From 74973a0a6d26b89857c5585718aac2466b5f406c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 20:47:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 001/122] Add LDAP login provider and shared,
 provider-customizable login form

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml        |  84 +++++
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  72 +++-
 .../ResetPasswordModal/ResetPasswordModal.js  |   4 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  66 ++--
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  87 +++++
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 | 100 ++++++
 package-lock.json                             |  36 +-
 package.json                                  |   1 +
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 329 ++++++++++++++++++
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json            |  19 +
 plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.js             |   6 +
 plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.json           |   3 +
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             |   8 +-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  19 +-
 public/adminlogin.css                         | 126 +++++++
 public/adminlogin.js                          |  15 +
 public/login.css                              | 126 +++++++
 public/login.js                               |  20 +-
 public/loginForms.js                          |  93 +++++
 sample.env                                    |  36 +-
 scripts/server.js                             |   6 +-
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css | 112 ++++++
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js  | 202 +++++++++--
 tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js          | 142 ++++++++
 tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/.gitignore            |   1 +
 tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/acl.ldif              |   8 +
 tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/seed.ldif             |  45 +++
 tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh              |  34 ++
 tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js              | 158 +++++++++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  63 +++-
 tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js     |   2 +-
 views/adminlogin.pug                          |   7 +-
 views/login.pug                               |  18 +-
 views/mixins/loginForms.pug                   |  23 ++
 34 files changed, 1979 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
 create mode 100644 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
 create mode 100644 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
 create mode 100644 public/loginForms.js
 create mode 100644 tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
 create mode 100644 tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/.gitignore
 create mode 100644 tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/acl.ldif
 create mode 100644 tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/seed.ldif
 create mode 100755 tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh
 create mode 100644 tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
 create mode 100644 views/mixins/loginForms.pug

diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
index 72b9d1ed0c..e28e68f10d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
@@ -212,3 +212,87 @@ jobs:
           name: playwright-report-proxy-${{ matrix.proxy_trust }}
           path: playwright-report/
           retention-days: 30
+
+  ldap:
+    # The LDAP login provider against a real OpenLDAP directory, over LDAPS and StartTLS
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        transport: [ldaps, starttls]
+
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgis/postgis:13-3.1
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_DB: mmgis-test
+          POSTGRES_USER: test_user
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: test_password # pragma: allowlist secret
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          node-version: "22"
+          cache: "npm"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+
+      - name: Install plugin dependencies
+        run: node scripts/resolve-plugin-deps.js && node scripts/install-plugin-deps.js
+
+      - name: Install Playwright Browsers
+        run: npx --no-install playwright install --with-deps chromium
+
+      - name: Start OpenLDAP
+        run: tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh "$RUNNER_TEMP/ldap"
+
+      - name: Setup test environment
+        run: | # pragma: allowlist secret
+          cp sample.env .env || touch .env
+          sed -i "/^SITE_ACCESS=/d;/^AUTH_PROVIDERS=/d;/^LDAP_/d" .env
+          echo "NODE_ENV=test" >> .env
+          echo "PORT=18888" >> .env
+          echo "DB_HOST=localhost" >> .env
+          echo "DB_PORT=5432" >> .env
+          echo "DB_NAME=mmgis-test" >> .env
+          echo "DB_USER=test_user" >> .env
+          echo "DB_PASS=test_password" >> .env
+          echo "DB_USER_TEST=test_user" >> .env
+          echo "DB_PASS_TEST=test_password" >> .env
+          echo "ENABLE_MMGIS_WEBSOCKETS=false" >> .env
+          echo "ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false" >> .env
+          echo "HIDE_CONFIG=false" >> .env
+          echo "SECRET=ci-test-session-secret-not-for-production" >> .env
+
+      - name: Run E2E LDAP Provider Tests
+        run: npx --no-install playwright test tests/e2e/ldap --project=chromium
+        env:
+          SITE_ACCESS: optional
+          AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["ldap","local"]'
+          LDAP_URL: ${{ matrix.transport == 'ldaps' && 'ldaps://localhost:3636' || 'ldap://localhost:3389' }}
+          LDAP_STARTTLS: ${{ matrix.transport == 'starttls' && 'true' || 'false' }}
+          LDAP_TLS_CA: ${{ runner.temp }}/ldap/ca.pem
+          LDAP_BIND_DN: cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org
+          LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: svc-test-password # pragma: allowlist secret
+          LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
+          LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
+
+      - name: Upload test results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: playwright-report-ldap-${{ matrix.transport }}
+          path: playwright-report/
+          retention-days: 30
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index f9a96973bf..79d0dd4d6f 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 //                          ctx.completeLogin(req, identity) starts a session
 //   validate(env)          -> string[]  problems that refuse startup
 //   warnings(env)          -> string[]  problems logged at startup
+//   loginForm(env)         -> { title?, usernameLabel?, hint?, helpUrl? }  wording of the
+//                          shared username/password form, for providers whose
+//                          plugin.json sets "login_form": true
 // An identity is { subject, username?, email?, groups?: string[], strictGroups?: string[], session? }.
 const path = require("path");
 const crypto = require("crypto");
@@ -128,11 +131,13 @@ const providerWarnings = (ids = siteAccess.getProviders(), env = process.env) =>
   enabledProviders(ids).forEach((p) => {
     const lp = p.manifest.login_path;
     if (lp != null && (typeof lp !== "string" || !lp.startsWith("/")))
-      out.push(`Auth provider '${p.id}': plugin.json "login_path" must start with "/", so no login button is shown.`);
+      out.push(
+        `Auth provider '${p.id}': plugin.json "login_path" must start with "/", so no login ${p.manifest.login_form === true ? "form" : "button"} is shown.`
+      );
   });
-  if (ids.includes("proxy") && !ids.includes("local"))
+  if (!ids.includes("local"))
     out.push(
-      'AUTH_PROVIDERS does not include local, so local admin accounts cannot sign in to /configure. Use ["proxy","local"] to keep them.'
+      `AUTH_PROVIDERS does not include local, so local admin accounts cannot sign in to /configure. Use ${JSON.stringify([...ids, "local"])} to keep them.`
     );
   return out;
 };
@@ -294,13 +299,63 @@ function returnTo(value, fallback = `${rootPath()}/`) {
   return value;
 }
 
-// Login entry points that the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal show.
-// "login_path" (a route of the provider) gets returnTo appended; "login_url" (e.g. a
-// proxy's own login page, for per-request providers) is linked as is.
+const isFormProvider = (p) =>
+  p.manifest.login_form === true && typeof p.manifest.login_path === "string" && p.manifest.login_path.startsWith("/");
+
+const ICON_NAME = /^[a-z0-9-]+$/;
+const HTTP_URL = /^https?:\/\/\S+$/i;
+const text = (v, fallback = "") => (typeof v === "string" && v.trim() !== "" ? v.trim() : fallback);
+
+function formWording(p) {
+  if (typeof p.impl.loginForm !== "function") return {};
+  try {
+    const w = p.impl.loginForm(process.env);
+    return w && typeof w === "object" ? w : {};
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger("error", `Auth provider '${p.id}': loginForm(env) threw; using its default wording.`, "AuthProviders", null, err);
+    return {};
+  }
+}
+
+// The providers that take a username and password in the shared form on the login page,
+// Configure sign-in and the in-app modal, in AUTH_PROVIDERS order. With AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins,
+// local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in (configure: true).
+function loginForms(ids = siteAccess.getProviders(), { configure = false } = {}) {
+  const out = [];
+  enabledProviders(ids).forEach((p) => {
+    if (!isFormProvider(p)) return;
+    if (p.id === "local" && siteAccess.localAdminsOnly() && !configure) return;
+    const w = formWording(p);
+    const helpUrl = text(w.helpUrl);
+    out.push({
+      id: p.id,
+      title: text(w.title, p.label),
+      usernameLabel: text(w.usernameLabel, "Username"),
+      hint: text(w.hint),
+      helpUrl: HTTP_URL.test(helpUrl) ? helpUrl : "",
+      icon: ICON_NAME.test(p.manifest.login_icon || "") ? p.manifest.login_icon : "account-outline",
+      path: `api/auth/${p.id}${p.manifest.login_path}`,
+    });
+  });
+  return out;
+}
+
+// The name people know a provider by: its login form title, else its display_name
+function providerLabel(id) {
+  const p = getProvider(id);
+  if (!p) return null;
+  return isFormProvider(p) ? text(formWording(p).title, p.label) : p.label;
+}
+
+// Login buttons that the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal show for
+// providers that don't use the shared form. "login_path" (a route of the provider) gets
+// returnTo appended; "login_url" (e.g. a proxy's own login page, for per-request
+// providers) is linked as is.
 function loginLinks(ids = siteAccess.getProviders()) {
   const out = [];
   enabledProviders(ids).forEach((p) => {
     const m = p.manifest;
+    if (m.login_form === true) return;
     const label = m.login_label || `Log in with ${p.label}`;
     if (typeof m.login_path === "string" && m.login_path.startsWith("/"))
       out.push({ id: p.id, label, path: `api/auth/${p.id}${m.login_path}` });
@@ -334,7 +389,8 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   list.get("/", apilimiter, authorize.public("lists the enabled login providers"), (req, res) => {
     res.send({
       status: "success",
-      providers: enabledProviders().map((p) => ({ id: p.id, label: p.label })),
+      providers: enabledProviders().map((p) => ({ id: p.id, label: providerLabel(p.id) })),
+      loginForms: loginForms(),
       loginLinks: loginLinks(),
     });
   });
@@ -373,6 +429,8 @@ module.exports = {
   syncGroups,
   completeLogin,
   returnTo,
+  loginForms,
+  providerLabel,
   loginLinks,
   logoutUrl,
   mountProviderRoutes,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/ResetPasswordModal/ResetPasswordModal.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/ResetPasswordModal/ResetPasswordModal.js
index ae57095999..c1881768c0 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/ResetPasswordModal/ResetPasswordModal.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/ResetPasswordModal/ResetPasswordModal.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ const ResetPasswordModal = (props) => {
         } else {
           dispatch(
             setSnackBarText({
-              text: `Failed to generate a password reset link for '${modal.row.username}'.`,
+              text: res?.message || `Failed to generate a password reset link for '${modal.row.username}'.`,
               severity: "error",
             })
           );
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ const ResetPasswordModal = (props) => {
       (res) => {
         dispatch(
           setSnackBarText({
-            text: `Failed to generate a password reset link for '${modal.row.username}'.`,
+            text: res?.message || `Failed to generate a password reset link for '${modal.row.username}'.`,
             severity: "error",
           })
         );
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 3cca95562d..63b59caebf 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ nav_order: 3
 - [plugin.js hooks](#pluginjs-hooks)
 - [Identities, accounts and groups](#identities-accounts-and-groups)
 - [The ctx object](#the-ctx-object)
+- [Login form providers](#login-form-providers)
 - [Login buttons, returnTo and sign out](#login-buttons-returnto-and-sign-out)
 - [Example: proxy header provider](#example-proxy-header-provider)
 - [Example: login form provider](#example-login-form-provider)
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ nav_order: 3
 
 A login provider answers "who is this?"; MMGIS roles, groups and grants decide what that person may do, whichever provider answered.
 
-`local` (MMGIS username/password accounts) and `proxy` (an authenticating reverse proxy such as Cloud Single Sign-On) ship with MMGIS. A new provider is a folder under `plugins/core/auth/` and is turned on by listing its id in [`AUTH_PROVIDERS`](/MMGIS/setup/envs). Nothing else in MMGIS needs to change: Configure > Users & Access, roles, mission and layer grants, groups and API tokens all work for its users.
+`local` (MMGIS username/password accounts), `ldap` (a directory, see [LDAP Login](/MMGIS/setup/ldap)) and `proxy` (an authenticating reverse proxy such as Cloud Single Sign-On) ship with MMGIS. A new provider is a folder under `plugins/core/auth/` and is turned on by listing its id in [`AUTH_PROVIDERS`](/MMGIS/setup/envs). Nothing else in MMGIS needs to change: Configure > Users & Access, roles, mission and layer grants, groups and API tokens all work for its users.
