Tighten shared project workspace runtime stop/restart auth

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

server/src/__tests__/workspace-runtime-routes-authz.test.ts

@@ -320,6 +320,55 @@ describe.sequential("workspace runtime service route authorization", () => {
     expect(mockAssertCanManageProjectWorkspaceRuntimeServices).toHaveBeenCalled();
   }, 15000);
 
+  it("blocks shared-project stop/restart requests from agents", async () => {
+    mockProjectService.getById.mockResolvedValue(buildProject({
+      id: projectId,
+      workspaces: [{
+        id: workspaceId,
+        companyId: "company-1",
+        projectId,
+        name: "Workspace",
+        sourceType: "local_path",
+        cwd: "/tmp/project",
+        repoUrl: null,
+        repoRef: null,
+        defaultRef: null,
+        visibility: "default",
+        setupCommand: null,
+        cleanupCommand: null,
+        remoteProvider: null,
+        remoteWorkspaceRef: null,
+        sharedWorkspaceKey: "shared-key",
+        metadata: null,
+        runtimeConfig: null,
+        isPrimary: false,
+        runtimeServices: [],
+        createdAt: new Date(),
+        updatedAt: new Date(),
+      }],
+    }));
+    const app = await createProjectApp({
+      type: "agent",
+      agentId: "agent-1",
+      companyId: "company-1",
+      source: "agent_key",
+      runId: "run-1",
+    });
+
+    const responses = await Promise.all([
+      request(app).post(`/api/projects/${projectId}/workspaces/${workspaceId}/runtime-services/stop`).send({}),
+      request(app).post(`/api/projects/${projectId}/workspaces/${workspaceId}/runtime-services/restart`).send({}),
+    ]);
+
+    for (const res of responses) {
+      expect(res.status).toBe(403);
+      expect(res.body.error).toContain("Missing permission");
+      expect(mockProjectService.getById).toHaveBeenCalledWith(projectId);
+      expect(mockAssertCanManageProjectWorkspaceRuntimeServices).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+
+  }, 15000);
+
   it("rejects agent callers that create project execution workspace commands", async () => {
     const app = await createProjectApp({
       type: "agent",

server/src/routes/projects.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import type { WorkspaceRuntimeDesiredState, WorkspaceRuntimeServiceStateMap } fr
 import { trackProjectCreated } from "@paperclipai/shared/telemetry";
 import { validate } from "../middleware/validate.js";
 import { projectService, logActivity, workspaceOperationService } from "../services/index.js";
-import { conflict } from "../errors.js";
+import { conflict, forbidden } from "../errors.js";
 import { assertCompanyAccess, getActorInfo } from "./authz.js";
 import {
   buildWorkspaceRuntimeDesiredStatePatch,
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { environmentService } from "../services/environments.js";
 import { secretService } from "../services/secrets.js";
 
 const WORKSPACE_CONTROL_OUTPUT_MAX_CHARS = 256 * 1024;
+const SHARED_WORKSPACE_STOP_AND_RESTART_ACTIONS = new Set(["stop", "restart"]);
 
 export function projectRoutes(db: Db) {
   const router = Router();
@@ -346,6 +347,15 @@ export function projectRoutes(db: Db) {
       return;
     }
 
+    const isSharedWorkspace = Boolean(workspace.sharedWorkspaceKey);
+    if (
+      req.actor.type === "agent"
+      && isSharedWorkspace
+      && SHARED_WORKSPACE_STOP_AND_RESTART_ACTIONS.has(action)
+    ) {
+      throw forbidden("Missing permission to manage workspace runtime services");
+    }
+
     await assertCanManageProjectWorkspaceRuntimeServices(db, req, {
       companyId: project.companyId,
       projectWorkspaceId: workspace.id,
@@ -549,9 +559,9 @@ export function projectRoutes(db: Db) {
           stderr,
           system:
             action === "stop"
-              ? "Stopped project workspace runtime services.\n"
+              ? "Stopped project workspace runtime services.\nThis does not pause issue work or held wake scheduling."
               : action === "restart"
-                ? "Restarted project workspace runtime services.\n"
+                ? "Restarted project workspace runtime services.\nThis does not pause issue work or held wake scheduling."
                 : "Started project workspace runtime services.\n",
           metadata: {
             runtimeServiceCount,

ui/src/pages/ProjectWorkspaceDetail.tsx

@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ export function ProjectWorkspaceDetail() {
         request.action === "run"
           ? "Workspace job completed."
           : request.action === "stop"
-            ? "Workspace service stopped."
+            ? "Workspace service stopped. Issue execution is not paused."
             : request.action === "restart"
-              ? "Workspace service restarted."
+              ? "Workspace service restarted. Issue execution is not paused."
               : "Workspace service started.",
       );
     },