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  • Implement the read path in ProtectedAtomDB: get_*, query_for_*, *_exists and get_matching_atoms. Calls without a Keychain are rejected; calls with a Keychain authorize through AuthorizationManifest and return only granted atoms.
  • Add KeySensitiveAtomDB for the Keychain overloads.
  • Update AtomDBFactory to wrap a basic backend in ProtectedAtomDB when the protection mode is PROTECTED.

Resolves #1277

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  • Implements ProtectedAtomDB read authorization through AuthorizationManifest and KeySensitiveAtomDB. Calls without a Keychain raise errors. Unauthorized reads return empty or null results.
  • Updates AtomDBFactory to wrap protected basic backends. Adds the public KeySensitiveAtomDB interface and renames the related build target.
  • Code-quality risk: query_for_targets returns the backend handle list without filtering individual targets. Confirm that authorization permits this result. AuthorizationManifest protects profile access with profiles_mutex, but no broader thread-safety evidence is available.
  • Hot-path impact: protected matching and filtered queries allocate result containers and copy authorized handles or atom pointers. No allocation benchmark or review finding is supplied.
  • Tests cover missing keys, authorization caching, reads, existence checks, pattern and incoming queries, traversal permissions, nested grants, and authorization persistence. Test execution results are not supplied.

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The change adds a keychain-aware AtomDB interface, implements authorization and READ filtering in ProtectedAtomDB, updates factory wrapping, and expands Redis/Mongo-backed authorization tests.

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Protected AtomDB authorization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Keyed AtomDB contract
src/atomdb/KeySensitiveAtomDB.h, src/atomdb/ProtectedAtomDB.h, src/atomdb/BUILD, src/atomdb/auth/BUILD
Adds the KeySensitiveAtomDB interface and updates ProtectedAtomDB and build targets to use it.
Authorization manifest synchronization
src/atomdb/auth/AuthorizationManifest.h, src/atomdb/auth/AuthorizationManifest.cc
Replaces document registration with ensure_authorized, loads missing profiles from AtomDB, and synchronizes profile access.
Protected read authorization
src/atomdb/ProtectedAtomDB.cc, src/atomdb/ProtectedAtomDB.h
Authorizes keychains, applies READ checks, delegates permitted operations, and filters handles and query results.
Factory and service integration
src/atomdb/AtomDBFactory.cc, src/agents/query_engine/query_element/LinkTemplate.cc, src/main/bus_node.cc
Applies protection wrapping to basic databases, passes keychains to protected queries, and suppresses protected atom-count logging.
Authorization validation
src/tests/cpp/protected_atomdb_test.cc, src/tests/cpp/authorization_test.cc, src/tests/cpp/test_commons/MockAnimalsData.*, src/tests/cpp/BUILD
Adds Redis/Mongo-backed fixtures and tests for key validation, caching, permission filtering, traversal, independent grants, and nested related links.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Keychain
  participant ProtectedAtomDB
  participant AuthorizationManifest
  participant RedisMongoDB
  Keychain->>ProtectedAtomDB: provide public key
  ProtectedAtomDB->>AuthorizationManifest: ensure key authorization
  AuthorizationManifest->>RedisMongoDB: load access document
  RedisMongoDB-->>AuthorizationManifest: return permissions
  AuthorizationManifest-->>ProtectedAtomDB: return authorization result
  ProtectedAtomDB->>RedisMongoDB: read permitted data
  RedisMongoDB-->>ProtectedAtomDB: return filtered results
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7fbc8

Authorization and existence checks can return unsafe or incorrect results, while the public rename can break downstream builds. These material issues should be corrected before merging.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning #1277 requires the protected read path to expose only authorized results. ProtectedAtomDB::query_for_targets authorizes the requested source handle, then returns backend->query_for_targets(handle) Filter every handle returned by query_for_targets with the caller's read permission. Preserve the required HandleList behavior. Add a test with a readable source and an unreadable target, and verify that the target handle is absent.
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Check name Status Explanation
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within #1277. ProtectedAtomDB implements protected reads, KeySensitiveAtomDB supplies the keychain API, AuthorizationManifest supports authorization, and factory, caller, build,…
Tests For Behavior Changes ✅ Passed Production behavior changes are present in ProtectedAtomDB, AtomDBFactory, AuthorizationManifest, and query handling. The PR also updates C++ tests under src/tests/cpp/, including protected_atomdb_tes…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: implementing read methods in ProtectedAtomDB. It is concise and relevant to the changeset.
Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately summarizes the ProtectedAtomDB read path, KeySensitiveAtomDB, authorization behavior, and AtomDBFactory updates.
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#1277 requires the protected read path to expose only authorized results. ProtectedAtomDB::query_for_targets authorizes the requested source handle, then returns backend->query_for_targets(handle) without filtering its target handles. A readable source can therefore expose handles for unreadable target atoms. The reviewed tests do not establish filtering for this case.

