Gate the quick-nav Processor entry on the Processor flag

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into feature/editor-only-deployment
# Conflicts: # frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/processorEntitySearch.ts # frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/useOtherAppSwitch.ts # frontend/editor/src/proprietary/routes/adminRouteExtensions.tsx
2026-09-03 05:10:16 +03:00 · 2026-08-28 09:40:10 +01:00 · 2026-08-28 01:34:05 +01:00 · 2026-08-28 01:26:47 +01:00 · 2026-08-27 13:10:29 +01:00
137 changed files with 1694 additions and 199 deletions
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ watchedFolders/
 # The rule above targets the app's runtime watched-folders working dir, but it
 # also matches this frontend source component dir; keep the source tracked.
 !frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/watchedFolders/
+!frontend/editor/src/editoronly/components/watchedFolders/
 clientWebUI/
 policy-webhook-spool/
 # Scratch dir used by local fixture-regeneration runs (see
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ tasks:
      - task: dev:_run
        vars: { MODE: proprietary, PORT: '{{.PORT}}', BACKEND_URL: '{{.BACKEND_URL}}', OPEN: '{{.OPEN}}' }

+  dev:editoronly:
+    desc: "Start frontend dev server in editor-only mode (no Processor)"
+    deps: [prepare]
+    cmds:
+      - task: dev:_run
+        vars: { MODE: editoronly, PORT: '{{.PORT}}', BACKEND_URL: '{{.BACKEND_URL}}', OPEN: '{{.OPEN}}' }
+
  dev:saas:
    desc: "Start frontend dev server in SaaS mode (SAAS_ENV=dev|staging|prod)"
    deps:
@@ -223,6 +230,12 @@ tasks:
    cmds:
      - '{{if .PREVIEW}}VITE_BUILD_FOR_PREVIEW=1 {{end}}npx vite build editor --mode proprietary'

+  build:editoronly:
+    desc: "Build for editor-only mode (pair with ProcessorFeature.ENABLED=false)"
+    deps: [prepare]
+    cmds:
+      - npx vite build editor --mode editoronly
+
  build:saas:
    desc: "Build for SaaS mode"
    deps:
@@ -423,6 +436,13 @@ tasks:
      - task: typecheck:_run
        vars: { PROJECT: editor/src/proprietary/tsconfig.json }

+  typecheck:editoronly:
+    desc: "Typecheck editor-only build variant"
+    deps: [prepare]
+    cmds:
+      - task: typecheck:_run
+        vars: { PROJECT: editor/src/editoronly/tsconfig.json }
+
  typecheck:saas:
    desc: "Typecheck SaaS build variant"
    deps:
@@ -481,6 +501,7 @@ tasks:
    cmds:
      - task: typecheck:core
      - task: typecheck:proprietary
+      - task: typecheck:editoronly
      - task: typecheck:saas
      - task: typecheck:desktop
      - task: typecheck:cloud
@@ -81,6 +81,26 @@ tasks:
          BACKEND_URL: 'http://localhost:{{.BACKEND_PORT}}'
          OPEN: "true"

+  # The backend half is compiled in, so this only picks the editor bundle; flip
+  # ProcessorFeature.ENABLED and rebuild to move the backend with it.
+  dev:editoronly:
+    desc: "Start the editoronly editor build (backend follows ProcessorFeature.ENABLED)"
+    vars:
+      PORTS:
+        sh: '{{if eq OS "windows"}}{{.FIND_FREE_PORT_PS}} 8080 5173{{else}}{{.FIND_FREE_PORT_SH}} 8080 5173{{end}}'
+      BACKEND_PORT: '{{index (splitList "\n" .PORTS) 0}}'
+      FRONTEND_PORT: '{{index (splitList "\n" .PORTS) 1}}'
+    deps:
+      - task: backend:dev
+        vars:
+          PORT: '{{.BACKEND_PORT}}'
+          SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN: '{{.SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN}}'
+      - task: frontend:dev:editoronly
+        vars:
+          PORT: '{{.FRONTEND_PORT}}'
+          BACKEND_URL: 'http://localhost:{{.BACKEND_PORT}}'
+          OPEN: "true"
+
  dev:portal:
    desc: "Start backend + editor; the portal is an admin route at /portal"
    vars:
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package stirling.software.common.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
+
+import stirling.software.common.configuration.ProcessorFeature;
+
+/**
+ * Matches while {@link ProcessorFeature#ENABLED} is true. Applied to the Processor's controllers
+ * and its background/boot-work beans; types that non-Processor code injects (stores, services, JPA
+ * entities, repositories) stay ungated so the context still starts with the Processor off.
+ */
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+@Conditional(ProcessorFeature.class)
+public @interface ConditionalOnProcessor {}
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package stirling.software.common.configuration;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Condition;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ConditionContext;
+import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * The single source of truth for whether this build ships the Processor - policies, document
+ * sources, classification, pipelines, triggers, integrations and the {@code /processor} portal.
+ *
+ * <p>Deliberately a constant rather than a property: an editor-only server is a decision made in
+ * source and shipped, not something a deployment can flip. Flip {@link #ENABLED} to {@code false}
+ * and rebuild to produce one.
+ *
+ * <p>Doubles as the Spring {@link Condition} behind {@code @ConditionalOnProcessor}, so the beans
+ * and the plain-Java readers cannot disagree.
+ */
+public class ProcessorFeature implements Condition {
+
+    public static final boolean ENABLED = true;
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(ConditionContext context, AnnotatedTypeMetadata metadata) {
+        return ENABLED;
+    }
+}
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.RuntimePathConfig;

+// Watches only the pipeline folders for PipelineDirectoryProcessor, so an editor-only server
+// should not hold a WatchService or run its scheduled tick.
@Component
@Slf4j
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class FileMonitor {

    private final Map<Path, WatchKey> path2KeyMapping;
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ if (buildPrototypes) {
    frontendMode = 'proprietary'
 }
 def frontendBuildTask = "frontend:build:${frontendMode}"
+// editoronly strips the Processor from the bundle; the portal IS the Processor's UI.
+if (frontendMode == 'editoronly' && buildWithPortal) {
+    throw new GradleException("-PfrontendMode=editoronly cannot be combined with -PbuildWithPortal=true. " +
+            "An editor-only build ships no Processor UI; set ProcessorFeature.ENABLED=false to match.")
+}

 // Workspace root holds package.json and node_modules (shared across editor /
 // future portal). Editor-specific paths (src, public, dist, tauri) live one
@@ -293,6 +298,9 @@ tasks.register('npmBuild', Exec) {

    doFirst {
        println "Building editor frontend application for production (mode=${frontendMode}, VITE_API_BASE_URL=/, portal=${buildWithPortal})"
+        if (frontendMode == 'editoronly') {
+            println "  editor-only bundle: build this JAR with ProcessorFeature.ENABLED=false, or the server keeps a Processor its UI cannot reach."
+        }
    }
 }

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.config.InitialSetup;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.security.TimestampController;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.ConfigApi;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.AppConfig;
+import stirling.software.common.configuration.ProcessorFeature;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.interfaces.ShowAdminInterface;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.common.service.ServerCertificateServiceInterface;
@@ -338,6 +339,8 @@ public class ConfigController {
            // Premium/Enterprise settings
            configData.put("premiumEnabled", applicationProperties.getPremium().isEnabled());

+            configData.put("processorEnabled", ProcessorFeature.ENABLED);
+
            // AI Engine settings
            ApplicationProperties.AiEngine aiEngineConfig = applicationProperties.getAiEngine();
            configData.put("aiEngineEnabled", aiEngineConfig.isEnabled());
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineOperation;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineResult;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.HandleDataRequest;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.AutoJobPostMapping;
+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.PipelineApi;
 import stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight;
 import stirling.software.common.service.PostHogService;
@@ -37,8 +38,11 @@ import tools.jackson.core.JacksonException;
 import tools.jackson.databind.DatabindException;
 import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

+// The pipeline's HTTP entry point. Its other two runners (PipelineDirectoryProcessor,
+// TelegramPipelineBot) are gated too, so an editor-only server runs no pipelines at all.
@PipelineApi
@Slf4j
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PipelineController {

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineConfig;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineOperation;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PipelineResult;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.service.ApiDocService;
+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.RuntimePathConfig;
 import stirling.software.common.service.PostHogService;
 import stirling.software.common.service.ToolMetadataService;
@@ -40,8 +41,11 @@ import stirling.software.common.util.FileReadinessChecker;

 import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

+// Legacy watched-folder automation: unattended file-triggered execution, so an
+// editor-only server must not run its 60s scan (or create the folders).
@Service
@Slf4j
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class PipelineDirectoryProcessor {

    private static final int MAX_DIRECTORY_DEPTH = 50; // Prevent excessive recursion
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.RuntimePathConfig;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;

