feat(policy): safe cut-over to policies (status, compare, guard, generate)

- AuthentikHostPermissionSource SPI (today's access) and config
  mapperEnabled, cutoverGuardGroups, mapperOverride, staticGroupPermissions.
- Enforcement status OFF/ACTIVE/OVERRIDDEN/BLOCKED: banner widget on group
  and policy records and the Edit Policy step ("Policies are saved but NOT
  enforced at sign-in on this instance (mapper off)"), and a row in the home's
  Connection card.
- Compare Access widget (authentik.admin, read only): per active person,
  today vs the mapper, added/removed/unchanged, guard result.
- Cut-over guard: while a guarded-group member would lose a permission (no
  override), the mapper grants today's access plus the static fallback and
  bootstrap subjects instead of the policies.
- Generate Policy From Current Access group action; operator's access today
  counts for the subset rule.
- DESIGN.md 12.8 with the one-switch rollback.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. Format: [Keep a Changel
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added (policy cut-over, DESIGN.md section 12.8)
+- `AuthentikHostPermissionSource` SPI (today's access) and config `mapperEnabled`, `cutoverGuardGroups`, `mapperOverride`, `staticGroupPermissions`.
+- **Enforcement status**: banner widget `authentikPolicyEnforcement` (first on group and policy records and on the Edit Policy step) and a "Policies at sign-in" row in the home's Connection card: OFF, ACTIVE, OVERRIDDEN or BLOCKED.
+- **Compare Access** widget `authentikCompareAccess` on the app home (`authentik.admin`, read only): per active person, today vs the mapper, with added, removed and unchanged, and the guard result.
+- **Cut-over guard**: while a member of a guarded group would lose a permission (and no override), the mapper grants today's access plus the static fallback and bootstrap subjects instead of the policies.
+- **Generate Policy From Current Access** group action: the expressible part of today's access (joined with the current policy) becomes the policy, named permissions go to `qqq.io/permissions`, the rest is listed; Review shows the document and diff.
+
+### Added (full user and group CRUD, phase 5c: DESIGN.md section 12.5)
+- **Edit User** also changes the username (validated, unique) and the other attributes (a JSON object; reserved `qqq.io/` and `goauthentik.io/` keys are kept and cannot be set; blank leaves them as they are; editing attributes needs `authentik.audit.read`, which is also what shows them on the form). **Edit Group** edits other attributes the same way.
+- **Delete User** and **Delete Group** record actions behind the new `DELETE` feature (off by default; needs Authentik's `delete_user` / `delete_group`). Typed confirmation; never yourself, a protected account, a superuser group or the last identity administrator; a group must have no members and no child groups first; the group's `authentik_policy` row goes with it. Deactivate stays the default for people.
+
+### Added (policy editor, phase 5b: DESIGN.md section 12.4)
+- **Edit Policy** record action on groups and on policies (feature `POLICIES`, permission `authentik.policies.manage`): a standard streamed-ETL action whose step shows the `AUTHENTIK_POLICY_EDITOR` widget (Next UI). Review parses the submitted document (fail closed), regenerates it in canonical form with the round-trip check, refuses new resources this app does not define, applies the subset rule to the permissions it adds, and lists what is added and removed. Result merge-patches `qqq.io/policy` into the group's current attributes (removed when empty). Optional second-person approval (`policyTwoPersonApproval`).
+- **`PolicyCatalog`**: every app, table, process (hidden record actions included), report and protected widget a policy can grant, with the actions QQQ checks, grouped by app. Its permission names join the permission catalog.
+- **`authentik_policy`** local table (one row per group; field-level audit is the change history; DDL in `docs/schema.sql`), in the nav under Access and as a child list on the group.
+- Widget `authentikPolicyEditor` (type `AUTHENTIK_POLICY_EDITOR`): the catalog and the group's live document, with a flag when it was changed in Authentik since the last save in QQQ.
+
 ### Added (policies, phase 5a: DESIGN.md section 12, docs/POLICY-FORMAT.md)
 - **Policy documents** (IAM-style statements) on Authentik groups: `PolicyParser` (fails closed: unknown spec or version, non-Allow effect, unknown action, bad resource or malformed JSON grant nothing), `PolicyGenerator` (canonical form with a round-trip check), `PolicyFormat` and the config `policySpec`, `policyVersion`, `policyAttribute`, `policyClaim`, `policyTwoPersonApproval`.
 - **Runtime**: `AuthentikPolicyClaimMapper` (reads the `qqq_policy` claim from the ID token or access token; `applySecurityKeys` hook for record locks) and `PolicyPermissions.fromClaims` for a host's own customizer. `AuthentikGroupPermissionMapper` also adds the claim, and the group graph and `EffectivePermissionResolver` read each group's `qqq.io/policy`, so effective permissions, the subset rule and the last-admin check see policy grants. An invalid policy on a group is listed as malformed.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ CI=true ./mvnw verify   # + contract ITs: Authentik 2026.8.3 server+worker, Post
 - `check_access?for_user=` is useless for the service account: it is silently evaluated for the caller. Never use it for other users.
 - Nothing but `AuthentikAdmin` may call `AuthentikActionUtil.write`. Every write needs a reason, passes the guard, and is audited first.
 - `recovery_email` needs the brand to have a recovery flow ("No recovery flow set." otherwise), the role's `add_user` (DRF maps POST to add) plus `reset_user_password`, and `view_emailstage` on the stage.
-- The service account must never be a superuser and never hold `enable_group_superuser`, token-key, impersonate or delete permissions.
+- The service account must never be a superuser and never hold `enable_group_superuser`, token-key or impersonate permissions; `delete_user`/`delete_group` only when the host turns the `DELETE` feature on.
 
 ## Code Style
 

README.md

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Design: [`docs/DESIGN.md`](docs/DESIGN.md) (the approved spec, QRun-IO/qqq#1065)
 
 | | |
 |---|---|
-| **People** | Create a user (Authentik emails them a link to set their own password; QQQ never sets or sees one), invite, edit, deactivate and reactivate, send a password reset email, reset MFA, revoke app passwords, revoke sessions, cancel invitations. No hard delete. |
-| **Groups and permissions** | Create and edit groups (parents), add and remove members, and edit the QQQ permissions and app sign-in a group grants (`qqq.io/permissions`, `qqq.io/app-access` on the Authentik group). |
+| **People** | Create a user (Authentik emails them a link to set their own password; QQQ never sets or sees one), invite, edit, deactivate and reactivate, send a password reset email, reset MFA, revoke app passwords, revoke sessions, cancel invitations. Edit covers username, name, email, path and other attributes. Delete is a separate, explicit action behind the `DELETE` feature (off by default); deactivate stays the default. |
+| **Groups and permissions** | Create, edit (parents, other attributes) and delete groups, add and remove members, and edit the QQQ permissions and app sign-in a group grants (`qqq.io/permissions`, `qqq.io/app-access` on the Authentik group). |
+| **Policies** | IAM-style policy documents on groups (`qqq.io/policy`, format in [docs/POLICY-FORMAT.md](docs/POLICY-FORMAT.md)), edited with a matrix of the app's apps, tables, processes and reports and a live JSON preview (Next UI widget `AUTHENTIK_POLICY_EDITOR`). At sign-in they become QQQ permissions through `AuthentikGroupPermissionMapper`, or through the token claim with `AuthentikPolicyClaimMapper`. Parsing fails closed. |
 | **Safety** | Operators can only grant permissions they hold themselves. No self-edits. Break-glass, the service account and superusers are untouchable, and superuser groups cannot be managed. The last administrator cannot be removed. Granting `authentik.*` needs a second person. Destructive actions need a reason and a typed confirmation. A change made in the Authentik UI after you opened a form is detected, not overwritten. |
 | **Audit** | Every attempt is a row in `authentik_admin_action` (written before the call), and Authentik's own event log gets a `custom_qqq_admin_action` event naming the human operator. |
 | **Screens** | A home dashboard (what needs attention, people, groups, recent changes, connection), standard tables with full record screens, and every action as a table or record action with the usual Review and Result steps. Nothing is in the nav except the main tables. |
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ AuthentikQBitConfig config = new AuthentikQBitConfig()
    .withBaseUrl("https://auth.example.com")          // host root; /api/v3 is appended
    .withApiToken("${env.AUTHENTIK_API_TOKEN}")       // service-account token, resolved by the qbit
    .withAppKey("my-app-admin")                       // service account: qqq-my-app-admin-idadmin
-   .withFeatures(EnumSet.of(READ, USERS, GROUPS, MEMBERSHIP, CREDENTIALS, SESSIONS))
+   .withFeatures(EnumSet.of(READ, USERS, GROUPS, MEMBERSHIP, CREDENTIALS, SESSIONS, POLICIES))  // + DELETE for delete actions
    .withLocalBackendName("rdbms")                    // audit trail and approval requests (see docs/schema.sql)
    .withRecoveryEmailStage("my-recovery-email")      // Authentik email stage (name or uuid)
    .withInvitationFlow("my-enrollment");             // optional: enables invitations
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ Read-only is the default (`features` = `READ`). `readOnly=true` is a hard kill s
 | | |
 |---|---|
 | API backend | `authentikApi` |
-| Main tables (nav) | `authentik_user`, `authentik_invitation`, `authentik_group`, `authentik_application`, `authentik_approval_request`, `authentik_admin_action` |
+| Main tables (nav) | `authentik_user`, `authentik_invitation`, `authentik_group`, `authentik_policy` (with `POLICIES`), `authentik_application`, `authentik_approval_request`, `authentik_admin_action` |
 | Child lists (on their parents, not in the nav) | `authentik_group_member`, `authentik_session`, `authentik_token` (metadata only, never a key), `authentik_event`, `authentik_policy_binding`, `authentik_role`, `authentik_blueprint` |
 | App and home | `authentikAdmin` (label "Identity", hosts may nest it) with the `authentikHome` widget and the drift report |
-| Actions | Create User, Invite User, Edit User, Deactivate User, Reactivate User, Add To Group, Remove From Group, Send Password Reset Email, Reset MFA, Revoke App Passwords, Revoke Sessions, Create Group, Edit Group, Edit Permissions And App Access, Add Members, Remove Members, Cancel Invitation, Approve And Apply, Reject |
+| Actions | Create User, Invite User, Edit User, Deactivate User, Reactivate User, Add To Group, Remove From Group, Send Password Reset Email, Reset MFA, Revoke App Passwords, Revoke Sessions, Create Group, Edit Group, Edit Permissions And App Access, Add Members, Remove Members, Cancel Invitation, Approve And Apply, Reject; with `POLICIES`: Edit Policy (on groups and policies); with `DELETE`: Delete User, Delete Group |
 
 ### Permissions
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ QQQ permissions, held as `<name>.hasAccess`, granted through the group attribute
 | `authentik.groups.manage` | create and edit groups |
 | `authentik.memberships.manage` | add and remove members (subset rule) |
 | `authentik.permissions.manage` | edit a group's permissions and app access (subset rule) |
+| `authentik.policies.manage` | edit a group's policy (subset rule) |
 | `authentik.credentials.reset` | password reset email, reset MFA, revoke app passwords |
 | `authentik.sessions.revoke` | revoke sessions |
 | `authentik.audit.read` | sessions, tokens, events, the audit trail, sensitive fields |
@@ -65,9 +67,9 @@ QQQ permissions, held as `<name>.hasAccess`, granted through the group attribute
 
 ### Authentik side
 
-The qbit's API token belongs to a dedicated Authentik service account whose role holds only the permissions it needs (DESIGN.md section 5.1), created by a bootstrap blueprint in the host's GitOps repository. It is never a superuser and never holds `enable_group_superuser`, token-key, impersonate or delete permissions. [`src/test/resources/blueprints/kof22-identity-bootstrap.yaml`](src/test/resources/blueprints/kof22-identity-bootstrap.yaml) is one host's worked example.
+The qbit's API token belongs to a dedicated Authentik service account whose role holds only the permissions it needs (DESIGN.md section 5.1), created by a bootstrap blueprint in the host's GitOps repository. It is never a superuser and never holds `enable_group_superuser`, token-key or impersonate permissions, and holds delete permissions only when the `DELETE` feature is on. [`src/test/resources/blueprints/kof22-identity-bootstrap.yaml`](src/test/resources/blueprints/kof22-identity-bootstrap.yaml) is one host's worked example.
 
-Write features need these in the role, on top of the read set: `add_user`, `change_user`, `reset_user_password`, `add_group`, `change_group`, `add_user_to_group`, `remove_user_from_group`, `view_token`, `delete_token`, `delete_authenticatedsession`, invitation `view`/`add`/`delete` (if you use invitations), `authentik_flows.view_flow` (to find the invitation flow by slug), and `view_emailstage` on the recovery stage. The contract tests grant exactly this list.
+Write features need these in the role, on top of the read set: `add_user`, `change_user`, `reset_user_password`, `add_group`, `change_group`, `add_user_to_group`, `remove_user_from_group`, `view_token`, `delete_token`, `delete_authenticatedsession`, invitation `view`/`add`/`delete` (if you use invitations), `authentik_flows.view_flow` (to find the invitation flow by slug), and `view_emailstage` on the recovery stage. Saving a policy uses `change_group`. The `DELETE` feature also needs `delete_user` and `delete_group`. The contract tests grant exactly this list.
 
 ## Adopting in another app
 

docs/DESIGN.md

@@ -1178,6 +1178,54 @@ Deactivate stays the default for people, and *Delete User* says so in its help t
 
 The token needs these only when writes are on. A read-only deployment (`readOnly`, or no write features) keeps the phase 1 read set.
 
+### 12.8 Cut-over: making policies take effect safely
+
+Saved policies do nothing until the host signs people in through the qbit mapper. The qbit makes that state visible, helps seed policies from today's access, and refuses to switch over in a way that would lock administrators out.
+
+**Host SPI.** `AuthentikHostPermissionSource` returns what a user (or a group's members) gets *today* from the host, typically a hard-coded grant such as "admins get `adminPermissions()`". The host sets it with `withHostPermissionSource(...)`.
+
+**Config.**
+
+| Setting | Default | Meaning |
+|---|---|---|
+| `mapperEnabled` | `false` | The host's own switch (kof22: `AUTHENTIK_QBIT_MAPPER`). Off means "policies are saved but not enforced". A host that calls the mapper without setting it is treated as on. |
+| `cutoverGuardGroups` | none | Groups whose members must lose no permission at the cut-over (kof22: `kof22-admins`) |
+| `mapperOverride` | `false` | The owner's explicit override of a failing guard |
+| `staticGroupPermissions` | none | Permissions always granted to a group's members (the floor), e.g. today's admin grant |
+
+**Status** (`AccessComparison.state`, cached 60 s):
+- `OFF`: the mapper is not in use.
+- `ACTIVE`: the guard passed, or nothing is guarded.
+- `OVERRIDDEN`: the owner overrode a failing guard.
+- `BLOCKED`: the guard failed or could not reach Authentik.
+
+The status is shown in three places:
+- the *Policy enforcement* banner, first on group and policy records and on the Edit Policy step. When off it reads "Policies are saved but NOT enforced at sign-in on this instance (mapper off)".
+- the home's Connection card ("Policies at sign-in")
+- **Compare Access**
+
+**Compare Access** is a read-only `TABLE` widget on the app home (`authentik.admin`). For every active person it compares two sets:
+- **today**: the host source
+- **with the mapper**: the person's groups' policies and `qqq.io/permissions` including ancestors, the static fallback of their direct groups, and all `authentik.*` for a bootstrap subject
+
+It shows what is added and removed, and the unchanged count. Guarded people are marked, and the footer says whether the guard passes.
+
+**Guard.** While the status is `BLOCKED`, the mapper does not apply policies. A sign-in gets:
+- today's access from the host source
+- the static fallbacks
+- the bootstrap subjects
+
+So switching the mapper on can never take access away from a guarded admin until Compare Access shows no removal for them, or the owner sets `mapperOverride`. The static fallback and the bootstrap subject (the owner's immutable Authentik pk) stay in force in every state, so a lockout is impossible.
+
+**Generate Policy From Current Access** is a record action on groups that saves a policy. It takes what the group's members get today (`groupPermissions`):
+- Permissions a policy can express are joined with the group's current policy, so nothing is removed, and become the document.
+- Named permissions the app defines but a policy cannot express (dotted names, `write`) are merged into `qqq.io/permissions`.
+- Anything else is listed as skipped.
+
+Review shows the generated document, the diff and the subset rule before anything is saved. For the subset rule, the operator's own access today (host source plus static fallback) counts.
+
+**Rollback** is one switch: set the host flag off (kof22: `AUTHENTIK_QBIT_MAPPER=false`). Sign-in returns to the host's own grant immediately. Saved policies stay in Authentik and in `authentik_policy`, unused.
+
 ### 12.6 Tests
 
 - **Parser:** every fail-closed case (null, blank, not JSON, unknown spec, unsupported version, `Deny`, unknown action, bad resource, non-array fields), `*` expansion, and merging several statements.

docs/STATUS.md

@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ The Authentik qbit's progress through DESIGN.md section 11, with links. Updated
 | 2. Memberships and permission editing | done, except the webhook route, ESB trigger, inbox and session re-evaluation marking |
 | 3. Full user lifecycle | done, except the optional snapshot export |
 | 4. RBAC role management | post-v1, not started |
-| 5. Policies and full CRUD (DESIGN.md section 12) | spec approved 2026-10-13; 5a policy model, 5b editor, 5c CRUD additions in progress |
+| 5. Policies and full CRUD (DESIGN.md section 12) | 5a policy model (#14), 5b policy editor (#15), 5c user and group CRUD additions; the Next UI widget is a separate qqq-frontend-next PR |
 
 ### Built in this line (0.1)
 
 | Area | What |
 |---|---|
-| People | Create, invite, edit, deactivate, reactivate, password reset email, reset MFA, revoke app passwords, revoke sessions, cancel invitations |
-| Groups | Create, edit (parents), add and remove members (bulk), edit permissions and app access |
+| People | Create, invite, edit (username, name, email, path, other attributes), deactivate, reactivate, delete (feature `DELETE`), password reset email, reset MFA, revoke app passwords, revoke sessions, cancel invitations |
+| Groups | Create, edit (parents, other attributes), delete (feature `DELETE`), add and remove members (bulk), edit permissions and app access, edit the group policy (feature `POLICIES`) |
 | Safety | Subset rule on live groups, protected accounts and superuser groups, no self-edits, last-admin protection, reasons, typed confirmations, bulk caps, stale checks, two-person approval for `authentik.*` |
 | Audit | `authentik_admin_action` (before the call), Authentik `custom_qqq_admin_action` events, approval requests |
 | Screens | Home dashboard, main tables in the nav, child lists on parents, every action as a table or record action |

docs/schema.sql

@@ -49,3 +49,22 @@ CREATE TABLE authentik_approval_request
 );
 
 CREATE INDEX idx_authentik_approval_request_status ON authentik_approval_request (status);
+
+-- authentik_policy (DESIGN.md section 12): the QQQ record of each group's last policy save.
+-- Authentik holds the live document (group attribute qqq.io/policy); field-level QQQ audit on
+-- this table is the policy's change history.
+CREATE TABLE authentik_policy
+(
+   id                    SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+   create_date           TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+   modify_date           TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+   group_pk              VARCHAR(64)  NOT NULL,
+   group_name            VARCHAR(255),
+   policy_json           TEXT,
+   statement_count       INTEGER,
+   permission_count      INTEGER,
+   saved_by              VARCHAR(255),
+   saved_date            TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,
+   authentik_fingerprint VARCHAR(64),
+   CONSTRAINT uk_authentik_policy_group_pk UNIQUE (group_pk)
+);

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/AuthentikFeature.java

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ public enum AuthentikFeature
    /** Create and edit groups, permissions and app-access attributes (phase 2/3). */
    GROUPS,
 
+   /** Edit group policies (IAM-style statements) with the policy editor (DESIGN.md section 12). */
+   POLICIES,
+
+   /** Delete users and groups as an explicit action (DESIGN.md section 12.5). */
+   DELETE,
+
    /** Add and remove members (phase 2). */
    MEMBERSHIP,
 

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/AuthentikQBitConfig.java

@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ public class AuthentikQBitConfig implements QBitConfig
 {
    /** Features implemented in this release. Others are refused by validate(). */
    public static final Set<AuthentikFeature> AVAILABLE_FEATURES = EnumSet.of(AuthentikFeature.READ, AuthentikFeature.USERS, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, AuthentikFeature.MEMBERSHIP,
-      AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, AuthentikFeature.SESSIONS);
+      AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, AuthentikFeature.SESSIONS, AuthentikFeature.POLICIES, AuthentikFeature.DELETE);
 
