System and method for extensible permissions in multi-tenant platforms
Systems, methods, and computer readable medium are provided for managing extensible permissions collaborative software platform. At least one processor maintains a permission repository including native logic for handling native permissions, maintains a tenant-specific logic registry storing non-native logic associated with a tenant-specific extension, exposes a permissions API including at least one permission endpoint for receiving a custom permission definition associated with the tenant-specific extension, receives a request conforming with the permission request structure for resolving access to a resource associated with the tenant-specific extension, satisfies the request, aggregates permission effects, executes the integration to generate a customized permission output by applying a hierarchical resolution rule to the aggregated permission effects, structures the customized permission output to conform to the permission response structure defined by the schema, and determines if access to the resource is granted based on the customized permission output.
1 . A system for managing extensible permissions in a multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, including at least one processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executed by the at least one processor to:
maintain a permission repository for the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, the permission repository including native logic for handling native permissions;
maintain a tenant-specific logic registry configured to store non-native logic associated with a tenant-specific extension;
expose, within the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, at least one permissions API including at least one permission endpoint for receiving a custom permission definition associated with the tenant-specific extension, the at least one permission endpoint having a schema defining a permission request structure and a permission response structure;
receive via the at least one permissions API, a request conforming with the permission request structure for resolving access to a resource associated with the tenant-specific extension;
satisfy the request by:
identifying that fulfilling the request requires accessing native logic from the permission repository and non-native logic associated with the tenant-specific extension;
retrieving the native logic from the permission repository;
retrieving the non-native logic from the tenant-specific logic registry;
integrating the retrieved native logic with the retrieved non-native logic by aggregating permission effects defined by the native logic and the non-native logic associated with the resource;
executing the integration to generate a customized permission output by applying a hierarchical resolution rule to the aggregated permission effects, wherein the hierarchical resolution rule defines a prevalence between the native logic and the non-native logic;
structuring the customized permission output to conform to the permission response structure defined by the schema; and
determining if access to the resource is granted based on the customized permission output.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the permission repository comprises a global graph data structure defining baseline relationships between platform entities, and wherein the tenant-specific logic registry comprises a local graph data structure defining extension relationships specific to a tenant.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to retrieve the native logic and the non-native logic by performing a runtime hydration process that logically overlays the local graph data structure onto the global graph data structure to form a composite decision graph.
4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the aggregating of permission effects comprises traversing the composite decision graph to identify all valid paths connecting a subject entity to the resource.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the hierarchical resolution rule comprises comparing a numerical priority index assigned to the native logic against a numerical priority index assigned to the non-native logic, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to enforce the non-native logic only when its numerical priority index exceeds the numerical priority index of the native logic.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the custom permission definition defines a virtual inheritance entity configured to logically intervene between a parent node and a child node in a native hierarchy of the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, thereby modifying a permission inheritance path such that the child node inherits permission rules from the virtual inheritance entity in addition to the native logic.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the custom permission definition further includes conditional applicability metadata, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to aggregate a permission effect from the custom permission definition only if a context of the access request matches the conditional applicability metadata.
8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the conditional applicability metadata includes a dynamic resource quota, and wherein the at least one processor ignores the custom permission definition until the dynamic resource quota is exceeded.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to automatically generate and render a visual configuration element within a native administrative console of the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform based on the schema of the received custom permission definition.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to deploy an AI agent to monitor operational conditions of the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, and dynamically modify permission conditions defined within the non-native logic based on the monitored operational conditions.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one permissions API is exposed as a callable action within a workflow automation engine of the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to trigger the callable action in response to a signal indicative of a state change in a platform element of the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to monitor the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform for the signal and, upon detecting the signal, dynamically inject the custom permission definition into the tenant-specific logic registry, thereby enforcing a new permission rule without requiring a manual configuration update.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the callable action accepts dynamic input parameters from the workflow automation engine to populate a priority parameter of the custom permission definition.
15 . A method for managing extensible permissions in a multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, the method comprising:
maintaining a permission repository for the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, the permission repository including native logic for handling native permissions;
maintaining a tenant-specific logic registry configured to store non-native logic associated with a tenant-specific extension;
exposing, within the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, at least one permissions API including at least one permission endpoint for receiving a custom permission definition associated with the tenant-specific extension, the at least one permission endpoint having a schema defining a permission request structure and a permission response structure;
receiving via the at least one permissions API, a request conforming with the permission request structure for resolving access to a resource associated with the tenant-specific extension; satisfying the request by:
identifying that fulfilling the request requires accessing native logic from the permission repository and non-native logic associated with the tenant-specific extension;
retrieving the native logic from the permission repository; retrieving the non-native logic from the tenant-specific logic registry;
integrating the retrieved native logic with the retrieved non-native logic by aggregating permission effects defined by the native logic and the non-native logic associated with the resource;
executing the integration to generate a customized permission output by applying a hierarchical resolution rule to the aggregated permission effects, wherein the hierarchical resolution rule defines a prevalence between the native logic and the non-native logic;
structuring the customized permission output to conform to the permission response structure defined by the schema; and
determining if access to the resource is granted based on the customized permission output.
16 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform operations for managing extensible permissions in a multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, the operations comprising:
maintaining a permission repository for the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, the permission repository including native logic for handling native permissions;
maintaining a tenant-specific logic registry configured to store non-native logic associated with a tenant-specific extension;
exposing, within the multi-tenant native collaborative software platform, at least one permissions API including at least one permission endpoint for receiving a custom permission definition associated with the tenant-specific extension, the at least one permission endpoint having a schema defining a permission request structure and a permission response structure;
receiving via the at least one permissions API, a request conforming with the permission request structure for resolving access to a resource associated with the tenant-specific extension;
satisfying the request by:
identifying that fulfilling the request requires accessing native logic from the permission repository and non-native logic associated with the tenant-specific extension;
retrieving the native logic from the permission repository;
retrieving the non-native logic from the tenant-specific logic registry;
integrating the retrieved native logic with the retrieved non-native logic by aggregating permission effects defined by the native logic and the non-native logic associated with the resource;
executing the integration to generate a customized permission output by applying a hierarchical resolution rule to the aggregated permission effects, wherein the hierarchical resolution rule defines a prevalence between the native logic and the non-native logic;
structuring the customized permission output to conform to the permission response structure defined by the schema; and
determining if access to the resource is granted based on the customized permission output.