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jcwalker3andClaude Opus 4.8 479e434f92 feat(webui): console authorization, RBAC, redaction, and audit model (Closes #633)
Phase 1 of the MCP Control Plane Web Console (#631) defines the model that
future gated writes must pass through, and enables none of them.

The read-only MVP (#426-#436) ships with no authentication; protection comes
from network placement alone (#435). That is adequate while every route is a
GET and inadequate the moment Phase 2 wires a write. This lands the authority
first, so no write can later be added without something to check it against.

webui/console_authz.py
  Identity sources (none / local-dev / access-proxy), a four-role matrix
  (viewer, operator, controller, admin), the privileged-action list, and a
  fail-closed authorize(). Every action maps to a task_key in
  task_capability_map, so the console cannot invent an authority the MCP layer
  does not already define. Roles are always server-side configuration, never a
  client assertion. Deny reasons are closed and enumerated; there is no
  implicit allow branch, and even an allow reports execution_enabled=false
  while ACTIVE_PHASE is 1.

webui/console_redaction.py
  One redaction pass for API payloads, rendered HTML, logs, and audit records.
  Reuses gitea_audit.redact as the shared authority rather than forking it,
  then adds console patterns for keychain references, credential assignments,
  PEM private-key blocks, and JWTs. Never raises: an unredactable value
  degrades to the placeholder rather than being emitted raw.

webui/console_audit.py
  Console-side audit records, which gitea_audit cannot supply: it records MCP
  mutations and carries no console actor, identity source, correlation id, or
  retention class, and an authorization denial is not a mutation at all. The
  two are additive and join on correlation.request_id. Records are redacted at
  build time, re-scanned at write time, and dropped rather than persisted if
  they still trip a detector. Retention is per-record; an unknown action is
  retained as privileged rather than standard.

webui/app.py
  Attaches an authorization block to the existing preview and attempt routes
  and records the decision. The terminal outcome is unchanged - gated_actions
  still fails closed for every action - so this cannot loosen anything. Adds
  GET /api/console/security-model publishing the three policies as JSON.

Probe authentication is deliberately declarative in this slice:
probe_auth_required() reports operator intent and no route consults it. The
documentation says so plainly and a regression test pins the not-enforced
status, so wiring it in Phase 2 is a deliberate change rather than a silent
one. An operator who sets the variable believing it protects a probe would be
worse off than one who knows it does not.

Tests: tests/test_webui_console_authz_audit.py - 75 passed, 93 subtests,
covering each acceptance criterion and each test the issue requires
(redaction units, default-deny for unauthenticated write stubs, audit record
creation for a simulated privileged preview).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
2026-07-22 14:37:35 -05:00

