tenant-engine/docs/flex-auth-integration.md
tegwick 5d57c7d488 TEN-WP-0003: FlexAuthWriteAuthorizer -- gate writes through flex-auth
flex_auth.py: CheckRequest + FlexAuthCheckClient against flex-auth's real
POST /v1/check contract (schemas/check_request.schema.json,
decision_envelope.schema.json, read directly from the flex-auth repo, not
guessed). Fail-closed by construction: only effect=="allow" authorizes;
every other effect, non-200, malformed body, or transport failure resolves
to deny, nothing raises past is_allowed().

authz.FlexAuthWriteAuthorizer implements the existing WriteAuthorizer
Protocol. Action -> resource-type mapping coordinated with FLEX-WP-0008's
planned vocabulary (both repos reference the same table).
DefaultDenyWriteAuthorizer stays the fallback when no flex-auth URL is
configured.

config.py: Settings.from_env(), mirroring qonto-assistant's pattern.
docs/flex-auth-integration.md documents the contract, fail-closed rule,
and current real state (denies everything until FLEX-WP-0008 lands).

60 tests passing. Verified live twice over real HTTP between separate
processes (not just MockTransport): a deny-returning flex-auth double
produces 403 from POST /tenants, an allow-returning one produces 201.

Also registered (not implemented) the two workplans this depends on for a
complete picture: flex-auth/FLEX-WP-0008 (protected-system registration --
what makes allow reachable) and key-cape/KEY-WP-0005 (discovered key-cape
emits none of iam-profile_v0.3.md's core claims yet, not just missing
tenant_roles -- a bigger, security-sensitive gap flagged rather than
quietly worked around).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 22:54:44 +02:00

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# flex-auth Integration (TEN-WP-0003)
`tenant-engine` gates every write through flex-auth's `POST /v1/check`
(`flex_auth.FlexAuthCheckClient`, wired in as `authz.FlexAuthWriteAuthorizer`).
## What tenant-engine sends
A `CheckRequest` per `flex-auth/schemas/check_request.schema.json`:
```json
{
"id": "check:<uuid>",
"tenant": "tenant:friendly:binky",
"subject": {"id": "<actor>", "type": "service"},
"action": "tenant.create",
"resource": {"id": "<tenant_id>", "type": "tenant", "system": "tenant-engine"}
}
```
Action → resource-type mapping (must match `flex-auth`'s
`FLEX-WP-0008-T01` vocabulary exactly — coordinate values, don't diverge):
| Action | Resource type |
| --- | --- |
| `tenant.create` | `tenant` |
| `tenant.role.grant` | `role-grant` |
| `tenant.role.revoke` | `role-grant` |
| `tenant.plan.assign` | `plan-assignment` |
## What tenant-engine expects back
A `DecisionEnvelope` per `flex-auth/schemas/decision_envelope.schema.json`.
Only `effect: "allow"` authorizes the write. Every other `effect`
(`deny`/`redact`/`audit_only`/`not_applicable`), a non-200 response, a
malformed body, or a transport failure/timeout all resolve to **deny**
`FlexAuthCheckClient.is_allowed()` never raises past its own boundary; it
always returns a plain `bool`.
## The current real state
Until `flex-auth/workplans/FLEX-WP-0008-tenant-engine-consumer-integration.md`
lands (resource/action vocabulary + an authored policy package), **every
check resolves to deny or not_applicable** — verified against real
`flex-auth` behavior, not assumed. This is correct fail-closed behavior,
not a bug: tenant-engine cannot perform any write against a real `flex-auth`
deployment until that policy package exists. Verified locally with a fake
HTTP double standing in for `flex-auth` (deny → `403`, allow → `201`,
both over real HTTP between two processes) — see `TEN-WP-0003`'s closure
notes for the exact commands.
## Configuration
| Env var | Default | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `TENANT_ENGINE_FLEX_AUTH_URL` | unset | Base URL of a reachable `flex-auth` deployment. When unset, `create_app()` falls back to `authz.DefaultDenyWriteAuthorizer` — no writes ever succeed, which is the correct posture for local/test runs that have no `flex-auth` to call. |
| `TENANT_ENGINE_FLEX_AUTH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` | `3` | Bounded timeout on the synchronous write path — no retries, so a slow deny doesn't become a hang. |
## Related
- `flex-auth/workplans/FLEX-WP-0008-tenant-engine-consumer-integration.md`
— the flex-auth-side work this client depends on for real `allow`
decisions, and (separately) flex-auth's own live-lookup consumption of
`tenant-engine`'s `/roles/live` endpoint for other protected systems.
- `key-cape/workplans/KEY-WP-0005-iam-profile-core-claims.md` — the
cache-read/`tenant_roles` direction (`key-cape``tenant-engine`), not
covered by this doc.
- `net-kingdom/canon/standards/tenant-engine-boundary-contract_v0.1.md`
the Authorization Contract section this client implements.