Property reference

`com.glide.script.sandbox.ks.watchdog.enabled`

The com.glide.script.sandbox.ks.watchdog.enabled property acts as a master switch for KittyScript, enabling or disabling its execution. When set to false, all KittyScript transactions are halted, reverting to Rhino execution, which is crucial for maintaining security in the system.

Default: true
Type: boolean
Application: Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do?	This property determines whether KittyScript is enabled for all transactions, with a default setting that ensures enhanced security by allowing only trusted scripts to run.
What area does it affect?	Script execution security
What does the default mean?	The default value is "true", which means this behavior is enabled by default.
When should you review it?	Review this property when configuring script security settings or during security audits.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name	`com.glide.script.sandbox.ks.watchdog.enabled`
Sys ID	`c5d6e7f8a9b0c1d2e3f4a5b6c7d8e9f0`
Type	boolean
Application	Global
Default value	`true`
Description	Master switch for KittyScript. When not set to true, KittyScript is completely disabled for all transactions (guest and authenticated) and all scripts execute in Rhino. Kill switch level 2.
Updated	2026-04-03 00:00:00

Sources

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... names, and logos may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 104 Guarded script properties (continued) Property Description ◦true for cloud-based instances ◦false for on-premise instances com.glide.script.sandbox.ks.watchdog.enabled An option to turn off the guarded script evaluator and route all untrusted scripts to the script sandbox evaluator instead. Warning: Don't set this property to false on production instances. ...

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... logos may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 687 Configuring them incorrectly can cause malicious code to bypass security protections and access restricted APIs. • com.glide.script.sandbox.ks.watchdog.enabled (default: true‎: Master control for the KittyScript sandbox security interpreter in ServiceNow Guarded Scripts framework. When set to true, all untrusted scope scripts are subject to sandbox enforcement. When set ...

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