platform_operator is cross-org STAFF: it can see and act-as into every
org and read/write workspace-scoped resources (content, playlists,
layouts, schedules, devices, widgets, kiosk) anywhere - but holds NO
owner-level power.
Design is deny-by-default: operator is NEVER added to PLATFORM_ROLES /
isPlatformRole, so every owner capability (billing, org/workspace
deletion, user/role management, shared & template asset curation,
branding, workspace member mgmt/rename) stays denied, and any NEW owner
endpoint added later inherits that denial automatically.
Operator gets power from exactly two levers:
- middleware/auth.js: new PLATFORM_STAFF set + isPlatformStaff(); owner
guards (PLATFORM_ROLES, requireAdmin, requireSuperAdmin) unchanged.
- tenancy.js: accessContext + resolveTenancy treat staff as act-as
capable; new req.isPlatformStaff / req.isPlatformOperator (req.isPlatformAdmin
stays owner-only); accessibleWorkspaceIds + switch-workspace guard use staff.
- permissions.js: canRead/canWrite + canAccessWorkspace (read) grant staff;
canAdmin / canAdminWorkspace / isOrgAdmin / isOrgOwner stay owner-gated.
Read-only edges (per review): operator may VIEW workspace member lists
(canAccessWorkspace) and the unassigned device pool (devices.js), but
cannot mutate either.
Frontend: platform role dropdown adds "Platform operator"; the user-mgmt
view stays isPlatformAdmin-gated so operators can't open it. EN i18n only.
Behaviour identical under HOSTED_INSTANCE set or unset.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The legacy /api/auth/users dropdown could write 'superadmin' and 'admin'
role strings that not every code path recognized. Some checks matched only
'platform_admin' (tenancy accessContext/resolveTenancy), so a 'superadmin'
user could list orgs but not act-as into them.
Normalize to the current two-tier platform model (users.role holds the
PLATFORM role only; org/workspace roles live in the membership tables):
- Migration (idempotent, exact-string): superadmin -> platform_admin,
admin -> user. No-ops on rows already in the current model.
- Add isPlatformRole() helper in middleware/auth.js; route the two
superadmin-excluding checks in tenancy.js through it so a stray
'superadmin' is never treated as lower-privileged (fixes act-as).
- Remove the dead/stricter requirePlatformAdmin in permissions.js (bare
=== 'platform_admin'); the single guard is the one in middleware/auth.js.
- Recovery-token default role admin -> platform_admin so emergency
recovery keeps full access once 'admin' no longer implies elevation.
- PUT /api/auth/users/:id/role whitelist -> ['user','platform_admin'];
self-demote guard retargeted via isPlatformRole.
- Frontend: platform user-management dropdown now offers User / Platform
admin only; owner-delete guard and settings highlight use isPlatformAdmin.
EN i18n: add admin.role.platform_admin.
Behaviour is identical under HOSTED_INSTANCE set or unset; the migration
only touches exact legacy strings.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The non-admin branch of /me's accessible_workspaces query drove
from workspace_members, so users with org_owner or org_admin on
an organization but no direct workspace_members row were missing
those workspaces from their /me response - and therefore from the
switcher dropdown. Mirrors the access logic in
accessibleWorkspaceIds() (lib/tenancy.js) while keeping the
full-row SELECT shape /me needs.
Verified end-to-end with switcher-test@local.test acting as
org_owner of Acme Studios with no workspace_members row on
Studio B - Studio B now appears in /me's accessible_workspaces
with workspace_role: null, can_admin: true.
Also updates the stale TODO comment in tenancy.js that flagged
this exact gap.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fix: at connect, enumerate the user's accessible workspace_ids (direct workspace_members + org_owner/admin paths + platform_admin 'all') via new accessibleWorkspaceIds() helper in lib/tenancy.js; socket.join one room per workspace. All 12 dashboardNs.emit sites across deviceSocket / heartbeat / server.js / devices route / video-walls route now route via dashboardNs.to(workspaceRoom(...)).emit() with the workspace looked up from the relevant device or wall. New lib/socket-rooms.js holds the helpers and breaks a circular dependency (dashboardSocket already requires heartbeat, so heartbeat can't require dashboardSocket).
Inbound 6 commands rewired to canActOnDevice(socket, deviceId, tier): request-screenshot is read tier (workspace_viewer+); remote-touch/key/start/stop and device-command are write tier (workspace_editor+). Platform_admin and org_owner/admin always pass via actingAs. Legacy admin/superadmin branch dropped.
Lifecycle note: workspace-switch already calls window.location.reload (Phase 3 switcher), which forces a fresh socket with updated memberships - no per-emit re-evaluation needed.
Smoke tested with 3 simultaneous socket.io-client connections (switcher-test, swninja, dw5304 platform_admin) + direct canActOnDevice invocation for 6 user/device/tier combinations. All 9 outbound isolation cells and all 6 permission gates pass. Fixture mutation: switcher-test's Field Crew membership flipped from workspace_editor to workspace_viewer to exercise the read/write tier split in one login.
