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# What Happens When a Workspaces Trial Ends

> Understand organization read-only behavior after a Workspaces trial ends and what remains available.

After a trial ends, the organization's workspaces become read-only when
Workspaces reports the organization as expired. Workspaces keeps write access
active when the organization's subscription status or billing exemption allows
it. Expiry does not delete anything. Personal workspaces stay writable.

This page covers hosted Workspaces. Self-hosted instances do not use hosted
trials or billing enforcement.

## What stays available

Anyone who still has read access can:

* Read workspaces, documents, comments, and version history.
* Use existing app, guest, and raw links according to their access.
* Join live documents in read-only mode.

An API key still works within its owner's access for these tasks:

* Read through the API and MCP.
* Clone, fetch, and pull with read-only Git and an API key.

Workspace owners can list and revoke existing guest links for their workspaces.
Organization admins can remove members, change roles, rename the organization,
or delete it.

## What Workspaces blocks

Workspaces blocks changes to organization workspaces, including:

* Creating, editing, moving, restoring, or deleting documents and artifacts.
* Adding, replying to, resolving, reopening, editing, or deleting comments.
* Creating or moving a workspace into the organization.
* Renaming an organization workspace, changing its visibility, or deleting it.
* Creating a new guest link.
* Inviting a new organization member.

An owner, or a member using **Your organization** access, receives `403` with
`billing_expired`. Requests using a guest link, public visibility, or open
visibility receive a plain `403` without the organization's billing status.

## Check the deadline and status

An organization admin can open the organization's **Workspaces** tab. The
**Billing** card shows the trial days left and exact end date. After expiry, the
organization header shows **Read-only** for admins.

Members do not see the Billing card or Read-only chip. Some screens may still
show an edit control, but Workspaces blocks the change.

## Regain write access

An organization admin can restore write access by subscribing:

1. Open the organization and select **Workspaces**.
2. Find the **Billing** card.
3. Select **Subscribe annual** or **Subscribe monthly**.
4. Finish checkout on Stripe's page.

Stripe returns you to the organization. The **Billing** card changes to
**Active** after Workspaces receives the subscription update. Creating another
organization does not change the expired organization's status. Every
organization a person creates uses that person's one trial deadline.

Check [Manage a Workspaces subscription](/workspaces/billing/manage-a-subscription)
for checkout, payment, and cancellation steps.

*Reviewed July 22, 2026. Maintained by the Plannotator documentation team.*