    /** Features that change Authentik data; they need a local backend for the audit trail. */
    public static final Set<AuthentikFeature> WRITE_FEATURES = EnumSet.of(AuthentikFeature.USERS, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, AuthentikFeature.MEMBERSHIP,
-      AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, AuthentikFeature.SESSIONS);
+      AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, AuthentikFeature.SESSIONS, AuthentikFeature.POLICIES, AuthentikFeature.DELETE);
 
    private static final Pattern APP_KEY_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,48}[a-z0-9]");
    private static final Pattern PREFIX_PATTERN  = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{0,30}");
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ public class AuthentikQBitConfig implements QBitConfig
    private String                policyAttribute          = PolicyFormat.DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTE;
    private String                policyClaim              = PolicyFormat.DEFAULT_CLAIM;
    private Boolean               policyTwoPersonApproval  = false;
+   private Boolean               mapperEnabled            = false;
+   private Boolean               mapperOverride           = false;
+   private List<String>          cutoverGuardGroups       = new ArrayList<>();
+   private java.util.Map<String, List<String>> staticGroupPermissions = new java.util.LinkedHashMap<>();
+   @JsonIgnore
+   private com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AuthentikHostPermissionSource hostPermissionSource;
 
 
 
@@ -179,6 +185,16 @@ public class AuthentikQBitConfig implements QBitConfig
          errors.add("features USERS and CREDENTIALS need recoveryEmailStage");
       }
 
+      if(requested.contains(AuthentikFeature.DELETE) && !requested.contains(AuthentikFeature.USERS) && !requested.contains(AuthentikFeature.GROUPS))
+      {
+         errors.add("feature DELETE needs USERS or GROUPS");
+      }
+
+      if(requested.contains(AuthentikFeature.POLICIES) && !requested.contains(AuthentikFeature.GROUPS))
+      {
+         errors.add("feature POLICIES needs GROUPS");
+      }
+
       if(requested.contains(AuthentikFeature.WEBHOOK) && !StringUtils.hasContent(getResolvedWebhookSecret()))
       {
          errors.add("feature WEBHOOK needs webhookSecret");
@@ -1233,4 +1249,111 @@ public class AuthentikQBitConfig implements QBitConfig
       return (new PolicyFormat(policySpec, policyVersion, policyAttribute, policyClaim));
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for mapperEnabled: whether the host uses the qbit mapper for sign-in permissions (its own flag, e.g. AUTHENTIK_QBIT_MAPPER); false shows "policies are not enforced" everywhere.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public Boolean getMapperEnabled()
+   {
+      return (this.mapperEnabled);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for mapperEnabled
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public AuthentikQBitConfig withMapperEnabled(Boolean mapperEnabled)
+   {
+      this.mapperEnabled = mapperEnabled;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for mapperOverride: activate the mapper even when the cut-over guard finds removed permissions (explicit owner override).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public Boolean getMapperOverride()
+   {
+      return (this.mapperOverride);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for mapperOverride
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public AuthentikQBitConfig withMapperOverride(Boolean mapperOverride)
+   {
+      this.mapperOverride = mapperOverride;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for cutoverGuardGroups: groups whose members must lose no permission at the cut-over (DESIGN.md section 12.8).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public List<String> getCutoverGuardGroups()
+   {
+      return (this.cutoverGuardGroups);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for cutoverGuardGroups
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public AuthentikQBitConfig withCutoverGuardGroups(List<String> cutoverGuardGroups)
+   {
+      this.cutoverGuardGroups = cutoverGuardGroups;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for staticGroupPermissions: permissions always granted to members of a group (the mapper floor, e.g. today's admin grant), so a cut-over cannot lock admins out.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public java.util.Map<String, List<String>> getStaticGroupPermissions()
+   {
+      return (this.staticGroupPermissions);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for staticGroupPermissions
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public AuthentikQBitConfig withStaticGroupPermissions(java.util.Map<String, List<String>> staticGroupPermissions)
+   {
+      this.staticGroupPermissions = staticGroupPermissions;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for hostPermissionSource: the host's current (pre-policy)
+    ** permission source, or null (DESIGN.md section 12.8).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @JsonIgnore
+   public com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AuthentikHostPermissionSource getHostPermissionSource()
+   {
+      return (this.hostPermissionSource);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for hostPermissionSource
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public AuthentikQBitConfig withHostPermissionSource(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AuthentikHostPermissionSource hostPermissionSource)
+   {
+      this.hostPermissionSource = hostPermissionSource;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
 }

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/AuthentikRuntime.java

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikFilterMapper;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikTableSpec;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.TokenBucketThrottle;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AccessComparison;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.GroupGraph;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyCatalog;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.AuthentikGuard;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.memoization.Memoization;
 
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ public class AuthentikRuntime
    private final Memoization<String, String>     responseCache;
    private final Memoization<String, GroupGraph> groupGraphCache;
    private volatile java.util.Set<String>        permissionCatalog;
+   private volatile PolicyCatalog                policyCatalog;
+   private volatile AccessComparison.State       mapperState;
+   private volatile boolean                      mapperInvoked;
    private final Map<String, AuthentikTableSpec> specsByTableName = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
 
@@ -149,14 +154,39 @@ public class AuthentikRuntime
       if(permissionCatalog == null)
       {
          com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance qInstance = com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext.getQInstance();
-         permissionCatalog = qInstance == null ? java.util.Set.of()
-            : new java.util.TreeSet<>(com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.permissions.PermissionsHelper.getAllAvailablePermissionNames(qInstance));
+         if(qInstance == null)
+         {
+            return (java.util.Set.of());
+         }
+         java.util.Set<String> catalog = new java.util.TreeSet<>(com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.permissions.PermissionsHelper.getAllAvailablePermissionNames(qInstance));
+         catalog.addAll(getPolicyCatalog().permissionNames());
+         permissionCatalog = catalog;
       }
       return (permissionCatalog);
    }
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** What a policy can grant in the current instance (built once, lazily: the
+    ** instance is complete by the first request).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public PolicyCatalog getPolicyCatalog()
+   {
+      if(policyCatalog == null)
+      {
+         com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance qInstance = com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext.getQInstance();
+         if(qInstance == null)
+         {
+            return (PolicyCatalog.of(new com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance()));
+         }
+         policyCatalog = PolicyCatalog.of(qInstance);
+      }
+      return (policyCatalog);
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Getter for config
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -206,4 +236,48 @@ public class AuthentikRuntime
       return (responseCache);
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The cached mapper state (DESIGN.md section 12.8), or null.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public AccessComparison.State getMapperState()
+   {
+      return (mapperState);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Cache a mapper state.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void setMapperState(AccessComparison.State mapperState)
+   {
+      this.mapperState = mapperState;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Whether the host has run the qbit mapper at sign-in (counts as "enabled"
+    ** for hosts that call the mapper without setting mapperEnabled).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public boolean isMapperInvoked()
+   {
+      return (mapperInvoked);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Record that the mapper ran.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void markMapperInvoked()
+   {
+      if(!mapperInvoked)
+      {
+         mapperInvoked = true;
+         mapperState = null;
+      }
+   }
 }

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AdminAction.java

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public enum AdminAction
    CREATE_GROUP("Create group", "group", IdentityPermission.GROUPS_MANAGE, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, Confirmation.CONFIRM),
    EDIT_GROUP("Edit group", "group", IdentityPermission.GROUPS_MANAGE, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, Confirmation.CONFIRM),
    EDIT_PERMISSIONS("Edit permissions and app access", "group", IdentityPermission.PERMISSIONS_MANAGE, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, Confirmation.CONFIRM),
+   SAVE_POLICY("Save policy", "group", IdentityPermission.POLICIES_MANAGE, AuthentikFeature.POLICIES, Confirmation.CONFIRM),
+   DELETE_USER("Delete user", "user", IdentityPermission.USERS_MANAGE, AuthentikFeature.DELETE, Confirmation.TYPED),
+   DELETE_GROUP("Delete group", "group", IdentityPermission.GROUPS_MANAGE, AuthentikFeature.DELETE, Confirmation.TYPED),
    SEND_RECOVERY_EMAIL("Send password reset email", "user", IdentityPermission.CREDENTIALS_RESET, AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, Confirmation.CONFIRM),
    RESET_MFA("Reset MFA", "user", IdentityPermission.CREDENTIALS_RESET, AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, Confirmation.TYPED),
    REVOKE_APP_PASSWORDS("Revoke app passwords", "user", IdentityPermission.CREDENTIALS_RESET, AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, Confirmation.TYPED),

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdmin.java

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikRedactor;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikTables;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.EffectivePermissionResolver;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.GroupGraph;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyFormat;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyGenerator;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyParseException;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyParser;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyStore;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.AuthentikGuard;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.WriteAuthorization;
@@ -85,6 +90,15 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
    public static final int  TYPED_ABOVE     = 25;
    public static final int  APPROVAL_HOURS  = 24;
 
+   /** Process value / request parameter that carries a submitted policy document. */
+   public static final String POLICY_DOCUMENT = "policyDocument";
+
+   /** Request parameter: named permissions (one per line) to merge into qqq.io/permissions with a policy save. */
+   public static final String EXTRA_PERMISSIONS = "extraPermissions";
+
+   /** Request parameter with the non-reserved attributes (JSON object text) of Edit User and Edit Group. */
+   public static final String OTHER_ATTRIBUTES = "otherAttributes";
+
    private static final Pattern UUID_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}");
    private static final Pattern USERNAME     = Pattern.compile("[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._@+-]{0,149}");
    private static final Pattern EMAIL        = Pattern.compile("[^@\\s]+@[^@\\s]+\\.[^@\\s]+");
@@ -199,6 +213,21 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
          EffectivePermissionResolver.Resolution resolution = resolver().resolveGroups(groupPks);
          permissions.addAll(resolution.sessionPermissions());
          appAccess.addAll(resolution.appAccess());
+
+         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // what the operator holds today through the host (and the static   //
+         // fallback) counts for the subset rule too (DESIGN.md 12.8)         //
+         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         List<String> groupNames = new ArrayList<>();
+         for(int i = 0; groups != null && i < groups.length(); i++)
+         {
+            groupNames.add(groups.getJSONObject(i).optString("name"));
+         }
+         permissions.addAll(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AccessComparison.staticPermissions(config, groupNames));
+         if(config.getHostPermissionSource() != null)
+         {
+            permissions.addAll(config.getHostPermissionSource().userPermissions(email, groupNames));
+         }
       }
       else if(QContext.getQSession() != null && QContext.getQSession().getPermissions() != null)
       {
@@ -252,6 +281,9 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
          case CREATE_GROUP -> planCreateGroup(plan, request);
          case EDIT_GROUP -> planEditGroup(plan, request);
          case EDIT_PERMISSIONS -> planEditPermissions(plan, request);
+         case SAVE_POLICY -> planSavePolicy(plan, request);
+         case DELETE_USER -> planDeleteUser(plan, request);
+         case DELETE_GROUP -> planDeleteGroup(plan, request);
          case SEND_RECOVERY_EMAIL -> planRecovery(plan, request);
          case RESET_MFA -> planResetMfa(plan, request);
          case REVOKE_APP_PASSWORDS -> planAppPasswords(plan, request);
@@ -656,6 +688,23 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
       {
          return (plan);
       }
+      String username = request.params().containsKey("username") && StringUtils.hasContent(request.str("username")) ? request.str("username") : user.optString("username");
+      if(!username.equals(user.optString("username")))
+      {
+         if(!USERNAME.matcher(username).matches())
+         {
+            return (plan.refuse("A username is letters, digits and . _ @ + - (up to 150)."));
+         }
+         if(findUserByUsername(username) != null)
+         {
+            return (plan.refuse("Another user already has the username " + username + "."));
+         }
+      }
+      String attributesProblem = otherAttributesProblem(request, user.optJSONObject("attributes"));
+      if(attributesProblem != null)
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse(attributesProblem));
+      }
       String name  = request.params().containsKey("name") ? request.str("name") : user.optString("name");
       String email = request.params().containsKey("email") ? request.str("email") : user.optString("email");
       String path  = request.params().containsKey("path") ? request.str("path") : user.optString("path");
@@ -685,8 +734,14 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
          return (plan.refuse("This user was changed (for example in the Authentik admin UI) since you opened it. Review it again."));
       }
 
-      String before = user.optString("name") + " <" + user.optString("email") + ">, " + user.optString("path");
-      String after  = name + " <" + email + ">, " + path;
+      String before = user.optString("username") + ": " + user.optString("name") + " <" + user.optString("email") + ">, " + user.optString("path");
+      String after  = username + ": " + name + " <" + email + ">, " + path;
+      String keys   = changedAttributeKeys(request, user.optJSONObject("attributes"));
+      if(keys != null)
+      {
+         before = before + "; attributes";
+         after = after + "; attributes (" + keys + ")";
+      }
       if(before.equals(after))
       {
          return (plan.noChange("Nothing to change."));
@@ -923,7 +978,13 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
       {
          return (plan.refuse("This group was changed (for example in the Authentik admin UI) since you opened it. Review it again."));
       }
-      if(newName.equals(group.optString("name")) && new LinkedHashSet<>(newParents).equals(new LinkedHashSet<>(currentParents)))
+      String attributesProblem = otherAttributesProblem(request, group.optJSONObject("attributes"));
+      if(attributesProblem != null)
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse(attributesProblem));
+      }
+      String keys = changedAttributeKeys(request, group.optJSONObject("attributes"));
+      if(newName.equals(group.optString("name")) && new LinkedHashSet<>(newParents).equals(new LinkedHashSet<>(currentParents)) && keys == null)
       {
          return (plan.noChange("Nothing to change."));
       }
@@ -940,7 +1001,8 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
       }
 
       plan.getRequest().params().put("resolvedParentPks", String.join(",", newParents));
-      return (plan.withChange(group.optString("name") + ", parents " + names(currentParents), newName + ", parents " + names(newParents)));
+      return (plan.withChange(group.optString("name") + ", parents " + names(currentParents) + (keys == null ? "" : "; attributes"),
+         newName + ", parents " + names(newParents) + (keys == null ? "" : "; attributes (" + keys + ")")));
    }
 