@@ -47,9 +48,12 @@ import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 *
 * @since 2.2.x
 */
+// Needs the Processor: it drops files in the watched folder and polls the finished folder, both
+// driven by PipelineDirectoryProcessor. Without it every upload would just time out.
@Slf4j
@Component
@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "telegram", name = "enabled", havingValue = "true")
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class TelegramPipelineBot extends TelegramLongPollingBot {

    private static final String CHAT_PRIVATE = "private";
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.security.CodeSource;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
+import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+
+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
+
+/**
+ * Guards the URL surface of an editor-only build: every endpoint whose path belongs to the
+ * Processor must sit on a class carrying {@link ConditionalOnProcessor}, so flipping {@code
+ * ProcessorFeature.ENABLED} unmaps it.
+ *
+ * <p>Complements {@code ProcessorConditionalTest}, which scans the Processor's two packages. That
+ * test cannot see a Processor endpoint declared elsewhere — {@code PipelineController} lives in
+ * core and {@code ClassifyLabelController} under {@code proprietary.controller.api}, and both
+ * shipped ungated until this test existed. Anchoring on the URL instead of the package is what
+ * catches those.
+ *
+ * <p>Lives in {@code :stirling-pdf} (core) because that is the module whose classpath transitively
+ * sees every other module's controllers.
+ */
+class ProcessorEndpointSurfaceTest {
+
+    private static final String SCAN_BASE_PACKAGE = "stirling.software";
+
+    /** Path prefixes owned entirely by the Processor. */
+    private static final List<String> PROCESSOR_PATH_PREFIXES =
+            List.of(
+                    "/api/v1/policies",
+                    "/api/v1/sources",
+                    // also covers /api/v1/integrations
+                    "/api/v1/integration",
+                    "/api/v1/webhooks",
+                    "/api/v1/pipeline",
+                    "/api/v1/admin/settings/policies",
+                    // Only these two sub-trees of /api/v1/proprietary/ui-data belong to the
+                    // portal; its siblings (audit, teams, account, database) serve the editor.
+                    "/api/v1/proprietary/ui-data/documents",
+                    "/api/v1/proprietary/ui-data/infrastructure");
+
+    /**
+     * Processor endpoints sharing a namespace with non-Processor ones, so they can only be matched
+     * exactly. {@code /api/v1/ai/tools} also holds the create-pdf, math-auditor and pdf-comment
+     * agents, which are editor features and must survive the flag.
+     */
+    private static final List<String> PROCESSOR_EXACT_PATHS =
+            List.of("/api/v1/ai/tools/classify-and-label");
+
+    @Test
+    void everyProcessorEndpointSitsOnAGatedController() throws Exception {
+        Set<String> offenders = new TreeSet<>();
+        for (Class<?> controller : scanForControllers()) {
+            if (AnnotatedElementUtils.hasAnnotation(controller, ConditionalOnProcessor.class)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            for (String path : mappedPaths(controller)) {
+                if (isProcessorPath(path)) {
+                    offenders.add(path + "  (" + controller.getName() + ")");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        assertTrue(
+                offenders.isEmpty(),
+                () ->
+                        "These endpoints stay mapped on an editor-only build. Add"
+                                + " @ConditionalOnProcessor to the controller, or - if the endpoint"
+                                + " is genuinely not part of the Processor - narrow the path lists"
+                                + " in this test:\n  - "
+                                + String.join("\n  - ", offenders));
+    }
+
+    /** Namespaces the Processor shares with the editor, and what must survive in each. */
+    private static final Map<String, List<String>> SHARED_NAMESPACES =
+            Map.of(
+                    "/api/v1/ai/tools/",
+                            List.of(
+                                    "/api/v1/ai/tools/create-pdf-from-html-agent",
+                                    "/api/v1/ai/tools/math-auditor-agent",
+                                    "/api/v1/ai/tools/pdf-comment-agent"),
+                    "/api/v1/proprietary/ui-data/",
+                            List.of(
+                                    "/api/v1/proprietary/ui-data/account",
+                                    "/api/v1/proprietary/ui-data/teams",
+                                    "/api/v1/proprietary/ui-data/audit-events"));
+
+    @Test
+    void nonProcessorEndpointsInSharedNamespacesStayMapped() throws Exception {
+        assumeTrue(proprietaryOnClasspath(), SKIP_REASON);
+        // If a prefix ever swallowed one of these namespaces, editor features would vanish from an
+        // editor-only server - the exact opposite of what the flag promises.
+        Set<String> ungated = new TreeSet<>();
+        for (Class<?> controller : scanForControllers()) {
+            if (AnnotatedElementUtils.hasAnnotation(controller, ConditionalOnProcessor.class)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            ungated.addAll(mappedPaths(controller));
+        }
+        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> namespace : SHARED_NAMESPACES.entrySet()) {
+            for (String mustSurvive : namespace.getValue()) {
+                assertTrue(
+                        ungated.contains(mustSurvive),
+                        () ->
+                                mustSurvive
+                                        + " is an editor endpoint but is gated or gone; the"
+                                        + " Processor shares "
+                                        + namespace.getKey()
+                                        + " with it");
+                assertFalse(
+                        isProcessorPath(mustSurvive),
+                        () -> mustSurvive + " is claimed as a Processor path but is an editor one");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void everyDeclaredProcessorPathIsActuallyClaimedBySomeController() throws Exception {
+        assumeTrue(proprietaryOnClasspath(), SKIP_REASON);
+        // A prefix nobody serves means the list has drifted from the code, and the guard above
+        // would pass vacuously for that entry.
+        Set<String> allPaths = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        for (Class<?> controller : scanForControllers()) {
+            allPaths.addAll(mappedPaths(controller));
+        }
+        assertTrue(allPaths.size() > 100, "scan found only " + allPaths.size() + " endpoints");
+
+        Set<String> unclaimed = new TreeSet<>();
+        for (String prefix : PROCESSOR_PATH_PREFIXES) {
+            if (allPaths.stream().noneMatch(p -> p.startsWith(prefix))) {
+                unclaimed.add(prefix);
+            }
+        }
+        for (String exact : PROCESSOR_EXACT_PATHS) {
+            if (!allPaths.contains(exact)) {
+                unclaimed.add(exact);
+            }
+        }
+        assertTrue(
+                unclaimed.isEmpty(),
+                () -> "declared Processor paths that no controller maps any more: " + unclaimed);
+    }
+
+    private static final String SKIP_REASON =
+            "core flavour builds without :proprietary, so it maps none of these paths";
+
+    /** app/core/build.gradle only puts :proprietary on the classpath outside the core flavour. */
+    private static boolean proprietaryOnClasspath() {
+        try {
+            Class.forName("stirling.software.proprietary.policy.controller.PolicyController");
+            return true;
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isProcessorPath(String path) {
+        return PROCESSOR_EXACT_PATHS.contains(path)
+                || PROCESSOR_PATH_PREFIXES.stream().anyMatch(path::startsWith);
+    }
+
+    /** Class-level base joined with each handler method's own path. */
+    private static Set<String> mappedPaths(Class<?> controller) {
+        Set<String> paths = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        RequestMapping base =
+                AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotation(controller, RequestMapping.class);
+        List<String> bases = base == null ? List.of("") : pathsOf(base);
+        for (Method method : controller.getDeclaredMethods()) {
+            RequestMapping mapping =
+                    AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotation(method, RequestMapping.class);
+            if (mapping == null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            List<String> suffixes = pathsOf(mapping);
+            for (String prefix : bases) {
+                for (String suffix : suffixes) {
+                    paths.add(join(prefix, suffix));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return paths;
+    }
+
+    private static List<String> pathsOf(RequestMapping mapping) {
+        String[] declared = mapping.path().length > 0 ? mapping.path() : mapping.value();
+        return declared.length > 0 ? List.of(declared) : List.of("");
+    }
+
+    private static String join(String prefix, String suffix) {
+        if (suffix.isEmpty()) {
+            return prefix;
+        }
+        String left = prefix.endsWith("/") ? prefix.substring(0, prefix.length() - 1) : prefix;
+        String right = suffix.startsWith("/") ? suffix : "/" + suffix;
+        return left + right;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Every main-source class under {@link #SCAN_BASE_PACKAGE} that Spring would treat as a
+     * controller. Reads class-file metadata first so only the handful of matches get loaded.
+     */
+    private static List<Class<?>> scanForControllers() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        ResourcePatternResolver resolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
+        MetadataReaderFactory metadataReaderFactory = new CachingMetadataReaderFactory(resolver);
+        Resource[] resources =
+                resolver.getResources(
+                        "classpath*:" + SCAN_BASE_PACKAGE.replace('.', '/') + "/**/*.class");
+
+        List<Class<?>> controllers = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Resource resource : resources) {
+            if (!resource.isReadable()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            MetadataReader reader = metadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(resource);
+            // Meta-annotations included: @RestController and the composed @...Api annotations
+            // (@PipelineApi, @AdminApi) all resolve back to @Controller.
+            if (!reader.getAnnotationMetadata().hasMetaAnnotation(Controller.class.getName())
+                    && !reader.getAnnotationMetadata().hasAnnotation(Controller.class.getName())) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            Class<?> type = Class.forName(reader.getClassMetadata().getClassName());
+            if (!isTestClass(type)) {
+                controllers.add(type);
+            }
+        }
+        int floor = proprietaryOnClasspath() ? 40 : 20;
+        assertTrue(
+                controllers.size() > floor,
+                "scan found only " + controllers.size() + " controllers - is it wired?");
+        return controllers;
+    }
+
+    /** Test fixtures live under build/classes/java/test; main code does not. */
+    private static boolean isTestClass(Class<?> type) {
+        CodeSource source = type.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource();
+        if (source == null || source.getLocation() == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return source.getLocation().getPath().replace('\\', '/').contains("/classes/java/test");
+    }
+}
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.configuration.ProcessorFeature;
 import stirling.software.common.model.enumeration.Role;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.AccessPermission;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.DefaultAccessPolicy;
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ public class ResourceAccessService {