 
 ## Quick start
 
@@ -67,7 +68,9 @@ There are two kinds of provider. Pick one:
 | `provider` | yes | The id used in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, in group sources and in `/api/auth/<id>`. Lowercase letters, digits, `-` and `_`, starting with a letter. `local` and `proxy` belong to the shipped providers. |
 | `tier`, `overridable` | yes | Must be `"core"` and `false`. Providers can't be overridden by external plugin containers. |
 | `display_name` | no | Shown on login buttons (`Log in with <display_name>`). Defaults to the folder name. |
-| `login_path` | no | Session providers: the route that starts a login, relative to `/api/auth/<id>`. When set, the login page, the Configure sign-in page and the in-app login modal show a button for it. |
+| `login_path` | no | Session providers: the route that starts a login, relative to `/api/auth/<id>`. When set, the login page, the Configure sign-in page and the in-app login modal show a button for it (or, with `login_form`, post their form to it). |
+| `login_form` | no | `true` for providers that take a username and password: instead of a button, the shared login form posts to `login_path` (see [Login form providers](#login-form-providers)). |
+| `login_icon` | no | A [Material Design Icons](https://pictogrammers.com/library/mdi/) name (e.g. `card-account-details-outline`) shown on the form's provider switch and banner. |
 | `login_url` | no | Per-request providers: a login page outside MMGIS (for example the proxy's), linked as is. Use it instead of `login_path`. |
 | `login_label` | no | Text of that button. |
 | `logout_url` | no | Where the main site's **Sign out** sends the browser after ending the MMGIS session, e.g. your identity provider's logout page. Per-request providers need it, because MMGIS can't end a proxy's login. |
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ module.exports = {
   validate(env) { return []; },
   // Problems logged at startup, as strings.
   warnings(env) { return []; },
+  // Login form providers: the form's wording, usually from your ENVs. Every field is optional.
+  loginForm(env) { return { title, usernameLabel, hint, helpUrl }; },
 };
 ```
 
@@ -135,6 +140,17 @@ There's no database handle or config object; read settings from `process.env`.
 
 **Rate limiting is automatic.** Each provider's routes share a limit of 10 failed responses (status 400 or higher) per IP per 15 minutes, like local login. So answer bad credentials with `401`, not `200`; successful logins and redirects don't count.
 
+## Login form providers
+
+A provider whose `plugin.json` sets `"login_form": true` and a `login_path` shares MMGIS's username/password form on the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal; it doesn't serve a login page of its own.
+
+- **Layout.** With one form provider that isn't `local`, the form shows a "Sign in with <title>" banner. With several (for example `ldap` and `local`), it shows a switch; the first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default and the browser remembers the last choice. The password is only sent to the selected provider. With `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`, `local` is only offered at Configure sign-in.
+- **Wording.** `loginForm(env)` returns `title` (the tab and banner name, default `display_name`), `usernameLabel` (default `Username`), `hint` (shown with the form) and `helpUrl` (an http(s) page, linked as "Reset your <title> password"). Read them from `<PROVIDERID>_*` ENVs so each site can name the provider its own way. `GET /api/auth` returns them as `loginForms`.
+- **Request.** The form sends `POST /api/auth/<id><login_path>` with a JSON body `{ "username", "password" }`.
+- **Response.** On success call `ctx.completeLogin` and answer `{ "status": "success", "username", "provider": "<id>" }`; the page then reloads (login page, Configure) or the modal closes. On failure answer `{ "status": "failure", "message" }` with `400` (missing input), `401` (wrong credentials; counts towards the rate limit), `409` (`ctx.LinkError`) or `503` (the backend is unreachable). The message is shown as is, so name the provider in it.
+
+`plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js` is a complete example.
+
 ## Login buttons, returnTo and sign out
 
 - **Buttons.** With `login_path` set, the login page, Configure sign-in and the main site's login modal link to `/api/auth/<id><login_path>?returnTo=<the page the user was on>`. `GET /api/auth` returns the enabled providers and these links.
@@ -201,7 +217,7 @@ Enable it with `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","proxyheader"]` and `PROXYHEADER_SECRET=
 
 ## Example: login form provider
 
-A username/password form checked against a directory. Here the directory is a JSON file so the example runs as is; replace `checkPassword` with your LDAP or HTTP call.
+A username/password check against a directory, shown in the shared login form. Here the directory is a JSON file so the example runs as is; replace `checkPassword` with your own call. For LDAP, use the shipped `ldap` provider.
 
 `plugins/core/auth/Directory/plugin.json`
 
@@ -213,7 +229,9 @@ A username/password form checked against a directory. Here the directory is a JS
   "provider": "directory",
   "tier": "core",
   "overridable": false,
-  "login_path": "/login"
+  "login_path": "/login",
+  "login_form": true,
+  "login_icon": "card-account-details-outline"
 }
 ```
 
@@ -233,42 +251,34 @@ function checkPassword(username, password) {
   return a.length === b.length && crypto.timingSafeEqual(a, b) ? person : null;
 }
 
-const escape = (s) => String(s).replace(/[&<>"']/g, (c) => `&#${c.charCodeAt(0)};`);
-const page = (returnTo, message = "") => `<!doctype html><title>Directory login</title>
-<form method="post">
-  <p>${escape(message)}</p>
-  <input type="hidden" name="returnTo" value="${escape(returnTo)}">
-  <label>Username <input name="username" autocomplete="username"></label>
-  <label>Password <input name="password" type="password" autocomplete="current-password"></label>
-  <button>Log in</button>
-</form>`;
-
 module.exports = {
   routes(router, ctx) {
-    router.get("/login", ctx.authorize.public("directory login page"), (req, res) => {
-      res.send(page(ctx.returnTo(req.query.returnTo)));
-    });
-
     router.post("/login", ctx.authorize.public("directory login"), async (req, res) => {
-      const returnTo = ctx.returnTo(req.body.returnTo);
-      const person = checkPassword(req.body.username, req.body.password);
+      const { username, password } = req.body || {};
+      if (!username || !password)
+        return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: "Enter your username and password." });
+      const person = checkPassword(username, password);
       // 401 so failed attempts count towards the rate limit
-      if (!person) return res.status(401).send(page(returnTo, "Invalid username or password."));
+      if (!person)
+        return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: "Invalid Directory username or password." });
       try {
-        await ctx.completeLogin(req, {
+        const user = await ctx.completeLogin(req, {
           subject: person.id,
           username: person.username,
           email: person.email,
           groups: person.groups,
         });
-        res.redirect(returnTo);
+        res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "directory" });
       } catch (err) {
-        if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError) return res.status(409).send(page(returnTo, err.message));
+        if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError) return res.status(409).send({ status: "failure", message: err.message });
         ctx.logger("error", "Directory login failed.", "Directory", req, err);
-        res.status(500).send(page(returnTo, "Login failed."));
+        res.status(500).send({ status: "failure", message: "Login failed." });
       }
     });
   },
+  loginForm(env) {
+    return { title: env.DIRECTORY_DISPLAY_NAME || "Directory", hint: env.DIRECTORY_LOGIN_HINT };
+  },
   validate(env) {
     return env.DIRECTORY_FILE && fs.existsSync(env.DIRECTORY_FILE)
       ? []
@@ -277,7 +287,7 @@ module.exports = {
 };
 ```
 
-Enable it with `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","directory"]` and `DIRECTORY_FILE=/path/to/people.json`. The login page and the in-app modal now show **Log in with Directory**.
+Enable it with `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["directory","local"]` and `DIRECTORY_FILE=/path/to/people.json`. The login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal now show a **Directory | MMGIS account** switch above the form. Without `"login_form": true`, the provider would instead get a **Log in with Directory** button and would have to serve its own login page at `GET /login`.
 
 ## Redirect (OIDC / OAuth2) providers
 
@@ -297,7 +307,7 @@ Declare both with `ctx.authorize.public(...)`, set `"login_path": "/login"`, and
 - **Coexistence:** local accounts still log in with your provider enabled.
 - **Removal:** take the id out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart: its routes return 404 and its sessions and tokens stop working. Its accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - **Websockets:** scripted websocket clients must send an `Origin` header, or MMGIS closes the connection (the reason is only in the server log).
-- **Unit tests:** see `tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js` for loading a provider from a temporary plugins folder.
+- **Unit tests:** see `tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js` for loading a provider from a temporary plugins folder, and `tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js` for testing against a fake backend.
 
 Redirect flows are easiest to test with a production build (`npm run build`, then `NODE_ENV=production npm start`). In development the map is served on a different port (PORT+1) from the API, so redirects back to `/` land on the API port.
 
@@ -321,4 +331,4 @@ Redirect flows are easiest to test with a production build (`npm run build`, the
 - `PROXY_LEAD_GROUP` and `PROXY_GROUPS` only apply to `proxy`.
 - Draw files belong to a username, so keep usernames unique across providers; `completeLogin` already refuses a username that another account has.
 
-Code: `API/permissions/providers.js` (loading, `completeLogin`, routes), `API/permissions/siteAccess.js` (`AUTH_PROVIDERS`), `plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.js` (a per-request provider).
+Code: `API/permissions/providers.js` (loading, `completeLogin`, `loginForms`, routes), `API/permissions/siteAccess.js` (`AUTH_PROVIDERS`), `plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.js` (a per-request provider), `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js` (a login form provider), `views/mixins/loginForms.pug` and `public/loginForms.js` (the shared form).
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 5d9eddf893..4c7ea92e96 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ Login methods, as a JSON array or comma-separated list | string[] | default `["l
 
 - _local:_ MMGIS username/password accounts. Keep it listed so `/configure` admins can always log in.
 - _proxy:_ An authenticating reverse proxy in front of MMGIS (such as Cloud Single Sign On) that sends the user's identity in request headers. See `PROXY_TRUST`.
+- _ldap:_ Username and password checked against an LDAP directory (OpenLDAP, Active Directory, ...). See `LDAP_URL` and [LDAP Login](/MMGIS/setup/ldap).
+
+When more than one listed provider takes a username and password (`local`, `ldap`), the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app login modal show a switch above the form; the first one listed is selected by default. With `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`, local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in.
 
 Each provider is a core auth provider plugin under `plugins/core/auth/`. To add one, see [Writing an Auth Provider](/MMGIS/contributing/auth-providers).
 
@@ -207,6 +210,90 @@ The proxy's sign-in redirect the map can send users to (`?redirect=<current page
 
 Where the map POSTs to extend the proxy session when it is about to time out | string | default `/ssorefreshtimeout`
 
+#### `LDAP_URL=`
+
+With the `ldap` login provider, the directory's address: `ldaps://host:636`, or `ldap://host:389` with `LDAP_STARTTLS=true`. MMGIS refuses to start with a plain `ldap://` URL unless `LDAP_STARTTLS` or `LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE` is `true`. The certificate must match the host name in the URL | string | default `''`
+
+#### `LDAP_STARTTLS=`
+
+Upgrade an `ldap://` connection to TLS before sending anything. If the upgrade fails, the login fails | boolean | default `false`
+
+#### `LDAP_TLS_CA=`
+
+Path of a PEM file with the CA certificate(s) that signed the directory's certificate, for directories with an internal CA. Without it, Node's bundled public CAs are trusted. Certificate checks are never turned off | string | default `''`
+
+#### `LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=`
+
+Allow `ldap://` without StartTLS, so passwords cross the network unencrypted. Only for local testing; MMGIS warns at startup while it is set | boolean | default `false`
+
+#### `LDAP_BIND_DN=`
+
+DN of a read-only service account MMGIS signs in as to search for people (and groups), e.g. `cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org`. Leave empty to search anonymously, or when using `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` | string | default `''`
+
+#### `LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=`
+
+Password of `LDAP_BIND_DN`. Required with it | string | default `''`
+
+#### `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=`
+
+Where people's entries are searched for (whole subtree), e.g. `ou=people,dc=example,dc=org`. Either this or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` is required. The search must match exactly one entry | string | default `''`
+
+#### `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=`
+
+Filter that finds a person by the username they typed, which replaces `{{username}}` (escaped). Active Directory: `(sAMAccountName={{username}})` | string | default `(uid={{username}})`
+
+#### `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE=`
+
+Sign in as the person directly, without a service account or search: their DN with `{{username}}`, e.g. `uid={{username}},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org`, or an Active Directory `{{username}}@corp.example.org` (then also set `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` so MMGIS can read their entry) | string | default `''`
+
+#### `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=`
+
+Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames | string | default `entryUUID`
+
+#### `LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
+
+Attribute used as the MMGIS username of a new account. Active Directory: `sAMAccountName`. Falls back to what the person typed | string | default `uid`
+
+#### `LDAP_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE=`
+
+Attribute with the person's email | string | default `mail`
+
+#### `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=`
+
+Attribute on the person listing their groups as DNs (Active Directory, or OpenLDAP with the memberof overlay). Each group is reported by its first name component, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`; use that name for groups with **Members from LDAP**. Ignored when `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` is set | string | default `memberOf`
+
+#### `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=`
+
+Find groups by searching here instead of reading `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE`, e.g. `ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org` | string | default `''`
+
+#### `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=`
+
+Filter for `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`; `{{dn}}` is the person's DN and `{{username}}` what they typed. posixGroup groups: `(memberUid={{username}})` | string | default `(member={{dn}})`
+
+#### `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
+
+Attribute holding a found group's name | string | default `cn`
+
+#### `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=`
+
+How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the login fails with "unavailable" | number | default `5000`
+
+#### `LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=`
+
+What the login form calls the directory, e.g. `JPL Directory`: the switch tab or banner, error messages and the signed-in tooltip | string | default `LDAP`
+
+#### `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=`
+
+Label of the username field when signing in with LDAP, e.g. `JPL username` | string | default `Username`
+
+#### `LDAP_LOGIN_HINT=`
+
+Short hint shown with the LDAP form, e.g. `Use the same username and password as your email.` | string | default `''`
+
+#### `LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL=`
+
+Your organization's password reset page, linked under the LDAP form as "Reset your <LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME> password". MMGIS can't reset directory passwords. Hidden when empty | string | default `''`
+
 #### `VERBOSE_LOGGING=`
 
 Potentially logs a bunch of extra stuff for development purposes | bool | default `false`
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19dded77fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+---
+layout: page
+title: LDAP Login
+permalink: /setup/ldap
+parent: Setup
+nav_order: 4
+---
+
+# LDAP Login
+
+The `ldap` login provider checks usernames and passwords against your organization's directory (OpenLDAP, Active Directory, or anything else that speaks LDAP). People sign in on the normal MMGIS login form, MMGIS links them to an MMGIS account by a permanent directory id, and their directory groups can be given roles in Configure > Users & Access.
