> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://clickhouse.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# read_* session settings

> ClickHouse session settings in the read_* generated group.

export const SettingsInfoBlock = ({type, default_value, changeable_without_restart}) => {
  return <div className="not-prose" style={{
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    alignItems: "baseline",
    columnGap: "0.5rem",
    rowGap: "0.125rem",
    margin: "0.375rem 0",
    fontSize: "0.8125rem",
    lineHeight: "1.125rem"
  }}>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72
  }}>Type</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{type}</div>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>Default</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{default_value}</div>
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>
          Changeable without restart
        </div>}
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>
          {changeable_without_restart}
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

export const CloudOnlyBadge = () => {
  return <div className="cloudBadge">
            <div className="cloudIcon">
            <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                <path fillRule="evenodd" clipRule="evenodd" d="M5.33395 12.6667H12.3739C13.6593 12.6667 14.7073 11.6187 14.7073 10.3334C14.7073 9.04804 13.6593 8.00004 12.3739 8.00004H12.0839V7.33337C12.0839 5.12671 10.2906 3.33337 8.08395 3.33337C6.09928 3.33337 4.45395 4.78537 4.14195 6.68204C2.55728 6.76271 1.29395 8.06204 1.29395 9.66671C1.29395 11.3234 2.63728 12.6667 4.29395 12.6667H5.33395Z" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
            </svg>
        </div>
            {'ClickHouse Cloud only'}
        </div>;
};

These settings are available in [system.settings](/docs/reference/system-tables/settings) and are autogenerated from [source](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/src/Core/Settings.cpp).

<h2 id="read_priority">
  read\_priority
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Int64" default_value="0" />

Priority to read data from local filesystem or remote filesystem. Only supported for 'pread\_threadpool' method for local filesystem and for `threadpool` method for remote filesystem.

<h2 id="read_through_distributed_cache">
  read\_through\_distributed\_cache
</h2>

<CloudOnlyBadge />

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

<VersionHistory rows={[{"id": "row-1","items": [{"label": "24.10"},{"label": "0"},{"label": "A setting for ClickHouse Cloud"}]}]} />

Only has an effect in ClickHouse Cloud. Allow reading from distributed cache