    /** Whether the user may use the portal / processor. */
    public boolean canAccessPortal(User user) {
+        // Editor-only deployment: nobody reaches the portal, not even an admin.
+        if (!ProcessorFeature.ENABLED) {
+            return false;
+        }
        return canUseResource(ResourceType.PORTAL, "", null, portalDefaultPolicy, user);
    }

@@ -50,6 +55,9 @@ public class ResourceAccessService {
     */
    public Set<Long> usersWithPortalAccess(
            Collection<User> users, Set<Long> activeTeamLeaderUserIds) {
+        if (!ProcessorFeature.ENABLED) {
+            return Set.of();
+        }
        Set<PrincipalRef> grantedPrincipals = new HashSet<>();
        for (ResourceGrant g :
                grantRepository.findByResourceTypeAndResourceId(ResourceType.PORTAL, "")) {
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.tool.ToolFormat;
 import stirling.software.common.model.tool.ToolIO;
 import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
@@ -56,8 +57,11 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 * pipeline can name it as a step like any other tool. Classification is a thing a pipeline does,
 * not a thing only the Classification policy may do.
 */
+// Classification is a Processor feature: this is the classify step's only endpoint, and the
+// editor never opens it interactively (registry marks classify hiddenFromToolList).
@Slf4j
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/ai/tools")
@Tag(name = "AI Tools", description = "Dispatchable AI-backed tools.")
 public class ClassifyLabelController {
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.ProprietaryUiDataApi;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.apikey.CreateApiKeyRequest;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.model.api.apikey.CreatedApiKeyDto;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.security.service.ApiKeyManagementService;
 * keys are a core auth feature available on every self-hosted instance.
 */
@ProprietaryUiDataApi
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PortalApiKeysController {

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.ProprietaryUiDataApi;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.audit.PortalAuditScope;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.audit.PortalDocumentsScopeResolver;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.service.PortalDocumentsService;
 * team (see {@link PortalDocumentsScopeResolver}).
 */
@ProprietaryUiDataApi
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@PreAuthorize("@resourceAccess.canUsePortal()")
 public class PortalDocumentsController {
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.ProprietaryUiDataApi;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.audit.PortalAuditScope;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.audit.PortalAuditScopeResolver;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.service.PortalInfraAuditService;

 /** Serves the Infrastructure → Audit tab from real audit data, scoped and cached per caller. */
@ProprietaryUiDataApi
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@EnterpriseEndpoint
 public class PortalInfraAuditController {
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;

 /**
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyFailureRecorder {

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.ResourceType;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.service.OwnershipService;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationConfig;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 * assumption true rather than merely hoped for.
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Transactional(readOnly = true)
 public class ApiConnectionResolver {
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.cluster.s3.S3Clients;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationType;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.service.IntegrationConfigValida
 * cannot close).
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class ApiIntegrationValidator implements IntegrationConfigValidator {

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.common.model.tool.ToolFormat;
 import stirling.software.common.model.tool.ToolIO;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 */
@Slf4j
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/integration")
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Tag(name = "Integrations", description = "Third-party integration steps.")
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;

 import tools.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class ExternalApiCaller {

    /**
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationType;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.engine.PipelineStepValidator;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PipelineStep;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PipelineStep;
 * validation of a stored policy, and {@code PolicyController}'s ad-hoc gate.
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class IntegrationStepValidator implements PipelineStepValidator {

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.dto.IntegrationConfigRequest;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.dto.IntegrationConfigResponse;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.service.IntegrationConfigService;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.security.model.User;

 /** CRUD for S3/MCP/API integration configs. Secrets are never returned. */
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/integrations")
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 // Portal-exclusive: server-side portal-access boundary, not just isAuthenticated. Per-config
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import java.util.Map;

 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationType;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.service.IntegrationConfigValidator;

 /** The Purview connection schema, enforced when the config is saved. */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class PurviewIntegrationValidator implements IntegrationConfigValidator {

    @Override
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.tool.ToolFormat;
 import stirling.software.common.model.tool.ToolIO;
 import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 */
@Slf4j
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/integration")
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Tag(name = "Integrations", description = "Third-party integration steps.")
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.DefaultAccessPolicy;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.OwnerScope;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

 /** CRUD for {@link IntegrationConfig}; delegates ownership and masking to shared services. */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Slf4j
@Transactional(readOnly = true)
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.crypto.CredentialEncryption;

 /**
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.crypto.CredentialEncryption;
 * never decrypt - only {@link #content} does.
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class JpaPolicyAssetStore implements PolicyAssetStore {

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.Policy;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;

@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class PolicyAssetCleaner {

    // An upload sits unreferenced until the save that binds it, so the window has to outlast a
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.PolicyAccessGuard;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.PolicyManagementAuthority;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
 * file without anyone re-supplying it. Team-scoped exactly like the policies that reference them.
 */
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/policies/assets")
@Hidden
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PipelineStep;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.Policy;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PolicyInputs;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PolicyInputs;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyAssetResolver {

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.InstallationPathConfig;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.RuntimePathConfig;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.source.SourceStore;
 * defended: an operator who roots an allowlist on a symlink to a sensitive location is trusted.
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class FolderAccessGuard {

    public static final String FOLDER_TYPE = "folder";
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.common.service.UserServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.asset.PolicyAsset;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
 * enabled; single-user deployments (login disabled) pass every check.
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyAccessGuard {

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.audit.AuditContext;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.classification.ClassificationRunBiller;

@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.classification.ClassificationRunBiller;
@Slf4j
@Hidden
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/policies")
 public class ClassificationMeterController {

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.AdminApi;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.FolderAccessGuard;

@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.FolderAccessGuard;
 * settings section.
 */
@AdminApi
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@PreAuthorize("hasRole('ADMIN')")
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class FolderAccessSettingsController {
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import jakarta.validation.Valid;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStore;
 import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.util.SecretMasker;
 */
@Slf4j
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/policies")
@Hidden
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.ResultFile;
 import stirling.software.common.service.AutomationRunContext;
 import stirling.software.common.service.FileStorage;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.service.DownstreamEntitlementError;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyEngine {

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PolicyRun;

@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PolicyRun;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class PolicyRunRegistry {

    private final Map<String, PolicyRun> runs = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.input.InputSource;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.input.ResolvedInput;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.ledger.ProcessedLedger;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.source.SourceStore;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyRunner {

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.tool.ToolDiagnostic;
 import stirling.software.common.model.tool.ToolFormat;
 import stirling.software.common.service.ToolChainValidator;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.trigger.PolicyTrigger;
 * A null trigger is a manual-only input and skips trigger validation.
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyValidator {

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.util.FileReadinessChecker;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.FolderAccessGuard;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.ledger.FolderIdentities;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PolicyInputs;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class FolderInputSource implements InputSource {

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.InputSpec;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PolicyInputs;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.s3.S3Config;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.S3Object;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class S3InputSource implements InputSource {

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.util.FileReadinessChecker;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.ledger.FolderIdentities;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.InputSpec;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.webhook.WebhookSpool;

@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class WebhookInputSource implements InputSource {

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
+
 /**
 * Durable {@link ProcessedLedger}; the runtime bean. A fresh claim is a flushed insert so a
 * concurrent winner surfaces as a constraint violation; every other transition is a conditional
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class JpaProcessedLedger implements ProcessedLedger {

    private static final int STAMP_CHUNK = 500;
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
+
 /**
 * Durable {@link CompletedMigrations} backed by JPA; the runtime bean. {@code markDone} relies on
 * the primary-key uniqueness of {@link CompletedMigration#getId()} to stay safe under a concurrent
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class JpaCompletedMigrations implements CompletedMigrations {

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.ResourceType;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.service.OwnershipService;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationConfig;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 * referencing source was access-checked when it was saved.
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Transactional(readOnly = true)
 public class NetworkConnectionResolver {
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;

 /**
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 * save time and before every connect.
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class NetworkHostGuard {

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.input.InputSource;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.input.ResolveContext;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.input.ResolvedInput;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PolicyInputs;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class NetworkInputSource implements InputSource {

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationType;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.service.IntegrationConfigValidator;

@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.service.IntegrationConfigValida
 * that uses the connection is saved ({@link NetworkInputSource#validate}).
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class NetworkIntegrationValidator implements IntegrationConfigValidator {

