admin disable: true does not disable admin

[yulolimum]

Describe the Bug

Hello!

According to the docs, the following property should disable the admin:

disable | If set to true, the entire Admin Panel will be disabled.

This however has no effect and the admin is still accessible.

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

https://github.com/yulolimum/tmp-payload-admin-disabled-repro

Reproduction Steps

1. Clone repo

git clone [email protected]:yulolimum/tmp-payload-admin-disabled-repro.git

2. Install deps

yarn

3. Start server

yarn dev

4. Navigate to admin in browser

   • Observe - admin is visible

5. Login using u:[email protected] p:Password1!

   • Observe - admin pages are visible

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

area: core

Environment Info

Binaries:
  Node: 22.12.0
  npm: 10.9.0
  Yarn: 4.6.0
  pnpm: N/A
Relevant Packages:
  payload: 3.12.0
  next: 15.1.3
  @payloadcms/email-nodemailer: 3.12.0
  @payloadcms/graphql: 3.12.0
  @payloadcms/next/utilities: 3.12.0
  @payloadcms/payload-cloud: 3.12.0
  @payloadcms/richtext-lexical: 3.12.0
  @payloadcms/translations: 3.12.0
  @payloadcms/ui/shared: 3.12.0
  react: 19.0.0
  react-dom: 19.0.0
Operating System:
  Platform: darwin
  Arch: arm64
  Version: Darwin Kernel Version 23.1.0: Mon Oct  9 21:27:24 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.41.9~6/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000
  Available memory (MB): 65536
  Available CPU cores: 10

[jmikrut]

Hey @yulolimum — we'll get on this. In the meantime, you can just delete the app/(payload)/admin folder which will disable the admin panel.

@JessChowdhury let's try and determine which touchpoints we need to deal with in order to respect this property once again now that we're on 3.0!