diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 6c0089bb6b..cfd8d7b155 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 {
   // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
   // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@
       "name": "Budibase Server",
       "type": "node",
       "request": "launch",
-      "runtimeVersion": "14.20.1",
       "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy", "-r", "ts-node/register/transpile-only"],
       "args": ["${workspaceFolder}/packages/server/src/index.ts"],
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/server"
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
       "name": "Budibase Worker",
       "type": "node",
       "request": "launch",
-      "runtimeVersion": "14.20.1",
       "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy", "-r", "ts-node/register/transpile-only"],
       "args": ["${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker/src/index.ts"],
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker"
diff --git a/charts/budibase/values.yaml b/charts/budibase/values.yaml
index e5ce4f53fd..e5f1eabb53 100644
--- a/charts/budibase/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/budibase/values.yaml
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ services:
         path: /health
         port: 10000
         scheme: HTTP
-      enabled: true
       periodSeconds: 3
       failureThreshold: 1
     livenessProbe:
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ services:
         path: /health
         port: 4002
         scheme: HTTP
-      enabled: true
       periodSeconds: 3
       failureThreshold: 1
     livenessProbe:
@@ -204,7 +202,6 @@ services:
         path: /health
         port: 4003
         scheme: HTTP
-      enabled: true
       periodSeconds: 3
       failureThreshold: 1
     livenessProbe:
@@ -411,14 +408,12 @@ couchdb:
   ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-probes/#configure-probes
   # FOR COUCHDB
   livenessProbe:
-    enabled: true
     failureThreshold: 3
     initialDelaySeconds: 0
     periodSeconds: 10
     successThreshold: 1
     timeoutSeconds: 1
   readinessProbe:
-    enabled: true
     failureThreshold: 3
     initialDelaySeconds: 0
     periodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/hosting/couchdb/Dockerfile b/hosting/couchdb/Dockerfile
index 70b4413859..ce77002052 100644
--- a/hosting/couchdb/Dockerfile
+++ b/hosting/couchdb/Dockerfile
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ ENV COUCHDB_PASSWORD admin
 EXPOSE 5984
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends software-properties-common wget unzip curl && \
-    wget -qO - https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/api/gpg/key/public | apt-key add - && \
+    wget -O - https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/api/gpg/key/public | sudo apt-key add - && \
     apt-add-repository 'deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security/updates main' && \
     apt-add-repository 'deb http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main' && \
-    apt-add-repository --yes https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/deb/ && \
-    apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends adoptopenjdk-8-hotspot && \
+    apt-add-repository 'deb https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb bullseye main' && \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends temurin-8-jdk && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/
 
 # setup clouseau
diff --git a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
index bad34a20ea..b3887c15fa 100644
--- a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ services:
       BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL: ${BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL}
       BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD: ${BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD}
       PLUGINS_DIR: ${PLUGINS_DIR}
+      OFFLINE_MODE: ${OFFLINE_MODE}
     depends_on:
       - worker-service
       - redis-service
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ services:
       INTERNAL_API_KEY: ${INTERNAL_API_KEY}
       REDIS_URL: redis-service:6379
       REDIS_PASSWORD: ${REDIS_PASSWORD}
+      OFFLINE_MODE: ${OFFLINE_MODE}
     depends_on:
       - redis-service
       - minio-service
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 1514e668d2..245b9c6150 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.9.24-alpha.4",
+  "version": "2.9.30-alpha.6",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/lucene.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/lucene.ts
index a491451a62..7451d581b5 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/lucene.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/lucene.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import fetch from "node-fetch"
 import { getCouchInfo } from "./couch"
-import { SearchFilters, Row } from "@budibase/types"
-import { createUserIndex } from "./searchIndexes/searchIndexes"
+import { SearchFilters, Row, EmptyFilterOption } from "@budibase/types"
 
 const QUERY_START_REGEX = /\d[0-9]*:/g
 
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ export class QueryBuilder<T> {
     this.#index = index
     this.#query = {
       allOr: false,
+      onEmptyFilter: EmptyFilterOption.RETURN_ALL,
       string: {},
       fuzzy: {},
       range: {},
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ export class QueryBuilder<T> {
     this.#query.allOr = true
   }
 
+  setOnEmptyFilter(value: EmptyFilterOption) {
+    this.#query.onEmptyFilter = value
+  }
+
   handleSpaces(input: string) {
     if (this.#noEscaping) {
       return input
@@ -289,8 +293,9 @@ export class QueryBuilder<T> {
     const builder = this
     let allOr = this.#query && this.#query.allOr
     let query = allOr ? "" : "*:*"
+    let allFiltersEmpty = true
     const allPreProcessingOpts = { escape: true, lowercase: true, wrap: true }
-    let tableId
+    let tableId: string = ""
     if (this.#query.equal!.tableId) {
       tableId = this.#query.equal!.tableId
       delete this.#query.equal!.tableId
@@ -305,7 +310,7 @@ export class QueryBuilder<T> {
     }
 
     const contains = (key: string, value: any, mode = "AND") => {
-      if (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0) {
+      if (!value || (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0)) {
         return null
       }
       if (!Array.isArray(value)) {
@@ -384,6 +389,12 @@ export class QueryBuilder<T> {
           built += ` ${mode} `
         }
         built += expression
+        if (
+          (typeof value !== "string" && value != null) ||
+          (typeof value === "string" && value !== tableId && value !== "")
+        ) {
+          allFiltersEmpty = false
+        }
       }
       if (opts?.returnBuilt) {
         return built
@@ -463,6 +474,13 @@ export class QueryBuilder<T> {
       allOr = false
       build({ tableId }, equal)
     }
+    if (allFiltersEmpty) {
+      if (this.#query.onEmptyFilter === EmptyFilterOption.RETURN_NONE) {
+        return ""
+      } else if (this.#query?.allOr) {
+        return query.replace("()", "(*:*)")
+      }
+    }
     return query
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/lucene.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/lucene.spec.ts
index a82828d8f2..7716661d88 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/lucene.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/lucene.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { newid } from "../../docIds/newid"
 import { getDB } from "../db"
-import { Database } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Database, EmptyFilterOption } from "@budibase/types"
 import { QueryBuilder, paginatedSearch, fullSearch } from "../lucene"
 
 const INDEX_NAME = "main"
@@ -156,6 +156,76 @@ describe("lucene", () => {
       expect(resp.rows.length).toBe(2)
     })
 
+    describe("empty filters behaviour", () => {
+      it("should return all rows by default", async () => {
+        const builder = new QueryBuilder(dbName, INDEX_NAME)
+        builder.addEqual("property", "")
+        builder.addEqual("number", null)
+        builder.addString("property", "")
+        builder.addFuzzy("property", "")
+        builder.addNotEqual("number", undefined)
+        builder.addOneOf("number", null)
+        builder.addContains("array", undefined)
+        builder.addNotContains("array", null)
+        builder.addContainsAny("array", null)
+
+        const resp = await builder.run()
+        expect(resp.rows.length).toBe(3)
+      })
+
+      it("should return all rows when onEmptyFilter is ALL", async () => {
+        const builder = new QueryBuilder(dbName, INDEX_NAME)
+        builder.setOnEmptyFilter(EmptyFilterOption.RETURN_ALL)
+        builder.setAllOr()
+        builder.addEqual("property", "")
+        builder.addEqual("number", null)
+        builder.addString("property", "")
+        builder.addFuzzy("property", "")
+        builder.addNotEqual("number", undefined)
+        builder.addOneOf("number", null)
+        builder.addContains("array", undefined)
+        builder.addNotContains("array", null)
+        builder.addContainsAny("array", null)
+
+        const resp = await builder.run()
+        expect(resp.rows.length).toBe(3)
+      })
+
+      it("should return no rows when onEmptyFilter is NONE", async () => {
+        const builder = new QueryBuilder(dbName, INDEX_NAME)
+        builder.setOnEmptyFilter(EmptyFilterOption.RETURN_NONE)
+        builder.addEqual("property", "")
+        builder.addEqual("number", null)
+        builder.addString("property", "")
+        builder.addFuzzy("property", "")
+        builder.addNotEqual("number", undefined)
+        builder.addOneOf("number", null)
+        builder.addContains("array", undefined)
+        builder.addNotContains("array", null)
+        builder.addContainsAny("array", null)
+
+        const resp = await builder.run()
+        expect(resp.rows.length).toBe(0)
+      })
+
+      it("should return all matching rows when onEmptyFilter is NONE, but a filter value is provided", async () => {
+        const builder = new QueryBuilder(dbName, INDEX_NAME)
+        builder.setOnEmptyFilter(EmptyFilterOption.RETURN_NONE)
+        builder.addEqual("property", "")
+        builder.addEqual("number", 1)
+        builder.addString("property", "")
+        builder.addFuzzy("property", "")
+        builder.addNotEqual("number", undefined)
+        builder.addOneOf("number", null)
+        builder.addContains("array", undefined)
+        builder.addNotContains("array", null)
+        builder.addContainsAny("array", null)
+
+        const resp = await builder.run()
+        expect(resp.rows.length).toBe(1)
+      })
+    })
+
     describe("skip", () => {
       const skipDbName = `db-${newid()}`
       let docs: {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/index.ts
rename to packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
index 877cd60e1a..8f5c903e05 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import env from "../environment"
 import * as context from "../context"
+export * from "./installation"
 
