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Project Settings

Every per-project configuration surface in one tabbed page — crawl behaviour, schedules, integrations, environments, notifications, dictionary, writing style, local SEO, and deletion.

User goal

Change how this project scans, notifies, and integrates — without hunting across separate pages.

Tier
Any plan; some tabs are gated by role or addon
Nav label
Settings
Route
/projects/{project}/settings
Gates
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Prerequisites

  • A project you can view; write access on most tabs needs an appropriate role

QA focus

  • Tab visibility is enforced server-side, not just hidden in the UI — a direct ?tab= link to a gated tab must be refused
  • Environments is Member+ READ and Owner/Admin WRITE, and is hidden entirely for lesser roles
  • Local SEO is manage_geogrid + GeoGrid entitlement, or Alignment-only Owner/Admin when listing-alignment Pennant is on without GeoGrid
  • When listing-alignment is on, Local SEO Save confirms primary NAP for Owner/Admin (Managers save GeoGrid defaults only)
  • Danger Zone actions are destructive and must confirm before acting

Overview

Project Settings collects every per-project configuration surface into one tabbed page so you can change how this project scans, notifies, and integrates without hunting across separate URLs.

What you get

  • Tabs for General, Crawl, Schedules, Integrations, Environments, Notifications, Dictionary, Writing Style, Local SEO, and Danger Zone
  • Direct links such as ?tab=dictionary or ?tab=local-seo that open a specific tab
  • Role- and addon-gated tabs enforced on the server, not only hidden in the UI
  • Environments readable by members, writable by owners/admins, and hidden for roles below that
  • Local SEO — Places pin + locale defaults for Local Rankings; when Pennant listing-alignment is on, also the Listing Alignment identity (confirmed NAP)
  • Confirmed destructive actions in Danger Zone — both stop scheduled work immediately

How it works

  • Open Settings and step through the tabs your role and entitlements allow
  • Crawl setting changes apply to the next scan, not retroactively
  • Requesting a gated tab directly is refused rather than silently redirected

Common issues & false alarms

  • A tab you expected is missing → it is gated by role, tier, or an addon your org does not hold
  • Changed a crawl setting and nothing happened → crawl settings apply to the next scan, not retroactively
  • Looking for Alignment profile create → use Local SEO (Listing Alignment identity); hub Confirm profile deep-links there
  • Archived a project and a scan still ran → an on-demand scan you start yourself is not affected; only scheduled work is paused
  • Restored an archived project and expected the alerts it found while paused → they are kept for the retention window shown on the panel, not indefinitely

Interactive guide

Step of

All steps (reference)

  1. Step 1. Move between the settings tabs

    Each concern has its own tab, and each tab is a direct link you can share. Which tabs you see depends on your role and what your org is entitled to.

    What to do: Project → Settings → step through the tabs.

    Where: projects.settings

    Move between the settings tabs

    Expected (pass)

    • Tabs render for General, Crawl, Schedules, Integrations, Notifications, Dictionary, Writing Style, Local SEO, and Danger Zone
    • Environments appears for Member and above
    • A ?tab= link opens that tab directly

    Negative cases (must fail safely)

    • A role below Member requesting ?tab=environments → refused, not silently redirected to General
    • Another org's project id → refused

  2. Step 2. Pause or delete a project, and know what stops

    Both Danger Zone actions stop this project's scheduled work the moment you confirm — crawls, audits, rank checks and monitors — so it stops spending credits. Archiving keeps everything and is reversible; deleting removes the project after a 30-day grace window. You can still run a scan by hand on an archived project.

    What to do: Project → Settings → Danger Zone.

    Where: projects.settings?tab=danger-zone

    Pause or delete a project, and know what stops

    Expected (pass)

    • Both blurbs state that scheduled work stops immediately
    • Archive is one click with a confirm; delete requires typing the project name
    • Once archived, the panel says the work is paused and gives the retention window for held alerts

    Negative cases (must fail safely)

    • Scheduled work still running for an archived or deleted project → the copy is then a false promise, which is the bug class this panel is most prone to
    • Delete enabled before the typed name matches exactly → confirmation is not doing its job

  3. Step 3. Check a gated tab enforces server-side

    Hiding a tab in the sidebar is not access control. Request a gated tab directly and confirm the server refuses it rather than rendering the content.

    What to do: As a role without access, open /projects/{project}/settings?tab=environments.

    Where: projects.settings?tab=environments

    Expected (pass)

    • The request is refused server-side
    • The tab content is never rendered, even briefly

    Negative cases (must fail safely)

    • Content flashes before being hidden → a client-side-only gate, which is a bug

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Listing Alignment

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