Adding the option to disable user sync, always importing large apps which are problematic.

packages/server/src/environment.ts

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ const environment = {
     parseIntSafe(process.env.JS_RUNNER_MEMORY_LIMIT) ||
     DEFAULTS.JS_RUNNER_MEMORY_LIMIT,
   LOG_JS_ERRORS: process.env.LOG_JS_ERRORS,
+  DISABLE_USER_SYNC: process.env.DISABLE_USER_SYNC,
   // old
   CLIENT_ID: process.env.CLIENT_ID,
   _set(key: string, value: any) {

packages/server/src/sdk/app/applications/sync.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import { generateUserMetadataID, InternalTables } from "../../../db/utils"
 
 type DeletedUser = { _id: string; deleted: boolean }
 
+function userSyncEnabled() {
+  return !env.DISABLE_USER_SYNC
+}
+
 async function syncUsersToApp(
   appId: string,
   users: (User | DeletedUser)[],
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ async function syncUsersToApp(
 
       // the user doesn't exist, or doesn't have a role anymore
       // get rid of their metadata
-      if (deletedUser || !roleId) {
+      if (userSyncEnabled() && (deletedUser || !roleId)) {
         await db.remove(metadata)
         continue
       }
@@ -149,7 +153,9 @@ export async function syncApp(
   }
 
   // sync the users - kept for safe keeping
-  await sdk.users.syncGlobalUsers()
+  if (userSyncEnabled()) {
+    await sdk.users.syncGlobalUsers()
+  }
 
   if (error) {
     throw error