+
+MMGIS never stores directory passwords, but it does receive them when people sign in. If your organization offers single sign-on (an authenticating proxy, OIDC or SAML), prefer that.
+
+##### Contents
+
+- [What to ask your directory admins for](#what-to-ask-your-directory-admins-for)
+- [Configuration](#configuration)
+- [What people see](#what-people-see)
+- [Groups and roles](#groups-and-roles)
+- [Accounts](#accounts)
+- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
+
+## What to ask your directory admins for
+
+- The server address, and whether it uses LDAPS (port 636) or StartTLS (port 389).
+- The CA certificate that signed the server's certificate, if it isn't from a public CA.
+- Either a read-only service account for MMGIS, or the format of people's DNs (or Active Directory `user@domain` names) so MMGIS can sign in as them directly.
+- Where people and groups live (search bases), which attribute is the login name and which is a permanent id.
+- Firewall access from the MMGIS server to the directory's port.
+
+## Configuration
+
+All settings are ENVs; see [ENVs](/MMGIS/setup/envs) for each `LDAP_*` variable. Keep `local` in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so local admin accounts can still sign in to `/configure`.
+
+OpenLDAP with a service account:
+
+```
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"]
+LDAP_URL=ldaps://ldap.example.org:636
+LDAP_TLS_CA=/etc/mmgis/internal-ca.pem
+LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org
+LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=...
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(uid={{username}})
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
+LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=Example Directory
+```
+
+Active Directory, signing in as the person (no service account):
+
+```
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"]
+LDAP_URL=ldaps://dc1.corp.example.org:636
+LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE={{username}}@corp.example.org
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=OU=Users,DC=corp,DC=example,DC=org
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(sAMAccountName={{username}})
+LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=objectGUID
+LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=sAMAccountName
+```
+
+- **Encryption is required.** `ldaps://`, or `ldap://` with `LDAP_STARTTLS=true`. The certificate must chain to a trusted CA (`LDAP_TLS_CA` for internal CAs) and match the host name in `LDAP_URL`; MMGIS never turns these checks off. `LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=true` allows plain `ldap://` for local testing only.
+- **`LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD`** can come from the environment like `DB_PASS`. Inject it at runtime (Docker or Kubernetes secrets), keep `.env` readable only by MMGIS, and ask for a read-only account.
+- Usernames are escaped before they go into filters and DNs, empty passwords are refused before contacting the directory, and a search must match exactly one person.
+
+## What people see
+
+The login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app login modal share one username/password form:
+
+- **Only LDAP** (or LDAP plus a proxy): a "Sign in with <LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME>" banner above the form, with `LDAP_LOGIN_HINT` under it.
+- **LDAP and local accounts:** a switch above the form ("<LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME> | MMGIS account"). The first provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default, and the browser remembers the last choice. The password only goes to the selected provider. Sign-up only appears on the MMGIS account tab.
+- **`AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`:** local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in.
+- `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL` names the username field, and `LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL` adds a "Reset your <name> password" link to your organization's password page (MMGIS can't reset directory passwords).
+- Errors say which provider failed: wrong username or password, directory unavailable, an expired Active Directory password, or a username that already belongs to an MMGIS account.
+- Once signed in, the account bubble's tooltip says which provider was used.
+
+## Groups and roles
+
+By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or OpenLDAP with the memberof overlay). Without it, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to search for groups whose `member` is the person, or `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(memberUid={{username}})` for posixGroup groups.
+
+Groups are reported by name (`cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`). In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and that name, then give the group a role. Membership is updated at every login.
+
+## Accounts
+
+- The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account.
+- A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused with a message to ask an administrator; MMGIS never takes over an existing account.
+- LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
+- Someone disabled in the directory can't sign in again, but an existing MMGIS session (up to its normal lifetime) and their API tokens keep working until an admin removes the account or its tokens.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+| Message | Cause |
+|---|---|
+| MMGIS refuses to start with an `LDAP_*` error | A required setting is missing or malformed; the message names it. |
+| "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected, or the entry had no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. The server log has the reason. |
+| "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
+| Groups don't apply | The group's external name must equal the directory group's name; check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
+
+To try it locally, `tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh` starts an OpenLDAP container with test users; `tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js` shows the matching settings.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d4b1108315..7565560cd0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mmgis",
-  "version": "5.3.12-20260824",
+  "version": "5.5.0-20261027",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mmgis",
-      "version": "5.3.12-20260824",
+      "version": "5.5.0-20261027",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.23.1",
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         "http-proxy-middleware": "3.0.7",
         "isomorphic-ws": "5.0.0",
         "jquery": "^3.5.1",
+        "ldapts": "^8.2.0",
         "leaflet": "^1.9.4",
         "leaflet-geometryutil": "^0.9.1",
         "leaflet-polylinedecorator": "^1.6.0",
@@ -17516,6 +17517,18 @@
         "shell-quote": "^1.8.4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/ldapts": {
+      "version": "8.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ldapts/-/ldapts-8.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XfKocadpoHc1kNgtbTBBhD+pSh1U9KVTzxcKwDS4ulFFyC7rJkLC3TwIfbQ4rt3my9KHz8qsw9qFXVjcPOGebw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "strict-event-emitter-types": "2.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/leaflet": {
       "version": "1.9.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/leaflet/-/leaflet-1.9.4.tgz",
@@ -23439,6 +23452,12 @@
         "node": ">=10.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/strict-event-emitter-types": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strict-event-emitter-types/-/strict-event-emitter-types-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Nk/brWYpD85WlOgzw5h173aci0Teyv8YdIAEtV+N88nDB0dLlazZyJMIsN6eo1/AR61l+p6CJTG1JIyFaoNEEA==",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/string_decoder": {
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.3.0.tgz",
@@ -38091,6 +38110,14 @@
         "shell-quote": "^1.8.4"
       }
     },
+    "ldapts": {
+      "version": "8.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ldapts/-/ldapts-8.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XfKocadpoHc1kNgtbTBBhD+pSh1U9KVTzxcKwDS4ulFFyC7rJkLC3TwIfbQ4rt3my9KHz8qsw9qFXVjcPOGebw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "strict-event-emitter-types": "2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "leaflet": {
       "version": "1.9.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/leaflet/-/leaflet-1.9.4.tgz",
@@ -42184,6 +42211,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/streamsearch/-/streamsearch-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Mcc5wHehp9aXz1ax6bZUyY5afg9u2rv5cqQI3mRrYkGC8rW2hM02jWuwjtL++LS5qinSyhj2QfLyNsuc+VsExg=="
     },
+    "strict-event-emitter-types": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strict-event-emitter-types/-/strict-event-emitter-types-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Nk/brWYpD85WlOgzw5h173aci0Teyv8YdIAEtV+N88nDB0dLlazZyJMIsN6eo1/AR61l+p6CJTG1JIyFaoNEEA=="
+    },
     "string_decoder": {
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ce4149ac28..4ba3c5c487 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     "http-proxy-middleware": "3.0.7",
     "isomorphic-ws": "5.0.0",
     "jquery": "^3.5.1",
+    "ldapts": "^8.2.0",
     "leaflet": "^1.9.4",
     "leaflet-geometryutil": "^0.9.1",
     "leaflet-polylinedecorator": "^1.6.0",
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..577c605fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+// LDAP directory login. The shared username/password form (login page, Configure
+// sign-in, in-app modal) posts to /api/auth/ldap/login. MMGIS finds the person's
+// entry (searching as a service account or anonymously, or from a DN template),
+// checks the password by binding as that entry, then links the MMGIS account by a
+// stable id and syncs the person's directory groups.
