> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.raydium.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# LaunchLab creator fees

> How creator fees accrue before graduation and through the CPMM pool creator after graduation, separately from platform-owned locked LP.

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  LaunchLab creator revenue can come from two fee counters: the bonding-curve creator-fee vault before graduation and CPMM creator fees after graduation. Before the 2026-08-17 upgrade, `creator_scale` also produced a creator-owned LP Fee Key. Migrations executed after the upgrade assign that locked-LP share to the platform instead.
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## Pre-migration: direct fee accrual

While a token trades on the bonding curve, each buy and sell can charge a creator-fee component. It accumulates in a per-creator, per-quote-mint vault.

* The fee is denominated in the quote token.
* `PlatformConfig.creator_fee_rate` sets the rate.
* The creator can claim through `ClaimCreatorFee` before or after graduation.
* Graduation stops new bonding-curve accrual but does not erase an unclaimed balance.

## Post-migration: CPMM creator fees

Every new launch graduates to CPMM. The selected CPMM `AmmConfig.creator_fee_rate` and `PoolState.creator_fee_on` determine whether creator fees accrue on CPMM swaps.

The CPMM pool creator is:

* the original launch creator when `PlatformConfig.platform_cp_creator` is the default pubkey; or
* the configured `platform_cp_creator` otherwise.

That recorded CPMM creator owns the creator-fee counters. They can use the creator-signed collection instruction, and any payer can trigger the destination-constrained permissionless path that pays the creator's canonical ATAs. See [`products/cpmm/fees`](/products/cpmm/fees).

## Locked LP is a separate platform right

At CPMM migration, LaunchLab still validates:

```text theme={null}
platform_scale + creator_scale + burn_scale = 1_000_000
```

Before the 2026-08-17 upgrade, LaunchLab locked `creator_scale` separately and minted the corresponding Fee Key to the token creator. For migrations executed after the upgrade, it combines `platform_scale + creator_scale`. If the combined share is non-zero, the LP-Lock program creates one Fee Key NFT for `platform_nft_wallet`. The `burn_scale` remainder is burned.

The retained `creator_scale` field is therefore not a creator revenue stream for migrations executed under the updated program. It contributes to the platform's locked-LP amount. For historical pools, read the actual Fee Key and locked-liquidity records rather than inferring ownership from the current rule.

Fee Keys created by migrations completed before the upgrade are not reassigned or modified. A launch created before the upgrade but migrated afterward uses the new platform-owned distribution.

## Claim paths

| Revenue                                       | Beneficiary                                                                 | Claim path                                       |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Bonding-curve creator fee                     | Original launch creator                                                     | LaunchLab `ClaimCreatorFee`                      |
| CPMM creator fee                              | CPMM `pool_creator`                                                         | CPMM creator-signed or permissionless collection |
| Locked-LP trading fees, pre-upgrade migration | Current holder of the creator or platform Fee Key created at that migration | LP-Lock / Burn & Earn harvest flow               |
| Locked-LP trading fees, updated migration     | Current holder of the platform Fee Key                                      | LP-Lock / Burn & Earn harvest flow               |

## Integrator checklist

* Read `platform_cp_creator` to identify the post-graduation CPMM creator-fee beneficiary.
* For updated migrations, do not display `creator_scale` as a creator Fee Key percentage. For historical migrations, read the actual Fee Key record.
* Track the bonding-curve vault and CPMM creator-fee counters separately.
* Treat the platform Fee Key as an LP-fee right, not a CPMM creator-fee credential.
* Refresh the deployed IDL before enabling the updated migration builder.

## Pointers

* [`products/launchlab/platform-config`](/products/launchlab/platform-config) — scale and creator-of-record fields.
* [`products/launchlab/tips-and-gotchas/lp-fee-distribution`](/products/launchlab/tips-and-gotchas/lp-fee-distribution) — exact LP split.
* [`products/cpmm/fees`](/products/cpmm/fees) — CPMM creator-fee accrual and collection.
* [`user-flows/burn-and-earn`](/user-flows/burn-and-earn) — Fee Key mechanics.