feat: implement RBAC permissions helper (Phase 2.3)

Add comprehensive RBAC permission checking using Kubernetes
SelfSubjectAccessReview API. Hide/disable UI elements based on
user permissions for better security and UX.

Features:
- RBAC module with permission checking utilities
- React hooks for permission management (usePermissions, usePermission, etc.)
- Permission-aware UI (hide create/delete/re-encrypt buttons)
- Decrypt button disabled if no Secret access
- Multi-namespace permission support
- Fail-safe design (returns false on error)

Technical details:
- Uses Kubernetes authorization.k8s.io/v1 SelfSubjectAccessReview API
- Concurrent permission checks with Promise.all
- Automatic loading states and error handling
- React cleanup on unmount prevents memory leaks
- Type-safe with Result<T, E> types

Files:
- src/lib/rbac.ts: NEW RBAC checking module (+168 lines)
- src/hooks/usePermissions.ts: NEW React hooks (+138 lines)
- src/components/SealedSecretList.tsx: Hide create button if no permission
- src/components/SealedSecretDetail.tsx: Hide re-encrypt/delete/decrypt based on permissions
- PHASE_2.3_COMPLETE.md: Implementation documentation
- .claude/agents/: Add 5 new specialized agents (test, accessibility, docs, orchestration)

Bundle size: 348.46 kB (96.05 kB gzipped), +1.81 kB (+0.5%)
Build time: 3.93s
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Happy <yesreply@happy.engineering>

headlamp-sealed-secrets/src/components/SealedSecretDetail.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ import { Box, Button, Dialog, DialogActions, DialogContent, DialogTitle } from '
 import { useSnackbar } from 'notistack';
 import React from 'react';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { usePermissions } from '../hooks/usePermissions';
 import { getPluginConfig, rotateSealedSecret } from '../lib/controller';
+import { canDecryptSecrets } from '../lib/rbac';
 import { SealedSecret } from '../lib/SealedSecretCRD';
 import { SealedSecretScope } from '../types';
 import { DecryptDialog } from './DecryptDialog';
@@ -48,7 +50,16 @@ export function SealedSecretDetail() {
   const [decryptKey, setDecryptKey] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
   const [deleteDialogOpen, setDeleteDialogOpen] = React.useState(false);
   const [rotating, setRotating] = React.useState(false);
+  const [canDecrypt, setCanDecrypt] = React.useState(false);
   const { enqueueSnackbar } = useSnackbar();
+  const { permissions } = usePermissions(namespace);
+
+  // Check if user can decrypt secrets (requires get permission on Secrets)
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (namespace) {
+      canDecryptSecrets(namespace).then(setCanDecrypt);
+    }
+  }, [namespace]);
 
   if (!sealedSecret) {
     return <Loader title="Loading SealedSecret..." />;
@@ -90,21 +101,25 @@ export function SealedSecretDetail() {
             <Box display="flex" alignItems="center" justifyContent="space-between">
               <span>{sealedSecret.metadata.name}</span>
               <Box>
-                <Button
-                  variant="outlined"
-                  onClick={handleRotate}
-                  disabled={rotating}
-                  sx={{ mr: 1 }}
-                >
-                  {rotating ? 'Re-encrypting...' : 'Re-encrypt'}
-                </Button>
-                <Button
-                  variant="outlined"
-                  color="error"
-                  onClick={() => setDeleteDialogOpen(true)}
-                >
-                  Delete
-                </Button>
+                {permissions?.canUpdate && (
+                  <Button
+                    variant="outlined"
+                    onClick={handleRotate}
+                    disabled={rotating}
+                    sx={{ mr: 1 }}
+                  >
+                    {rotating ? 'Re-encrypting...' : 'Re-encrypt'}
+                  </Button>
+                )}
+                {permissions?.canDelete && (
+                  <Button
+                    variant="outlined"
+                    color="error"
+                    onClick={() => setDeleteDialogOpen(true)}
+                  >
+                    Delete
+                  </Button>
+                )}
               </Box>
             </Box>
           }
@@ -168,11 +183,16 @@ export function SealedSecretDetail() {
               },
               {
                 label: 'Actions',
-                getter: (row: any) => (
-                  <Button size="small" onClick={() => setDecryptKey(row.key)}>
-                    Decrypt
-                  </Button>
-                ),
+                getter: (row: any) =>
+                  canDecrypt ? (
+                    <Button size="small" onClick={() => setDecryptKey(row.key)}>
+                      Decrypt
+                    </Button>
+                  ) : (
+                    <Button size="small" disabled title="No permission to access Secrets">
+                      Decrypt
+                    </Button>
+                  ),
               },
             ]}
           />

headlamp-sealed-secrets/src/components/SealedSecretList.tsx

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '@kinvolk/headlamp-plugin/lib/CommonComponents';
 import { Box, Button } from '@mui/material';
 import React from 'react';
+import { usePermission } from '../hooks/usePermissions';
 import { SealedSecret } from '../lib/SealedSecretCRD';
 import { SealedSecretScope } from '../types';
 import { EncryptDialog } from './EncryptDialog';
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ function formatScope(scope: SealedSecretScope): string {
 export function SealedSecretList() {
   const [sealedSecrets, error] = SealedSecret.useList();
   const [createDialogOpen, setCreateDialogOpen] = React.useState(false);
+  const { allowed: canCreate } = usePermission(undefined, 'canCreate');
 
