# Description of Changes
Portal access control + user management
What this does
- Adds server-side portal access enforcement: a ResourceGrant ACL (owner
→ admin → grant → default policy) gates the portal via
@resourceAccess.canUsePortal(), so access is authoritative on the
backend, not just hidden in the UI.
- New proprietary/access module: ResourceAccessService +
ResourceAccessSecurity, PrincipalResolver (default + SaaS + team-lead
lookup), OwnershipService, ResourceGrantController, and a SecretMasker
for safe config display.
- Exposes an authoritative portalAccess flag on /me (AuthController /
AdminUserSummary); drops the old org-principal shortcut.
- Full portal Users page: team + member management (members table,
invite, move-to-team, new/rename team, reset password, access controls,
confirm modals) wired to real user/team/grant endpoints.
- Per-flavor capabilities seam (usersCapabilities): self-hosted
org-admin gets everything; SaaS is trimmed to what a team leader can do
(no ROLE_ADMIN ever surfaced).
SaaS blockers (separate follow-up PR)
The portal Users page works on self-hosted but 403s on SaaS (it calls
the admin API hasRole('ADMIN'), and SaaS users are ROLE_USER). To ship
the portal on SaaS:
- Add a @app/portal/usersBackend seam and point the SaaS build at the
existing SaasTeamController (no new backend).
- Resolve the leader's team-id on SaaS and map member/invitation shapes
to the portal Member type.
- Add pending-invitation management (list + cancel) - the parity gap vs
the editor.
- Re-enable the roster remove action on SaaS against
SaasTeamController's remove-member endpoint.
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## Checklist
### General
- [ ] I have read the [Contribution
Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [ ] I have read the [Stirling-PDF Developer
Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md)
(if applicable)
- [ ] I have read the [How to add new languages to
Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md)
(if applicable)
- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code
- [ ] My changes generate no new warnings
### Documentation
- [ ] I have updated relevant docs on [Stirling-PDF's doc
repo](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io/blob/main/docs/)
(if functionality has heavily changed)
- [ ] I have read the section [Add New Translation
Tags](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md#add-new-translation-tags)
(for new translation tags only)
### Translations (if applicable)
- [ ] I ran
[`scripts/counter_translation.py`](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/docs/counter_translation.md)
### UI Changes (if applicable)
- [ ] Screenshots or videos demonstrating the UI changes are attached
(e.g., as comments or direct attachments in the PR)
### Testing (if applicable)
- [ ] I have run `task check` to verify linters, typechecks, and tests
pass
- [ ] I have tested my changes locally. Refer to the [Testing
Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md#7-testing)
for more details.
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