@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
+
 /**
 * Opens a fresh {@link RemoteFileClient} for one {@link NetworkConfig}, dispatched by protocol. The
 * host is guarded against private addresses before every connect, since it comes from a portal user
 * and each operation opens its own short-lived session (there is no long-lived pool to guard once).
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class RemoteFileClientFactory {

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.ResultFile;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.billing.ContentHasher;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.FolderAccessGuard;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.OutputSpec;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class FolderOutputSink implements PolicyOutputSink {

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.ResultFile;
 import stirling.software.common.service.FileStorage;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.OutputSpec;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.OutputSpec;
 * /api/v1/general/files/{fileId}}. Used for manual runs whose results return to the caller.
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class InlineOutputSink implements PolicyOutputSink {

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.migration.CompletedMigrations;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.OutputSpec;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.Policy;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
 */
@Slf4j
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyInlineOutputMigration {

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.OutputSpec;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.Policy;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.source.Source;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.source.SourceStore;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyOutputResolver {

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.ResultFile;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.ledger.ProcessedLedger;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.OutputSpec;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.S3Exception;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class S3OutputSink implements PolicyOutputSink {

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.PolicyAccessGuard;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.OutputSpec;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PipelineStep;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
 * the user-facing Policies page and are excluded; a folder-watch trigger is not a signal.
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyOverviewService {

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.DefaultAccessPolicy;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.OwnerScope;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationConfig;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 */
@Slf4j
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class EmbeddedS3CredentialMigration {

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.service.IntegrationConfigUsageCheck;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.Policy;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.source.Source;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
 * stores.
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyS3ConnectionUsageCheck implements IntegrationConfigUsageCheck {

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

 import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.cluster.s3.S3Clients;

@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Configuration;
 * users rather than the operator.
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class S3ConnectionPool {

    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.model.ResourceType;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.access.service.OwnershipService;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationConfig;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Transactional(readOnly = true)
 public class S3ConnectionResolver {
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.cluster.s3.S3Clients;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.model.IntegrationType;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.integration.service.IntegrationConfigValida
 * time so a bad connection fails in the form rather than in a sweep.
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class S3IntegrationValidator implements IntegrationConfigValidator {

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.event.TransactionalEventListener;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.model.TeamCreatedEvent;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.OutputSpec;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.PipelineStep;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.security.service.TeamService;
 */
@Slf4j
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class DefaultClassificationPolicySeeder {

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
+
 /**
 * Durable {@link SourceDocCounter}; the runtime bean. {@code record} keeps two things in step: an
 * hourly bucket ({@link SourceDocCountEntity}) that feeds the rolling 24h / 30d / daily-series
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 * table stays bounded (~one row per source per active hour, for at most 30 days).
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class JpaSourceDocCounter implements SourceDocCounter {

    private final SourceDocCountRepository countRepository;
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.common.service.UserServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.PolicyManagementAuthority;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.PolicyManagementAuthority;
 * {@link stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.PolicyAccessGuard}.
 */
@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class SourceAccessGuard {

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.FolderAccessDeniedException;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.PolicyAccessGuard;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.util.SecretMasker;
 * everything is scoped to the caller's team.
 */
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/sources")
@Hidden
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.PolicyAccessGuard;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.model.Policy;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.util.SecretMasker;
 * always consistent with the live policy set.
 */
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class SourceOverviewService {

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.config.FolderAccessGuard;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.engine.PolicyRunner;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.store.PolicyStore;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class FolderWatchTrigger implements PolicyTrigger {

@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
+
 /** Starts and stops every {@link PolicyTrigger} with the application lifecycle. */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PolicyTriggerManager implements SmartLifecycle {

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.engine.PolicyRunner;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.engine.SweepKind;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 */
@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class ScheduleTrigger implements PolicyTrigger {

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.engine.PolicyRunner;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.engine.SweepKind;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.webhook.WebhookConfig;

@Slf4j
@Service
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class WebhookTrigger implements PolicyTrigger {

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.source.Source;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.source.SourceStore;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import stirling.software.proprietary.policy.trigger.WebhookTrigger;

@Slf4j
@RestController
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/webhooks")
@Hidden
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import java.util.UUID;

 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.InstallationPathConfig;

@Component
+@ConditionalOnProcessor
 public class WebhookSpool {

    private static final String SPOOL_DIR = "policy-webhook-spool";
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.policy;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.security.CodeSource;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AnnotatedBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.core.type.filter.AssignableTypeFilter;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
+
+import stirling.software.common.annotations.ConditionalOnProcessor;
+import stirling.software.common.configuration.ProcessorFeature;
+
+/**
+ * Guards {@link ProcessorFeature#ENABLED}: every component under the Processor's two packages must
+ * carry {@link ConditionalOnProcessor}, so an editor-only server starts none of them.
+ *
+ * <p>This scans rather than hardcoding a list, so a component added later fails here instead of
+ * silently shipping on a server that asked for no Processor. Anything that genuinely must survive
+ * the flag goes in {@link #DELIBERATELY_UNGATED} with the reason it is there.
+ */
+class ProcessorConditionalTest {
+
+    private static final List<String> PROCESSOR_PACKAGES =
+            List.of(
+                    "stirling.software.proprietary.policy",
+                    "stirling.software.proprietary.integration");
+
+    /**
+     * Components that stay on with the Processor off, and why. Gating any of these breaks a
+     * non-Processor feature.
+     */
+    private static final Map<String, String> DELIBERATELY_UNGATED =
+            Map.of(
+                    "CredentialEncryption",
+                            "KeyPersistenceService carries @DependsOn(\"credentialEncryption\");"
+                                    + " gating it kills JWT auth",
+                    "AdminPolicyManagementAuthority",
+                            "PolicyManagementAuthority backs the notification bell, which is not"
+                                    + " Processor-only",
+                    "PolicyExecutor", "AiWorkflowService runs tool chains through it",
+                    "JpaPolicyStore",
+                            "JPA-backed store; gating buys nothing and can orphan readers",
+                    "JpaSourceStore",
+                            "JPA-backed store; gating buys nothing and can orphan readers");
+
+    @Test
+    void everyProcessorComponentIsGated() {
+        Set<String> ungated = new TreeSet<>();
+        for (Class<?> type : mainProcessorComponents()) {
+            if (DELIBERATELY_UNGATED.containsKey(type.getSimpleName())) continue;
+            if (type.getAnnotation(ConditionalOnProcessor.class) == null) {
+                ungated.add(type.getName());
+            }
+        }
+        assertTrue(
+                ungated.isEmpty(),
+                "Processor components missing @ConditionalOnProcessor (add the annotation, or"
+                        + " list it in DELIBERATELY_UNGATED with a reason): "
+                        + ungated);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void theGateReadsTheCompileTimeConstant() {
+        // The annotation is the single definition of the flag - assert its wiring directly,
+        // since every other test here only asserts the annotation is present.
+        Conditional conditional = ConditionalOnProcessor.class.getAnnotation(Conditional.class);
+        assertNotNull(conditional, "@ConditionalOnProcessor must be a @Conditional");
+        assertEquals(
+                List.of(ProcessorFeature.class),
+                Arrays.asList(conditional.value()),
+                "@ConditionalOnProcessor must be driven by ProcessorFeature");
+        assertEquals(
+                ProcessorFeature.ENABLED,
+                new ProcessorFeature().matches(null, null),
+                "the condition must report exactly what the constant says");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void stacksWithAnotherCondition() {
+        // TelegramPipelineBot carries both this gate and its own @ConditionalOnProperty. Two
+        // conditions on one class is subtle enough to prove rather than assume: both must pass.
+        assertEquals(
+                ProcessorFeature.ENABLED,
+                hasBean("feature.enabled=true"),
+                "with the feature on, presence must track the constant");
+        assertTrue(!hasBean("feature.enabled=false"), "the other condition must still apply");
+        assertTrue(!hasBean(), "an absent property must still veto");
+    }
+
+    /** By type, not name: a nested @Configuration gets an outer-class-qualified bean name. */
+    private static boolean hasBean(String... properties) {
+        boolean[] present = {false};
+        new ApplicationContextRunner()
+                .withUserConfiguration(DoublyGated.class)
+                .withPropertyValues(properties)
+                .run(ctx -> present[0] = !ctx.getBeansOfType(DoublyGated.class).isEmpty());
+        return present[0];
+    }
+
+    @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+    @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "feature.enabled", havingValue = "true")
+    @ConditionalOnProcessor
+    static class DoublyGated {}
+
+    @Test
+    void ungatedAllowanceStaysHonest() {
+        // A stale allow-list would silently excuse a class that no longer exists, so every
+        // entry must still be a real, still-ungated Processor component.
+        Set<String> scanned = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        for (Class<?> type : mainProcessorComponents()) {
+            scanned.add(type.getSimpleName());
+        }
+        for (String name : DELIBERATELY_UNGATED.keySet()) {
+            assertTrue(
+                    scanned.contains(name),
+                    name + " is allow-listed as ungated but is no longer a scanned component");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void repositoriesAreNotGated() {
+        // Gating a repository can leave a non-Processor consumer without a required bean
+        // (UserService and TeamController both inject IntegrationConfigRepository).
+        // Repositories are interfaces, which the stock scanner drops as non-instantiable.
+        ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider scanner =
+                new ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider(
+                        false, environmentWithProcessorOn()) {
+                    @Override
+                    protected boolean isCandidateComponent(AnnotatedBeanDefinition definition) {
+                        return definition.getMetadata().isIndependent();
+                    }
+                };
+        scanner.addIncludeFilter(new AssignableTypeFilter(Repository.class));
+        int found = 0;
+        for (String pkg : PROCESSOR_PACKAGES) {
+            for (BeanDefinition bean : scanner.findCandidateComponents(pkg)) {
+                Class<?> type = loadClass(bean.getBeanClassName());
+                if (isTestClass(type)) continue;
+                found++;
+                assertTrue(
+                        type.getAnnotation(ConditionalOnProcessor.class) == null,
+                        type.getName() + " is a repository and must not be gated");
+            }
+        }
+        assertTrue(found >= 8, "scan found only " + found + " repositories - is it wired?");
+    }
+
+    /** Main-source components only - the test classpath also holds @SpringBootApplication stubs. */
+    private static Set<Class<?>> mainProcessorComponents() {
+        ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider scanner =
+                new ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider(true, environmentWithProcessorOn());
+        Set<Class<?>> all = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        for (String pkg : PROCESSOR_PACKAGES) {
+            for (BeanDefinition bean : scanner.findCandidateComponents(pkg)) {
+                Class<?> type = loadClass(bean.getBeanClassName());
+                if (!isTestClass(type)) all.add(type);
+            }
+        }
+        assertTrue(all.size() > 40, "scan found only " + all.size() + " components - is it wired?");
+        return all;
+    }
+
+    /** Test fixtures live under build/classes/java/test; main code does not. */
+    private static boolean isTestClass(Class<?> type) {
+        CodeSource source = type.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource();
+        if (source == null || source.getLocation() == null) return false;
+        return source.getLocation().getPath().replace('\\', '/').contains("/classes/java/test");
+    }
+
+    /** The scanner evaluates conditions; ProcessorFeature answers from the constant. */
+    private static StandardEnvironment environmentWithProcessorOn() {
+        return new StandardEnvironment();
+    }
+
+    private static Class<?> loadClass(String name) {
+        try {
+            return Class.forName(name);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError("scanned class is not loadable: " + name, e);
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ ENV STIRLING_FLAVOR=${STIRLING_FLAVOR}
 # Embed the admin portal app at /portal. Set true by the deploy workflow when the
 # portal or AI layers change; defaults false so normal builds skip the extra app.
 ARG BUILD_PORTAL=false
+# Vite build mode. Empty keeps the flavour-derived default; "editoronly" drops the
+# Processor from the bundle and pairs with ProcessorFeature.ENABLED=false.
+ARG FRONTEND_MODE=

