From 5093abd1dcfa95378653fc5f8edf0f1770720e21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken Odegard <kodegard@anaconda.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:44:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Default `--json` & `--debug` to `NULL` (#12988)

---
 conda/cli/conda_argparse.py |  2 ++
 news/12988-CONDA_JSON       | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 news/12988-CONDA_JSON

diff --git a/conda/cli/conda_argparse.py b/conda/cli/conda_argparse.py
index 415572c35a..e6bf6b3d93 100644
--- a/conda/cli/conda_argparse.py
+++ b/conda/cli/conda_argparse.py
@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ def generate_pre_parser(**kwargs) -> ArgumentParser:
     pre_parser.add_argument(
         "--debug",
         action="store_true",
+        default=NULL,
         help=SUPPRESS,
     )
     pre_parser.add_argument(
         "--json",
         action="store_true",
+        default=NULL,
         help=SUPPRESS,
     )
     pre_parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/news/12988-CONDA_JSON b/news/12988-CONDA_JSON
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ca5ff4400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/12988-CONDA_JSON
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Default `--json` and `--debug` to `NULL` so as to not overriding `CONDA_JSON` and `CONDA_DEBUG` environment variables. (#12987)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* <news item>