From a52383d7f793a393d0b1a3b45ed3cd6cece09ff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Baldwin <andrew.baldwin44@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:26:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Rename env variable

---
 docs/FAQ.md     |  2 +-
 src/node/cli.ts | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md
index 5f87a7c6d..a695cc64a 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ.md
+++ b/docs/FAQ.md
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ As long as there is an active browser connection, code-server touches
 
 If you want to shutdown code-server if there hasn't been an active connection
 after a predetermined amount of time, you can use the --idle-timeout-seconds flag
-or set an `IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` environment variable.
+or set an `CODE_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` environment variable.
 
 ## How do I change the password?
 
diff --git a/src/node/cli.ts b/src/node/cli.ts
index 80e21556d..0fce9cfbf 100644
--- a/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -620,14 +620,14 @@ export async function setDefaults(cliArgs: UserProvidedArgs, configArgs?: Config
     args["github-auth"] = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
   }
 
-  if (process.env.IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) {
-    if (isNaN(Number(process.env.IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS))) {
-      logger.info("IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS must be a number")
+  if (process.env.CODE_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) {
+    if (isNaN(Number(process.env.CODE_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS))) {
+      logger.info("CODE_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS must be a number")
     }
-    if (Number(process.env.IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)) {
+    if (Number(process.env.CODE_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) <= 60) {
       throw new Error("--idle-timeout-seconds must be greater than 60 seconds.")
     }
-    args["idle-timeout-seconds"] = Number(process.env.IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+    args["idle-timeout-seconds"] = Number(process.env.CODE_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
   }
 
   // Ensure they're not readable by child processes.