 /**
  * Read the TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS env var and return an array of features flags for each tenant.
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/features/installation.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/installation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..defc8bf987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/installation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export function processFeatureEnvVar<T>(
+  fullList: string[],
+  featureList?: string
+) {
+  let list
+  if (!featureList) {
+    list = fullList
+  } else {
+    list = featureList.split(",")
+  }
+  for (let feature of list) {
+    if (!fullList.includes(feature)) {
+      throw new Error(`Feature: ${feature} is not an allowed option`)
+    }
+  }
+  return list as unknown as T[]
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/tests/featureFlags.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/featureFlags.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/tests/featureFlags.spec.ts
rename to packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/featureFlags.spec.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
index 7b98674788..ffffd8240a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ export * as roles from "./security/roles"
 export * as permissions from "./security/permissions"
 export * as accounts from "./accounts"
 export * as installation from "./installation"
-export * as featureFlags from "./featureFlags"
+export * as featureFlags from "./features"
+export * as features from "./features/installation"
 export * as sessions from "./security/sessions"
 export * as platform from "./platform"
 export * as auth from "./auth"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
index 55cc97bb1c..14140cba81 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 import env from "../environment"
 import * as eventHelpers from "./events"
 import * as accounts from "../accounts"
+import * as accountSdk from "../accounts"
 import * as cache from "../cache"
-import { getIdentity, getTenantId, getGlobalDB } from "../context"
+import { getGlobalDB, getIdentity, getTenantId } from "../context"
 import * as dbUtils from "../db"
 import { EmailUnavailableError, HTTPError } from "../errors"
 import * as platform from "../platform"
 import * as sessions from "../security/sessions"
 import * as usersCore from "./users"
 import {
+  Account,
   AllDocsResponse,
   BulkUserCreated,
   BulkUserDeleted,
+  isSSOAccount,
+  isSSOUser,
   RowResponse,
   SaveUserOpts,
   User,
-  Account,
-  isSSOUser,
-  isSSOAccount,
   UserStatus,
 } from "@budibase/types"
-import * as accountSdk from "../accounts"
 import {
-  validateUniqueUser,
   getAccountHolderFromUserIds,
   isAdmin,
+  validateUniqueUser,
 } from "./utils"
 import { searchExistingEmails } from "./lookup"
 import { hash } from "../utils"
@@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ export class UserDB {
     return user
   }
 
+  static async bulkGet(userIds: string[]) {
+    return await usersCore.bulkGetGlobalUsersById(userIds)
+  }
+
+  static async bulkUpdate(users: User[]) {
+    return await usersCore.bulkUpdateGlobalUsers(users)
+  }
+
   static async save(user: User, opts: SaveUserOpts = {}): Promise<User> {
     // default booleans to true
     if (opts.hashPassword == null) {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/licenses.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/licenses.ts
index 6747282040..14a1f1f4d3 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/licenses.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/mocks/licenses.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ export const useAuditLogs = () => {
   return useFeature(Feature.AUDIT_LOGS)
 }
 
+export const usePublicApiUserRoles = () => {
+  return useFeature(Feature.USER_ROLE_PUBLIC_API)
+}
+
 export const useScimIntegration = () => {
   return useFeature(Feature.SCIM)
 }
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
index e9f6e5629f..ef8699824e 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
@@ -35,22 +35,28 @@
     { value: "and", label: "Match all filters" },
     { value: "or", label: "Match any filter" },
   ]
+  const onEmptyOptions = [
+    { value: "all", label: "Return all table rows" },
+    { value: "none", label: "Return no rows" },
+  ]
 
   let rawFilters
   let matchAny = false
+  let onEmptyFilter = "all"
 
   $: parseFilters(filters)
-  $: dispatch("change", enrichFilters(rawFilters, matchAny))
+  $: dispatch("change", enrichFilters(rawFilters, matchAny, onEmptyFilter))
   $: enrichedSchemaFields = getFields(schemaFields || [], { allowLinks: true })
   $: fieldOptions = enrichedSchemaFields.map(field => field.name) || []
   $: valueTypeOptions = allowBindings ? ["Value", "Binding"] : ["Value"]
 
-  // Remove field key prefixes and determine whether to use the "match all"
-  // or "match any" behaviour
+  // Remove field key prefixes and determine which behaviours to use
   const parseFilters = filters => {
     matchAny = filters?.find(filter => filter.operator === "allOr") != null
+    onEmptyFilter =
+      filters?.find(filter => filter.onEmptyFilter)?.onEmptyFilter ?? "all"
     rawFilters = (filters || [])
-      .filter(filter => filter.operator !== "allOr")
+      .filter(filter => filter.operator !== "allOr" && !filter.onEmptyFilter)
       .map(filter => {
         const { field } = filter
         let newFilter = { ...filter }
@@ -74,8 +80,8 @@
   })
 
   // Add field key prefixes and a special metadata filter object to indicate
-  // whether to use the "match all" or "match any" behaviour
-  const enrichFilters = (rawFilters, matchAny) => {
+  // how to handle filter behaviour
+  const enrichFilters = (rawFilters, matchAny, onEmptyFilter) => {
     let count = 1
     return rawFilters
       .filter(filter => filter.field)
@@ -84,6 +90,7 @@
         field: `${count++}:${filter.field}`,
       }))
       .concat(matchAny ? [{ operator: "allOr" }] : [])
+      .concat([{ onEmptyFilter }])
   }
 
   const addFilter = () => {
@@ -195,6 +202,17 @@
             on:change={e => (matchAny = e.detail === "or")}
             placeholder={null}
           />
+          {#if datasource?.type === "table"}
+            <Select
+              label="When filter empty"
+              value={onEmptyFilter}
+              options={onEmptyOptions}
+              getOptionLabel={opt => opt.label}
+              getOptionValue={opt => opt.value}
+              on:change={e => (onEmptyFilter = e.detail)}
+              placeholder={null}
+            />
+          {/if}
         </div>
         <div>
           <div class="filter-label">
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/_components/StatusRenderer.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/_components/StatusRenderer.svelte
index f041faa349..fd289163b4 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/_components/StatusRenderer.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/_components/StatusRenderer.svelte
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 
   $: isError = !value || value.toLowerCase() === "error"
   $: isStoppedError = value?.toLowerCase() === "stopped_error"
-  $: isStopped = value?.toLowerCase() === "stopped" || isStoppedError
-  $: info = getInfo(isError, isStopped)
+  $: isStopped = value?.toLowerCase() === "stopped"
+  $: info = getInfo(isError, isStopped, isStoppedError)
 
-  const getInfo = (error, stopped) => {
-    if (error) {
+  function getInfo(error, stopped, stoppedError) {
+    if (stoppedError) {
+      return { color: "red", message: "Stopped - Error" }
+    } else if (error) {
       return { color: "red", message: "Error" }
     } else if (stopped) {
       return { color: "yellow", message: "Stopped" }
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/index.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/index.svelte
index 190ced4b36..373a47aa2e 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/index.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/index.svelte
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 
   const ERROR = "error",
     SUCCESS = "success",
-    STOPPED = "stopped"
+    STOPPED = "stopped",
+    STOPPED_ERROR = "stopped_error"
   const sidePanel = getContext("side-panel")
 
   let pageInfo = createPaginationStore()
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
     { value: SUCCESS, label: "Success" },
     { value: ERROR, label: "Error" },
     { value: STOPPED, label: "Stopped" },
+    { value: STOPPED_ERROR, label: "Stopped - Error" },
   ]
 
   const runHistorySchema = {
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
index 34a89f54c3..9fbccadd31 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -8,22 +8,16 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "incremental": true,
-    "types": [ "node", "jest" ],
+    "types": ["node", "jest"],
     "outDir": "dist",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "paths": {
       "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
       "@budibase/backend-core": ["../backend-core/src"],
-      "@budibase/backend-core/*": ["../backend-core/*"]
+      "@budibase/backend-core/*": ["../backend-core/*"],
+      "@budibase/shared-core": ["../shared-core/src"]
     }
   },
-  "include": [
-    "src/**/*"
-  ],
-  "exclude": [
-    "node_modules",
-    "dist",
-    "**/*.spec.ts",
-    "**/*.spec.js"
-  ]
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "**/*.spec.ts", "**/*.spec.js"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/manifest.json b/packages/client/manifest.json
index c8d0506553..7be23cda77 100644
--- a/packages/client/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/client/manifest.json
@@ -2408,6 +2408,13 @@
         "label": "Disabled",
         "key": "disabled",
         "defaultValue": false
+      },
+
+      {
+        "type": "text",
+        "label": "Initial form step",
+        "key": "initialFormStep",
+        "defaultValue": 1
       }
     ],
     "context": [
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/Form.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/Form.svelte
index 39c9bf4b59..87883fe4b6 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/Form.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/Form.svelte
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   export let size
   export let disabled = false
   export let actionType = "Create"
+  export let initialFormStep = 1
 
   // Not exposed as a builder setting. Used internally to disable validation
   // for fields rendered in things like search blocks.
@@ -21,10 +22,18 @@
   const context = getContext("context")
   const { API, fetchDatasourceSchema } = getContext("sdk")
 
+  const getInitialFormStep = () => {
+    const parsedFormStep = parseInt(initialFormStep)
+    if (isNaN(parsedFormStep)) {
+      return 1
+    }
+    return parsedFormStep
+  }
+
   let loaded = false
   let schema
   let table
-  let currentStep = writable(1)
+  let currentStep = writable(getInitialFormStep())
 
