- name
- stacks-auth
- description
- Use when implementing authentication, authorization, passkeys, TOTP/2FA, RBAC, gates, policies, session auth, token management, email verification, password resets, or rate limiting in a Stacks application. Covers the @stacksjs/auth package, config/auth.ts, app/Gates.ts, and app/Middleware/.
- license
- MIT
- compatibility
- Bun >= 1.3.0, TypeScript
- allowed-tools
- Read Edit Write Bash Grep Glob
# Stacks Authentication & Authorization
The `@stacksjs/auth` package provides comprehensive authentication and authorization for Stacks applications, built on `@stacksjs/ts-auth`.
## Key Paths
- Core package source: `storage/framework/core/auth/src/`
- Configuration: `config/auth.ts`
- Security config: `config/security.ts`
- Hashing config: `config/hashing.ts`
- Application gates: `app/Gates.ts`
- Application middleware: `app/Middleware/`
- Middleware aliases: `app/Middleware.ts`
- Auth types: `storage/framework/core/types/src/auth.ts`
## Source Files
```
auth/src/
├── index.ts # All re-exports
├── authentication.ts # Auth class - core auth logic
├── authenticator.ts # 2FA and personal access client
├── client.ts # Client re-exports
├── middleware.ts # Auth middleware handler
├── rate-limiter.ts # RateLimiter class (5 attempts, 15min lockout)
├── passkey.ts # WebAuthn/Passkey support
├── password/reset.ts # Password reset flow
├── register.ts # User registration
├── user.ts # Auth user helpers
├── tokens.ts # Token CRUD, scopes, refresh tokens, OAuth clients
├── gate.ts # Authorization gates & policies
├── policy.ts # BasePolicy class + discovery
├── authorizable.ts # User authorization mixin
├── rbac.ts # Full RBAC system
├── email-verification.ts # Email verification flow
└── session-auth.ts # Session-based SPA auth
```
## Auth Class (authentication.ts) — Static Methods
### Login & Authentication
- `Auth.attempt(credentials: AuthCredentials): Promise<boolean>` — validate credentials without creating token
- `Auth.validate(credentials: AuthCredentials): Promise<boolean>` — alias for attempt
- `Auth.login(credentials: AuthCredentials, options?: TokenCreateOptions): Promise<{ user, token } | null>` — login and create token
- `Auth.loginUsingId(userId: number, options?: TokenCreateOptions): Promise<{ user, token } | null>` — login by user ID
- `Auth.logout(): Promise<void>` — revoke current token
### Personal access tokens (Sanctum-shaped)
`oauth_access_tokens` is polymorphic: `tokenable_type` holds the owner's TABLE
name (`users`, `authors`) and `tokenable_id` its id there, so any model
declaring `useAuth` can hold tokens - not only `User`.
- `createToken(id, name, scopes, { tokenableType })` — mint one. Returns the
plaintext ONCE (`plainTextToken`); the table stores a hash and nothing can
recover it afterwards. `tokenableType` defaults to `users`.
- `tokens(id, tokenableType?)` — list an owner's live tokens.
- `tokenCan(scope)` / `tokenCanAll` / `tokenCanAny` / `tokenAbilities` — check
the current request's token.
- `revokeToken`, `revokeTokenById`, `revokeAllTokens(id, type?)`,
`revokeOtherTokens(id, type?)` — revocation also revokes the paired refresh
token, which a raw row delete does not.
- `setTrailActor(id)` — attribute writes in a queue job or CLI run that has no
request to read a user from.
The `PersonalAccessToken` model maps the same table, so `owner.with('tokenable')`
lists exactly what `createToken` minted. It deliberately generates no CRUD
routes: minting and revoking both carry semantics a generic route does not.
- `Auth.once(credentials: AuthCredentials): Promise<boolean>` — one-time auth without token
- `Auth.requestToken(credentials, clientId, clientSecret): Promise<{ token } | null>` — OAuth token request
### User State
- `Auth.user(): Promise<UserModel | undefined>` — get authenticated user from bearer token
- `Auth.check(): Promise<boolean>` — is user authenticated?
- `Auth.guest(): Promise<boolean>` — is user a guest?
