Whether a member may create a workspace has never been decided #139

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2026-09-21T07:18:40Z

cgalo5758 commented

2026-09-21 07:18:40 +00:00

The question

The create-workspace control is hidden unless a person already belongs to more than one workspace (a member's working context inside an organization). That gate was a way to stop advertising something undecided, not a policy. May a member create a workspace, and on what terms?

What depends on the answer

Whether the control comes back and for whom. A new workspace attaches to a pool and so inherits entitlements, which means an unlimited creation policy is an unlimited multiplier on whatever the organization holds; a policy of "never" makes the control dead code to delete rather than hide.

Options known so far

Never: workspaces exist only where the operator or the signup path creates them, and the control is removed.
Always, with the entitlement consequence stated on the form.
Under an entitlement: a numeric limit on workspaces per organization, materialized and enforced like any other limit.

Decided when

The identity model states the creation policy, and the gate in the server implements exactly that instead of a count.

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## The question The create-workspace control is hidden unless a person already belongs to more than one workspace (a member's working context inside an organization). That gate was a way to stop advertising something undecided, not a policy. May a member create a workspace, and on what terms? ## What depends on the answer Whether the control comes back and for whom. A new workspace attaches to a pool and so inherits entitlements, which means an unlimited creation policy is an unlimited multiplier on whatever the organization holds; a policy of "never" makes the control dead code to delete rather than hide. ## Options known so far - Never: workspaces exist only where the operator or the signup path creates them, and the control is removed. - Always, with the entitlement consequence stated on the form. - Under an entitlement: a numeric limit on workspaces per organization, materialized and enforced like any other limit. ## Decided when The identity model states the creation policy, and the gate in the server implements exactly that instead of a count. Migrated from status/issues.md at b7a0e15

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Reference: wiki-cafe/member-console#139