## The bug
Every SaaS signup after the very first one is created with `team_id =
NULL`, no team membership and no `home_team_id`. A brand-new account:
```
user_id | username | team_id | authenticationtype | home_team_id | memberships
952 | hedewot627@candaba.com | null | web | null | null
```
Since #7070 derives Processor access from leading a team, these accounts
are silently redirected out of the Processor and back to the editor.
## Cause
`SaasTeamService.createPersonalTeam` names every personal team the
literal `"My Team"`, and `stirling_pdf.teams.name` was unique — so the
insert throws a duplicate-key error for the second account onwards. Team
creation is best-effort (caught, logged at WARN), so the account is
created anyway, permanently team-less.
Migration `20251211000000` had already dropped that constraint for
exactly this reason, but it dropped it **by name** while the entity
still declared `@Column(unique = true)`. With Flyway retired for `:saas`
(#7100), `ddl-auto=update` reconciles the schema — so Hibernate
re-created the constraint on the next boot under a generated name the
old `DROP` could never match.
The data bug predates #7070; that PR only made it visible.
## Changes
- **`Team.name` no longer unique.** `TeamController` already enforces
uniqueness for admin-created teams (`existsByNameIgnoreCase` on create
and rename, 409), so nothing user-facing changes. `findByName` is only
used for the `Default`/`Internal` system teams.
- **Existing team-less accounts recover on authentication.** Signup is
the only other place a team is assigned and nothing back-fills
`team_id`, so without this they stay locked out. Guests excluded by
design; healthy accounts short-circuit on a null check (`team` is
`EAGER`).
- **Tests:** team recovered, existing team untouched, guest stays
team-less.
## Deploy order
Needs `20260806000000_teams_name_drop_unique` (SaaS repo, `v3`) to drop
the constraint from the live schema — **deployed after this**, or
Hibernate re-adds it on the next boot.
## Verification
`:saas:compileJava`, `:proprietary:compileJava`, spotless on both, and
the `:saas` team/auth-filter tests (`TeamRecovery`: 3 tests, 0
failures).
Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform
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Quick Start
docker run -p 8080:8080 docker.stirlingpdf.com/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf
Then open: http://localhost:8080
For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide.
Resources
Support
- Community: Discord
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Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This project uses Task as a unified command runner for all build, dev, and test commands. Run task dev to get started running the editor, run task to see the most common commands, or see the Developer Guide for full details.
For adding translations, see the Translation Guide.
License
Stirling PDF is open-core. See LICENSE for details.