 
@@ -1002,6 +1064,442 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Save a group's policy document (DESIGN.md section 12.4): parse it (fail
+    ** closed), regenerate it in canonical form (round-trip checked), refuse new
+    ** resources this app does not know, and apply the subset rule to the
+    ** permissions it adds.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private AdminPlan planSavePolicy(AdminPlan plan, AdminRequest request) throws QException
+   {
+      JSONObject group = targetGroup(plan, request.targetKey());
+      if(group == null)
+      {
+         return (plan);
+      }
+      if(StringUtils.hasContent(request.str("generateProblem")))
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse(request.str("generateProblem")));
+      }
+      PolicyFormat format = config.getPolicyFormat();
+
+      List<String> oldNamed   = nonNull(AuthentikJson.stringList(group.optJSONObject("attributes"), AuthentikJson.ATTR_PERMISSIONS));
+      Set<String>  extrasNew  = new TreeSet<>(AuthentikSafety.parseList(request.str(EXTRA_PERMISSIONS)));
+      extrasNew.removeAll(oldNamed);
+
+      Set<String> newPermissions;
+      JSONObject  canonical;
+      try
+      {
+         String submitted = request.str(POLICY_DOCUMENT);
+         newPermissions = StringUtils.hasContent(submitted) ? PolicyParser.parseStrict(submitted, format).permissions() : new TreeSet<>();
+         canonical = PolicyGenerator.generate(newPermissions, format);
+      }
+      catch(PolicyParseException e)
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse("The policy is not valid: " + e.getMessage()));
+      }
+
+      Object      stored         = group.optJSONObject("attributes") == null ? null : group.getJSONObject("attributes").opt(format.attribute());
+      Set<String> oldPermissions = new TreeSet<>();
+      String      storedProblem  = null;
+      if(stored != null && !JSONObject.NULL.equals(stored) && !"".equals(stored))
+      {
+         try
+         {
+            oldPermissions.addAll(PolicyParser.parseStrict(stored, format).permissions());
+         }
+         catch(PolicyParseException e)
+         {
+            storedProblem = e.getMessage();
+         }
+      }
+
+      String fingerprint = request.str("expectedFingerprint");
+      if(StringUtils.hasContent(fingerprint) && !fingerprint.equals(AuthentikSafety.groupFingerprint(group)))
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse("This group was changed (for example in the Authentik admin UI) since you opened it. Review it again."));
+      }
+
+      Set<String> added = new TreeSet<>(newPermissions);
+      added.removeAll(oldPermissions);
+      Set<String> removed = new TreeSet<>(oldPermissions);
+      removed.removeAll(newPermissions);
+
+      Set<String> unknownNew = runtime.getPolicyCatalog().unknownPermissions(added);
+      if(!unknownNew.isEmpty())
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse("These are not permissions of this app: " + String.join(", ", unknownNew) + ". Pick them in the editor."));
+      }
+
+      if(added.isEmpty() && removed.isEmpty() && storedProblem == null && extrasNew.isEmpty())
+      {
+         return (plan.noChange("Nothing to change."));
+      }
+
+      Set<String> needed = new TreeSet<>(added);
+      for(String extra : extrasNew)
+      {
+         needed.addAll(resolver().expand(extra));
+      }
+      Set<String> missing = AuthentikSafety.missing(needed, operator().permissions());
+      if(!missing.isEmpty())
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse("You cannot grant permissions you do not hold yourself: " + String.join(", ", missing)));
+      }
+
+      plan.withChange(policySummary(oldPermissions), policySummary(newPermissions));
+      if(request.bool("generated"))
+      {
+         plan.getNotes().add("Generated from current access: " + PolicyGenerator.toCompact(canonical));
+         if(StringUtils.hasContent(request.str("skippedPermissions")))
+         {
+            plan.getNotes().add("Skipped (this app does not define them): " + request.str("skippedPermissions").replace("\n", ", "));
+         }
+      }
+      if(!extrasNew.isEmpty())
+      {
+         plan.getNotes().add("Also added to qqq.io/permissions (not expressible as a policy): " + abbreviate(extrasNew));
+      }
+      if(!added.isEmpty())
+      {
+         plan.getNotes().add("Adds: " + abbreviate(added));
+      }
+      if(!removed.isEmpty())
+      {
+         plan.getNotes().add("Removes: " + abbreviate(removed));
+      }
+      if(storedProblem != null)
+      {
+         plan.getNotes().add("The policy stored in Authentik was not valid (" + storedProblem + "); saving replaces it.");
+      }
+      Set<String> keptUnknown = runtime.getPolicyCatalog().unknownPermissions(newPermissions);
+      if(!keptUnknown.isEmpty())
+      {
+         plan.getNotes().add("Kept although this app does not define them: " + abbreviate(keptUnknown));
+      }
+      JSONArray users = group.optJSONArray("users");
+      plan.getNotes().add((users == null ? 0 : users.length()) + " member(s), and the members of groups below it, get the change at their next sign-in or token refresh.");
+      plan.getNotes().add(canonical.getJSONArray("Statement").length() + " statement(s), " + newPermissions.size() + " permission(s); the document round-trips.");
+
+      if(Boolean.TRUE.equals(config.getPolicyTwoPersonApproval()) && !request.bool("approved"))
+      {
+         plan.withState(AdminPlan.State.NEEDS_APPROVAL).withMessage("policy changes need a second person");
+      }
+      return (plan);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fill a Save Policy request from what members of the group get TODAY from
+    ** the host (DESIGN.md section 12.8): the policy-expressible permissions
+    ** (joined with the group's current policy, so nothing is removed) become
+    ** the document; named permissions this app defines but a policy cannot
+    ** express go to qqq.io/permissions; the rest are listed as skipped.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public AdminRequest withGeneratedPolicy(AdminRequest request) throws QException
+   {
+      request.with("generated", true);
+      if(config.getHostPermissionSource() == null)
+      {
+         return (request.with("generateProblem", "This app has no host permission source, so there is no current access to generate from."));
+      }
+      JSONObject group = util.getApiJsonOrNull("/core/groups/" + safeKey(request.targetKey()) + "/?include_users=false&include_parents=false&include_children=false");
+      if(group == null)
+      {
+         return (request.with("generateProblem", "That group no longer exists."));
+      }
+      PolicyFormat format    = config.getPolicyFormat();
+      Set<String>  policy    = new TreeSet<>();
+      Object       stored    = group.optJSONObject("attributes") == null ? null : group.getJSONObject("attributes").opt(format.attribute());
+      policy.addAll(PolicyParser.parse(stored, format));
+
+      Set<String> expressible = runtime.getPolicyCatalog().permissionNames();
+      Set<String> extras      = new TreeSet<>();
+      Set<String> skipped     = new TreeSet<>();
+      for(String permission : config.getHostPermissionSource().groupPermissions(group.optString("name")))
+      {
+         if(expressible.contains(permission))
+         {
+            policy.add(permission);
+         }
+         else if(!resolver().expand(permission).isEmpty())
+         {
+            extras.add(permission);
+         }
+         else
+         {
+            skipped.add(permission);
+         }
+      }
+      try
+      {
+         request.with(POLICY_DOCUMENT, PolicyGenerator.toCompact(PolicyGenerator.generate(policy, format)));
+      }
+      catch(PolicyParseException e)
+      {
+         return (request.with("generateProblem", "The current access cannot be written as a policy: " + e.getMessage()));
+      }
+      return (request.with(EXTRA_PERMISSIONS, String.join("\n", extras)).with("skippedPermissions", String.join("\n", skipped)));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Delete a person (DESIGN.md section 12.5): explicit, typed, never yourself,
+    ** a protected account or the last identity administrator.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private AdminPlan planDeleteUser(AdminPlan plan, AdminRequest request) throws QException
+   {
+      JSONObject user = targetUser(plan, request.targetKey(), false);
+      if(user == null)
+      {
+         return (plan);
+      }
+      String typed = typedProblem(request, user.optString("username"));
+      if(typed != null)
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse(typed));
+      }
+      Set<Integer> before = adminsNow();
+      if(before.contains(user.optInt("pk")))
+      {
+         List<AuthentikSafety.UserFacts> changed = new ArrayList<>();
+         for(AuthentikSafety.UserFacts facts : userFacts())
+         {
+            if(facts.pk() != user.optInt("pk"))
+            {
+               changed.add(facts);
+            }
+         }
+         if(AuthentikSafety.removesLastAdmin(before, AuthentikSafety.qualifyingAdmins(membersGraph(), new EffectivePermissionResolver(membersGraph(), runtime.getPermissionCatalog()), changed)))
+         {
+            return (plan.refuse("This is the last active person who can manage memberships and permissions. Add another administrator first."));
+         }
+      }
+      plan.getNotes().add("Deleting cannot be undone. Deactivate User keeps the account and its history.");
+      return (plan.withChange(user.optString("username") + " <" + user.optString("email") + ">", "deleted"));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Delete a group (DESIGN.md section 12.5): explicit, typed, and only when it
+    ** has no members and no child groups (remove them first, so nobody loses
+    ** access by surprise).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private AdminPlan planDeleteGroup(AdminPlan plan, AdminRequest request) throws QException
+   {
+      JSONObject group = targetGroup(plan, request.targetKey());
+      if(group == null)
+      {
+         return (plan);
+      }
+      String name = group.optString("name");
+      if(!request.str("confirmText").equals(name) && !request.bool("approved"))
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse("Type the group name (" + name + ") to confirm."));
+      }
+      JSONArray users = group.optJSONArray("users");
+      if(users != null && !users.isEmpty())
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse("The group has " + users.length() + " member(s). Remove them first."));
+      }
+      List<String> children = new ArrayList<>();
+      for(GroupGraph.Node node : graph().nodes())
+      {
+         if(node.parentPks().contains(request.targetKey()))
+         {
+            children.add(node.name());
+         }
+      }
+      if(!children.isEmpty())
+      {
+         return (plan.refuse("The group has child groups (" + String.join(", ", children) + "). Change their parents first."));
+      }
+      plan.getNotes().add("Deleting cannot be undone. Its permissions, app access and policy go with it.");
+      return (plan.withChange(name, "deleted"));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Why the submitted other-attributes JSON cannot be applied, or null. It must
+    ** be a JSON object without reserved keys (qqq.io/ and goauthentik.io/ are
+    ** set elsewhere), and editing attributes needs authentik.audit.read
+    ** (attributes are sensitive, DESIGN.md section 5.3).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private String otherAttributesProblem(AdminRequest request, JSONObject current) throws QException
+   {
+      if(!StringUtils.hasContent(request.str(OTHER_ATTRIBUTES)))
+      {
+         return (null);
+      }
+      try
+      {
+         JSONObject submitted = parseOtherAttributes(request.str(OTHER_ATTRIBUTES));
+         for(String key : submitted.keySet())
+         {
+            if(isReservedAttribute(key))
+            {
+               return ("The attribute " + key + " is reserved; it is set by Edit Permissions, Edit Policy or Authentik itself.");
+            }
+         }
+      }
+      catch(QUserFacingException e)
+      {
+         return (e.getMessage());
+      }
+      if(changedAttributeKeys(request, current) != null && !operator().permissions().contains(IdentityPermission.AUDIT_READ.getSessionPermission()) && !operator().bootstrap())
+      {
+         return ("Editing attributes needs " + IdentityPermission.AUDIT_READ.getShortName() + ".");
+      }
+      return (null);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The keys whose values the submitted attributes change (added, changed or
+    ** removed), or null for no change. Blank means "leave them as they are"
+    ** ({} removes them all). A null current compares against nothing.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static String changedAttributeKeys(AdminRequest request, JSONObject current) throws QUserFacingException
+   {
+      if(!StringUtils.hasContent(request.str(OTHER_ATTRIBUTES)))
+      {
+         return (null);
+      }
+      JSONObject submitted = parseOtherAttributes(request.str(OTHER_ATTRIBUTES));
+      JSONObject others    = otherAttributes(current);
+      Set<String> changed  = new TreeSet<>();
+      for(String key : submitted.keySet())
+      {
+         if(!others.has(key) || !String.valueOf(others.get(key)).equals(String.valueOf(submitted.get(key))))
+         {
+            changed.add(key);
+         }
+      }
+      for(String key : others.keySet())
+      {
+         if(!submitted.has(key))
+         {
+            changed.add(key);
+         }
+      }
+      return (changed.isEmpty() ? null : String.join(", ", changed));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The current attributes with the non-reserved part replaced by the
+    ** submitted object (reserved keys are kept as they are).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   static JSONObject mergeOtherAttributes(JSONObject current, String submittedText) throws QUserFacingException
+   {
+      JSONObject rs = new JSONObject();
+      if(current != null)
+      {
+         for(String key : current.keySet())
+         {
+            if(isReservedAttribute(key))
+            {
+               rs.put(key, current.get(key));
+            }
+         }
+      }
+      JSONObject submitted = parseOtherAttributes(submittedText);
+      for(String key : submitted.keySet())
+      {
+         if(!isReservedAttribute(key))
+         {
+            rs.put(key, submitted.get(key));
+         }
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The non-reserved attributes, as shown on Edit User and Edit Group.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static JSONObject otherAttributes(JSONObject attributes)
+   {
+      JSONObject rs = new JSONObject();
+      if(attributes != null)
+      {
+         for(String key : attributes.keySet())
+         {
+            if(!isReservedAttribute(key))
+            {
+               rs.put(key, attributes.get(key));
+            }
+         }
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Keys QQQ manages elsewhere (qqq.io/) or Authentik owns (goauthentik.io/).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   static boolean isReservedAttribute(String key)
+   {
+      return (key.startsWith(AuthentikJson.QQQ_ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX) || key.startsWith("goauthentik.io/"));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** A submitted attributes text as a JSON object (blank means none).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static JSONObject parseOtherAttributes(String text) throws QUserFacingException
+   {
+      if(!StringUtils.hasContent(text))
+      {
+         return (new JSONObject());
+      }
+      try
+      {
+         return (new JSONObject(text));
+      }
+      catch(Exception e)
+      {
+         throw (new QUserFacingException("Other attributes must be a JSON object, e.g. {\"department\": \"sales\"}."));
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** "n permission(s): a, b, ..." for the audit before/after.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static String policySummary(Set<String> permissions)
+   {
+      return (permissions.isEmpty() ? "no policy" : permissions.size() + " permission(s): " + abbreviate(permissions));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The first 12 names, then "and n more".
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static String abbreviate(Set<String> names)
+   {
+      List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(names);
+      if(list.size() <= 12)
+      {
+         return (String.join(", ", list));
+      }
+      return (String.join(", ", list.subList(0, 12)) + " and " + (list.size() - 12) + " more");
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Send the password-reset email (Authentik's own email; no link is shown).
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -1353,13 +1851,18 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
          case EDIT_USER:
          {
             JSONObject body = new JSONObject();
-            for(String key : List.of("name", "email", "path"))
+            for(String key : List.of("username", "name", "email", "path"))
             {
-               if(request.params().containsKey(key))
+               if(request.params().containsKey(key) && (!key.equals("username") || StringUtils.hasContent(request.str(key))))
                {
                   body.put(key, request.str(key));
                }
             }
+            if(changedAttributeKeys(request, null) != null)
+            {
+               JSONObject fresh = util.getObject(AuthentikTables.get(AuthentikTables.USER), request.targetKey());
+               body.put("attributes", mergeOtherAttributes(fresh == null ? null : fresh.optJSONObject("attributes"), request.str(OTHER_ATTRIBUTES)));
+            }
             util.write(auth, "PATCH", "/core/users/" + safeKey(request.targetKey()) + "/", body);
             return ("User updated.");
          }
@@ -1409,6 +1912,12 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
             {
                body.put("name", request.str("name"));
             }
+            if(changedAttributeKeys(request, null) != null)
+            {
+               runtime.invalidateCache();
+               JSONObject fresh = util.getApiJsonOrNull("/core/groups/" + safeKey(request.targetKey()) + "/?include_users=false&include_parents=false&include_children=false");
+               body.put("attributes", mergeOtherAttributes(fresh == null ? null : fresh.optJSONObject("attributes"), request.str(OTHER_ATTRIBUTES)));
+            }
             if(request.params().containsKey("resolvedParentPks"))
             {
                JSONArray parents = new JSONArray();
@@ -1440,6 +1949,24 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
             util.write(auth, "PATCH", "/core/groups/" + safeKey(request.targetKey()) + "/", new JSONObject().put("attributes", attributes));
             return ("Permissions and app access updated.");
          }
+         case SAVE_POLICY:
+            return (performSavePolicy(plan, auth));
+         case DELETE_USER:
+            util.write(auth, "DELETE", "/core/users/" + safeKey(request.targetKey()) + "/", null);
+            return ("User deleted in Authentik.");
+         case DELETE_GROUP:
+         {
+            util.write(auth, "DELETE", "/core/groups/" + safeKey(request.targetKey()) + "/", null);
+            try
+            {
+               PolicyStore.delete(config, request.targetKey());
+            }
+            catch(Exception e)
+            {
+               LOG.warn("The group was deleted but its policy record could not be removed", logPair("group", request.targetKey()), logPair("error", e.getMessage()));
+            }
+            return ("Group deleted in Authentik.");
+         }
          case SEND_RECOVERY_EMAIL:
             sendRecovery(auth, request.targetKey());
             return ("Password reset email sent by Authentik.");
@@ -1469,6 +1996,69 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Write the canonical policy into the group's CURRENT attributes (re-read
+    ** right before, so other attributes and UI edits survive), then record the
+    ** save in authentik_policy. Authentik is the source of truth: if only the
+    ** QQQ record fails, the result says so but the save stands.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private String performSavePolicy(AdminPlan plan, WriteAuthorization auth) throws QException
+   {
+      AdminRequest request = plan.getRequest();
+      PolicyFormat format  = config.getPolicyFormat();
+      Set<String>  permissions;
+      JSONObject   canonical;
+      try
+      {
+         String submitted = request.str(POLICY_DOCUMENT);
+         permissions = StringUtils.hasContent(submitted) ? PolicyParser.parseStrict(submitted, format).permissions() : new TreeSet<>();
+         canonical = PolicyGenerator.generate(permissions, format);
+      }
+      catch(PolicyParseException e)
+      {
+         throw (new QUserFacingException("The policy is not valid: " + e.getMessage()));
+      }
+
+      runtime.invalidateCache();
+      JSONObject fresh = util.getApiJsonOrNull("/core/groups/" + safeKey(request.targetKey()) + "/?include_users=false&include_parents=false&include_children=false");
+      if(fresh == null)
+      {
+         throw (new QUserFacingException("That group no longer exists."));
+      }
+      JSONObject attributes = fresh.optJSONObject("attributes") == null ? new JSONObject() : new JSONObject(fresh.getJSONObject("attributes").toString());
+      String     compact    = PolicyGenerator.toCompact(canonical);
+      List<String> extras   = AuthentikSafety.parseList(request.str(EXTRA_PERMISSIONS));
+      if(!extras.isEmpty())
+      {
+         Set<String> named = new java.util.LinkedHashSet<>(nonNull(AuthentikJson.stringList(attributes, AuthentikJson.ATTR_PERMISSIONS)));
+         named.addAll(extras);
+         putList(attributes, AuthentikJson.ATTR_PERMISSIONS, new ArrayList<>(named));
+      }
+      if(permissions.isEmpty())
+      {
+         attributes.remove(format.attribute());
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         attributes.put(format.attribute(), compact);
+      }
+      util.write(auth, "PATCH", "/core/groups/" + safeKey(request.targetKey()) + "/", new JSONObject().put("attributes", attributes));
+
+      try
+      {
+         PolicyStore.save(config, request.targetKey(), fresh.optString("name"), canonical, permissions.size(), guard.operatorEmail(),
+            permissions.isEmpty() ? null : PolicyStore.fingerprint(compact, format));
+      }
+      catch(Exception e)
+      {
+         LOG.warn("The policy was saved to Authentik but its QQQ record could not be written", logPair("group", request.targetKey()), logPair("error", e.getMessage()));
+         return ("Policy saved to Authentik, but its QQQ record could not be written: " + e.getMessage());
+      }
+      return (permissions.isEmpty() ? "Policy removed from the group in Authentik." : "Policy saved to Authentik.");
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Create the user (no password), add them to their groups, send the
     ** password email. A failure after the user exists says so.
@@ -1834,7 +2424,7 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** A path segment that is a plain key (digits, letters, dashes, dots, colons).
     *******************************************************************************/
-   static String safeKey(String key) throws QUserFacingException
+   public static String safeKey(String key) throws QUserFacingException
    {
       if(key == null || !key.matches("[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,150}"))
       {

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikLocalTables.java

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin;
 import java.util.List;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.audits.AuditLevel;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.audits.QAuditRules;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldType;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.layout.QIcon;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.possiblevalues.PossibleValu
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.possiblevalues.QPossibleValueSource;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.Capability;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.UniqueKey;
 
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ public final class AuthentikLocalTables
 {
    public static final String ADMIN_ACTION        = "admin_action";
    public static final String APPROVAL_REQUEST    = "approval_request";
+   public static final String POLICY              = "policy";
    public static final String PVS_ACTION_STATUS   = "authentik_action_status";
    public static final String PVS_APPROVAL_STATUS = "authentik_approval_status";
 
@@ -212,6 +216,30 @@ public final class AuthentikLocalTables
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** authentik_policy: one row per group with a policy (DESIGN.md section 12).
+    ** Authentik holds the live document; this row is the QQQ record of the last
+    ** save, and field-level audit is its change history. Written only by the
+    ** Edit Policy action.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static QTableMetaData policy(AuthentikQBitConfig config)
+   {
+      return (base(config, POLICY, "Policies", "policy", IdentityPermission.USERS_READ)
+         .withRecordLabelFormatAndFields("%s", "groupName")
+         .withUniqueKey(new UniqueKey("groupPk"))
+         .withAuditRules(new QAuditRules().withAuditLevel(AuditLevel.FIELD))
+         .withField(ro("groupPk", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Group Id").withMaxLength(64))
+         .withField(ro("groupName", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Group").withMaxLength(255))
+         .withField(ro("policyJson", QFieldType.TEXT).withLabel("Policy Document"))
+         .withField(ro("statementCount", QFieldType.INTEGER).withLabel("Statements"))
+         .withField(ro("permissionCount", QFieldType.INTEGER).withLabel("Permissions"))
+         .withField(ro("savedBy", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Saved By").withMaxLength(255))
+         .withField(ro("savedDate", QFieldType.DATE_TIME).withLabel("Saved"))
+         .withField(ro("authentikFingerprint", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Authentik Fingerprint").withMaxLength(64)));
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Common shape: id, create and modify dates, no generic writes.
     *******************************************************************************/

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/app/AuthentikHomeView.java

@@ -212,6 +212,22 @@ public final class AuthentikHomeView
       row(html, "Version", data.getVersion() == null ? "Not reachable" : data.getVersion());
       row(html, "Service account", data.getConfig().getEffectiveServiceAccountUsername());
       row(html, "Changes", Boolean.TRUE.equals(data.getConfig().getReadOnly()) ? "Off (read-only)" : "On, every change is audited here and in Authentik");
+      if(data.getConfig().hasFeature(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature.POLICIES))
+      {
+         String state;
+         try
+         {
+            com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AccessComparison.State mapper = com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AccessComparison.state(
+               com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikRuntime.forBackend(data.getConfig().getApiBackendName()),
+               com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikActionUtil.forBackend(data.getConfig().getApiBackendName()));
+            state = (mapper.enforced() ? "Enforced. " : "Not enforced. ") + mapper.message();
+         }
+         catch(Exception e)
+         {
+            state = "Unknown (" + e.getMessage() + ")";
+         }
+         row(html, "Policies at sign-in", state);
+      }
       html.append("</dl>");
       close(html);
    }

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/app/AuthentikRelations.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.app;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin.AuthentikLocalTables;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikTables;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.dashboard.widgets.ChildRecordListRenderer;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
@@ -85,9 +86,22 @@ public final class AuthentikRelations
       groupSections.add(new QFieldSection("permissions", "Permissions and app access", new QIcon("admin_panel_settings"), Tier.T2,
          List.of("permissions", "effectivePermissions", "appAccess")));
       relate(qInstance, groupSections, "members", "Members", "group", group, membership, "pk", "groupPk");
+      enforcement(qInstance, config, groupSections);
+      relate(qInstance, groupSections, "policy", "Policy", "policy", group, config.applyTablePrefix(AuthentikLocalTables.POLICY), "pk", "groupPk");
       groupSections.add(new QFieldSection("attributes", "Attributes", new QIcon("data_object"), Tier.T3, List.of("attributes")));
       applySections(qInstance, group, groupSections);
 
+      String policyTable = config.applyTablePrefix(AuthentikLocalTables.POLICY);
+      if(qInstance.getTable(policyTable) != null)
+      {
+         List<QFieldSection> policySections = new ArrayList<>();
+         enforcement(qInstance, config, policySections);
+         policySections.add(new QFieldSection("policy", "Policy", new QIcon("policy"), Tier.T1,
+            List.of("groupName", "statementCount", "permissionCount", "savedBy", "savedDate", "policyJson")));
+         policySections.add(new QFieldSection("system", "System", new QIcon("settings"), Tier.T3, List.of("id", "groupPk", "authentikFingerprint", "createDate", "modifyDate")));
+         applySections(qInstance, policyTable, policySections);
+      }
+
       List<QFieldSection> appSections = new ArrayList<>();
       appSections.add(new QFieldSection("details", "Details", new QIcon("apps"), Tier.T1,
          List.of("name", "slug", "group", "providerName", "policyEngineMode", "launchUrl", "publisher", "hiddenFromLibrary")));
@@ -97,6 +111,20 @@ public final class AuthentikRelations
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The policy enforcement banner as the first section (when produced).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static void enforcement(QInstance qInstance, AuthentikQBitConfig config, List<QFieldSection> sections)
+   {
+      String widget = config.applyPrefix(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyCutoverWidgets.ENFORCEMENT);
+      if(qInstance.getWidget(widget) != null)
+      {
+         sections.add(0, new QFieldSection("enforcement", new QIcon("verified_user"), Tier.T2).withLabel("Policy enforcement").withWidgetName(widget));
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** One join plus its child-list widget and the section that shows it.
     *******************************************************************************/

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/metadata/AuthentikAppMetaDataProducer.java

@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ public class AuthentikAppMetaDataProducer extends QBitComponentMetaDataProducer<
          // records as child lists                                               //
          ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
          addSection(app, produced, config, "people", "People", "person", AuthentikTables.USER, AuthentikTables.INVITATION);
-         addSection(app, produced, config, "access", "Access", "admin_panel_settings", AuthentikTables.GROUP, AuthentikTables.APPLICATION);
+         addSection(app, produced, config, "access", "Access", "admin_panel_settings", AuthentikTables.GROUP, AuthentikLocalTables.POLICY, AuthentikTables.APPLICATION);
          addSection(app, produced, config, "activity", "Activity", "history", AuthentikLocalTables.APPROVAL_REQUEST, AuthentikLocalTables.ADMIN_ACTION);
 
          List<String> widgets = new ArrayList<>();
-         for(String widgetName : List.of(config.applyPrefix(AuthentikHomeWidgetProducer.NAME), config.applyPrefix(AuthentikDriftReportWidgetProducer.NAME)))
+         for(String widgetName : List.of(config.applyPrefix(AuthentikHomeWidgetProducer.NAME), config.applyPrefix(AuthentikDriftReportWidgetProducer.NAME),
+            config.applyPrefix(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyCutoverWidgets.COMPARE)))
          {
             if(produced.get(QWidgetMetaData.class, widgetName) != null)
             {

