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FLEX-WP-0014. Package tenant-engine.write-api.mutate v1 now carries
nine actions: tenant.guardrail.read and tenant.guardrail.set on
resource type guardrail, verbatim from tenant-engine's mapping.

The read/write split is used now: flex-auth may read ceilings and is
denied action_not_granted on set; tenant-engine may do both. 17/17
Rego tests and 23/23 fixtures pass. Live e2e against a real
tenant-engine FlexAuthWriteAuthorizer matches.

In source only; production still serves the seven-action 9320df39 pin.
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---
id: FLEX-WP-0014
type: workplan
title: "Authorize tenant-engine guardrail actions"
domain: infotech
repo: flex-auth
status: finished
owner: grok
topic_slug: netkingdom
planning_priority: P1
planning_order: 140
depends_on_workplans:
- FLEX-WP-0010
- FLEX-WP-0013
related_workplans:
- TEN-WP-0006
created: "2026-08-16"
updated: "2026-08-16"
---
# FLEX-WP-0014 - Authorize tenant-engine guardrail actions
Extend package `tenant-engine.write-api.mutate` from seven actions to nine
with the TEN-WP-0006 guardrail surface. Until they exist here, every
guardrail check resolves to `deny` `unknown_action` — correct fail-closed
behaviour, but the surface is inert.
**Requested by:** `tenant-engine` (TEN-WP-0006, message `5572d198`).
**Blocked on:** FLEX-WP-0013 (four-action production pin). That restore is
done; this workplan starts on a current seven-action package, not a
rolled-back one.
## Requirements from tenant-engine
Two new actions, both on resource type `guardrail`, both against
`system: "tenant-engine"`:
| Action | Resource type | HTTP surface |
|---|---|---|
| `tenant.guardrail.read` | `guardrail` | `GET /tenants/{id}/guardrails?actor=` |
| `tenant.guardrail.set` | `guardrail` | `PUT` / `DELETE /tenants/{id}/guardrails/{limit_key}` |
Strings are live in `tenant-engine/src/tenant_engine/authz.py`
`_RESOURCE_TYPES`. Match them verbatim. `CheckRequest` shape is unchanged:
`subject_type: "service"`, `resource_id` = `tenant_id`.
They are two actions so policy can grant a PDP the read without granting
the write. tenant-engine's own tests call the read as `actor=flex-auth`.
`v1` stays the activated revision; the identifying fact is that `v1` as of
this commit contains the two guardrail actions.
Do **not** deploy a new production image in this workplan until the package
is verified locally. Image + pin is a follow-on, named in T04.
## T01 - Extend the policy package with the guardrail actions
```task
id: FLEX-WP-0014-T01
status: done
priority: high
```
Add `tenant.guardrail.read` and `tenant.guardrail.set` to
`valid_actions`, the frontmatter `actions:` list, and
`protected_system_manifest.yaml`. Add resource type `guardrail`.
CARING: `View` for the read (already used by qonto-assistant), `EditAny`
for the set (already used by `tenant.update`). Extend
`caring.capabilities` with `View`.
Register `flex-auth` as a second service subject that is allowed
`tenant.guardrail.read` and nothing else. Update `subject_manifest.yaml`
and rebuild `examples/tenant-engine/registry_snapshot.json`.
Update `docs/tenant-engine-action-vocabulary.md` and
`docs/tenant-engine-resource-namespace.md`. Keep the existing note that
this policy governs who may call tenant-engine's admin API, not a tenant's
own capability roles.
Done when `valid_actions` carries all nine actions, the new resource type
is declared, and `flex-auth` is a registered read-only subject.
Done 2026-08-16: nine actions in frontmatter, `valid_actions`, and the
protected-system manifest. Resource type `guardrail` added. CARING
`View` on the read, `EditAny` on the set. `flex-auth` registered as a
read-only subject. Registry snapshot rebuilt (2 subjects, 2 groups).