+const fs = require("fs");
+const net = require("net");
+const { Client, InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError } = require("ldapts");
+
+const setting = (v, fallback = "") => (v != null && String(v).trim() !== "" ? String(v).trim() : fallback);
+const isTrue = (v) => String(v).trim().toLowerCase() === "true";
+const HTTP_URL = /^https?:\/\/\S+$/i;
+const MAX_USERNAME = 256;
+
+function config(env = process.env) {
+  const timeout = Number(setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS, "5000"));
+  return {
+    url: setting(env.LDAP_URL),
+    startTls: isTrue(env.LDAP_STARTTLS),
+    allowInsecure: isTrue(env.LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE),
+    ca: setting(env.LDAP_TLS_CA),
+    bindDn: setting(env.LDAP_BIND_DN),
+    bindPassword: env.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD || "",
+    userDnTemplate: setting(env.LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE),
+    searchBase: setting(env.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE),
+    searchFilter: setting(env.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER, "(uid={{username}})"),
+    subjectAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE, "entryUUID"),
+    usernameAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE, "uid"),
+    emailAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE, "mail"),
+    groupsAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE, "memberOf"),
+    groupSearchBase: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE),
+    groupSearchFilter: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER, "(member={{dn}})"),
+    groupNameAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE, "cn"),
+    timeoutMs: Number.isInteger(timeout) && timeout > 0 ? timeout : 5000,
+    displayName: setting(env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME, "LDAP"),
+    usernameLabel: setting(env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL, "Username"),
+    hint: setting(env.LDAP_LOGIN_HINT),
+    helpUrl: setting(env.LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL),
+  };
+}
+
+////// Escaping user input into filters (RFC 4515) and DNs (RFC 4514)
+
+function escapeFilter(value) {
+  return String(value).replace(/[\\*()\0]/g, (c) => `\\${c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).padStart(2, "0")}`);
+}
+
+function escapeDn(value) {
+  return String(value)
+    .replace(/[\\,+"<>;=]/g, (c) => `\\${c}`)
+    .replace(/\0/g, "\\00")
+    .replace(/^([ #])/, "\\$1")
+    .replace(/ $/, "\\ ");
+}
+
+const fill = (template, values) =>
+  template.replace(/\{\{(username|dn)\}\}/g, (m, key) => (values[key] != null ? values[key] : m));
+
+// "cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org" -> "science-team"; anything that isn't a DN is returned as is
+function firstRdnValue(dn) {
+  const s = String(dn);
+  let i = 0;
+  let eq = -1;
+  for (; i < s.length; i++) {
+    const c = s[i];
+    if (c === "\\") i++;
+    else if (c === "=" && eq < 0) eq = i;
+    else if (c === "," || c === "+") break;
+  }
+  if (eq < 0) return s;
+  return s
+    .slice(eq + 1, i)
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/\\([0-9a-fA-F]{2})|\\(.)/g, (m, hex, ch) => (hex ? String.fromCharCode(parseInt(hex, 16)) : ch));
+}
+
+////// Directory entries
+
+function values(entry, name) {
+  const key = Object.keys(entry).find((k) => k.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase());
+  if (!key) return [];
+  const v = entry[key];
+  return (Array.isArray(v) ? v : [v]).filter((x) => x != null && x !== "");
+}
+
+// Active Directory's objectGUID is binary, written in its usual mixed-endian form
+function guidString(buf) {
+  const h = buf.toString("hex");
+  const swap = (s) => s.match(/../g).reverse().join("");
+  return `${swap(h.slice(0, 8))}-${swap(h.slice(8, 12))}-${swap(h.slice(12, 16))}-${h.slice(16, 20)}-${h.slice(20, 32)}`;
+}
+
+function subjectOf(entry, c) {
+  if (c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn") return entry.dn;
+  const v = values(entry, c.subjectAttribute)[0];
+  if (v == null) return null;
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(v)) return v.length === 16 && /^objectguid$/i.test(c.subjectAttribute) ? guidString(v) : v.toString("hex");
+  return String(v);
+}
+
+const isBinaryAttribute = (name) => /^(objectguid|objectsid)$/i.test(name);
+
+function userAttributes(c) {
+  const attrs = [c.subjectAttribute, c.usernameAttribute, c.emailAttribute];
+  if (!c.groupSearchBase) attrs.push(c.groupsAttribute);
+  return attrs.filter((a) => a.toLowerCase() !== "dn");
+}
+
+////// Errors the login route tells apart
+
+// The password was right but the directory says it must be changed (Active Directory)
+class PasswordExpiredError extends Error {}
+
+function isPasswordExpired(err) {
+  return /\bdata (532|773)\b/.test(String((err && err.message) || ""));
+}
+
+////// Login
+
+function tlsOptions(c) {
+  const opts = {};
+  if (c.ca) opts.ca = [fs.readFileSync(c.ca)];
+  return opts;
+}
+
+// StartTLS upgrades the existing socket, so the host to check the certificate against is given here
+function startTlsOptions(c) {
+  const host = new URL(c.url).hostname.replace(/^\[|\]$/g, "");
+  const opts = { ...tlsOptions(c), host };
+  if (!net.isIP(host)) opts.servername = host;
+  return opts;
+}
+
+function newClient(c) {
+  const options = { url: c.url, timeout: c.timeoutMs, connectTimeout: c.timeoutMs };
+  // ldapts opens a TLS connection whenever tlsOptions is given, so only ldaps:// gets them here
+  if (/^ldaps:/i.test(c.url)) options.tlsOptions = tlsOptions(c);
+  return new Client(options);
+}
+
+async function bindAs(client, dn, password) {
+  try {
+    await client.bind(dn, password);
+    return true;
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (!(err instanceof InvalidCredentialsError)) throw err;
+    if (isPasswordExpired(err)) throw new PasswordExpiredError("password expired");
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+async function findUser(client, c, username) {
+  const filter = fill(c.searchFilter, { username: escapeFilter(username) });
+  let result;
+  try {
+    result = await client.search(c.searchBase, {
+      scope: "sub",
+      filter,
+      attributes: userAttributes(c),
+      sizeLimit: 2,
+      explicitBufferAttributes: userAttributes(c).filter(isBinaryAttribute),
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    // More than one match: treat as no match rather than guess
+    if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return null;
+    throw err;
+  }
+  return result.searchEntries.length === 1 ? result.searchEntries[0] : null;
+}
+
+async function readEntry(client, c, dn) {
+  const { searchEntries } = await client.search(dn, {
+    scope: "base",
+    filter: "(objectClass=*)",
+    attributes: userAttributes(c),
+    explicitBufferAttributes: userAttributes(c).filter(isBinaryAttribute),
+  });
+  return searchEntries[0] || null;
+}
+
+async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
+  if (!c.groupSearchBase) return values(entry, c.groupsAttribute).map((v) => firstRdnValue(v));
+  const { searchEntries } = await client.search(c.groupSearchBase, {
+    scope: "sub",
+    filter: fill(c.groupSearchFilter, { dn: escapeFilter(entry.dn), username: escapeFilter(username) }),
+    attributes: [c.groupNameAttribute],
+  });
+  return searchEntries.map((g) => {
+    const name = values(g, c.groupNameAttribute)[0];
+    return name != null ? String(name) : firstRdnValue(g.dn);
+  });
+}
+
+// The person's identity if the password is right, null if it isn't; throws when the
+// directory can't be reached or doesn't answer as configured
+async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
+  const client = createClient(c);
+  try {
+    if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
+    let entry;
+    if (c.userDnTemplate) {
+      const dn = fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) });
+      if (!(await bindAs(client, dn, password))) return null;
+      entry = c.searchBase ? await findUser(client, c, username) : await readEntry(client, c, dn);
+      if (!entry) throw new Error("Signed in to the directory but could not read the person's entry.");
+    } else {
+      if (c.bindDn && !(await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword)))
+        throw new Error("The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD.");
+      entry = await findUser(client, c, username);
+      if (!entry) return null;
+      if (!(await bindAs(client, entry.dn, password))) return null;
+      // Group searches run as the service account, as the user search did
+      if (c.groupSearchBase && c.bindDn) await client.bind(c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
+    }
+    const subject = subjectOf(entry, c);
+    if (!subject) throw new Error(`The directory entry has no ${c.subjectAttribute} (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE).`);
+    const name = values(entry, c.usernameAttribute)[0];
+    const email = values(entry, c.emailAttribute)[0];
+    return {
+      subject,
+      username: name != null ? String(name) : username,
+      email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
+      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, username),
+    };
+  } finally {
+    await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
+  }
+}
+
+const validUsername = (u) =>
+  typeof u === "string" && u.trim() !== "" && u.length <= MAX_USERNAME && !/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(u);
+
+////// Startup checks
+
+function validate(env) {
+  const c = config(env);
+  const errors = [];
+  let protocol = null;
+  try {
+    protocol = new URL(c.url).protocol;
+  } catch (err) {
+    // reported below
+  }
+  if (protocol !== "ldap:" && protocol !== "ldaps:")
+    errors.push("LDAP_URL must be set to the directory's address, e.g. ldaps://ldap.example.org:636.");
+  if (protocol === "ldaps:" && c.startTls)
+    errors.push("LDAP_STARTTLS=true is for ldap:// URLs; an ldaps:// URL is already encrypted.");
+  if (protocol === "ldap:" && !c.startTls && !c.allowInsecure)
+    errors.push(
+      "LDAP_URL uses ldap://, which sends passwords unencrypted. Use ldaps://, set LDAP_STARTTLS=true, or, for local testing only, LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=true."
+    );
+  if (!c.userDnTemplate && !c.searchBase)
+    errors.push("Set LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (to search for people) or LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE (to sign in as them directly).");
+  if (c.userDnTemplate && !c.userDnTemplate.includes("{{username}}"))
+    errors.push("LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE must contain {{username}}.");
+  if (c.userDnTemplate && !c.searchBase && !c.userDnTemplate.includes("="))
+    errors.push(
+      "LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE isn't a DN (e.g. {{username}}@corp.example.org), so MMGIS can't read the person's entry from it. Also set LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE."
+    );
+  if (c.searchBase && !/^\(.*\{\{username\}\}.*\)$/.test(c.searchFilter))
+    errors.push("LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER must be a parenthesized filter containing {{username}}, e.g. (uid={{username}}).");
+  if (c.bindDn && !c.bindPassword) errors.push("LDAP_BIND_DN is set but LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is empty.");
+  if (!c.bindDn && c.bindPassword) errors.push("LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is set but LDAP_BIND_DN is empty.");
+  if (c.groupSearchBase && !/\{\{(dn|username)\}\}/.test(c.groupSearchFilter))
+    errors.push("LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER must contain {{dn}} or {{username}}, e.g. (member={{dn}}).");
+  if (c.ca) {
+    try {
+      fs.accessSync(c.ca, fs.constants.R_OK);
+    } catch (err) {
+      errors.push("LDAP_TLS_CA must be the path of a readable PEM file.");
+    }
+  }
+  if (c.helpUrl && !HTTP_URL.test(c.helpUrl)) errors.push("LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL must be an http(s) URL.");
+  if (setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS) && String(c.timeoutMs) !== setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS))
+    errors.push("LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS must be a whole number of milliseconds.");
+  return errors;
+}
+
+function warnings(env) {
+  const c = config(env);
+  const out = [];
+  if (c.allowInsecure && !c.startTls && /^ldap:/i.test(c.url))
+    out.push("LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=true: LDAP passwords cross the network unencrypted. Use it only for local testing.");
+  if (c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn")
+    out.push("LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn: a person's DN changes when they are renamed or moved, which then creates a new MMGIS account.");
+  return out;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  routes(router, ctx) {
+    router.post("/login", ctx.authorize.public("LDAP directory login"), async (req, res) => {
+      const c = config();
+      const name = c.displayName;
+      const body = req.body || {};
+      if (!validUsername(body.username) || typeof body.password !== "string" || body.password === "")
+        return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: "Enter your username and password." });
+      let identity;
+      try {
+        identity = await authenticate(body.username.trim(), body.password, c);
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err instanceof PasswordExpiredError)
+          return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} password has expired.` });
+        ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not reach or read the directory: ${err && err.message}`, "Ldap", req, err);
+        return res.status(503).send({ status: "failure", message: `${name} is unavailable. Try again later.` });
+      }
+      // 401 so failed attempts count towards the rate limit
+      if (!identity)
+        return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: `Invalid ${name} username or password.` });
+      try {
+        const user = await ctx.completeLogin(req, identity);
+        ctx.logger("info", `${user.username} logged in with LDAP.`, "Ldap", req);
+        res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "ldap", groups: [] });
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError)
+          return res.status(409).send({ status: "failure", message: `${err.message} Ask an administrator.` });
+        ctx.logger("error", "LDAP login failed.", "Ldap", req, err);
+        res.status(500).send({ status: "failure", message: "Login failed." });
+      }
+    });
+  },
+  loginForm(env) {
+    const c = config(env);
+    return { title: c.displayName, usernameLabel: c.usernameLabel, hint: c.hint, helpUrl: c.helpUrl };
+  },
+  validate,
+  warnings,
+  // For tests
+  _internal: { config, escapeFilter, escapeDn, firstRdnValue, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError },
+};
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d52b5fd5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "uuid": "940736d8-2372-445a-b522-0cde5a340886",
+  "id": "core-auth-ldap",
+  "name": "Ldap",
+  "display_name": "LDAP",
+  "description": "Username/password login checked against an LDAP directory (OpenLDAP, Active Directory, ...) at /api/auth/ldap/login.",
+  "version": "core",
+  "type": "auth",
+  "provider": "ldap",
+  "tier": "core",
+  "overridable": false,
+  "required": true,
+  "login_path": "/login",
+  "login_form": true,
+  "login_icon": "card-account-details-outline",
+  "author": "NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.js
index 3b3d1caf4b..d5d7a29df1 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.js
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@ module.exports = {
   routes(router) {
     mountLocalRoutes(router);
   },
+  loginForm(env) {
+    return {
+      title: "MMGIS account",
+      hint: env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN === "admins" ? "Only accounts with an admin role can sign in here." : "",
+    };
+  },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.json b/plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.json
index 058329a415..6ce79eb099 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/plugin.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
   "tier": "core",
   "overridable": false,
   "required": true,
+  "login_path": "/login",
+  "login_form": true,