   $: fetchSchema(dataSource)
   $: schemaKey = generateSchemaKey(schema)
diff --git a/packages/pro b/packages/pro
index 9b9c8cc08f..06a28b18a4 160000
--- a/packages/pro
+++ b/packages/pro
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9b9c8cc08f271bfc5dd401860f344f6eb336ab35
+Subproject commit 06a28b18a409cc12e9e8a5b69a094adcc6babd5a
diff --git a/packages/server/jest.config.ts b/packages/server/jest.config.ts
index f36864f999..21bb92388f 100644
--- a/packages/server/jest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/server/jest.config.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const baseConfig: Config.InitialProjectOptions = {
   },
   moduleNameMapper: {
     "@budibase/backend-core/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../backend-core/$1",
+    "@budibase/shared-core/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../shared-core/$1",
     "@budibase/backend-core": "<rootDir>/../backend-core/src",
     "@budibase/shared-core": "<rootDir>/../shared-core/src",
     "@budibase/types": "<rootDir>/../types/src",
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 0baec08436..ecf31175dc 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -179,5 +179,20 @@
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "oracledb": "5.3.0"
+  },
+  "nx": {
+    "targets": {
+      "dev:builder": {
+        "dependsOn": [
+          {
+            "comment": "Required for pro usage when submodule not loaded",
+            "projects": [
+              "@budibase/backend-core"
+            ],
+            "target": "build"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/specs/openapi.json b/packages/server/specs/openapi.json
index d97b09568c..1e5718c5b5 100644
--- a/packages/server/specs/openapi.json
+++ b/packages/server/specs/openapi.json
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@
             "type": "boolean"
           },
           "builder": {
-            "description": "Describes if the user is a builder user or not.",
+            "description": "Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {
               "global": {
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@
             }
           },
           "admin": {
-            "description": "Describes if the user is an admin user or not.",
+            "description": "Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {
               "global": {
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@
             }
           },
           "roles": {
-            "description": "Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user).",
+            "description": "Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
             "type": "object",
             "additionalProperties": {
               "type": "string",
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@
                 "type": "boolean"
               },
               "builder": {
-                "description": "Describes if the user is a builder user or not.",
+                "description": "Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {
                   "global": {
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@
                 }
               },
               "admin": {
-                "description": "Describes if the user is an admin user or not.",
+                "description": "Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {
                   "global": {
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@
                 }
               },
               "roles": {
-                "description": "Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user).",
+                "description": "Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
                 "type": "object",
                 "additionalProperties": {
                   "type": "string",
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@
                   "type": "boolean"
                 },
                 "builder": {
-                  "description": "Describes if the user is a builder user or not.",
+                  "description": "Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
                   "type": "object",
                   "properties": {
                     "global": {
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@
                   }
                 },
                 "admin": {
-                  "description": "Describes if the user is an admin user or not.",
+                  "description": "Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
                   "type": "object",
                   "properties": {
                     "global": {
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@
                   }
                 },
                 "roles": {
-                  "description": "Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user).",
+                  "description": "Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
                   "type": "object",
                   "additionalProperties": {
                     "type": "string",
@@ -1833,6 +1833,137 @@
         "required": [
           "name"
         ]
+      },
+      "rolesAssign": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "appBuilder": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "appId": {
+                "description": "The app that the users should have app builder privileges granted for.",
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "description": "Allow setting users to builders per app.",
+            "required": [
+              "appId"
+            ]
+          },
+          "builder": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "Add/remove global builder permissions from the list of users."
+          },
+          "admin": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "Add/remove global admin permissions from the list of users."
+          },
+          "role": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "roleId": {
+                "description": "The role ID, such as BASIC, ADMIN or a custom role ID.",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "appId": {
+                "description": "The app that the role relates to.",
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "description": "Add/remove a per-app role, such as BASIC, ADMIN etc.",
+            "required": [
+              "roleId",
+              "appId"
+            ]
+          },
+          "userIds": {
+            "description": "The user IDs to be updated to add/remove the specified roles.",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "userIds"
+        ]
+      },
+      "rolesUnAssign": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "appBuilder": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "appId": {
+                "description": "The app that the users should have app builder privileges granted for.",
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "description": "Allow setting users to builders per app.",
+            "required": [
+              "appId"
+            ]
+          },
+          "builder": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "Add/remove global builder permissions from the list of users."
+          },
+          "admin": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "Add/remove global admin permissions from the list of users."
+          },
+          "role": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "roleId": {
+                "description": "The role ID, such as BASIC, ADMIN or a custom role ID.",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "appId": {
+                "description": "The app that the role relates to.",
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "description": "Add/remove a per-app role, such as BASIC, ADMIN etc.",
+            "required": [
+              "roleId",
+              "appId"
+            ]
+          },
+          "userIds": {
+            "description": "The user IDs to be updated to add/remove the specified roles.",
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "userIds"
+        ]
+      },
+      "rolesOutput": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "data": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "userIds": {
+                "description": "The updated users' IDs",
+                "type": "array",
+                "items": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "userIds"
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "data"
+        ]
       }
     }
   },
@@ -2186,6 +2317,70 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "/roles/assign": {
+      "post": {
+        "operationId": "roleAssign",
+        "summary": "Assign a role to a list of users",
+        "description": "This is a business/enterprise only endpoint",
+        "tags": [
+          "roles"
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {
+          "required": true,
+          "content": {
+            "application/json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/rolesAssign"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Returns a list of updated user IDs",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/rolesOutput"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/roles/unassign": {
+      "post": {
+        "operationId": "roleUnAssign",
+        "summary": "Un-assign a role from a list of users",
+        "description": "This is a business/enterprise only endpoint",
+        "tags": [
+          "roles"
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {
+          "required": true,
+          "content": {
+            "application/json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/rolesUnAssign"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Returns a list of updated user IDs",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/rolesOutput"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "/tables/{tableId}/rows": {
       "post": {
         "operationId": "rowCreate",
diff --git a/packages/server/specs/openapi.yaml b/packages/server/specs/openapi.yaml
index 86807c9981..07320917b8 100644
--- a/packages/server/specs/openapi.yaml
+++ b/packages/server/specs/openapi.yaml
@@ -1297,7 +1297,8 @@ components:
             login.
           type: boolean
         builder:
-          description: Describes if the user is a builder user or not.
+          description: Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only
+            be set on a business or enterprise license.
           type: object
           properties:
             global:
@@ -1305,7 +1306,8 @@ components:
                 system.
               type: boolean
         admin:
-          description: Describes if the user is an admin user or not.
+          description: Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only
+            be set on a business or enterprise license.
           type: object
           properties:
             global:
@@ -1313,7 +1315,8 @@ components:
               type: boolean
         roles:
           description: Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a
-            builder user).
+            builder user). This field can only be set on a business or
+            enterprise license.
           type: object
           additionalProperties:
             type: string
@@ -1352,7 +1355,8 @@ components:
                 login.
               type: boolean
             builder:
-              description: Describes if the user is a builder user or not.
+              description: Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only
+                be set on a business or enterprise license.
               type: object
               properties:
                 global:
@@ -1360,7 +1364,8 @@ components:
                     system.
                   type: boolean
             admin:
-              description: Describes if the user is an admin user or not.
+              description: Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only
+                be set on a business or enterprise license.
               type: object
               properties:
                 global:
@@ -1368,7 +1373,8 @@ components:
                   type: boolean
             roles:
               description: Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a
-                builder user).
+                builder user). This field can only be set on a business or
+                enterprise license.
               type: object
               additionalProperties:
                 type: string
@@ -1415,7 +1421,8 @@ components:
                   login.
                 type: boolean
               builder:
-                description: Describes if the user is a builder user or not.
+                description: Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only
+                  be set on a business or enterprise license.
                 type: object
                 properties:
                   global:
@@ -1423,7 +1430,8 @@ components:
                       system.
                     type: boolean
               admin:
-                description: Describes if the user is an admin user or not.
+                description: Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only
+                  be set on a business or enterprise license.
                 type: object
                 properties:
                   global:
@@ -1431,7 +1439,8 @@ components:
                     type: boolean
               roles:
                 description: Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a
-                  builder user).
+                  builder user). This field can only be set on a business or
+                  enterprise license.
                 type: object
                 additionalProperties:
                   type: string
@@ -1547,6 +1556,99 @@ components:
             insensitive starts with match.
       required:
         - name
+    rolesAssign:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        appBuilder:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            appId:
+              description: The app that the users should have app builder privileges granted
+                for.
+              type: string
+          description: Allow setting users to builders per app.
+          required:
+            - appId
+        builder:
+          type: boolean
+          description: Add/remove global builder permissions from the list of users.
+        admin:
+          type: boolean
+          description: Add/remove global admin permissions from the list of users.
+        role:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            roleId:
+              description: The role ID, such as BASIC, ADMIN or a custom role ID.
+              type: string
+            appId:
+              description: The app that the role relates to.
+              type: string
+          description: Add/remove a per-app role, such as BASIC, ADMIN etc.
+          required:
+            - roleId
+            - appId
+        userIds:
+          description: The user IDs to be updated to add/remove the specified roles.
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: string
+      required:
+        - userIds
+    rolesUnAssign:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        appBuilder:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            appId:
+              description: The app that the users should have app builder privileges granted
+                for.
+              type: string
+          description: Allow setting users to builders per app.
+          required:
+            - appId
+        builder:
+          type: boolean
+          description: Add/remove global builder permissions from the list of users.
+        admin:
+          type: boolean
+          description: Add/remove global admin permissions from the list of users.
+        role:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            roleId:
+              description: The role ID, such as BASIC, ADMIN or a custom role ID.
+              type: string
+            appId:
+              description: The app that the role relates to.
+              type: string
+          description: Add/remove a per-app role, such as BASIC, ADMIN etc.
+          required:
+            - roleId
+            - appId
+        userIds:
+          description: The user IDs to be updated to add/remove the specified roles.
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: string
+      required:
+        - userIds
+    rolesOutput:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        data:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            userIds:
+              description: The updated users' IDs
+              type: array
+              items:
+                type: string
+          required:
+            - userIds
+      required:
+        - data
 security:
   - ApiKeyAuth: []
 paths:
@@ -1757,6 +1859,46 @@ paths:
               examples:
                 queries:
                   $ref: "#/components/examples/queries"
+  /roles/assign:
+    post:
+      operationId: roleAssign
+      summary: Assign a role to a list of users
+      description: This is a business/enterprise only endpoint
+      tags:
+        - roles
+      requestBody:
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/components/schemas/rolesAssign"
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Returns a list of updated user IDs
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/rolesOutput"
+  /roles/unassign:
+    post:
+      operationId: roleUnAssign
+      summary: Un-assign a role from a list of users
+      description: This is a business/enterprise only endpoint
+      tags:
+        - roles
+      requestBody:
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/components/schemas/rolesUnAssign"
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Returns a list of updated user IDs
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/rolesOutput"
   "/tables/{tableId}/rows":
     post:
       operationId: rowCreate
diff --git a/packages/server/specs/resources/index.ts b/packages/server/specs/resources/index.ts
index 6b8a1aa437..c06148b7de 100644
--- a/packages/server/specs/resources/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/specs/resources/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import query from "./query"
 import user from "./user"
 import metrics from "./metrics"
 import misc from "./misc"
+import roles from "./roles"
 
