> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.edgespark.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# EdgeSpark environments

> Understand the current EdgeSpark environment model: new projects start with one default production environment, while staging is coming soon.

New EdgeSpark projects currently start with one default environment: production.

That means your project has one live URL, one current database state, one current storage state, one current var set, one current secret set, and one deployment history for the environment you deploy to today.

## Current environment model

|                 | Current default environment         |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| **URL**         | `project.edgespark.app`             |
| **Deploy with** | `edgespark deploy`                  |
| **Database**    | Current project database state      |
| **Storage**     | Current bucket contents             |
| **Secrets**     | Current secret store                |
| **Vars**        | Current plain env vars              |
| **Purpose**     | Your live project environment today |

## Staging is coming soon

Staging support is planned but not publicly available yet. When it launches, staging and production will be isolated from each other with separate data, storage, vars, secrets, and deploy history.

Until then:

* `edgespark deploy` updates the current default project environment
* there is no public staging URL yet
* there is no public promote workflow yet

## Check the current environment at runtime

The runtime exposes `ctx.environment`:

```typescript server/src/index.ts theme={null}
import { ctx } from "edgespark";
import { Hono } from "hono";

const app = new Hono().get("/api/public/runtime", (c) => {
  return c.json({
    environment: ctx.environment,
  });
});

export default app;
```

For publicly created projects today, you should treat the default deployed environment as production.

## See also

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Deploy your project" icon="globe" href="/guides/deployment">
    The current public deploy flow with `edgespark deploy`, plus what is coming next for staging.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage secrets" icon="key" href="/guides/secrets">
    How current environment-scoped secrets work today and what will matter once staging arrives.
  </Card>
</Columns>