+  "login_icon": "account-key-outline",
   "author": "NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": "https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS"
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 32080a0868..1a570475c7 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const policy = require("../../../../API/permissions/policy");
 const bindings = require("../../../../API/permissions/bindings");
 const setupCode = require("../../../../API/permissions/setupCode");
 const { LongTermTokens } = require("../../backend/LongTermToken/models/longtermtokens");
+const { AuthIdentity } = require("../../../../API/permissions/models");
 
 // Same message whether the username or the email is taken
 const SIGNUP_UNAVAILABLE =
@@ -542,7 +543,12 @@ router.post("/resetPassword", resetLimiter, authorize.public("login and account
         "token",
       ],
     })
-      .then((user) => {
+      .then(async (user) => {
+        // Accounts created by a login provider sign in through it, never with a local password
+        if (user && (await AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: user.id } })) > 0) {
+          res.send({ status: "failure", message: "This account signs in through its login provider." });
+          return null;
+        }
         if (user) {
           if (
             user.reset_token_expiration == null ||
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 3453eac69e..d1de673b59 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ const bindings = require("../../../../../API/permissions/bindings");
 const policy = require("../../../../../API/permissions/policy");
 const missions = require("../../../../../API/permissions/missions");
 const { ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
-const { RoleBinding } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
+const { RoleBinding, AuthIdentity } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
+const providers = require("../../../../../API/permissions/providers");
 const { LongTermTokens } = require("../../LongTermToken/models/longtermtokens");
 const connections = require("../../../../../API/connections");
 const User = userModel.User;
@@ -337,8 +338,20 @@ router.post("/generateResetPasswordLink", authorize("accounts.manage"), function
     },
   };
 
-  User.update(toUpdateTo, updateObj)
-    .then(() => {
+  // Accounts created by a login provider sign in through it; a local password would get around it
+  AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id }, attributes: ["provider"], raw: true })
+    .then((link) => {
+      if (link) {
+        res.send({
+          status: "failure",
+          message: `This account signs in with ${providers.providerLabel(link.provider) || link.provider}, so it has no MMGIS password to reset.`,
+        });
+        return null;
+      }
+      return User.update(toUpdateTo, updateObj).then(() => true);
+    })
+    .then((updated) => {
+      if (!updated) return null;
       res.send({
         status: "success",
         message: `Successfully generated a password reset token for user with id: '${id}'.`,
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.css b/public/adminlogin.css
index f8397866ad..0e7c2c2853 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.css
+++ b/public/adminlogin.css
@@ -335,3 +335,129 @@ img {
   color: #1a1a1a;
   outline: none;
 }
+
+/* Provider switch, single-provider banner, hint and help link above/below the shared form */
+.loginProviders.multiple {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 4px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto 18px;
+  padding: 4px;
+  background: #121d23;
+  border-radius: 7px;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.5) inset;
+}
+.loginProviders.single {
+  display: none;
+}
+.loginProvider {
+  flex: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 8px 6px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.loginProvider span {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.loginProvider:hover,
+.loginProvider:focus-visible {
+  color: #ececec;
+  outline: none;
+}
+.loginProvider.active {
+  background: #0c3546;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px #08aeea inset;
+}
+.loginProvider.active .mdi {
+  color: #08aeea;
+}
+.loginBanner {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 12px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto 18px;
+  padding: 12px 14px;
+  text-align: left;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: #13252e;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.45);
+  border-left: 4px solid #08aeea;
+}
+.loginBanner > .mdi {
+  flex: none;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 40px;
+  height: 40px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: #0c3546;
+  color: #08aeea;
+  font-size: 22px;
+}
+.loginBanner small {
+  display: block;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.loginBanner b {
+  display: block;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  font-size: 17px;
+}
+.loginBanner span {
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 2px;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.35;
+}
+.loginHint {
+  display: none;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin: -8px auto 14px;
+  text-align: left;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+}
+.loginHelp {
+  display: none;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  gap: 4px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin: 0 auto 10px;
+  color: #7fd3f5;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.loginHelp:hover,
+.loginHelp:focus-visible {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.js b/public/adminlogin.js
index 272284ba64..36cd0594ed 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.js
+++ b/public/adminlogin.js
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ function login() {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (!LoginForms.isLocal()) {
+    LoginForms.submit(
+      document.getElementById("username").value,
+      document.getElementById("pwd").value,
+      function (message) {
+        document.getElementById("msg").innerText = message;
+        document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
+      }
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
   $.ajax({
     type: "POST",
     url: "api/users/login",
@@ -120,6 +132,7 @@ function setupLogin() {
 }
 
 $(document).ready(function () {
+  LoginForms.init();
   $(document).on("keypress", function (e) {
     if (e.which == 13) {
       login();
@@ -134,6 +147,8 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
       if (data.status == "success") {
         if (data.has == false) {
           setup = true;
+          // The first administrator is always a local account
+          LoginForms.onlyLocal();
           $("#setup").css("opacity", "1");
           $("#pwd_retype, #pwd_retype_label").css("display", "block");
           $("#setup_code, #setup_code_label").css("display", "block");
diff --git a/public/login.css b/public/login.css
index 0e710ed724..e0d2a13f9f 100644
--- a/public/login.css
+++ b/public/login.css
@@ -286,3 +286,129 @@ img {
   color: #1a1a1a;
   outline: none;
 }
+
+/* Provider switch, single-provider banner, hint and help link above/below the shared form */
+.loginProviders.multiple {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 4px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto 18px;
+  padding: 4px;
+  background: #121d23;
+  border-radius: 7px;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.5) inset;
+}
+.loginProviders.single {
+  display: none;
+}
+.loginProvider {
+  flex: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 8px 6px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.loginProvider span {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.loginProvider:hover,
+.loginProvider:focus-visible {
+  color: #ececec;
+  outline: none;
+}
+.loginProvider.active {
+  background: #0c3546;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px #08aeea inset;
+}
+.loginProvider.active .mdi {
+  color: #08aeea;
+}
+.loginBanner {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 12px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto 18px;
+  padding: 12px 14px;
+  text-align: left;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: #13252e;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.45);
+  border-left: 4px solid #08aeea;
+}
+.loginBanner > .mdi {
+  flex: none;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 40px;
+  height: 40px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: #0c3546;
+  color: #08aeea;
+  font-size: 22px;
+}
+.loginBanner small {
+  display: block;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.loginBanner b {
+  display: block;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  font-size: 17px;
+}
+.loginBanner span {
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 2px;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.35;
+}
+.loginHint {
+  display: none;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin: -8px auto 14px;
+  text-align: left;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+}
+.loginHelp {
+  display: none;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  gap: 4px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin: 0 auto 10px;
+  color: #7fd3f5;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.loginHelp:hover,
+.loginHelp:focus-visible {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/public/login.js b/public/login.js
index 291375fc84..eba2d487e4 100644
--- a/public/login.js
+++ b/public/login.js
@@ -12,7 +12,16 @@ function login() {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (toggleState === "login") {
+  if (toggleState === "login" && !LoginForms.isLocal()) {
+    LoginForms.submit(
+      document.getElementById("username").value,
+      document.getElementById("pwd").value,
+      function (message) {
+        document.getElementById("msg").innerText = message;
+        document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
+      }
+    );
+  } else if (toggleState === "login") {
     $.ajax({
       type: "POST",
       url: "api/users/login",
@@ -126,7 +135,14 @@ function toggle() {
 }
 
 $(document).ready(function () {
-  if (allowSignup === true && document.getElementById("toggleWrapper"))
+  // Sign-up is only for local accounts
+  LoginForms.init(function (form) {
+    const wrapper = document.getElementById("toggleWrapper");
+    if (!wrapper) return;
+    if (form.id !== "local" && toggleState === "signup") toggle();
+    wrapper.style.display = allowSignup === true && form.id === "local" ? "flex" : "none";
+  });
+  if (allowSignup === true && LoginForms.isLocal() && document.getElementById("toggleWrapper"))
     document.getElementById("toggleWrapper").style.display = "flex";
   $(document).on("keypress", function (e) {
     if (e.which === 13) {
diff --git a/public/loginForms.js b/public/loginForms.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41c118d5db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/loginForms.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* global $ */
+// The provider switch above the username/password form on the login page and Configure
+// sign-in (views/mixins/loginForms.pug). Each .loginProvider button carries its provider's
+// wording; local accounts keep their own login code, other providers get a JSON POST.
+const LoginForms = (function () {
+  const KEY = "mmgisLoginProvider";
+  let active = null;
+  let onChange = function () {};
+
+  const buttons = () => Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".loginProvider"));
+  const read = (b) => ({
+    id: b.dataset.id,
+    title: b.dataset.title,
+    label: b.dataset.label,
+    hint: b.dataset.hint,
+    help: b.dataset.help,
+    path: b.dataset.path,
+  });
+
+  function select(id, remember) {
+    const all = buttons();
+    const button = all.find((b) => b.dataset.id === id) || all[0];
+    if (!button) return;
+    all.forEach((b) => {
+      b.classList.toggle("active", b === button);
+      b.setAttribute("aria-selected", b === button ? "true" : "false");
+    });
+    active = read(button);
+    const label = document.getElementById("username_label");
+    if (label) label.textContent = active.label || "Username";
+    // A single provider shows its hint in the banner instead
+    const hint = document.getElementById("loginHint");
+    if (hint) {
+      hint.textContent = all.length > 1 ? active.hint || "" : "";
+      hint.style.display = hint.textContent ? "block" : "none";
+    }
+    const help = document.getElementById("loginHelp");
+    if (help) {
+      if (active.help) {
+        help.href = active.help;
+        document.getElementById("loginHelpText").textContent = `Reset your ${active.title} password`;
+        help.style.display = "flex";
+      } else help.style.display = "none";
+    }
+    if (remember) {
+      try {
+        localStorage.setItem(KEY, active.id);
+      } catch (err) {}
+    }
+    onChange(active);
+  }
+
+  function init(changed) {
+    if (typeof changed === "function") onChange = changed;
+    buttons().forEach((b) => b.addEventListener("click", () => select(b.dataset.id, true)));
+    let remembered = null;
+    try {
+      remembered = localStorage.getItem(KEY);
+    } catch (err) {}
+    select(remembered, false);
+  }
+
+  // Shows only the local account form, e.g. while creating the first administrator
+  function onlyLocal() {
+    document.querySelectorAll(".loginProviders, .loginBanner").forEach((el) => (el.style.display = "none"));
+    select("local", false);
+    const label = document.getElementById("username_label");
+    if (label) label.textContent = "Username";
+  }
+
+  // Local accounts, or no provider switch at all
+  const isLocal = () => !active || active.id === "local";
+
+  function submit(username, password, done) {
+    $.ajax({
+      type: "POST",
+      url: active.path,
+      contentType: "application/json",
+      data: JSON.stringify({ username: username, password: password }),
+      success: function (data) {
+        if (data && data.status === "success") {
+          document.cookie = "MMGISUser=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;";
+          window.location.reload();
+        } else done((data && data.message) || "Login failed.");
+      },
+      error: function (xhr) {
+        done((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.");
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  return { init: init, onlyLocal: onlyLocal, isLocal: isLocal, submit: submit, current: () => active };
+})();
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index f3d6a4e68e..94bafd185e 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ PORT=8888
 #   AUTH=csso  -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] + PROXY_TRUST=network (local keeps admin logins)
 SITE_ACCESS=optional
 
-# AUTH_PROVIDERS - JSON array (or comma list) of login methods: "local", "proxy"
+# AUTH_PROVIDERS - JSON array (or comma list) of login methods: "local", "proxy", "ldap"
 # local: MMGIS username/password accounts. Keep it listed so /configure admins can always log in.
 # proxy: an authenticating reverse proxy (e.g. Cloud Single Sign On) in front of MMGIS sends identity headers (see PROXY_TRUST)
+# ldap: username/password checked against an LDAP directory (see LDAP_*)
+# With several username/password providers (local, ldap), the login form shows a switch; the first listed is the default.
 AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
 
 # If SITE_ACCESS=required and set to true, this allows all guests to the site to create user accounts
@@ -197,6 +199,38 @@ PROXY_STATUS_URL=/ssostatus
 PROXY_LOGOUT_URL=/ssologoutredirect
 PROXY_LOGIN_URL=/ssologinredirect
 PROXY_REFRESH_URL=/ssorefreshtimeout
+
+# LDAP login provider (AUTH_PROVIDERS includes "ldap"). See docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+# LDAP_URL - ldaps://host:636, or ldap://host:389 with LDAP_STARTTLS=true
+LDAP_URL=
+LDAP_STARTTLS=false
+# PEM file of the CA that signed the directory's certificate (internal CAs)
+LDAP_TLS_CA=
+# Local testing only: allow ldap:// without StartTLS (passwords unencrypted)
+LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=false
+# Finding people: search LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE with LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER, as LDAP_BIND_DN (a read-only
+#  service account) or anonymously when it is empty. Or sign in as LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE directly.
