diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/utils/EnvUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/utils/EnvUtils.java
index 873732a4..b7f9e9a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/utils/EnvUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/utils/EnvUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2020 IEXEC BLOCKCHAIN TECH
+ * Copyright 2020-2025 IEXEC BLOCKCHAIN TECH
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 @NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 public class EnvUtils {
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated do not use and remove
+     */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
     public static String getEnvVarOrExit(String envVarName) {
         String envVar = getEnvVar(envVarName);
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(envVar)) {
@@ -34,8 +38,8 @@ public static String getEnvVarOrExit(String envVarName) {
         return envVar;
     }
 
-    public static String getEnvVar(String envVarName) {
-        String envVar = System.getenv(envVarName);
+    public static String getEnvVar(final String envVarName) {
+        final String envVar = System.getenv(envVarName);
         return StringUtils.isNotBlank(envVar) ? envVar : "";
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/utils/IexecEnvUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/utils/IexecEnvUtils.java
index 9e29fdd5..84924ece 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/utils/IexecEnvUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/utils/IexecEnvUtils.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 @NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 public class IexecEnvUtils {
 
+    // bulk processing
+    public static final String BULK_ENV_VAR_PREFIX = "BULK_DATASET_";
     // input files
     public static final String IEXEC_INPUT_FILE_NAME_PREFIX = "IEXEC_INPUT_FILE_NAME_";
     public static final String IEXEC_INPUT_FILE_URL_PREFIX = "IEXEC_INPUT_FILE_URL_";
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/worker/tee/TeeSessionEnvironmentVariable.java b/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/worker/tee/TeeSessionEnvironmentVariable.java
index fb733950..4de3b1d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/worker/tee/TeeSessionEnvironmentVariable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iexec/common/worker/tee/TeeSessionEnvironmentVariable.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public enum TeeSessionEnvironmentVariable {
     IEXEC_INPUT_FILES_NUMBER,
     IEXEC_INPUT_FILES_FOLDER,
     IEXEC_PRE_COMPUTE_OUT,
+    BULK_SIZE,
     // post-compute
     RESULT_ENCRYPTION,
     RESULT_ENCRYPTION_PUBLIC_KEY,