CE Platform Configuration

Summary

A Platform is the top-level tenant namespace in Activepieces. Every installation has at least one platform. It owns branding (logo, colors, favicon), authentication settings (email auth toggle, allowed auth domains, federated SSO providers), and a PlatformPlan that governs feature flags and resource limits. On Cloud a user can own multiple platforms; on CE/EE there is typically one. Platform admins can update branding, auth settings, and piece pinning. Per-project piece/action/trigger visibility is controlled via piece sets (see piece-sets.md), not the platform. Platform deletion is Cloud-only and triggers async cleanup.

Key Files

• packages/server/api/src/app/platform/platform.controller.ts — POST /:id (update), GET /:id (read), DELETE /:id (Cloud only), GET /assets/:id (logo/favicon download)
• packages/server/api/src/app/platform/platform.service.ts — CRUD service; create, update, getOneWithPlanAndUsageOrThrow, listPlatformsForIdentityWithAtleastProject
• packages/server/api/src/app/platform/platform.entity.ts — platform TypeORM entity
• packages/server/api/src/app/platform/platform.utils.ts — getPlatformIdForRequest, isCustomerOnDedicatedDomain
• packages/server/api/src/app/platform/platform-jobs.ts — HARD_DELETE_PLATFORM job handler
• packages/core/shared/src/lib/management/platform/platform.model.ts — Platform, PlatformWithoutSensitiveData, PlatformPlan, PlatformUsage, PlatformThemeColors, PieceSelectorConfig, PieceSelectorTabConfig, PieceSelectorTabSection Zod schemas
• packages/core/shared/src/lib/management/platform/platform.request.ts — UpdatePlatformRequestBody
• packages/web/src/hooks/platform-hooks.ts — useCurrentPlatform() React Query hook
• packages/web/src/features/platform-admin/hooks/branding-hooks.ts — branding mutation hooks

Edition Availability

All editions. The PlatformPlan feature flags (e.g. customAppearanceEnabled, ssoEnabled, agentsEnabled) control which capabilities are active. Community edition uses OPEN_SOURCE_PLAN with all booleans set to their CE defaults. usage is only populated on non-Community editions.

Domain Terms

Canonical term definitions live in the bounded-context glossaries — see CONTEXT-MAP.md.

• Platform — tenant root; owns branding, auth config
• PlatformPlan — separate record (in EE module) storing feature flags, limits, Stripe subscription state
• federatedAuthProviders — JSONB column storing OAuth2 / SAML config; sensitive fields (secrets, certs) are stripped before returning PlatformWithoutSensitiveData
• pinnedPieces — ordered list of piece names shown at the top of the piece selector
• cloudAuthEnabled — whether platform-managed OAuth (Activepieces-hosted app credentials) is active
• PieceSelectorConfig — JSONB config controlling the order, visibility, names, and icons of the piece-selector tab strip in the flow builder; null means use the default built-in layout
• PieceSelectorTabConfig — a single tab entry: either BUILTIN (referencing one of the five built-in tabs) or CUSTOM (a user-created tab with its own ordered piece list and optional sections)
• PieceSelectorTabSection — a named sub-group inside a CUSTOM tab; holds a title and an ordered list of piece names

Entity

platform (PlatformEntity)

Column	Type	Notes
id	string	ApId
ownerId	string	FK to user
name	string	display name
primaryColor	string	hex color for UI theme
themeColors	jsonb (nullable)	partial PlatformThemeColors overrides merged over the generated theme; null = fully derived from primaryColor
logoIconUrl	string	small logo asset URL
fullLogoUrl	string	full logo asset URL
favIconUrl	string	favicon asset URL
cloudAuthEnabled	boolean	default true
allowedAuthDomains	string[]	email domain allowlist
enforceAllowedAuthDomains	boolean
emailAuthEnabled	boolean
federatedAuthProviders	jsonb	OAuth2 + SAML config
pinnedPieces	string[]	ordered piece name list
pieceSelectorConfig	jsonb (nullable)	piece-selector tab layout (PieceSelectorConfig); null = default built-in tabs

Endpoints

Method	Path	Security	Description
GET	/v1/platforms/:id	publicPlatform (USER, SERVICE)	Get platform with plan and usage (sensitive SSO data stripped). For USER principals, plan.chatEnabled is rewritten to the effective per-user chat visibility (chatVisibilityHelper.resolveChatEnabledForUser — edition + embed + cloud rollout/grandfather), and licenseKey is nulled for embedded users
POST	/v1/platforms/:id	platformAdminOnly (USER)	Update branding, auth settings, piece pinning
DELETE	/v1/platforms/:id	platformAdminOnly (USER)	Cloud only: mark projects for deletion and schedule hard delete
GET	/v1/platforms/assets/:id	public	Download a platform asset (logo/favicon) by file ID

Service Methods

platformService

• create({ ownerId, name, primaryColor?, logoIconUrl?, fullLogoUrl?, favIconUrl? }) — creates platform record with defaults from defaultTheme; calls userService.addOwnerToPlatform
• update(params) — merges fields; if plan is set delegates to platformPlanService.update; if SAML config changes, clears SAML client cache
• getOneWithPlanAndUsageOrThrow(id) — full read with plan feature flags and usage metrics
• getOneWithPlanOrThrow(id) — plan flags only (no usage); used in auth guards for fast plan checks
• listPlatformsForIdentityWithAtleastProject({ identityId }) — returns all platforms where the identity has at least one accessible project; used for platform-switcher
• getOldestPlatform() — used in CE for single-platform setup resolution

Side Effects

• On update with branding files: fileService.uploadPublicAsset is called for logo/icon/favicon before saving
• On Cloud DELETE: marks all projects for deletion via platformProjectService.markForDeletion, then schedules a HARD_DELETE_PLATFORM system job
• Updating SAML provider config invalidates the cached SAML client via invalidateSamlClientCache