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@6112 6112 commented Mar 31, 2026

Update the policy engine documentation to reflect that project-level (workspace) policies are currently disabled.

Summary

Update documentation to mention that the feature is disabled.

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Related Issues

Related to #18186, #21580.

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  • [*] Updated relevant documentation and README (if needed)
  • Added/updated tests (if needed)
  • Noted breaking changes (if any)
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Summary of Changes

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This pull request updates the policy engine documentation to inform users that project-level (workspace) policies are currently disabled. The changes ensure that developers are aware of this limitation to prevent confusion when attempting to configure policies at the workspace level.

Highlights

  • Documentation Update: Added a prominent warning block to the policy engine documentation regarding the non-functional status of workspace-level policies.
  • Table Clarification: Updated the priority and location tables to explicitly mark the Workspace tier as currently non-functional.
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This pull request updates the policy engine documentation to reflect that the Workspace tier is currently non-functional. It adds a warning notice linking to a tracking issue and updates the priority and location tables accordingly. I have no feedback to provide.

Note: Security Review has been skipped due to the limited scope of the PR.

@gemini-cli gemini-cli Bot added the area/enterprise Issues related to Telemetry, Policy, Quota / Licensing label Mar 31, 2026
@6112 6112 force-pushed the fix-docs branch 2 times, most recently from 1cc04a6 to 59a4b6c Compare April 14, 2026 17:58
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Thanks for this PR @6112!

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This pull request updates the policy engine documentation to clarify that the Workspace tier for project-level policies is currently non-functional. It adds a warning notice referencing issue #18186 and updates the priority and location tables to reflect this disabled state. I have no feedback to provide.

Note: Security Review has been skipped due to the limited scope of the PR.

…ni#18186, google-gemini#21580)

Update the policy engine documentation to reflect that project-level
(workspace) policies are currently disabled. Added a warning callout
and updated the tier and location tables to accurately represent the
feature's status.
@Abhijit-2592 Abhijit-2592 added this pull request to the merge queue Apr 16, 2026
Merged via the queue into google-gemini:main with commit 655165c Apr 16, 2026
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Hello, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request updates the policy engine documentation to inform users that project-level (workspace) policies are currently disabled. The changes ensure that developers are aware of this limitation to prevent confusion when attempting to configure policies at the workspace level.

Highlights

  • Documentation Update: Added a prominent warning block to the policy engine documentation regarding the non-functional status of workspace-level policies.
  • Table Clarification: Updated the priority and location tables to explicitly mark the Workspace tier as currently non-functional.
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