fix(server): check the specific scope for scripts, preview input, and full-access MCP grants

[juliusmarminge]

Problem

A few actions only checked the broad orchestration:operate scope, even though each one has its own, narrower scope:

• projects.mutate can save project scripts. Saving scripts through settings needs settings:write, but this path didn't ask for it.
• On the preview stream, page input (clicks, typing, navigation) and file uploads were enabled by orchestration:operate. The matching preview RPCs require preview:operate.
• A pairing code that held only the orchestration scopes could approve a full-access MCP client. Full access also covers changing environment preferences and cloning repositories, which need settings:write and source-control:write over RPC.

A connection that was paired with a reduced scope set could therefore do more than its grant described.

Change

• Project mutations: a new requiredScopesForProjectMutation adds settings:write when a create or update carries scripts. It is enforced in both RPC authorization and the HTTP projects API. Mutations without scripts are unchanged.
• Preview stream: input and uploads now need preview:operate. Viewing and downloads are unchanged. A pending file picker can now only be answered by the viewer that currently controls the tab. When control changes, the picker is re-offered to the new controller.
• MCP clients: a full-access grant now holds settings:write and source-control:write, so approving one requires a code or session that has them. Other access levels are unchanged.

Standard pairings already include all of these scopes, so the default web, desktop and mobile clients behave the same as before.

Scope and approval

This is a small, focused fix. Each case makes an existing action ask for the scope already defined for it, with no new behavior.

Verification

• vp test run for packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts (158 passed), and in apps/server for auth/McpOAuth, auth/RpcAuthorization, preview/ServerBrowser and preview/ServerBrowserStream (76 passed).
• Each new assertion fails with its fix reverted.
• tsc --noEmit is clean for apps/server and packages/contracts, and lint is clean on the touched test files.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR changes runtime authorization across MCP approvals, project mutations, preview interaction/uploads, and controller-bound file selection. Because it modifies authentication and security-sensitive permission boundaries, the changes require human review.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	+24 B (+0.5%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	+24 B (+2.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: c77a7b7 · PR result: 5f96fcd · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change expands MCP full-access scopes, derives authorization scopes from project mutations, and updates preview operation permissions. File-picker offers now track the current controller, and answers from a previous controller are rejected.

Changes

Authorization scope rules

Layer / File(s)	Summary
MCP full-access grant scopes apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts, apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.test.ts	Full-access MCP grants now include settings-write and source-control-write scopes. The test verifies that a grant with only orchestration read and operate scopes is rejected for full access.
Project mutation scope derivation packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts	requiredScopesForProjectMutation returns orchestration-operate for deletions and mutations without scripts. Mutations with scripts also require the scopes for updating defaultProjectScripts.
Project mutation scope enforcement apps/server/src/project/http.ts, apps/server/src/auth/RpcAuthorization.ts	The HTTP and RPC authorization paths use the scopes derived from the project mutation payload.

Preview control and file-picker access

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preview operation authorization apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserStream.ts, apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserStream.test.ts	WebSocket operations and file-picker uploads now require preview-operate scope. Tests cover operation and upload authorization responses.
Controller-bound file-picker offers apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts, apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts	When control changes, the open picker receives a new ID and is offered to the new controller. Answers are rejected unless the picker ID matches and the current controller received the offer.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, t3dotgg

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5f96f

A file-picker answer is not bound to the viewer controlling the tab. Bind uploads to that viewer before merging, or explicitly accept the risk that someone with the active chooser ID can answer on their behalf.

Pre-merge checks | 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title is concise, uses the conventional commit format, and clearly identifies the three main scope-check changes for scripts, preview input, and full-access MCP grants.
Description check		The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the affected behavior, the implementation, approval rationale, focused test results, t…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts:
- Around line 1073-1075: Bind file-chooser uploads to the submitting viewer:
pass a viewer-bound credential through receiveUpload and answerFileChooser, and
validate it against open.offeredTo rather than relying on
tab.control.controller. Keep the active chooser ID check and reject submissions
from any viewer other than the one offered the chooser.

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• apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts
• apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.test.ts
• apps/server/src/auth/RpcAuthorization.ts
• apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts
• apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
• apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserStream.test.ts
• apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserStream.ts
• apps/server/src/project/http.ts
• packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts
• packages/contracts/src/settings.ts

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