 # Bundle only the JPDFium native for this image's target arch.
 ARG TARGETARCH
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ RUN JPDFIUM_PLATFORM="$([ "$TARGETARCH" = arm64 ] && echo linux-arm64 || echo li
    gradle clean build \
      -PbuildWithFrontend=true \
      -PbuildWithPortal=${BUILD_PORTAL} \
+      ${FRONTEND_MODE:+-PfrontendMode=${FRONTEND_MODE}} \
      -PjpdfiumPlatforms="$JPDFIUM_PLATFORM" \
      -PprototypesMode=${PROTOTYPES_BUILD} \
      -x spotlessApply -x spotlessCheck -x test -x sonarqube \
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import apiClient from "@app/services/apiClient";
+import { setProcessorEnabled } from "@app/services/processorEnabled";
 import { getSimulatedAppConfig } from "@app/testing/serverExperienceSimulations";
 import type { AppConfig } from "@app/types/appConfig";
 import type { EndpointAvailabilityDetails } from "@app/types/endpointAvailability";
@@ -6,20 +7,28 @@ import type { EndpointAvailabilityDetails } from "@app/types/endpointAvailabilit
 /** Unauthenticated and unreachable both mean "assume login is on". */
 export const DEFAULT_APP_CONFIG: AppConfig = { enableLogin: true };

+/** Earliest point the Processor flag is known — feed the non-hook snapshot. */
+function publishConfig(config: AppConfig): AppConfig {
+  // Only an explicit false turns it off: the 401 fallback carries no flag, and
+  // reading that as "off" would silently stop policy export enforcement.
+  setProcessorEnabled(config.processorEnabled !== false);
+  return config;
+}
+
 export async function fetchAppConfig(): Promise<AppConfig> {
  const simulated = getSimulatedAppConfig();
-  if (simulated) return simulated;
+  if (simulated) return publishConfig(simulated);

  try {
    const response = await apiClient.get<AppConfig>(
      "/api/v1/config/app-config",
      { suppressErrorToast: true, skipAuthRedirect: true },
    );
-    return response.data;
+    return publishConfig(response.data);
  } catch (error) {
    // 401 is an answer, not a failure: the app runs unauthenticated.
    if ((error as { response?: { status?: number } })?.response?.status === 401)
-      return DEFAULT_APP_CONFIG;
+      return publishConfig(DEFAULT_APP_CONFIG);
    throw error;
  }
 }
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export interface OnboardingRuntimeState {
 export interface OnboardingConditionContext extends OnboardingRuntimeState {
  loginEnabled: boolean;
  effectiveIsAdmin: boolean;
+  /** Server runs the Processor. False = editor-only deployment. */
+  processorEnabled: boolean;
 }

 export interface OnboardingStep {
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ export const ONBOARDING_STEPS: OnboardingStep[] = [
    type: "modal-slide",
    slideId: "processor-intro",
    // Admins can manage policies in the portal/processor; regular users can't.
-    condition: (ctx) => ctx.effectiveIsAdmin,
+    condition: (ctx) => ctx.effectiveIsAdmin && ctx.processorEnabled,
  },
  {
    id: "admin-overview",
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useState, useCallback, useMemo, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useServerExperience } from "@app/hooks/useServerExperience";
 import { useAppConfig } from "@app/contexts/AppConfigContext";
+import { useProcessorEnabled } from "@app/hooks/useProcessorEnabled";

 import {
  ONBOARDING_STEPS,
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ export function useOnboardingOrchestrator(
  const defaultState = options?.defaultRuntimeState ?? DEFAULT_RUNTIME_STATE;
  const serverExperience = useServerExperience();
  const { config, loading: configLoading } = useAppConfig();
+  const processorEnabled = useProcessorEnabled();
  const location = useLocation();
  const bypassOnboarding = useBypassOnboarding();

@@ -265,12 +267,13 @@ export function useOnboardingOrchestrator(
    () => ({
      ...serverExperience,
      ...runtimeState,
+      processorEnabled,
      effectiveIsAdmin:
        serverExperience.effectiveIsAdmin ||
        (!serverExperience.loginEnabled &&
          runtimeState.selectedRole === "admin"),
    }),
-    [serverExperience, runtimeState],
+    [serverExperience, runtimeState, processorEnabled],
  );

  const activeFlow = useMemo(() => {
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { oauthIconUrl } from "@app/auth/ui/oauthIcons";
+import { useProcessorEnabled } from "@app/hooks/useProcessorEnabled";

 export type ProviderType = "oauth2" | "saml2" | "telegram" | "googledrive";

@@ -868,7 +869,10 @@ export const useAllProviders = (): Provider[] => {
  const telegramProvider = useTelegramProvider();
  const saml2Provider = useSAML2Provider();
  const googleDriveProvider = useGoogleDriveProvider();
+  const processorEnabled = useProcessorEnabled();

+  // The bot drops files in the watched folder and polls the finished one, so
+  // without the Processor every upload just times out - don't offer to set it up.
  return [
    googleProvider,
    gitHubProvider,
@@ -876,7 +880,7 @@ export const useAllProviders = (): Provider[] => {
    genericOAuth2Provider,
    saml2Provider,
    smtpProvider,
-    telegramProvider,
+    ...(processorEnabled ? [telegramProvider] : []),
    googleDriveProvider,
  ];
 };
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type { ToolId } from "@app/types/toolId";

 export interface QuickNavHostBridgeProps {
  portalAccess?: boolean;
+  processorEnabled?: boolean;
  readerMode?: boolean;
  onSetReaderMode?: (on: boolean) => void;
  onOpenSettings: () => void;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export interface QuickNavHostBridgeProps {
 /** Registers with the rail what only the app can see, and owns the notifications panel. */
 export function QuickNavHostBridge({
  portalAccess = false,
+  processorEnabled = true,
  readerMode = false,
  onSetReaderMode,
  onOpenSettings,
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ export function QuickNavHostBridge({
      identity: { displayName, profilePictureUrl },
      signingBadge,
      portalAccess,
+      processorEnabled,
      readerMode,
      notificationsOpen,
      toolReasons: mergedToolReasons,
@@ -159,7 +159,13 @@ export function QuickNavRailHost() {

  return (
    <QuickNavRailContainer
-      groups={HAS_PORTAL ? [apps, within] : [within]}
+      // Bundling the portal says nothing about the server: an editor-only one has
+      // no Processor to offer, so drop the group rather than show it disabled.
+      groups={
+        HAS_PORTAL && (inPortal || host?.processorEnabled !== false)
+          ? [apps, within]
+          : [within]
+      }
      onReturnHome={returnHome}
      identity={host?.identity ?? null}
      onOpenSettings={host?.hasSettings ? openSettings : undefined}
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import React, {
 } from "react";
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { DEFAULT_APP_CONFIG, fetchAppConfig } from "@app/api/config";
+import { setProcessorEnabled } from "@app/services/processorEnabled";
 import { qk } from "@app/query/keys";
 import { CONFIG_STALE_TIME } from "@app/query/staleTime";
 import type { AppConfig, AppConfigBootstrapMode } from "@app/types/appConfig";
@@ -115,6 +116,13 @@ export const AppConfigProvider: React.FC<AppConfigProviderProps> = ({
    if (data) onConfigLoadedRef.current?.(data);
  }, [data]);

