Persistent Asset - Settings

Project-wide settings live in Edit > Project Settings > Persistent Asset (or Tools > Persistent Asset > Settings), split into the sections below. You should commit the settings file to your VCS.

Edit > Project Settings > Persistent Asset, all sections in one place

General

Default Persistence Manager	The manager assigned to a newly created persistent object (default: Prototype). Set it to None to create them with no manager.
Default Serializer	The serializer a new (or reset) manager starts with (default: Unity JSON).
Max Drain Time In Editor Max Drain Time In Build	Hard ceiling, in seconds, on the shutdown drain when leaving play mode and when quitting a build (5 each by default; 0 means no ceiling).
Auto Lock On Build	When a build automatically locks every manager's breaking fields: `Any Build`, `Release Build` (default), or `None`.
Prompt Before Auto Lock	Whether the automatic lock asks for confirmation first (off by default; a command-line build never prompts).
Editor Default Slot Slot Name	Editor convenience: the toggle seeds a starting slot (named in Slot Name) so a multi-slot object works when you press Play straight into a gameplay scene. Off by default, ignored in a build.

Singleton

Generation Folder Editor only: the folder where a PersistentSingleton asset is auto-created for each of its subclasses (default Assets/Persistent Singletons).

Security

Cheat Protection Secret	The secret the encryption and integrity key is derived from (see Securing saves). Generated automatically, unique to your project; changing it makes every existing protected save unreadable, so commit it and keep it identical across builds.
Ignore Runtime Secret In Editor	Editor only: lets a manager whose Lock Save To includes `RuntimeSecret` be played in the editor without the runtime secret your code provides. Builds always honor the lock.

Remote

Push Retry Delay	Seconds between attempts to push pending offline-cache data to the server (default 30, clamped to at least 5).
Request Timeout	A hard ceiling, in seconds, on a single remote request, a safety net against a server that accepts a connection but never answers (default 120; 0 disables it). Normal operation is governed by each manager's own Load / Save / Clear Timeout, which usually ends a request first.

Variables Binding

Binder Poll Delay

Seconds between a Variable Binder re-reading its bound components for changes. Defaults to 0.1; 0 means every frame, at a per-frame reflection and allocation cost.