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"""Console authorization and RBAC model (#633, Phase 1).
The read-only MVP (#426#436) ships with no authentication: protection comes
from network placement alone (#435). That is adequate while every route is a
GET, and inadequate the moment Phase 2 wires a gated write. This module is the
authorization model those writes must go through, landed *before* any of them
exists so no write can be added without an authority to check against.
Phase 1 scope is the model itself: identity resolution, the role matrix, the
privileged-action list, and a fail-closed :func:`authorize`. It deliberately
does **not** enable any write. ``webui.gated_actions`` stays globally disabled,
so an allow decision here is necessary but never sufficient.
Two invariants hold for every caller:
- **Default deny.** An unrecognised action, an unknown role, or an absent
principal denies. There is no implicit allow branch and no "unless" clause.
- **Authorization is not execution.** :func:`authorize` returns a decision
record. It never calls MCP, never mutates, and never consults credentials.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import os
from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
from typing import Any
from task_capability_map import required_permission, required_role
# --- Roles ------------------------------------------------------------------
# Ordered least to most authority. Higher ranks inherit every lower rank's
# permitted actions; the matrix below is expressed as a minimum required rank.
VIEWER = "viewer"
OPERATOR = "operator"
CONTROLLER = "controller"
ADMIN = "admin"
ROLE_ORDER: tuple[str, ...] = (VIEWER, OPERATOR, CONTROLLER, ADMIN)
_ROLE_RANK: dict[str, int] = {role: idx for idx, role in enumerate(ROLE_ORDER)}
ROLE_DESCRIPTIONS: dict[str, str] = {
VIEWER: "Read every console view. No write, ever, in any phase.",
OPERATOR: "Viewer, plus author-class work: claim, comment, open a PR.",
CONTROLLER: "Operator, plus reviewer/merger-class decisions on a PR.",
ADMIN: "Controller, plus destructive and policy-editing actions.",
}
# --- Identity sources -------------------------------------------------------
IDENTITY_NONE = "none"
IDENTITY_LOCAL_DEV = "local_dev"
IDENTITY_ACCESS_PROXY = "access_proxy"
IDENTITY_SOURCES: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {
IDENTITY_NONE: {
"description": (
"No authentication configured. Every request is anonymous and "
"capped at viewer. This is the MVP default and the only mode "
"whose safety rests entirely on network placement (#435)."
),
"authenticated": False,
"safe_for_shared_host": False,
"phase_available": 1,
},
IDENTITY_LOCAL_DEV: {
"description": (
"Developer-supplied principal read from the environment. INSECURE: "
"the subject and role are asserted, never verified. Loopback only."
),
"authenticated": True,
"safe_for_shared_host": False,
"phase_available": 1,
},
IDENTITY_ACCESS_PROXY: {
"description": (
"Subject asserted by a trusted access proxy (Cloudflare Access, "
"WARP, or an org VPN portal) via a verified request header. The "
"proxy performs authentication; the console performs authorization."
),
"authenticated": True,
"safe_for_shared_host": True,
"phase_available": 2,
},
}
# Environment configuration. All are read server-side and never rendered.
AUTH_MODE_ENV = "WEBUI_AUTH_MODE"
DEV_SUBJECT_ENV = "WEBUI_DEV_SUBJECT"
DEV_ROLE_ENV = "WEBUI_DEV_ROLE"
ROLE_MAP_ENV = "WEBUI_ROLE_MAP"
REQUIRE_PROBE_AUTH_ENV = "WEBUI_REQUIRE_PROBE_AUTH"
ACCESS_SUBJECT_HEADER = "cf-access-authenticated-user-email"
# --- Action classes ---------------------------------------------------------
CLASS_READ = "read"
CLASS_WRITE = "gated_write"
CLASS_PRIVILEGED = "privileged"
CLASS_DESTRUCTIVE = "destructive"
# --- Privileged action list -------------------------------------------------
# ``task_key`` ties each console action back to ``task_capability_map``, so the
# console cannot invent an authority the MCP layer does not already define.
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ConsoleAction:
"""One console action and the authority required to invoke it."""
action_id: str
task_key: str
action_class: str
minimum_role: str
requires_confirmation: bool
dual_control: bool
break_glass: bool
phase: int
summary: str
@property
def mcp_permission(self) -> str:
return required_permission(self.task_key)
@property
def mcp_role(self) -> str:
return required_role(self.task_key)
@property
def privileged(self) -> bool:
return self.action_class in {CLASS_PRIVILEGED, CLASS_DESTRUCTIVE}
def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
data = asdict(self)
data["mcp_permission"] = self.mcp_permission
data["mcp_role"] = self.mcp_role
data["privileged"] = self.privileged
return data
_ACTION_SPECS: tuple[ConsoleAction, ...] = (
ConsoleAction(
action_id="claim_issue",
task_key="claim_issue",
action_class=CLASS_WRITE,
minimum_role=OPERATOR,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=False,