 export const examples = {
   ...application.getExamples(),
@@ -23,4 +24,5 @@ export const schemas = {
   ...query.getSchemas(),
   ...user.getSchemas(),
   ...misc.getSchemas(),
+  ...roles.getSchemas(),
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/specs/resources/roles.ts b/packages/server/specs/resources/roles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1033d640ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/specs/resources/roles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { object } from "./utils"
+import Resource from "./utils/Resource"
+
+const roleSchema = object(
+  {
+    appBuilder: object(
+      {
+        appId: {
+          description:
+            "The app that the users should have app builder privileges granted for.",
+          type: "string",
+        },
+      },
+      { description: "Allow setting users to builders per app." }
+    ),
+    builder: {
+      type: "boolean",
+      description:
+        "Add/remove global builder permissions from the list of users.",
+    },
+    admin: {
+      type: "boolean",
+      description:
+        "Add/remove global admin permissions from the list of users.",
+    },
+    role: object(
+      {
+        roleId: {
+          description: "The role ID, such as BASIC, ADMIN or a custom role ID.",
+          type: "string",
+        },
+        appId: {
+          description: "The app that the role relates to.",
+          type: "string",
+        },
+      },
+      { description: "Add/remove a per-app role, such as BASIC, ADMIN etc." }
+    ),
+    userIds: {
+      description:
+        "The user IDs to be updated to add/remove the specified roles.",
+      type: "array",
+      items: {
+        type: "string",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  { required: ["userIds"] }
+)
+
+export default new Resource().setSchemas({
+  rolesAssign: roleSchema,
+  rolesUnAssign: roleSchema,
+  rolesOutput: object({
+    data: object({
+      userIds: {
+        description: "The updated users' IDs",
+        type: "array",
+        items: {
+          type: "string",
+        },
+      },
+    }),
+  }),
+})
diff --git a/packages/server/specs/resources/user.ts b/packages/server/specs/resources/user.ts
index a7b9f1ddb9..d00ed02f81 100644
--- a/packages/server/specs/resources/user.ts
+++ b/packages/server/specs/resources/user.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ const userSchema = object(
       type: "boolean",
     },
     builder: {
-      description: "Describes if the user is a builder user or not.",
+      description:
+        "Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
       type: "object",
       properties: {
         global: {
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ const userSchema = object(
       },
     },
     admin: {
-      description: "Describes if the user is an admin user or not.",
+      description:
+        "Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
       type: "object",
       properties: {
         global: {
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ const userSchema = object(
     },
     roles: {
       description:
-        "Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user).",
+        "Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license.",
       type: "object",
       additionalProperties: {
         type: "string",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
index a2b164ffc6..66439d3411 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
@@ -77,18 +77,19 @@ async function initDeployedApp(prodAppId: any) {
     )
   ).rows.map((row: any) => row.doc)
   await clearMetadata()
-  console.log("You have " + automations.length + " automations")
+  const { count } = await disableAllCrons(prodAppId)
   const promises = []
-  console.log("Disabling prod crons..")
-  await disableAllCrons(prodAppId)
-  console.log("Prod Cron triggers disabled..")
-  console.log("Enabling cron triggers for deployed app..")
   for (let automation of automations) {
     promises.push(enableCronTrigger(prodAppId, automation))
   }
-  await Promise.all(promises)
-  console.log("Enabled cron triggers for deployed app..")
-  // sync the automations back to the dev DB - since there is now cron
+  const results = await Promise.all(promises)
+  const enabledCount = results
+    .map(result => result.enabled)
+    .filter(result => result).length
+  console.log(
+    `Cleared ${count} old CRON, enabled ${enabledCount} new CRON triggers for app deployment`
+  )
+  // sync the automations back to the dev DB - since there is now CRON
   // information attached
   await sdk.applications.syncApp(dbCore.getDevAppID(prodAppId), {
     automationOnly: true,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/applications.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/applications.ts
index c4041bedcf..fd72db95d3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/applications.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/applications.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { search as stringSearch, addRev } from "./utils"
 import * as controller from "../application"
 import * as deployController from "../deploy"
 import { Application } from "../../../definitions/common"
+import { UserCtx } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Next } from "koa"
 
 function fixAppID(app: Application, params: any) {
   if (!params) {
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ function fixAppID(app: Application, params: any) {
   return app
 }
 
-async function setResponseApp(ctx: any) {
+async function setResponseApp(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const appId = ctx.body?.appId
   if (appId && (!ctx.params || !ctx.params.appId)) {
     ctx.params = { appId }
@@ -28,14 +30,14 @@ async function setResponseApp(ctx: any) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function search(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function search(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   const { name } = ctx.request.body
   const apps = await dbCore.getAllApps({ all: true })
   ctx.body = stringSearch(apps, name)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function create(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function create(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   if (!ctx.request.body || !ctx.request.body.useTemplate) {
     ctx.request.body = {
       useTemplate: false,
@@ -47,14 +49,14 @@ export async function create(ctx: any, next: any) {
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function read(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function read(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await context.doInAppContext(ctx.params.appId, async () => {
     await setResponseApp(ctx)
     await next()
   })
 }
 
-export async function update(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function update(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   ctx.request.body = await addRev(fixAppID(ctx.request.body, ctx.params))
   await context.doInAppContext(ctx.params.appId, async () => {
     await controller.update(ctx)
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ export async function update(ctx: any, next: any) {
   })
 }
 
-export async function destroy(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await context.doInAppContext(ctx.params.appId, async () => {
     // get the app before deleting it
     await setResponseApp(ctx)
@@ -75,14 +77,14 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: any, next: any) {
   })
 }
 
-export async function unpublish(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function unpublish(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await context.doInAppContext(ctx.params.appId, async () => {
     await controller.unpublish(ctx)
     await next()
   })
 }
 
-export async function publish(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function publish(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await context.doInAppContext(ctx.params.appId, async () => {
     await deployController.publishApp(ctx)
     await next()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/mapping/types.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/mapping/types.ts
index e3c8719d87..9fea9b7213 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/mapping/types.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/mapping/types.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ export type CreateRowParams = components["schemas"]["row"]
 export type User = components["schemas"]["userOutput"]["data"]
 export type CreateUserParams = components["schemas"]["user"]
 
+export type RoleAssignRequest = components["schemas"]["rolesAssign"]
+export type RoleUnAssignRequest = components["schemas"]["rolesUnAssign"]
+export type RoleAssignmentResponse = components["schemas"]["rolesOutput"]
+
 export type SearchInputParams =
   | components["schemas"]["nameSearch"]
   | components["schemas"]["rowSearch"]
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/queries.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/queries.ts
index 57ec608379..3cb1ab3812 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/queries.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/queries.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import { search as stringSearch } from "./utils"
 import * as queryController from "../query"
+import { UserCtx } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Next } from "koa"
 
-export async function search(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function search(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await queryController.fetch(ctx)
   const { name } = ctx.request.body
   ctx.body = stringSearch(ctx.body, name)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function execute(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function execute(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   // don't wrap this, already returns "data"
   await queryController.executeV2(ctx)
   await next()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/roles.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/roles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..362f25da58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/roles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { UserCtx } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Next } from "koa"
+import { sdk } from "@budibase/pro"
+import {
+  RoleAssignmentResponse,
+  RoleUnAssignRequest,
+  RoleAssignRequest,
+} from "./mapping/types"
+
+async function assign(
+  ctx: UserCtx<RoleAssignRequest, RoleAssignmentResponse>,
+  next: Next
+) {
+  const { userIds, ...assignmentProps } = ctx.request.body
+  await sdk.publicApi.roles.assign(userIds, assignmentProps)
+  ctx.body = { data: { userIds } }
+  await next()
+}
+
+async function unAssign(
+  ctx: UserCtx<RoleUnAssignRequest, RoleAssignmentResponse>,
+  next: Next
+) {
+  const { userIds, ...unAssignmentProps } = ctx.request.body
+  await sdk.publicApi.roles.unAssign(userIds, unAssignmentProps)
+  ctx.body = { data: { userIds } }
+  await next()
+}
+
+export default {
+  assign,
+  unAssign,
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/rows.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/rows.ts
index 39cf85a2a3..16403b06c9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/rows.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/rows.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import * as rowController from "../row"
 import { addRev } from "./utils"
-import { Row } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Row, UserCtx } from "@budibase/types"
 import { convertBookmark } from "../../../utilities"
+import { Next } from "koa"
 
 // makes sure that the user doesn't need to pass in the type, tableId or _id params for
 // the call to be correct
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export function fixRow(row: Row, params: any) {
   return row
 }
 
-export async function search(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function search(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   let { sort, paginate, bookmark, limit, query } = ctx.request.body
   // update the body to the correct format of the internal search
   if (!sort) {
@@ -40,25 +41,25 @@ export async function search(ctx: any, next: any) {
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function create(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function create(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   ctx.request.body = fixRow(ctx.request.body, ctx.params)
   await rowController.save(ctx)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function read(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function read(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await rowController.fetchEnrichedRow(ctx)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function update(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function update(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   const { tableId } = ctx.params
   ctx.request.body = await addRev(fixRow(ctx.request.body, ctx.params), tableId)
   await rowController.save(ctx)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function destroy(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   const { tableId } = ctx.params
   // set the body as expected, with the _id and _rev fields
   ctx.request.body = await addRev(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/tables.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/tables.ts
index a346a750da..7486172fa3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/tables.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/tables.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { search as stringSearch, addRev } from "./utils"
 import * as controller from "../table"
-import { Table } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Table, UserCtx } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Next } from "koa"
 
 function fixTable(table: Table, params: any) {
   if (!params || !table) {
@@ -15,24 +16,24 @@ function fixTable(table: Table, params: any) {
   return table
 }
 
