feat: limit api keys to actions when they are made

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 ### Added
 
 - Termix actions: plugins can declare what they do once, and it works from the API with permission checks, dry runs, run history and approvals
-- API keys can be limited to reading or running actions
+- API keys can be limited to reading or running actions, when an admin makes them
+- A click on a host can open its host page, when a plugin offers one
 
 ### Changed
 

README.md

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Plugins add everything else. The official ones ship with Termix, and admins can
 | [LDAP](https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Plugin-LDAP)                           | Sign in with your LDAP or Active Directory username and password.                                                               |
 | [Login Security](https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Plugin-Login-Security)       | Sign people out when idle, limit session length, turn off remember me and require a second factor at login.                     |
 | [Network Topology](https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Plugin-Network-Topology)   | Draws your hosts and the links between them as a live, interactive graph.                                                       |
+| [Operations Center](https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Plugin-Operations-Center) | Run, roll out, approve and track every plugin action across your hosts, with a page per host and tables across all of them.     |
 | [OPKSSH](https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Plugin-OPKSSH)                       | Connect to hosts with short-lived OpenPubkey SSH certificates after signing in with your identity provider.                     |
 | [Passkeys](https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Plugin-WebAuthn)                   | Sign in with a passkey or security key instead of a password.                                                                   |
 | [Proxmox](https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Plugin-Proxmox)                     | Import Proxmox VE guests as hosts, keep them in sync and watch node stats.                                                      |

packages/plugin-sdk/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.0.25
+
+Plugin API 1.14.0.
+
+### Added
+
+- Host click behavior `hostPage` opens a host page when a plugin offers one
+- `createApiKey` takes scopes, to limit a key to actions
+
 ## 1.0.24
 
 Plugin API 1.14.0.

packages/plugin-sdk/PLUGIN-GUIDE.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Termix plugin guide
 
-SDK 1.0.24 | Plugin API 1.14.0
+SDK 1.0.25 | Plugin API 1.14.0
 
 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.

packages/plugin-sdk/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@termix-ssh/plugin-sdk",
-  "version": "1.0.24",
+  "version": "1.0.25",
   "description": "The contract between Termix core and a plugin: types, the capability catalog and the manifest schema.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {

packages/plugin-sdk/ui.api.txt

@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ changePassword (value): (oldPassword: string, newPassword: string) => Promise<an
 clearLocalAdaptivePreferences (value): () => void
 cn (value): (...inputs: ClassValue[]) => string
 copyToClipboard (value): (text: string) => Promise<boolean>
-createApiKey (value): (name: string, userId: string, expiresAt?: string) => Promise<CreatedApiKey>
+createApiKey (value): (name: string, userId: string, expiresAt?: string, scopes?: string[]) => Promise<CreatedApiKey>
 createCredential (value): (credentialData: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<Record<string, unknown>>
 createFrontendLogger (value): (serviceName: string, serviceIcon?: string, serviceColor?: string) => FrontendLogger
 createQuickConnectHost (value): (input: QuickConnectInput) => Host

src/backend/database/repositories/api-key-repository.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export interface ApiKeyListRecord {
   expiresAt: string | null;
   lastUsedAt: string | null;
   isActive: boolean;
+  /** JSON list, or null for full access. */
+  scopes: string | null;
 }
 
 export class ApiKeyRepository {
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ export class ApiKeyRepository {
         expiresAt: apiKeys.expiresAt,
         lastUsedAt: apiKeys.lastUsedAt,
         isActive: apiKeys.isActive,
+        scopes: apiKeys.scopes,
       })
       .from(apiKeys)
       .leftJoin(users, eq(apiKeys.userId, users.id))

src/backend/database/routes/user-api-key-routes.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { RequestHandler, Router } from "express";
 import type { AuthenticatedRequest } from "../../../types/index.js";
+import { API_KEY_SCOPES } from "../../operations/key-scopes.js";
 import crypto from "crypto";
 import bcrypt from "bcryptjs";
 import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ export function registerUserApiKeyRoutes(
    *                 type: string
    *                 format: date-time
    *                 description: Optional expiration date. Null means the key never expires.
+   *               scopes:
+   *                 type: array
+   *                 items:
+   *                   type: string
+   *                   enum: [operations:read, operations:run]
+   *                 description: Limits the key to actions only. Leave out for full access.
    *     responses:
    *       201:
    *         description: API key created. Contains the full token (shown only once).
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ export function registerUserApiKeyRoutes(
    */
   router.post("/api-keys", requireAdmin, async (req, res) => {
     try {
-      const { name, userId: targetUserId, expiresAt } = req.body;
+      const { name, userId: targetUserId, expiresAt, scopes } = req.body;
       const apiKeyRepository = createCurrentApiKeyRepository();
       const userRepository = createCurrentUserRepository();
 
@@ -86,6 +93,21 @@ export function registerUserApiKeyRoutes(
         expiresAtValue = parsed.toISOString();
       }
 