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/metadata/AuthentikPolicyCompareWidgetProducer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.metadata;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyCutoverWidgets;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.dashboard.widgets.WidgetType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.code.QCodeReference;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.dashboard.QWidgetMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.qbits.QBitComponentMetaDataProducer;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Compare Access (DESIGN.md section 12.8): today's access against what the policies would grant, per active person. Read only.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class AuthentikPolicyCompareWidgetProducer extends QBitComponentMetaDataProducer<QWidgetMetaData, AuthentikQBitConfig>
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Only with the POLICIES feature.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public boolean isEnabled()
+   {
+      return (getQBitConfig() != null && getQBitConfig().hasFeature(AuthentikFeature.POLICIES));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QWidgetMetaData produce(QInstance qInstance) throws QException
+   {
+      AuthentikQBitConfig config = getQBitConfig();
+      return (new QWidgetMetaData()
+         .withName(config.applyPrefix(PolicyCutoverWidgets.COMPARE))
+         .withLabel("Compare Access")
+         .withType(WidgetType.TABLE.getType())
+         .withGridColumns(12)
+         .withIsCard(true)
+         .withCodeReference(new QCodeReference(PolicyCutoverWidgets.CompareRenderer.class))
+         .withPermissionRules(IdentityPermission.ADMIN.rules())
+         .withDefaultValue(PolicyCutoverWidgets.BACKEND_NAME_KEY, config.getApiBackendName()));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** After the tables, before the app.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public int getSortOrder()
+   {
+      return (470);
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/metadata/AuthentikPolicyEditorWidgetProducer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.metadata;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyEditorWidget;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.code.QCodeReference;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.dashboard.QWidgetMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.qbits.QBitComponentMetaDataProducer;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** The policy editor widget (DESIGN.md section 12.4), shown on the Edit Policy
+ ** step. Gated by authentik.policies.manage.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class AuthentikPolicyEditorWidgetProducer extends QBitComponentMetaDataProducer<QWidgetMetaData, AuthentikQBitConfig>
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Only with the POLICIES feature.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public boolean isEnabled()
+   {
+      return (getQBitConfig() != null && getQBitConfig().hasFeature(AuthentikFeature.POLICIES));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QWidgetMetaData produce(QInstance qInstance) throws QException
+   {
+      AuthentikQBitConfig config = getQBitConfig();
+      return (new QWidgetMetaData()
+         .withName(config.applyPrefix(PolicyEditorWidget.NAME))
+         .withLabel("Policy")
+         .withType(PolicyEditorWidget.TYPE)
+         .withGridColumns(12)
+         .withIsCard(false)
+         .withCodeReference(new QCodeReference(PolicyEditorWidget.Renderer.class))
+         .withPermissionRules(IdentityPermission.POLICIES_MANAGE.rules())
+         .withDefaultValue(PolicyEditorWidget.BACKEND_NAME_KEY, config.getApiBackendName()));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** After the tables, before the app.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public int getSortOrder()
+   {
+      return (460);
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/metadata/AuthentikPolicyEnforcementWidgetProducer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.metadata;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyCutoverWidgets;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.dashboard.widgets.WidgetType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.code.QCodeReference;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.dashboard.QWidgetMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.qbits.QBitComponentMetaDataProducer;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** The policy enforcement banner (DESIGN.md section 12.8): whether saved policies take effect at sign-in on this instance.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class AuthentikPolicyEnforcementWidgetProducer extends QBitComponentMetaDataProducer<QWidgetMetaData, AuthentikQBitConfig>
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Only with the POLICIES feature.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public boolean isEnabled()
+   {
+      return (getQBitConfig() != null && getQBitConfig().hasFeature(AuthentikFeature.POLICIES));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QWidgetMetaData produce(QInstance qInstance) throws QException
+   {
+      AuthentikQBitConfig config = getQBitConfig();
+      return (new QWidgetMetaData()
+         .withName(config.applyPrefix(PolicyCutoverWidgets.ENFORCEMENT))
+         .withLabel("Policy Enforcement")
+         .withType(WidgetType.HTML.getType())
+         .withGridColumns(12)
+         .withIsCard(false)
+         .withCodeReference(new QCodeReference(PolicyCutoverWidgets.EnforcementRenderer.class))
+         .withPermissionRules(IdentityPermission.USERS_READ.rules())
+         .withDefaultValue(PolicyCutoverWidgets.BACKEND_NAME_KEY, config.getApiBackendName()));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** After the tables, before the app.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public int getSortOrder()
+   {
+      return (465);
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/metadata/AuthentikPolicyTableProducer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.metadata;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin.AuthentikLocalTables;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.qbits.QBitComponentMetaDataProducer;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** authentik_policy: the QQQ record (with change history) of each group policy.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class AuthentikPolicyTableProducer extends QBitComponentMetaDataProducer<QTableMetaData, AuthentikQBitConfig>
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Needs the local backend and the POLICIES feature.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public boolean isEnabled()
+   {
+      return (getQBitConfig() != null && getQBitConfig().getLocalBackendName() != null && getQBitConfig().hasFeature(AuthentikFeature.POLICIES));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QTableMetaData produce(QInstance qInstance) throws QException
+   {
+      return (AuthentikLocalTables.policy(getQBitConfig()));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** After the backend.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public int getSortOrder()
+   {
+      return (300);
+   }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/permissions/AccessComparison.java

@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions;
+
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikRuntime;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikActionUtil;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import static com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.LogUtils.logPair;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** The cut-over from a host's current permission source to Authentik group
+ ** policies (DESIGN.md section 12.8): for every active person, what they get
+ ** today (the host source) against what the mapper would grant (their groups'
+ ** policies and permissions, the static fallback and bootstrap subjects), and
+ ** the guard that keeps the mapper inactive while a member of a guarded group
+ ** would lose a permission.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public final class AccessComparison
+{
+   private static final QLogger LOG = QLogger.getLogger(AccessComparison.class);
+
+   /** How long a computed mapper state is reused (sign-ins read it). */
+   public static final Duration STATE_TTL = Duration.ofSeconds(60);
+
+   /** Banner shown wherever policies are edited while they are not enforced. */
+   public static final String NOT_ENFORCED = "Policies are saved but NOT enforced at sign-in on this instance (mapper off).";
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** One person.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public record Row(int pk, String username, String email, List<String> groups, Set<String> before, Set<String> after,
+                     Set<String> added, Set<String> removed, boolean guarded)
+   {
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Whether the mapper is enforcing policies, and why not.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public enum Status
+   {
+      /** The host does not use the mapper: policies are saved, not enforced. */
+      OFF,
+      /** Enforced; the guard passed (or there is nothing to guard). */
+      ACTIVE,
+      /** Enforced because the owner overrode a failing guard. */
+      OVERRIDDEN,
+      /** Not enforced: the guard failed (or could not run); sign-in uses the host source. */
+      BLOCKED
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** A mapper state with a plain message.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public record State(Status status, String message, Instant checkedAt)
+   {
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Whether sign-in permissions come from the policies.
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public boolean enforced()
+      {
+         return (status == Status.ACTIVE || status == Status.OVERRIDDEN);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Utility class.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private AccessComparison()
+   {
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Compare every active person (internal and external users).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static List<Row> run(AuthentikQBitConfig config, AuthentikActionUtil util, Collection<String> catalog) throws QException
+   {
+      GroupGraph                  graph    = util.groupGraphWithMembers();
+      EffectivePermissionResolver resolver = new EffectivePermissionResolver(graph, catalog);
+      AuthentikHostPermissionSource source = config.getHostPermissionSource();
+      List<Row>                   rows     = new ArrayList<>();
+      for(JSONObject user : util.allUsers())
+      {
+         String type = user.optString("type");
+         if(!user.optBoolean("is_active", true) || !("internal".equals(type) || "external".equals(type)))
+         {
+            continue;
+         }
+         int          pk       = user.optInt("pk");
+         List<String> groupPks = graph.groupsOfUser(pk);
+         List<String> names    = new ArrayList<>();
+         for(String groupPk : groupPks)
+         {
+            names.add(graph.byPk(groupPk).name());
+         }
+         String      email  = user.optString("email", null);
+         Set<String> before = new TreeSet<>(source == null ? Set.of() : source.userPermissions(email, names));
+         Set<String> after  = mapperPermissions(config, resolver, groupPks, names, String.valueOf(pk), user.optString("uuid"));
+         Set<String> added  = new TreeSet<>(after);
+         added.removeAll(before);
+         Set<String> removed = new TreeSet<>(before);
+         removed.removeAll(after);
+         boolean guarded = names.stream().anyMatch(n -> config.getCutoverGuardGroups() != null && config.getCutoverGuardGroups().contains(n));
+         rows.add(new Row(pk, user.optString("username"), email, names, before, after, added, removed, guarded));
+      }
+      return (rows);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** What the mapper grants for a person's direct groups: the groups' (and
+    ** ancestors') qqq.io/permissions and policies, the static fallback of the
+    ** direct groups, and every authentik.* permission for a bootstrap subject.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static Set<String> mapperPermissions(AuthentikQBitConfig config, EffectivePermissionResolver resolver, Collection<String> groupPks, Collection<String> directGroupNames,
+      String userPk, String userUuid)
+   {
+      Set<String> rs = new TreeSet<>(resolver.resolveGroups(groupPks).sessionPermissions());
+      rs.addAll(staticPermissions(config, directGroupNames));
+      Set<String> subjects = config.getResolvedBootstrapSubjects();
+      if(subjects.contains(userPk) || (userUuid != null && !userUuid.isEmpty() && subjects.contains(userUuid)))
+      {
+         for(IdentityPermission permission : IdentityPermission.values())
+         {
+            rs.add(permission.getSessionPermission());
+         }
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The static fallback permissions of some direct groups.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static Set<String> staticPermissions(AuthentikQBitConfig config, Collection<String> directGroupNames)
+   {
+      Set<String> rs = new TreeSet<>();
+      if(config.getStaticGroupPermissions() != null)
+      {
+         for(String name : directGroupNames)
+         {
+            rs.addAll(config.getStaticGroupPermissions().getOrDefault(name, List.of()));
+         }
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The people in guarded groups who would lose a permission (the guard fails
+    ** when this is not empty).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static List<Row> guardFailures(List<Row> rows)
+   {
+      return (rows.stream().filter(r -> r.guarded() && !r.removed().isEmpty()).toList());
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The mapper state of a backend (cached for STATE_TTL; sign-ins read it).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static State state(AuthentikRuntime runtime, AuthentikActionUtil util)
+   {
+      State cached = runtime.getMapperState();
+      if(cached != null && cached.checkedAt().plus(STATE_TTL).isAfter(Instant.now()))
+      {
+         return (cached);
+      }
+      State state = compute(runtime, util);
+      runtime.setMapperState(state);
+      return (state);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Compute the mapper state now.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   static State compute(AuthentikRuntime runtime, AuthentikActionUtil util)
+   {
+      AuthentikQBitConfig config = runtime.getConfig();
+      if(!Boolean.TRUE.equals(config.getMapperEnabled()) && !runtime.isMapperInvoked())
+      {
+         return (new State(Status.OFF, NOT_ENFORCED, Instant.now()));
+      }
+      if(config.getCutoverGuardGroups() == null || config.getCutoverGuardGroups().isEmpty())
+      {
+         return (new State(Status.ACTIVE, "Policies are enforced at sign-in.", Instant.now()));
+      }
+      if(Boolean.TRUE.equals(config.getMapperOverride()))
+      {
+         return (new State(Status.OVERRIDDEN, "Policies are enforced at sign-in; the cut-over guard is overridden by the owner.", Instant.now()));
+      }
+      try
+      {
+         List<Row> failures = guardFailures(run(config, util, runtime.getPermissionCatalog()));
+         if(failures.isEmpty())
+         {
+            return (new State(Status.ACTIVE, "Policies are enforced at sign-in; the cut-over guard passed (no member of "
+               + String.join(", ", config.getCutoverGuardGroups()) + " loses a permission).", Instant.now()));
+         }
+         List<String> names = failures.stream().map(Row::username).limit(5).toList();
+         return (new State(Status.BLOCKED, "Policies are saved but NOT enforced at sign-in: the cut-over guard found " + failures.size() + " member(s) of "
+            + String.join(", ", config.getCutoverGuardGroups()) + " who would lose permissions (" + String.join(", ", names)
+            + "). Sign-in keeps today's access until the policies cover it, or the owner overrides the guard.", Instant.now()));
+      }
+      catch(Exception e)
+      {
+         LOG.warn("The cut-over guard could not run; the mapper stays inactive", logPair("error", e.getMessage()));
+         return (new State(Status.BLOCKED, "Policies are saved but NOT enforced at sign-in: the cut-over guard could not check Authentik ("
+            + e.getMessage() + "). Sign-in keeps today's access.", Instant.now()));
+      }
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/permissions/AuthentikGroupPermissionMapper.java

@@ -117,6 +117,49 @@ public class AuthentikGroupPermissionMapper implements QAuthenticationModuleCust
       AuthentikRuntime runtime = runtime();
       PolicyFormat     format  = runtime == null ? PolicyFormat.DEFAULT : runtime.getConfig().getPolicyFormat();
       permissions.addAll(PolicyPermissions.fromClaims(PolicyPermissions.claimsWithPolicy(context, format), format));
+
+      if(runtime != null)
+      {
+         permissions.addAll(AccessComparison.staticPermissions(runtime.getConfig(), groups));
+
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // the cut-over guard (DESIGN.md section 12.8): while it blocks, the   //
+         // session gets today's access from the host plus the floor (static   //
+         // fallbacks, bootstrap subjects), never the policies alone           //
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         runtime.markMapperInvoked();
+         AccessComparison.State state;
+         try
+         {
+            state = AccessComparison.state(runtime, client(qInstance));
+         }
+         catch(Exception e)
+         {
+            state = new AccessComparison.State(AccessComparison.Status.BLOCKED, "The cut-over guard could not run", java.time.Instant.now());
+         }
+         if(!state.enforced())
+         {
+            Set<String> floor = new TreeSet<>(AccessComparison.staticPermissions(runtime.getConfig(), groups));
+            for(String group : groups)
+            {
+               floor.addAll(staticGroupPermissions.getOrDefault(group, List.of()));
+            }
+            if(!runtime.getConfig().getResolvedBootstrapSubjects().isEmpty() && isBootstrap(qInstance, runtime, sub, email, verified))
+            {
+               for(IdentityPermission permission : IdentityPermission.values())
+               {
+                  floor.add(permission.getSessionPermission());
+               }
+            }
+            AuthentikHostPermissionSource source = runtime.getConfig().getHostPermissionSource();
+            if(source != null)
+            {
+               floor.addAll(source.userPermissions(email, groups));
+            }
+            LOG.warn("Policies are not enforced at this sign-in; granting today's access", logPair("reason", state.message()));
+            permissions = floor;
+         }
+      }
       if(qSession.getPermissions() != null)
       {
          permissions.addAll(qSession.getPermissions());

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/permissions/AuthentikHostPermissionSource.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions;
+
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** SPI: the permissions a host grants TODAY, before Authentik group policies
+ ** take over (DESIGN.md section 12.8). Typically a hard-coded grant such as
+ ** "members of the admins group get adminPermissions()". The qbit uses it to
+ **   - generate a group's policy from current access,
+ **   - compare current access with what the mapper would grant, and
+ **   - fall back to it while the cut-over guard keeps the mapper inactive.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public interface AuthentikHostPermissionSource
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The QQQ session permissions a user gets today.
+    **
+    ** @param email      the user's email (may be null)
+    ** @param groupNames the user's direct Authentik group names
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   Set<String> userPermissions(String email, Collection<String> groupNames);
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The permissions members of a group get today because of that group. The
+    ** default asks for a user in only that group.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   default Set<String> groupPermissions(String groupName)
+   {
+      return (userPermissions(null, List.of(groupName)));
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/policy/PolicyCatalog.java

