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# Can I turn off wandb when testing my code?

Use `wandb.init(mode="disabled")` or set `WANDB_MODE=disabled` to configure W\&B as a no-operation (NOOP) for testing purposes.

<Note>
  Using `wandb.init(mode="disabled")` does not prevent W\&B from saving artifacts to `WANDB_CACHE_DIR`.
</Note>

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