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30-100: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add Doxygen blocks for the public interface methods.

Document the Keychain requirement and the denied-access result for each method group. These contracts are important because reads return different empty values such as nullptr, false, and empty collections.

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In `@src/atomdb/AtomDBKeySensitive.h` around lines 30 - 100, Add brief Doxygen
blocks above each public method group in the interface containing `get_atom`,
query, existence, add, delete, `re_index_patterns`, and count methods. Document
that callers must provide a `Keychain` and specify the denied-access result for
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In `@src/atomdb/ProtectedAtomDB.cc`:
- Around line 398-399: Update ensure_registered() so an existing
AuthorizationManifest profile is invalidated or refreshed before returning,
ensuring revoke() cannot leave stale cached READ permissions; preserve the
existing registration behavior for keys without a cached profile.

In `@src/tests/cpp/protected_atomdb_test.cc`:
- Around line 563-567: Extend the authorization test around the existing
Related-link assertions to verify that related_human_keys cannot access the
nested Similarity link: assert get_link for animals.similarity_human_monkey
returns nullptr and query_for_pattern using a LinkSchema built from
similarity_human_tokens() returns no handles.

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In `@src/atomdb/AtomDBKeySensitive.h`:
- Around line 30-100: Add brief Doxygen blocks above each public method group in
the interface containing `get_atom`, query, existence, add, delete,
`re_index_patterns`, and count methods. Document that callers must provide a
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🟠 Major · Filter each target handle by READ permission. · ProtectedAtomDB.cc:104-113

src/atomdb/ProtectedAtomDB.cc:104-113
🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Filter each target handle by READ permission. query_for_targets checks READ permission only for the requested link, then returns the backend HandleList unchanged. AuthorizationManifest::is_granted applies READ per handle, so a caller with READ access to the link can receive target handles without READ access. Build a filtered HandleListInMemory and retain only targets accepted by can_read(public_key, target). Handle a null backend list as empty.

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In `@src/atomdb/ProtectedAtomDB.cc` around lines 104 - 113, Update
query_for_targets to filter every returned target handle through
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result and treating a null backend HandleList as empty. Preserve the existing
requested-link permission check, and do not return the backend list unchanged.

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- Around line 104-113: Update query_for_targets to filter every returned target
handle through can_read(public_key, target) before returning it, using a
HandleListInMemory result and treating a null backend HandleList as empty.
Preserve the existing requested-link permission check, and do not return the
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🟠 Major · Release profiles_mutex before backend work. · AuthorizationManifest.cc:23-40

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Release profiles_mutex before backend work.

Both overloads hold profiles_mutex during AuthorizationProfile::is_granted. The handle overload also calls the backend-bound AtomDB::get_atom while holding it. Reachable ProtectedAtomDB authorization paths therefore serialize concurrent requests, registrations, and profile checks behind backend I/O and schema matching.

AuthorizationProfile has no mutators, and add_document does not replace or erase profiles. Copy the non-null shared_ptr<AuthorizationProfile> while locked, then release profiles_mutex before atom lookup and profile evaluation.

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In `@src/atomdb/auth/AuthorizationManifest.cc` around lines 23 - 40, Update both
AuthorizationManifest::is_granted overloads to copy the matching non-null
shared_ptr<AuthorizationProfile> while holding profiles_mutex, then release the
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also perform atomdb->get_atom(handle) after the lock is released, preserving the
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- Around line 23-40: Update both AuthorizationManifest::is_granted overloads to
copy the matching non-null shared_ptr<AuthorizationProfile> while holding
profiles_mutex, then release the mutex before calling
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src/atomdb/KeySensitiveAtomDB.h (1)

30-98: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff

Add brief Doxygen blocks to the public API methods.