break_glass=False,
phase=2,
summary="Apply status:in-progress to an issue.",
),
ConsoleAction(
action_id="comment_issue",
task_key="comment_issue",
action_class=CLASS_WRITE,
minimum_role=OPERATOR,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=False,
break_glass=False,
phase=2,
summary="Post an issue comment.",
),
ConsoleAction(
action_id="create_issue",
task_key="create_issue",
action_class=CLASS_WRITE,
minimum_role=OPERATOR,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=False,
break_glass=False,
phase=2,
summary="Open a new tracking issue.",
),
ConsoleAction(
action_id="comment_pr",
task_key="comment_pr",
action_class=CLASS_WRITE,
minimum_role=OPERATOR,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=False,
break_glass=False,
phase=2,
summary="Post a PR thread comment.",
),
ConsoleAction(
action_id="create_pr",
task_key="create_pr",
action_class=CLASS_WRITE,
minimum_role=OPERATOR,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=False,
break_glass=False,
phase=2,
summary="Open a PR from a locked feature branch.",
),
ConsoleAction(
action_id="review_pr",
task_key="review_pr",
action_class=CLASS_PRIVILEGED,
minimum_role=CONTROLLER,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=False,
break_glass=False,
phase=3,
summary="Submit an approve / request-changes verdict.",
),
ConsoleAction(
action_id="close_pr",
task_key="close_pr",
action_class=CLASS_PRIVILEGED,
minimum_role=CONTROLLER,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=False,
break_glass=False,
phase=3,
summary="Close a pull request without merging.",
),
ConsoleAction(
action_id="merge_pr",
task_key="merge_pr",
action_class=CLASS_PRIVILEGED,
minimum_role=CONTROLLER,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=True,
break_glass=True,
phase=3,
summary="Merge an approved pull request.",
),
ConsoleAction(
action_id="delete_branch",
task_key="delete_branch",
action_class=CLASS_DESTRUCTIVE,
minimum_role=ADMIN,
requires_confirmation=True,
dual_control=True,
break_glass=True,
phase=3,
summary="Remove a remote feature branch.",
),
)
ACTIONS: dict[str, ConsoleAction] = {a.action_id: a for a in _ACTION_SPECS}
def privileged_actions() -> tuple[ConsoleAction, ...]:
"""Actions requiring dual control, break-glass, or controller+ authority."""
return tuple(a for a in _ACTION_SPECS if a.privileged)
def get_action(action_id: str) -> ConsoleAction | None:
return ACTIONS.get(action_id)
# --- Principals -------------------------------------------------------------
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Principal:
"""Who is making a request, and how strongly that is known."""
subject: str
role: str
identity_source: str
authenticated: bool
warnings: tuple[str, ...] = field(default_factory=tuple)
@property
def rank(self) -> int:
return _ROLE_RANK.get(self.role, -1)
def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
return {
"subject": self.subject,
"role": self.role,
"identity_source": self.identity_source,
"authenticated": self.authenticated,
"warnings": list(self.warnings),
}
ANONYMOUS = Principal(
subject="anonymous",
role=VIEWER,
identity_source=IDENTITY_NONE,
authenticated=False,
warnings=("No authentication configured; capped at viewer.",),
)
def auth_mode(env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> str:
"""Resolve the configured identity source, defaulting to ``none``."""
source = env if env is not None else os.environ
raw = (source.get(AUTH_MODE_ENV) or "").strip().lower().replace("-", "_")
if raw in IDENTITY_SOURCES:
return raw
return IDENTITY_NONE
def _role_map(env: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
"""Parse ``WEBUI_ROLE_MAP`` (JSON subject→role). Invalid config yields {}."""
raw = (env.get(ROLE_MAP_ENV) or "").strip()
if not raw:
return {}
try:
parsed = json.loads(raw)
except Exception:
return {}
if not isinstance(parsed, dict):
return {}
return {
str(k): str(v).strip().lower()
for k, v in parsed.items()
if str(v).strip().lower() in _ROLE_RANK
}
def resolve_principal(
headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
env: dict[str, str] | None = None,
) -> Principal:
"""Resolve the requesting principal. Unknown or unconfigured → anonymous.
Never raises and never trusts a client-supplied role: the role always comes
from server-side configuration keyed by the resolved subject.
"""
source_env = dict(env) if env is not None else dict(os.environ)
lowered = {str(k).lower(): str(v) for k, v in (headers or {}).items()}
mode = auth_mode(source_env)
if mode == IDENTITY_LOCAL_DEV:
subject = (source_env.get(DEV_SUBJECT_ENV) or "").strip()
if not subject:
return ANONYMOUS
role = (source_env.get(DEV_ROLE_ENV) or VIEWER).strip().lower()
if role not in _ROLE_RANK:
role = VIEWER
return Principal(
subject=subject,
role=role,
identity_source=IDENTITY_LOCAL_DEV,
authenticated=True,
warnings=(
"local-dev identity is asserted, not verified; never use "
"outside loopback.",
),
)
if mode == IDENTITY_ACCESS_PROXY:
subject = (lowered.get(ACCESS_SUBJECT_HEADER) or "").strip()