@@ -0,0 +1,456 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy;
+
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.permissions.PermissionsHelper;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QBackendMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.dashboard.QWidgetMetaDataInterface;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.layout.QAppChildMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.layout.QAppMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.MetaDataWithPermissionRules;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.PermissionLevel;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.QPermissionRules;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QProcessMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.reporting.QReportMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.Capability;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.StringUtils;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** What a policy can grant in a QInstance (DESIGN.md section 12.4): every app,
+ ** table, process, report and protected widget, with its permission base name
+ ** (the policy resource) and the actions QQQ checks for it, grouped by app.
+ **
+ ** Unlike PermissionsHelper.getAllAvailablePermissions, hidden tables and
+ ** processes are included: record actions are hidden from the nav but still
+ ** permission-checked. Objects with a custom permission checker or that are
+ ** NOT_PROTECTED are left out (a policy cannot grant them).
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public final class PolicyCatalog
+{
+   /** Group label of objects that are in no app. */
+   public static final String OTHER = "Other";
+
+   /** Kinds of resources. */
+   public enum Kind
+   {
+      APP, TABLE, PROCESS, REPORT, WIDGET
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** One grantable resource.
+    **
+    ** @param name    the policy resource (permission base name)
+    ** @param label   what operators see
+    ** @param kind    app, table, process, report or widget
+    ** @param actions the actions QQQ checks, in canonical order
+    ** @param note    a plain note (e.g. why an action is missing), or null
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public record Resource(String name, String label, Kind kind, List<PolicyAction> actions, String note)
+   {
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The resources of one app (or of no app: OTHER).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public record Group(String app, String label, List<Resource> resources)
+   {
+   }
+
+
+
+   private final List<Group>           groups;
+   private final Map<String, Resource> byName;
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Constructor.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private PolicyCatalog(List<Group> groups)
+   {
+      this.groups = groups;
+      this.byName = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+      for(Group group : groups)
+      {
+         for(Resource resource : group.resources())
+         {
+            byName.putIfAbsent(resource.name(), resource);
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Build the catalog of an instance.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static PolicyCatalog of(QInstance qInstance)
+   {
+      Map<String, String>                     appOfObject = appsOfObjects(qInstance);
+      Map<String, Map<String, ResourceDraft>> byApp       = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+      List<QAppMetaData> apps = new ArrayList<>(qInstance.getApps().values());
+      apps.sort(Comparator.comparing((QAppMetaData a) -> a.getSortOrder() == null ? 500 : a.getSortOrder()).thenComparing(a -> label(a.getLabel(), a.getName())));
+      for(QAppMetaData app : apps)
+      {
+         byApp.put(app.getName(), new LinkedHashMap<>());
+      }
+      byApp.put(null, new LinkedHashMap<>());
+
+      for(QAppMetaData app : apps)
+      {
+         add(byApp, app.getName(), qInstance, app, Kind.APP, label(app.getLabel(), app.getName()), EnumSet.of(PolicyAction.HAS_ACCESS), null);
+      }
+
+      List<QTableMetaData> tables = new ArrayList<>(qInstance.getTables().values());
+      tables.sort(Comparator.comparing(t -> label(t.getLabel(), t.getName())));
+      for(QTableMetaData table : tables)
+      {
+         QPermissionRules rules = PermissionsHelper.getEffectivePermissionRules(table, qInstance);
+         Set<PolicyAction> actions = EnumSet.noneOf(PolicyAction.class);
+         String            note    = null;
+         if(rules.getLevel() == PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION)
+         {
+            actions.add(PolicyAction.HAS_ACCESS);
+         }
+         else
+         {
+            QBackendMetaData backend = qInstance.getBackend(table.getBackendName());
+            if(table.isCapabilityEnabled(backend, Capability.TABLE_QUERY) || table.isCapabilityEnabled(backend, Capability.TABLE_GET))
+            {
+               actions.add(PolicyAction.READ);
+            }
+            if(rules.getLevel() == PermissionLevel.READ_WRITE_PERMISSIONS)
+            {
+               note = "This table uses one write permission, which policies cannot grant yet; only read is offered.";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+               if(table.isCapabilityEnabled(backend, Capability.TABLE_INSERT))
+               {
+                  actions.add(PolicyAction.INSERT);
+               }
+               if(table.isCapabilityEnabled(backend, Capability.TABLE_UPDATE))
+               {
+                  actions.add(PolicyAction.EDIT);
+               }
+               if(table.isCapabilityEnabled(backend, Capability.TABLE_DELETE))
+               {
+                  actions.add(PolicyAction.DELETE);
+               }
+            }
+         }
+         add(byApp, appOfObject.get("table:" + table.getName()), qInstance, table, Kind.TABLE, label(table.getLabel(), table.getName()), actions, note);
+      }
+
+      List<QProcessMetaData> processes = new ArrayList<>(qInstance.getProcesses().values());
+      processes.sort(Comparator.comparing(p -> label(p.getLabel(), p.getName())));
+      for(QProcessMetaData process : processes)
+      {
+         String app = appOfObject.get("process:" + process.getName());
+         if(app == null && process.getTableName() != null)
+         {
+            app = appOfObject.get("table:" + process.getTableName());
+         }
+         String label = label(process.getLabel(), process.getName());
+         if(process.getTableName() != null && qInstance.getTable(process.getTableName()) != null)
+         {
+            label = label + " (" + label(qInstance.getTable(process.getTableName()).getLabel(), process.getTableName()) + " action)";
+         }
+         add(byApp, app, qInstance, process, Kind.PROCESS, label, EnumSet.of(PolicyAction.HAS_ACCESS), null);
+      }
+
+      List<QReportMetaData> reports = new ArrayList<>(qInstance.getReports().values());
+      reports.sort(Comparator.comparing(r -> label(r.getLabel(), r.getName())));
+      for(QReportMetaData report : reports)
+      {
+         add(byApp, appOfObject.get("report:" + report.getName()), qInstance, report, Kind.REPORT, label(report.getLabel(), report.getName()), EnumSet.of(PolicyAction.HAS_ACCESS), null);
+      }
+
+      List<QWidgetMetaDataInterface> widgets = new ArrayList<>(qInstance.getWidgets().values());
+      widgets.sort(Comparator.comparing(w -> label(w.getLabel(), w.getName())));
+      for(QWidgetMetaDataInterface widget : widgets)
+      {
+         add(byApp, appOfObject.get("widget:" + widget.getName()), qInstance, widget, Kind.WIDGET, label(widget.getLabel(), widget.getName()), EnumSet.of(PolicyAction.HAS_ACCESS), null);
+      }
+
+      List<Group> groups = new ArrayList<>();
+      for(Map.Entry<String, Map<String, ResourceDraft>> entry : byApp.entrySet())
+      {
+         if(entry.getValue().isEmpty())
+         {
+            continue;
+         }
+         String groupLabel = entry.getKey() == null ? OTHER : label(qInstance.getApp(entry.getKey()).getLabel(), entry.getKey());
+         List<Resource> resources = new ArrayList<>();
+         for(ResourceDraft draft : entry.getValue().values())
+         {
+            resources.add(new Resource(draft.name, String.join(" / ", draft.labels), draft.kind, new ArrayList<>(draft.actions), draft.note));
+         }
+         groups.add(new Group(entry.getKey(), groupLabel, resources));
+      }
+      return (new PolicyCatalog(groups));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Accumulates one resource while building (several objects can share a
+    ** permission base name).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static class ResourceDraft
+   {
+      private final String            name;
+      private final Kind              kind;
+      private final Set<String>       labels  = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+      private final Set<PolicyAction> actions = new TreeSet<>();
+      private String                  note;
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Constructor.
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      ResourceDraft(String name, Kind kind)
+      {
+         this.name = name;
+         this.kind = kind;
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Add an object under its app, unless a policy cannot grant it.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static void add(Map<String, Map<String, ResourceDraft>> byApp, String app, QInstance qInstance, MetaDataWithPermissionRules object, Kind kind, String label,
+      Set<PolicyAction> actions, String note)
+   {
+      QPermissionRules rules = PermissionsHelper.getEffectivePermissionRules(object, qInstance);
+      if(rules == null || rules.getLevel() == null || rules.getLevel() == PermissionLevel.NOT_PROTECTED || rules.getCustomPermissionChecker() != null || actions.isEmpty())
+      {
+         return;
+      }
+      String name = StringUtils.hasContent(rules.getPermissionBaseName()) ? rules.getPermissionBaseName() : nameOf(object);
+      if(!PolicyParser.RESOURCE_PATTERN.matcher(name).matches())
+      {
+         return;
+      }
+
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // a base name shared with an object already listed (in any app) //
+      // joins that entry, so a resource appears once                  //
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      for(Map<String, ResourceDraft> resources : byApp.values())
+      {
+         ResourceDraft existing = resources.get(name);
+         if(existing != null)
+         {
+            existing.labels.add(label);
+            existing.actions.addAll(actions);
+            return;
+         }
+      }
+
+      ResourceDraft draft = new ResourceDraft(name, kind);
+      draft.labels.add(label);
+      draft.actions.addAll(actions);
+      draft.note = note;
+      byApp.computeIfAbsent(byApp.containsKey(app) ? app : null, k -> new LinkedHashMap<>()).put(name, draft);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Which app directly lists each object ("table:x", "process:y", ...): app
+    ** children (sections included) and app widgets. The first app wins.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static Map<String, String> appsOfObjects(QInstance qInstance)
+   {
+      Map<String, String> rs = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+      for(QAppMetaData app : qInstance.getApps().values())
+      {
+         if(app.getChildren() != null)
+         {
+            for(QAppChildMetaData child : app.getChildren())
+            {
+               String type = child instanceof QTableMetaData ? "table" : child instanceof QProcessMetaData ? "process" : child instanceof QReportMetaData ? "report" : null;
+               if(type != null)
+               {
+                  rs.putIfAbsent(type + ":" + child.getName(), app.getName());
+               }
+            }
+         }
+         if(app.getWidgets() != null)
+         {
+            for(String widget : app.getWidgets())
+            {
+               rs.putIfAbsent("widget:" + widget, app.getName());
+            }
+         }
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static String nameOf(MetaDataWithPermissionRules object)
+   {
+      if(object instanceof QTableMetaData t)
+      {
+         return (t.getName());
+      }
+      if(object instanceof QProcessMetaData p)
+      {
+         return (p.getName());
+      }
+      if(object instanceof QAppMetaData a)
+      {
+         return (a.getName());
+      }
+      if(object instanceof QReportMetaData r)
+      {
+         return (r.getName());
+      }
+      if(object instanceof QWidgetMetaDataInterface w)
+      {
+         return (w.getName());
+      }
+      return ("");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static String label(String label, String name)
+   {
+      return (StringUtils.hasContent(label) ? label : name);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The groups, in app order, "Other" last.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public List<Group> getGroups()
+   {
+      return (groups);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** A resource by policy name, or null.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public Resource get(String name)
+   {
+      return (byName.get(name));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Every QQQ permission a policy can grant here ({resource}.{action}).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public Set<String> permissionNames()
+   {
+      Set<String> rs = new TreeSet<>();
+      for(Resource resource : byName.values())
+      {
+         for(PolicyAction action : resource.actions())
+         {
+            rs.add(action.permission(resource.name()));
+         }
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The resources of a permission set this catalog does not know, or that
+    ** grant an action the resource does not have (sorted, as permission names).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public Set<String> unknownPermissions(Set<String> permissions)
+   {
+      Set<String> known = permissionNames();
+      Set<String> rs    = new TreeSet<>();
+      for(String permission : permissions)
+      {
+         if(!known.contains(permission))
+         {
+            rs.add(permission);
+         }
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** As JSON for the editor widget.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public JSONArray toJson()
+   {
+      JSONArray rs = new JSONArray();
+      for(Group group : groups)
+      {
+         JSONArray resources = new JSONArray();
+         for(Resource resource : group.resources())
+         {
+            JSONArray actions = new JSONArray();
+            resource.actions().forEach(a -> actions.put(a.getJsonName()));
+            JSONObject json = new JSONObject()
+               .put("name", resource.name())
+               .put("label", resource.label())
+               .put("kind", resource.kind().name())
+               .put("actions", actions);
+            if(resource.note() != null)
+            {
+               json.put("note", resource.note());
+            }
+            resources.put(json);
+         }
+         rs.put(new JSONObject().put("app", group.app() == null ? JSONObject.NULL : group.app()).put("label", group.label()).put("resources", resources));
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/policy/PolicyCutoverWidgets.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy;
+
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikRuntime;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikActionUtil;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AccessComparison;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.AuthentikGuard;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.dashboard.widgets.AbstractWidgetRenderer;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QPermissionDeniedException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.widgets.RenderWidgetInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.widgets.RenderWidgetOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.dashboard.widgets.RawHTML;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.dashboard.widgets.TableData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.dashboard.QWidgetMetaData;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** The cut-over widgets (DESIGN.md section 12.8): the enforcement banner shown
+ ** on group and policy screens and on Edit Policy, and the Compare Access
+ ** report (read only).
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public final class PolicyCutoverWidgets
+{
+   /** Widget default value naming the qbit's API backend. */
+   public static final String BACKEND_NAME_KEY = "backendName";
+
+   /** Short name of the banner widget. */
+   public static final String ENFORCEMENT = "policyEnforcement";
+
+   /** Short name of the report widget. */
+   public static final String COMPARE = "compareAccess";
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Utility class.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private PolicyCutoverWidgets()
+   {
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The mapper state for a widget's backend.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   static AccessComparison.State state(RenderWidgetInput input) throws QException
+   {
+      String backendName = String.valueOf(((QWidgetMetaData) input.getWidgetMetaData()).getDefaultValues().get(BACKEND_NAME_KEY));
+      return (AccessComparison.state(AuthentikRuntime.forBackend(backendName), AuthentikActionUtil.forBackend(backendName)));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The banner as HTML (also used by the home's health card).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static String bannerHtml(AccessComparison.State state)
+   {
+      String style = state.enforced()
+         ? "border:1px solid #16a34a;background:rgba(22,163,74,.10);"
+         : "border:1px solid #d97706;background:rgba(217,119,6,.12);";
+      return ("<div role=\"status\" data-qqq-id=\"authentik-policy-enforcement\" data-status=\"" + state.status().name() + "\" style=\"" + style
+         + "border-radius:.375rem;padding:.5rem .75rem;font-size:.875rem;line-height:1.4;color:inherit;\"><strong>"
+         + (state.enforced() ? "Enforced. " : "Not enforced. ") + "</strong>" + escape(state.message()) + "</div>");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   static String escape(String text)
+   {
+      return (text == null ? "" : text.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;").replace("\"", "&quot;"));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The enforcement banner (authentik.users.read).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static class EnforcementRenderer extends AbstractWidgetRenderer
+   {
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       **
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      @Override
+      public RenderWidgetOutput render(RenderWidgetInput input) throws QException
+      {
+         return (new RenderWidgetOutput(new RawHTML(null, bannerHtml(state(input)))));
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Compare Access (authentik.admin): every active person's access today
+    ** against what the mapper would grant. Read only.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static class CompareRenderer extends AbstractWidgetRenderer
+   {
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       **
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      @Override
+      public RenderWidgetOutput render(RenderWidgetInput input) throws QException
+      {
+         if(!AuthentikGuard.has(QContext.getQSession(), IdentityPermission.ADMIN))
+         {
+            throw (new QPermissionDeniedException("You do not have permission to compare access."));
+         }
+         String           backendName = String.valueOf(((QWidgetMetaData) input.getWidgetMetaData()).getDefaultValues().get(BACKEND_NAME_KEY));
+         AuthentikRuntime runtime     = AuthentikRuntime.forBackend(backendName);
+         List<AccessComparison.Row> rows = AccessComparison.run(runtime.getConfig(), AuthentikActionUtil.forBackend(backendName), runtime.getPermissionCatalog());
+
+         List<Map<String, Object>> data = new ArrayList<>();
+         int removedPeople = 0;
+         for(AccessComparison.Row row : rows)
+         {
+            Map<String, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+            map.put("user", escape(row.username()) + (row.guarded() ? " (guarded)" : ""));
+            map.put("groups", escape(String.join(", ", row.groups())));
+            map.put("added", row.added().isEmpty() ? "-" : escape(String.join(", ", row.added())));
+            map.put("removed", row.removed().isEmpty() ? "-" : escape(String.join(", ", row.removed())));
+            map.put("unchanged", row.before().size() - row.removed().size());
+            data.add(map);
+            if(!row.removed().isEmpty())
+            {
+               removedPeople++;
+            }
+         }
+         List<TableData.Column> columns = List.of(
+            new TableData.Column("html", "User", "user", "15%", "left"),
+            new TableData.Column("html", "Groups", "groups", "20%", "left"),
+            new TableData.Column("html", "Added", "added", "27%", "left"),
+            new TableData.Column("html", "Removed", "removed", "28%", "left"),
+            new TableData.Column("default", "Unchanged", "unchanged", "10%", "right"));
+         List<AccessComparison.Row> failures = AccessComparison.guardFailures(rows);
+         String summary = rows.size() + " active people; " + removedPeople + " would lose permissions; guard "
+            + (runtime.getConfig().getCutoverGuardGroups().isEmpty() ? "not configured" : failures.isEmpty() ? "passes" : "FAILS for " + failures.size())
+            + (runtime.getConfig().getHostPermissionSource() == null ? ". No host permission source is configured, so today's access is shown as empty." : ".");
+         TableData table = new TableData("Compare Access (today vs policies)", columns, data)
+            .withRowsPerPage(25)
+            .withNoRowsFoundHTML("No active people.");
+         table.setFooterHTML("<p style=\"font-size:.875rem;\">" + escape(summary) + "</p>");
+         return (new RenderWidgetOutput(table));
+      }
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/policy/PolicyEditorWidget.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy;
+
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikRuntime;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin.AuthentikAdmin;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikActionUtil;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.dashboard.widgets.AbstractWidgetRenderer;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QUserFacingException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.widgets.RenderWidgetInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.widgets.RenderWidgetOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.dashboard.widgets.QWidgetData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.dashboard.QWidgetMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.StringUtils;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** The policy editor widget (type AUTHENTIK_POLICY_EDITOR, DESIGN.md section
+ ** 12.4). It is shown on the Edit Policy step; the Next UI widget of the same
+ ** type draws the matrix and hands the generated document back to the step as
+ ** the process value policyDocument. The data here: the catalog of what a
+ ** policy can grant, and the group's current document read live from
+ ** Authentik.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public final class PolicyEditorWidget
+{
+   /** The widget type the Next UI renders. */
+   public static final String TYPE = "AUTHENTIK_POLICY_EDITOR";
+
+   /** Short widget name (prefixed with the qbit namespace). */
+   public static final String NAME = "policyEditor";
+
+   /** Widget default value naming the qbit's API backend. */
+   public static final String BACKEND_NAME_KEY = "backendName";
+
+   /** Widget parameter (process value) with the group's pk. */
+   public static final String GROUP_PK_PARAM = "groupPk";
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Utility class.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private PolicyEditorWidget()
+   {
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The data for a group (or for none: an empty document).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static Data load(AuthentikQBitConfig config, String groupPk) throws QException
+   {
+      AuthentikRuntime runtime = AuthentikRuntime.forBackend(config.getApiBackendName());
+      PolicyFormat     format  = config.getPolicyFormat();
+      Data             data    = new Data()
+         .withSpec(format.spec())
+         .withVersion(format.version())
+         .withCatalog(runtime.getPolicyCatalog().toJson().toList())
+         .withOutputFieldName(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT);
+
+      if(!StringUtils.hasContent(groupPk))
+      {
+         return (data);
+      }
+      if(!groupPk.matches("[A-Za-z0-9-]+"))
+      {
+         throw (new QUserFacingException("Not a group id: " + groupPk));
+      }
+
+      JSONObject group = AuthentikActionUtil.forBackend(config.getApiBackendName()).getApiJsonOrNull("/core/groups/" + groupPk + "/?include_users=false&include_parents=false&include_children=false");
+      if(group == null)
+      {
+         throw (new QUserFacingException("That group no longer exists."));
+      }
+      data.withGroupLabel(group.optString("name"));
+
+      Object stored = group.optJSONObject("attributes") == null ? null : group.getJSONObject("attributes").opt(format.attribute());
+      if(stored != null && !JSONObject.NULL.equals(stored) && !"".equals(stored))
+      {
+         try
+         {
+            /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+            // canonical form of what is stored (unknown resources survive) //
+            /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+            data.withDocument(PolicyGenerator.toPretty(PolicyGenerator.canonical(stored, format)));
+         }
+         catch(PolicyParseException e)
+         {
+            data.withDocumentProblem(e.getMessage());
+         }
+      }
+
+      QRecord row = PolicyStore.find(config, groupPk);
+      if(row != null)
+      {
+         data.withChangedInAuthentik(!Objects.equals(row.getValueString("authentikFingerprint"), PolicyStore.fingerprint(stored, format)));
+      }
+      return (data);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Renderer. QQQ checks the widget's permission rules
+    ** (authentik.policies.manage) before calling it.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static class Renderer extends AbstractWidgetRenderer
+   {
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Render.
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      @Override
+      public RenderWidgetOutput render(RenderWidgetInput input) throws QException
+      {
+         String backendName = String.valueOf(((QWidgetMetaData) input.getWidgetMetaData()).getDefaultValues().get(BACKEND_NAME_KEY));
+         AuthentikQBitConfig config = AuthentikRuntime.forBackend(backendName).getConfig();
+         Map<String, String> params = input.getQueryParams();
+         return (new RenderWidgetOutput(load(config, params == null ? null : params.get(GROUP_PK_PARAM))));
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The widget's data (see the Next UI's PolicyEditorPayload).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static class Data extends QWidgetData
+   {
+      private String                    spec;
+      private String                    version;
+      private String                    groupLabel;
+      private List<Object>              catalog;
+      private String                    document;
+      private String                    documentProblem;
+      private Boolean                   changedInAuthentik = false;
+      private String                    outputFieldName;
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       **
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      @Override
+      public String getType()
+      {
+         return (TYPE);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Getter for spec
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public String getSpec()
+      {
+         return (spec);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Fluent setter for spec
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Data withSpec(String spec)
+      {
+         this.spec = spec;
+         return (this);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Getter for version
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public String getVersion()
+      {
+         return (version);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Fluent setter for version
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Data withVersion(String version)
+      {
+         this.version = version;
+         return (this);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Getter for groupLabel
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public String getGroupLabel()
+      {
+         return (groupLabel);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Fluent setter for groupLabel
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Data withGroupLabel(String groupLabel)
+      {
+         this.groupLabel = groupLabel;
+         return (this);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Getter for catalog (groups of resources, as plain JSON values)
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public List<Object> getCatalog()
+      {
+         return (catalog);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Fluent setter for catalog
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Data withCatalog(List<Object> catalog)
+      {
+         this.catalog = catalog;
+         return (this);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Getter for document (the group's current document, pretty; null for none)
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public String getDocument()
+      {
+         return (document);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Fluent setter for document
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Data withDocument(String document)
+      {
+         this.document = document;
+         return (this);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Getter for documentProblem (why the stored document is invalid)
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public String getDocumentProblem()
+      {
+         return (documentProblem);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Fluent setter for documentProblem
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Data withDocumentProblem(String documentProblem)
+      {
+         this.documentProblem = documentProblem;
+         return (this);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Getter for changedInAuthentik (differs from the last save in QQQ)
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Boolean getChangedInAuthentik()
+      {
+         return (changedInAuthentik);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Fluent setter for changedInAuthentik
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Data withChangedInAuthentik(Boolean changedInAuthentik)
+      {
+         this.changedInAuthentik = changedInAuthentik;
+         return (this);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Getter for outputFieldName (the process value the editor writes)
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public String getOutputFieldName()
+      {
+         return (outputFieldName);
+      }
+
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** Fluent setter for outputFieldName
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      public Data withOutputFieldName(String outputFieldName)
+      {
+         this.outputFieldName = outputFieldName;
+         return (this);
+      }
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/policy/PolicyStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy;
+
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.HexFormat;
+import java.util.List;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikQBitConfig;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin.AuthentikLocalTables;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.DeleteAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.InsertAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.QueryAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.UpdateAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.delete.DeleteInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.insert.InsertInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.insert.InsertOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QCriteriaOperator;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QFilterCriteria;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QQueryFilter;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QueryInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QueryOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.update.UpdateInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.update.UpdateOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** The authentik_policy rows (DESIGN.md section 12.2): the QQQ record of each
+ ** group's last policy save, plus the fingerprint used to tell when the policy
+ ** was changed in Authentik since.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public final class PolicyStore
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Utility class.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private PolicyStore()
+   {
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** A fingerprint of a group's policy attribute value: of its canonical form
+    ** when it parses (so formatting differences do not count), else of the raw
+    ** text. Null for no policy.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static String fingerprint(Object attributeValue, PolicyFormat format)
+   {
+      if(attributeValue == null || JSONObject.NULL.equals(attributeValue) || "".equals(attributeValue))
+      {
+         return (null);
+      }
+      String text;
+      try
+      {
+         text = PolicyGenerator.toCompact(PolicyGenerator.canonical(attributeValue, format));
+      }
+      catch(PolicyParseException e)
+      {
+         text = String.valueOf(attributeValue);
+      }
+      try
+      {
+         return (HexFormat.of().formatHex(MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256").digest(text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))));
+      }
+      catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e)
+      {
+         throw (new IllegalStateException(e));
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The row of a group, or null (also null when the table is not set up).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static QRecord find(AuthentikQBitConfig config, String groupPk) throws QException
+   {
+      String table = config.applyTablePrefix(AuthentikLocalTables.POLICY);
+      if(QContext.getQInstance() == null || QContext.getQInstance().getTable(table) == null)
+      {
+         return (null);
+      }
+      QueryInput queryInput = new QueryInput();
+      queryInput.setTableName(table);
+      queryInput.setFilter(new QQueryFilter(new QFilterCriteria("groupPk", QCriteriaOperator.EQUALS, groupPk)));
+      QueryOutput output = new QueryAction().execute(queryInput);
+      return (output.getRecords().isEmpty() ? null : output.getRecords().get(0));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Remove the row of a deleted group (no-op without one).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static void delete(AuthentikQBitConfig config, String groupPk) throws QException
+   {
+      QRecord existing = find(config, groupPk);
+      if(existing != null)
+      {
+         DeleteInput deleteInput = new DeleteInput();
+         deleteInput.setTableName(config.applyTablePrefix(AuthentikLocalTables.POLICY));
+         deleteInput.setPrimaryKeys(List.of(existing.getValue("id")));
+         new DeleteAction().execute(deleteInput);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Insert or update the row of a group after a save to Authentik.
+    **
+    ** @param document the canonical document that was saved (empty statements
+    **                 when the policy was removed)
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static void save(AuthentikQBitConfig config, String groupPk, String groupName, JSONObject document, int permissionCount, String savedBy, String fingerprint) throws QException
+   {
+      String  table    = config.applyTablePrefix(AuthentikLocalTables.POLICY);
+      QRecord existing = find(config, groupPk);
+      QRecord record = new QRecord()
+         .withValue("groupPk", groupPk)
+         .withValue("groupName", groupName)
+         .withValue("policyJson", PolicyGenerator.toPretty(document))
+         .withValue("statementCount", document.optJSONArray("Statement") == null ? 0 : document.getJSONArray("Statement").length())
+         .withValue("permissionCount", permissionCount)
+         .withValue("savedBy", savedBy)
+         .withValue("savedDate", Instant.now())
+         .withValue("authentikFingerprint", fingerprint)
+         .withValue("modifyDate", Instant.now());
+
+      if(existing == null)
+      {
+         record.setValue("createDate", Instant.now());
+         InsertInput insertInput = new InsertInput();
+         insertInput.setTableName(table);
+         insertInput.setRecords(List.of(record));
+         InsertOutput output = new InsertAction().execute(insertInput);
+         if(output.getRecords().isEmpty() || !output.getRecords().get(0).getErrors().isEmpty())
+         {
+            throw (new QException("The policy record could not be written: " + (output.getRecords().isEmpty() ? "no record" : output.getRecords().get(0).getErrors())));
+         }
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         record.setValue("id", existing.getValue("id"));
+         UpdateInput updateInput = new UpdateInput();
+         updateInput.setTableName(table);
+         updateInput.setRecords(List.of(record));
+         UpdateOutput output = new UpdateAction().execute(updateInput);
+         if(output.getRecords().isEmpty() || !output.getRecords().get(0).getErrors().isEmpty())
+         {
+            throw (new QException("The policy record could not be written: " + (output.getRecords().isEmpty() ? "no record" : output.getRecords().get(0).getErrors())));
+         }
+      }
+   }
+}

