Refactor PermissionManager into Authority [hard]
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	• Pchelolo
	Jan 7 2021, 8:32 PM

Description

Move relevant code from PermissionManager into Authority

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	MoveTranslatableBundle: Use Authority to perform permission checks	mediawiki/extensions/Translate	master	+33 -7

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	None	T180888 All permission checks should be able to return a custom error message
Open	None	T218674 User::getRights() applies session rights restrictions to non-session users
Open	None	T231930 Introduce Authority objects to represent the user performing a given action
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T261963 Spike to explore Authority concept, implementation, and migration
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T271458 RevisionRecord should use Authority for permission checks
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T271300 Stop using the global service locator in RevisionRecord::userCanBitfield
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T271459 User should implement Authority
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T271460 Authority should be available via IContextSource
Resolved	• CCicalese_WMF	T271462 Experiment with converting action API modules to Authority
Open	None	T271854 Convert Action API tests in core to use authority directly
Open	None	T271463 Refactor PermissionManager into Authority [hard]
Resolved	daniel	T261744 Introduce ThrottleStore
Open	None	T271464 Change the mechanism used to establish which permissions are exempt from user block
Duplicate	None	T271465 Use Authority in EditPage
Invalid	None	T271466 Authority and JSON serialization
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T271494 Expose information about user blocks via Authority and PermissionStatus
Resolved	• CCicalese_WMF	T271504 PermissionsError should be instantiatable with PermissionStatus returned by Authority
Open	None	T271837 Convert PreferencesFactory to Authority [hard]
Resolved	matmarex	T271975 Convert EditPage to Authority
Resolved	None	T271977 Convert EditConstraint system to use Authority
Resolved	daniel	T272039 Convert BlockPermissionChecker and BlockPermissionCheckerFactory to use Authority
Open	None	T272519 Implement private wiki read permission in a way that works with Authority
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T274947 Rename Authority::getActor to Authority::getPerformer
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T275504 Convert MovePage to Authority
Resolved	None	T275507 Convert ChangeTags to Authority
Open	None	T275508 Convert ApiCheckCanExecute hook to Authority
Resolved	• CCicalese_WMF	T275768 Mark Authority as stable
Resolved	daniel	T310476 Add rate limiting to Authority
Open	None	T283766 Refactor SpecialPage execution checks to use Authority