-export async function search(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function search(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   const { name } = ctx.request.body
   await controller.fetch(ctx)
   ctx.body = stringSearch(ctx.body, name)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function create(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function create(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await controller.save(ctx)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function read(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function read(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await controller.find(ctx)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function update(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function update(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   ctx.request.body = await addRev(
     fixTable(ctx.request.body, ctx.params),
     ctx.params.tableId
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export async function update(ctx: any, next: any) {
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function destroy(ctx: any, next: any) {
+export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   await controller.destroy(ctx)
   ctx.body = ctx.table
   await next()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/users.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/users.ts
index 7192077d04..bb6fc3a6e7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/users.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/users.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,18 @@ import {
 import { publicApiUserFix } from "../../../utilities/users"
 import { db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { search as stringSearch } from "./utils"
-import { BBContext, User } from "@budibase/types"
+import { UserCtx, User } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Next } from "koa"
+import { sdk } from "@budibase/pro"
 
-function isLoggedInUser(ctx: BBContext, user: User) {
+function isLoggedInUser(ctx: UserCtx, user: User) {
   const loggedInId = ctx.user?._id
   const globalUserId = dbCore.getGlobalIDFromUserMetadataID(loggedInId!)
   // check both just incase
   return globalUserId === user._id || loggedInId === user._id
 }
 
-function getUser(ctx: BBContext, userId?: string) {
+function getUser(ctx: UserCtx, userId?: string) {
   if (userId) {
     ctx.params = { userId }
   } else if (!ctx.params?.userId) {
@@ -25,42 +27,38 @@ function getUser(ctx: BBContext, userId?: string) {
   return readGlobalUser(ctx)
 }
 
-export async function search(ctx: BBContext, next: any) {
+export async function search(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   const { name } = ctx.request.body
   const users = await allGlobalUsers(ctx)
   ctx.body = stringSearch(users, name, "email")
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function create(ctx: BBContext, next: any) {
-  const response = await saveGlobalUser(publicApiUserFix(ctx))
+export async function create(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
+  ctx = publicApiUserFix(await sdk.publicApi.users.roleCheck(ctx))
+  const response = await saveGlobalUser(ctx)
   ctx.body = await getUser(ctx, response._id)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function read(ctx: BBContext, next: any) {
+export async function read(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   ctx.body = await readGlobalUser(ctx)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function update(ctx: BBContext, next: any) {
+export async function update(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   const user = await readGlobalUser(ctx)
   ctx.request.body = {
     ...ctx.request.body,
     _rev: user._rev,
   }
-  // disallow updating your own role - always overwrite with DB roles
-  if (isLoggedInUser(ctx, user)) {
-    ctx.request.body.builder = user.builder
-    ctx.request.body.admin = user.admin
-    ctx.request.body.roles = user.roles
-  }
-  const response = await saveGlobalUser(publicApiUserFix(ctx))
+  ctx = publicApiUserFix(await sdk.publicApi.users.roleCheck(ctx, user))
+  const response = await saveGlobalUser(ctx)
   ctx.body = await getUser(ctx, response._id)
   await next()
 }
 
-export async function destroy(ctx: BBContext, next: any) {
+export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx, next: Next) {
   const user = await getUser(ctx)
   // disallow deleting yourself
   if (isLoggedInUser(ctx, user)) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
index bc4edbd661..491cbfa8f9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ import {
   Row,
   Table,
   UserCtx,
+  EmptyFilterOption,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import * as utils from "./utils"
+import { dataFilters } from "@budibase/shared-core"
 
 export async function handleRequest(
   operation: Operation,
@@ -38,6 +40,13 @@ export async function handleRequest(
     }
   }
 
+  if (
+    !dataFilters.hasFilters(opts?.filters) &&
+    opts?.filters?.onEmptyFilter === EmptyFilterOption.RETURN_NONE
+  ) {
+    return []
+  }
+
   return new ExternalRequest(operation, tableId, opts?.datasource).run(
     opts || {}
   )
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/roles.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/roles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..905f364cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/roles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import controller from "../../controllers/public/roles"
+import Endpoint from "./utils/Endpoint"
+
+const write = []
+
+/**
+ * @openapi
+ * /roles/assign:
+ *   post:
+ *     operationId: roleAssign
+ *     summary: Assign a role to a list of users
+ *     description: This is a business/enterprise only endpoint
+ *     tags:
+ *       - roles
+ *     requestBody:
+ *       required: true
+ *       content:
+ *         application/json:
+ *           schema:
+ *             $ref: '#/components/schemas/rolesAssign'
+ *     responses:
+ *       200:
+ *         description: Returns a list of updated user IDs
+ *         content:
+ *           application/json:
+ *             schema:
+ *               $ref: '#/components/schemas/rolesOutput'
+ */
+write.push(new Endpoint("post", "/roles/assign", controller.assign))
+
+/**
+ * @openapi
+ * /roles/unassign:
+ *   post:
+ *     operationId: roleUnAssign
+ *     summary: Un-assign a role from a list of users
+ *     description: This is a business/enterprise only endpoint
+ *     tags:
+ *       - roles
+ *     requestBody:
+ *       required: true
+ *       content:
+ *         application/json:
+ *           schema:
+ *             $ref: '#/components/schemas/rolesUnAssign'
+ *     responses:
+ *       200:
+ *         description: Returns a list of updated user IDs
+ *         content:
+ *           application/json:
+ *             schema:
+ *               $ref: '#/components/schemas/rolesOutput'
+ */
+write.push(new Endpoint("post", "/roles/unassign", controller.unAssign))
+
+export default { write, read: [] }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/users.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/users.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1daa611df8..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/users.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-const setup = require("../../tests/utilities")
-const { generateMakeRequest } = require("./utils")
-
-const workerRequests = require("../../../../utilities/workerRequests")
-
-let config = setup.getConfig()
-let apiKey, globalUser, makeRequest
-
-beforeAll(async () => {
-  await config.init()
-  globalUser = await config.globalUser()
-  apiKey = await config.generateApiKey(globalUser._id)
-  makeRequest = generateMakeRequest(apiKey)
-  workerRequests.readGlobalUser.mockReturnValue(globalUser)
-})
-
-afterAll(setup.afterAll)
-
-describe("check user endpoints", () => {
-  it("should not allow a user to update their own roles", async () => {
-    const res = await makeRequest("put", `/users/${globalUser._id}`, {
-      ...globalUser,
-      roles: {
-        "app_1": "ADMIN",
-      }
-    })
-    expect(workerRequests.saveGlobalUser.mock.lastCall[0].body.data.roles["app_1"]).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
-    expect(res.body.data.roles["app_1"]).toBeUndefined()
-  })
-
-  it("should not allow a user to delete themselves", async () => {
-    const res = await makeRequest("delete", `/users/${globalUser._id}`)
-    expect(res.status).toBe(405)
-    expect(workerRequests.deleteGlobalUser.mock.lastCall).toBeUndefined()
-  })
-})
-
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/users.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/users.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c81acca1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/users.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import * as setup from "../../tests/utilities"
+import { generateMakeRequest, MakeRequestResponse } from "./utils"
+import { User } from "@budibase/types"
+import { mocks } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
+
+import * as workerRequests from "../../../../utilities/workerRequests"
+
+const mockedWorkerReq = jest.mocked(workerRequests)
+
+let config = setup.getConfig()
+let apiKey: string, globalUser: User, makeRequest: MakeRequestResponse
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await config.init()
+  globalUser = await config.globalUser()
+  apiKey = await config.generateApiKey(globalUser._id)
+  makeRequest = generateMakeRequest(apiKey)
+  mockedWorkerReq.readGlobalUser.mockImplementation(() =>
+    Promise.resolve(globalUser)
+  )
+})
+
+afterAll(setup.afterAll)
+
+function base() {
+  return {
+    tenantId: config.getTenantId(),
+    firstName: "Test",
+    lastName: "Test",
+  }
+}
+
+function updateMock() {
+  mockedWorkerReq.readGlobalUser.mockImplementation(ctx => ctx.request.body)
+}
+
+describe("check user endpoints", () => {
+  it("should not allow a user to update their own roles", async () => {
+    const res = await makeRequest("put", `/users/${globalUser._id}`, {
+      ...globalUser,
+      roles: {
+        app_1: "ADMIN",
+      },
+    })
+    expect(
+      mockedWorkerReq.saveGlobalUser.mock.lastCall?.[0].body.data.roles["app_1"]
+    ).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.body.data.roles["app_1"]).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it("should not allow a user to delete themselves", async () => {
+    const res = await makeRequest("delete", `/users/${globalUser._id}`)
+    expect(res.status).toBe(405)
+    expect(mockedWorkerReq.deleteGlobalUser.mock.lastCall).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe("no user role update in free", () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    updateMock()
+  })
+
+  it("should not allow 'roles' to be updated", async () => {
+    const res = await makeRequest("post", "/users", {
+      ...base(),
+      roles: { app_a: "BASIC" },
+    })
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.body.data.roles["app_a"]).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it("should not allow 'admin' to be updated", async () => {
+    const res = await makeRequest("post", "/users", {
+      ...base(),
+      admin: { global: true },
+    })
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.body.data.admin).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it("should not allow 'builder' to be updated", async () => {
+    const res = await makeRequest("post", "/users", {
+      ...base(),
+      builder: { global: true },
+    })
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.body.data.builder).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe("no user role update in business", () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    updateMock()
+    mocks.licenses.usePublicApiUserRoles()
+  })
+
+  it("should allow 'roles' to be updated", async () => {
+    const res = await makeRequest("post", "/users", {
+      ...base(),
+      roles: { app_a: "BASIC" },
+    })
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.body.data.roles["app_a"]).toBe("BASIC")
+  })
+
+  it("should allow 'admin' to be updated", async () => {
+    mocks.licenses.usePublicApiUserRoles()
+    const res = await makeRequest("post", "/users", {
+      ...base(),
+      admin: { global: true },
+    })
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.body.data.admin.global).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it("should allow 'builder' to be updated", async () => {
+    mocks.licenses.usePublicApiUserRoles()
+    const res = await makeRequest("post", "/users", {
+      ...base(),
+      builder: { global: true },
+    })
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.body.data.builder.global).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/server/src/app.ts b/packages/server/src/app.ts
index d41f908059..1f38448efb 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/app.ts
@@ -1,120 +1,41 @@
+import Sentry from "@sentry/node"
+
 if (process.env.DD_APM_ENABLED) {
   require("./ddApm")
 }
 
