Summary: nothing to worry about - but just be aware
My query:
Hey Agent, I see that Replit has started automatically adding 2 new secrets to my production app (but not in dev): what are they? CONNECTORS_HOSTNAME, REPLIT_CONNECTORS_HOSTNAME
Agent’s response:
Based on the Replit documentation, those two environment variables are automatically added by Replit when your app uses Replit Connectors:
What They Are:
- CONNECTORS_HOSTNAME and REPLIT_CONNECTORS_HOSTNAME - These contain the hostname/endpoint information that allows your production app to communicate with Replit’s Connectors service
What Replit Connectors Are:
Replit Connectors are first-party integrations that provide authenticated access to external services like:
- Notion
- Share Point
- OneDrive
- Spotify
- Slack
- Dropbox
- Outlook
- GitHub
- Linear
Why They’re Only in Production:
- In development, your app connects to development/staging connector endpoints
- In production, it needs different endpoints to access the production Connector service
- Replit automatically provides the correct hostnames for each environment
Why They Were Added Automatically:
If your app (or the Gipity AI Dev Kit template) includes any integrations with these services through Replit Connectors, the system automatically provisions these environment variables so your production deployment can authenticate and communicate with those external services.
Even if you’re not actively using connectors right now, they may have been added because the template includes connector-ready code or you have connectors configured in your workspace.
By the way: Agent charged me $0.38 to ask the above question. So you all owe me a beer 
