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supabase/apps/docs
a45776ecb9 feat(studio): restrict auth email template editing for free projects (#45396)
## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Feature / abuse-prevention update. Resolves DEPR-198.

## What is the current behaviour?

Free projects using Supabase's built-in email service can edit raw Auth
email template subjects and HTML in Studio. That is the risky cohort
this project is trying to constrain.

## What is the new behaviour?

### Template editing restrictions

For free projects using Supabase's built-in email service, Studio keeps
Auth email templates viewable and previewable but disables subject/body
editing and saving. Editing is unlocked by setting up Custom SMTP,
configuring a send-email hook, or upgrading to a paid plan.

**Grandfathering:** projects created before `2026-06-01T00:00:00Z` (the
platform enforcement cutoff) are exempt; their editing UI stays
unlocked. This mirrors `FREE_TIER_TEMPLATE_BLOCK_CUTOFF_DATE` in the
platform PR exactly.

| After |
| --- |
| <img width="1024" height="759" alt="Emails Authentication Fizz Test
Supabase-173BB09B-0FB9-4133-8202-9E310DDB347A"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c966212d-ed0c-443b-8197-440cc2937ef6"
/> |
| <img width="1024" height="759" alt="Emails Authentication Fizz Test
Supabase-CD5845EB-0E45-4779-8989-44E775B2411A"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/055a64d6-b5e8-4d37-a261-6e280f04536a"
/> |

### Warning dialogs on transitions that reset templates

Two flows now surface a warning before the user commits to a state
change that resets their custom email templates to defaults:

1. **Disabling custom SMTP** (SMTP settings page): a confirmation dialog
warns that templates will be reset to defaults and the email rate limit
reduced to 2 per hour. On confirm, Studio resets all 13 templates via
the existing per-template reset endpoint (`Promise.allSettled`). The
"won't be able to edit" sentence is shown only for post-cutoff projects;
grandfathered projects skip it. The corresponding server-side
enforcement is in the Platform PR:
https://github.com/supabase/platform/pull/33129

2. **Downgrading to the Free plan** (billing settings): an admonition in
the existing downgrade confirmation modal warns that custom templates
will be reset to defaults and won't be editable without custom SMTP. The
admonition is shown only when the org has at least one post-cutoff
project; orgs whose projects are all grandfathered skip it.

| Custom SMTP | Downgrading |
| --- | --- |
| <img width="862" height="586" alt="66764"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6470c8a6-2f79-40a5-ad3b-bfe5b0ba9c54"
/> | <img width="1268" height="1552" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-22 at 17 28
37@2x-FEB1901E-38E6-42DF-8C27-0A036D8A1B94"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e8caa9e6-c3ed-4787-b771-af77a43eb854"
/> |

### Informational admonition when enabling SMTP

When a user enables custom SMTP for the first time, a sandwiched
admonition above the save footer informs them that the email rate limit
will be increased to 30 per hour and can be adjusted.

_This is just a minor cosmetic change, unrelated to the email template
disabling. Sorry._

| Before | After |
| --- | --- |
| <img width="1024" height="759" alt="Emails Authentication Chisel
Toolshed Supabase-54317D18-803C-4A58-8211-2359355D083B"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/29eff649-02dc-40f3-a379-0b4d484a76c7"
/> | <img width="1024" height="759" alt="Emails Authentication Chisel
Toolshed Supabase-9E12399E-E9FB-4F9A-B029-A08008EA4B50"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e542ed86-4da6-407e-8293-0f4c0f071e18"
/> |

## How to test

All existing projects pre-date the enforcement cutoff
(`2026-06-01T00:00:00Z`) and are grandfathered, so the restriction UI
won't appear by default. To force the restricted state locally,
back-date the cutoff in one file:

In
`apps/studio/components/interfaces/Auth/EmailTemplates/EmailTemplates.utils.ts`,
temporarily change:

```ts
export const FREE_TIER_TEMPLATE_BLOCK_CUTOFF_DATE = '2026-06-01T00:00:00Z'
```

to:

```ts
export const FREE_TIER_TEMPLATE_BLOCK_CUTOFF_DATE = '2025-01-01T00:00:00Z'
```

Revert before committing. With the cutoff back-dated, use a free-plan
project and:

- **Template restriction + admonition:** navigate to Authentication >
Emails with no custom SMTP configured. Subject/body fields should be
read-only and the "Set up SMTP" admonition should appear, with its
dropdown offering upgrade and send-email hook options.
- **SMTP disable warning:** enable custom SMTP on a project, then
disable it via Authentication > SMTP Settings. The confirmation dialog
should warn that templates will reset to defaults and that editing will
be restricted after disabling.
- **Downgrade warning:** in billing settings, initiate a downgrade to
the Free plan. The downgrade modal should include an admonition warning
about template reset and restricted editing (only if the org has at
least one post-cutoff project).

## Additional context

The default Auth email template copy was also improved across docs,
examples, and UI library snippets (separate prior commits).

The per-template reset button (`ResetTemplateDialog`) was migrated to
the async `AlertDialogAction` pattern introduced in #45960; the dialog
stays open and shows a loading state while the reset is in-flight,
closes on success, and stays open on error.

Closes PRODSEC-183

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Co-authored-by: Joshen Lim <joshenlimek@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Stephen Morgan <stephen@doublethink.co.nz>
2026-05-28 17:23:45 +12:00
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