From ff61087df2129549a43ee2f93b92fc9ff2910d4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sas Swart <sas.swart.cdk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 06:29:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(enterprise/coderd/license): suppress AI Governance
 seat-count error for not-entitled licenses

---
 enterprise/coderd/license/license.go      |  7 +--
 enterprise/coderd/license/license_test.go | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/enterprise/coderd/license/license.go b/enterprise/coderd/license/license.go
index 8c7875fa93..713637bdfc 100644
--- a/enterprise/coderd/license/license.go
+++ b/enterprise/coderd/license/license.go
@@ -494,9 +494,10 @@ func LicensesEntitlements(
 			feature := entitlements.Features[codersdk.FeatureAIGovernanceUserLimit]
 			switch {
 			case feature.Entitlement == codersdk.EntitlementNotEntitled:
-				// If the limit is not set
-				entitlements.Errors = append(entitlements.Errors,
-					fmt.Sprintf("Your deployment has %d active AI Governance seats but the license is not entitled to this feature.", actual))
+				// Not-entitled deployments can accumulate phantom ai_seat_state
+				// rows from prior Gateway testing or Task usage. Surfacing an
+				// error here is alarming and inactionable for customers who
+				// never purchased the AI Governance addon.
 			case feature.Entitlement == codersdk.EntitlementGracePeriod && feature.Limit != nil:
 				entitlements.Warnings = append(entitlements.Warnings,
 					fmt.Sprintf(
diff --git a/enterprise/coderd/license/license_test.go b/enterprise/coderd/license/license_test.go
index 3481e5b2b1..0a19250c93 100644
--- a/enterprise/coderd/license/license_test.go
+++ b/enterprise/coderd/license/license_test.go
@@ -1146,6 +1146,59 @@ func TestEntitlements(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NotContains(t, warning, "over the limit")
 			}
 		})
+
+		t.Run("NotEntitledSuppressed", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			const activeSeatCount int64 = 42
+
+			ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+			mDB := dbmock.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+
+			// Premium license without the AI Governance addon.
+			licenseOpts := (&coderdenttest.LicenseOptions{
+				FeatureSet: codersdk.FeatureSetPremium,
+				NotBefore:  dbtime.Now().Add(-time.Hour).Truncate(time.Second),
+				GraceAt:    dbtime.Now().Add(time.Hour * 24 * 60).Truncate(time.Second),
+				ExpiresAt:  dbtime.Now().Add(time.Hour * 24 * 90).Truncate(time.Second),
+			}).
+				UserLimit(100)
+
+			lic := database.License{
+				ID:  1,
+				JWT: coderdenttest.GenerateLicense(t, *licenseOpts),
+				Exp: licenseOpts.ExpiresAt,
+			}
+
+			mDB.EXPECT().
+				GetUnexpiredLicenses(gomock.Any()).
+				Return([]database.License{lic}, nil)
+			mDB.EXPECT().
+				GetActiveUserCount(gomock.Any(), false).
+				Return(int64(1), nil)
+			mDB.EXPECT().
+				GetActiveAISeatCount(gomock.Any()).
+				Return(activeSeatCount, nil)
+			mDB.EXPECT().
+				GetTotalUsageDCManagedAgentsV1(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).
+				Return(int64(0), nil)
+			mDB.EXPECT().
+				GetTemplatesWithFilter(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).
+				Return([]database.Template{}, nil)
+
+			entitlements, err := license.Entitlements(context.Background(), mDB, 1, 0, coderdenttest.Keys, all)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.True(t, entitlements.HasLicense)
+
+			// The not-entitled case should not produce errors about
+			// AI Governance seat counts.
+			for _, e := range entitlements.Errors {
+				require.NotContains(t, e, "AI Governance seats")
+			}
+			for _, w := range entitlements.Warnings {
+				require.NotContains(t, w, "AI Governance seats")
+			}
+		})
 	})
 }