Pod policies for workspace administrators

Administrators manage two Pod policies under Admin settings > Capabilities: who can create Open Pods, and whether members can add files manually.

Pod visibility

Setting	Effect
Private and open Pods (default)	Members can create either Restricted or Open Pods.
Private Pods only	Members can create only Restricted Pods. The Open visibility toggle is disabled and a notice is shown.

Turning on Private Pods only does not close existing Open Pods. Pod Editors can change those Pods to Restricted manually.

Pod files

Setting	Effect
Manual updates allowed (default)	Members can upload files and link Company Data to a Pod.
Manual updates disabled	The Add button is hidden. Agents and automated connectors can still populate the Files tab.

Both policies default to the more permissive option. Changing a policy affects the corresponding controls for members; review existing Pods separately when changing visibility policy.