Gate a route or nav node on a session, not only a permission

src/ui/chrome.ts

@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ export function buildPluginChrome(opts: ChromeOptions): PageChrome {
     if (p.nav?.length) fragments.push(translateNav(p.nav, opts.translatorFor?.(p.id) ?? t));
   }
 
-  const permissions = opts.user?.permissions ?? [];
-  const nav = composeNav(fragments, opts.menu.override, permissions, t);
+  const nav = composeNav(fragments, opts.menu.override, opts.user ?? null, t);
   if (opts.currentPath) {
     // Mark by the *best* (longest) href that is the path or a parent of it, so a sub-path like
     // /admin/users/new marks the Users base leaf (/admin/users) and the dashboard marks Dashboard.

src/ui/nav.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { test } from "node:test";
+import type { User } from "../http/context.ts";
 import { composeNav, type NavNode } from "./nav.ts";
 
+function viewer(...permissions: string[]): User {
+  return { email: "viewer@example.test", id: "01a06091-ba9f-765f-abf4-b5144c314bc7", permissions };
+}
+
 // Two plugin fragments; ids let the override target nodes, `permission` gates per permission.
 const fragments: NavNode[][] = [
   [{
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@ const fragments: NavNode[][] = [
 ];
 
 test("composeNav merges fragments, filters by permission, and emits clean render nodes", () => {
-  const tree = composeNav(fragments, {}, ["scheduling:read"]);
+  const tree = composeNav(fragments, {}, viewer("scheduling:read"));
 
   // Reports gone (no reports:read), Manage gone (no scheduling:admin), header kept with Shifts.
   // Output carries no `id`/`permission` and omits absent fields — ready for nav-tree.ejs.
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@ test("composeNav drops gated subtrees, empty headers, and (with no permissions)
     { id: "admin", label: "Admin", permission: "users:read", children: [{ href: "/u", id: "u", label: "Users" }] },
     { id: "free", label: "Free", children: [{ href: "/d", id: "d", label: "Docs" }] },
   ]];
-  assert.deepEqual(composeNav(gatedHeader, {}, []), [
+  assert.deepEqual(composeNav(gatedHeader, {}, viewer()), [
     { label: "Free", children: [{ href: "/d", label: "Docs" }] },
   ]);
 
@@ -39,26 +44,31 @@ test("composeNav drops gated subtrees, empty headers, and (with no permissions)
     { id: "sec", label: "Section", children: [{ href: "/x", id: "x", label: "X", permission: "x:read" }] },
     { href: "/hub", id: "hub", label: "Hub", children: [{ href: "/y", id: "y", label: "Y", permission: "y:read" }] },
   ]];
-  assert.deepEqual(composeNav(emptyHeader, {}, []), [{ href: "/hub", label: "Hub" }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(composeNav(emptyHeader, {}, viewer()), [{ href: "/hub", label: "Hub" }]);
 
   // No fragments / no permissions → empty tree, never throws.
   assert.deepEqual(composeNav(), []);
 });
 
-test("composeNav keeps a node marked public for everyone — the blessed public alias", () => {
-  // A header with one public child + one gated child: with no permissions, the public child keeps the
-  // header alive (the gated child is filtered out) — so a plugin can show a public menu option to all.
+test("composeNav shows a public node to everyone and a session node to any signed-in user", () => {
+  // A header with a public child, a session child and a gated child: the public child keeps the
+  // header alive for an anonymous visitor — so a plugin can show a menu option to all.
   const frag: NavNode[][] = [[{
     icon: "i-cal", id: "sched", label: "Scheduling",
     children: [
       { href: "/scheduling", id: "overview", label: "Overview", public: true },
+      { href: "/scheduling/mine", id: "mine", label: "Mine", session: true },
       { href: "/scheduling/shifts", id: "shifts", label: "Shifts", permission: "scheduling:read" },
     ],
   }]];
-  // `public` is filter-only (like id/permission) — never rendered into the output node.
-  assert.deepEqual(composeNav(frag, {}, []), [
+  // `public`/`session` are filter-only (like id/permission) — never rendered into the output node.
+  assert.deepEqual(composeNav(frag, {}, null), [
     { icon: "i-cal", label: "Scheduling", children: [{ href: "/scheduling", label: "Overview" }] },
   ]);
+  // Signed in with no permission at all: the session node appears, the permission-gated one does not.
+  assert.deepEqual(composeNav(frag, {}, viewer()), [
+    { icon: "i-cal", label: "Scheduling", children: [{ href: "/scheduling", label: "Overview" }, { href: "/scheduling/mine", label: "Mine" }] },
+  ]);
 });
 
