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bcrypt_custom_cost

⚙️ Adjusting BCrypt Cost for Different Environments​

BCrypt’s cost factor determines how computationally expensive hashing is. In development and test, you can reduce the cost to speed up your suite, while keeping a high cost in production to maximize security. Use environment checks or Rails initializers to set it dynamically.

# config/initializers/bcrypt.rb
if Rails.env.test? || Rails.env.development?
  BCrypt::Engine.cost = BCrypt::Engine::MIN_COST
else
  BCrypt::Engine.cost = 12  # production strength; increase over time
end