feat(sdk): let plugins mint a short-lived user session and read a user's locale (#1666)

ctx.auth.issueUserToken(userId, { purpose, ttlSeconds }) gives background
work a session for calling Termix's own API as an existing user. It needs
users:impersonate, defaults to 300s and is capped at 900s, is stored as a
normal session row marked as plugin-issued, and every issue is audited.
Such sessions are refused on routes that change the user's password,
second factors, API keys or linked logins.

ctx.users.getLocale(userId) reads the user's UI language under users:read.

SDK 1.0.11, plugin API 1.3.0.
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# Termix plugin guide
SDK 1.0.10 | Plugin API 1.2.0
SDK 1.0.11 | Plugin API 1.3.0
This guide is for anyone, person or AI coding tool, building a Termix plugin. It ships inside
`@termix-ssh/plugin-sdk`, so the copy in your `node_modules` always matches the SDK you have installed.
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| `audit.record` | none | Write your own audit line |
| `sync` | none | Sync your tables to a linked desktop |
| `auth` | `auth:provide` | Login methods, second factors, SSH auth types |
| `auth.issueUserToken` | `users:impersonate` | A short-lived session for calling Termix's API as a user |
| `users.getLocale` | `users:read` | A user's UI language |
| `system` | `system:tls` | The server's HTTPS certificate |
| `plugins.list()` | `plugins:read` | Which plugins are installed |
| `asUser(userId, fn)` | always audited | Run background work as a user |
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work with no request (a timer, an event) uses `ctx.asUser(userId, fn)`, which is audited and still applies
that user's permissions.
Background work that must call Termix's own HTTP API (the Termix CLI, say) asks for a session with
`ctx.auth.issueUserToken(userId, { purpose, ttlSeconds })` and sends it as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.
It needs `users:impersonate` and `engine.api` `^1.3`, lasts 300 seconds by default and 900 at most, and is
audited as `plugin_user_token_issued`. The user's permissions apply, and it is refused on routes that change
their password, second factors, API keys or linked logins. `ctx.users.getLocale(userId)` gives the user's
UI language, like `zh_CN`, or null, for writing to them in it.
### Routes
Routes live at `/plugin-api/<id>/`, sockets at `/plugin-ws/<id>/`, on the main Termix port. You never need
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## Capabilities
| Capability | Risk | What it allows |
| -------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `credentials:read` | critical | Read stored secrets for hosts the user can reach |
| `system:tls` | critical | Replace the HTTPS certificate, answer CA domain checks |
| `ssh:connect` | high | Run any command on hosts, with the user's access |
| `process:spawn` | high | Run programs on the Termix server |
| `users:write` | high | Add users and change their roles |
| `users:impersonate` | high | Run background work as another user, audited |
| `db:core-refs` | high | Query core users, roles and hosts tables (read only) |
| `auth:provide` | high | Add login methods, second factors, SSH auth types |
| `device:serial` | high | Open serial and USB ports on the server |
| `notify:hub` | high | Receive every alert (the alerts hub only) |
| `hosts:write` | medium | Add and edit hosts |
| `credentials:use` | medium | Connect with saved credentials without seeing them |
| `credentials:write` | medium | Save new credentials |
| `network:outbound` | medium | Outbound HTTP through `ctx.fetch` |
| `network:serve` | medium | HTTP routes and sockets |
| `network:broadcast` | medium | Local network broadcasts, like Wake-on-LAN |
| `users:read` | medium | Usernames and roles |
| `events:core` | medium | Listen to core events |
| `notify:send` | medium | Send alerts |
| `audit:read` | medium | Read the audit log |
| `desktop:window` | medium | Open windows in the desktop app |
| `hosts:read` | low | Read hosts the user can see |
| `db:own` | low | Your own tables |
| `kv:own` | low | Small key value state |
| `files:own` | low | Your own folder on disk |
| `secrets:own` | low | Your own encrypted secrets |
| `settings:read-core` | low | Read Termix server settings |
| `plugins:read` | low | See installed plugins |
| `ui:surface` | low | Add tabs, panels and settings |
| Capability | Risk | What it allows |
| -------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `credentials:read` | critical | Read stored secrets for hosts the user can reach |
| `system:tls` | critical | Replace the HTTPS certificate, answer CA domain checks |
| `ssh:connect` | high | Run any command on hosts, with the user's access |
| `process:spawn` | high | Run programs on the Termix server |
| `users:write` | high | Add users and change their roles |
| `users:impersonate` | high | Act as another user, or get a session for them, audited |
| `db:core-refs` | high | Query core users, roles and hosts tables (read only) |
| `auth:provide` | high | Add login methods, second factors, SSH auth types |
| `device:serial` | high | Open serial and USB ports on the server |
| `notify:hub` | high | Receive every alert (the alerts hub only) |
| `hosts:write` | medium | Add and edit hosts |
| `credentials:use` | medium | Connect with saved credentials without seeing them |
| `credentials:write` | medium | Save new credentials |
| `network:outbound` | medium | Outbound HTTP through `ctx.fetch` |
| `network:serve` | medium | HTTP routes and sockets |
| `network:broadcast` | medium | Local network broadcasts, like Wake-on-LAN |
| `users:read` | medium | Usernames, roles and UI language |
| `events:core` | medium | Listen to core events |
| `notify:send` | medium | Send alerts |
| `audit:read` | medium | Read the audit log |
| `desktop:window` | medium | Open windows in the desktop app |
| `hosts:read` | low | Read hosts the user can see |
| `db:own` | low | Your own tables |
| `kv:own` | low | Small key value state |
| `files:own` | low | Your own folder on disk |
| `secrets:own` | low | Your own encrypted secrets |
| `settings:read-core` | low | Read Termix server settings |
| `plugins:read` | low | See installed plugins |
| `ui:surface` | low | Add tabs, panels and settings |
An update that adds a capability waits for an admin to approve it.