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Summary

The authorization service used to sync the Casbin policy matrix (policy.csv, with pruning) on every start, and loaded dev memberships (policy_fixtures.csv) when AppEnv=development. This PR moves both out of startup and follows the repo's seed vs fixtures convention, matching billingseed / billingfixtures.

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internal/authorization/policy (new package)

  • Owns the embedded model.conf, policy.csv and policy_fixtures.csv. They moved from app/; go:embed can't reach parent directories, so the files sit next to embed.go.
  • Seed(e): adds the matrix (p + g2) and prunes stale p rows. Idempotent. g membership rows are never pruned.
  • LoadFixtures(e): add-only load of dev memberships.
  • MissingRules(e): returns the embedded p/g2 rules that are missing from the enforcer's in-memory policy.
  • The sync/parse logic and its tests moved here from app/policysync.go and app/bootstrap_test.go. App.BootStrapPolicies and App.LoadFixtures are removed.

New binaries

  • cmd/authorizationseed + internal/authorizationseed: mandatory data (the role→permission matrix). Runs in every environment, prod included.
  • cmd/authorizationfixtures + internal/authorizationfixtures: dev-only memberships. Assumes seed has already run.
  • Each binary has its own small config (NOTOPIA_AUTHORIZATIONSEED_* / NOTOPIA_AUTHORIZATIONFIXTURES_*), wire, and nx targets (gen:wire, run, build, lint).
  • justfile: seed-authorization is now part of just seed, and fixtures-authorization part of just fixtures.

Service startup

  • NewServer no longer writes policies, so the service doesn't need write access to the policy table at boot.
  • If the matrix is missing or outdated, the service logs an error and keeps running. The new policy check on /authorization/health/startup fails until the matrix is present.

Config flattening

  • internal/{billingseed,billingfixtures,authorizationseed,authorizationfixtures}: the config/ subpackage is folded into the parent package (config.go, with New renamed to NewConfig). These one-shot binaries don't need a separate config package.

Design notes

Why the probe checks memory, not the DB. The Casbin enforcer loads casbin_rule once at boot and never watches the DB (see story/casbin-policy-not-watching-db.md). If the probe queried the DB, a pod that started before the seed would turn ready while its in-memory matrix is still empty, and every check would be denied. Checking memory keeps the probe failing until the pod reloads.

Why log instead of crash. A failing startup probe already makes the kubelet restart the container (after failureThreshold × periodSeconds), and the restart reloads the seeded policy. That's the "seed first, then start/restart" rule from the story. Crashing would reach the same restart, but with a less specific CrashLoopBackOff signal instead of "startup probe failed: policy matrix is missing N rules".

Known limitation (unchanged by this PR). Pods that are already running don't notice a later seed, and multiple instances don't see each other's membership writes. Either a rollout/restart after seeding or a Casbin watcher (Redis or Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY) is still required before scaling authorization beyond one replica.

Local dev impact

Run just seed (or just seed-authorization) before starting authorization. Dev memberships no longer load automatically; run just fixtures or just fixtures-authorization.

Verification

  • go build ./internal/... ./cmd/... ./pkg/...
  • go test ./internal/authorization/... (153 passed), including the new TestMissingRules
  • nx lint authorization authorizationseed authorizationfixtures
  • Not yet run against a real DB: just seed-authorization / just fixtures-authorization

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  • New Features
    • Added dedicated commands for seeding authorization policies and loading authorization fixtures.
    • Startup health checks now report when required authorization rules are missing.
  • Changes
    • Authorization policies and development fixtures are no longer loaded automatically when the server starts. Run the relevant setup command separately.
    • Added local development configuration for the authorization setup commands.

… binaries

- Add internal/authorization/policy owning the embedded Casbin model,
  policy matrix and dev fixtures, with Seed, LoadFixtures and MissingRules
- Add cmd/authorizationseed and cmd/authorizationfixtures (billingseed pattern),
  wired into just seed / just fixtures
- Service startup no longer writes policies; it logs and fails the startup
  health probe when the in-memory matrix lacks embedded rules

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The change moves authorization policy operations into a policy package, adds commands to seed policies and load fixtures, and updates server and health checks. It also consolidates billing configuration providers and updates their generated injectors and consumers.

Changes: Authorization policy operations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Policy operations and tests
internal/authorization/policy/*, internal/authorization/project.json
The policy package embeds policy data and provides seeding, fixture loading, and missing-rule checks. Tests cover parsing, persistence, pruning, and missing rules.
Server and application policy integration
internal/authorization/app/*, internal/authorization/controller/health/health.go, internal/authorization/server.go, cmd/authorization/wire_gen.go
Application and test code use policy-package data and functions instead of the removed application methods. Server construction logs policy-check failures or missing rules and continues. The health startup check reports missing or uncheckable rules.
Authorization seed command
internal/authorizationseed/*, cmd/authorizationseed/*, justfile
The seeder loads configuration and calls policy.Seed. The command wiring constructs dependencies and returns cleanup. The project configuration and Just target expose the command.
Authorization fixtures command
internal/authorizationfixtures/*, cmd/authorizationfixtures/*, justfile
The fixtures runner loads configuration and calls policy.LoadFixtures. The command wiring constructs dependencies and returns cleanup. The project configuration and Just target expose the command.

