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DottaandPaperclip 93fdb9c218 [codex] Harden same-company CEO authorization (#8276)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Companies are the primary tenant boundary for agents, board users,
settings, and portability operations.
> - CEO agents need limited same-company management powers, but those
powers must not cross into another company.
> - The affected company routes mixed route-level access checks with
validation middleware and repeated CEO checks, which left adjacent
mutation and portability surfaces easy to drift.
> - This pull request centralizes same-company CEO-or-board
authorization for those company-scoped surfaces.
> - It also adds regression coverage proving a CEO agent from one
company cannot read, mutate, archive, delete, export, or import against
another company.
> - The benefit is tighter company isolation without removing legitimate
same-company CEO operations.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Internal task: PAP-11205 / PAP-11347.

Bug report:
- What happened: same-company CEO authorization for company settings,
branding, and portability routes was implemented per-route, making it
possible for adjacent surfaces to drift and risking company-boundary
mistakes.
- Expected behavior: an agent API key must only manage the company that
owns the authenticated agent, and only CEO agents should get the limited
same-company management permissions.
- Steps to reproduce: authenticate as a CEO agent from Company A and
call Company B company routes such as `PATCH /api/companies/:companyId`,
`PATCH /api/companies/:companyId/branding`, export/preview export, safe
import preview/apply, archive, delete, or read.
- Version/commit: fixed on this branch at `45edaccb8` on top of
`public/master` `ddc193c2b`.
- Deployment mode: server API behavior; no UI change.

Related search results reviewed, not duplicates of this exact route
hardening:
- Refs #2212
- Refs #1083
- Refs #8053

## What Changed

- Added a shared `assertSameCompanyCeoAgentOrBoard` company route guard
and reused it for company settings, branding, export, and safe import
endpoints.
- Moved request parsing after authorization on sensitive company
mutation/export/import routes so unauthorized cross-company callers are
rejected before route body validation side effects or service calls.
- Tightened archive and delete ordering to assert route company access
before board-only mutation authorization.
- Added a cross-company company-route authorization regression suite
covering read, settings, branding, archive, delete, export, export
preview, import preview, and import apply paths.
- Extended adjacent route/service tests to prove non-CEO and
cross-company agent keys are rejected on the relevant company-scoped
surfaces.
- Addressed Greptile follow-ups by removing a redundant board assertion
and inlining the portability authorization wrapper.

## Verification

Local focused verification on rebased head `45edaccb8`:
- `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/__tests__/companies-route-cross-company-authz.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/company-branding-route.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/company-portability-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/agent-permissions-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/authorization-service.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/openclaw-invite-prompt-route.test.ts`
  - 6 test files passed
  - 127 tests passed

Remote PR checks on rebased head `45edaccb8`:
- Paperclip PR workflow: green, including policy, typecheck, build, e2e,
canary dry run, workspace tests, server general tests, and all
serialized server shards.
- Greptile Review: success with 5/5 confidence on `45edaccb8`.
- Greptile review threads: all resolved.

## Risks

Low to moderate risk. This intentionally tightens company route
authorization and changes whether some unauthorized requests fail at the
authz layer before schema validation. Legitimate board users and
same-company CEO agents remain covered by tests, but callers that
depended on validation errors from unauthorized company routes will now
receive authorization errors first.

No migrations. No `pnpm-lock.yaml` changes. No `.github/workflows`
changes. No screenshots or design images added.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-5.5-based coding agent with tool use, terminal
execution, repository inspection, and GitHub connector access.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots (N/A: no UI change)
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes (N/A:
no docs needed beyond this PR description)
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-06-22 10:34:13 -05:00
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