Authz

[farhoud]

Overview

Implements a comprehensive multi-tenant Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) authorization system for the Scouter platform, enabling secure access control across HTTP APIs and tool execution environments.

Key Features

🔐 Core Authorization System

• IdentityContext: Request-scoped user context with tenant, roles, and permissions
• Pure RBAC Logic: Framework-agnostic permission checking with wildcard support (*, resource:*)
• OAuth Integration: Support for external providers (Auth0, Keycloak, Azure AD) with JWT verification
• Multi-Tenant: Mandatory tenant scoping for all authorization decisions
  🏗️ Architecture & Design
• Functional Design: Composition-first approach avoiding heavy OOP inheritance
• Framework Agnostic: Core logic testable without FastAPI/FastMCP dependencies
• Neo4j Integration: Graph database as source of truth for users, tenants, roles, and permissions
• Modular Structure: Clean separation between auth logic, database operations, and framework integrations
  🚀 Framework Support
• FastAPI: Middleware for automatic identity resolution + dependency injection for permission checks
• FastMCP: Explicit identity building for tool execution environments
• Unified API: Same RBAC logic works across both HTTP and tool contexts

📊 Database Schema

Implements mandatory Neo4j graph model:
(Tenant) ←:MEMBER_OF-(User)-:HAS_ROLE→(Role)-:ROLE_IN→(Tenant)
↓
:GRANTS
↓
(Permission)

Usage Examples

FastAPI Route Protection

@router.post("/users")
def create_user(
    identity=Depends(require_permission("user:write"))
):
    return {"user": "created"}

### FastMCP Tool Authorization  
def create_user_tool(identity, payload):
    if not has_permission(identity["permissions"], "user:write"):
        raise PermissionDeniedError()
    # Tool implementation

Files Changed

• src/scouter/auth/ - Complete authorization module (7 new files)
• src/scouter/db/auth.py - Neo4j authorization queries
• src/scouter/db/agent_runs.py - Renamed from persistence.py
• tests/test_auth.py - Comprehensive test suite
• pyproject.toml - Added PyJWT dependency

Testing

• Unit tests for RBAC permission logic
• Mocked Neo4j operations for database queries
• Framework-agnostic testing approach

Security Considerations

• OAuth tokens verified using JWKS
• Tenant isolation enforced at authorization level
• No sensitive data in permission strings
• Framework objects excluded from core auth logic
  Breaking Changes
  None - this is a new feature addition with no existing API modifications.
  Related Issues
  Closes #X - Implement authorization system
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