+      let scopesValue: string[] | null = null;
+      if (scopes !== undefined && scopes !== null) {
+        if (
+          !Array.isArray(scopes) ||
+          scopes.some(
+            (scope) =>
+              !(API_KEY_SCOPES as readonly string[]).includes(String(scope)),
+          )
+        ) {
+          return res.status(400).json({ error: "Unknown API key scope" });
+        }
+        scopesValue =
+          scopes.length > 0 ? [...new Set(scopes as string[])] : null;
+      }
+
       const rawToken = "tmx_" + crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
       const tokenPrefix = rawToken.substring(0, 12);
       const tokenHash = await bcrypt.hash(rawToken, 10);
@@ -102,6 +124,7 @@ export function registerUserApiKeyRoutes(
         expiresAt: expiresAtValue,
         lastUsedAt: null,
         isActive: true,
+        scopes: scopesValue ? JSON.stringify(scopesValue) : null,
       });
 
       const actorId = (req as AuthenticatedRequest).userId;
@@ -119,6 +142,7 @@ export function registerUserApiKeyRoutes(
         details: JSON.stringify({
           targetUserId,
           targetUsername: targetUser.username,
+          scopes: scopesValue,
         }),
         ipAddress,
         userAgent,
@@ -133,6 +157,7 @@ export function registerUserApiKeyRoutes(
         tokenPrefix,
         createdAt: now,
         expiresAt: expiresAtValue,
+        scopes: scopesValue,
         token: rawToken,
       });
     } catch (err) {

src/backend/operations/approvals.ts

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ export function clearApprovalPolicies(): void {
 }
 
 const RANK = { allow: 0, approve: 1, deny: 2 } as const;
-const TRUSTED_VIA = new Set(["automation", "rollout", "fleet"]);
+// approved: a person approved this exact request in the plugin's own UI.
+const TRUSTED_VIA = new Set(["automation", "rollout", "fleet", "approved"]);
 const SELF_APPROVE_VIA = new Set(["assistant", "mcp", "automation"]);
 
 /** A person is the check when the request came from something else. */

src/backend/tests/operations/gate.test.ts

@@ -451,6 +451,15 @@ describe("policy", () => {
     expect(outcome.status).toBe("success");
   });
 
+  it("lets a request a person approved in a plugin go by RBAC", async () => {
+    register();
+    const outcome = await runOperation({
+      ...base,
+      origin: { kind: "plugin", pluginId: "x", via: "approved" },
+    });
+    expect(outcome.status).toBe("success");
+  });
+
   it("treats a community read as a change", async () => {
     state.plugin.source = "user";
     state.plugin.signedTier = "community";

src/types/host-sidebar-preferences.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export type HostTrayTrigger = "always" | "hover" | "click" | "actionsOnly";
 
 /** What clicking a host does when it already has an open tab. */
 export type HostClickBehavior =
-  "newTab" | "focusExisting" | "focusExistingDoubleClickNew";
+  "newTab" | "focusExisting" | "focusExistingDoubleClickNew" | "hostPage";
 
 export interface HostSidebarFilterState {
   status: ("online" | "offline" | "pinned")[];
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ const HOST_CLICK_BEHAVIORS: HostClickBehavior[] = [
   "newTab",
   "focusExisting",
   "focusExistingDoubleClickNew",
+  "hostPage",
 ];
 const STATUS_COLOR_SCHEMES: StatusColorScheme[] = ["accent", "status"];
 const FILTER_STATUS: HostSidebarFilterState["status"] = [

src/ui/api/user-management-api.ts

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ export interface ApiKey {
   expiresAt: string | null;
   lastUsedAt: string | null;
   isActive: boolean;
+  /** Null for full access. */
+  scopes?: string[] | null;
 }
 
 export interface CreatedApiKey extends ApiKey {
@@ -97,12 +99,14 @@ export async function createApiKey(
   name: string,
   userId: string,
   expiresAt?: string,
+  scopes?: string[] | null,
 ): Promise<CreatedApiKey> {
   try {
     const response = await authApi.post("/users/api-keys", {
       name,
       userId,
       expiresAt: expiresAt ?? null,
+      scopes: scopes?.length ? scopes : null,
     });
     return response.data;
   } catch (error) {

src/ui/locales/en.json

@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@
     "hostClickBehavior": "Clicking a host",
     "hostClickBehaviorDesc": "What happens when you click a host that already has an open tab. Ctrl/Cmd click, middle click, or \"Open in new tab\" always start a new one.",
     "hostClickNewTab": "Always open a new tab",
+    "hostClickHostPage": "Open the host page, when a plugin offers one",
     "hostClickFocusExisting": "Switch to the open tab",
     "hostClickFocusExistingDoubleNew": "Click to switch, double click for a new tab",
     "openInNewTab": "Open in new tab",