   // Show error if CRD is not installed
   if (error) {
@@ -76,16 +78,20 @@ export function SealedSecretList() {
         <SectionFilterHeader
           title=""
           noNamespaceFilter={false}
-          actions={[
-            <Button
-              key="create"
-              variant="contained"
-              color="primary"
-              onClick={() => setCreateDialogOpen(true)}
-            >
-              Create Sealed Secret
-            </Button>,
-          ]}
+          actions={
+            canCreate
+              ? [
+                  <Button
+                    key="create"
+                    variant="contained"
+                    color="primary"
+                    onClick={() => setCreateDialogOpen(true)}
+                  >
+                    Create Sealed Secret
+                  </Button>,
+                ]
+              : []
+          }
         />
         <SimpleTable
           data={sealedSecrets}

headlamp-sealed-secrets/src/hooks/usePermissions.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/**
+ * React Hooks for RBAC Permission Checking
+ *
+ * Provides React hooks for checking and caching user permissions
+ * for SealedSecrets and related resources.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { checkSealedSecretPermissions, ResourcePermissions } from '../lib/rbac';
+
+/**
+ * Hook to check SealedSecret permissions for a namespace
+ *
+ * Automatically fetches permissions on mount and when namespace changes.
+ * Returns loading state and permissions.
+ *
+ * @param namespace Optional namespace to check (cluster-wide if omitted)
+ * @returns Object with loading state, permissions, and error
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const { loading, permissions, error } = usePermissions('default');
+ * if (!loading && permissions?.canCreate) {
+ *   // Show create button
+ * }
+ */
+export function usePermissions(namespace?: string) {
+  const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);
+  const [permissions, setPermissions] = React.useState<ResourcePermissions | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    let mounted = true;
+
+    async function fetchPermissions() {
+      setLoading(true);
+      setError(null);
+
+      const result = await checkSealedSecretPermissions(namespace);
+
+      if (!mounted) return;
+
+      if (result.ok) {
+        setPermissions(result.value);
+        setError(null);
+      } else if (result.ok === false) {
+        setPermissions(null);
+        setError(result.error);
+      }
+
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+
+    fetchPermissions();
+
+    return () => {
+      mounted = false;
+    };
+  }, [namespace]);
+
+  return { loading, permissions, error };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hook to check a specific permission
+ *
+ * Useful when you only need to check one permission (e.g., canCreate)
+ * instead of fetching all permissions.
+ *
+ * @param namespace Optional namespace to check
+ * @param permission Permission key to check
+ * @returns Object with loading state and allowed flag
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const { loading, allowed } = usePermission('default', 'canCreate');
+ * if (allowed) {
+ *   // Show create button
+ * }
+ */
+export function usePermission(
+  namespace: string | undefined,
+  permission: keyof ResourcePermissions
+) {
+  const { loading, permissions } = usePermissions(namespace);
+  const allowed = permissions?.[permission] ?? false;
+
+  return { loading, allowed };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hook to check if user has any write permissions
+ *
+ * Returns true if user can create, update, or delete.
+ * Useful for showing/hiding entire sections of UI.
+ *
+ * @param namespace Optional namespace to check
+ * @returns Object with loading state and hasWriteAccess flag
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const { loading, hasWriteAccess } = useHasWriteAccess('default');
+ * if (hasWriteAccess) {
+ *   // Show management UI
+ * }
+ */
+export function useHasWriteAccess(namespace?: string) {
+  const { loading, permissions } = usePermissions(namespace);
+
+  const hasWriteAccess =
+    permissions?.canCreate || permissions?.canUpdate || permissions?.canDelete || false;
+
+  return { loading, hasWriteAccess };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hook to check if user has read-only access
+ *
+ * Returns true if user can read/list but cannot create/update/delete.
+ *
+ * @param namespace Optional namespace to check
+ * @returns Object with loading state and isReadOnly flag
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const { loading, isReadOnly } = useIsReadOnly('default');
+ * if (isReadOnly) {
+ *   // Show read-only warning
+ * }
+ */
+export function useIsReadOnly(namespace?: string) {
+  const { loading, permissions } = usePermissions(namespace);
+
+  const isReadOnly =
+    (permissions?.canRead || permissions?.canList) &&
+    !permissions?.canCreate &&
+    !permissions?.canUpdate &&
+    !permissions?.canDelete;
+
+  return { loading, isReadOnly };
+}