if not subject:
# Proxy mode with no proxy header means the request did not
# traverse the proxy. Fail closed rather than trust it.
return ANONYMOUS
role = _role_map(source_env).get(subject, VIEWER)
return Principal(
subject=subject,
role=role,
identity_source=IDENTITY_ACCESS_PROXY,
authenticated=True,
)
return ANONYMOUS
def probe_auth_required(env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> bool:
"""Whether non-public probes must be authenticated. Default False.
#633 requires the console to *fail closed on missing auth for non-public
health probes if configured*. The default stays off so the MVP ``/health``
contract is unchanged; an operator opts in explicitly.
"""
source = env if env is not None else os.environ
return (source.get(REQUIRE_PROBE_AUTH_ENV) or "").strip().lower() in {
"1",
"true",
"yes",
}
# --- Authorization ----------------------------------------------------------
DENY_UNKNOWN_ACTION = "unknown_action"
DENY_UNAUTHENTICATED = "unauthenticated"
DENY_INSUFFICIENT_ROLE = "insufficient_role"
DENY_UNKNOWN_ROLE = "unknown_role"
DENY_PHASE_NOT_ACTIVE = "phase_not_active"
ALLOW_PREVIEW = "allowed_preview_only"
# Phase 1 is the only active console phase. Phase 2 opens gated writes and is
# gated on this model landing; nothing here enables it.
ACTIVE_PHASE = 1
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class AuthorizationDecision:
"""Result of an authorization check. Never an execution grant."""
allowed: bool
reason_code: str
detail: str
action_id: str
principal: Principal
required_role: str | None = None
action_class: str | None = None
requires_confirmation: bool = False
dual_control: bool = False
break_glass: bool = False
execution_enabled: bool = False
def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
return {
"allowed": self.allowed,
"reason_code": self.reason_code,
"detail": self.detail,
"action_id": self.action_id,
"principal": self.principal.to_dict(),
"required_role": self.required_role,
"action_class": self.action_class,
"requires_confirmation": self.requires_confirmation,
"dual_control": self.dual_control,
"break_glass": self.break_glass,
"execution_enabled": self.execution_enabled,
"active_phase": ACTIVE_PHASE,
}
def authorize(
action_id: str,
principal: Principal | None = None,
*,
for_execution: bool = False,
) -> AuthorizationDecision:
"""Decide whether *principal* may invoke *action_id*. Deny by default.
``for_execution`` distinguishes a read-only preview from a real invocation.
Even an allowed decision reports ``execution_enabled=False`` while the
console is in Phase 1, so no caller can read an allow as permission to
mutate.
"""
who = principal if principal is not None else ANONYMOUS
action = get_action(action_id)
if action is None:
return AuthorizationDecision(
allowed=False,
reason_code=DENY_UNKNOWN_ACTION,
detail=f"No console action registered as {action_id!r}.",
action_id=action_id,
principal=who,
)
base: dict[str, Any] = {
"action_id": action_id,
"principal": who,
"required_role": action.minimum_role,
"action_class": action.action_class,
"requires_confirmation": action.requires_confirmation,
"dual_control": action.dual_control,
"break_glass": action.break_glass,
"execution_enabled": False,
}
if not who.authenticated:
return AuthorizationDecision(
allowed=False,
reason_code=DENY_UNAUTHENTICATED,
detail=(
"Write actions require an authenticated principal; this "
"request is anonymous."
),
**base,
)
if who.rank < 0:
return AuthorizationDecision(
allowed=False,
reason_code=DENY_UNKNOWN_ROLE,
detail=f"Role {who.role!r} is not in the console role matrix.",
**base,
)
if who.rank < _ROLE_RANK[action.minimum_role]:
return AuthorizationDecision(
allowed=False,
reason_code=DENY_INSUFFICIENT_ROLE,
detail=(
f"Action {action_id!r} requires {action.minimum_role!r}; "
f"principal holds {who.role!r}."
),
**base,
)
if for_execution and action.phase > ACTIVE_PHASE:
return AuthorizationDecision(
allowed=False,
reason_code=DENY_PHASE_NOT_ACTIVE,
detail=(
f"Action {action_id!r} belongs to phase {action.phase}; the "
f"console is in phase {ACTIVE_PHASE}. Execution is not wired."
),
**base,
)
return AuthorizationDecision(
allowed=True,
reason_code=ALLOW_PREVIEW,
detail=(
"Principal holds the required role. Preview only — execution "
"remains disabled until the Phase 2 action framework ships."
),
**base,
)
def rbac_matrix() -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Machine-readable RBAC matrix and privileged-action list."""
return {
"model_version": 1,
"active_phase": ACTIVE_PHASE,
"roles": [
{
"role": role,
"rank": _ROLE_RANK[role],
"description": ROLE_DESCRIPTIONS[role],
"permitted_actions": sorted(
a.action_id
for a in _ACTION_SPECS
if _ROLE_RANK[role] >= _ROLE_RANK[a.minimum_role]
),
}
for role in ROLE_ORDER
],
"identity_sources": IDENTITY_SOURCES,
"actions": [a.to_dict() for a in _ACTION_SPECS],
"privileged_actions": [a.action_id for a in privileged_actions()],
"default_decision": "deny",
"execution_enabled": False,
}