🛜 refactor: Streamline App Config Usage (#9234)

* WIP: app.locals refactoring

WIP: appConfig

fix: update memory configuration retrieval to use getAppConfig based on user role

fix: update comment for AppConfig interface to clarify purpose

🏷️ refactor: Update tests to use getAppConfig for endpoint configurations

ci: Update AppService tests to initialize app config instead of app.locals

ci: Integrate getAppConfig into remaining tests

refactor: Update multer storage destination to use promise-based getAppConfig and improve error handling in tests

refactor: Rename initializeAppConfig to setAppConfig and update related tests

ci: Mock getAppConfig in various tests to provide default configurations

refactor: Update convertMCPToolsToPlugins to use mcpManager for server configuration and adjust related tests

chore: rename `Config/getAppConfig` -> `Config/app`

fix: streamline OpenAI image tools configuration by removing direct appConfig dependency and using function parameters

chore: correct parameter documentation for imageOutputType in ToolService.js

refactor: remove `getCustomConfig` dependency in config route

refactor: update domain validation to use appConfig for allowed domains

refactor: use appConfig registration property

chore: remove app parameter from AppService invocation

refactor: update AppConfig interface to correct registration and turnstile configurations

refactor: remove getCustomConfig dependency and use getAppConfig in PluginController, multer, and MCP services

refactor: replace getCustomConfig with getAppConfig in STTService, TTSService, and related files

refactor: replace getCustomConfig with getAppConfig in Conversation and Message models, update tempChatRetention functions to use AppConfig type

refactor: update getAppConfig calls in Conversation and Message models to include user role for temporary chat expiration

ci: update related tests

refactor: update getAppConfig call in getCustomConfigSpeech to include user role

fix: update appConfig usage to access allowedDomains from actions instead of registration

refactor: enhance AppConfig to include fileStrategies and update related file strategy logic

refactor: update imports to use normalizeEndpointName from @librechat/api and remove redundant definitions

chore: remove deprecated unused RunManager

refactor: get balance config primarily from appConfig

refactor: remove customConfig dependency for appConfig and streamline loadConfigModels logic

refactor: remove getCustomConfig usage and use app config in file citations

refactor: consolidate endpoint loading logic into loadEndpoints function

refactor: update appConfig access to use endpoints structure across various services

refactor: implement custom endpoints configuration and streamline endpoint loading logic

refactor: update getAppConfig call to include user role parameter

refactor: streamline endpoint configuration and enhance appConfig usage across services

refactor: replace getMCPAuthMap with getUserMCPAuthMap and remove unused getCustomConfig file

refactor: add type annotation for loadedEndpoints in loadEndpoints function

refactor: move /services/Files/images/parse to TS API

chore: add missing FILE_CITATIONS permission to IRole interface

refactor: restructure toolkits to TS API

refactor: separate manifest logic into its own module

refactor: consolidate tool loading logic into a new tools module for startup logic

refactor: move interface config logic to TS API

refactor: migrate checkEmailConfig to TypeScript and update imports

refactor: add FunctionTool interface and availableTools to AppConfig

refactor: decouple caching and DB operations from AppService, make part of consolidated `getAppConfig`

WIP: fix tests

* fix: rebase conflicts

* refactor: remove app.locals references

* refactor: replace getBalanceConfig with getAppConfig in various strategies and middleware

* refactor: replace appConfig?.balance with getBalanceConfig in various controllers and clients

* test: add balance configuration to titleConvo method in AgentClient tests

* chore: remove unused `openai-chat-tokens` package

* chore: remove unused imports in initializeMCPs.js

* refactor: update balance configuration to use getAppConfig instead of getBalanceConfig

* refactor: integrate configMiddleware for centralized configuration handling

* refactor: optimize email domain validation by removing unnecessary async calls

* refactor: simplify multer storage configuration by removing async calls

* refactor: reorder imports for better readability in user.js

* refactor: replace getAppConfig calls with req.config for improved performance

* chore: replace getAppConfig calls with req.config in tests for centralized configuration handling

* chore: remove unused override config

* refactor: add configMiddleware to endpoint route and replace getAppConfig with req.config

* chore: remove customConfig parameter from TTSService constructor

* refactor: pass appConfig from request to processFileCitations for improved configuration handling

* refactor: remove configMiddleware from endpoint route and retrieve appConfig directly in getEndpointsConfig if not in `req.config`

* test: add mockAppConfig to processFileCitations tests for improved configuration handling

* fix: pass req.config to hasCustomUserVars and call without await after synchronous refactor

* fix: type safety in useExportConversation

* refactor: retrieve appConfig using getAppConfig in PluginController and remove configMiddleware from plugins route, to avoid always retrieving when plugins are cached

* chore: change `MongoUser` typedef to `IUser`

* fix: Add `user` and `config` fields to ServerRequest and update JSDoc type annotations from Express.Request to ServerRequest

* fix: remove unused setAppConfig mock from Server configuration tests

api/server/services/Config/app.js

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+const { logger } = require('@librechat/data-schemas');
+const { CacheKeys } = require('librechat-data-provider');
+const AppService = require('~/server/services/AppService');
+const { setCachedTools } = require('./getCachedTools');
+const getLogStores = require('~/cache/getLogStores');
+
+/**
+ * Get the app configuration based on user context
+ * @param {Object} [options]
+ * @param {string} [options.role] - User role for role-based config
+ * @param {boolean} [options.refresh] - Force refresh the cache
+ * @returns {Promise<AppConfig>}
+ */
+async function getAppConfig(options = {}) {
+  const { role, refresh } = options;
+
+  const cache = getLogStores(CacheKeys.CONFIG_STORE);
+  const cacheKey = role ? `${CacheKeys.APP_CONFIG}:${role}` : CacheKeys.APP_CONFIG;
+
+  if (!refresh) {
+    const cached = await cache.get(cacheKey);
+    if (cached) {
+      return cached;
+    }
+  }
+
+  let baseConfig = await cache.get(CacheKeys.APP_CONFIG);
+  if (!baseConfig) {
+    logger.info('[getAppConfig] App configuration not initialized. Initializing AppService...');
+    baseConfig = await AppService();
+
+    if (!baseConfig) {
+      throw new Error('Failed to initialize app configuration through AppService.');
+    }
+
+    if (baseConfig.availableTools) {
+      await setCachedTools(baseConfig.availableTools, { isGlobal: true });
+    }
+
+    await cache.set(CacheKeys.APP_CONFIG, baseConfig);
+  }
+
+  // For now, return the base config
+  // In the future, this is where we'll apply role-based modifications
+  if (role) {
+    // TODO: Apply role-based config modifications
+    // const roleConfig = await applyRoleBasedConfig(baseConfig, role);
+    // await cache.set(cacheKey, roleConfig);
+    // return roleConfig;
+  }
+
+  return baseConfig;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Clear the app configuration cache
+ * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
+ */
+async function clearAppConfigCache() {
+  const cache = getLogStores(CacheKeys.CONFIG_STORE);
+  const cacheKey = CacheKeys.APP_CONFIG;
+  return await cache.delete(cacheKey);
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  getAppConfig,
+  clearAppConfigCache,
+};