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coder/coderd/authorize.go
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Jeremy RuppelandSteven Masley 51a9aa1bfc perf(coderd): batch authcheck permissions via rbac.Filter (#27309)
`POST /api/v2/authcheck` evaluated every check with a full policy
evaluation in a serial loop. A subject in many organizations (100+)
produced hundreds of full evaluations, taking seconds on a cold cache
(DEVEX-608).

Group the checks by `(action, resource type)` and authorize each group
with the existing `rbac.Filter`, which amortizes a single partial
evaluation across the group once it is large enough. Each check is
wrapped in a small value struct that carries its response key, so
`Filter`'s returned subset maps back to keys by reading a field rather
than relying on element identity.

`Filter` now takes an explicit `prepareThreshold`; existing callers pass
the new `rbac.DefaultFilterThreshold` (10), and `checkAuthorization`
passes 50, above the ~35-group crossover measured for this workload, so
subjects with few objects of a given type keep the per-object path and
cannot regress.

## Stacking

This is stacked on top of #27244. `Filter` runs `Prepare` (partial
evaluation), and those residuals are only compact once #27244's
set-membership residuals land. On plain `main` the existing O(N)
residual fanout means batching can regress at high org counts, so this
change should land with or after #27244.

<details>
<summary>Decision log</summary>

### Bottleneck

- `site/src/modules/permissions/organizations.ts` defines ~14 permission
checks per org; `organizationsPermissions()` flattens them across all
orgs into one `POST /api/v2/authcheck`. A 100-org request is ~1400
checks.
- `checkAuthorization` looped serially, calling `Authorizer.Authorize`
(full eval) once per check.
- The endpoint's `maxFetch = 10` only caps checks that carry a
`resource_id`, not total checks, so it does not bound this workload.

### Approach

- Group checks by `(action, resource type)` and run each group through
`rbac.Filter`, which does one partial evaluation (`Prepare`) and reuses
it across the group.
- Carry the response key as data in a small value struct implementing
`RBACObject()`, so allowed results map back to keys without pointer
identity:

  ```go
  type authorizeCheck struct {
      key    string
      object rbac.Object
  }
  func (c authorizeCheck) RBACObject() rbac.Object { return c.object }
  ```

- `Filter` takes a required `prepareThreshold int` (no functional
options). Generic callers pass `rbac.DefaultFilterThreshold = 10`;
`/authcheck` passes 50 because the measured crossover for this workload
is ~35 groups.

### Alternatives rejected

- **Bounded `errgroup` parallelism**: reduced wall time at high org
counts but not aggregate work (allocations flat). Discarded in favor of
reducing work via partial evaluation.
- **Symmetric-deny Rego simplification** (on the #27244 branch):
replacing the known-org deny-fold with symmetric `org := -1` /
`scope_org := -1` rules failed existing SQL-compile tests. A `-1`
known-org vote gated by `not org = -1` produces a negated membership
test over the unknown org id, which OPA emits as an unconvertible
support rule. #27244's fold (`member_allow - org_deny`, a positive
set-difference membership test) is therefore load-bearing, not
incidental.

</details>

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Co-authored-by: Steven Masley <Emyrk@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-08-06 09:18:46 -04:00