Billing configuration providers

Layer / File(s) Summary
Billing configuration and provider sets
internal/billingfixtures/config.go, internal/billingfixtures/wire.go, internal/billingseed/config.go, internal/billingseed/wire.go
The billing configuration packages define their constructors, provider aliases, and Wire provider sets. Billing seed provider functions use package-level configuration types.
Billing seed and fixture injectors
internal/billingseed/seed.go, cmd/billingseed/wire_gen.go, cmd/billingfixtures/wire_gen.go
Generated billing injectors load configuration through the package-level constructors. The billing seeder stores and receives the package-level Catalog type.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SeedCommand as authorizationseed command
  participant Injector as InitializeSeeder
  participant Seeder as authorizationseed.Seeder
  participant Policy as policy.Seed
  SeedCommand->>Injector: initialise seeder
  Injector-->>SeedCommand: seeder and cleanup
  SeedCommand->>Seeder: Run(ctx)
  Seeder->>Policy: seed policy rules
  Policy-->>Seeder: result
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sequenceDiagram
  participant FixtureCommand as authorizationfixtures command
  participant Injector as InitializeFixtures
  participant Fixtures as authorizationfixtures.Fixtures
  participant Policy as policy.LoadFixtures
  FixtureCommand->>Injector: initialise fixtures
  Injector-->>FixtureCommand: fixtures and cleanup
  FixtureCommand->>Fixtures: Run(ctx)
  Fixtures->>Policy: load fixture policies
  Policy-->>Fixtures: result
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Authorization startup no longer writes or prunes policies. If a permission is removed from the matrix but the seed command has not run, the old permission keeps working and health checks still pass. An instance without a seeded matrix can also receive traffic because the deployment does not gate on the startup check. Resolve both before merging, or explicitly accept them.

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Review comments at @internal/authorization/controller/health/health.go:
- Around line 45-48: Configure the authorization deployment to use
`/authorization/health/startup` as its startup probe and
`/authorization/health/ready` as its readiness probe; if it cannot gate traffic
with a startup probe, include the policy check currently registered in
`startupChecker` in `readyChecker` so readiness fails when the policy matrix is
missing.

Review comments at @internal/authorization/policy/policy.go:
- Around line 114-115: Update MissingRules to compare the enforcer’s persisted p
rules with the embedded policies, and report any unexpected rules as well as
missing embedded rules. Keep the existing HasPolicy checks for required rules,
ensuring stale rules such as the obsolete viewer delete policy cannot pass the
startup policy check.

Review comments at @internal/authorization/policy/seed_test.go:
- Around line 18-19: Update the test using newPersistentEnforcer to create the
billing policies in the database before removing the selected rules with
RemovePolicies, then call Seed again to exercise repair of missing rows.
Preserve the existing assertions that verify the policies are restored.

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health.WithCheck(
health.Check{
Name: "policy",
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
# Inspect probe definitions and the endpoints they use.
rg -n -C 5 'startupProbe|readinessProbe|/authorization/health/(startup|ready)' .

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- candidate deployment/config files ---'
rg --files -g '*.{yaml,yml,json,hcl,tpl}' -g '!node_modules' -g '!vendor' | rg -i '(kube|k8s|helm|deploy|manifest|authorization|service|nx|terraform|docker|compose)'
printf '%s\n' '--- probe and endpoint references ---'
rg -n -i -C 4 --glob '!node_modules' --glob '!vendor' -e 'startupProbe' -e 'readinessProbe' -e '/authorization/health/(startup|ready)' -e 'authorization.*health' .

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- health checker ---'
nl -ba internal/authorization/controller/health/health.go | sed -n '1,155p'
printf '%s\n' '--- authorization compose service ---'
nl -ba deploy/compose/services/authorization.yaml
printf '%s\n' '--- authorization traefik route ---'
nl -ba deploy/compose/infrastructure/traefik/dynamic/authorization.yaml
printf '%s\n' '--- compose references ---'
rg -n -C 5 -i --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.yml' -e 'authorization:' -e 'healthcheck' -e 'depends_on' deploy/compose

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Gate authorization traffic on policy health.

The policy check runs only in startupChecker. When the database, gRPC, and Kafka checks are healthy, /authorization/health/ready can return HTTP 200 even when the policy matrix is missing. The repository's Compose/Traefik deployment has no probe or health gate and routes authorization traffic directly to the service.

Configure the deployment to use /authorization/health/startup as its startup probe and /authorization/health/ready as its readiness probe. If the deployment cannot gate traffic with a startup probe, include the policy check in readyChecker.

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Review comment at @internal/authorization/controller/health/health.go around
lines 45 - 48:
Configure the authorization deployment to use `/authorization/health/startup` as
its startup probe and `/authorization/health/ready` as its readiness probe; if
it cannot gate traffic with a startup probe, include the policy check currently
registered in `startupChecker` in `readyChecker` so readiness fails when the
policy matrix is missing.

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Comment thread internal/authorization/policy/policy.go Outdated
Comment thread internal/authorization/policy/seed_test.go Outdated
Replace MissingRules with DetectDrift, which also reports p rules in the
enforcer that are absent from the embedded matrix. Make the missing-row
repair test seed the database before removing rules.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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