 // need to load environment first
 import env from "./environment"
-
-import { ExtendableContext } from "koa"
 import * as db from "./db"
 db.init()
-import Koa from "koa"
-import koaBody from "koa-body"
-import http from "http"
-import * as api from "./api"
-import * as automations from "./automations"
-import { Thread } from "./threads"
-import * as redis from "./utilities/redis"
 import { ServiceType } from "@budibase/types"
-import {
-  events,
-  logging,
-  middleware,
-  timers,
-  env as coreEnv,
-} from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { env as coreEnv } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 coreEnv._set("SERVICE_TYPE", ServiceType.APPS)
+import { apiEnabled } from "./features"
+import createKoaApp from "./koa"
+import Koa from "koa"
+import { Server } from "http"
 import { startup } from "./startup"
-const Sentry = require("@sentry/node")
-const destroyable = require("server-destroy")
-const { userAgent } = require("koa-useragent")
 
-const app = new Koa()
+let app: Koa, server: Server
 
-let mbNumber = parseInt(env.HTTP_MB_LIMIT || "10")
-if (!mbNumber || isNaN(mbNumber)) {
-  mbNumber = 10
-}
-// set up top level koa middleware
-app.use(
-  koaBody({
-    multipart: true,
-    formLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
-    jsonLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
-    textLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
-    // @ts-ignore
-    enableTypes: ["json", "form", "text"],
-    parsedMethods: ["POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"],
-  })
-)
-
-app.use(middleware.correlation)
-app.use(middleware.pino)
-app.use(userAgent)
-
-if (env.isProd()) {
-  env._set("NODE_ENV", "production")
-  Sentry.init()
-
-  app.on("error", (err: any, ctx: ExtendableContext) => {
-    Sentry.withScope(function (scope: any) {
-      scope.addEventProcessor(function (event: any) {
-        return Sentry.Handlers.parseRequest(event, ctx.request)
-      })
-      Sentry.captureException(err)
-    })
-  })
-}
-
-const server = http.createServer(app.callback())
-destroyable(server)
-
-let shuttingDown = false,
-  errCode = 0
-
-server.on("close", async () => {
-  // already in process
-  if (shuttingDown) {
-    return
+async function start() {
+  if (apiEnabled()) {
+    const koa = createKoaApp()
+    app = koa.app
+    server = koa.server
   }
-  shuttingDown = true
-  console.log("Server Closed")
-  timers.cleanup()
-  await automations.shutdown()
-  await redis.shutdown()
-  events.shutdown()
-  await Thread.shutdown()
-  api.shutdown()
-  if (!env.isTest()) {
-    process.exit(errCode)
-  }
-})
-
-export default server.listen(env.PORT || 0, async () => {
   await startup(app, server)
-})
-
-const shutdown = () => {
-  server.close()
-  // @ts-ignore
-  server.destroy()
+  if (env.isProd()) {
+    env._set("NODE_ENV", "production")
+    Sentry.init()
+  }
 }
 
-process.on("uncaughtException", err => {
-  // @ts-ignore
-  // don't worry about this error, comes from zlib isn't important
-  if (err && err["code"] === "ERR_INVALID_CHAR") {
-    return
-  }
-  errCode = -1
-  logging.logAlert("Uncaught exception.", err)
-  shutdown()
+start().catch(err => {
+  console.error(`Failed server startup - ${err.message}`)
 })
 
-process.on("SIGTERM", () => {
-  shutdown()
-})
-
-process.on("SIGINT", () => {
-  shutdown()
-})
+export function getServer() {
+  return server
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/index.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/index.ts
index 9bbab95a27..4ef3210932 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { processEvent } from "./utils"
 import { automationQueue } from "./bullboard"
 import { rebootTrigger } from "./triggers"
 import BullQueue from "bull"
+import { automationsEnabled } from "../features"
 
 export { automationQueue } from "./bullboard"
 export { shutdown } from "./bullboard"
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ export { BUILTIN_ACTION_DEFINITIONS, getActionDefinitions } from "./actions"
  * This module is built purely to kick off the worker farm and manage the inputs/outputs
  */
 export async function init() {
+  if (!automationsEnabled()) {
+    return
+  }
   // this promise will not complete
   const promise = automationQueue.process(async job => {
     await processEvent(job)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.ts
index 1abb8c6a31..e0680017e7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   AutomationStepInput,
   AutomationStepSchema,
   AutomationStepType,
+  EmptyFilterOption,
   SearchFilters,
   Table,
 } from "@budibase/types"
@@ -26,16 +27,6 @@ const SortOrderPretty = {
   [SortOrder.DESCENDING]: "Descending",
 }
 
-enum EmptyFilterOption {
-  RETURN_ALL = "all",
-  RETURN_NONE = "none",
-}
-
-const EmptyFilterOptionPretty = {
-  [EmptyFilterOption.RETURN_ALL]: "Return all table rows",
-  [EmptyFilterOption.RETURN_NONE]: "Return no rows",
-}
-
 export const definition: AutomationStepSchema = {
   description: "Query rows from the database",
   icon: "Search",
@@ -77,12 +68,6 @@ export const definition: AutomationStepSchema = {
           title: "Limit",
           customType: AutomationCustomIOType.QUERY_LIMIT,
         },
-        onEmptyFilter: {
-          pretty: Object.values(EmptyFilterOptionPretty),
-          enum: Object.values(EmptyFilterOption),
-          type: AutomationIOType.STRING,
-          title: "When Filter Empty",
-        },
       },
       required: ["tableId"],
     },
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
index 7b0ab4f2fd..18d2d30f82 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ import {
   WebhookActionType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../sdk"
+import { automationsEnabled } from "../features"
 
 const WH_STEP_ID = definitions.WEBHOOK.stepId
-const Runner = new Thread(ThreadType.AUTOMATION)
+let Runner: Thread
+if (automationsEnabled()) {
+  Runner = new Thread(ThreadType.AUTOMATION)
+}
 
 function loggingArgs(
   job: AutomationJob,
@@ -130,7 +134,8 @@ export async function disableAllCrons(appId: any) {
       }
     }
   }
-  return Promise.all(promises)
+  const results = await Promise.all(promises)
+  return { count: results.length / 2 }
 }
 
 export async function disableCronById(jobId: number | string) {
@@ -169,6 +174,7 @@ export async function enableCronTrigger(appId: any, automation: Automation) {
   const needsCreated =
     !sdk.automations.isReboot(automation) &&
     !sdk.automations.disabled(automation)
+  let enabled = false
 
