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docs(specs): spec 030 module security defaults with a per-server override - #844
Adds specs/030-security-context-overrides/ (spec, open decisions, quality checklist).
Modules keep setting the default run-as user, run-as group and filesystem group (the template's existing security block). Each server can override each value separately, either with a numeric id or with "use image default", from a collapsed Advanced section in the create-server wizard and the server settings page. With no override, a server behaves exactly as it does today. The reconciler computes the effective values and reports where each one comes from. Helper containers keep their fixed users.
Motivation: module PR GameplanePanel/module#56 had to change the Minecraft module to work around a host-specific gosu bug; with this spec a server owner could force the user themselves.
Decisions (all settled by valgul, 2026-11-07)
OD-1: a new namespaced servers:security permission, held by admin only by default.
OD-2: run-as user or group 0 is refused unless an admin turns on a cluster-wide setting (off by default).
OD-3: changing an override applies on the next restart; saving never restarts the server.
Next
Plan and tasks will follow in this PR. Dashboard changes are designed in design.pen first.
Added a specification for per-server security overrides, including run-as user and group settings, filesystem group settings, validation, permissions, and auditing.
Documented that overrides for existing servers take effect after a restart and that saving changes does not restart a server.
Recorded decisions about root overrides and the required permission.
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specs/030-security-context-overrides/spec.md
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The pull request adds a specification for per-server security overrides. It defines override values, validation, permissions, auditing, dashboard controls, and how overrides interact with module defaults and server restarts.
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Per-server Security Overrides
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Override requirements and decisions specs/030-security-context-overrides/spec.md, specs/030-security-context-overrides/OPEN-DECISIONS.md, specs/030-security-context-overrides/checklists/requirements.md
The specification defines module defaults and per-server overrides for run-as user, run-as group, and filesystem group. It covers numeric ID validation, permission checks, audit records, effective-value reporting, and use of the effective filesystem group in backup and restore jobs. The decisions specify that only users with servers:security can set overrides, root overrides require a cluster-wide setting that is off by default, and changes to existing servers apply on restart without automatically restarting them. The checklist marks specification quality and readiness checks complete.
GameplanePanel/Gameplane#731 — The specification covers when servers adopt changed module security defaults, including servers with partial overrides.
Possibly related PRs
GameplanePanel/Gameplane#835 — Selects effective template snapshots and controls when servers adopt template changes; this specification defines how security defaults and overrides apply on restart.
GameplanePanel/Gameplane#764 — Validates template identity values and applies workload security settings; this specification defines per-server overrides for those identities.
Suggested labels: type: docs, area: specs
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 3ee0e
This change adds a specification only, so nothing runs differently after merge. Before implementation planning begins, the spec should separate pending overrides from applied values and name the image default as a source of an effective value. Otherwise the dashboard status and backup behavior may be implemented inconsistently.
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Review comments at @specs/030-security-context-overrides/spec.md:
- Around line 166-167: Revise FR-003 to distinguish the currently applied
setting from an override saved for a later restart: pending overrides must not
become effective until restart, and filesystem-group jobs must continue using
the applied group beforehand. Clarify FR-008 and SC-004 as needed so the
effective-value and status requirements consistently reflect this distinction.
- Around line 184-185: Update FR-009 to require server details to show each
effective value and its source, distinguishing the image default used when
neither the module nor server specifies a value from an explicit “use image
default” override.
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Source excerpt: **FR-001**: Modules MUST remain the source of the default security settings (run-as user, run-as group, filesystem group); a server without overrides MUST behave exactly as it does today.
Learnt from: CR
Repo: GameplanePanel/Gameplane PR: 0
File: docs/contributing.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-11-03T19:14:22.430Z
Learning: Applies to specs/** : Applicability reference:
AGENTS.md: # Gameplane — AI assistant guide
Architecture, commands, and binding rules for AI agents. Humans: [`README.md`](README.md), [`docs/contributing.md`](docs/contributing.md).
AGENTS.md: # Gameplane — AI assistant guide
## Commands (via Makefile; compile checks excepted, see rule 8)
- **Dev containers:** `make devcontainers` (regenerate every profile and the `website/` and `modules/` copies after editing `.devcontainer/versions.toml`, `.devcontainer/profiles.toml`, `.devcontainer/devcontainer-lock.json`, `.devcontainer/setup.sh` or a `system-deps.toml`), `make check-devcontainers` (drift check). Profile table: `docs/contributing.md`.
Source excerpt:
# Contributing
## Where design docs go
Two homes, nothing else:
- **A change** (feature, fix, cleanup) is written up in `specs/NNN-<slug>/`
through speckit (spec, plan, tasks, `OPEN-DECISIONS.md`). Once every task
is done and merged, the folder is renamed `specs/done_NNN-<slug>/...
[style] ~37-~37: ‘without warning’ might be wordy. Consider a shorter alternative.
Context: ...od behave, and avoids kicking players without warning.) - B. Yes: saving restarts the server ...
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Additional comments: 2
specs/030-security-context-overrides/spec.md: 2
164-165: Security & Privacy
The spec does not establish a rule that prevents an image default from running as root. FR-005 restricts explicit numeric overrides of 0, not image defaults. The proposed validation would add a restriction not established by the settled decision.
172-173: Security & Privacy
A restriction on filesystem group 0 is not established.
The settled decision restricts the run-as values. The inspected specification does not establish a requirement to prevent supplemental root-group access.
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Summary
Adds
specs/030-security-context-overrides/(spec, open decisions, quality checklist).Modules keep setting the default run-as user, run-as group and filesystem group (the template's existing
securityblock). Each server can override each value separately, either with a numeric id or with "use image default", from a collapsed Advanced section in the create-server wizard and the server settings page. With no override, a server behaves exactly as it does today. The reconciler computes the effective values and reports where each one comes from. Helper containers keep their fixed users.Motivation: module PR GameplanePanel/module#56 had to change the Minecraft module to work around a host-specific gosu bug; with this spec a server owner could force the user themselves.
Decisions (all settled by valgul, 2026-11-07)
servers:securitypermission, held by admin only by default.Next
Plan and tasks will follow in this PR. Dashboard changes are designed in
design.penfirst.Generated by Claude Code
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