Deprecate and remove the legacy workflow editor

[theroinaochieng]

Overview

The collaborative editor (WorkflowLive.Collaborate) has been the default since late 2025, and the legacy editor (WorkflowLive.Edit) has been showing a deprecation banner. This issue tracks the work to fully remove the legacy editor.

Background

• The new collaborative editor lives at /w/:id and is backed by Yjs CRDTs for real-time multi-user editing.
• The legacy editor lives at /w/:id/legacy and is only reached when a user has prefer_legacy_editor: true in their preferences.
• A deprecation banner and "switch to new builder" button have been in place since v2.15.

Removal Checklist

1. Migrate remaining legacy-preference users

• Write a migration to clear prefer_legacy_editor: true from all users (mirrors the earlier clear_prefer_collaborative_editor migration)

2. Remove the redirect hook

• Delete the check_legacy_preference hook in lib/lightning_web/hooks.ex (lines 142–164) that reads prefer_legacy_editor and redirects to /legacy

3. Remove legacy routes

• Drop /w/new/legacy and /w/:id/legacy from router.ex
• Decide on handling for bookmarked URLs (redirect to new editor, or informative 404)

4. Remove WorkflowLive.Edit

• Delete lib/lightning_web/live/workflow_live/edit.ex
• Remove deprecated_warning/1 component from components.ex
• Remove any helpers/components only used by the legacy LiveView

5. Remove the legacy frontend bundle

• Delete /assets/js/workflow-editor/ (old React workflow editor)
• Audit /assets/js/editor/ — if only used by legacy editor, delete it too
• Remove CollaborativeEditorPromoBanner component and its tests (no longer needed once legacy is gone)

6. Remove the switch_to_legacy_editor channel handler

• Drop the handle_in("switch_to_legacy_editor", ...) clause in workflow_channel.ex

7. Remove URL conversion helpers

• Delete legacy_editor_url/2 and collaborative_editor_url/2 from lib/lightning_web/live/workflow_live/helpers.ex (only needed for cross-editor redirects)

8. Remove legacy editor tests

• Delete test/lightning_web/live/workflow_live/editor_test.exs (~2,000 lines)
• Remove all /legacy route references from other test files (e.g. new_workflow_component_test.exs, collaborate_test.exs)

Out of Scope

• Changes to the collaborative editor itself
• Worker or runtime changes

[josephjclark]

There are 5 users currently using the legacy editor, including 1 staff member. See metabase

[theroinaochieng]

#4402