Reece Browne
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## What & why
Policies (automation-backed enforcement) execute and bill through the
cloud backend, so the feature should only be available in the hosted
**SaaS** product — not in self-hosted proprietary or core builds. Today
it's enabled in the proprietary build (and the API is exposed in any
proprietary backend), so this locks it to SaaS on both layers.
## Frontend (build-flavor gate)
`POLICIES_ENABLED` is the single gate `usePoliciesEnabled` uses (rail +
auto-run controller).
- `proprietary` flag → **`false`** (self-hosted web no longer shows
policies)
- new `src/saas/constants/featureFlags.ts` → re-exports proprietary
flags, overrides `POLICIES_ENABLED = true`
- new `src/desktop/constants/featureFlags.ts` → same `true` override —
**required**: desktop's `@app` alias has no saas layer, and desktop
already gates policies on `POLICIES_ENABLED && useConfirmedSaaSMode()`,
so without a `true` here that runtime gate could never be satisfied.
Behaviour unchanged: desktop shows policies only when connected to SaaS.
- `PoliciesSidebar.test` mocks the flag on (it tests the component, not
the build gate — same pattern the existing `usePolicyAutoRun.retry.test`
uses).
## Backend (`@Profile("saas")` gate)
The saas backend runs under the `saas` Spring profile (as
`EntitlementGuard`, the AI controllers, etc. already do). The policy
beans are now `@Profile("saas")`, so `/api/v1/policies/*` and the
auto-run triggers exist **only** in the saas backend:
`PolicyController`, `PolicyEngine`, `PolicyRunner`, `PolicyRunRegistry`,
`PolicyValidator`, `JpaPolicyStore`, `FolderInputSource`,
`FolderOutputSink`, `InlineOutputSink`, `PolicyAccessGuard`,
`FolderAccessGuard`, `FolderWatchTrigger`, `ScheduleTrigger`,
`PolicyTriggerManager`.
**Deliberately *not* gated:** `PolicyExecutor` — `AiWorkflowService`
(always-on) injects it to run ad-hoc pipelines, so it stays
profile-free. It only depends on shared infra (`InternalApiClient`,
`ToolMetadataService`, `TempFileManager`, `ObjectMapper`), so leaving it
on is safe. Gating the engine/store/triggers as a set keeps wiring
consistent (nothing un-gated depends on a gated bean).
The saas `PolicyManagementAuthority` impl
(`TeamLeaderPolicyManagementAuthority`, `@Profile("saas")`) satisfies
`PolicyAccessGuard` in the saas context.
`AdminPolicyManagementAuthority` (`@Profile("!saas")`) becomes an unused
orphan in non-saas builds — harmless; left as-is rather than expanding
this PR's scope.
## Testing
- Frontend: full suite **869 pass**; typecheck clean on
proprietary/saas/core.
- Backend: `:proprietary` compiles, spotless clean, policy tests pass,
and the proprietary (non-saas) Spring context still boots with the
policy beans gated out (verified via the MCP `@SpringBootTest`
integration tests — no missing-bean failures).
Net: SaaS web build + desktop-in-SaaS-mode get policies (UI + API);
self-hosted proprietary and core get neither the UI nor the
`/api/v1/policies` endpoints.
Frontend
All frontend commands are run from the repository root using Task:
task frontend:dev— start Vite dev server (localhost:5173)task frontend:build— production buildtask frontend:test— run teststask frontend:test:watch— run tests in watch modetask frontend:lint— run ESLint + cycle detectiontask frontend:typecheck— run TypeScript type checkingtask frontend:check— run typecheck + lint + testtask frontend:install— install npm dependencies
For desktop app development, see the Tauri section below.
Layout
frontend/ is a workspace containing one or more apps. Today it holds the
PDF editor under frontend/editor/; new apps (the developer portal, etc.)
will sit alongside it as siblings. Shared tooling — package.json, node_modules,
.storybook/, ESLint, Prettier — lives at frontend/ so every app installs
once and lints with the same config.
Environment Variables
The editor's environment variables live in committed .env files at
frontend/editor/:
.env— used by all builds (core, proprietary, and as the base for desktop/SaaS).env.desktop— additional vars loaded in desktop (Tauri) mode.env.saas— additional vars loaded in SaaS mode
These files contain non-secret defaults and are checked into Git, so most dev work needs no further setup.
To override values locally (API keys, machine-specific settings), create an uncommitted sibling editor/.env.local / editor/.env.desktop.local / editor/.env.saas.local. Vite automatically layers these on top of the committed files.
Docker Setup
For Docker deployments and configuration, see the Docker README.
Tauri
All desktop tasks are available via Task. From the root of the repo:
Dev
task desktop:dev
This ensures the JLink runtime and backend JAR exist (skipping if already built), then starts Tauri in dev mode.
Build
task desktop:build
This does a full clean rebuild of the backend JAR and JLink runtime, then builds the Tauri app for production.
Platform-specific dev builds are also available:
task desktop:build:dev # No bundling
task desktop:build:dev:mac # macOS .app bundle
task desktop:build:dev:windows # Windows NSIS installer
task desktop:build:dev:linux # Linux AppImage
JLink Tasks
You can also run JLink steps individually:
task desktop:jlink # Build JAR + create JLink runtime
task desktop:jlink:jar # Build backend JAR only
task desktop:jlink:runtime # Create JLink custom JRE only
task desktop:jlink:clean # Remove JLink artifacts
Clean
task desktop:clean
Removes all desktop build artifacts including JLink runtime, bundled JARs, Cargo build, and dist/build directories.