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Summary

bootstrap-roles grants the application roles (space_user, space_ro,
space_creds) privileges on every relation in schema public, views included,
on every run. A planned rename leaves compatibility views under the old table
names. Before those views are dropped, a brownout step revokes the application
roles' privileges on them so that any remaining reader fails loudly. Without
this change, the next bootstrap-roles run restores those privileges and the
brownout is quietly undone.

This adds GRANT_EXCLUDED_RELATIONS in
crates/l30_storage/db/migrate/src/bootstrap_roles.rs: relations bootstrap grants
the application roles nothing on. converge_grants takes the list as a
parameter. Excluded relations are skipped by the per-relation grant loop and by
the space_ro column-scoped re-grant. Revokes still apply to them: the
credential fence, and the column fence's space_ro revoke. Bootstrap logs each
skipped relation at info level. Every SQL statement stays whole; the exclusion
is a Rust-side filter on the existing catalog query's results.

The production list is empty. A brownout adds its views to it. An entry is
removed only after the migration that drops its view has applied everywhere:
provisioning runs bootstrap-roles before migrations, so an image without the
entry would re-grant the view before the drop. Landing the mechanism now keeps
the brownout step to a list change. It does not protect a brownout by itself: a
bootstrap run from any image that lacks the brownout's entry, this one
included, re-grants the views.

An exclusion list is smaller than the alternative of having bootstrap re-grant
only relations it declares. Bootstrap does not declare per-relation grants: it
grants on every relation in public, so new and adopted tables converge with
no list at all. Declaring grants would mean listing every application table.

Validation

On this head, with Docker running and the Rust toolchain from rust-toolchain.toml:

• Test-first, grant loop: before the exclusion existed, a test that revoked
  space_user, space_ro and space_creds on a fixture view
  (CREATE VIEW legacy_fixture AS SELECT id FROM renamed_fixture) and then ran
  bootstrap failed with space_user must stay revoked on the view. That
  confirms bootstrap restores the revoked privileges.
• grant_exclusion_keeps_revoked_view_privileges_revoked (a check that
  first_bootstrap_adopts_admin_owned_tables_routines_and_types runs on its
  already bootstrapped server) sends the fixture view through the production
  converge_grants path with its own exclusion list. It checks that all three roles stay revoked on the view while its base
  table is granted, then that a normal bootstrap run (production list) grants
  the view again.
• Test-first, column fence: grant_exclusion_still_fences_denylisted_columns_from_ro
  (the second check run inside the same test) creates, as space_migrator, a view named sessions (an
  RO_COLUMN_DENYLIST entry) over id and token_hash. Its precondition
  checks that space_ro starts with SELECT from the default privileges. With
  sessions excluded, converge_grants must leave space_ro no column
  (has_any_column_privilege) while space_user keeps its table SELECT. A
  normal bootstrap run then must grant space_ro id but not token_hash.
  Before the fix, the column fence skipped excluded relations entirely, and the
  test failed with space_ro must lose every column of an excluded denylisted view. It passes after the fix.
• The two checks share first_bootstrap_adopts_admin_owned_tables_routines_and_types's
  container instead of starting their own. Each bootstrap-roles test starts its
  own Postgres container, and as separate tests the column-fence check took
  4.1-4.6 s, over the 4 s gate in ci/test-duration-budget.toml. The host test,
  listed with a 5 s ceiling, now takes 2.9-3.4 s on the validation machine.
• Mutation checks on this head, each restored afterwards. Each one fails
  first_bootstrap_adopts_admin_owned_tables_routines_and_types, and only that test:
  • grant loop's skip removed: space_user must stay revoked on the excluded view;
  • column fence's continue for excluded relations removed (re-grant):
    space_ro must lose every column of an excluded denylisted view;
  • excluded relations skipping the column-fence revoke as well: the same message;
  • bootstrap passing the fixture names instead of GRANT_EXCLUDED_RELATIONS:
    space_user must be regranted a view that is not excluded.
• cargo build -p pplx-space-db-test-fixtures --bin space-nextest-postgres-setup && cargo nextest run -p pplx-space-db-migrate:
  run as root as CI's privileged step does (--run-ignored all --ignore-default-filter):
  54 tests run, 54 passed, 0 skipped (SPACE_TEST_DEPS_OPTIONAL unset). The
  bootstrap Postgres tests ran against real containers.
• python3 ci/scripts/check-test-durations.py target/nextest/default/junit.xml ci/test-duration-budget.toml,
  6 runs: the host test took 2.9-3.4 s against its 5 s ceiling. Three runs failed
  because ro_reads_api_keys_without_key_hash or
  ro_reads_publication_grant_metadata_without_authorization_id took 5.0-5.3 s
  against their 5 s ceilings on that machine; those tests already reach 4.86 s on
  main there, and CI set their ceilings from runs of 3.33 s or less.
• cargo fmt --all -- --check: clean.
• cargo clippy --locked -p pplx-space-db-migrate --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings: clean.
• bash ci/scripts/run-archcheck.sh <base sha> "" (base and its baseline,
  renames and ARCHITECTURE.toml, as CI passes them): exit 0, no findings.
• cargo check --workspace --all-targets --all-features --locked: passed.