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/processes/AuthentikProcesses.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin.AuthentikLocalTables;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin.AuthentikSafety;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikJson;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikTables;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyEditorWidget;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.BackendStep;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
@@ -88,7 +89,9 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
       /** Selected invitations. */
       INVITATIONS,
       /** Selected approval requests. */
-      APPROVALS
+      APPROVALS,
+      /** Selected policy records (authentik_policy); the target is the record's group. */
+      POLICIES
    }
 
    /*******************************************************************************
@@ -147,14 +150,20 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
          new QFieldMetaData("email", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Email").withIsRequired(true),
          new QFieldMetaData("name", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Full Name"),
          reason), "Authentik emails a single-use sign-up invitation that expires in 7 days."));
+      QFieldMetaData otherAttributes = new QFieldMetaData(AuthentikAdmin.OTHER_ATTRIBUTES, QFieldType.TEXT).withLabel("Other attributes (JSON; leave blank to keep them)");
       defs.add(new Def("editUser", "Edit User", AdminAction.EDIT_USER, Kind.USERS, users, "edit", true, List.of(
+         new QFieldMetaData("username", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Username"),
          new QFieldMetaData("name", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Full Name"),
          new QFieldMetaData("email", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Email"),
          new QFieldMetaData("path", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Path"),
-         hidden("expectedFingerprint"), reason), "Change a person's name, email or path."));
+         otherAttributes,
+         hidden("expectedFingerprint"), reason), "Change a person's username, name, email, path or other attributes. "
+            + "Attributes starting with qqq.io/ or goauthentik.io/ are set elsewhere; editing attributes needs authentik.audit.read."));
       defs.add(new Def("deactivateUser", "Deactivate User", AdminAction.DEACTIVATE_USER, Kind.USERS, users, "block", false, List.of(
          new QFieldMetaData("revokeAppPasswords", QFieldType.BOOLEAN).withLabel("Also revoke their app passwords").withDefaultValue(false),
          typed, reason), "Deactivating ends their sessions immediately and deletes nothing. Type the username to confirm (when you select several people, type the username of the first one)."));
+      defs.add(new Def("deleteUser", "Delete User", AdminAction.DELETE_USER, Kind.USERS, users, "delete_forever", false, List.of(typed, reason),
+         "Deletes the account in Authentik permanently. To keep the account and its history, use Deactivate User instead."));
       defs.add(new Def("reactivateUser", "Reactivate User", AdminAction.REACTIVATE_USER, Kind.USERS, users, "check_circle", false, List.of(reason), null));
       defs.add(new Def("addToGroup", "Add To Group", AdminAction.ADD_MEMBER, Kind.USERS, users, "group_add", false, List.of(group,
          new QFieldMetaData("confirmText", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Confirm the number of people (needed only above 25)").withIsHidden(false), reason),
@@ -178,12 +187,24 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
       defs.add(new Def("editGroup", "Edit Group", AdminAction.EDIT_GROUP, Kind.GROUPS, groups, "edit", true, List.of(
          new QFieldMetaData("name", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Group Name"),
          new QFieldMetaData("parents", QFieldType.TEXT).withLabel("Parent groups (names, one per line; none to clear)"),
-         hidden("expectedFingerprint"), reason), "Rename a group or change its parents."));
+         otherAttributes,
+         hidden("expectedFingerprint"), reason), "Rename a group, change its parents or its other attributes."));
+      defs.add(new Def("deleteGroup", "Delete Group", AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP, Kind.GROUPS, groups, "delete_forever", false, List.of(
+         new QFieldMetaData("confirmText", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Type the group name to confirm").withIsRequired(true), reason),
+         "Deletes the group in Authentik permanently, with its permissions, app access and policy. Remove its members and child groups first."));
       defs.add(new Def("editPermissions", "Edit Permissions And App Access", AdminAction.EDIT_PERMISSIONS, Kind.GROUPS, groups, "admin_panel_settings", true, List.of(
          new QFieldMetaData("permissions", QFieldType.TEXT).withLabel("QQQ permissions (one per line)"),
          new QFieldMetaData("appAccess", QFieldType.TEXT).withLabel("App access (app keys, one per line)"),
          hidden("expectedFingerprint"), reason),
          "You can only add permissions you hold yourself. Adding authentik.* needs a second person to approve."));
+      String policyHelp = "Tick what members of this group, and of the groups below it, may do. The document is what is saved to Authentik. "
+         + "You can only grant permissions you hold yourself.";
+      List<QFieldMetaData> policyFields = List.of(hidden("groupPk"), hidden("expectedFingerprint"), reason);
+      defs.add(new Def("editPolicy", "Edit Policy", AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, Kind.GROUPS, groups, "policy", true, policyFields, policyHelp));
+      defs.add(new Def("generatePolicy", "Generate Policy From Current Access", AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, Kind.GROUPS, groups, "auto_fix_high", false, List.of(reason),
+         "Builds this group's policy from what its members get today from the app (joined with its current policy, so nothing is removed). "
+            + "Review shows the generated document and what changes before anything is saved."));
+      defs.add(new Def("editPolicyRecord", "Edit Policy", AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, Kind.POLICIES, AuthentikLocalTables.POLICY, "policy", true, policyFields, policyHelp));
       defs.add(new Def("addMembers", "Add Members", AdminAction.ADD_MEMBER, Kind.GROUP_USERNAMES, groups, "person_add", false, List.of(
          new QFieldMetaData("usernames", QFieldType.TEXT).withLabel("Usernames (one per line)").withIsRequired(true),
          new QFieldMetaData("confirmText", QFieldType.STRING).withLabel("Confirm the number of people (needed only above 25)").withIsHidden(false), reason), null));
@@ -196,6 +217,8 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
       defs.add(new Def("reject", "Reject", null, Kind.APPROVALS, AuthentikLocalTables.APPROVAL_REQUEST, "close", false, List.of(), null));
 
       defs.removeIf(def -> def.action() != null && !config.hasFeature(def.action().getFeature()));
+      defs.removeIf(def -> (def.action() == AdminAction.DELETE_USER && !config.hasFeature(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature.USERS))
+         || (def.action() == AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP && !config.hasFeature(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature.GROUPS)));
       if(!config.hasFeature(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature.GROUPS) || !config.getTwoPersonApproval())
       {
          defs.removeIf(def -> def.kind() == Kind.APPROVALS);
@@ -272,11 +295,11 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
       switch(def.kind())
       {
          case CREATE -> process.setMaxInputRecords(0);
-         case USERS, GROUP_USERNAMES, GROUPS, INVITATIONS, APPROVALS ->
+         case USERS, GROUP_USERNAMES, GROUPS, INVITATIONS, APPROVALS, POLICIES ->
          {
             process.setMinInputRecords(1);
             process.setMaxInputRecords(def.action() == AdminAction.EDIT_USER || def.action() == AdminAction.EDIT_GROUP || def.action() == AdminAction.EDIT_PERMISSIONS
-               ? 1 : AuthentikAdmin.MAX_BULK);
+               || def.action() == AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY || def.action() == AdminAction.DELETE_USER || def.action() == AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP ? 1 : AuthentikAdmin.MAX_BULK);
          }
          default ->
          {
@@ -290,6 +313,14 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
          {
             details.withComponent(new QFrontendComponentMetaData().withType(QComponentType.HELP_TEXT).withValue("text", def.help()));
          }
+         if(def.action() == AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY)
+         {
+            details.withComponent(new QFrontendComponentMetaData().withType(QComponentType.WIDGET).withValue("widgetName", config.applyPrefix(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyCutoverWidgets.ENFORCEMENT)));
+         }
+         if(def.action() == AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY && !def.key().equals("generatePolicy"))
+         {
+            details.withComponent(new QFrontendComponentMetaData().withType(QComponentType.WIDGET).withValue("widgetName", config.applyPrefix(PolicyEditorWidget.NAME)));
+         }
          details.withComponent(new QFrontendComponentMetaData().withType(QComponentType.EDIT_FORM));
          process.withStep(0, details);
          if(def.prefill())
@@ -340,6 +371,9 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
          case CREATE_GROUP -> w("group will be created", "groups will be created", "group was created", "groups were created");
          case EDIT_GROUP -> w("group will be updated", "groups will be updated", "group was updated", "groups were updated");
          case EDIT_PERMISSIONS -> w("group's permissions will be updated", "groups' permissions will be updated", "group's permissions were updated", "groups' permissions were updated");
+         case DELETE_USER -> w("user will be deleted", "users will be deleted", "user was deleted", "users were deleted");
+         case DELETE_GROUP -> w("group will be deleted", "groups will be deleted", "group was deleted", "groups were deleted");
+         case SAVE_POLICY -> w("group's policy will be saved to Authentik", "groups' policies will be saved to Authentik", "group's policy was saved to Authentik", "groups' policies were saved to Authentik");
          case SEND_RECOVERY_EMAIL -> w("password reset email will be sent", "password reset emails will be sent", "password reset email was sent", "password reset emails were sent");
          case RESET_MFA -> w("user's MFA will be reset", "users' MFA will be reset", "user's MFA was reset", "users' MFA were reset");
          case REVOKE_APP_PASSWORDS -> w("user's app passwords will be revoked", "users' app passwords will be revoked", "user's app passwords were revoked", "users' app passwords were revoked");
@@ -408,7 +442,12 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
                rs.add(request);
             }
          }
-         case GROUPS, INVITATIONS -> rs.add(withParams(AdminRequest.of(def.action(), String.valueOf(record.getValue("pk") != null ? record.getValue("pk") : record.getValue("uuid")), reason), def, input));
+         case GROUPS, INVITATIONS ->
+         {
+            AdminRequest request = withParams(AdminRequest.of(def.action(), String.valueOf(record.getValue("pk") != null ? record.getValue("pk") : record.getValue("uuid")), reason), def, input);
+            rs.add("generatePolicy".equals(def.key()) ? admin.withGeneratedPolicy(request) : request);
+         }
+         case POLICIES -> rs.add(withParams(AdminRequest.of(def.action(), record.getValueString("groupPk"), reason), def, input));
          default ->
          {
          }
@@ -423,6 +462,14 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
     *******************************************************************************/
    private static AdminRequest withParams(AdminRequest request, Def def, RunBackendStepInput input)
    {
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // the policy editor widget writes the document as a process value //
+      // (not a form field), as does an API client                       //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      if(def.action() == AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY && !"generatePolicy".equals(def.key()) && input.getValue(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT) != null)
+      {
+         request.with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, input.getValueString(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT));
+      }
       for(QFieldMetaData field : def.fields())
       {
          if(field.getName().equals("reason"))
@@ -472,6 +519,18 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Attributes are sensitive (DESIGN.md section 5.3): they are shown on the
+    ** edit forms only with authentik.audit.read; left blank, they are unchanged.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   static boolean canSeeAttributes()
+   {
+      return (QContext.getQSession() != null && QContext.getQSession().getPermissions() != null
+         && QContext.getQSession().getPermissions().contains(IdentityPermission.AUDIT_READ.getSessionPermission()));
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** The details screen is filled from the selected record (edit actions).
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -490,14 +549,28 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
          }
          QRecord record = input.getRecords().get(0);
          AuthentikAdmin admin = admin(input);
-         String pk = String.valueOf(record.getValue("pk"));
+         String pk = def.kind() == Kind.POLICIES ? record.getValueString("groupPk") : String.valueOf(record.getValue("pk"));
          switch(def.action())
          {
+            case SAVE_POLICY ->
+            {
+               JSONObject group = admin.getUtil().getApiJsonOrNull("/core/groups/" + AuthentikAdmin.safeKey(pk) + "/?include_users=true&include_parents=true&include_children=true");
+               output.addValue(PolicyEditorWidget.GROUP_PK_PARAM, pk);
+               if(group != null)
+               {
+                  output.addValue("expectedFingerprint", AuthentikSafety.groupFingerprint(group));
+               }
+            }
             case EDIT_USER ->
             {
                JSONObject user = admin.getUtil().getObject(AuthentikTables.get(AuthentikTables.USER), pk);
                if(user != null)
                {
+                  output.addValue("username", user.optString("username"));
+                  if(canSeeAttributes())
+                  {
+                     output.addValue(AuthentikAdmin.OTHER_ATTRIBUTES, AuthentikAdmin.otherAttributes(user.optJSONObject("attributes")).toString(2));
+                  }
                   output.addValue("name", user.optString("name"));
                   output.addValue("email", user.optString("email"));
                   output.addValue("path", user.optString("path"));
@@ -512,6 +585,10 @@ public final class AuthentikProcesses
                   output.addValue("expectedFingerprint", AuthentikSafety.groupFingerprint(group));
                   if(def.action() == AdminAction.EDIT_GROUP)
                   {
+                     if(canSeeAttributes())
+                     {
+                        output.addValue(AuthentikAdmin.OTHER_ATTRIBUTES, AuthentikAdmin.otherAttributes(group.optJSONObject("attributes")).toString(2));
+                     }
                      output.addValue("name", group.optString("name"));
                      JSONArray parents = group.optJSONArray("parents_obj");
                      List<String> names = new ArrayList<>();

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/security/IdentityPermission.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public enum IdentityPermission
    GROUPS_MANAGE("authentik.groups.manage"),
    MEMBERSHIPS_MANAGE("authentik.memberships.manage"),
    PERMISSIONS_MANAGE("authentik.permissions.manage"),
+   POLICIES_MANAGE("authentik.policies.manage"),
    ROLES_MANAGE("authentik.roles.manage"),
    CREDENTIALS_RESET("authentik.credentials.reset"),
    SESSIONS_REVOKE("authentik.sessions.revoke"),

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AdminTestSupport.java

@@ -28,16 +28,23 @@ import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikTestSupport;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikActionUtil;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.FixtureActionUtil;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.BackendStep;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunBackendStepInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunBackendStepOutput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QAuthenticationType;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QBackendMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.authentication.QAuthenticationMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.code.QCodeReference;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.layout.QAppMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.PermissionLevel;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.QPermissionRules;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QBackendStepMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QProcessMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.session.QSession;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.session.QUser;
@@ -125,6 +132,22 @@ public final class AdminTestSupport
             .withField(new QFieldMetaData("id", QFieldType.INTEGER))
             .withPermissionRules(new QPermissionRules().withLevel(PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION).withPermissionBaseName(table[1])));
       }
+      if(features.contains(AuthentikFeature.POLICIES))
+      {
+         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // things a policy can grant: an app with a table (insert, edit, //
+         // delete, read) and a hidden record action on it               //
+         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         QTableMetaData page = new QTableMetaData().withName("cms_page").withLabel("Pages").withBackendName(LOCAL).withPrimaryKeyField("id")
+            .withField(new QFieldMetaData("id", QFieldType.INTEGER))
+            .withPermissionRules(new QPermissionRules().withLevel(PermissionLevel.READ_INSERT_EDIT_DELETE_PERMISSIONS));
+         instance.addTable(page);
+         instance.addProcess(new QProcessMetaData().withName("publishPage").withLabel("Publish Page").withTableName("cms_page").withIsHidden(true)
+            .withStep(new QBackendStepMetaData().withName("run").withCode(new QCodeReference(NoopStep.class)))
+            .withPermissionRules(new QPermissionRules().withLevel(PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION)));
+         instance.addApp(new QAppMetaData().withName("content").withLabel("Content").withChild(page)
+            .withPermissionRules(new QPermissionRules().withLevel(PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION)));
+      }
       new AuthentikQBitProducer().withQBitConfig(support.config).produce(instance);
       AuthentikTestSupport.useActionUtil(instance, support.config, FixtureActionUtil.class);
       support.qInstance = instance;
@@ -182,4 +205,22 @@ public final class AdminTestSupport
       return (authentik.writes.stream().filter(w -> !w.contains("/events/events/")).toList());
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** A backend step that does nothing (for fixture processes).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static class NoopStep implements BackendStep
+   {
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       **
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      @Override
+      public void run(RunBackendStepInput input, RunBackendStepOutput output)
+      {
+         ///////////////////////////
+         // nothing; fixture only //
+         ///////////////////////////
+      }
+   }
 }

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/FakeAuthentik.java

@@ -297,6 +297,29 @@ public class FakeAuthentik
          user.put("last_updated", "2026-10-12T01:00:00Z");
          return (ok(200, render(user)));
       }
+      if(path.matches("/core/users/[0-9]+/") && method.equals("DELETE"))
+      {
+         int pk = Integer.parseInt(path.split("/")[3]);
+         users.remove(pk);
+         for(JSONObject group : groups.values())
+         {
+            JSONArray kept = new JSONArray();
+            for(int i = 0; i < group.getJSONArray("users").length(); i++)
+            {
+               if(group.getJSONArray("users").getInt(i) != pk)
+               {
+                  kept.put(group.getJSONArray("users").getInt(i));
+               }
+            }
+            group.put("users", kept);
+         }
+         return (ok(204, null));
+      }
+      if(path.matches("/core/groups/[^/]+/") && method.equals("DELETE"))
+      {
+         groups.remove(path.split("/")[3]);
+         return (ok(204, null));
+      }
       if(path.matches("/core/groups/[^/]+/") && method.equals("PATCH"))
       {
          JSONObject group = groups.get(path.split("/")[3]);