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package coderd
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"net/http"
"github.com/google/uuid"
"golang.org/x/xerrors"
"cdr.dev/slog/v3"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/database/dbauthz"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/httpapi"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/httpmw"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/rbac"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/rbac/policy"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/codersdk"
)
// AuthorizeFilter takes a list of objects and returns the filtered list of
// objects that the user is authorized to perform the given action on.
// This is faster than calling Authorize() on each object.
func AuthorizeFilter[O rbac.Objecter](h *HTTPAuthorizer, r *http.Request, action policy.Action, objects []O) ([]O, error) {
roles := httpmw.UserAuthorization(r.Context())
objects, err := rbac.Filter(r.Context(), h.Authorizer, roles, action, objects, rbac.DefaultFilterThreshold)
if err != nil {
// Log the error as Filter should not be erroring.
h.Logger.Error(r.Context(), "authorization filter failed",
slog.Error(err),
slog.F("user_id", roles.ID),
slog.F("username", roles),
slog.F("roles", roles.SafeRoleNames()),
slog.F("scope", roles.SafeScopeName()),
slog.F("route", r.URL.Path),
slog.F("action", action),
)
return nil, err
}
return objects, nil
}
type HTTPAuthorizer struct {
Authorizer rbac.Authorizer
Logger slog.Logger
}
// Authorize will return false if the user is not authorized to do the action.
// This function will log appropriately, but the caller must return an
// error to the api client.
// Eg:
//
// if !api.Authorize(...) {
// httpapi.Forbidden(rw)
// return
// }
func (api *API) Authorize(r *http.Request, action policy.Action, object rbac.Objecter) bool {
return api.HTTPAuth.Authorize(r, action, object)
}
// Authorize will return false if the user is not authorized to do the action.
// This function will log appropriately, but the caller must return an
// error to the api client.
// Eg:
//
// if !h.Authorize(...) {
// httpapi.Forbidden(rw)
// return
// }
func (h *HTTPAuthorizer) Authorize(r *http.Request, action policy.Action, object rbac.Objecter) bool {
roles := httpmw.UserAuthorization(r.Context())
err := h.Authorizer.Authorize(r.Context(), roles, action, object.RBACObject())
if err != nil {
// Log the errors for debugging
internalError := new(rbac.UnauthorizedError)
logger := h.Logger
if xerrors.As(err, internalError) {
logger = h.Logger.With(slog.F("internal_error", internalError.Internal()))
}
// Log information for debugging. This will be very helpful
// in the early days
logger.Warn(r.Context(), "requester is not authorized to access the object",
slog.F("roles", roles.SafeRoleNames()),
slog.F("actor_id", roles.ID),
slog.F("actor_name", roles),
slog.F("scope", roles.SafeScopeName()),
slog.F("route", r.URL.Path),
slog.F("action", action),
slog.F("object", object),
)
return false
}
return true
}
// AuthorizeContext checks whether the RBAC subject on the context
// is authorized to perform the given action. The subject must have
// been set via dbauthz.As or the ExtractAPIKey middleware. Returns
// false if the subject is missing or unauthorized.
func (h *HTTPAuthorizer) AuthorizeContext(ctx context.Context, action policy.Action, object rbac.Objecter) bool {
roles, ok := dbauthz.ActorFromContext(ctx)
if !ok {
h.Logger.Error(ctx, "no authorization actor in context")
return false
}
err := h.Authorizer.Authorize(ctx, roles, action, object.RBACObject())
if err != nil {
internalError := new(rbac.UnauthorizedError)
logger := h.Logger
if xerrors.As(err, internalError) {
logger = h.Logger.With(slog.F("internal_error", internalError.Internal()))
}
logger.Warn(ctx, "requester is not authorized to access the object",
slog.F("roles", roles.SafeRoleNames()),
slog.F("actor_id", roles.ID),
slog.F("actor_name", roles),
slog.F("scope", roles.SafeScopeName()),
slog.F("action", action),
slog.F("object", object),
)
return false
}
return true
}
// AuthorizeSQLFilter returns an authorization filter that can used in a
// SQL 'WHERE' clause. If the filter is used, the resulting rows returned
// from postgres are already authorized, and the caller does not need to
// call 'Authorize()' on the returned objects.
// Note the authorization is only for the given action and object type.
func (h *HTTPAuthorizer) AuthorizeSQLFilter(r *http.Request, action policy.Action, objectType string) (rbac.PreparedAuthorized, error) {
roles := httpmw.UserAuthorization(r.Context())
prepared, err := h.Authorizer.Prepare(r.Context(), roles, action, objectType)
if err != nil {
return nil, xerrors.Errorf("prepare filter: %w", err)
}
return prepared, nil
}
// AuthorizeSQLFilterContext is like AuthorizeSQLFilter but reads the
// RBAC subject from the context directly rather than from an
// *http.Request. The subject must have been set via dbauthz.As.
func (h *HTTPAuthorizer) AuthorizeSQLFilterContext(ctx context.Context, action policy.Action, objectType string) (rbac.PreparedAuthorized, error) {
roles, ok := dbauthz.ActorFromContext(ctx)
if !ok {
return nil, xerrors.New("no authorization actor in context")
}
prepared, err := h.Authorizer.Prepare(ctx, roles, action, objectType)
if err != nil {
return nil, xerrors.Errorf("prepare filter: %w", err)
}
return prepared, nil
}
// authcheckFilterThreshold is the per-(action, resource type) group size at or
// above which checkAuthorization lets rbac.Filter switch to a single partial
// evaluation. For a subject in many organizations, a group can hold one object
// per organization while the subject also carries one role per organization, so
// Prepare cost grows with the group size. The measured crossover where batching
// beats per-object evaluation is ~35 (DEVEX-608), so this sits above it:
// subjects with few objects of a given type keep the per-object path and cannot