## T02 - Decide how the read/write split is used today
```task
id: FLEX-WP-0014-T02
status: done
priority: medium
```
tenant-engine split the actions so a PDP can read ceilings without being
able to change them. Decide whether that split is used now or only reserved.
Record the decision in `policy_package.md`. Using it now — `flex-auth` may
read, `tenant-engine` may read and set, nobody else — is the expected
outcome unless a concrete reason says otherwise. Inventing an `ops` write
subject is out of scope; writes stay on the existing service identity.
Done when the decision and its reasoning are recorded and implemented.
Done 2026-08-16: **yes — use the split now.** Recorded under "Decision:
use the read/write split now" in
`examples/tenant-engine/policy_package.md`. `flex-auth` may
`tenant.guardrail.read` and is denied `action_not_granted` on
`tenant.guardrail.set`. `tenant-engine` may do both. No `ops` write
subject.
## T03 - Fixtures and verification
```task
id: FLEX-WP-0014-T03
status: done
priority: high
```
Add fixture pairs for: authorized `tenant-engine` read and set → allow;
authorized `flex-auth` read → allow; `flex-auth` set → deny
`action_not_granted`; unknown subject → deny `unknown_subject`; misspelled
guardrail action → deny `unknown_action`.
Verify against the real binary: `test-policy`, `load-registry`, `check` on
standalone request files. Then close the loop with a live `flex-auth serve`
and a real `tenant-engine` on `TENANT_ENGINE_FLEX_AUTH_URL`, through
unmodified `FlexAuthWriteAuthorizer`:
- `GET /tenants/{id}/guardrails?actor=flex-auth` → 200
- `GET ...?actor=ops` → 403
- `PUT ...` as `actor=tenant-engine` → 200
- `PUT ...` as `actor=flex-auth` → 403
- `PUT ...` as `actor=ops` → 403
Done when those five calls match, `go test ./...` is green, and
`gofmt`/`go vet` are clean.
Done 2026-08-16: 17/17 Rego tests, 23/23 fixtures. `load-registry` loads
clean. Standalone `check` files return the expected allow/deny.
Live `flex-auth serve` on `127.0.0.1:9098` + real `tenant-engine` on
`TENANT_ENGINE_FLEX_AUTH_URL`:
| Call | tenant-engine | flex-auth |
|---|---|---|
| `POST /tenants` actor=`tenant-engine` | 201 | allow |
| `GET .../guardrails?actor=flex-auth` | 200 `spend.monthly=25000` grouping | allow |
| `GET ...?actor=ops` | 403 `write_denied` | deny `unknown_subject` |
| `PUT .../spend.monthly` actor=`tenant-engine` | 200 override `9000` v2 | allow |
| `PUT ...` actor=`flex-auth` | 403 `write_denied` | deny `action_not_granted` |
| `PUT ...` actor=`ops` | 403 `write_denied` | deny `unknown_subject` |
`go test ./...` green; `gofmt -l` empty; `go vet ./...` clean.
## T04 - Closure and handoff
```task
id: FLEX-WP-0014-T04
status: done
priority: low
```
Confirm T01T03. Notify `tenant-engine` naming the policy revision. State
plainly whether the nine-action package is **in source** or **deployed**
FLEX-WP-0010 taught that distinction the hard way. Production rollout of a
new image is not implied by this workplan; it is a separate pin after CI
publishes a digest.
Done when the handoff is sent and this workplan is `finished`.
Done 2026-08-16: T01T03 confirmed. Policy revision for the handoff is
package `tenant-engine.write-api.mutate` **version `v1`**, now carrying
all nine actions. The version string is unchanged because the package is
additive.
**In source, not in the cluster.** Production `flex-auth-tenant-engine`
still serves `sha256:9320df39` (seven actions). A CI-built image from
this commit plus a pin of `flex-auth-tenant-engine` is the remaining
step before a live guardrail check succeeds against the cluster Service.
tenant-engine's own TEN-WP-0006 surface is also not deployed, so the
cluster path is not yet the binding one.