## Overview
This PR strengthens our permission system by introducing more granular
role-based access control across the platform.
## Changes
### New Permissions Added
- **Applications** - Control who can install and manage applications
- **Layouts** - Control who can customize page layouts and UI structure
- **AI** - Control access to AI features and agents
- **Upload File** - Separate permission for file uploads
- **Download File** - Separate permission for file downloads (frontend
visibility)
### Security Enhancements
- Implemented whitelist-based validation for workspace field updates
- Added explicit permission guards to core entity resolvers
- Enhanced ESLint rule to enforce permission checks on all mutations
- Created `CustomPermissionGuard` and `NoPermissionGuard` for better
code documentation
### Affected Components
- Core entity resolvers: webhooks, files, domains, applications,
layouts, postgres credentials
- Workspace update mutations now use whitelist validation
- Settings UI updated with new permission controls
### Developer Experience
- ESLint now catches missing permission guards during development
- Explicit guard markers make permission requirements clear in code
review
- Comprehensive test coverage for new permission logic
## Testing
- ✅ All TypeScript type checks pass
- ✅ ESLint validation passes
- ✅ New permission guards properly enforced
- ✅ Frontend UI displays new permissions correctly
## Migration Notes
Existing workspaces will need to assign the new permissions to roles as
needed. By default, all new permissions are set to `false` for non-admin
roles.
We were using a global ValidationPipe in main.ts. This is an issue as
@Controllers should return HttpExecption and @Resolvers should return
GraphqlErrors
Removing the global pipe and creating a ResolverValidationPipe able to
generate GraphqlError. We also need to handle the exception in a filter
to avoid nest to think it's unhandled and make it flow to logs
Next step:
- it would be nice to have both @UsePipes(ResolverValidationPipe) +
@UseFilters(GraphqlValidationExceptionFilter) come together. This should
be possible if we create a @GraphQLResolver annotation
In this PR:
1. Refactor guards to avoid duplicated queries: WorkspaceAuthGuard and
UserAuthGuard only check for existence of workspace and user in the
request without querying the database
Class exception for each metadata module + handler to map on graphql
error
TODO left :
- find a way to call handler on auto-resolvers nestjs query (probably
interceptors)
- discuss what should be done for pre-hooks errors
- discuss what should be done for Unauthorized exception
* Build remote server
* Add getters
* Migrate to json inputs
* Use extendable type
* Use regex validation
* Remove acronymes
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Co-authored-by: Thomas Trompette <thomast@twenty.com>
Félix Malfait