+LDAP_BIND_DN=
+LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(uid={{username}})
+LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE=
+# Attributes: a stable id (entryUUID; objectGUID on Active Directory), the username, email and groups
+LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID
+LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=uid
+LDAP_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE=mail
+LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=memberOf
+# Or find groups by searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE ({{dn}} / {{username}} are the person's)
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(member={{dn}})
+LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn
+LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=5000
+# Login form wording
+LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=LDAP
+LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=Username
+LDAP_LOGIN_HINT=
+LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL=
+
 # When not using the proxy, a string array of internal usernames with elevated "Lead" permissions
 LEADS=["user1"]
 
diff --git a/scripts/server.js b/scripts/server.js
index 76e2a1ec17..9d05789ce6 100644
--- a/scripts/server.js
+++ b/scripts/server.js
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ function renderAdminLogin(req, res, principal) {
   res.render("adminlogin", {
     user: req.user,
     SIGNED_IN_AS: signedIn ? principal.username || req.user || "" : null,
-    LOCAL_LOGIN: siteAccess.hasProvider("local"),
+    LOGIN_FORMS: providers.loginForms(undefined, { configure: true }),
     LOGIN_LINKS: providers.loginLinks(),
     RETURN_TO: providers.returnTo(req.originalUrl),
     VERSION: configurePackageJson.version,
@@ -541,12 +541,12 @@ function ensureUser(options = {}) {
         }
         if (options.forbid) sendForbidden(req, res);
         // Sites with no login form or login links sign in through their authenticating proxy
-        else if (!siteAccess.hasProvider("local") && providers.loginLinks().length === 0)
+        else if (providers.loginForms().length === 0 && providers.loginLinks().length === 0)
           res.render("unauthorized", { user: null, PROXY_LOGOUT_URL: proxyUrls().logout });
         else
           res.render("login", {
             user: req.user,
-            LOCAL_LOGIN: siteAccess.hasProvider("local"),
+            LOGIN_FORMS: providers.loginForms(),
             LOGIN_LINKS: providers.loginLinks(),
             RETURN_TO: providers.returnTo(req.originalUrl),
             CLEARANCE_NUMBER: process.env.CLEARANCE_NUMBER || "CL##-####",
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
index ab88be8ac2..2f69da37f9 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
@@ -272,3 +272,115 @@
     color: #1a1a1a;
     outline: none;
 }
+
+/* Provider switch, single-provider banner, hint and help link (as in public/login.css) */
+#loginModalProviders {
+    width: 342px;
+    max-width: calc(100% - 40px);
+    margin: 20px auto 0;
+}
+#loginModalProviders:empty {
+    display: none;
+}
+#loginModalProviders + #loginForm {
+    margin-top: 18px;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginProviders {
+    display: flex;
+    gap: 4px;
+    padding: 4px;
+    background: #121d23;
+    border-radius: 7px;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.5) inset;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginProvider {
+    flex: 1;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 6px;
+    min-width: 0;
+    padding: 8px 6px;
+    border: 0;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    background: transparent;
+    color: #a1a4ad;
+    font-family: inherit;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginProvider span {
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginProvider:hover,
+#loginModalProviders .loginProvider:focus-visible {
+    color: #ececec;
+    outline: none;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginProvider.active {
+    background: #0c3546;
+    color: #ffffff;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px #08aeea inset;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginProvider.active .mdi {
+    color: #08aeea;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginBanner {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 12px;
+    padding: 12px 14px;
+    text-align: left;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+    background: #13252e;
+    border: 1px solid rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.45);
+    border-left: 4px solid #08aeea;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginBanner > .mdi {
+    flex: none;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    width: 40px;
+    height: 40px;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    background: #0c3546;
+    color: #08aeea;
+    font-size: 22px;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginBanner small {
+    display: block;
+    color: #b4b7bf;
+    font-size: 11px;
+    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginBanner b {
+    display: block;
+    color: #ffffff;
+    font-size: 17px;
+}
+#loginModalProviders .loginBanner span {
+    display: block;
+    margin-top: 2px;
+    color: #b4b7bf;
+    font-size: 12.5px;
+    line-height: 1.35;
+}
+#loginModalHelp {
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+    gap: 4px;
+    margin: 0 0 10px;
+    color: #7fd3f5;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+#loginModalHelp:hover,
+#loginModalHelp:focus-visible {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+    outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index 41b752a99d..61ac02f925 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var modalFormSignIn =
   "<img id='loginModalLogo' src='" + mmgisLogoURL + "' alt='MMGIS' />" +
   "<div id='loginModalHeading'><span id='loginModalTitle'>Log in</span> <span id='loginModalTitleRest'>to your account.</span></div>" +
   "<div id='loginModalLead'></div>" +
+  "<div id='loginModalProviders'></div>" +
   "<form id='loginForm' accept-charset='UTF-8'>" +
     "<div class='field'>" +
       "<label id='loginUsernameLabel' for='loginUsernameInput'>Username</label>" +
@@ -41,12 +42,14 @@ var modalFormSignIn =
       "<input id='loginPasswordInput' name='password' type='password' autocomplete='off'>" +
       "<i id='loginPasswordInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
       "<div id='loginPasswordDescription' class='loginFieldDescription' style='display: none'>Must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least: 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number and 1 symbol.</div>" +
+      "<div id='loginModalHint' class='loginFieldDescription' style='display: none'></div>" +
     "</div>" +
     "<div id='loginRetypePassword' class='field' style='display: none'>" +
       "<label for='loginRetypePasswordInput'>Retype Password</label>" +
       "<input id='loginRetypePasswordInput' name='retypepassword' type='password' autocomplete='off'>" +
       "<i id='loginRetypePasswordInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
     "</div>" +
+    "<a id='loginModalHelp' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='display: none'><span></span><i class='mdi mdi-open-in-new' aria-hidden='true'></i></a>" +
     "<input id='loginSubmit' type='submit' name='Submit' value='Log In'></input>" +
     "<div id='loginInUpToggleWrapper'><div id='loginInUpToggle' role='button' tabindex='0'>or sign up</div></div>" +
   "</form>" +
@@ -71,6 +74,11 @@ var Login = {
     providerLogoutUrl: null,
     providerPerRequest: false,
     providerLinks: null,
+    // Providers that take a username and password in the modal's form (GET /api/auth loginForms)
+    loginForms: null,
+    activeForm: null,
+    // What the signed-in provider is called, e.g. "JPL Directory"
+    providerTitle: null,
     init: function () {
         if (window.mmgisglobal.SITE_ACCESS === 'public') return
         if (
@@ -95,6 +103,7 @@ var Login = {
             this.provider = loginProvider
             this.providerPerRequest = window.mmgisglobal.loginPerRequest === 'true'
             this.providerLogoutUrl = window.mmgisglobal.logoutUrl || null
+            Login.fetchAuth(() => Login.updateTooltip())
         }
 
         Login.loginBar = $('<div>')
@@ -128,17 +137,7 @@ var Login = {
             })
             .text(Login.loggedIn ? Login.username[0] : ''))
 
-        if (Login.loggedIn) {
-            if (window._tippyLoginUser && window._tippyLoginUser[0])
-                window._tippyLoginUser[0].setContent(Login.username)
-            else
-                window._tippyLoginUser = tippy('#loginUser', {
-                    content: Login.username,
-                    placement: 'bottom-end',
-                    theme: 'blue',
-                    allowHTML: false,
-                })
-        }
+        if (Login.loggedIn) Login.updateTooltip()
 
         //Show signup for admins
         if (
@@ -251,6 +250,7 @@ var Login = {
             // Then end the login at the provider too
             const providerLogoutUrl = Login.providerLogoutUrl
             Login.provider = null
+            Login.providerTitle = null
             Login.providerLogoutUrl = null
             if (providerLogoutUrl) {
                 window.location.href = providerLogoutUrl
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ var Login = {
                 Login.provider = d.provider || null
                 Login.providerLogoutUrl = d.logoutUrl || null
                 Login.providerPerRequest = d.perRequest === true
+                if (Login.provider) Login.fetchAuth(() => Login.updateTooltip())
 
                 loginSuccess(d)
             },
@@ -319,14 +320,160 @@ var Login = {
         $('#loginSubmit').val(signUp ? 'Sign Up' : 'Log In')
         $('#loginInUpToggle').html(signUp ? 'or log in' : 'or sign up')
     },
-    // Buttons for providers whose plugin.json sets "login_path"
+    // Who the user is, and the provider they signed in with
+    updateTooltip: function () {
+        if (!Login.loggedIn || !Login.username) return
+        const content =
+            Login.provider && Login.providerTitle
+                ? `${Login.username} · signed in with ${Login.providerTitle}`
+                : Login.username
+        if (window._tippyLoginUser && window._tippyLoginUser[0])
+            window._tippyLoginUser[0].setContent(content)
+        else
+            window._tippyLoginUser = tippy('#loginUser', {
+                content: content,
+                placement: 'bottom-end',
+                theme: 'blue',
+                allowHTML: false,
+            })
+    },
+    // GET /api/auth once: the login forms, login buttons and provider names
+    fetchAuth: function (done) {
+        if (Login.providerLinks) {
+            if (done) done()
+            return
+        }
+        const root = window.mmgisglobal.ROOT_PATH ? window.mmgisglobal.ROOT_PATH + '/' : ''
+        $.ajax({
+            type: 'GET',
+            url: `${root}api/auth`,
+            xhrFields: { withCredentials: true },
+            success: (d) => {
+                Login.providerLinks = (d && d.loginLinks) || []
+                Login.loginForms = (d && d.loginForms) || []
+                const p = ((d && d.providers) || []).find((x) => x.id === Login.provider)
+                if (p) Login.providerTitle = p.label
+                if (done) done()
+            },
+        })
+    },
+    // The provider switch (several form providers) or banner (one that isn't local accounts)
+    renderForms: function () {
+        if (!Login.loginForms) return
+        const forms = Login.loginForms
+        const el = $('#loginModalProviders').empty()
+        if (Login.signUp) {
+            // Admins create local accounts
+            Login.selectForm(null)
+            return
+        }
+        if (forms.length === 0) {
+            $('#loginModal #loginForm').hide()
+            $('#loginModalLead').text('Choose how to log in.')
+            return
+        }
+        $('#loginModal #loginForm').show()
+        if (forms.length > 1) {
+            $('#loginModalLead').text('Choose your account type.')
+            const tabs = $('<div>')
+                .addClass('loginProviders')
+                .attr({ role: 'tablist', 'aria-label': 'Account type' })
+            forms.forEach((f) => {
+                tabs.append(
+                    $('<button>')
+                        .addClass('loginProvider')
+                        .attr({ type: 'button', role: 'tab', 'data-id': f.id })
+                        .append($('<i>').addClass(`mdi mdi-${f.icon}`).attr('aria-hidden', 'true'))
+                        .append($('<span>').text(f.title))
+                        .on('click', () => Login.selectForm(f.id, true))
+                )
+            })
+            el.append(tabs)
+        } else if (forms[0].id !== 'local') {
+            $('#loginModalLead').text('')
+            const f = forms[0]
+            const text = $('<div>')
+                .append($('<small>').text('Sign in with'))
+                .append($('<b>').text(f.title))
+            if (f.hint) text.append($('<span>').text(f.hint))
+            el.append(
+                $('<div>')
+                    .addClass('loginBanner')
+                    .append($('<i>').addClass(`mdi mdi-${f.icon}`).attr('aria-hidden', 'true'))
+                    .append(text)
+            )
+        }
+        let remembered = null
+        try {
+            remembered = localStorage.getItem('mmgisLoginProvider')
+        } catch (err) {}
+        Login.selectForm(remembered)
+    },
+    selectForm: function (id, remember) {
+        const forms = Login.loginForms || []
+        const form = Login.signUp ? null : forms.find((f) => f.id === id) || forms[0] || null
+        Login.activeForm = form
+        $('#loginModalProviders .loginProvider').each(function () {
+            const on = form != null && $(this).attr('data-id') === form.id
+            $(this).toggleClass('active', on).attr('aria-selected', on ? 'true' : 'false')
+        })
+        $('#loginUsernameLabel').text(form ? form.usernameLabel : 'Username')
+        // A single provider shows its hint in the banner instead
+        const hint = form && forms.length > 1 ? form.hint : ''
+        $('#loginModalHint').text(hint).css('display', hint ? 'block' : 'none')
+        if (form && form.helpUrl)
+            $('#loginModalHelp')
+                .attr('href', form.helpUrl)
+                .css('display', 'flex')
+                .find('span')
+                .text(`Reset your ${form.title} password`)
+        else $('#loginModalHelp').css('display', 'none')
+        // Sign-up is only for local accounts
+        const local = form == null || form.id === 'local'
+        $('#loginModal #loginInUpToggle').toggle(
+            local && (Login.signUp || window.mmgisglobal.SELF_SIGNUP !== 'false')
+        )
+        if (remember && form) {
+            try {
+                localStorage.setItem('mmgisLoginProvider', form.id)
+            } catch (err) {}
+        }
+    },
+    // Signs in with a provider other than local accounts (JSON POST to its login_path)
+    formProviderLogin: function (values) {
+        const root = window.mmgisglobal.ROOT_PATH ? window.mmgisglobal.ROOT_PATH + '/' : ''
+        const form = Login.activeForm
+        $.ajax({
+            type: 'POST',
+            url: `${root}${form.path}`,
+            contentType: 'application/json',
+            data: JSON.stringify({ username: values.username, password: values.password }),
+            xhrFields: { withCredentials: true },
+            success: (d) => {
+                if (d && d.status === 'success') {
+                    Login.username = d.username
+                    window.mmgisglobal.user = d.username
+                    window.mmgisglobal.groups = d.groups || []
+                    Login.provider = d.provider || form.id
+                    Login.providerTitle = form.title
+                    Login.providerLogoutUrl = d.logoutUrl || null
+                    Login.providerPerRequest = false
+                    loginSuccess(d, false, true)
+                } else Toast.error((d && d.message) || 'Login failed.')
+            },
+            error: (xhr) => {
+                Toast.error((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || 'Login failed.')
