Strictness

Usage

dotenvx spec generates strict true at the top of each Envfile. This stops startup when validation fails. Set strict false to warn instead. Existing files that omit strict continue to warn. Set strictness once at the root or per file block. strict is the only root-level setting; it is not an env option. Encryption and redaction are per-variable options only; there is no root or file-level encrypted false or redacted false setting.

strict true

env "DATABASE_URL", type: "url"

For dotenvx run, strict rules stop the command on validation failure. Without strictness, validation failures warn. CLI --strict also stops on loading errors. dotenvx check reports validation failures with a nonzero exit status regardless of the Envfile strictness setting.