   // need to create cron job
   if (validCron && needsCreated) {
@@ -191,8 +197,9 @@ export async function enableCronTrigger(appId: any, automation: Automation) {
       automation._id = response.id
       automation._rev = response.rev
     })
+    enabled = true
   }
-  return automation
+  return { enabled, automation }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/server/src/definitions/openapi.ts b/packages/server/src/definitions/openapi.ts
index 5ca4990647..fe5c17b218 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/definitions/openapi.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/definitions/openapi.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ export interface paths {
     /** Based on query properties (currently only name) search for queries. */
     post: operations["querySearch"];
   };
+  "/roles/assign": {
+    /** This is a business/enterprise only endpoint */
+    post: operations["roleAssign"];
+  };
+  "/roles/unassign": {
+    /** This is a business/enterprise only endpoint */
+    post: operations["roleUnAssign"];
+  };
   "/tables/{tableId}/rows": {
     /** Creates a row within the specified table. */
     post: operations["rowCreate"];
@@ -256,7 +264,8 @@ export interface components {
                 | "auto"
                 | "json"
                 | "internal"
-                | "barcodeqr";
+                | "barcodeqr"
+                | "bigint";
               /** @description A constraint can be applied to the column which will be validated against when a row is saved. */
               constraints?: {
                 /** @enum {string} */
@@ -362,7 +371,8 @@ export interface components {
                   | "auto"
                   | "json"
                   | "internal"
-                  | "barcodeqr";
+                  | "barcodeqr"
+                  | "bigint";
                 /** @description A constraint can be applied to the column which will be validated against when a row is saved. */
                 constraints?: {
                   /** @enum {string} */
@@ -470,7 +480,8 @@ export interface components {
                   | "auto"
                   | "json"
                   | "internal"
-                  | "barcodeqr";
+                  | "barcodeqr"
+                  | "bigint";
                 /** @description A constraint can be applied to the column which will be validated against when a row is saved. */
                 constraints?: {
                   /** @enum {string} */
@@ -577,17 +588,17 @@ export interface components {
       lastName?: string;
       /** @description If set to true forces the user to reset their password on first login. */
       forceResetPassword?: boolean;
-      /** @description Describes if the user is a builder user or not. */
+      /** @description Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
       builder?: {
         /** @description If set to true the user will be able to build any app in the system. */
         global?: boolean;
       };
-      /** @description Describes if the user is an admin user or not. */
+      /** @description Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
       admin?: {
         /** @description If set to true the user will be able to administrate the system. */
         global?: boolean;
       };
-      /** @description Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). */
+      /** @description Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
       roles: { [key: string]: string };
     };
     userOutput: {
@@ -607,17 +618,17 @@ export interface components {
         lastName?: string;
         /** @description If set to true forces the user to reset their password on first login. */
         forceResetPassword?: boolean;
-        /** @description Describes if the user is a builder user or not. */
+        /** @description Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
         builder?: {
           /** @description If set to true the user will be able to build any app in the system. */
           global?: boolean;
         };
-        /** @description Describes if the user is an admin user or not. */
+        /** @description Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
         admin?: {
           /** @description If set to true the user will be able to administrate the system. */
           global?: boolean;
         };
-        /** @description Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). */
+        /** @description Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
         roles: { [key: string]: string };
         /** @description The ID of the user. */
         _id: string;
@@ -640,17 +651,17 @@ export interface components {
         lastName?: string;
         /** @description If set to true forces the user to reset their password on first login. */
         forceResetPassword?: boolean;
-        /** @description Describes if the user is a builder user or not. */
+        /** @description Describes if the user is a builder user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
         builder?: {
           /** @description If set to true the user will be able to build any app in the system. */
           global?: boolean;
         };
-        /** @description Describes if the user is an admin user or not. */
+        /** @description Describes if the user is an admin user or not. This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
         admin?: {
           /** @description If set to true the user will be able to administrate the system. */
           global?: boolean;
         };
-        /** @description Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). */
+        /** @description Contains the roles of the user per app (assuming they are not a builder user). This field can only be set on a business or enterprise license. */
         roles: { [key: string]: string };
         /** @description The ID of the user. */
         _id: string;
@@ -712,6 +723,52 @@ export interface components {
       /** @description The name to be used when searching - this will be used in a case insensitive starts with match. */
       name: string;
     };
+    rolesAssign: {
+      /** @description Allow setting users to builders per app. */
+      appBuilder?: {
+        /** @description The app that the users should have app builder privileges granted for. */
+        appId: string;
+      };
+      /** @description Add/remove global builder permissions from the list of users. */
+      builder?: boolean;
+      /** @description Add/remove global admin permissions from the list of users. */
+      admin?: boolean;
+      /** @description Add/remove a per-app role, such as BASIC, ADMIN etc. */
+      role?: {
+        /** @description The role ID, such as BASIC, ADMIN or a custom role ID. */
+        roleId: string;
+        /** @description The app that the role relates to. */
+        appId: string;
+      };
+      /** @description The user IDs to be updated to add/remove the specified roles. */
+      userIds: string[];
+    };
+    rolesUnAssign: {
+      /** @description Allow setting users to builders per app. */
+      appBuilder?: {
+        /** @description The app that the users should have app builder privileges granted for. */
+        appId: string;
+      };
+      /** @description Add/remove global builder permissions from the list of users. */
+      builder?: boolean;
+      /** @description Add/remove global admin permissions from the list of users. */
+      admin?: boolean;
+      /** @description Add/remove a per-app role, such as BASIC, ADMIN etc. */
+      role?: {
+        /** @description The role ID, such as BASIC, ADMIN or a custom role ID. */
+        roleId: string;
+        /** @description The app that the role relates to. */
+        appId: string;
+      };
+      /** @description The user IDs to be updated to add/remove the specified roles. */
+      userIds: string[];
+    };
+    rolesOutput: {
+      data: {
+        /** @description The updated users' IDs */
+        userIds: string[];
+      };
+    };
   };
   parameters: {
     /** @description The ID of the table which this request is targeting. */
@@ -907,6 +964,38 @@ export interface operations {
       };
     };
   };
+  /** This is a business/enterprise only endpoint */
+  roleAssign: {
+    responses: {
+      /** Returns a list of updated user IDs */
+      200: {
+        content: {
+          "application/json": components["schemas"]["rolesOutput"];
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    requestBody: {
+      content: {
+        "application/json": components["schemas"]["rolesAssign"];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+  /** This is a business/enterprise only endpoint */
+  roleUnAssign: {
+    responses: {
+      /** Returns a list of updated user IDs */
+      200: {
+        content: {
+          "application/json": components["schemas"]["rolesOutput"];
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    requestBody: {
+      content: {
+        "application/json": components["schemas"]["rolesUnAssign"];
+      };
+    };
+  };
   /** Creates a row within the specified table. */
   rowCreate: {
     parameters: {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.ts b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
index 2d3b717efd..06fd659911 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ function parseIntSafe(number?: string) {
 }
 
 const environment = {
+  // features
+  APP_FEATURES: process.env.APP_FEATURES,
   // important - prefer app port to generic port
   PORT: process.env.APP_PORT || process.env.PORT,
   COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/features.ts b/packages/server/src/features.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e12260ea32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/features.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { features } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import env from "./environment"
+
+enum AppFeature {
+  API = "api",
+  AUTOMATIONS = "automations",
+}
+
+const featureList = features.processFeatureEnvVar<AppFeature>(
+  Object.values(AppFeature),
+  env.APP_FEATURES
+)
+
+export function isFeatureEnabled(feature: AppFeature) {
+  return featureList.includes(feature)
+}
+
+export function automationsEnabled() {
+  return featureList.includes(AppFeature.AUTOMATIONS)
+}
+
+export function apiEnabled() {
+  return featureList.includes(AppFeature.API)
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/microsoftSqlServer.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/microsoftSqlServer.ts
index 2669277512..cd62e590d8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/microsoftSqlServer.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/microsoftSqlServer.ts
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ class SqlServerIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
     }
   }
 
-  getDefinitionSQL(tableName: string) {
+  getDefinitionSQL(tableName: string, schemaName: string) {
     return `select *
             from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
-            where TABLE_NAME='${tableName}'`
+            where TABLE_NAME='${tableName}' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='${schemaName}'`
   }
 
   getConstraintsSQL(tableName: string) {
@@ -388,16 +388,18 @@ class SqlServerIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
       throw "Unable to get list of tables in database"
     }
 
-    const schema = this.config.schema || DEFAULT_SCHEMA
+    const schemaName = this.config.schema || DEFAULT_SCHEMA
     const tableNames = tableInfo
-      .filter((record: any) => record.TABLE_SCHEMA === schema)
+      .filter((record: any) => record.TABLE_SCHEMA === schemaName)
       .map((record: any) => record.TABLE_NAME)
       .filter((name: string) => this.MASTER_TABLES.indexOf(name) === -1)
 
     const tables: Record<string, ExternalTable> = {}
     for (let tableName of tableNames) {
       // get the column definition (type)
-      const definition = await this.runSQL(this.getDefinitionSQL(tableName))
+      const definition = await this.runSQL(
+        this.getDefinitionSQL(tableName, schemaName)
+      )
       // find primary key constraints
       const constraints = await this.runSQL(this.getConstraintsSQL(tableName))
       // find the computed and identity columns (auto columns)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/koa.ts b/packages/server/src/koa.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de11bf973a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/koa.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import env from "./environment"
+import { ExtendableContext } from "koa"
+import Koa from "koa"
+import koaBody from "koa-body"
+import http from "http"
+import * as api from "./api"
+import * as automations from "./automations"
+import { Thread } from "./threads"
+import * as redis from "./utilities/redis"
+import { events, logging, middleware, timers } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+const Sentry = require("@sentry/node")
+const destroyable = require("server-destroy")
+const { userAgent } = require("koa-useragent")
+
+export default function createKoaApp() {
+  const app = new Koa()
+
+  let mbNumber = parseInt(env.HTTP_MB_LIMIT || "10")
+  if (!mbNumber || isNaN(mbNumber)) {
+    mbNumber = 10
+  }
+  // set up top level koa middleware
+  app.use(
+    koaBody({
+      multipart: true,
+      formLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
+      jsonLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
+      textLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
+      // @ts-ignore
+      enableTypes: ["json", "form", "text"],
+      parsedMethods: ["POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"],
+    })
+  )
+
+  app.use(middleware.correlation)
+  app.use(middleware.pino)
+  app.use(userAgent)
+
+  if (env.isProd()) {
+    app.on("error", (err: any, ctx: ExtendableContext) => {
+      Sentry.withScope(function (scope: any) {
+        scope.addEventProcessor(function (event: any) {
+          return Sentry.Handlers.parseRequest(event, ctx.request)
+        })
+        Sentry.captureException(err)
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  const server = http.createServer(app.callback())
+  destroyable(server)
+
+  let shuttingDown = false,
+    errCode = 0
+
+  server.on("close", async () => {
+    // already in process
+    if (shuttingDown) {
+      return
+    }
+    shuttingDown = true
+    console.log("Server Closed")
+    timers.cleanup()
+    await automations.shutdown()
+    await redis.shutdown()
+    events.shutdown()
+    await Thread.shutdown()
+    api.shutdown()
+    if (!env.isTest()) {
+      process.exit(errCode)
+    }
+  })
+
+  const listener = server.listen(env.PORT || 0)
+
+  const shutdown = () => {
+    server.close()
+    // @ts-ignore
+    server.destroy()
+  }
+
+  process.on("uncaughtException", err => {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    // don't worry about this error, comes from zlib isn't important
+    if (err && err["code"] === "ERR_INVALID_CHAR") {
+      return
+    }
+    errCode = -1
+    logging.logAlert("Uncaught exception.", err)
+    shutdown()
+  })
+
+  process.on("SIGTERM", () => {
+    shutdown()
+  })
+
+  process.on("SIGINT", () => {
+    shutdown()
+  })
+
+  return { app, server: listener }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/startup.ts b/packages/server/src/startup.ts
index 9da26ac2aa..b4a287d2d4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/startup.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/startup.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import * as pro from "@budibase/pro"
 import * as api from "./api"
 import sdk from "./sdk"
 import { initialise as initialiseWebsockets } from "./websockets"
+import { automationsEnabled } from "./features"
 
 let STARTUP_RAN = false
 
@@ -97,7 +98,9 @@ export async function startup(app?: any, server?: any) {
   // configure events to use the pro audit log write
   // can't integrate directly into backend-core due to cyclic issues
   queuePromises.push(events.processors.init(pro.sdk.auditLogs.write))
-  queuePromises.push(automations.init())
+  if (automationsEnabled()) {
+    queuePromises.push(automations.init())
+  }
   queuePromises.push(initPro())
   if (app) {
     // bring routes online as final step once everything ready
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
index a93c78d5fc..c8b917f626 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class TestConfiguration {
     if (openServer) {
       // use a random port because it doesn't matter
       env.PORT = "0"
-      this.server = require("../../app").default
+      this.server = require("../../app").getServer()
       // we need the request for logging in, involves cookies, hard to fake
       this.request = supertest(this.server)
       this.started = true
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class TestConfiguration {
     if (this.server) {
       this.server.close()
     } else {
-      require("../../app").default.close()
+      require("../../app").getServer().close()
     }
     if (this.allApps) {
       cleanup(this.allApps.map(app => app.appId))
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
index 8bf0b506fe..fc64e206d6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   AutomationMetadata,
   AutomationStatus,
   AutomationStep,
+  AutomationStepStatus,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import {
   AutomationContext,
@@ -452,7 +453,10 @@ class Orchestrator {
         this.executionOutput.steps.splice(loopStepNumber + 1, 0, {
           id: step.id,
           stepId: step.stepId,
-          outputs: { status: AutomationStatus.NO_ITERATIONS, success: true },
+          outputs: {
+            status: AutomationStepStatus.NO_ITERATIONS,
+            success: true,
+          },
           inputs: {},
         })
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/users.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/users.ts
index 1498a79719..f841ec3646 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/users.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/users.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { InternalTables } from "../db/utils"
 import { getGlobalUser } from "./global"
-import { context, db as dbCore, roles } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { BBContext } from "@budibase/types"
+import { context, roles } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { UserCtx } from "@budibase/types"
 