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/PolicyCutoverTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin;
+
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikRuntime;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikActionUtil;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AccessComparison;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AuthentikGroupPermissionMapper;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.permissions.AuthentikHostPermissionSource;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyCutoverWidgets;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyFormat;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyParser;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.dashboard.RenderWidgetAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.RunProcessAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.ProcessSummaryLine;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.widgets.RenderWidgetInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.dashboard.widgets.RawHTML;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.dashboard.widgets.TableData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.session.QSession;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.streamedwithfrontend.StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** The cut-over to policies (DESIGN.md section 12.8): enforcement status, the
+ ** compare report, the guard (and its fallback to today's access), and
+ ** Generate Policy From Current Access.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class PolicyCutoverTest
+{
+   /** Today's grant: publishers read pages and publish; analysts see analytics. */
+   static final AuthentikHostPermissionSource SOURCE = new AuthentikHostPermissionSource()
+   {
+      @Override
+      public Set<String> userPermissions(String email, Collection<String> groupNames)
+      {
+         Set<String> rs = new TreeSet<>();
+         if(groupNames.contains("kof-website-publishers") || groupNames.contains("identity-admins"))
+         {
+            rs.addAll(List.of("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit", "cms.publish.hasAccess", "nothing.here.hasAccess"));
+         }
+         if(groupNames.contains("kof-website-analysts") || groupNames.contains("identity-admins"))
+         {
+            rs.addAll(List.of("kof22.analytics.hasAccess", "nothing.here.hasAccess"));
+         }
+         return (rs);
+      }
+   };
+
+   private AdminTestSupport t;
+   private AuthentikRuntime runtime;
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @BeforeEach
+   void setUp() throws Exception
+   {
+      t = AdminTestSupport.create(EnumSet.of(AuthentikFeature.READ, AuthentikFeature.USERS, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, AuthentikFeature.MEMBERSHIP, AuthentikFeature.POLICIES));
+      t.config.withHostPermissionSource(SOURCE).withCutoverGuardGroups(List.of("kof-website-publishers"));
+      runtime = AuthentikRuntime.forBackend(t.config.getApiBackendName());
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private AccessComparison.State state() throws Exception
+   {
+      runtime.setMapperState(null);
+      return (AccessComparison.state(runtime, AuthentikActionUtil.forBackend(t.config.getApiBackendName())));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** OFF until the host turns the mapper on; then the guard decides; the
+    ** owner can override.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void statusAndGuard() throws Exception
+   {
+      assertThat(state().status()).isEqualTo(AccessComparison.Status.OFF);
+      assertThat(state().message()).isEqualTo("Policies are saved but NOT enforced at sign-in on this instance (mapper off).");
+
+      t.config.withMapperEnabled(true);
+      AccessComparison.State blocked = state();
+      assertThat(blocked.status()).isEqualTo(AccessComparison.Status.BLOCKED);
+      assertThat(blocked.message()).contains("1 member(s) of kof-website-publishers").contains("operator");
+
+      t.config.withMapperOverride(true);
+      assertThat(state().status()).isEqualTo(AccessComparison.Status.OVERRIDDEN);
+      t.config.withMapperOverride(false);
+
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // the static fallback for the guarded group covers today's grant //
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      t.config.withStaticGroupPermissions(Map.of("identity-admins", List.copyOf(SOURCE.userPermissions(null, List.of("identity-admins")))));
+      assertThat(state().status()).isEqualTo(AccessComparison.Status.ACTIVE);
+      assertThat(state().enforced()).isTrue();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Compare Access: today against the mapper, per active person.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void compareReport() throws Exception
+   {
+      List<AccessComparison.Row> rows = AccessComparison.run(t.config, AuthentikActionUtil.forBackend(t.config.getApiBackendName()), runtime.getPermissionCatalog());
+      AccessComparison.Row operator = rows.stream().filter(r -> r.username().equals("operator")).findFirst().orElseThrow();
+      assertThat(operator.guarded()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(operator.removed()).contains("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit", "kof22.analytics.hasAccess").doesNotContain("cms.publish.hasAccess");
+      assertThat(operator.added()).contains("authentik.users.read.hasAccess");
+      assertThat(rows).noneMatch(r -> r.username().equals("dormant") || r.username().equals("svc-publisher"));
+      assertThat(AccessComparison.guardFailures(rows)).extracting(AccessComparison.Row::username).containsExactly("operator");
+
+      RenderWidgetInput input = new RenderWidgetInput();
+      input.setWidgetMetaData(t.qInstance.getWidget("authentikCompareAccess"));
+      TableData table = (TableData) new RenderWidgetAction().execute(input).getWidgetData();
+      assertThat(table.getRows()).anyMatch(r -> String.valueOf(r.get("user")).equals("operator (guarded)") && String.valueOf(r.get("removed")).contains("cms_page.edit"));
+      assertThat(table.getFooterHTML()).contains("guard FAILS for 1");
+      assertThat(t.qInstance.getApp("authentikAdmin").getWidgets()).contains("authentikCompareAccess");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The banner widget, on the group and policy screens and the Edit Policy
+    ** step, and the home's health row.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void enforcementBanner() throws Exception
+   {
+      RenderWidgetInput input = new RenderWidgetInput();
+      input.setWidgetMetaData(t.qInstance.getWidget("authentikPolicyEnforcement"));
+      String html = ((RawHTML) new RenderWidgetAction().execute(input).getWidgetData()).getHtml();
+      assertThat(html).contains("Not enforced.").contains("NOT enforced at sign-in on this instance (mapper off)").contains("data-status=\"OFF\"");
+
+      assertThat(t.qInstance.getTable("authentik_group").getSections()).anyMatch(s -> "authentikPolicyEnforcement".equals(s.getWidgetName()));
+      assertThat(t.qInstance.getTable("authentik_policy").getSections().get(0).getWidgetName()).isEqualTo("authentikPolicyEnforcement");
+      assertThat(PolicyCutoverWidgets.bannerHtml(new AccessComparison.State(AccessComparison.Status.ACTIVE, "ok <b>", java.time.Instant.now()))).contains("Enforced.").contains("ok &lt;b&gt;");
+
+      String home = com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.app.AuthentikHomeView.render(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.app.AuthentikHomeData.load(t.config));
+      assertThat(home).contains("Policies at sign-in").contains("mapper off");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** While the guard blocks, a sign-in through the mapper gets today's access
+    ** (and the floor); once it passes, the policies.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void mapperFallsBackWhileBlocked() throws Exception
+   {
+      t.config.withMapperEnabled(true);
+      Map<String, Object> context = new HashMap<>();
+      context.put(AuthentikGroupPermissionMapper.CLAIMS_CONTEXT_KEY, new JSONObject().put("email", "sam@example.test").put("groups", new JSONArray().put("kof-website-publishers")));
+
+      runtime.setMapperState(null);
+      QSession blocked = new QSession();
+      new AuthentikGroupPermissionMapper().customizeSession(t.qInstance, blocked, context);
+      assertThat(blocked.getPermissions()).contains("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit", "cms.publish.hasAccess");
+
+      t.config.withStaticGroupPermissions(Map.of("kof-website-publishers", List.of("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit", "cms.publish.hasAccess")));
+      t.config.withCutoverGuardGroups(List.of());
+      t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-publishers").getJSONObject("attributes").put("qqq.io/policy",
+         "{\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"delete\"],\"Resource\":[\"cms_page\"]}]}");
+      t.config.withStaticGroupPermissions(Map.of());
+      runtime.invalidateCache();
+      runtime.setMapperState(null);
+      QSession active = new QSession();
+      new AuthentikGroupPermissionMapper().customizeSession(t.qInstance, active, context);
+      assertThat(active.getPermissions()).contains("cms_page.delete", "cms.publish.hasAccess").doesNotContain("cms_page.edit");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Generate Policy From Current Access: the expressible part becomes the
+    ** policy, named permissions go to qqq.io/permissions, unknown ones are
+    ** skipped; Review shows the document before anything is saved.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void generatePolicy() throws Exception
+   {
+      String analysts = t.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts");
+      RunProcessInput input = new RunProcessInput();
+      input.setProcessName("authentikGeneratePolicy");
+      input.addValue("recordIds", t.authentik.pk("kof-website-publishers"));
+      RunProcessOutput output = new RunProcessAction().execute(input);
+      input.setProcessUUID(output.getProcessUUID());
+      input.addValue("reason", "seed from today's access");
+      input.setStartAfterStep("details");
+      output = new RunProcessAction().execute(input);
+      assertThat(output.getException()).isEmpty();
+      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+      List<ProcessSummaryLine> review = (List<ProcessSummaryLine>) output.getValues().get(StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess.FIELD_VALIDATION_SUMMARY);
+      assertThat(review).anyMatch(l -> l.getMessage().contains("Generated from current access: {\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\""));
+      assertThat(review).anyMatch(l -> l.getMessage().contains("Skipped (this app does not define them): nothing.here.hasAccess"));
+      assertThat(t.changes()).isEmpty();
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult result = t.admin().execute(t.admin().withGeneratedPolicy(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, t.authentik.pk("kof-website-publishers"), "seed")));
+      assertThat(result.ok()).as(result.message()).isTrue();
+      JSONObject attributes = t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-publishers").getJSONObject("attributes");
+      assertThat(PolicyParser.parse(attributes.get("qqq.io/policy"), PolicyFormat.DEFAULT)).containsExactlyInAnyOrder("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit");
+      assertThat(attributes.getJSONArray("qqq.io/permissions").toList()).contains("cms.publish.hasAccess");
+
+      assertThat(t.admin().execute(t.admin().withGeneratedPolicy(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, t.authentik.pk("kof-website-publishers"), "again"))).noChange()).isTrue();
+
+      t.config.withHostPermissionSource(null);
+      assertThat(t.admin().execute(t.admin().withGeneratedPolicy(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, analysts, "x"))).message()).contains("no host permission source");
+   }
+}

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/PolicyEditorTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin;
+
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.client.AuthentikTables;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyEditorWidget;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyFormat;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyGenerator;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyParser;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.dashboard.RenderWidgetAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.RunProcessAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.QueryAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.ProcessSummaryLine;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.Status;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QueryInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.widgets.RenderWidgetInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.widgets.RenderWidgetOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QComponentType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QFrontendStepMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.streamedwithfrontend.StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** The policy editor (DESIGN.md section 12.4): saving a policy to Authentik,
+ ** the guardrails, the authentik_policy history row, the process and widget.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class PolicyEditorTest
+{
+   private static final String PAGE_READ_EDIT = "{\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"read\",\"edit\"],\"Resource\":[\"cms_page\"]}]}";
+
+   private AdminTestSupport t;
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The operator's own group carries a policy, so the subset rule lets them
+    ** grant cms_page read/edit and content access (but not delete).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @BeforeEach
+   void setUp() throws Exception
+   {
+      t = AdminTestSupport.create(EnumSet.of(AuthentikFeature.READ, AuthentikFeature.USERS, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, AuthentikFeature.MEMBERSHIP, AuthentikFeature.POLICIES));
+      t.authentik.groupByName("identity-admins").getJSONObject("attributes").put("qqq.io/policy",
+         PolicyGenerator.toCompact(PolicyGenerator.generate(List.of("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit", "content.hasAccess", "publishPage.hasAccess"), PolicyFormat.DEFAULT)));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult save(String group, String document) throws QException
+   {
+      return (t.admin().execute(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, t.authentik.pk(group), "because").with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, document)));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private List<QRecord> policyRows() throws QException
+   {
+      QueryInput input = new QueryInput();
+      input.setTableName(t.config.applyTablePrefix(AuthentikLocalTables.POLICY));
+      return (new QueryAction().execute(input).getRecords());
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Save writes the canonical compact string into the CURRENT attributes, and
+    ** an authentik_policy row with the pretty document.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void saveWritesCanonicalDocumentAndHistoryRow() throws Exception
+   {
+      t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes").put("note", "set in the Authentik UI");
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult result = save("kof-website-analysts", PAGE_READ_EDIT);
+      assertThat(result.ok()).as(result.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(result.message()).isEqualTo("Policy saved to Authentik.");
+
+      JSONObject attributes = t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes");
+      assertThat(attributes.getString("note")).isEqualTo("set in the Authentik UI");
+      assertThat(attributes.getString("qqq.io/policy")).isEqualTo(PolicyGenerator.toCompact(PolicyGenerator.canonical(PAGE_READ_EDIT, PolicyFormat.DEFAULT)));
+      assertThat(PolicyParser.parse(attributes.get("qqq.io/policy"), PolicyFormat.DEFAULT)).containsExactlyInAnyOrder("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit");
+
+      List<QRecord> rows = policyRows();
+      assertThat(rows).hasSize(1);
+      assertThat(rows.get(0).getValueString("groupName")).isEqualTo("kof-website-analysts");
+      assertThat(rows.get(0).getValueInteger("permissionCount")).isEqualTo(2);
+      assertThat(rows.get(0).getValueString("policyJson")).contains("\"Action\": [\"read\"]");
+      assertThat(rows.get(0).getValueString("savedBy")).isEqualTo(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikTestSupport.OPERATOR);
+
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // the effective permissions of the group now include them //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      t.admin().getUtil().getRuntime().invalidateCache();
+      assertThat(t.admin().getUtil().groupGraph().byName("kof-website-analysts").policyPermissions()).containsExactlyInAnyOrder("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit");
+
+      ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // saving it again is no change; removing it drops the attribute //
+      ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      assertThat(save("kof-website-analysts", PAGE_READ_EDIT).noChange()).isTrue();
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult removed = save("kof-website-analysts", "");
+      assertThat(removed.message()).contains("removed");
+      assertThat(t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes").has("qqq.io/policy")).isFalse();
+      assertThat(policyRows()).hasSize(1);
+      assertThat(policyRows().get(0).getValueInteger("permissionCount")).isEqualTo(0);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The guardrails: invalid documents, unknown resources, the subset rule,
+    ** superuser groups and a stale fingerprint are refused, and nothing is sent.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void refusals() throws Exception
+   {
+      assertThat(save("kof-website-analysts", "{\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Deny\",\"Action\":[\"read\"],\"Resource\":[\"cms_page\"]}]}").message())
+         .contains("not valid").contains("Deny");
+      assertThat(save("kof-website-analysts", "{\"PolicySpec\":\"other\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\"}").message()).contains("PolicySpec");
+      assertThat(save("kof-website-analysts", PAGE_READ_EDIT.replace("cms_page", "no_such_table")).message()).contains("not permissions of this app").contains("no_such_table.read");
+      assertThat(save("kof-website-analysts", PAGE_READ_EDIT.replace("\"edit\"", "\"delete\"")).message()).contains("do not hold yourself").contains("cms_page.delete");
+      assertThat(save("authentik Admins", PAGE_READ_EDIT).message()).contains("Superuser groups");
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult stale = t.admin().execute(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, t.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts"), "because")
+         .with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, PAGE_READ_EDIT).with("expectedFingerprint", "not-the-fingerprint"));
+      assertThat(stale.message()).contains("changed");
+
+      assertThat(t.changes()).isEmpty();
+      assertThat(policyRows()).isEmpty();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Unknown resources already in the stored policy are kept (with a note); a
+    ** stored document that is invalid is replaced.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void keptUnknownsAndInvalidStoredDocuments() throws Exception
+   {
+      String withGone = "{\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"read\"],\"Resource\":[\"gone_table\"]}]}";
+      t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes").put("qqq.io/policy", withGone);
+      AdminPlan plan = t.admin().plan(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, t.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts"), "because")
+         .with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, "{\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"read\"],\"Resource\":[\"gone_table\",\"cms_page\"]}]}"));
+      assertThat(plan.isRunnable()).as(plan.getMessage()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(plan.getNotes()).anyMatch(n -> n.startsWith("Adds: cms_page.read")).anyMatch(n -> n.contains("Kept although") && n.contains("gone_table.read"));
+
+      t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes").put("qqq.io/policy", "garbage");
+      AdminPlan replace = t.admin().plan(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, t.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts"), "because").with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, ""));
+      assertThat(replace.isRunnable()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(replace.getNotes()).anyMatch(n -> n.contains("was not valid"));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Permission gating: without authentik.policies.manage, or without the
+    ** POLICIES feature, there is no save (and no metadata).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void gating() throws Exception
+   {
+      t.loginAs(com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikTestSupport.OPERATOR, IdentityPermission.USERS_READ, IdentityPermission.GROUPS_MANAGE, IdentityPermission.PERMISSIONS_MANAGE);
+      assertThat(save("kof-website-analysts", PAGE_READ_EDIT).ok()).isFalse();
+      assertThat(t.changes()).isEmpty();
+
+      AdminTestSupport off = AdminTestSupport.create();
+      assertThat(off.qInstance.getProcess("authentikEditPolicy")).isNull();
+      assertThat(off.qInstance.getWidget("authentikPolicyEditor")).isNull();
+      assertThat(off.qInstance.getTable("authentik_policy")).isNull();
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult refused = off.admin().execute(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, off.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts"), "because").with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, PAGE_READ_EDIT));
+      assertThat(refused.ok()).isFalse();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** A second person approves policy saves when policyTwoPersonApproval is on.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void twoPersonApproval() throws Exception
+   {
+      t.config.withPolicyTwoPersonApproval(true);
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult result = save("kof-website-analysts", PAGE_READ_EDIT);
+      assertThat(result.pending()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(t.changes()).isEmpty();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The record action: prepare fills the group and fingerprint, the step shows
+    ** the editor widget, Review is a dry run, Result saves.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void editPolicyProcess() throws Exception
+   {
+      String groupPk = t.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts");
+      QFrontendStepMetaData details = (QFrontendStepMetaData) t.qInstance.getProcess("authentikEditPolicy").getStep("details");
+      assertThat(details.getComponents()).anyMatch(c -> c.getType() == QComponentType.WIDGET && "authentikPolicyEditor".equals(c.getValues().get("widgetName")));
+      assertThat(t.qInstance.getProcess("authentikEditPolicy").getTableName()).isEqualTo(t.config.applyTablePrefix(AuthentikTables.GROUP));
+      assertThat(t.qInstance.getProcess("authentikEditPolicyRecord").getTableName()).isEqualTo("authentik_policy");
+
+      RunProcessInput input = new RunProcessInput();
+      input.setProcessName("authentikEditPolicy");
+      input.addValue("recordIds", groupPk);
+      RunProcessOutput output = new RunProcessAction().execute(input);
+      assertThat(output.getValues().get("groupPk")).isEqualTo(groupPk);
+      assertThat(output.getValues().get("expectedFingerprint")).isNotNull();
+
+      input.setProcessUUID(output.getProcessUUID());
+      Map<String, Serializable> form = Map.of("reason", "editors read pages", AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, PAGE_READ_EDIT);
+      form.forEach(input::addValue);
+      input.setStartAfterStep("details");
+      output = new RunProcessAction().execute(input);
+      assertThat(output.getException()).isEmpty();
+      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+      List<ProcessSummaryLine> review = (List<ProcessSummaryLine>) output.getValues().get(StreamedETLWithFrontendProcess.FIELD_VALIDATION_SUMMARY);
+      assertThat(review).anyMatch(l -> l.getStatus() == Status.OK && l.getMessage().contains("policy will be saved"));
+      assertThat(review).anyMatch(l -> l.getMessage().contains("Adds: cms_page.edit, cms_page.read"));
+      assertThat(t.changes()).as("review is a dry run").isEmpty();
+
+      input.setStartAfterStep("review");
+      output = new RunProcessAction().execute(input);
+      assertThat(output.getException()).isEmpty();
+      assertThat(PolicyParser.parse(t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes").get("qqq.io/policy"), PolicyFormat.DEFAULT))
+         .containsExactlyInAnyOrder("cms_page.read", "cms_page.edit");
+
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // the same action from the policy record (its group) //
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      RunProcessInput again = new RunProcessInput();
+      again.setProcessName("authentikEditPolicyRecord");
+      again.addValue("recordIds", String.valueOf(policyRows().get(0).getValue("id")));
+      RunProcessOutput prepared = new RunProcessAction().execute(again);
+      assertThat(prepared.getValues().get("groupPk")).isEqualTo(groupPk);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The widget: catalog plus the group's live document; a change made in
+    ** Authentik after the last QQQ save is flagged; invalid stored documents are
+    ** reported.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void widgetData() throws Exception
+   {
+      String groupPk = t.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts");
+      PolicyEditorWidget.Data empty = PolicyEditorWidget.load(t.config, groupPk);
+      assertThat(empty.getType()).isEqualTo("AUTHENTIK_POLICY_EDITOR");
+      assertThat(empty.getSpec()).isEqualTo("qqq-iam");
+      assertThat(empty.getDocument()).isNull();
+      assertThat(empty.getGroupLabel()).isEqualTo("kof-website-analysts");
+      assertThat(empty.getOutputFieldName()).isEqualTo("policyDocument");
+      assertThat(new JSONObject(Map.of("c", empty.getCatalog())).toString()).contains("\"cms_page\"").contains("\"publishPage\"");
+
+      save("kof-website-analysts", PAGE_READ_EDIT);
+      PolicyEditorWidget.Data saved = PolicyEditorWidget.load(t.config, groupPk);
+      assertThat(saved.getDocument()).contains("\"cms_page\"");
+      assertThat(saved.getChangedInAuthentik()).isFalse();
+
+      t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes").put("qqq.io/policy", PAGE_READ_EDIT.replace("\"edit\"", "\"insert\""));
+      t.admin().getUtil().getRuntime().invalidateCache();
+      assertThat(PolicyEditorWidget.load(t.config, groupPk).getChangedInAuthentik()).isTrue();
+
+      t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes").put("qqq.io/policy", "garbage");
+      t.admin().getUtil().getRuntime().invalidateCache();
+      PolicyEditorWidget.Data broken = PolicyEditorWidget.load(t.config, groupPk);
+      assertThat(broken.getDocumentProblem()).contains("not a JSON object");
+      assertThat(broken.getDocument()).isNull();
+
+      assertThat(PolicyEditorWidget.load(t.config, null).getGroupLabel()).isNull();
+      assertThatThrownBy(() -> PolicyEditorWidget.load(t.config, "../x")).hasMessageContaining("Not a group id");
+
+      RenderWidgetInput input = new RenderWidgetInput();
+      input.setWidgetMetaData(t.qInstance.getWidget("authentikPolicyEditor"));
+      input.setQueryParams(new java.util.HashMap<>(Map.of("groupPk", groupPk)));
+      RenderWidgetOutput output = new RenderWidgetAction().execute(input);
+      assertThat(output.getWidgetData().getType()).isEqualTo("AUTHENTIK_POLICY_EDITOR");
+   }
+}

