Permissions matrix rethink (wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md §"Permissions matrix",
open-questions #16) — the grid stays the enforcement layer:
- Move 1: each desk's money is guarded by that desk's own permissions. Manifest
tillGuards {read, shift, cash}: booth = shift:read / shift:create / drawer:create
(unchanged), carwash = carwash:read / carwash:cash (new). Shift + drawer routes
resolve the guard FROM THE TILL (requireTill); a wash role holds no shift:* and cannot
touch the booth by construction. Replaces the session:read borrowing (tillPermission).
/api/shift/tills lists the role's readable tills with canWork; history/movements
without a till filter return the union of readable tills.
- Move 2: jobs — manifest permission bundles (booth-operator, booth-supervisor,
merchant, wash-operator) as one-click chips in Setup → Roles, with "mixes desks" and
"partial job" lints (warnings, never blocks).
- Move 3: the live WebSocket admits any watch permission (event/session/device read or
a module's feedPermission) and filters every push per role; report:read is the
reports screen only.
Auth: the token's roleId is only a hint — refreshRole() after every jwtVerify resolves
the user's CURRENT role (cached, bumped on role/user writes), so reassigning a user's
role applies on the next request and a deleted user's session ends with 401.
Tests: till guards + look-only role, feed rules, every job's permissions exist, role
reassignment without re-login. 353/353.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FWncR69HgGPuei1dLrW3cU
secureCookies() keyed off NODE_ENV === "production", so an appliance deployed
without that var silently sent the auth + CSRF cookies WITHOUT the Secure flag —
the review's one Medium finding.
Now Secure is the DEFAULT and you only ever opt OUT: a misconfigured/forgotten env
can only make cookies more restrictive, never drop the flag. Dropped only on a
deliberate COOKIE_SECURE=0/false/no/off (or an explicit NODE_ENV=development as a
dev fallback). The LAN appliance that serves the SPA over plain http sets
COOKIE_SECURE=0 on purpose (a Secure cookie would never be sent over its http origin
and would lock operators out); a TLS deploy leaves it unset and gets Secure.
- auth.test.ts (5): pins the matrix — default Secure, production Secure, dev opt-out,
COOKIE_SECURE falsey opts out, any other value opts in.
- .env.example documents COOKIE_SECURE (replaces the stale NODE_ENV cookie note).
- dev .env sets COOKIE_SECURE=0 (local http://localhost login keeps working).
server 80/80; build+lint green.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
Replace the hardcoded role enum (admin/operator/cashier/readonly, checked
literally as requireRole("admin",...) across ~15 routes) with dynamic RBAC:
roles are DATA, route guards check a PERMISSION.
@parking/shared defines a code-defined grid: RESOURCES (user/role/tariff/
subscription/site/device/shift/payment/session/event/report) × Action
(create/read/update/delete + domain verbs void/cash) -> PERMISSIONS
(resource:action, e.g. tariff:update, payment:create, event:void).
DB: new roles + role_permissions tables; users.role enum -> role_id FK;
migration 0007_rbac (create tables, seed the builtin admin role + all 26
perms, seed operator/cashier/readonly composable roles matching old
behaviour, rebuild users to swap the column copying all rows).
auth.ts: JWT payload role -> roleId; permissionsFor(roleId) with an
in-memory cache + bumpPermsCache(); requirePermission(...perms) preHandler;
requireAuth for /me & /language; initAuth(db) wires the resolver once. Every
route guard mapped to a permission; device ingress (devices/qr-reader) stays
auth-free by design. New routes/users.ts (user:* CRUD, bcrypt 12, last-admin
guard) + routes/roles.ts (role:* CRUD, builtin-protected, perms validated
against the grid, cache bump on write). auth/me + /login return
{roleId, roleName, permissions, language}. seed-admin -> roleId:'admin'.
Frontend: SessionUser carries permissions + can() helper; router nav/route
guards gate by permission (requirePerm replaces adminOnly); SiteSettings
edit gated by site:update; new UsersManager + RolesManager (permission
checkbox grid; admin role locked); i18n nav.users/roles + blocks (sq+en).
Decisions: one role per user; protected built-in admin (no-lockout: the last
admin can't be deleted/downgraded); JWT carries roleId, perms resolved
per-request so role edits apply immediately (no re-login).
Verified: full build green; 20-assertion inject test passes (cashier 403s on
tariff publish + user list, admin passes, granting a perm applies on the next
request, last-admin + builtin-role protections return 409); migration 0007
applied to a copy of the live DB (incl WAL/shm) — existing admin maps to
role_id='admin', all rows preserved. Append-only event chain untouched
(event:void gates appending a void, not a delete).
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
Booth reality breaks a fixed clock (relief late/absent, forced double shifts),
and a shift is a separate explicit boundary. Drop expiresIn from the global jwt
config and from login; the token carries no exp. Cookie maxAge = 30 days so a
browser restart doesn't log out an active operator; logout still clears it.
Replace the dev-only token shim with real authentication.
Backend:
- @fastify/cookie; JWT carried in an HttpOnly + SameSite=Strict cookie
(parking_token), read from the cookie not the Authorization header.
- Double-submit CSRF: readable parking_csrf cookie + X-CSRF-Token header, both
cross-checked against a csrf claim baked into the JWT; enforced on mutations.
- Routes: POST /api/auth/login (bcrypt, constant-time-ish), POST logout,
GET me. requireRole now verifies the cookie + CSRF + role.
- seed-admin script (pnpm --filter @parking/server seed-admin) for the first
admin; no bootstrap endpoint.
- Removed SETUP_AUTH_BYPASS and catalog.authBypass entirely; setup endpoints
use the cookie admin guard like everything else.
Frontend:
- apiFetch wrapper: credentials:'include' + X-CSRF-Token on mutations.
- Login form; App gates on /api/auth/me and only shows setup to admins; logout.
- Wizard token field removed (auth is the session cookie).
Deploy:
- deploy/nginx.conf: prod reverse proxy, SPA + /api same-origin, TLS, so the
Secure cookies work. Dev stays same-origin via the Vite proxy.
Verified (curl + browser): wrong pass -> 401; login sets cookies; me -> admin;
assign without CSRF -> 403, with -> 201; no cookie -> 401; session persists
across reload. wiki/local-jwt-auth updated.
Make the device-adapter pattern selectable so the admin chooses hardware at
install — per lane, from a catalog of supported drivers. Adding a device =
registering one more driver; no business-logic change.
packages/devices:
- interfaces.ts: AccessControlDevice / ReaderDevice / CameraDevice / PrinterDevice
(adds CameraDevice for entry/exit snapshot-on-event; access relay stays
intent-only per "a barrier is not a door").
- registry.ts: driver catalog with per-driver config fields + factory, config
validation, and a catalog payload for the setup UI.
- drivers/: stub adapters — access (zkteco, esp32-relay), reader (wiegand,
tcp-ip), camera (hikvision, dahua). Real vendor protocols TBD.
packages/db:
- lane_devices + setup_state tables (migration 0001); re-export query helpers.
apps/server:
- routes/setup.ts: GET /api/setup/catalog (public schema), and admin-only
/assign, /state, /complete with registry validation before persisting.
- extract auth.ts (requireJwtSecret, requireRole, JWT type aug).
apps/web:
- SetupWizard scaffold + api client: pick a driver per category for a lane,
render its config fields.
wiki: device-registry + first-run-setup concept pages; cross-link from
device-adapter-pattern; index + log updated.
Verified: full turbo build (5/5); catalog lists all drivers; admin assign
persists; missing-config and no-token requests are rejected.
julian