// regress, and only large groups pay for and benefit from partial evaluation.
// It is higher than rbac.DefaultFilterThreshold because that default assumes a
// Prepare cost independent of the input size.
const authcheckFilterThreshold = 50
// authorizeCheck carries an authorization check's response key alongside its
// resolved RBAC object. It implements rbac.Objecter so a batch of same-typed
// checks can be run through rbac.Filter; because the key travels with the
// object, the filtered subset maps back to keys by reading the field, without
// relying on element identity.
type authorizeCheck struct {
key string
object rbac.Object
}
func (c authorizeCheck) RBACObject() rbac.Object { return c.object }
// checkAuthorization returns if the current API key can use the given
// permissions, factoring in the current user's roles and the API key scopes.
//
// @Summary Check authorization
// @ID check-authorization
// @Security CoderSessionToken
// @Accept json
// @Produce json
// @Tags Authorization
// @Param request body codersdk.AuthorizationRequest true "Authorization request"
// @Success 200 {object} codersdk.AuthorizationResponse
// @Router /api/v2/authcheck [post]
func (api *API) checkAuthorization(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
ctx := r.Context()
auth := httpmw.UserAuthorization(r.Context())
var params codersdk.AuthorizationRequest
if !httpapi.Read(ctx, rw, r, &params) {
return
}
api.Logger.Debug(ctx, "check-auth",
slog.F("my_id", httpmw.APIKey(r).UserID),
slog.F("got_id", auth.ID),
slog.F("name", auth),
slog.F("roles", auth.SafeRoleNames()),
slog.F("scope", auth.SafeScopeName()),
)
response := make(codersdk.AuthorizationResponse)
// Prevent using too many resources by ID. This prevents database abuse
// from this endpoint. This also prevents misuse of this endpoint, as
// resource_id should be used for single objects, not for a list of them.
var (
idFetch int
maxFetch = 10
)
for _, v := range params.Checks {
if v.Object.ResourceID != "" {
idFetch++
}
}
if idFetch > maxFetch {
httpapi.Write(ctx, rw, http.StatusBadRequest, codersdk.Response{
Message: fmt.Sprintf(
"Endpoint only supports using \"resource_id\" field %d times, found %d usages. Remove %d objects with this field set.",
maxFetch, idFetch, idFetch-maxFetch,
),
})
return
}
// Group the checks by (action, resource type) and authorize each group with
// rbac.Filter, which amortizes a single partial evaluation across the group
// once it is large enough. Each check carries its response key so the
// filtered subset maps back without relying on element identity.
type checkGroup struct {
action policy.Action
objectType string
}
groups := make(map[checkGroup][]authorizeCheck)
for k, v := range params.Checks {
if v.Object.ResourceType == "" {
httpapi.Write(ctx, rw, http.StatusBadRequest, codersdk.Response{
Message: fmt.Sprintf("Object's \"resource_type\" field must be defined for key %q.", k),
})
return
}
obj := rbac.Object{
Owner: v.Object.OwnerID,
OrgID: v.Object.OrganizationID,
Type: string(v.Object.ResourceType),
AnyOrgOwner: v.Object.AnyOrgOwner,
}
if obj.Owner == codersdk.Me {
obj.Owner = auth.ID
}
// If a resource ID is specified, fetch that specific resource.
if v.Object.ResourceID != "" {
id, err := uuid.Parse(v.Object.ResourceID)
if err != nil {
httpapi.Write(ctx, rw, http.StatusBadRequest, codersdk.Response{
Message: fmt.Sprintf("Object %q id is not a valid uuid.", v.Object.ResourceID),
Validations: []codersdk.ValidationError{{Field: "resource_id", Detail: err.Error()}},
})
return
}
var dbObj rbac.Objecter
var dbErr error
// Only support referencing some resources by ID.
switch string(v.Object.ResourceType) {
case rbac.ResourceWorkspace.Type:
dbObj, dbErr = api.Database.GetWorkspaceByID(ctx, id)
case rbac.ResourceTemplate.Type:
dbObj, dbErr = api.Database.GetTemplateByID(ctx, id)
case rbac.ResourceUser.Type:
dbObj, dbErr = api.Database.GetUserByID(ctx, id)
case rbac.ResourceGroup.Type:
dbObj, dbErr = api.Database.GetGroupByID(ctx, id)
default:
msg := fmt.Sprintf("Object type %q does not support \"resource_id\" field.", v.Object.ResourceType)
httpapi.Write(ctx, rw, http.StatusBadRequest, codersdk.Response{
Message: msg,
Validations: []codersdk.ValidationError{{Field: "resource_type", Detail: msg}},
})
return
}
if dbErr != nil {
// 404 or unauthorized is false
response[k] = false
continue
}
obj = dbObj.RBACObject()
}
// AnyOrgOwner objects have no verified semantics under partial
// evaluation: Filter's prepared path can deny objects that a full
// evaluation allows (authz_internal_test.go skips the full-vs-partial
// equivalence assertion for them). Authorize them per-object with a full
// evaluation instead of grouping them into the batched Filter path.
if obj.AnyOrgOwner {
err := api.Authorizer.Authorize(ctx, auth, policy.Action(v.Action), obj)
response[k] = err == nil
continue
}
group := checkGroup{action: policy.Action(v.Action), objectType: obj.Type}
groups[group] = append(groups[group], authorizeCheck{key: k, object: obj})
}
for group, checks := range groups {
allowed, err := rbac.Filter(ctx, api.Authorizer, auth, group.action, checks, authcheckFilterThreshold)
if err != nil {
// A Filter error is never a per-object denial: per-object rejections
// are filtered out inside Filter, so only Prepare failures and context
// errors reach here. Reporting the group as denied would hide an
// evaluation failure behind a "not permitted" answer, so surface it.
if ctx.Err() != nil {
// The client went away or the request was canceled; there is no
// useful response to write and nothing worth logging.
return
}
httpapi.InternalServerError(rw, xerrors.Errorf("authorize %q %q: %w", group.action, group.objectType, err))
return
}
// Default to denied, then mark the checks Filter allowed.
for _, c := range checks {
response[c.key] = false
}
for _, c := range allowed {
response[c.key] = true
}
}
httpapi.Write(ctx, rw, http.StatusOK, response)
}