+  // fetchAppConfig publishes this too; repeat it for the seeded path, which
+  // never fetches.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!data && initialConfig)
+      setProcessorEnabled(initialConfig.processorEnabled === true);
+  }, [data, initialConfig]);
+
  const value = useMemo<AppConfigContextValue>(
    () => ({
      config:
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export interface QuickNavHostData {
  identity: QuickNavIdentity | null;
  signingBadge: number;
  portalAccess: boolean;
+  /** False only on an editor-only server, where there is no Processor to offer. */
+  processorEnabled: boolean;
  readerMode: boolean;
  /** The app owns the panel; the rail's bell only reports its state. */
  notificationsOpen: boolean;
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ const EMPTY_DATA: QuickNavHostData = {
  identity: null,
  signingBadge: 0,
  portalAccess: false,
+  processorEnabled: true,
  readerMode: false,
  notificationsOpen: false,
  hasSettings: false,
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ export function QuickNavHostProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
        merged.appMounted === prev.appMounted &&
        merged.signingBadge === prev.signingBadge &&
        merged.portalAccess === prev.portalAccess &&
+        merged.processorEnabled === prev.processorEnabled &&
        merged.readerMode === prev.readerMode &&
        merged.notificationsOpen === prev.notificationsOpen &&
        merged.hasSettings === prev.hasSettings &&
@@ -142,6 +146,7 @@ export function useRegisterQuickNavHost(
    identity,
    signingBadge,
    portalAccess,
+    processorEnabled,
    readerMode,
    notificationsOpen,
    toolReasons,
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ export function useRegisterQuickNavHost(
      identity: identity ?? null,
      signingBadge: signingBadge ?? 0,
      portalAccess: portalAccess ?? false,
+      processorEnabled: processorEnabled ?? true,
      readerMode: readerMode ?? false,
      notificationsOpen: notificationsOpen ?? false,
      // Omitted when unknown, so the last answer survives a re-fetch.
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 * reached the spec at all. These tests pin each link, because any one of them silently removes the
 * step from the builder's picker rather than failing loudly.
 */
-import { describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { renderHook } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { useTranslatedToolCatalog } from "@app/data/useTranslatedToolRegistry";
 import { getExecutableTools } from "@app/hooks/tools/shared/toolAutomation";
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ import { isToolEndpoint } from "@app/hooks/tools/shared/toolApiMapping";
 import { TOOL_IO } from "@app/types/toolIO";
 import { filterToolRegistryByQuery } from "@app/utils/toolSearch";

+// The registry drops classify on an editor-only server, and the real hook reads app-config,
+// which this suite never provides - so state the flag rather than inheriting its default.
+const flags = vi.hoisted(() => ({ processorEnabled: true }));
+vi.mock("@app/hooks/useProcessorEnabled", () => ({
+  useProcessorEnabled: () => flags.processorEnabled,
+  isProcessorEnabled: () => flags.processorEnabled,
+}));
+
 vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
  useTranslation: () => ({
    t: (key: string, fallback?: string) => fallback ?? key,
@@ -26,6 +34,10 @@ vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
 const CLASSIFY_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/ai/tools/classify-and-label";

 describe("classify as a pipeline task", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    flags.processorEnabled = true;
+  });
+
  test("the classify endpoint is a generated ToolEndpoint", () => {
    // Fails if the controller goes back to @Hidden, or the generator's allowlist drops the
    // /api/v1/ai/tools/ namespace, or nobody regenerated after either.
@@ -73,4 +85,18 @@ describe("classify as a pipeline task", () => {
    // would be a second engine call, and a second charge, for the same answer.
    expect(config?.defaultParameters).toEqual({ reclassify: false });
  });
+
+  test("an editor-only server does not offer it at all", () => {
+    // processor.enabled=false gates ClassifyLabelController, so the one endpoint behind this
+    // step stops being mapped. Leaving the step listed would offer a pipeline it cannot run.
+    flags.processorEnabled = false;
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useTranslatedToolCatalog());
+
+    expect(result.current.allTools.classify).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(
+      getExecutableTools(result.current.regularTools).some(
+        (tool) => tool.toolId === "classify",
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import i18n from "i18next";
 import type { TFunction } from "i18next";
+import { isProcessorEnabled } from "@app/services/processorEnabled";

 /**
 * Content-level settings search: matches a query against every translation
@@ -78,6 +79,43 @@ export const getTranslationPrefixesForNavKey = (key: string): string[] => {
  return Array.from(new Set([...explicitPrefixes, ...inferredPrefixes]));
 };

+/**
+ * Sub-keys, relative to a section's translation prefix, whose controls only
+ * render when the server runs the Processor. Matching whole subtrees means a
+ * hidden control's copy is still searchable, so drop these when it is off.
+ */
+const PROCESSOR_ONLY_SUBTREES: Record<string, string[]> = {
+  "settings.general": ["loginLanding"],
+  // The group blurb names pipeline processing too; the External Tool Paths
+  // labels still make this section findable without it.
+  "admin.settings.general": ["customPaths.pipeline", "customPaths.description"],
+  // Sibling of the two nav labels the Connections section really uses.
+  "settings.securityAuth": ["telegram"],
+};
+
+/**
+ * Whole prefixes to skip with the Processor off. The Telegram bot round-trips
+ * through the pipeline folders, so its provider card is dropped from
+ * Connections entirely, not just trimmed.
+ */
+const PROCESSOR_ONLY_PREFIXES = new Set(["admin.settings.telegram"]);
+
+/** Returns the subtree with the given dotted paths removed (non-mutating). */
+const omitPaths = (value: unknown, paths: string[]): unknown => {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") return value;
+  const copy: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    ...(value as Record<string, unknown>),
+  };
+  for (const path of paths) {
+    const [head, ...rest] = path.split(".");
+    if (!(head in copy)) continue;
+    copy[head] = rest.length
+      ? omitPaths(copy[head], [rest.join(".")])
+      : undefined;
+  }
+  return copy;
+};
+
 export const flattenTranslationStrings = (value: unknown): string[] => {
  if (typeof value === "string") {
    const trimmed = value.trim();
@@ -143,15 +181,22 @@ export function getSettingsSectionContent(key: string, t: TFunction): string[] {
    contentCache.clear();
    contentCacheLanguage = i18n.language;
  }
-  const cached = contentCache.get(key);
+  // Part of the cache key: app-config can land after a first query cached the
+  // Processor-on content, and that entry must not outlive the answer.
+  const processorOn = isProcessorEnabled();
+  const cacheKey = `${key}:${processorOn}`;
+  const cached = contentCache.get(cacheKey);
  if (cached) return cached;

-  const content = getTranslationPrefixesForNavKey(key).flatMap((prefix) =>
-    flattenTranslationStrings(
-      t(prefix, { returnObjects: true, defaultValue: {} }),
-    ),
-  );
-  contentCache.set(key, content);
+  const content = getTranslationPrefixesForNavKey(key).flatMap((prefix) => {
+    if (!processorOn && PROCESSOR_ONLY_PREFIXES.has(prefix)) return [];
+    const subtree = t(prefix, { returnObjects: true, defaultValue: {} });
+    const omitted = PROCESSOR_ONLY_SUBTREES[prefix];
+    return flattenTranslationStrings(
+      !processorOn && omitted ? omitPaths(subtree, omitted) : subtree,
+    );
+  });
+  contentCache.set(cacheKey, content);
  return content;
 }

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ export interface SettingsSectionEntry {
   * which keys off the local backend's login mode rather than auth state.
   */
  requiresAccount?: boolean;
+  /** Section only exists when the server runs the Processor (processor.enabled). */
+  processorOnly?: boolean;
 }

