Authorized Domains and Keyless QCFUM Entitlement

Current QCFUM paid entitlement is keyless. Instead of asking customers to enter a current license key into QCFUM, the extension resolves product access for the installation's domain through QuantaCade Authorized Domains.

A saved license key can still appear on an upgraded installation as legacy compatibility/history state, but it is not the normal current entitlement model.

How QCFUM Identifies the Site

QCFUM derives the current domain from Joomla's request host, lowercases it, and removes an HTTP port if one is present. The Status and entitlement interfaces show the domain QCFUM is validating so you can compare it with the Authorized Domain registered in your QuantaCade account.

Manage the Authorized Domain

  1. Open QCFUM Administrator and go to Status.
  2. Review the displayed Domain, Base tier, Effective tier, verification state, and task-health information.
  3. Use Manage Authorized Domains to open your QuantaCade subscription/domain management area.
  4. Add or correct the site domain there as needed.
  5. Return to QCFUM and use Refresh Entitlement.

Entitlement Revalidation Must Be Healthy

Paid or preview access above Basic requires the canonical Entitlement Revalidation Scheduled Task to be enabled, published, unique, and scheduled at least hourly. If that task structure is missing, duplicated, unpublished, disabled, or too slow, QCFUM refuses to activate/refresh paid or preview entitlement and Effective Basic remains active until the integrity problem is repaired.

What Happens During a Communication Failure

If QuantaCade cannot be reached because of a genuine transport problem, a previously confirmed paid or preview entitlement can continue only inside QCFUM's bounded 24-hour communication grace period and never beyond a known expiration. An authoritative revoked, denied, expired, or ineligible response is not treated as a transport failure.

Legacy Saved Keys

Upgraded sites may retain a saved legacy key. The current Administrator treats that as legacy state and provides Clear Saved Key. Clearing it removes the old credential/update-site dependency and immediately re-resolves Authorized-Domain entitlement. It does not delete QCFUM business data, Authorized Domains in your account, paid-claim history, or Max Preview history.

Troubleshooting Keyless Access

  • Confirm the Status domain matches the domain authorized in your account.
  • Repair Entitlement Revalidation integrity before repeatedly refreshing entitlement.
  • Confirm outbound HTTPS/DNS/TLS access to QuantaCade.
  • Do not start the Max Preview as a substitute for fixing a paid-domain authorization problem.

Community Discussion

Want to compare Joomla user-onboarding workflows, share practical QCFUM tips, or discuss how other administrators use this feature? Visit the QC Frontend User Manager Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific entitlement problems, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.