(backend) let any authenticated user manage the lobby on trusted rooms

On rooms with the `trusted` access level, any authenticated user
connected to the meeting can now manage the lobby. Requested by
several organizations, and a step toward generalized lobby
management once hubs and groups land (same organization only).

Being authenticated is not enough to grant the capability: a
`trusted` room means "trusted to join", not "trusted to decide who
else joins from outside the call". The new `CanManageLobby`
permission therefore also requires the requester to be currently
connected to the meeting, verified against LiveKit and failing
closed, like `IsPresentInMeeting`. The access level itself is never
cached and always read fresh, so an owner switching the room back to
`restricted` revokes the capability on the very next request - the
one guarantee we did not want to trade for performance.

Performance is traded elsewhere: the waiting list is polled by every
lobby manager, and on a trusted room that audience grows from a few
admins to potentially the whole meeting. Hitting LiveKit once per
poll per participant would not survive that fan-out, so presence is
memoized in Redis (`PresenceCache`, `PRESENCE_CACHE_TIMEOUT`, 1h).
Entries are created lazily because only the minority of participants
who actually manage a lobby ever need one, and only positive answers
are cached because a sticky negative would lock out someone joining
right after a miss for the whole TTL. Eager invalidation on
`participant_left`, `room_finished` and admin kick keeps the cache
honest; the TTL is the safety net when an event is lost, and its
value bounds how long a departed participant could still act.

Trade-offs in this v0:

* `PRESENCE_CLEAR_ON_PARTICIPANT_LEFT` gates the eager invalidation
  on `participant_left`: its cost is one Redis DELETE per departure,
  for every departure, so we want to be able to measure it in
  production and turn it off independently of the feature. When
  disabled, invalidation relies on `room_finished` and the TTL only,
  widening the stale window above.
* This can put non-trivial pressure on the cache at scale; the
  rollout will need to be monitored closely.
* The `participant_left` webhook must be enabled in the LiveKit
  deployment, otherwise eager invalidation silently degrades to the
  TTL-only behavior.
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lebaudantoine
2026-08-24 17:37:20 +02:00
committed by aleb_the_flash
parent c02d54b6ff
commit 7369379106
11 changed files with 390 additions and 6 deletions
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ def test_allow_participant_to_enter_anonymous():
def test_allow_participant_to_enter_non_owner():
"""Non-privileged users should not be allowed to manage entry requests."""
room = RoomFactory()
room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
user = UserFactory()
client = APIClient()
client.force_login(user)
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ def test_list_waiting_participants_anonymous():
def test_list_waiting_participants_non_owner():
"""Non-privileged users should not be allowed to list waiting participants."""
room = RoomFactory()
room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
user = UserFactory()
client = APIClient()
client.force_login(user)
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
"""Trusted rooms: any authenticated participant present in the meeting can manage the lobby."""
from unittest import mock
import pytest
from rest_framework.test import APIClient
from core.factories import RoomFactory, UserFactory
from core.models import RoomAccessLevel
from core.services.presence import PresenceCache
pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_trusted_room_present_user_can_list_waiting(mock_check):
"""Authenticated + present in a trusted room -> 200, LiveKit asked once then cached."""
mock_check.return_value = True
user = UserFactory()
room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED)
client = APIClient()
client.force_login(user)
url = f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/waiting-participants/"
assert client.get(url).status_code == 200
assert client.get(url).status_code == 200
assert mock_check.call_count == 1
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_trusted_room_absent_user_forbidden(mock_check):
"""Authenticated but not connected to the meeting -> 403."""
mock_check.return_value = False
user = UserFactory()
room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED)
client = APIClient()
client.force_login(user)
response = client.get(f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/waiting-participants/")
assert response.status_code == 403
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_restricted_room_present_user_forbidden(mock_check):
"""Presence is not enough on a restricted room; LiveKit must not even be asked."""
user = UserFactory()
room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
client = APIClient()
client.force_login(user)
response = client.get(f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/waiting-participants/")
assert response.status_code == 403
mock_check.assert_not_called()
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_trusted_room_presence_cleared_after_leave(mock_check):
"""Once the presence cache is cleared (participant_left), LiveKit is re-checked."""
mock_check.return_value = True
user = UserFactory()
room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED)
client = APIClient()
client.force_login(user)
url = f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/waiting-participants/"
assert client.get(url).status_code == 200
PresenceCache().clear(room.id, str(user.sub))
mock_check.return_value = False
assert client.get(url).status_code == 403
assert mock_check.call_count == 2
def test_trusted_room_anonymous_forbidden():
"""Anonymous users never manage the lobby."""
room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED)
response = APIClient().get(f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/waiting-participants/")
assert response.status_code == 401
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_trusted_room_present_user_can_accept_entry(mock_check):
"""Authenticated + present in a trusted room can accept a waiting participant."""
mock_check.return_value = True
user = UserFactory()
room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED)
client = APIClient()
client.force_login(user)
response = client.post(
f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/enter/",
{"participant_id": "2f7f162f-e7d1-421b-90e7-02bfbfbf8def", "allow_entry": True},
)
# Permission passed; 404 because that participant isn't actually waiting.
assert response.status_code == 404
assert response.json() == {"message": "Participant not found."}
@@ -854,3 +854,31 @@ def test_receive_ignores_connection_test_room(
mock_handle_room_started.assert_not_called()
mock_handle_room_finished.assert_not_called()
@mock.patch("core.services.presence.cache.delete")
def test_participant_left_clearing_gated_by_setting(mock_delete, service, settings):
"""PRESENCE_CLEAR_ON_PARTICIPANT_LEFT toggles eager presence invalidation."""
data = mock.Mock()
data.room.name = "room-name"
data.participant.identity = "user-sub"
settings.PRESENCE_CLEAR_ON_PARTICIPANT_LEFT = False
service._handle_participant_left(data) # pylint: disable=protected-access
mock_delete.assert_not_called()
settings.PRESENCE_CLEAR_ON_PARTICIPANT_LEFT = True
service._handle_participant_left(data) # pylint: disable=protected-access
mock_delete.assert_called_once()
@mock.patch("core.services.presence.cache.delete")
def test_participant_left_without_identity_is_ignored(mock_delete, service, settings):
"""No cache operation when the webhook carries no identity."""
settings.PRESENCE_CLEAR_ON_PARTICIPANT_LEFT = True
data = mock.Mock()
data.room.name = "room-name"
data.participant.identity = ""
service._handle_participant_left(data) # pylint: disable=protected-access
mock_delete.assert_not_called()
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
"""Tests for the presence cache and the cached presence check."""
# pylint: disable=W0212
from unittest import mock
from uuid import uuid4
from django.core.cache import cache
import pytest
from core.services.participants_management import (
ParticipantNotFoundException,
ParticipantsManagement,
ParticipantsManagementException,
)
from core.services.presence import PresenceCache
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_presence_cache_hit_skips_livekit(mock_check):
"""A cached positive answer must not call LiveKit."""
room_id, identity = str(uuid4()), "user-sub"
PresenceCache().mark_present(room_id, identity)
assert (
ParticipantsManagement().check_if_in_meeting_cached(room_id, identity) is True
)
mock_check.assert_not_called()
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_presence_cache_miss_calls_livekit_and_caches_positive(mock_check):
"""On a miss, LiveKit is asked once and a positive answer is memoized."""
mock_check.return_value = True
room_id, identity = str(uuid4()), "user-sub"
service = ParticipantsManagement()
assert service.check_if_in_meeting_cached(room_id, identity) is True
assert service.check_if_in_meeting_cached(room_id, identity) is True
assert mock_check.call_count == 1
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_presence_negative_not_cached(mock_check):
"""Negative answers are never memoized."""
mock_check.return_value = False
room_id, identity = str(uuid4()), "user-sub"
service = ParticipantsManagement()
assert service.check_if_in_meeting_cached(room_id, identity) is False
assert service.check_if_in_meeting_cached(room_id, identity) is False
assert mock_check.call_count == 2
@mock.patch(
"core.services.participants_management.ParticipantsManagement.check_if_in_meeting"
)
def test_presence_errors_propagate_and_cache_nothing(mock_check):
"""LiveKit errors propagate to the caller (which fails closed); nothing cached."""
room_id, identity = str(uuid4()), "user-sub"
for exc in (ParticipantNotFoundException(), ParticipantsManagementException()):
mock_check.side_effect = exc
with pytest.raises(type(exc)):
ParticipantsManagement().check_if_in_meeting_cached(room_id, identity)
assert cache.get(PresenceCache._get_cache_key(room_id, identity)) is None
def test_presence_clear_and_clear_room():
"""clear() removes one entry, clear_room() removes all entries of a room."""
room_id, other_room = str(uuid4()), str(uuid4())
presence = PresenceCache()
presence.mark_present(room_id, "a")
presence.mark_present(room_id, "b")
presence.mark_present(other_room, "a")
presence.clear(room_id, "a")
assert presence.is_marked_present(room_id, "a") is False
assert presence.is_marked_present(room_id, "b") is True
presence.clear_room(room_id)
assert presence.is_marked_present(room_id, "b") is False
assert presence.is_marked_present(other_room, "a") is True