feat: integrate module authorization

Wires composePlatformPermissionRegistry into apps/api's production
startup: startApi() discovers every installed module, composes the one
immutable platform permission registry (Core's own declarations plus
every module's), and only then constructs the shared PostgreSQL pool,
Better Auth, and the HTTP server. A discovery or composition failure —
an invalid manifest, a reserved core.* namespace claim, or a duplicate
declaration — propagates before anything exists to close; there is no
Core-only registry fallback. apps/api/src/platform-permissions.ts
resolves the repository root from its own file location, never
process.cwd(), so package-scoped test runs discover the right modules/
directory.

createApiApp/createGrantsRoutes now require the composed registry as
an injected authorization option, replacing the previous hard-coded
CORE_PERMISSION_REGISTRY; requirePermission continues to work
identically for Core-owned and module-owned permissions, since it has
no concept of the distinction.

Extends pnpm doctor with a modules.permissions check (reusing the
already-discovered module list, distinguishing reserved-namespace from
generic-duplicate failures, never re-discovering modules) and pnpm
modules:validate to compose the same registry before a module is
considered installable.

Adds focused coverage: startup-ordering and failure-isolation tests in
apps/api/tests/lifecycle.test.ts, module-owned-declaration enforcement
tests in apps/api/tests/authorization-middleware.test.ts, Doctor
composition tests in core/tests/doctor.test.ts, and a live PostgreSQL
end-to-end scenario proving a real installed module's permission is
discoverable, grantable, and deniable once the module is absent again
after a restart, without ever executing its server entrypoint.
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ekklesia
2026-07-24 14:24:50 -05:00
parent d9dd409aa3
commit edd7148aa8
17 changed files with 1205 additions and 46 deletions
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@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
import path from "node:path";
import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
const poolConstructor = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
const betterAuthMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
@@ -11,6 +14,13 @@ vi.mock("better-auth", () => ({ betterAuth: betterAuthMock }));
vi.mock("better-auth/adapters/drizzle", () => ({ drizzleAdapter: drizzleAdapterMock }));
vi.mock("@hono/node-server", () => ({ serve: serveMock }));
import { parseModuleManifest } from "@ekklesia/contracts";
import {
type DiscoveredModule,
ModuleDiscoveryError,
ModulePermissionCompositionError,
} from "@ekklesia/core/modules";
import { PermissionRegistryError } from "@ekklesia/core/authorization";
import { createApiRuntimeConfig } from "../src/config.js";
import { installShutdownSignalHandlers, startApi } from "../src/server.js";
@@ -30,6 +40,84 @@ function validConfig() {
);
}
const temporaryDirectories: string[] = [];
async function createTemporaryModulesDirectory(): Promise<string> {
const directory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "ekklesia-api-modules-"));
temporaryDirectories.push(directory);
return directory;
}
/** Writes a minimal, structurally valid module fixture (package.json + ekklesia.module.json +
* server entrypoint) directly to disk — real discovery, not a hand-built double. The server
* entrypoint throws immediately if ever imported, so a test that reaches a successful assertion
* without that throw firing is direct evidence permission composition never executed it. */
async function createFixtureModule(
modulesDirectory: string,
id: string,
manifestOverrides: Record<string, unknown> = {},
): Promise<void> {
const moduleDirectory = path.join(modulesDirectory, id);
const manifest = {
manifestVersion: 3,
id,
name: `${id} module`,
version: "0.1.0",
compatibility: { platform: "^0.1.0", moduleSdk: "^0.1.0" },
permissions: [],
entrypoints: { server: "./dist/server/index.js" },
...manifestOverrides,
};
await mkdir(path.join(moduleDirectory, "dist/server"), { recursive: true });
await Promise.all([
writeFile(
path.join(moduleDirectory, "package.json"),
JSON.stringify({
ekklesia: { layer: "module" },
name: `@test/module-${id}`,
type: "module",
version: "0.1.0",
}),
),
writeFile(path.join(moduleDirectory, "ekklesia.module.json"), JSON.stringify(manifest)),
writeFile(
path.join(moduleDirectory, "dist/server/index.js"),
'throw new Error("permission composition must never execute a module server entrypoint");',
),
]);
}
/** A minimal, in-memory `DiscoveredModule` double built from a real, validated manifest — used
* only to reach `composePlatformPermissionRegistry`'s own duplicate-detection failure, which is
* unreachable through real filesystem discovery (module ids are unique and every permission id is
* namespaced by its own module's id, so no two genuinely discovered modules can ever collide). */
function fakeDiscoveredModule(
id: string,
permissions: ReadonlyArray<{
id: string;
baseline: "public" | "authenticated" | "restricted";
description: string;
}>,
): DiscoveredModule {
const manifest = parseModuleManifest({
capabilities: [],
compatibility: { moduleSdk: "^0.1.0", platform: "^0.1.0" },
entrypoints: { server: "./dist/does-not-exist/index.js" },
id,
manifestVersion: 3,
name: `${id} module`,
permissions,
version: "0.1.0",
});
return {
directory: `/modules/${id}`,
entrypoints: { server: `/modules/${id}/dist/does-not-exist/index.js` },
manifest,
manifestPath: `/modules/${id}/ekklesia.module.json`,
packageName: `@test/${id}`,
};
}
/** A minimal fake `ServerType`: enough of Node's `http.Server` shape for `bindServer`/`shutdown`
* to drive without a real socket. `close` and `once` are spies so tests can assert call counts;
* `triggerError` simulates the server's own `'error'` event (e.g. a bind failure). */
