Add per-user maximum number of collections (#38769)

app/models/collection.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Collection < ApplicationRecord
   validates :language, language: { if: :local?, allow_nil: true }
   validate :tag_is_usable
   validate :items_do_not_exceed_limit
+  validate :user_does_not_exceed_limit, on: :create
 
   scope :with_items, -> { includes(:collection_items).merge(CollectionItem.with_accounts) }
   scope :with_tag, -> { includes(:tag) }
@@ -105,4 +106,11 @@ class Collection < ApplicationRecord
   def items_do_not_exceed_limit
     errors.add(:collection_items, :too_many, count: MAX_ITEMS) if pending_or_accepted_items.size > MAX_ITEMS
   end
+
+  def user_does_not_exceed_limit
+    return unless local?
+
+    limit = account.user.role.collection_limit
+    errors.add(:base, :too_many, count: limit) if account.collections.count >= limit
+  end
 end

app/models/user_role.rb

@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
 #
 # Table name: user_roles
 #
-#  id          :bigint(8)        not null, primary key
-#  color       :string           default(""), not null
-#  highlighted :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
-#  name        :string           default(""), not null
-#  permissions :bigint(8)        default(0), not null
-#  position    :integer          default(0), not null
-#  require_2fa :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
-#  created_at  :datetime         not null
-#  updated_at  :datetime         not null
+#  id               :bigint(8)        not null, primary key
+#  collection_limit :integer          default(10), not null
+#  color            :string           default(""), not null
+#  highlighted      :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
+#  name             :string           default(""), not null
+#  permissions      :bigint(8)        default(0), not null
+#  position         :integer          default(0), not null
+#  require_2fa      :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
+#  created_at       :datetime         not null
+#  updated_at       :datetime         not null
 #
 
 class UserRole < ApplicationRecord
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ class UserRole < ApplicationRecord
   validates :name, presence: true, unless: :everyone?
   validates :color, format: { with: CSS_COLORS }, if: :color?
   validates :position, numericality: { in: (-POSITION_LIMIT..POSITION_LIMIT) }
+  validates :collection_limit, numericality: { only_integer: true, greater_than_or_equal_to: 0 }
 
   validate :validate_permissions_elevation
   validate :validate_position_elevation

app/serializers/rest/role_serializer.rb

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 class REST::RoleSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   attributes :id, :name, :permissions, :color, :highlighted
 
+  attribute :collection_limit, if: -> { Mastodon::Feature.collections_enabled? }
+
   def id
     object.id.to_s
   end

app/views/admin/roles/_form.html.haml

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
 
   %hr.spacer/
 
+- if Mastodon::Feature.collections_enabled?
+
+  .fields-group
+    = form.input :collection_limit,
+                 wrapper: :with_label
+
+  %hr.spacer/
+
 - unless current_user.role == form.object
 
   .field-group

config/locales/simple_form.en.yml

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ en:
           other: We have to make sure you're at least %{count} to use %{domain}. We won't store this.
         role: The role controls which permissions the user has.
       user_role:
+        collection_limit: Limits the number of Collections that a single user with this role can create. Please note that when you decrease this number, users who are already at this limit will not lose any Collections. But they will not be able to create additional ones.
         color: Color to be used for the role throughout the UI, as RGB in hex format
         highlighted: This makes the role publicly visible
         name: Public name of the role, if role is set to be displayed as a badge
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@ en:
         role: Role
         time_zone: Time zone
       user_role:
+        collection_limit: Maximum number of Collections per user
         color: Badge color
         highlighted: Display role as badge on user profiles
         name: Name

db/migrate/20260420124030_add_collection_limit_to_user_roles.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddCollectionLimitToUserRoles < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :user_roles, :collection_limit, :integer, null: false, default: 10
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2026_04_15_133505) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2026_04_20_124030) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_catalog.plpgsql"
 
@@ -1337,6 +1337,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2026_04_15_133505) do
   end
 
   create_table "user_roles", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer "collection_limit", default: 10, null: false
     t.string "color", default: "", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.boolean "highlighted", default: false, null: false

spec/models/collection_spec.rb

@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ RSpec.describe Collection do
         it { is_expected.to be_valid }
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when the user is already at the per-user limit of collections' do
+      subject { Fabricate.build(:collection, account:) }
+
+      let(:role) { Fabricate(:user_role, collection_limit: 2) }
+      let(:user) { Fabricate(:user, role:) }
+      let(:account) { user.account }
+
+      before do
+        Fabricate.times(2, :collection, account:)
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to_not be_valid }
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#item_for' do

spec/models/user_role_spec.rb

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ RSpec.describe UserRole do
       it { is_expected.to_not allow_values('x', '112233445566', '#xxyyzz').for(:color) }
     end
 
+    describe 'collection_limit' do
+      subject { Fabricate.build :user_role }
+
+      it { is_expected.to validate_numericality_of(:collection_limit).only_integer.is_greater_than_or_equal_to(0) }
+    end
+
     context 'when current_account is set' do
       subject { Fabricate :user_role }
 

spec/serializers/rest/role_serializer_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe REST::RoleSerializer do
+  subject { serialized_record_json(role, described_class) }
+
+  let(:everyone) do
+    Fabricate.build(:user_role, permissions: 0)
+  end
+  let(:role) do
+    Fabricate.build(:user_role, id: 2342, name: 'test role', color: '#ABC', highlighted: true, permissions: 2300, collection_limit: 11)
+  end
+
+  before do
+    allow(UserRole).to receive(:everyone).and_return(everyone)
+  end
+
+  it 'includes the relevant attributes' do
+    expect(subject)
+      .to include({
+        'id' => '2342',
+        'name' => 'test role',
+        'color' => '#ABC',
+        'highlighted' => true,
+        'permissions' => '2300',
+      })
+  end
+
+  context 'when collections are enabled', feature: :collections do
+    it 'includes the relevant attributes' do
+      expect(subject)
+        .to include({
+          'id' => '2342',
+          'name' => 'test role',
+          'color' => '#ABC',
+          'highlighted' => true,
+          'permissions' => '2300',
+          'collection_limit' => 11,
+        })
+    end
+  end
+end