- `Auth.id(): Promise<number | undefined>` — get authenticated user ID
- `Auth.setUser(user: UserModel): void` — manually set user
### Token Creation
- `Auth.createTokenForUser(user, options?: TokenCreateOptions): Promise<NewAccessToken>`
- `Auth.createToken(user, name?, abilities?): Promise<AuthToken>`
### Token Validation
- `Auth.validateToken(token: string): Promise<boolean>` — validate bearer token
- `Auth.getUserFromToken(token: string): Promise<UserModel | undefined>`
- `Auth.currentAccessToken(): Promise<PersonalAccessToken | undefined>`
### Token Abilities (Scopes)
- `Auth.tokenCan(ability: string): Promise<boolean>`
- `Auth.tokenCant(ability: string): Promise<boolean>`
- `Auth.tokenAbilities(): Promise<string[]>`
- `Auth.tokenCanAll(abilities: string[]): Promise<boolean>`
- `Auth.tokenCanAny(abilities: string[]): Promise<boolean>`
### Token Management
- `Auth.tokens(userId?: number): Promise<PersonalAccessToken[]>`
- `Auth.revokeToken(token: string): Promise<void>`
- `Auth.revokeTokenById(tokenId: number): Promise<void>`
- `Auth.revokeAllTokens(userId?: number): Promise<void>`
- `Auth.revokeOtherTokens(userId?: number): Promise<void>`
- `Auth.pruneExpiredTokens(): Promise<number>`
- `Auth.pruneRevokedTokens(): Promise<number>`
- `Auth.rotateToken(oldToken: string): Promise<AuthToken | null>`
- `Auth.findToken(tokenId: number): Promise<PersonalAccessToken | null>`
### Utility
- `Auth.guard(name?: string): typeof Auth` — select guard (returns self)
- `Auth.viaRemember(): boolean` — always false currently
- `Auth.clearState(): void` — clear cached user/token
## Token System (tokens.ts)
### Access Tokens
- `tokens(userId: number): Promise<AccessToken[]>`
- `findToken(plainTextToken: string): Promise<AccessToken | null>`
- `currentAccessToken(): Promise<AccessToken | null>`
- `createToken(userId, name?, scopes?, options?): Promise<PersonalAccessTokenResult>`
- Options: `{ expiresInMinutes?, withRefreshToken?, refreshExpiresInDays? }`
### Refresh Tokens
- `refreshToken(refreshTokenPlain, options?): Promise<RefreshTokenResult>`
- `validateRefreshToken(refreshTokenPlain): Promise<boolean>`
- `revokeRefreshToken(refreshTokenPlain): Promise<void>`
- `revokeAllRefreshTokens(userId): Promise<void>`
- `deleteExpiredRefreshTokens(): Promise<number>`
- `deleteRevokedRefreshTokens(daysOld?): Promise<number>`
### Token Revocation
- `revokeToken(plainTextToken): Promise<void>`
- `revokeTokenById(tokenId): Promise<void>`
- `revokeAllTokens(userId): Promise<void>`
- `revokeOtherTokens(userId): Promise<void>`
- `deleteExpiredTokens(): Promise<number>`
- `deleteRevokedTokens(daysOld?): Promise<number>`
### Token Scopes
- `tokenCan(scope): Promise<boolean>`
- `tokenCant(scope): Promise<boolean>`
- `tokenCanAll(scopes): Promise<boolean>`
- `tokenCanAny(scopes): Promise<boolean>`
- `tokenAbilities(): Promise<string[]>`
- `parseScopes(scopes: string | string[] | null | undefined): TokenScopes`
### OAuth Clients
- `clients(userId): Promise<OAuthClient[]>`
- `findClient(clientId): Promise<OAuthClient | null>`
- `createClient(options: CreateClientOptions): Promise<CreateClientResult>`
- `revokeClient(clientId): Promise<void>`
## Two-Factor Authentication (authenticator.ts)
- `generateTwoFactorSecret(): string`
- `generateTwoFactorToken(secret: Secret): Promise<Token>`
- `verifyTwoFactorCode(token: Token, secret: Secret): Promise<boolean>`
- `generateTwoFactorUri(user?, service?, secret?): string`
- `createPersonalAccessClient(): Promise<Result<string, never>>`
### Re-exported from @stacksjs/ts-auth
- `generateTOTP`, `verifyTOTP`, `generateTOTPSecret`, `totpKeyUri`
## Authorization Gates (gate.ts)
### Gate Functions
- `define<T>(ability: string, callback: GateCallback<T>): void`
- `policy(model: string | { name }, policyClass: new () => Policy): void`
- `before(callback): void` — run before any gate check
- `after(callback): void` — run after any gate check
- `allows(ability, user, ...args): Promise<boolean>`
- `denies(ability, user, ...args): Promise<boolean>`
- `can(ability, user, ...args): Promise<boolean>`