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/UserGroupCrudTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.admin;
+
+
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikFeature;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.AuthentikTestSupport;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy.PolicyStore;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.security.IdentityPermission;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.RunProcessAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessInput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessOutput;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Full user and group CRUD (DESIGN.md section 12.5): username and attribute
+ ** edits, delete user and delete group, and their gating.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class UserGroupCrudTest
+{
+   private AdminTestSupport t;
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @BeforeEach
+   void setUp() throws QException
+   {
+      t = AdminTestSupport.create(EnumSet.of(AuthentikFeature.READ, AuthentikFeature.USERS, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, AuthentikFeature.MEMBERSHIP,
+         AuthentikFeature.POLICIES, AuthentikFeature.DELETE));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult run(AdminRequest request) throws QException
+   {
+      return (t.admin().execute(request));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Username changes are validated and unique.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void editUsername() throws QException
+   {
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_USER, "3", "rename").with("username", "second")).message()).contains("already has the username");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_USER, "3", "rename").with("username", "has space")).message()).contains("A username is");
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult renamed = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_USER, "3", "rename").with("username", "samuel"));
+      assertThat(renamed.ok()).as(renamed.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(t.authentik.users.get(3).getString("username")).isEqualTo("samuel");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Other attributes replace the non-reserved part; reserved keys survive and
+    ** cannot be set; blank leaves them as they are; editing needs audit.read.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void editUserAttributes() throws QException
+   {
+      t.authentik.users.get(3).put("attributes", new JSONObject().put("qqq.io/protected", false).put("goauthentik.io/user/token-expires", true).put("team", "web").put("old", 1));
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult result = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_USER, "3", "update").with("otherAttributes", "{\"team\": \"ops\", \"desk\": 4}"));
+      assertThat(result.ok()).as(result.message()).isTrue();
+      JSONObject attributes = t.authentik.users.get(3).getJSONObject("attributes");
+      assertThat(attributes.getString("team")).isEqualTo("ops");
+      assertThat(attributes.getInt("desk")).isEqualTo(4);
+      assertThat(attributes.has("old")).isFalse();
+      assertThat(attributes.getBoolean("qqq.io/protected")).isFalse();
+      assertThat(attributes.getBoolean("goauthentik.io/user/token-expires")).isTrue();
+
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_USER, "3", "update").with("otherAttributes", "{\"qqq.io/protected\": true}")).message()).contains("reserved");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_USER, "3", "update").with("otherAttributes", "[1]")).message()).contains("JSON object");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_USER, "3", "update").with("otherAttributes", "").with("name", "Sam B")).ok()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(t.authentik.users.get(3).getJSONObject("attributes").getString("team")).as("blank keeps them").isEqualTo("ops");
+
+      ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // an operator without authentik.audit.read: refused //
+      ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      t.authentik.groupByName("identity-admins").getJSONObject("attributes").put("qqq.io/permissions", new JSONArray(List.of(
+         "authentik.users.read", "authentik.users.manage", "authentik.memberships.manage", "authentik.permissions.manage", "authentik.groups.manage")));
+      t.admin().getUtil().getRuntime().invalidateCache();
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_USER, "3", "update").with("otherAttributes", "{\"team\": \"x\"}")).message()).contains("authentik.audit.read");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Group attributes the same way.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void editGroupAttributes() throws QException
+   {
+      String pk = t.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts");
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult result = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_GROUP, pk, "update").with("otherAttributes", "{\"owner\": \"data team\"}"));
+      assertThat(result.ok()).as(result.message()).isTrue();
+      JSONObject attributes = t.authentik.groupByName("kof-website-analysts").getJSONObject("attributes");
+      assertThat(attributes.getString("owner")).isEqualTo("data team");
+      assertThat(attributes.getJSONArray("qqq.io/permissions").toList()).containsExactly("kof22.analytics.hasAccess");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.EDIT_GROUP, pk, "update").with("otherAttributes", "{\"owner\": \"data team\"}")).noChange()).isTrue();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Delete user: typed confirmation, never protected accounts or yourself.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void deleteUser() throws QException
+   {
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_USER, "3", "left")).message()).contains("Type the username (sam)");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_USER, "4", "left").with("confirmText", "breakglass")).message()).contains("Protected");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_USER, "1", "left").with("confirmText", "operator")).message()).contains("your own account");
+      assertThat(t.changes()).isEmpty();
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult deleted = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_USER, "3", "left the company").with("confirmText", "sam"));
+      assertThat(deleted.ok()).as(deleted.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(t.authentik.users).doesNotContainKey(3);
+      assertThat(t.changes()).containsExactly("DELETE /core/users/3/");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Delete group: typed, and only empty groups without children; the policy
+    ** record goes with it.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void deleteGroup() throws Exception
+   {
+      String publishers = t.authentik.pk("kof-website-publishers");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP, publishers, "cleanup").with("confirmText", "kof-website-publishers")).message()).contains("member(s)");
+
+      t.authentik.group("child-of-analysts", false, List.of(), List.of(), "kof-website-analysts");
+      t.admin().getUtil().getRuntime().invalidateCache();
+      String analysts = t.authentik.pk("kof-website-analysts");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP, analysts, "cleanup")).message()).contains("Type the group name");
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP, analysts, "cleanup").with("confirmText", "kof-website-analysts")).message()).contains("child groups (child-of-analysts)");
+
+      String child = t.authentik.pk("child-of-analysts");
+      PolicyStore.save(t.config, child, "child-of-analysts", new JSONObject().put("PolicySpec", "qqq-iam").put("PolicyVersion", "1.0.0").put("Statement", new JSONArray()), 0, "x", null);
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult deleted = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP, child, "cleanup").with("confirmText", "child-of-analysts"));
+      assertThat(deleted.ok()).as(deleted.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(t.authentik.groups).doesNotContainKey(child);
+      assertThat(PolicyStore.find(t.config, child)).isNull();
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP, t.authentik.pk("authentik Admins"), "x").with("confirmText", "authentik Admins")).message()).contains("Superuser groups");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** DELETE is off by default: no processes, and the action is refused; the
+    ** permission is still required with it on.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void gating() throws QException
+   {
+      assertThat(t.qInstance.getProcess("authentikDeleteUser")).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(t.qInstance.getProcess("authentikDeleteGroup").getMaxInputRecords()).isEqualTo(1);
+
+      AdminTestSupport off = AdminTestSupport.create();
+      assertThat(off.qInstance.getProcess("authentikDeleteUser")).isNull();
+      assertThat(off.qInstance.getProcess("authentikDeleteGroup")).isNull();
+      assertThat(off.admin().execute(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_USER, "3", "x").with("confirmText", "sam")).ok()).isFalse();
+
+      t.loginAs(AuthentikTestSupport.OPERATOR, IdentityPermission.USERS_READ, IdentityPermission.GROUPS_MANAGE);
+      assertThat(run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_USER, "3", "x").with("confirmText", "sam")).ok()).isFalse();
+      assertThat(t.authentik.users).containsKey(3);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Edit User prefills username and (with audit.read) other attributes.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void editUserPrefill() throws QException
+   {
+      t.authentik.users.get(3).put("attributes", new JSONObject().put("team", "web").put("qqq.io/x", 1));
+      RunProcessInput input = new RunProcessInput();
+      input.setProcessName("authentikEditUser");
+      input.addValue("recordIds", "3");
+      RunProcessOutput output = new RunProcessAction().execute(input);
+      assertThat(output.getValues().get("username")).isEqualTo("sam");
+      assertThat(new JSONObject(String.valueOf(output.getValues().get("otherAttributes"))).toMap()).containsOnlyKeys("team");
+
+      t.loginAs(AuthentikTestSupport.OPERATOR, IdentityPermission.USERS_READ, IdentityPermission.USERS_MANAGE);
+      RunProcessInput limited = new RunProcessInput();
+      limited.setProcessName("authentikEditUser");
+      limited.addValue("recordIds", "3");
+      assertThat(new RunProcessAction().execute(limited).getValues().get("otherAttributes")).isNull();
+   }
+}

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/contract/QbitWriteContractIT.java

@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ class QbitWriteContractIT
 {
    private static final String OPERATOR_EMAIL = "wr.operator@example.test";
 
+   /** The operator's own policy: they may grant read and edit on wr_page. */
+   private static final String WR_POLICY = "{\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"read\",\"edit\"],\"Resource\":[\"wr_page\"]}]}";
+
    /** The phase 2/3 permissions of DESIGN.md section 5.1 (plus view_flow to resolve the invitation flow by slug). */
    private static final List<String> ROLE_PERMISSIONS = List.of(
-      "authentik_core.add_user", "authentik_core.change_user", "authentik_core.reset_user_password",
+      "authentik_core.add_user", "authentik_core.change_user", "authentik_core.reset_user_password", "authentik_core.delete_user", "authentik_core.delete_group",
       "authentik_core.add_group", "authentik_core.change_group", "authentik_core.add_user_to_group", "authentik_core.remove_user_from_group",
       "authentik_core.view_token", "authentik_core.delete_token", "authentik_core.delete_authenticatedsession",
       "authentik_stages_invitation.view_invitation", "authentik_stages_invitation.add_invitation", "authentik_stages_invitation.delete_invitation",
@@ -110,7 +113,8 @@ class QbitWriteContractIT
       admin.post("/rbac/permissions/assigned_by_roles/" + roleUuid + "/assign/", new JSONObject().put("permissions", new JSONArray(ROLE_PERMISSIONS)));
 
       admin.post("/core/groups/", new JSONObject().put("name", "wr-admins").put("attributes",
-         new JSONObject().put("qqq.io/permissions", new JSONArray(List.of("authentik.*"))).put("qqq.io/app-access", new JSONArray(List.of(AuthentikTestStack.APP_SLUG)))));
+         new JSONObject().put("qqq.io/permissions", new JSONArray(List.of("authentik.*"))).put("qqq.io/app-access", new JSONArray(List.of(AuthentikTestStack.APP_SLUG)))
+            .put("qqq.io/policy", WR_POLICY)));
       admin.post("/core/groups/", new JSONObject().put("name", "wr-readers").put("attributes",
          new JSONObject().put("qqq.io/permissions", new JSONArray(List.of("authentik.users.read")))));
       admin.post("/core/users/", new JSONObject().put("username", "wr.operator").put("name", "WR Operator").put("email", OPERATOR_EMAIL).put("type", "internal").put("path", "users"));
@@ -162,11 +166,15 @@ class QbitWriteContractIT
          .withRecoveryEmailStage("kof22-recovery-email")
          .withInvitationFlow("wr-enrollment")
          .withFeatures(EnumSet.of(AuthentikFeature.READ, AuthentikFeature.USERS, AuthentikFeature.GROUPS, AuthentikFeature.MEMBERSHIP,
-            AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, AuthentikFeature.SESSIONS));
+            AuthentikFeature.CREDENTIALS, AuthentikFeature.SESSIONS, AuthentikFeature.POLICIES, AuthentikFeature.DELETE));
 
       qInstance = new QInstance();
       qInstance.withInstanceDefaultAuthentication(new QAuthenticationMetaData().withName("mock").withType(QAuthenticationType.MOCK));
       qInstance.addBackend(new QBackendMetaData().withName("memory").withBackendType(MemoryBackendModule.class));
+      qInstance.addTable(new com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData().withName("wr_page").withBackendName("memory").withPrimaryKeyField("id")
+         .withField(new com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldMetaData("id", com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldType.INTEGER))
+         .withPermissionRules(new com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.QPermissionRules()
+            .withLevel(com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.PermissionLevel.READ_INSERT_EDIT_DELETE_PERMISSIONS)));
       new AuthentikQBitProducer().withQBitConfig(config).produce(qInstance);
 
       Set<String> permissions = new HashSet<>();
@@ -305,6 +313,67 @@ class QbitWriteContractIT
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Save a policy on a real Authentik: the canonical compact string lands in
+    ** the group's attributes next to the others, the qbit reads it back, and a
+    ** grant the operator does not hold is refused.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void savePolicy() throws Exception
+   {
+      admin.post("/core/groups/", new JSONObject().put("name", "wr-policy").put("attributes", new JSONObject().put("owner-note", "set in the Authentik UI")));
+      String pk = admin.groupPk("wr-policy");
+      String document = "{\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"read\",\"delete\"],\"Resource\":[\"wr_page\"]}]}";
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult escalation = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, pk, "contract test").with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, document));
+      assertThat(escalation.ok()).isFalse();
+      assertThat(escalation.message()).contains("wr_page.delete");
+
+      String allowed = document.replace(",\"delete\"", "");
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult saved = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, pk, "contract test").with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, allowed));
+      assertThat(saved.ok()).as(saved.message()).isTrue();
+
+      JSONObject attributes = admin.get("/core/groups/" + pk + "/").json().getJSONObject("attributes");
+      assertThat(attributes.getString("owner-note")).isEqualTo("set in the Authentik UI");
+      assertThat(attributes.getString("qqq.io/policy")).isEqualTo("{\"PolicySpec\":\"qqq-iam\",\"PolicyVersion\":\"1.0.0\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"read\"],\"Resource\":[\"wr_page\"]}]}");
+      assertThat(AuthentikActionUtil.forBackend(config.getApiBackendName()).groupGraph().byPk(pk).policyPermissions()).containsExactly("wr_page.read");
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult cleared = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.SAVE_POLICY, pk, "contract test").with(AuthentikAdmin.POLICY_DOCUMENT, ""));
+      assertThat(cleared.ok()).as(cleared.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(admin.get("/core/groups/" + pk + "/").json().getJSONObject("attributes").has("qqq.io/policy")).isFalse();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Delete user and delete group on a real Authentik (delete_user and
+    ** delete_group granted only for the DELETE feature); a group with members is
+    ** refused by the qbit before any call.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void deleteUserAndGroup() throws Exception
+   {
+      admin.post("/core/users/", new JSONObject().put("username", "wr.leaver").put("name", "WR Leaver").put("email", "wr.leaver@example.test").put("type", "internal").put("path", "users"));
+      int leaver = admin.userPk("wr.leaver");
+      admin.post("/core/groups/", new JSONObject().put("name", "wr-doomed"));
+      String doomed = admin.groupPk("wr-doomed");
+      admin.post("/core/groups/" + doomed + "/add_user/", new JSONObject().put("pk", leaver));
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult notEmpty = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP, doomed, "contract test").with("confirmText", "wr-doomed"));
+      assertThat(notEmpty.ok()).isFalse();
+      assertThat(notEmpty.message()).contains("member(s)");
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult user = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_USER, String.valueOf(leaver), "contract test").with("confirmText", "wr.leaver"));
+      assertThat(user.ok()).as(user.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(admin.get("/core/users/" + leaver + "/").status()).isEqualTo(404);
+
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult group = run(AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.DELETE_GROUP, doomed, "contract test").with("confirmText", "wr-doomed"));
+      assertThat(group.ok()).as(group.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(admin.get("/core/groups/" + doomed + "/").status()).isEqualTo(404);
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Group create and edit (parents), and the superuser parent refused by the
     ** guard.

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/policy/PolicyCatalogTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Kingsrook, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qbits.authentik.policy;
+
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QBackendMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.dashboard.QWidgetMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.layout.QAppMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.PermissionLevel;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.permissions.QPermissionRules;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QProcessMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.reporting.QReportMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.Capability;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.modules.backend.implementations.memory.MemoryBackendModule;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Unit tests for PolicyCatalog: the editor's enumeration of what a policy can
+ ** grant in a QInstance, grouped by app.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class PolicyCatalogTest
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static QPermissionRules rules(PermissionLevel level)
+   {
+      return (new QPermissionRules().withLevel(level));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static QTableMetaData table(String name, String label, PermissionLevel level)
+   {
+      return (new QTableMetaData().withName(name).withLabel(label).withBackendName("memory").withPrimaryKeyField("id")
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("id", QFieldType.INTEGER)).withPermissionRules(rules(level)));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** An instance with every kind of object and permission shape.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   static QInstance instance()
+   {
+      QInstance instance = new QInstance();
+      instance.addBackend(new QBackendMetaData().withName("memory").withBackendType(MemoryBackendModule.class));
+
+      QTableMetaData page    = table("cms_page", "Pages", PermissionLevel.READ_INSERT_EDIT_DELETE_PERMISSIONS);
+      QTableMetaData audit   = table("cms_audit", "Audit", PermissionLevel.READ_INSERT_EDIT_DELETE_PERMISSIONS).withoutCapabilities(Capability.TABLE_INSERT, Capability.TABLE_UPDATE, Capability.TABLE_DELETE);
+      QTableMetaData legacy  = table("legacy", "Legacy", PermissionLevel.READ_WRITE_PERMISSIONS);
+      QTableMetaData gate    = table("gate", "Gate", PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION);
+      QTableMetaData shared1 = table("shared_one", "Shared One", PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION);
+      shared1.getPermissionRules().setPermissionBaseName("shared_base");
+      QTableMetaData shared2 = table("shared_two", "Shared Two", PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION);
+      shared2.getPermissionRules().setPermissionBaseName("shared_base");
+      QTableMetaData open    = table("open_table", "Open", PermissionLevel.NOT_PROTECTED);
+      QTableMetaData dotted  = table("dotted", "Dotted", PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION);
+      dotted.getPermissionRules().setPermissionBaseName("cms.publish");
+      QTableMetaData orphan  = table("orphan", "Orphan", PermissionLevel.READ_INSERT_EDIT_DELETE_PERMISSIONS);
+      for(QTableMetaData t : List.of(page, audit, legacy, gate, shared1, shared2, open, dotted, orphan))
+      {
+         instance.addTable(t);
+      }
+
+      instance.addProcess(new QProcessMetaData().withName("publishPage").withLabel("Publish").withTableName("cms_page").withIsHidden(true)
+         .withPermissionRules(rules(PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION)));
+      instance.addProcess(new QProcessMetaData().withName("loose").withLabel("Loose").withPermissionRules(rules(PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION)));
+      instance.addReport(new QReportMetaData().withName("pageReport").withLabel("Page Report").withPermissionRules(rules(PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION)));
+      instance.addWidget(new QWidgetMetaData().withName("pageStats").withLabel("Page Stats").withPermissionRules(rules(PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION)));
+      instance.addWidget(new QWidgetMetaData().withName("openWidget").withLabel("Open Widget").withPermissionRules(rules(PermissionLevel.NOT_PROTECTED)));
+
+      instance.addApp(new QAppMetaData().withName("content").withLabel("Content").withSortOrder(1)
+         .withChild(page).withChild(audit).withChild(legacy).withChild(gate).withChild(shared1).withChild(shared2).withChild(open).withChild(dotted)
+         .withChild(instance.getReport("pageReport")).withWidgets(List.of("pageStats"))
+         .withPermissionRules(rules(PermissionLevel.HAS_ACCESS_PERMISSION)));
+      instance.addApp(new QAppMetaData().withName("emptyApp").withLabel("Empty").withSortOrder(2).withPermissionRules(rules(PermissionLevel.NOT_PROTECTED)));
+      return (instance);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void groupsByAppWithTheActionsQqqChecks()
+   {
+      PolicyCatalog catalog = PolicyCatalog.of(instance());
+
+      assertThat(catalog.getGroups()).extracting(PolicyCatalog.Group::label).containsExactly("Content", "Other");
+      PolicyCatalog.Group content = catalog.getGroups().get(0);
+      assertThat(content.resources()).extracting(PolicyCatalog.Resource::name)
+         .containsExactly("content", "cms_audit", "gate", "legacy", "cms_page", "shared_base", "publishPage", "pageReport", "pageStats");
+
+      assertThat(catalog.get("content").actions()).containsExactly(PolicyAction.HAS_ACCESS);
+      assertThat(catalog.get("cms_page").actions()).containsExactly(PolicyAction.READ, PolicyAction.INSERT, PolicyAction.EDIT, PolicyAction.DELETE);
+      assertThat(catalog.get("cms_audit").actions()).as("capabilities limit the actions").containsExactly(PolicyAction.READ);
+      assertThat(catalog.get("legacy").actions()).containsExactly(PolicyAction.READ);
+      assertThat(catalog.get("legacy").note()).contains("write permission");
+      assertThat(catalog.get("gate").actions()).containsExactly(PolicyAction.HAS_ACCESS);
+      assertThat(catalog.get("publishPage").kind()).isEqualTo(PolicyCatalog.Kind.PROCESS);
+      assertThat(catalog.get("publishPage").label()).as("a hidden record action, with its table").isEqualTo("Publish (Pages action)");
+      assertThat(catalog.get("shared_base").label()).as("one entry per base name").isEqualTo("Shared One / Shared Two");
+
+      assertThat(catalog.getGroups().get(1).resources()).extracting(PolicyCatalog.Resource::name).containsExactly("orphan", "loose");
+      assertThat(catalog.get("open_table")).as("not protected: nothing to grant").isNull();
+      assertThat(catalog.get("openWidget")).isNull();
+      assertThat(catalog.get("emptyApp")).isNull();
+      assertThat(catalog.get("cms.publish")).as("a dotted base name cannot be a resource").isNull();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void permissionNamesAndUnknowns()
+   {
+      PolicyCatalog catalog = PolicyCatalog.of(instance());
+      assertThat(catalog.permissionNames()).contains("cms_page.read", "cms_page.delete", "content.hasAccess", "publishPage.hasAccess", "pageReport.hasAccess")
+         .doesNotContain("cms_page.hasAccess", "cms_audit.edit", "open_table.read");
+      assertThat(catalog.unknownPermissions(Set.of("cms_page.read", "cms_page.hasAccess", "gone.read"))).containsExactly("cms_page.hasAccess", "gone.read");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void json()
+   {
+      JSONArray json = PolicyCatalog.of(instance()).toJson();
+      JSONObject content = json.getJSONObject(0);
+      assertThat(content.getString("app")).isEqualTo("content");
+      assertThat(content.getString("label")).isEqualTo("Content");
+      JSONObject legacy = content.getJSONArray("resources").getJSONObject(3);
+      assertThat(legacy.getString("name")).isEqualTo("legacy");
+      assertThat(legacy.getString("kind")).isEqualTo("TABLE");
+      assertThat(legacy.getJSONArray("actions").toList()).containsExactly("read");
+      assertThat(legacy.has("note")).isTrue();
+      assertThat(json.getJSONObject(1).isNull("app")).isTrue();
+      assertThat(PolicyCatalog.of(new QInstance()).getGroups()).isEmpty();
+   }
+}