 test("composeNav applies the override: rename, group, order, hide (then filters)", () => {
@@ -74,7 +84,7 @@ test("composeNav applies the override: rename, group, order, hide (then filters)
     groups: [{ icon: "i-box", id: "grp", label: "Group", open: true, children: ["b", "c"] }], // wrap b+c
     order: ["grp", "a"],                                     // grp before the lone a
     hide: ["c"],                                             // remove c from inside the group
-  }, ["secrets:read"]);
+  }, viewer("secrets:read"));
 
   // grp emitted (b only, c hidden), reordered before a; Secret kept now that permission "secrets:read" is present.
   assert.deepEqual(tree, [

src/ui/nav.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // composeNav: merge each plugin's nav fragment into one tree, apply the central override, then
-// permission-filter per user. Pure and I/O-free — menu gating reads the JWT `permissions` claim,
-// never Keto. A node is visible iff it is `public`, declares no `permission`, or the user holds that
-// name; a gated header hides its whole subtree, and a pure header left with no children is dropped.
+// filter per user. Pure and I/O-free — menu gating reads the JWT `permissions` claim, never Keto.
+// A node is visible iff `allows` passes its gate; a gated header hides its whole subtree, and a pure
+// header left with no children is dropped.
 
+import { allows } from "../auth/gate.ts";
+import type { User } from "../http/context.ts";
 import { ENGLISH } from "../i18n/english.ts";
 import type { Translate } from "../i18n/translate.ts";
 
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ export interface NavNode {
   open?: boolean;
   permission?: string; // required permission token; consumed by the filter, never rendered
   public?: boolean; // show to everyone, signed in or not — the blessed alias for "no permission", stated outright; consumed by the filter, never rendered. Mutually exclusive with permission (discovery refuses both).
+  session?: boolean; // show to any signed-in user, no grant to hold; consumed by the filter, never rendered. Mutually exclusive with the other two (discovery refuses both).
 }
 
 // Central override (config/menu.ts). Targets nodes by `id`; applied rename → group →
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ export interface NavGroupSpec {
 export function composeNav(
   fragments: NavNode[][] = [],
   override: NavOverride = {},
-  permissions: string[] = [],
+  user: User | null = null,
   t: Translate = ENGLISH,
 ): NavNode[] {
   let nodes: NavNode[] = fragments.flat();
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ export function composeNav(
   if (override.groups?.length) nodes = applyGroups(nodes, override.groups);
   if (override.order?.length) nodes = applyOrder(nodes, override.order);
   if (override.hide?.length) nodes = hideTree(nodes, new Set(override.hide));
-  return filterByRoles(nodes, new Set(permissions)).map((node) => toRenderNode(node, t));
+  return filterByGate(nodes, user).map((node) => toRenderNode(node, t));
 }
 
 function renameTree(nodes: NavNode[], rename: Record<string, string>): NavNode[] {
@@ -104,12 +107,12 @@ function hideTree(nodes: NavNode[], hide: Set<string>): NavNode[] {
   return out;
 }
 
-function filterByRoles(nodes: NavNode[], permissions: Set<string>): NavNode[] {
+function filterByGate(nodes: NavNode[], user: User | null): NavNode[] {
   const out: NavNode[] = [];
   for (const n of nodes) {
-    if (n.public !== true && n.permission != null && !permissions.has(n.permission)) continue; // gated → drop node + subtree (public always shows)
+    if (!allows(n, user)) continue; // gated → drop node + subtree
     if (!n.children) { out.push(n); continue; }
-    const children = filterByRoles(n.children, permissions);
+    const children = filterByGate(n.children, user);
     if (children.length === 0 && n.href == null) continue; // empty pure header → drop
     out.push({ ...n, children });
   }