-export async function getFullUser(ctx: BBContext, userId: string) {
+export async function getFullUser(ctx: UserCtx, userId: string) {
   const global = await getGlobalUser(userId)
   let metadata: any = {}
 
@@ -29,21 +29,12 @@ export async function getFullUser(ctx: BBContext, userId: string) {
   }
 }
 
-export function publicApiUserFix(ctx: BBContext) {
+export function publicApiUserFix(ctx: UserCtx) {
   if (!ctx.request.body) {
     return ctx
   }
   if (!ctx.request.body._id && ctx.params.userId) {
     ctx.request.body._id = ctx.params.userId
   }
-  if (!ctx.request.body.roles) {
-    ctx.request.body.roles = {}
-  } else {
-    const newRoles: { [key: string]: any } = {}
-    for (let [appId, role] of Object.entries(ctx.request.body.roles)) {
-      newRoles[dbCore.getProdAppID(appId)] = role
-    }
-    ctx.request.body.roles = newRoles
-  }
   return ctx
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/package.json b/packages/shared-core/package.json
index 382f3fa731..8edea4870a 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared-core/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,18 @@
             "target": "build"
           }
         ]
+      },
+      "dev:builder": {
+        "dependsOn": [
+          {
+            "projects": [
+              "@budibase/types"
+            ],
+            "target": "build"
+          }
+        ]
       }
+
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
index 8739db1b40..2cd6fa8c13 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import {
   Datasource,
   FieldType,
+  SortDirection,
+  SortType,
   SearchFilter,
   SearchQuery,
   SearchQueryFields,
-  SortDirection,
-  SortType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { OperatorOptions, SqlNumberTypeRangeMap } from "./constants"
 import { deepGet } from "./helpers"
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ export const buildLuceneQuery = (filter: SearchFilter[]) => {
   }
   if (Array.isArray(filter)) {
     filter.forEach(expression => {
-      let { operator, field, type, value, externalType } = expression
+      let { operator, field, type, value, externalType, onEmptyFilter } =
+        expression
       const isHbs =
         typeof value === "string" && (value.match(HBS_REGEX) || []).length > 0
       // Parse all values into correct types
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ export const buildLuceneQuery = (filter: SearchFilter[]) => {
         query.allOr = true
         return
       }
+      if (onEmptyFilter) {
+        query.onEmptyFilter = onEmptyFilter
+        return
+      }
       if (
         type === "datetime" &&
         !isHbs &&
@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ export const buildLuceneQuery = (filter: SearchFilter[]) => {
         ) {
           query.range[field].high = value
         }
-      } else if (query[operator]) {
+      } else if (query[operator] && operator !== "onEmptyFilter") {
         if (type === "boolean") {
           // Transform boolean filters to cope with null.
           // "equals false" needs to be "not equals true"
@@ -418,7 +423,7 @@ export const hasFilters = (query?: SearchQuery) => {
   if (!query) {
     return false
   }
-  const skipped = ["allOr"]
+  const skipped = ["allOr", "onEmptyFilter"]
   for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(query)) {
     if (skipped.includes(key) || typeof value !== "object") {
       continue
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
index 31dc1afc10..5b356a1f08 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "es6",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "module": "commonjs",
     "lib": ["es2020"],
     "strict": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.json
index 33e37179d7..1e7516a1ab 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.build.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": "..",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "composite": true,
+    "tsBuildInfoFile": "dist/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo"
+  },
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts
index 1b5948e50c..6980bc117b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { FieldType } from "../../documents"
+import { EmptyFilterOption } from "../../sdk"
 
 export type SearchFilter = {
   operator: keyof SearchQuery
+  onEmptyFilter?: EmptyFilterOption
   field: string
   type?: FieldType
   value: any
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ export type SearchFilter = {
 
 export type SearchQuery = {
   allOr?: boolean
+  onEmptyFilter?: EmptyFilterOption
   string?: {
     [key: string]: string
   }
@@ -48,4 +51,4 @@ export type SearchQuery = {
   }
 }
 
-export type SearchQueryFields = Omit<SearchQuery, "allOr">
+export type SearchQueryFields = Omit<SearchQuery, "allOr" | "onEmptyFilter">
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
index 05ac76d5e9..f4a0dd33f2 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
@@ -179,12 +179,15 @@ export interface AutomationTrigger extends AutomationTriggerSchema {
   id: string
 }
 
+export enum AutomationStepStatus {
+  NO_ITERATIONS = "no_iterations",
+}
+
 export enum AutomationStatus {
   SUCCESS = "success",
   ERROR = "error",
   STOPPED = "stopped",
   STOPPED_ERROR = "stopped_error",
-  NO_ITERATIONS = "no_iterations",
 }
 
 export interface AutomationResults {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/licensing/feature.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/licensing/feature.ts
index 20f6813409..a1ace01e48 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/licensing/feature.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/licensing/feature.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export enum Feature {
   SYNC_AUTOMATIONS = "syncAutomations",
   APP_BUILDERS = "appBuilders",
   OFFLINE = "offline",
+  USER_ROLE_PUBLIC_API = "userRolePublicApi",
 }
 
 export type PlanFeatures = { [key in PlanType]: Feature[] | undefined }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
index ae9aec66a2..35fd148c05 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SortType } from "../api"
 
 export interface SearchFilters {
   allOr?: boolean
+  onEmptyFilter?: EmptyFilterOption
   string?: {
     [key: string]: string
   }
@@ -99,3 +100,8 @@ export interface SqlQuery {
   sql: string
   bindings?: string[]
 }
+
+export enum EmptyFilterOption {
+  RETURN_ALL = "all",
+  RETURN_NONE = "none",
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/types/tsconfig.build.json
index f2c4c7667b..8df63fac57 100644
--- a/packages/types/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/types/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "es6",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "module": "commonjs",
     "lib": ["es2020"],
     "strict": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
diff --git a/packages/worker/package.json b/packages/worker/package.json
index a71e9519d9..3b66df264e 100644
--- a/packages/worker/package.json
+++ b/packages/worker/package.json
@@ -102,5 +102,20 @@
     "tsconfig-paths": "4.0.0",
     "typescript": "4.7.3",
     "update-dotenv": "1.1.1"
+  },
+  "nx": {
+    "targets": {
+      "dev:builder": {
+        "dependsOn": [
+          {
+            "comment": "Required for pro usage when submodule not loaded",
+            "projects": [
+              "@budibase/backend-core"
+            ],
+            "target": "build"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/environment.ts b/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
index 6ef6dab03c..c357ceb65b 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ function parseIntSafe(number: any) {
 }
 
 const environment = {
+  // features
+  WORKER_FEATURES: process.env.WORKER_FEATURES,
   // auth
   MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: process.env.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY,
   MINIO_SECRET_KEY: process.env.MINIO_SECRET_KEY,
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/features.ts b/packages/worker/src/features.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..075b3b81ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/worker/src/features.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { features } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import env from "./environment"
+
+enum WorkerFeature {}
+
+const featureList: WorkerFeature[] = features.processFeatureEnvVar(
+  Object.values(WorkerFeature),
+  env.WORKER_FEATURES
+)
+
+export function isFeatureEnabled(feature: WorkerFeature) {
+  return featureList.includes(feature)
+}
diff --git a/qa-core/src/integrations/validators/dynamodb.integration.spec.ts b/qa-core/src/integrations/validators/dynamodb.integration.spec.ts
index c885f64213..d1cec7bca1 100644
--- a/qa-core/src/integrations/validators/dynamodb.integration.spec.ts
+++ b/qa-core/src/integrations/validators/dynamodb.integration.spec.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ describe("datasource validators", () => {
           8000
         )}`,
       }
-      env._set("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "mocked_key")
-      env._set("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "mocked_secret")
+      env._set("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "mockedkey")
+      env._set("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "mockedsecret")
     })
 
     it("test valid connection string", async () => {
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 2ca41b5f7d..0175388051 100755
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ function runBuild(entry, outfile) {
     fs.readFileSync(tsconfig, "utf-8")
   )
 
-  if (!fs.existsSync("../pro/src")) {
+  if (
+    !fs.existsSync("../pro/src") &&
+    tsconfigPathPluginContent.compilerOptions?.paths
+  ) {
     // If we don't have pro, we cannot bundle backend-core.
     // Otherwise, the main context will not be shared between libraries
-    delete tsconfigPathPluginContent.compilerOptions.paths[
+    delete tsconfigPathPluginContent?.compilerOptions?.paths?.[
       "@budibase/backend-core"
     ]
-    delete tsconfigPathPluginContent.compilerOptions.paths[
+    delete tsconfigPathPluginContent?.compilerOptions?.paths?.[
       "@budibase/backend-core/*"
     ]
   }