The repository guideline applies to public methods in C++ headers. The methods in KeySensitiveAtomDB currently have no method-level documentation. Add a brief /** ... */ block above each method.

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In `@src/atomdb/KeySensitiveAtomDB.h` around lines 30 - 98, Add a brief Doxygen
/** ... */ documentation block immediately above every public virtual method
shown in KeySensitiveAtomDB, including retrieval, query, existence, add, delete,
re-indexing, and count methods. Keep each description concise and specific to
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In `@src/atomdb/auth/AuthorizationManifest.cc`:
- Around line 48-54: Minimize the lock scope in the authorization lookup around
profiles_mutex: check for an existing public_key while locked, release the lock
before get_access_permissions and AuthorizationProfile::from_document, then
reacquire it only for insertion. Treat a concurrent emplace of the same key as a
successful authorization result.
- Around line 60-62: Update ensure_authorized to validate that the access
document’s access_key matches the requested public_key before constructing or
caching an AuthorizationProfile; return false on mismatch. Extend
LoadedPermissionDocumentMustMatchRequestedKey with a backend returning key B for
lookup key A and no document for B, and assert both requests are denied.

In `@src/atomdb/KeySensitiveAtomDB.h`:
- Line 26: Preserve backward compatibility for the renamed KeySensitiveAtomDB
API by adding deprecated aliases for the public C++ name AtomDBKeySensitive and
the Bazel label //atomdb:atomdb_key_sensitive, or document both migration paths
in the release notes.

In `@src/atomdb/ProtectedAtomDB.cc`:
- Around line 103-124: Update node_exists, link_exists, nodes_exist, and
links_exist to preserve type-specific semantics: authorize the caller, invoke
the corresponding node or link backend existence method, and apply the existing
read filtering to batch results instead of delegating to
atom_exists/atoms_exist. Add regression assertions confirming authorized atoms
of the opposite type are excluded.

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- Around line 30-98: Add a brief Doxygen /** ... */ documentation block
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if (!inserted) {
RAISE_ERROR(string("Duplicate access_key in authorization manifest: ") +
document->get_access_key());
RAISE_ERROR(string("Duplicate access_key in authorization manifest: ") + access_key);

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If we have 2 concurrent calls, the second one will RAISE here...do we really want that? Maybe we should just WARN here.

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Or we should move the lock guard to the beginning of the method and just check if the key already exists before inserting. Just ignoring if it exists. I also don't see why we need to raise in this situation. I think it's quite possible that two threads (i.e. two different queries from the same user which arrived "together" in the query agent) end up calling this method concurrently.

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@marcocapozzoli Let me use this snippet as example to give a more general tip. lockguard behavior is such that it makes more sense when enclosed in a block. The way you used it here and in other parts of your code is misleading and tricky. It locks at the point you put it and unlocks when the function return.

The way it was designed is meant to be used at the beginning of the function so it keep the lock locked "during the function lifetime", which is clear and easy to grasp at the first glance. When you need to block only a bunch of lines inside the method (which happens frequently but is not the case in this function) you shaw either use explicit lock() unlock() (my preference, although I agree this is more style preference than rule) or lock guard INSIDE A CODE BLOCK marked with { }.

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Agree, moving the lock to the beginning solves it.

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Yes but you still need to do the check BEFORE trying to insert and ignore duplicates.

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string access_key = access_document->get_access_key();
if (access_key != public_key) {
return false;

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return false;
LOG_ERROR("Corrupted or misplaced access document for key: " + public_key);
return false;

Comment on lines 71 to 77
shared_ptr<AuthorizationProfile> profile;
{
lock_guard<mutex> lock(this->profiles_mutex);
auto it = this->profiles.find(public_key);
if (it == this->profiles.end() || it->second == nullptr) return false;
profile = it->second;
}

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shared_ptr<AuthorizationProfile> profile;
{
lock_guard<mutex> lock(this->profiles_mutex);
auto it = this->profiles.find(public_key);
if (it == this->profiles.end() || it->second == nullptr) return false;
profile = it->second;
}
lock_guard<mutex> lock(this->profiles_mutex);
shared_ptr<AuthorizationProfile> profile;
auto it = this->profiles.find(public_key);
if (it == this->profiles.end() || it->second == nullptr) return false;
profile = it->second;

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