computePermissions() returned the space @everyone role's permissions without
verifying the caller had joined the space. Because CREATE_INVITE is in
DEFAULT_EVERYONE_PERMISSIONS, any authenticated user could mint an invite code
for a request-only space — whose id is listed by /api/spaces/explore — and then
self-join via /api/spaces/:id/join, bypassing the join-request approval flow.
The same gap let non-members read message history and search default channels.
Root cause:
- computePermissions now returns 0n for non-members (space owner and instance
admin still short-circuit first, so they are unaffected).
Defense in depth (request-only spaces are approval-gated, never invite-joinable):
- both invite-code join endpoints reject visibility='request' (private stays
invite-joinable — its only entry path; public too).
- POST /api/spaces/:id/invite refuses to hand out a code for request spaces.
- POST /api/dm/space-invite refuses to card a local request space, checked by
space id against the local table so a spoofed spaceInstanceOrigin can't slip
past it.
- InviteModal hides the invite affordances for request spaces.
Also removes the unused computeCategoryPermissions(), which duplicated the
resolution algorithm without the membership gate.
Adds unit + route + component tests covering non-member/member/owner/admin
resolution and the request/private/public visibility matrix.
Reported-by: BadAtCaptchas (#2)
Empty-string (local) origin is now stored as the absolute home origin
so relayed DM space-invite cards carry the correct value to remote
recipients instead of resolving against the wrong instance.
POST /api/dm/space-invite was hanging 5s and returning invite_invalid
for any local-space invite. fetchSpaceInviteSnapshot was being called
against our own public domain from inside the backspace container, which
fails (Docker NAT loopback) and aborts on timeout.
Add getLocalInviteSnapshot — reads the snapshot directly from the DB —
and branch in dm.ts so local invites bypass the HTTP roundtrip entirely.
Cross-instance invites still go through fetchSpaceInviteSnapshot with
its existing SSRF guard.
Also refactor the GET /api/spaces/invite/:code/preview handler to use
the same helper, keeping the snapshot shape in one place.
Tests assert fetchSpaceInviteSnapshot is NOT called for the local case
(critical regression guard) and that the cross-instance path still hits
the HTTP fetch.
Jannis Braun