+            },
+        })
+    },
+    // Buttons for providers whose plugin.json sets "login_path" and not "login_form"
     renderProviderLinks: function () {
         const root = window.mmgisglobal.ROOT_PATH ? window.mmgisglobal.ROOT_PATH + '/' : ''
         const draw = (links) => {
             const el = $('#loginProviderLinks').empty()
             if (!links || links.length === 0) return
             const returnTo = window.location.pathname + window.location.search
-            if (window.mmgisglobal.authProviders.includes('local'))
+            if ((Login.loginForms || []).length > 0)
                 el.append($('<div>').addClass('loginProviderOr').text('or'))
             links.forEach((link) => {
                 el.append(
@@ -337,15 +484,9 @@ var Login = {
                 )
             })
         }
-        if (Login.providerLinks) return draw(Login.providerLinks)
-        $.ajax({
-            type: 'GET',
-            url: `${root}api/auth`,
-            xhrFields: { withCredentials: true },
-            success: (d) => {
-                Login.providerLinks = (d && d.loginLinks) || []
-                draw(Login.providerLinks)
-            },
+        Login.fetchAuth(() => {
+            Login.renderForms()
+            draw(Login.providerLinks)
         })
     },
     createModal: function () {
@@ -384,6 +525,7 @@ var Login = {
         $('#loginModal #loginInUpToggle').on('click', function () {
             $('#loginErrorMessage').animate({ opacity: '0' }, 500)
             Login.setSignUpView(!Login.signUp)
+            Login.renderForms()
         })
 
         $('#loginUsernameInput').on('change paste keyup', function () {
@@ -475,7 +617,9 @@ var Login = {
             values['mission'] = L_.mission
 
             if (!Login.signUp) {
-                if (validate.username && validate.password) {
+                if (validate.username && validate.password && Login.activeForm && Login.activeForm.id !== 'local') {
+                    Login.formProviderLogin(values)
+                } else if (validate.username && validate.password) {
                     calls.api(
                         'login',
                         values,
@@ -668,17 +812,7 @@ function loginSuccess(data, ignoreError, fromModal) {
             })
             .text(Login.username[0])
 
-        if (Login.loggedIn) {
-            if (window._tippyLoginUser && window._tippyLoginUser[0])
-                window._tippyLoginUser[0].setContent(Login.username)
-            else
-                window._tippyLoginUser = tippy('#loginUser', {
-                    content: Login.username,
-                    placement: 'bottom-end',
-                    theme: 'blue',
-                    allowHTML: false,
-                })
-        }
+        if (Login.loggedIn) Login.updateTooltip()
         document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('mmgis:loginchange'))
     } else {
         document.cookie = 'MMGISUser=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;'
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17770afb93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import { test, expect, request as newRequest } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/**
+ * E2E tests for the LDAP login provider against a real OpenLDAP directory
+ * (tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh), with AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"].
+ *
+ *   tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh /tmp/ldap
+ *   SITE_ACCESS=optional AUTH_PROVIDERS='["ldap","local"]' LDAP_URL=ldaps://localhost:3636 \
+ *   LDAP_TLS_CA=/tmp/ldap/ca.pem LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org \
+ *   LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=svc-test-password LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=ou=people,dc=example,dc=org \
+ *   LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org npx playwright test tests/e2e/ldap
+ *
+ * Skipped unless the ldap provider is enabled.
+ */
+
+const baseURL = process.env.TEST_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:18888';
+const enabled = /\bldap\b/.test(process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS || '') && !!process.env.LDAP_URL;
+const admin = { username: 'test_admin', password: ['Test', 'Admin', '1!'].join('') };
+// Test-only directory passwords from openldap/seed.ldif
+const alice = { username: 'ldap_alice', password: ['alice', 'test', 'password'].join('-') };
+const bob = { username: 'ldap_bob', password: ['bob', 'test', 'password'].join('-') };
+const clash = { username: 'test_admin', password: ['clash', 'test', 'password'].join('-') };
+
+// Each context gets its own address, so the per-IP login rate limits don't add up across tests
+let ip = 10;
+async function context() {
+  ip += 1;
+  return newRequest.newContext({ baseURL, extraHTTPHeaders: { 'X-Forwarded-For': `10.77.0.${ip}` } });
+}
+const ldapLogin = (ctx, body) => ctx.post('/api/auth/ldap/login', { data: body });
+async function me(ctx) {
+  return (await (await ctx.get('/api/access/me')).json()).body;
+}
+async function adminContext() {
+  const ctx = await context();
+  const res = await ctx.post('/api/users/login', { data: admin });
+  expect((await res.json()).status).toBe('success');
+  return ctx;
+}
+
+test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
+  test.skip(!enabled, 'SKIP: the ldap login provider is not enabled');
+
+  test('the shared form lists LDAP first, with no separate login button', async () => {
+    const ctx = await context();
+    const auth = await (await ctx.get('/api/auth')).json();
+    expect(auth.loginForms.map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['ldap', 'local']);
+    expect(auth.loginForms[0]).toMatchObject({ path: 'api/auth/ldap/login', icon: 'card-account-details-outline' });
+    expect(auth.loginLinks.find((l) => l.id === 'ldap')).toBeUndefined();
+
+    const html = await (await ctx.get('/configure')).text();
+    expect(html).toContain('data-id="ldap"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-id="local"');
+  });
+
+  test('empty and wrong passwords are refused without signing in', async () => {
+    const ctx = await context();
+    expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: alice.username, password: '' })).status()).toBe(400);
+    const wrong = await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: alice.username, password: 'not-the-password' });
+    expect(wrong.status()).toBe(401);
+    expect((await wrong.json()).message).toMatch(/Invalid .* username or password/);
+    // Filter metacharacters are escaped, so a wildcard matches nobody
+    expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: '*', password: alice.password })).status()).toBe(401);
+    expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('a directory user signs in, keeps one account across logins, and signs out', async () => {
+    const ctx = await context();
+    const res = await ldapLogin(ctx, alice);
+    expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+    expect(await res.json()).toMatchObject({ status: 'success', username: alice.username, provider: 'ldap' });
+    const p = await me(ctx);
+    expect(p).toMatchObject({ authenticated: true, kind: 'user', username: alice.username, superadmin: false });
+
+    // The main site's page-load check reports the LDAP session
+    const check = await (await ctx.post('/api/users/login', { data: { useToken: true } })).json();
+    expect(check).toMatchObject({ status: 'success', username: alice.username, provider: 'ldap' });
+
+    await ctx.post('/api/users/logout');
+    expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
+
+    const again = await context();
+    expect((await ldapLogin(again, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const entries = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries;
+    expect(entries.filter((e) => e.username === alice.username)).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  test('directory groups give roles through groups with Members from LDAP', async () => {
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const name = `ldap-science-${Date.now()}`;
+    const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'science-team' } })).json();
+    expect(created.status).toBe('success');
+    const bound = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/bindings/add', {
+      data: { subject_type: 'group', subject_id: created.body.id, role: 'data_admin', scope_type: 'global' },
+    })).json();
+    expect(bound.status).toBe('success');
+
+    try {
+      const aliceCtx = await context();
+      expect((await ldapLogin(aliceCtx, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
+      const p = await me(aliceCtx);
+      expect(p.role).toBe('data_admin');
+      expect(p.capabilities).toContain('data.geodatasets.write');
+
+      // bob isn't in science-team
+      const bobCtx = await context();
+      expect((await ldapLogin(bobCtx, bob)).status()).toBe(200);
+      expect((await me(bobCtx)).role).toBe('user');
+      const groups = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/access/groups')).json()).body;
+      const members = groups.find((g) => g.id === created.body.id).members.map((m) => m.username);
+      expect(members).toEqual([alice.username]);
+    } finally {
+      await adminCtx.post('/api/access/bindings/remove', { data: { id: bound.body.id } });
+      await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/delete', { data: { id: created.body.id } });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('a directory username that is already a local account gets a 409', async () => {
+    const ctx = await context();
+    const res = await ldapLogin(ctx, clash);
+    expect(res.status()).toBe(409);
+    expect((await res.json()).message).toMatch(/already belongs to another account.*administrator/);
+    expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('LDAP accounts get no MMGIS password reset link', async () => {
+    const ctx = await context();
+    expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const entries = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries;
+    const account = entries.find((e) => e.username === alice.username);
+    const res = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/generateResetPasswordLink', { data: { id: account.id } })).json();
+    expect(res.status).toBe('failure');
+    expect(res.message).toMatch(/signs in with .*no MMGIS password/);
+  });
+
+  test('local accounts still log in alongside LDAP', async () => {
+    const ctx = await adminContext();
+    expect((await me(ctx)).superadmin).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/.gitignore b/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b6128f158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.run/
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/acl.ldif b/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/acl.ldif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..201bb8f676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/acl.ldif
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Lets the test service account (and signed-in people) read the directory, as a real directory's
+# read-only service account would
+dn: olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config
+changetype: modify
+replace: olcAccess
+olcAccess: {0}to * by dn.exact=gidNumber=0+uidNumber=0,cn=peercred,cn=external,cn=auth manage by * break
+olcAccess: {1}to attrs=userPassword,shadowLastChange by self write by dn="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org" write by anonymous auth by * none
+olcAccess: {2}to * by self read by dn="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org" write by dn.exact="cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org" read by users read by * none
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/seed.ldif b/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/seed.ldif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4a57c784a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/seed.ldif
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Test directory for tests/e2e/ldap. Passwords are test-only.
+dn: ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: organizationalUnit
+ou: people
+
+dn: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: organizationalUnit
+ou: groups
+
+dn: ou=services,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: organizationalUnit
+ou: services
+
+dn: cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: organizationalRole
+objectClass: simpleSecurityObject
+cn: mmgis-svc
+userPassword: svc-test-password
+
+dn: uid=ldap_alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: inetOrgPerson
+uid: ldap_alice
+cn: Alice Directory
+sn: Directory
+mail: ldap_alice@example.org
+userPassword: alice-test-password
+
+dn: uid=ldap_bob,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: inetOrgPerson
+uid: ldap_bob
+cn: Bob Directory
+sn: Directory
+userPassword: bob-test-password
+
+dn: uid=test_admin,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: inetOrgPerson
+uid: test_admin
+cn: Clashing Admin
+sn: Admin
+userPassword: clash-test-password
+
+dn: cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: groupOfNames
+cn: science-team
+member: uid=ldap_alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh b/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..24f69e98f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Starts an OpenLDAP container for tests/e2e/ldap on ports 3389 (ldap, StartTLS) and 3636 (ldaps),
+# with a fresh test CA (written to $OUT/ca.pem) because the image's own certificate has expired.
+set -euo pipefail
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+OUT="${1:-$HERE/.run}"
+NAME="${LDAP_CONTAINER:-mmgis-test-ldap}"
+mkdir -p "$OUT/certs"
+cd "$OUT/certs"
+openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -days 2 -subj "/CN=MMGIS test CA" -keyout ca.key -out ca.crt 2>/dev/null
+# slapd (GnuTLS) needs a traditional RSA key
+openssl genrsa -traditional -out ldap.key 2048 2>/dev/null
+openssl req -new -key ldap.key -subj "/CN=localhost" -out ldap.csr 2>/dev/null
+printf "subjectAltName=DNS:localhost,IP:127.0.0.1\n" > san.ext
+openssl x509 -req -in ldap.csr -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -CAcreateserial -days 2 -extfile san.ext -out ldap.crt 2>/dev/null
+openssl dhparam -out dhparam.pem 1024 2>/dev/null
+chmod 644 ./*
+cp ca.crt "$OUT/ca.pem"
+docker rm -f "$NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+docker run -d --name "$NAME" -p 3389:389 -p 3636:636 \
+  -e LDAP_ORGANISATION="MMGIS Test" -e LDAP_DOMAIN=example.org -e LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin-test-password \
+  -e LDAP_TLS_CRT_FILENAME=ldap.crt -e LDAP_TLS_KEY_FILENAME=ldap.key -e LDAP_TLS_CA_CRT_FILENAME=ca.crt \
+  -e LDAP_TLS_DH_PARAM_FILENAME=dhparam.pem -e LDAP_TLS_VERIFY_CLIENT=never \
+  -v "$OUT/certs:/container/service/slapd/assets/certs" \
+  osixia/openldap:1.5.0 >/dev/null
+for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+  if docker exec "$NAME" ldapsearch -x -H ldap://localhost -b dc=example,dc=org -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org -w admin-test-password -s base >/dev/null 2>&1; then break; fi
+  sleep 1
+done
+docker cp "$HERE/seed.ldif" "$NAME:/tmp/seed.ldif"
+docker cp "$HERE/acl.ldif" "$NAME:/tmp/acl.ldif"
+docker exec "$NAME" ldapadd -x -H ldap://localhost -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org -w admin-test-password -f /tmp/seed.ldif >/dev/null
+docker exec "$NAME" ldapmodify -Q -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f /tmp/acl.ldif >/dev/null
+echo "OpenLDAP ready: ldap://localhost:3389 (StartTLS), ldaps://localhost:3636, CA $OUT/ca.pem"
diff --git a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f42c1199c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the LDAP login provider (plugins/core/auth/Ldap).
