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Ikki Nishihara cba8bc0b30 fix(studio): clarify system role grouping and deletion actions (#51526)
## Problem

The Database Roles page groups `postgres` and the reserved
`supabase_privileged_role` alongside custom roles, while labeling the
other section as "Roles managed by Supabase." The `postgres` actions
menu also offers an enabled Delete action.

Fixes #51525.

## Solution

- Rename the sections to "Supabase service roles" and "Project database
roles," and explain that the latter includes the `postgres`
administrator and custom roles.
- Include `supabase_privileged_role` among the protected service roles.
- Disable Delete for the existing `SYSTEM_ROLES` list, using
`DropdownMenuItemTooltip` to explain the restriction. Keep the
`postgres` permission editor available.
- Add component regressions for grouping, system-role menus, permission
editing, and custom-role deletion confirmation.

## Validation

- Studio unit suite: 732 files passed; 8,343 tests passed and one
expected failure.
- `pnpm --filter studio typecheck` passed.
- `SKIP_ASSET_UPLOAD=1 pnpm build --filter=studio` passed.
- ESLint for changed files, the Studio lint ratchet, monorepo Prettier,
and Studio knip passed.
- Playwright smoke verification of the production Studio build with
synthetic API responses: grouping, disabled Delete and tooltip, keyboard
interaction, permission editing/cancellation, read-only service roles,
search, and custom-role deletion confirmation/cancellation.

## Review instructions

1. Open Database → Roles. Check the two section names and the
administrator description. If present, `supabase_privileged_role`
belongs to the protected service section.
2. Open the `postgres` actions menu. Delete is disabled, and hovering it
explains why.
3. Expand `postgres`. Its existing editable permission switches remain
enabled for a user who can edit roles.
4. Open a custom role's actions menu. Delete still opens the
confirmation dialog; cancel the dialog.
5. Run `pnpm --filter studio exec vitest run
tests/components/Database/Roles.test.tsx`.

## Checklist

- [x] I have read
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [ ] If I wrote a new docs topic or edited an existing topic, I used
the `/write-the-docs` or `/edit-the-docs` skill, which applies the docs
[style
guide](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/tree/master/apps/docs/style-guide)
— not applicable; this changes Studio UI and tests.
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Supabase Studio

A dashboard for managing your self-hosted Supabase project, and used on our hosted platform. Built with:

What's included

Studio is designed to work with existing deployments - either the local hosted, docker setup, or our CLI. It is not intended for managing the deployment and administration of projects - that's out of scope.

As such, the features exposed on Studio for existing deployments are limited to those which manage your database:

  • Table & SQL editors
    • Saved queries are unavailable
  • Database management
    • Policies, roles, extensions, replication
  • API documentation

Managing Project Settings

Project settings are managed outside of the Dashboard. If you use docker compose, you should manage the settings in your docker-compose file. If you're deploying Supabase to your own cloud, you should store your secrets and env vars in a vault or secrets manager.

How to contribute?

  • Branch from master and name your branches with the following structure
    • {type}/{branch_name}
      • Type: chore | fix | feature
      • The branch name is arbitrary — just make sure it summarizes the work.
  • When you send a PR to master, it will automatically tag members of the frontend team for review.
  • Review the main contributing guide to help test your feature before sending a PR.
  • The Dashboard is under active development. You should run git pull frequently to make sure you're up to date.

Developer Quickstart

Note

Supabase internal use: To develop on Studio locally with the backend services, see the instructions in the internal infrastructure repo.

# You'll need to be on Node v22
# in /studio

## For external contributors
pnpm install # install dependencies
pnpm run dev # start dev server

## For internal contributors
## First clone the private supabase/platform repo and follow instructions for setting up mise
mise studio  # Run from supabase/platform alongside `mise infra`

## For all
pnpm run test # run tests
pnpm run test -- --watch # run tests in watch mode

Running within a self-hosted environment

Follow the self-hosting guide to get started.

cd ..
cd docker
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f ./dev/docker-compose.dev.yml up

Once you've got that set up, update .env in the studio folder with the corresponding values.

POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=
SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY=

Then run the following commands to install dependencies and start the dashboard.

npm install
npm run dev

If you would like to configure different defaults for "Default Organization" and "Default Project", you will need to update the .env in the studio folder with the corresponding values.

DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION_NAME=
DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME=