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Reece BrowneandGitHub c8af6e3b7e feat(policies): enforce run-on-export policies on all PDF exit paths (#6788)
> **Draft / WIP** — print enforcement is still to come (see below).

## Goal

A "run on export" policy must enforce on **every** path where a PDF
leaves the editor, not just the main Download/Export button. This routes
the remaining exits through the existing export-policy gateway
(`downloadFileWithPolicy`), which runs `enforceExportPolicies` before
the file leaves and is a no-op when no export policy is active.

## Audit of exit paths

| Path | Status |
|---|---|
| Web download / export, page-editor, file-editor, thumbnails | ✅
already covered (gateway) |
| **Form-fill download** (`FormSaveBar`) | ✅ fixed here — was a raw
`createObjectURL` download |
| **Desktop Ctrl+S save** (`useSaveShortcut`) | ✅ fixed here — was raw
`downloadService` |
| **Desktop save-operation-results** (`operationResultsSaveService`) | ✅
fixed here — was raw `downloadService` |
| Viewer `saveAsCopy` (annotations/redactions) | n/a — in-memory version
saves, not exits |
| **Print** (`printActions.print`) | ⏳ pending — enforce-then-print
(below) |
| Web operation-results (`downloadFromUrl`) | ⏳ pending — URL-stream,
needs a fetch→enforce wrapper |
| Share link | excluded by design (enforce at share-creation, not
recipient download) |

## In this PR

All three fixes are the same pattern — route the raw download through
`downloadFileWithPolicy` instead of `URL.createObjectURL` / the raw
download service.

## Still to come (why it's a draft)

- **Print** — enforce-then-print: on print, run the same
`enforceExportPolicies`; if it changed the doc, swap the viewer to the
enforced version (new version in history) and toast *"PDF updated by
policy enforcement — review, then print again"* rather than silently
printing a different doc; if unchanged, print. Covers Ctrl+P, the
toolbar button, and embedded PDF-JS print.
- **Web operation-results** (`downloadFromUrl`) — fetch the result to a
blob, enforce, then download.

## Verification

Typecheck (core/proprietary) + prettier clean for the changes here;
desktop tsc clean for the touched files. The print UX, once added, needs
a manual run with an active export policy — there's no automated path
for it.
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