 /** Core (OSS) sections — always present in every build. */
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import { extractPagesOperationConfig } from "@app/hooks/tools/extractPages/useEx
 import { ENDPOINTS as SPLIT_ENDPOINT_NAMES } from "@app/constants/splitConstants";
 import { ToolId } from "@app/types/toolId";
 import { CONVERT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS } from "@app/constants/convertSupportedFornats";
+import { useProcessorEnabled } from "@app/hooks/useProcessorEnabled";

 export interface TranslatedToolCatalog {
  allTools: ToolRegistry;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export function useTranslatedToolCatalog(): TranslatedToolCatalog {
  const { t } = useTranslation();
  const proprietaryTools = useProprietaryToolRegistry();
  const prototypeTools = usePrototypeToolRegistry();
+  const processorEnabled = useProcessorEnabled();

  return useMemo(() => {
    const allTools: ToolRegistry = {
@@ -1489,6 +1491,15 @@ export function useTranslatedToolCatalog(): TranslatedToolCatalog {
      },
    };

+    // Folder scanning is driven by PipelineDirectoryProcessor, and classify's only
+    // endpoint is gated with the Processor, so neither can work on an editor-only
+    // server. Reflect, not delete: ToolRegistry declares every id, and callers
+    // already optional-chain registry lookups.
+    if (!processorEnabled) {
+      Reflect.deleteProperty(allTools, "devFolderScanning");
+      Reflect.deleteProperty(allTools, "classify");
+    }
+
    const regularTools = {} as RegularToolRegistry;
    const superTools = {} as SuperToolRegistry;
    const linkTools = {} as LinkToolRegistry;
@@ -1510,5 +1521,5 @@ export function useTranslatedToolCatalog(): TranslatedToolCatalog {
      superTools,
      linkTools,
    };
-  }, [t, proprietaryTools, prototypeTools]); // Re-compute when translations, proprietary, or prototype tools change
+  }, [t, proprietaryTools, prototypeTools, processorEnabled]); // Re-compute when translations, proprietary, or prototype tools change
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { useAppConfig } from "@app/contexts/AppConfigContext";
+
+export { isProcessorEnabled } from "@app/services/processorEnabled";
+
+/**
+ * Whether this server runs the Processor (policies, sources, classification).
+ * Mirrors the backend's `processor.enabled`, which gates the same features there.
+ *
+ * Defaults to OFF until app-config resolves so an editor-only deployment never
+ * flashes Processor UI or fires a request at an endpoint that isn't mapped.
+ */
+export function useProcessorEnabled(): boolean {
+  const { config } = useAppConfig();
+  return config?.processorEnabled ?? false;
+}
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ describe("useSuperSearch helpers", () => {
      {
        isAdmin: false,
        loginEnabled: false,
+        processorEnabled: true,
      },
      selectEntry,
    );
@@ -277,10 +278,27 @@ describe("useSuperSearch helpers", () => {
        isAdmin: false,
        loginEnabled: true,
        portalAccessible: true,
+        processorEnabled: true,
      },
      vi.fn(),
    );

    expect(results.map((result) => result.key)).toEqual(["processor:users"]);
  });
+
+  it("closes the Processor group on an editor-only server", () => {
+    const results = rankProcessorResults(
+      "members",
+      t,
+      {
+        isAdmin: true,
+        loginEnabled: true,
+        portalAccessible: true,
+        processorEnabled: false,
+      },
+      vi.fn(),
+    );
+
+    expect(results).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });
@@ -82,13 +82,14 @@ const GROUP_ORDER: SuperSearchGroupId[] = [
 ];

 /**
- * Whether the current user can enter the Processor at all: explicit portal
- * access, admin, or single-user mode with login disabled. Null gates (config
- * still loading) stay closed.
+ * Whether the current user can enter the Processor at all: the server runs one,
+ * plus explicit portal access, admin, or single-user mode with login disabled.
+ * Null gates (config still loading) stay closed.
 */
 export function isProcessorGateOpen(gates: SuperSearchGates | null): boolean {
  return (
    !!gates &&
+    gates.processorEnabled === true &&
    (gates.portalAccessible === true || gates.isAdmin || !gates.loginEnabled)
  );
 }
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ export function useSuperSearchGates(): SuperSearchGates | null {
            isAdmin: authState.isAdmin ?? config.isAdmin ?? false,
            loginEnabled: config.enableLogin ?? false,
            portalAccessible: authState.portalAccess ?? false,
+            processorEnabled: config.processorEnabled ?? false,
            isAnonymous: authState.isAnonymous,
            showSettingsWhenNoLogin: config.showSettingsWhenNoLogin ?? true,
          }
@@ -327,6 +329,9 @@ export function rankSettingsResults(
    // Account-bound sections mirror the SaaS builder's `!isAnonymous` gate.
    if (s.requiresAccount && (gates ? (gates.isAnonymous ?? false) : true))
      return false;
+    // Editor-only server: the nav builder drops these, so offering them here
+    // would deep-link into a section the modal no longer renders.
+    if (s.processorOnly && gates?.processorEnabled !== true) return false;
    return true;
  });
  // Row context: the display label of the section the row lives in.
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
  getDisabledLabel,
 } from "@app/components/tools/fullscreen/shared";
 import { useOtherAppSwitch } from "@app/hooks/useOtherAppSwitch";
+import { useProcessorEnabled } from "@app/hooks/useProcessorEnabled";
 import { consumeReaderModeRequest } from "@app/utils/pendingReaderMode";
 import {
  FilesPageProvider,
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ export default function HomePage() {
  const isProgrammaticScroll = useRef(false);
  const [configModalOpen, setConfigModalOpen] = useState(false);
  const otherApp = useOtherAppSwitch();
+  const processorEnabled = useProcessorEnabled();
  const location = useLocation();
  // Persisted user preference for the FileSidebar collapsed state. Auto-
  // collapse on /files is layered on top in the transition effect below and
@@ -519,6 +521,7 @@ export default function HomePage() {
      <HomePageExtensions />
      <QuickNavHostBridge
        portalAccess={Boolean(otherApp)}
+        processorEnabled={processorEnabled}
        onOpenSettings={() => setConfigModalOpen(true)}
        requestNavigation={requestNavigation}
        readerMode={readerMode}
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Non-hook mirror of the server's `processor.enabled`, written when app-config
+ * resolves. For code that can't use `useProcessorEnabled`: plain services and
+ * anything mounted above the providers.
+ */
+
+let enabled: boolean | null = null;
+
+export function setProcessorEnabled(value: boolean): void {
+  enabled = value;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unknown counts as enabled: unlike the hook this never re-runs when config
+ * lands, so failing closed would permanently disable callers that resolve
+ * before the first fetch.
+ */
+export function isProcessorEnabled(): boolean {
+  return enabled !== false;
+}
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ export interface MockAppApiOptions {
  endpointsAvailability?: Record<string, { enabled: boolean }>;
  /** Backend probe status. Set to `"DOWN"` to exercise offline-mode UI. */
  backendStatus?: "UP" | "DOWN";
+  /** Server's `processor.enabled`. Set `false` for an editor-only deployment. */
+  processorEnabled?: boolean;
 }

 /**
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ export async function mockAppApis(
    defaultLocale = "en-US",
    endpointsAvailability = {},
    backendStatus = "UP",
+    processorEnabled = true,
  } = opts;

