Settings lists workflows with the viewer's key when the deployment credential fails

server/src/workflowsTab.ts

@@ -139,11 +139,20 @@ export async function workflowsTabRoutes(app: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
 
   // What an administrator can pick from: every workflow on the account the
   // Studio is deployed under, which on a site deployment is the site's list.
+  // When the deployment's credential is missing, expired, or rejected, the
+  // viewer's own key lists their account instead, and the answer says so.
   app.get('/api/workflows/catalog', async req => {
-    const key = gatewayKey() ?? viewer(req).key
-    const rows = await listFor(key)
+    const dep = gatewayKey()
+    const mine = platformKeyFor(req.user?.id)
+    let rows: WorkflowRow[] | null = null
+    let source: 'deployment' | 'viewer' = 'deployment'
+    let depError: unknown = null
+    if (dep) rows = await listFor(dep).catch(e => { depError = e; return null })
+    if (!rows && mine.own && mine.key) { rows = await listFor(mine.key); source = 'viewer' }
+    if (!rows) throw depError ?? new KbError(409, 'No platform credential: add your ACTIVATE API key under Settings, Model access.')
     const curated = new Set(curatedNames())
     return {
+      source,
       workflows: rows.map(w => ({
         name: w.name,
         displayName: w.displayName || w.name,

server/test/workflowsTab.test.mjs

@@ -121,3 +121,24 @@ test('an expired platform credential is reported as such, not as an internal err
   assert.equal(other.status ?? other.statusCode, 502)
   assert.equal(other.message, 'The platform did not answer: connection reset by peer')
 })
+
+test('with the deployment credential expired, the catalog lists the viewer\'s own account', async () => {
+  const { setUserKey } = await import('../dist/credentials.js')
+  setUserKey('viewer-1', 'viewer-key', false)
+  const app2 = Fastify()
+  app2.setErrorHandler(sanitizedErrorHandler(app2))
+  app2.addHook('onRequest', async req => { req.user = { id: 'viewer-1', username: 'viewer' } })
+  await app2.register(workflowsTabRoutes)
+  await app2.ready()
+  resetWorkflowsTabForTests()
+  setWorkflowsCli(async (args, key) => {
+    if (key === 'deployment-key') throw new Error("2026-10-02T14:33:54Z [ERROR] Authentication has expired. Please authenticate again using 'pw auth'.")
+    if (args[1] === 'ls') return JSON.stringify([{ name: 'mine-only', displayName: 'Mine only' }])
+    throw new Error(`unexpected ${args.join(' ')}`)
+  })
+  const res = await app2.inject({ method: 'GET', url: '/api/workflows/catalog' })
+  assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
+  const body = res.json()
+  assert.equal(body.source, 'viewer')
+  assert.deepEqual(body.workflows.map(w => w.name), ['mine-only'])
+})

web/src/components/WorkflowsSection.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ interface CatalogRow { name: string; displayName: string; description: string; t
 
 export function WorkflowsSection() {
   const [catalog, setCatalog] = useState<CatalogRow[] | null>(null)
+  const [source, setSource] = useState<'deployment' | 'viewer'>('deployment')
   const [picked, setPicked] = useState<string[]>([])
   const [filter, setFilter] = useState('')
   const [note, setNote] = useState('')
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export function WorkflowsSection() {
       const d = await r.json()
       if (!r.ok) throw new Error(d.error ?? `${r.status}`)
       setCatalog(d.workflows)
+      setSource(d.source === 'viewer' ? 'viewer' : 'deployment')
     }).catch(e => setNote(`Cannot list the platform's workflows: ${(e as Error).message}`))
   }, [])
 
@@ -81,6 +83,9 @@ export function WorkflowsSection() {
       </div>
 
       <div className="tool-group">On the platform{catalog ? ` (${catalog.length})` : ''}</div>
+      {catalog && source === 'viewer' && (
+        <p className="muted">Listed from your own account, because the deployment's platform credential is not usable. Until it is renewed, other viewers can run a workflow picked here only if it is already in their own account.</p>
+      )}
       <input className="field" placeholder="Filter by name or tag" value={filter} onChange={e => setFilter(e.target.value)} />
       {!catalog && !note && <p className="muted">Loading…</p>}
       {catalog && (