From 39c562a911a0a7dc3663223adbcd92cc33fb18be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Denis Vodopianov <vodopyanovd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:46:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Revert:  chore: a drop-in replacement for
 FeatureToggles.IsEnabledGlobally in app settings  (#115593)

* Revert "chore: a drop-in replacement for FeatureToggles.IsEnabledGlobally in app settings (#113449)"

This reverts commit 26ce2c09d78706e4235cc378d67da9f99c6ba99d.

* Change FeatureToggles.IsEnabledGlobally deprecation message
---
 pkg/registry/apps/apps.go          |  2 +-
 pkg/services/featuremgmt/models.go |  4 +---
 pkg/setting/setting.go             |  5 -----
 pkg/setting/startup_setting.go     | 14 --------------
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkg/setting/startup_setting.go

diff --git a/pkg/registry/apps/apps.go b/pkg/registry/apps/apps.go
index 77c96fd437c..a1ec8aafd65 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apps/apps.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apps/apps.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func ProvideAppInstallers(
 	if features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagKubernetesLogsDrilldown) {
 		installers = append(installers, logsdrilldownAppInstaller)
 	}
-	//nolint:staticcheck // not yet migrated to OpenFeature
+	//nolint:staticcheck
 	if features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagKubernetesAnnotations) {
 		installers = append(installers, annotationAppInstaller)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/models.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/models.go
index 304d17ee075..d59dff63c37 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/models.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/models.go
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ type FeatureToggles interface {
 	// a full server restart for a change to take place.
 	//
 	// Deprecated: FeatureToggles.IsEnabledGlobally is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
-	// Toggles that must be reliably evaluated at the service startup should be
-	// changed to settings (see setting.StartupSettings), and/or removed entirely.
-	// For app registration please use `grafana-apiserver.runtime_config` in settings.ini
+	// Toggles that must be reliably evaluated at the service startup should be changed to settings and/or removed entirely.
 	IsEnabledGlobally(flag string) bool
 
 	// Get the enabled flags -- this *may* also include disabled flags (with value false)
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting.go b/pkg/setting/setting.go
index 62b9332581f..00bcdabd88d 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting.go
@@ -511,9 +511,6 @@ type Cfg struct {
 	// Query history
 	QueryHistoryEnabled bool
 
-	// StartupSettings settings
-	StartupSettings StartupSettings
-
 	// Open feature settings
 	OpenFeature OpenFeatureSettings
 
@@ -1476,8 +1473,6 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) parseINIFile(iniFile *ini.File) error {
 	// unified storage config
 	cfg.setUnifiedStorageConfig()
 
-	// app platform config
-	cfg.readStartupSettingsSection()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/setting/startup_setting.go b/pkg/setting/startup_setting.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b2c2fa6362..00000000000
--- a/pkg/setting/startup_setting.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package setting
-
-type StartupSettings struct {
-	KubernetesAnnotationsAppEnabled bool
-}
-
-func (cfg *Cfg) readStartupSettingsSection() {
-	settings := StartupSettings{}
-
-	startupSettingsSection := cfg.Raw.Section("startup_settings")
-	settings.KubernetesAnnotationsAppEnabled = startupSettingsSection.Key("annotations_app_enabled").MustBool(false)
-
-	cfg.StartupSettings = settings
-}