  // Backend liveness probe — determines whether the UI shows the app or an offline screen
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ export async function mockAppApis(
        isAdmin,
        languages,
        defaultLocale,
+        processorEnabled,
      },
    }),
  );
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+import { test, expect } from "@app/tests/helpers/stub-test-base";
+import type { ConsoleMessage, Page } from "@playwright/test";
+
+/**
+ * `processor.enabled=false` (an editor-only server): the editor must show no
+ * Processor UI at all, and must not ask the server for Processor data.
+ *
+ * Every absence assertion is paired with a positive control below, using the
+ * same admin-with-portal-access user and differing only in the flag - without
+ * that pairing an empty page would pass this file trivially.
+ *
+ * As in super-search.spec.ts, lane assertions that need the portal bundled
+ * skip themselves on builds that ship none (VITE_INCLUDE_PORTAL); closed lanes
+ * and absent lanes look identical, so only the gate-open controls are affected.
+ */
+
+const INPUT = "#super-search-input";
+
+// The Processor's own data endpoints - the same URL surface ProcessorEndpointSurfaceTest
+// keeps unmapped on the server. None may be requested with the flag off. classify-and-label
+// is spelled out because /api/v1/ai/tools also holds editor-only AI agents.
+const PROCESSOR_API =
+  /^\/api\/v1\/(policies|sources|integration|webhooks|pipeline|ai\/tools\/classify-and-label)/;
+
+const ADMIN_WITH_PORTAL = {
+  id: 1,
+  username: "admin",
+  email: "admin@example.com",
+  role: "ROLE_ADMIN",
+  portalAccess: true,
+};
+
+// The quick-nav rail's Processor entry, and the sidebar footer row. Both are
+// named: an assertion on a control that no longer exists passes vacuously,
+// which is how #7695 silently defanged this file.
+const RAIL_PROCESSOR = "Processor";
+const OPEN_PROCESSOR = "Open PDF Processor";
+
+// Copy that only a Processor server can honour: a link tool pointing at the
+// folder-scanning guide, and settings controls hidden with the flag off. The
+// Telegram bot round-trips through the pipeline folders, so it goes too.
+const FOLDER_SCANNING = "Automated Folder Scanning";
+const WATCHED_FOLDERS = "Watched Folders Directory";
+const AFTER_SIGNING_IN = "After signing in";
+const TELEGRAM = "Telegram";
+
+const PROCESSOR_ONLY_COPY = [
+  FOLDER_SCANNING,
+  WATCHED_FOLDERS,
+  AFTER_SIGNING_IN,
+  TELEGRAM,
+];
+
+async function openSearch(page: Page) {
+  const input = page.locator(INPUT);
+  await input.click();
+  await expect(input).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "true");
+  return input;
+}
+
+/** The portal lanes only exist in a build that bundles the portal. */
+async function requirePortalBuild(page: Page) {
+  const ships =
+    (await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Pages", exact: true }).count()) >
+    0;
+  test.skip(!ships, "this build ships no portal - no lanes to gate");
+}
+
+function recordProcessorRequests(page: Page): string[] {
+  const seen: string[] = [];
+  page.on("request", (request) => {
+    const { pathname } = new URL(request.url());
+    if (PROCESSOR_API.test(pathname)) seen.push(pathname);
+  });
+  return seen;
+}
+
+// Pre-existing dev-server noise, unrelated to this flag: i18n runs with
+// useSuspense, so a cold namespace load warns on every route (console-clean.spec
+// fails identically on /merge and /compress against the dev server).
+const KNOWN_NOISE = [
+  /react-i18next::i18next: useTranslation: suspended/,
+  /i18next::backendConnector: loading namespace/,
+];
+
+function recordConsole(page: Page): string[] {
+  const problems: string[] = [];
+  const keep = (text: string) => {
+    if (!KNOWN_NOISE.some((re) => re.test(text))) problems.push(text);
+  };
+  page.on("console", (msg: ConsoleMessage) => {
+    const type = msg.type();
+    if (type === "error" || type === "warning") keep(msg.text());
+  });
+  page.on("pageerror", (err) => keep(err.stack ?? err.message));
+  return problems;
+}
+
+test.describe("editor-only server (processor.enabled=false)", () => {
+  test.use({
+    // Off, so the listeners below are attached before the only navigation -
+    // a second goto re-races i18n's namespace fetch and reports its own noise.
+    autoGoto: false,
+    seedJwt: true,
+    stubOptions: {
+      enableLogin: true,
+      processorEnabled: false,
+      user: ADMIN_WITH_PORTAL,
+    },
+  });
+
+  test("shows no Processor entry points and fetches no Processor data", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const requests = recordProcessorRequests(page);
+    const problems = recordConsole(page);
+    await page.goto("/editor", { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+    await expect(page.locator(INPUT)).toBeVisible();
+
+    // The quick-nav rail offers no Processor entry...
+    await expect(
+      page.getByRole("button", { name: RAIL_PROCESSOR, exact: true }),
+    ).toHaveCount(0);
+    // ...and the sidebar footer offers no "Open PDF Processor" row.
+    await expect(page.getByLabel(OPEN_PROCESSOR)).toHaveCount(0);
+
+    // Nothing asked the server for Processor data on this user's behalf.
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
+    expect(requests).toEqual([]);
+
+    // An editor-only server must not be a degraded one.
+    expect(problems).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("offers no Processor lanes or results in super search", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await page.goto("/editor", { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+    const input = await openSearch(page);
+
+    // The editor's own lane is present (control), the Processor's are not.
+    await expect(
+      page.getByRole("button", { name: "Tools", exact: true }),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+    for (const lane of ["Pages", "Policies", "Sources", "Pipelines", "Users"]) {
+      await expect(
+        page.getByRole("button", { name: lane, exact: true }),
+      ).toHaveCount(0);
+    }
+
+    // A query that hits policies when the Processor is on yields no section.
+    await input.fill("security");
+    await expect(page.getByRole("option").first()).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(
+      page.locator(".super-search-section-label", { hasText: "Processor" }),
+    ).toHaveCount(0);
+  });
+
+  test("offers no folder-scanning tool and no pipeline settings copy", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    // Traces a code-only sweep missed: the tool card links a guide to a feature
+    // this server can't run, and settings search matches whole i18n subtrees,
+    // so hidden controls' copy stayed findable.
+    await page.goto("/editor", { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+    const input = await openSearch(page);
+
+    for (const term of PROCESSOR_ONLY_COPY) {
+      await input.fill(term);
+      // Settled: the list re-renders per keystroke, so assert after a paint.
+      await expect(page.locator(INPUT)).toHaveValue(term);
+      await expect(page.getByRole("option", { name: term })).toHaveCount(0);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Not asserted here: whether /processor is routable depends on BUILD_PORTAL,
+  // which the stubbed dev suite (portal always bundled) cannot vary. The
+  // editor-only image is built with BUILD_PORTAL=false and its dist carries no
+  // portal chunk - that is where the absence is verified.
+});
+
+test.describe("same user on a server with the Processor on", () => {
+  // Positive controls: the identical account, differing only in the flag.
+  test.use({
+    seedJwt: true,
+    stubOptions: {
+      enableLogin: true,
+      processorEnabled: true,
+      user: ADMIN_WITH_PORTAL,
+    },
+  });
+
+  test("is offered the switch to the Processor", async ({ page }) => {
+    await expect(page.locator(INPUT)).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(
+      page.getByRole("button", { name: RAIL_PROCESSOR, exact: true }),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test("is offered Processor lanes in super search", async ({ page }) => {
+    await openSearch(page);
+    await requirePortalBuild(page);
+
+    for (const lane of ["Policies", "Sources", "Pipelines"]) {
+      await expect(
+        page.getByRole("button", { name: lane, exact: true }),
+      ).toBeVisible();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("finds the folder-scanning tool and the pipeline settings copy", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    // Control for the absence test above: these terms are findable here, so
+    // their disappearance with the flag off is the gate, not a typo.
+    const input = await openSearch(page);
+
+    for (const term of PROCESSOR_ONLY_COPY) {
+      await input.fill(term);
+      await expect(
+        page.getByRole("option", { name: term }).first(),
+      ).toBeVisible();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("stays on /processor and renders the portal", async ({ page }) => {
+    // Control for the bounce test: same URL, same account, flag on. The editor
+    // shell not rendering is what makes "it renders" above a real assertion.
+    await page.goto("/processor", { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+    const editorMounted = await page
+      .locator(INPUT)
+      .isVisible()
+      .catch(() => false);
+    test.skip(
+      editorMounted,
+      "this build ships no portal - nothing mounts here",
+    );
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/processor\b/);
+  });
+});
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export interface AppConfig {
  timestampCustomTsaUrls?: string[];
  timestampTsaPresets?: { label: string; url: string }[];
  aiEngineEnabled?: boolean;
+  /** Processor (policies, sources, classification). False = editor-only server. */
+  processorEnabled?: boolean;
 }

 export type AppConfigBootstrapMode = "blocking" | "non-blocking";
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ export interface SuperSearchGates {
  isAdmin: boolean;
  loginEnabled: boolean;
  portalAccessible?: boolean;
+  /** Server runs the Processor at all. False = editor-only deployment. */
+  processorEnabled?: boolean;
  /**
   * Whether no-login mode keeps the read-only admin settings preview
   * (`system.showSettingsWhenNoLogin`, default true). Mirrors the settings
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { useConfirmedSaaSMode } from "@app/hooks/useConfirmedSaaSMode";
+import { useProcessorEnabled } from "@app/hooks/useProcessorEnabled";

 export function usePoliciesEnabled(): boolean {
-  return useConfirmedSaaSMode();
+  const saasMode = useConfirmedSaaSMode();
+  const processorEnabled = useProcessorEnabled();
+  return saasMode && processorEnabled;
 }
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { PolicyAutoRunController } from "@core/components/policies/PolicyAutoRunController";
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { usePoliciesEnabled } from "@core/components/policies/usePoliciesEnabled";
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// No Processor -> no "after signing in" choice; render plain General settings.
+export { default } from "@core/components/shared/config/configSections/GeneralSection";
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Folder sources/outputs are Processor-only; this build has none.
+export default function AdminFolderAccessSection() {
+  return null;
+}
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Anthony Stirling	4ffc21cbca	Gate the quick-nav Processor entry on the Processor flag	2026-08-28 09:40:10 +01:00
Anthony Stirling	b0e1384de2	Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into feature/editor-only-deployment # Conflicts: # frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/processorEntitySearch.ts # frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/useOtherAppSwitch.ts # frontend/editor/src/proprietary/routes/adminRouteExtensions.tsx	2026-08-28 01:34:05 +01:00
Anthony Stirling	bf1ba5c1ed	Hardcode the Processor flag instead of a runtime property	2026-08-28 01:26:47 +01:00
Anthony Stirling	b57eb98bd7	Add PROCESSOR_ENABLED flag for editor-only deployments	2026-08-27 13:10:29 +01:00
				`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
				`export { PolicyAutoRunController } from "@core/components/policies/PolicyAutoRunController";`
				`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
				`export { usePoliciesEnabled } from "@core/components/policies/usePoliciesEnabled";`