Not validated: workspace-wide clippy on this head; the full privileged test group
together and the full CI matrix (durations above are from one machine, not CI);
Kind.

Severity and risk

Severity: low on its own, because the list is empty. It is a precondition for a
safe brownout: without it, a routine bootstrap run would silently undo one.

Risk: with an empty list, the grant loop and both fences run exactly as before.
Once a relation is listed, bootstrap stops granting the application roles on
it, so a listed relation that is not actually being retired loses access on its
next revoke; if it is in RO_COLUMN_DENYLIST, space_ro loses access on the
next bootstrap run. Roll back by removing the entry, or by reverting this
commit, and re-running bootstrap-roles.

Rollout

No migration, flag or configuration. With the empty list, every image behaves
as before. Once a brownout adds an entry, a bootstrap run from an image without
that entry re-grants the view. From the brownout's revoke until the view's drop
has applied everywhere, every bootstrap run, a rollback included, must come
from an image that carries the entry. The migration-isolation check rejects
changes to this list in a PR that also changes migrations, so entries are added
and removed in PRs of their own.

AI assistance: An AI agent (Claude Code) wrote the code, the tests and this description.

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Why: The new exclusion mechanism controls whether bootstrap restores revoked access. Test its full bootstrap path before relying on it during a brownout.

Commit: 1ff6deb0860e.

Walkthrough

converge_grants now accepts excluded relations. It skips ordinary grants for excluded relations and skips the space_ro column-scoped re-grant after revoking table privileges. PostgreSQL tests cover excluded views, grants on other relations, and grants restored by a later bootstrap.

Possibly related PRs

• perplexityai/SPACE#1310: Implements the same grant-exclusion flow in bootstrap_roles and tests the space_ro fence.
• perplexityai/SPACE#1309: Adds compatibility views and tests grant convergence on those views.

Merge Risk: High · up to 1ff6d

The new exclusion mechanism controls whether bootstrap restores revoked access. Test its full bootstrap path before relying on it during a brownout.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 1ff6d

The shipped exclusion list is empty, so current database access remains unchanged. Future exclusions require explicit privilege revocation and coordinated deployment; exclusion alone is not an access-denial policy.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The directly affected authority is application-role access to selected public-schema relations in the database targeted by bootstrap. The shipped empty list changes no relation's eligibility, and the new policy input is not attacker-supplied through an application request.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The exclusion checks do not bypass the existing credential-table revoke or read-only table-level revoke on denylisted relations. Catalog-derived relation identifiers continue to be quoted before interpolation into grant statements.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The added PostgreSQL test code checks excluded-view access, continued grants on a backing table, the read-only fence against inherited default table grants, and later restoration without exclusions. These are helper-level scenarios, not evidence of mixed-version rollout safety or runtime execution during this review.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check		The title uses the required "area: summary" form with a lowercase area (db-migrate) and a lowercase summary word (let). It names the main change: bootstrap-roles can now leave excluded relations ungra…	Remove the "[cr-test]" prefix so the title starts with the area. For example: "db-migrate: let bootstrap-roles leave excluded relations ungranted". The hyphenated area name "bootstrap-roles" stays as it is because it is a code identifier.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Follows The Pr Template		The PR description contains all required sections and content: ## Summary explains the merge effect; ## Validation names commands and results; ## Severity and risk gives severity and risk; and `…
Bug Fixes Name A Regression Test		The pull request fixes application behavior under crates/: converge_grants now skips excluded relations and still applies the space_ro revoke. The Validation section names `grant_exclusion_keeps…
Weakened Safeguards Are Justified		The diff changes only two Rust source/test files. It adds exclusion behavior, comments, and tests. It does not delete or loosen assertions, remove tests, alter lints, CI checks, allowlists, or reposit…
Public-Safe Content		The changed files contain no credentials, private keys, internal URLs, private tracker links, cloud account IDs, real resource ARNs, workstation paths, or raw production logs or measurements. The test…

