Remove implies_can_view logic from actor restrictions

Simplified restrictions_allow_action() to work on exact-match basis only.
Actor restrictions no longer use permission implication logic - if an actor
has view-table permission, they can view tables but NOT automatically
view-instance or view-database.

Updated test_restrictions_allow_action test cases to reflect new behavior:
- Removed test cases expecting view-table to imply view-instance
- Removed test cases expecting view-database to imply view-instance
- Removed test cases expecting execute-sql to imply view-instance/view-database
- Added test cases verifying exact matches work correctly
- Added test case verifying abbreviations work (es -> execute-sql)

This aligns actor restrictions with the new permission model where each
action is checked independently without hierarchical implications.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Simon Willison 2025-10-24 14:48:30 -07:00
commit 30e2f9064b
2 changed files with 34 additions and 46 deletions

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@ -303,50 +303,33 @@ def restrictions_allow_action(
action: str,
resource: str | tuple[str, str],
):
"Do these restrictions allow the requested action against the requested resource?"
if action == "view-instance":
# Special case for view-instance: it's allowed if the restrictions include any
# actions that have the implies_can_view=True flag set
all_rules = restrictions.get("a") or []
for database_rules in (restrictions.get("d") or {}).values():
all_rules += database_rules
for database_resource_rules in (restrictions.get("r") or {}).values():
for resource_rules in database_resource_rules.values():
all_rules += resource_rules
actions = [datasette.get_action(action) for action in all_rules]
if any(a for a in actions if a and a.implies_can_view):
return True
if action == "view-database":
# Special case for view-database: it's allowed if the restrictions include any
# actions that have the implies_can_view=True flag set AND takes_parent
all_rules = restrictions.get("a") or []
database_rules = list((restrictions.get("d") or {}).get(resource) or [])
all_rules += database_rules
resource_rules = ((restrictions.get("r") or {}).get(resource) or {}).values()
for resource_rules in (restrictions.get("r") or {}).values():
for table_rules in resource_rules.values():
all_rules += table_rules
actions = [datasette.get_action(action) for action in all_rules]
if any(a for a in actions if a and a.implies_can_view and a.takes_parent):
return True
"""
Check if actor restrictions allow the requested action against the requested resource.
Restrictions work on an exact-match basis: if an actor has view-table permission,
they can view tables, but NOT automatically view-instance or view-database.
Each permission is checked independently without implication logic.
"""
# Does this action have an abbreviation?
to_check = {action}
action_obj = datasette.actions.get(action)
if action_obj and action_obj.abbr:
to_check.add(action_obj.abbr)
# If restrictions is defined then we use those to further restrict the actor
# Crucially, we only use this to say NO (return False) - we never
# use it to return YES (True) because that might over-ride other
# restrictions placed on this actor
# Check if restrictions explicitly allow this action
# Restrictions can be at three levels:
# - "a": global (any resource)
# - "d": per-database
# - "r": per-table/resource
# Check global level (any resource)
all_allowed = restrictions.get("a")
if all_allowed is not None:
assert isinstance(all_allowed, list)
if to_check.intersection(all_allowed):
return True
# How about for the current database?
# Check database level
if resource:
if isinstance(resource, str):
database_name = resource
@ -357,17 +340,17 @@ def restrictions_allow_action(
assert isinstance(database_allowed, list)
if to_check.intersection(database_allowed):
return True
# Or the current table? That's any time the resource is (database, table)
# Check table/resource level
if resource is not None and not isinstance(resource, str) and len(resource) == 2:
database, table = resource
table_allowed = restrictions.get("r", {}).get(database, {}).get(table)
# TODO: What should this do for canned queries?
if table_allowed is not None:
assert isinstance(table_allowed, list)
if to_check.intersection(table_allowed):
return True
# This action is not specifically allowed, so reject it
# This action is not explicitly allowed, so reject it
return False

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@ -1240,25 +1240,30 @@ async def test_actor_restrictions(
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"restrictions,action,resource,expected",
(
# Exact match: view-instance restriction allows view-instance action
({"a": ["view-instance"]}, "view-instance", None, True),
# view-table and view-database implies view-instance
({"a": ["view-table"]}, "view-instance", None, True),
({"a": ["view-database"]}, "view-instance", None, True),
# No implication: view-table does NOT imply view-instance
({"a": ["view-table"]}, "view-instance", None, False),
({"a": ["view-database"]}, "view-instance", None, False),
# update-row does not imply view-instance
({"a": ["update-row"]}, "view-instance", None, False),
# view-table on a resource implies view-instance
({"r": {"db1": {"t1": ["view-table"]}}}, "view-instance", None, True),
# execute-sql on a database implies view-instance, view-database
({"d": {"db1": ["es"]}}, "view-instance", None, True),
({"d": {"db1": ["es"]}}, "view-database", "db1", True),
# view-table on a resource does NOT imply view-instance
({"r": {"db1": {"t1": ["view-table"]}}}, "view-instance", None, False),
# execute-sql on a database does NOT imply view-instance or view-database
({"d": {"db1": ["es"]}}, "view-instance", None, False),
({"d": {"db1": ["es"]}}, "view-database", "db1", False),
({"d": {"db1": ["es"]}}, "view-database", "db2", False),
# But execute-sql abbreviation DOES allow execute-sql action on that database
({"d": {"db1": ["es"]}}, "execute-sql", "db1", True),
# update-row on a resource does not imply view-instance
({"r": {"db1": {"t1": ["update-row"]}}}, "view-instance", None, False),
# view-database on a resource implies view-instance
({"d": {"db1": ["view-database"]}}, "view-instance", None, True),
# view-database on a database does NOT imply view-instance
({"d": {"db1": ["view-database"]}}, "view-instance", None, False),
# But it DOES allow view-database on that specific database
({"d": {"db1": ["view-database"]}}, "view-database", "db1", True),
# Having view-table on "a" allows access to any specific table
({"a": ["view-table"]}, "view-table", ("dbname", "tablename"), True),
# Ditto for on the database
# Having view-table on a database allows access to tables in that database
(
{"d": {"dbname": ["view-table"]}},
"view-table",