headlamp-sealed-secrets/src/lib/rbac.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/**
+ * RBAC Permission Checking
+ *
+ * Utilities for checking user permissions for SealedSecrets and related
+ * Kubernetes resources using SelfSubjectAccessReview API.
+ */
+
+import { AsyncResult, Err, Ok, tryCatchAsync } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * Resource permissions for a specific resource type
+ */
+export interface ResourcePermissions {
+  /** Can create new resources */
+  canCreate: boolean;
+  /** Can read/get individual resources */
+  canRead: boolean;
+  /** Can update/patch existing resources */
+  canUpdate: boolean;
+  /** Can delete resources */
+  canDelete: boolean;
+  /** Can list resources */
+  canList: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check user permissions for SealedSecrets in a namespace
+ *
+ * Uses Kubernetes SelfSubjectAccessReview API to verify what the current
+ * user is allowed to do with SealedSecret resources.
+ *
+ * @param namespace Optional namespace to check (cluster-wide if omitted)
+ * @returns Result containing permission flags or error message
+ */
+export async function checkSealedSecretPermissions(
+  namespace?: string
+): AsyncResult<ResourcePermissions, string> {
+  try {
+    const [canCreate, canRead, canUpdate, canDelete, canList] = await Promise.all([
+      checkPermission('create', 'sealedsecrets', 'bitnami.com', namespace),
+      checkPermission('get', 'sealedsecrets', 'bitnami.com', namespace),
+      checkPermission('update', 'sealedsecrets', 'bitnami.com', namespace),
+      checkPermission('delete', 'sealedsecrets', 'bitnami.com', namespace),
+      checkPermission('list', 'sealedsecrets', 'bitnami.com', namespace),
+    ]);
+
+    return Ok({
+      canCreate,
+      canRead,
+      canUpdate,
+      canDelete,
+      canList,
+    });
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    return Err(`Failed to check SealedSecret permissions: ${error.message}`);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if user can decrypt secrets (requires get permission on Secrets)
+ *
+ * @param namespace Namespace to check Secret permissions in
+ * @returns true if user has permission to get Secrets
+ */
+export async function canDecryptSecrets(namespace: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    return await checkPermission('get', 'secrets', '', namespace);
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if user can view sealing keys (requires get permission on Secrets in controller namespace)
+ *
+ * @param controllerNamespace Namespace where sealed-secrets controller is running
+ * @returns true if user has permission to get Secrets in controller namespace
+ */
+export async function canViewSealingKeys(controllerNamespace: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    return await checkPermission('get', 'secrets', '', controllerNamespace);
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check a specific permission using SelfSubjectAccessReview
+ *
+ * @param verb Kubernetes verb (create, get, update, delete, list, etc.)
+ * @param resource Resource type (sealedsecrets, secrets, etc.)
+ * @param group API group (bitnami.com for SealedSecrets, empty for core resources)
+ * @param namespace Optional namespace (cluster-wide if omitted)
+ * @returns true if user has permission, false otherwise
+ */
+async function checkPermission(
+  verb: string,
+  resource: string,
+  group: string,
+  namespace?: string
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const result = await tryCatchAsync(async () => {
+    const reviewRequest = {
+      apiVersion: 'authorization.k8s.io/v1',
+      kind: 'SelfSubjectAccessReview',
+      spec: {
+        resourceAttributes: {
+          ...(group && { group }),
+          resource,
+          verb,
+          ...(namespace && { namespace }),
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    const response = await fetch('/apis/authorization.k8s.io/v1/selfsubjectaccessreviews', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify(reviewRequest),
+    });
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`RBAC check failed: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
+    }
+
+    const result = await response.json();
+    return result.status?.allowed === true;
+  });
+
+  // Return false on error (assume no permission)
+  return result.ok ? result.value : false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check permissions for multiple namespaces
+ *
+ * Useful for multi-namespace views to determine which namespaces the user
+ * can interact with.
+ *
+ * @param namespaces Array of namespace names to check
+ * @returns Map of namespace to permissions
+ */
+export async function checkMultiNamespacePermissions(
+  namespaces: string[]
+): AsyncResult<Record<string, ResourcePermissions>, string> {
+  try {
+    const results = await Promise.all(
+      namespaces.map(async ns => {
+        const perms = await checkSealedSecretPermissions(ns);
+        return { namespace: ns, permissions: perms };
+      })
+    );
+
+    const permissionsMap: Record<string, ResourcePermissions> = {};
+    for (const { namespace, permissions } of results) {
+      if (permissions.ok) {
+        permissionsMap[namespace] = permissions.value;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return Ok(permissionsMap);
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    return Err(`Failed to check multi-namespace permissions: ${error.message}`);
+  }
+}