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Full details: Bug Fixes Name A Regression Test

Explanation

The pull request fixes application behavior under crates/: converge_grants now skips excluded relations and still applies the space_ro revoke. The Validation section names grant_exclusion_keeps_revoked_view_privileges_revoked and grant_exclusion_still_fences_denylisted_columns_from_ro, and states that each failed without the fix and passed with it. The diff confirms both checks run from first_bootstrap_adopts_admin_owned_tables_routines_and_types.

Full details: Weakened Safeguards Are Justified

Explanation

The diff changes only two Rust source/test files. It adds exclusion behavior, comments, and tests. It does not delete or loosen assertions, remove tests, alter lints, CI checks, allowlists, or repository guards. The two removed lines only replace the converge_grants call and function signature with the new parameterized form.

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The changed files contain no credentials, private keys, internal URLs, private tracker links, cloud account IDs, real resource ARNs, workstation paths, or raw production logs or measurements. The test passwords are clearly fake values. The title and description describe a public code change and generic deployment/test details only.

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Explanation

The title uses the required "area: summary" form with a lowercase area (db-migrate) and a lowercase summary word (let). It names the main change: bootstrap-roles can now leave excluded relations ungranted. The leading "[cr-test]" tag is a bracketed prefix that the requirement does not allow, and it is not an area name. The requirement also says no ticket IDs or internal links; none appear here. The title still matches the changeset, so the check passes on content, but the extra tag departs from the expected format.

Resolution

Remove the "[cr-test]" prefix so the title starts with the area. For example: "db-migrate: let bootstrap-roles leave excluded relations ungranted". The hyphenated area name "bootstrap-roles" stays as it is because it is a code identifier.

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Nitpick comments: 1

crates/l30_storage/db/migrate/src/bootstrap_roles/tests/postgres_bootstrap_tests.rs: 1

1074-1113: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Exercise bootstrap with a nonempty test-only exclusion.

The current tests cover nonempty exclusions only through direct converge_grants calls. run_bootstrap uses the empty production constant, so replacing GRANT_EXCLUDED_RELATIONS with &[] at the bootstrap call remains undetected.

Do not move the body into an inner helper. Under cfg(test), use a sentinel relation such as bootstrap_exclusion_fixture, add a full-bootstrap test that creates and revokes that relation, and assert that all application roles remain without SELECT after run_bootstrap. Keep the production constant empty:

Suggested fix

-const GRANT_EXCLUDED_RELATIONS: &[&str] = &[];
+#[cfg(not(test))]
+const GRANT_EXCLUDED_RELATIONS: &[&str] = &[];
+#[cfg(test)]
+const GRANT_EXCLUDED_RELATIONS: &[&str] = &["bootstrap_exclusion_fixture"];

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Review comment at
@crates/l30_storage/db/migrate/src/bootstrap_roles/tests/postgres_bootstrap_tests.rs
around lines 1074 - 1113:
Add a full-bootstrap test using a test-only sentinel relation, such as
bootstrap_exclusion_fixture: create the relation, revoke its privileges from all
application roles, run run_bootstrap, and assert those roles still lack SELECT.
Ensure the bootstrap path passes the test-only exclusion to converge_grants
while keeping the production exclusion list empty; preserve the existing test
body and do not move it into an inner helper.

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@crates/l30_storage/db/migrate/src/bootstrap_roles/tests/postgres_bootstrap_tests.rs:
- Around line 1074-1113: Add a full-bootstrap test using a test-only sentinel
relation, such as bootstrap_exclusion_fixture: create the relation, revoke its
privileges from all application roles, run run_bootstrap, and assert those roles
still lack SELECT. Ensure the bootstrap path passes the test-only exclusion to
converge_grants while keeping the production exclusion list empty; preserve the
existing test body and do not move it into an inner helper.

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