- `cannot(ability, user, ...args): Promise<boolean>`
- `any(abilities[], user, ...args): Promise<boolean>`
- `all(abilities[], user, ...args): Promise<boolean>`
- `none(abilities[], user, ...args): Promise<boolean>`
- `authorize(ability, user, ...args): Promise<AuthorizationResponse>` — throws on deny
- `inspect(ability, user, ...args): Promise<AuthorizationResponse>` — never throws
- `has(ability): boolean`
- `hasPolicy(model): boolean`
- `abilities(): string[]`
- `getPolicyFor<T>(model: T): Policy<T> | null`
- `flush(): void` — clear all gates
### Gate Facade — `Gate.define()`, `Gate.can()`, etc
### AuthorizationResponse Class
- `static allow(message?): AuthorizationResponse`
- `static deny(message?, code?): AuthorizationResponse`
- `allowed(): boolean`, `denied(): boolean`
- `authorize(): void` — throws AuthorizationException if denied
### Policy Interface
Methods: `before?`, `viewAny?`, `view?`, `create?`, `update?`, `delete?`, `restore?`, `forceDelete?`
### BasePolicy Abstract Class
Protected helpers: `allow(message?)`, `deny(message?, code?)`, `denyIf(condition)`, `denyUnless(condition)`, `allowIf(condition)`
## RBAC System (rbac.ts)
### Role Management
- `Rbac.createRole(name, guardName?, description?): Promise<RoleRecord>`
- `Rbac.findRole(name, guardName?): Promise<RoleRecord | null>`
- `Rbac.deleteRole(name, guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.getAllRoles(guardName?): Promise<RoleRecord[]>`
### Permission Management
- `Rbac.createPermission(name, guardName?, description?): Promise<PermissionRecord>`
- `Rbac.findPermission(name, guardName?): Promise<PermissionRecord | null>`
- `Rbac.deletePermission(name, guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.getAllPermissions(guardName?): Promise<PermissionRecord[]>`
### User-Role Operations
- `Rbac.getUserRoles(user): Promise<RoleRecord[]>`
- `Rbac.assignRole(user, roleName, guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.removeRole(user, roleName, guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.removeAllRoles(user): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.syncRoles(user, roleNames[], guardName?): Promise<void>` - replaces assignments for that guard and preserves roles from other guards
- `Rbac.hasRole(user, roleName, guardName?): Promise<boolean>`
- `Rbac.hasAnyRole(user, roleNames[], guardName?): Promise<boolean>`
- `Rbac.hasAllRoles(user, roleNames[], guardName?): Promise<boolean>`
### User-Permission Operations
- `Rbac.getUserPermissions(user): Promise<PermissionRecord[]>`
- `Rbac.givePermission(user, permissionName, guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.revokePermission(user, permissionName, guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.revokeAllPermissions(user): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.syncPermissions(user, permissionNames[], guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.hasPermission(user, permissionName, guardName?): Promise<boolean>`
- `Rbac.hasAnyPermission(user, permissionNames[], guardName?): Promise<boolean>`
- `Rbac.hasAllPermissions(user, permissionNames[], guardName?): Promise<boolean>`
### Role-Permission Operations
- `Rbac.getRolePermissions(roleId): Promise<PermissionRecord[]>`
- `Rbac.givePermissionToRole(roleName, permissionName, guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.revokePermissionFromRole(roleName, permissionName, guardName?): Promise<void>`
- `Rbac.syncRolePermissions(roleName, permissionNames[], guardName?): Promise<void>`
### withRbac Mixin
`withRbac(user)` — adds `hasRole()`, `hasPermission()`, `assignRole()`, `givePermission()`, etc. to any user object
### RBAC Types
```typescript
interface RoleRecord { id, name, guard_name, description?, created_at?, updated_at? }
interface PermissionRecord { id, name, guard_name, description?, created_at?, updated_at? }
interface RbacStore { findRoleByName, createRole, deleteRole, getAllRoles, findPermissionByName, createPermission, ... }
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