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Saxon Fletcher 75d16f360f feat(studio): add Explorer query tabs (#49038)
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## Stack

Depends on #49041. Followed by #49028.

## Summary

- add a dedicated ad-hoc query tab type and route under Explorer
- connect query tabs to the shared `QueryEditor` through a `QueryTab`
lifecycle adapter
- add local query draft/result state and restore query tabs from their
routes
- confirm before closing populated local-only drafts and clean up their
state on close

## To test

1. Open Explorer, select **Run SQL**, enter `select 1`, and run the
query.
2. Rename the query, reload the page, then close the tab and confirm the
discard prompt appears.

## Why

Explorer needs a lightweight place to run SQL without creating a
snippet. This layer adds the query-tab lifecycle on top of the shared
editor foundation.

## Impact

Queries in this layer run against the selected project's primary
database. Drafts are local to the browser and are discarded when their
tabs are closed.

## Validation

- fresh non-incremental Studio TypeScript check
- 22 focused tests across query draft state, tab state, and notebook tab
registration

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Added support for creating, opening, editing, and running SQL queries
in Explorer.
  * Added project-scoped persistence for query drafts and results.
  * Added dedicated query routes, query icons, and query tabs.
  * Added unsaved-changes warnings when closing query tabs.
  * Added a pinned Explorer Home tab and “New query” option.
  * Improved notebook tab registration and editor tab organization.

* **Bug Fixes**
  * Improved tab navigation, closing behavior, and layout.

* **Tests**
* Added coverage for query persistence, cleanup, restoration, and tab
navigation.
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Co-authored-by: Joshen Lim <joshenlimek@gmail.com>
2026-08-13 23:03:08 +07:00
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2026-08-13 09:48:13 +02:00

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=