefect instances want a clean, focused interface that only shows relevant options for their deployment model. The current permanent presence of cloud-related promotional elements can be distracting and potentially confusing for users.

Implementation Suggestions:

• Add a new environment variable (e.g., PREFECT_UI_HIDE_PROMOTIONAL=true)
• Or add a server configuration option to control UI promotional elements
• This could be part of a broader UI customization feature set

Would others find this useful? I'd appreciate hearing from other self-hosted Prefect users about this.

[carlosjourdan]

This is specially useful in airgapped environments, where the link to the Prefect website wouldn't even work...

[zzstoatzz]

thanks for the feedback here! i've opened #19299 to allow disabling promotional content

[zzstoatzz]

#19299 is merged

[carlosjourdan]

Thanks @zzstoatzz . Would it be possible to tie the "join the community slack" pop up to the same configuration setting?

[zzstoatzz]

hmm, i'm not sure i'd call that promotional, so my initial reaction would be no, but happy to hear an argument for doing so. i don't think its a significant source of visual pollution as is

[carlosjourdan]

I agree "promotional" is debatable. My use case would be better described as "air gapped". Having links to slack (or any outside source) is just a nuisance, since they won`t work anyway.

[zzstoatzz]

yea actually i agree. we can include that. good point

[zzstoatzz]

done!

[zzstoatzz]

this should now be well-addressed by these two PRs:

• Add PREFECT_SERVER_UI_SHOW_PROMOTIONAL_CONTENT setting #19299
• hide "Join the Community" in air-gapped deployments #19540

let me know if there are outstanding concerns