@@ -285,3 +373,148 @@ describe("Ekklesia API shutdown lifecycle", () => {
restore();
});
});
describe("Ekklesia API module permission composition at startup", () => {
afterEach(async () => {
await Promise.all(
temporaryDirectories.splice(0).map((directory) => rm(directory, { recursive: true })),
);
});
beforeEach(() => {
poolConstructor.mockReset();
betterAuthMock.mockReset();
drizzleAdapterMock.mockClear();
serveMock.mockReset();
});
it("discovers and composes permissions before constructing the database pool, Better Auth, or the HTTP server", async () => {
const modulesDirectory = await createTemporaryModulesDirectory();
// An incompatible platform version fails discovery itself (MODULE_PLATFORM_INCOMPATIBLE),
// before permission composition — and, since composition runs before any pool exists, before
// any pool, Better Auth instance, or HTTP server could ever be constructed.
await createFixtureModule(modulesDirectory, "incompatible", {
compatibility: { moduleSdk: "^0.1.0", platform: ">=99.0.0" },
});
await expect(
startApi(validConfig(), { modulesDirectoryOverride: modulesDirectory }),
).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ModuleDiscoveryError);
expect(poolConstructor).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(betterAuthMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(serveMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
it("fails startup when a module claims the reserved core.* permission namespace, creating no pool, Better Auth instance, or server", async () => {
const modulesDirectory = await createTemporaryModulesDirectory();
// Only a module whose own id is literally "core" can produce a "core."-prefixed permission
// that still passes the manifest's own module-namespace check.
await createFixtureModule(modulesDirectory, "core", {
permissions: [
{ baseline: "restricted", description: "Not really Core's.", id: "core.rogue.permission" },
],
});
let captured: unknown;
try {
await startApi(validConfig(), { modulesDirectoryOverride: modulesDirectory });
} catch (error) {
captured = error;
}
expect(captured).toBeInstanceOf(ModulePermissionCompositionError);
expect(captured).toMatchObject({ code: "MODULE_PERMISSION_RESERVED_NAMESPACE" });
expect(poolConstructor).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(betterAuthMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(serveMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
it("fails startup on a duplicate permission declaration, creating no pool, Better Auth instance, or server", async () => {
const first = fakeDiscoveredModule("calendar", [
{ baseline: "restricted", description: "Read events.", id: "calendar.events.read" },
]);
const second = fakeDiscoveredModule("calendar", [
{ baseline: "public", description: "Also read events.", id: "calendar.events.read" },
]);
let captured: unknown;
try {
await startApi(validConfig(), { discoveredModulesOverride: [first, second] });
} catch (error) {
captured = error;
}
expect(captured).toBeInstanceOf(PermissionRegistryError);
expect(captured).toMatchObject({ code: "PERMISSION_REGISTRY_DUPLICATE_DECLARATION" });
expect(poolConstructor).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(betterAuthMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(serveMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
it("keeps a reserved-namespace failure and a generic duplicate-declaration failure distinguishable", async () => {
const modulesDirectory = await createTemporaryModulesDirectory();
await createFixtureModule(modulesDirectory, "core", {
permissions: [
{
baseline: "restricted",
description: "Attempting to shadow Core's own permission.",
id: "core.authorization.grants.manage",
},
],
});
let reservedNamespaceError: unknown;
try {
await startApi(validConfig(), { modulesDirectoryOverride: modulesDirectory });
} catch (error) {
reservedNamespaceError = error;
}
const duplicateModule = fakeDiscoveredModule("calendar", [
{ baseline: "restricted", description: "Read events.", id: "calendar.events.read" },
]);
const duplicateModuleAgain = fakeDiscoveredModule("calendar", [
{ baseline: "restricted", description: "Read events, again.", id: "calendar.events.read" },
]);
let duplicateError: unknown;
try {
await startApi(validConfig(), {
discoveredModulesOverride: [duplicateModule, duplicateModuleAgain],
});
} catch (error) {
duplicateError = error;
}
// Even though the first scenario's module attempted to exactly collide with an existing
// Core-owned permission id, it is reported as a reserved-namespace violation, never as a
// generic duplicate — the two failure families never overlap.
expect(reservedNamespaceError).toBeInstanceOf(ModulePermissionCompositionError);
expect(reservedNamespaceError).not.toBeInstanceOf(PermissionRegistryError);
expect(duplicateError).toBeInstanceOf(PermissionRegistryError);
expect(duplicateError).not.toBeInstanceOf(ModulePermissionCompositionError);
});
it("still constructs exactly one pool and succeeds when zero modules are installed", async () => {
const modulesDirectory = await createTemporaryModulesDirectory();
const poolEnd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
poolConstructor.mockImplementation(function fakePool() {
return { end: poolEnd, on: vi.fn() };
});
betterAuthMock.mockReturnValue({ api: { getSession: vi.fn() }, handler: vi.fn() });
mockSuccessfulServe();
const running = await startApi(validConfig(), { modulesDirectoryOverride: modulesDirectory });
expect(poolConstructor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
await running.shutdown();
expect(poolEnd).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
});
it("does not perform module discovery merely by importing the platform-permissions module", async () => {
const module = await import("../src/platform-permissions.js");
expect(typeof module.composeStartupPermissionRegistry).toBe("function");
expect(poolConstructor).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
});