[wiether]

I don't understand the purpose of this parameter value?

I have `REQUIRE_SIGNIN_VIEW=true` and I see nothing but my own traffic on Gitea's logs.

Is it because I'm using a subdomain that doesn't imply there's a Gitea instance behind?

[mappu]

Crawlers will find everything on the internet eventually regardless of subdomain (e.g. from crt.sh logs, or Google finds them from 8.8.8.8 queries).

REQUIRE_SIGNIN_VIEW=true means signin is required for all pages - that's great and definitely stops AI bots. The signin page is very cheap for Gitea to render. However, it is a barrier for the regular human visitors to your site.

'expensive' is a middle-ground that lets normal visitors browse and explore repos, view README, and download release binaries. Signin is only required for "expensive" pageloads, such as viewing file content at specific commits git history.

[wiether]

Thanks for the clarification!

From Gitea's doc I was under the impression that it was going further than "true" so I didn't understood why because "true" was enough for me to not be bothered by bots.

But in your case you want a middle-ground, which is provided by "expensive"!

[nextaccountic]

oh.. that's why 8.8.8.8 is free