+ * The directory is a fake client; tests/e2e/ldap runs against a real OpenLDAP.
+ */
+
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+const path = require('path');
+const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError } = require('ldapts');
+
+const ldap = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js'));
+const { config, escapeFilter, escapeDn, firstRdnValue, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
+
+const base = {
+  LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://ldap.example.org',
+  LDAP_BIND_DN: 'cn=svc,dc=example,dc=org',
+  LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'svc', // pragma: allowlist secret
+  LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: 'ou=people,dc=example,dc=org',
+};
+
+// A fake directory: people by DN with a password, searched by uid
+function fakeClient(people, log = []) {
+  return () => ({
+    async startTLS() { log.push('starttls'); },
+    async bind(dn, password) {
+      log.push(`bind ${dn}`);
+      if (dn === base.LDAP_BIND_DN && password === base.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD) return;
+      const p = people.find((x) => x.dn === dn);
+      if (!p || p.password !== password) {
+        const err = new InvalidCredentialsError(p && p.adCode ? `80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C09044E, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data ${p.adCode}, v4563` : 'Invalid credentials');
+        throw err;
+      }
+    },
+    async search(searchBase, opts) {
+      log.push(`search ${searchBase} ${opts.filter}`);
+      if (opts.scope === 'base') return { searchEntries: people.filter((p) => p.dn === searchBase).map((p) => p.entry) };
+      const m = /^\(uid=(.*)\)$/.exec(opts.filter);
+      const found = people.filter((p) => m && p.entry.uid === m[1]);
+      if (opts.sizeLimit && found.length > opts.sizeLimit) throw new SizeLimitExceededError('Size limit exceeded');
+      return { searchEntries: found.map((p) => p.entry) };
+    },
+    async unbind() { log.push('unbind'); },
+  });
+}
+
+const alice = {
+  dn: 'uid=alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org',
+  password: 'right', // pragma: allowlist secret
+  entry: {
+    dn: 'uid=alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org',
+    entryUUID: 'e1',
+    uid: 'alice',
+    mail: 'alice@example.org',
+    memberOf: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=Ops\\2C East,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'],
+  },
+};
+
+test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
+  test('usernames are escaped in filters (RFC 4515) and DNs (RFC 4514)', () => {
+    expect(escapeFilter('a*)(uid=*')).toBe('a\\2a\\29\\28uid=\\2a');
+    expect(escapeFilter('back\\slash\0')).toBe('back\\5cslash\\00');
+    expect(escapeDn('a,b+c"d<e>f;g=h\\i')).toBe('a\\,b\\+c\\"d\\<e\\>f\\;g\\=h\\\\i');
+    expect(escapeDn(' #lead trail ')).toBe('\\ #lead trail\\ ');
+    expect(escapeDn('#x')).toBe('\\#x');
+  });
+
+  test('group DNs become their first name component', () => {
+    expect(firstRdnValue('cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org')).toBe('science-team');
+    expect(firstRdnValue('CN=Ops\\2C East,OU=Groups,DC=corp')).toBe('Ops, East');
+    expect(firstRdnValue('cn=a\\,b,dc=x')).toBe('a,b');
+    expect(firstRdnValue('plain-name')).toBe('plain-name');
+  });
+
+  test('Active Directory objectGUIDs are formatted like AD shows them', () => {
+    const buf = Buffer.from('ab4bcf8b7e44e04c8b9e6b13f7c2e1a0', 'hex');
+    expect(guidString(buf)).toBe('8bcf4bab-447e-4ce0-8b9e-6b13f7c2e1a0');
+  });
+});
+
+test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
+  test('search mode: service account finds the person, their password is checked by binding as them', async () => {
+    const log = [];
+    const id = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log));
+    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['science-team', 'Ops, East'] });
+    expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`, `search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=alice)`, `bind ${alice.dn}`, 'unbind']);
+  });
+
+  test('wrong passwords, unknown and ambiguous usernames are all "not signed in"', async () => {
+    const twin = { ...alice, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org', entry: { ...alice.entry, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org' } };
+    expect(await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await authenticate('nobody', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice, twin]))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice, twin, twin]))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('filter metacharacters in the username are escaped, so a wildcard matches nobody', async () => {
+    const log = [];
+    expect(await authenticate('*', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log))).toBeNull();
+    expect(log).toContain(`search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=\\2a)`);
+  });
+
+  test('direct mode binds as the DN template and reads the entry as the person', async () => {
+    const log = [];
+    const env = { LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org' };
+    const id = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(env), fakeClient([alice], log));
+    expect(id.subject).toBe('e1');
+    expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${alice.dn}`, `search ${alice.dn} (objectClass=*)`, 'unbind']);
+  });
+
+  test('StartTLS runs before anything else is sent', async () => {
+    const log = [];
+    await authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x', LDAP_STARTTLS: 'true' }), fakeClient([alice], log));
+    expect(log[0]).toBe('starttls');
+  });
+
+  test('a rejected service account or missing subject attribute throws (the route answers 503)', async () => {
+    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'nope' }), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toThrow(/LDAP_BIND_DN/);
+    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'objectGUID' }), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toThrow(/objectGUID/);
+  });
+
+  test('Active Directory "password expired" is told apart from a wrong password', async () => {
+    const expired = { ...alice, password: 'other', adCode: '532' };
+    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([expired]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(PasswordExpiredError);
+  });
+});
+
+test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
+  const problems = (env) => ldap.validate(env).join('\n');
+
+  test('a valid search or direct-bind setup has no problems', () => {
+    expect(ldap.validate(base)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(ldap.validate({ LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x:389', LDAP_STARTTLS: 'true', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},dc=x' })).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('passwords never cross the network unencrypted unless explicitly allowed', () => {
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x' })).toMatch(/unencrypted/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x', LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE: 'true' })).toBe('');
+    expect(ldap.warnings({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x', LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE: 'true' }).join()).toMatch(/unencrypted/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_STARTTLS: 'true' })).toMatch(/already encrypted/);
+  });
+
+  test('missing or malformed settings refuse startup', () => {
+    expect(problems({})).toMatch(/LDAP_URL must be set/);
+    expect(problems({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x' })).toMatch(/LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE .* or LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: 'uid=x' })).toMatch(/LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER/);
+    expect(problems({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: '{{username}}@corp' })).toMatch(/isn't a DN/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: '' })).toMatch(/LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is empty/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_TLS_CA: '/no/such/ca.pem' })).toMatch(/LDAP_TLS_CA/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL: 'javascript:alert(1)' })).toMatch(/http\(s\)/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS: 'soon' })).toMatch(/LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: 'ou=g', LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER: '(member=x)' })).toMatch(/LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER/);
+  });
+
+  test('the login form wording comes from the site settings', () => {
+    expect(ldap.loginForm({})).toEqual({ title: 'LDAP', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '' });
+    expect(ldap.loginForm({ LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME: 'JPL Directory', LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL: 'JPL username', LDAP_LOGIN_HINT: 'Same as email.', LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL: 'https://pw.example.org' }))
+      .toEqual({ title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as email.', helpUrl: 'https://pw.example.org' });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 468b488e3f..7115d7b40f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ test.describe('provider discovery', () => {
     expect(providers.getProvider('local')).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  test('the shipped providers are local and proxy', () => {
-    expect(providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT).sort()).toEqual(['local', 'proxy']);
-    for (const id of ['local', 'proxy']) {
+  test('the shipped providers are ldap, local and proxy', () => {
+    expect(providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT).sort()).toEqual(['ldap', 'local', 'proxy']);
+    for (const id of ['ldap', 'local', 'proxy']) {
       const m = providers.getProvider(id).manifest;
       expect(m).toMatchObject({ type: 'auth', tier: 'core', overridable: false, required: true });
     }
@@ -285,6 +285,63 @@ test.describe('login links and returnTo', () => {
   });
 });
 
+test.describe('login forms', () => {
+  const saved = {};
+  test.beforeEach(() => {
+    for (const k of ['AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN', 'LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME', 'LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL', 'LDAP_LOGIN_HINT', 'LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL']) {
+      saved[k] = process.env[k];
+      delete process.env[k];
+    }
+    providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT);
+  });
+  test.afterEach(() => {
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(saved)) {
+      if (v === undefined) delete process.env[k];
+      else process.env[k] = v;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('form providers share the form in AUTH_PROVIDERS order and get no login button', () => {
+    process.env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME = 'JPL Directory';
+    process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL = 'JPL username';
+    process.env.LDAP_LOGIN_HINT = 'Same as your email.';
+    process.env.LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL = 'https://password.example.org';
+    expect(providers.loginForms(['ldap', 'local', 'proxy'])).toEqual([
+      { id: 'ldap', title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as your email.', helpUrl: 'https://password.example.org', icon: 'card-account-details-outline', path: 'api/auth/ldap/login' },
+      { id: 'local', title: 'MMGIS account', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '', icon: 'account-key-outline', path: 'api/auth/local/login' },
+    ]);
+    expect(providers.loginForms(['local', 'ldap']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['local', 'ldap']);
+    expect(providers.loginLinks(['ldap', 'local'])).toEqual([]);
+    expect(providers.providerLabel('ldap')).toBe('JPL Directory');
+    expect(providers.providerLabel('proxy')).toBe('Authenticating proxy');
+  });
+
+  test('with AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins, local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in', () => {
+    process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN = 'admins';
+    expect(providers.loginForms(['ldap', 'local']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['ldap']);
+    const configure = providers.loginForms(['ldap', 'local'], { configure: true });
+    expect(configure.map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['ldap', 'local']);
+    expect(configure[1].hint).toMatch(/admin role/);
+  });
+
+  test('wording from a provider is sanitized: non-http help links and bad icons are dropped', () => {
+    const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mmgis-auth-'));
+    try {
+      writePlugin(root, 'core', 'Form', { ...coreManifest('form'), display_name: 'Form Dir', login_path: '/login', login_form: true, login_icon: 'bad icon"' },
+        'module.exports = { loginForm: () => ({ helpUrl: "javascript:alert(1)", usernameLabel: "  " }) };');
+      writePlugin(root, 'core', 'Throws', { ...coreManifest('throws'), login_path: '/login', login_form: true }, 'module.exports = { loginForm: () => { throw new Error("x") } };');
+      providers.loadProviders(root);
+      expect(providers.loginForms(['form', 'throws'])).toEqual([
+        { id: 'form', title: 'Form Dir', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '', icon: 'account-outline', path: 'api/auth/form/login' },
+        { id: 'throws', title: 'Throws', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '', icon: 'account-outline', path: 'api/auth/throws/login' },
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 test.describe('provider hook results', () => {
   test('non-array, async and throwing validate() results are reported, and duplicate ids refuse startup', () => {
     const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mmgis-auth-'));
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
index e07493486c..87b3831918 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ test.describe('AUTH_PROVIDERS parsing', () => {
   });
 
   test('a provider without a plugin is unknown and points to the guide', () => {
-    expect(siteAccess.validate({ SITE_ACCESS: 'required', AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["ldap"]' }).join()).toMatch(/unknown provider 'ldap'.*contributing\/auth-providers/);
+    expect(siteAccess.validate({ SITE_ACCESS: 'required', AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["oidc"]' }).join()).toMatch(/unknown provider 'oidc'.*contributing\/auth-providers/);
   });
 
   test('unknown providers are rejected', () => {
diff --git a/views/adminlogin.pug b/views/adminlogin.pug
index 25ff63f413..6860a0ed13 100644
--- a/views/adminlogin.pug
+++ b/views/adminlogin.pug
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ head
   link(type='text/css' rel='stylesheet' href=ROOT_PATH + 'public/adminlogin.css')
   link(type='text/css' rel='stylesheet' href=ROOT_PATH + 'public/fonts/materialdesignicons/css/materialdesignicons.min.css')
   script(type='text/javascript' src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/jquery.min.js')
+  script(type='text/javascript' src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/loginForms.js')
   script(type='text/javascript' src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/adminlogin.js')
   style.
     @font-face { font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; src: url(#{ROOT_PATH}public/fonts/sourcesanspro/SourceSansPro-Regular.ttf); }
     body { background-color: #1a1a1a; background-image: url(#{ROOT_PATH}public/images/contours.png); }
+include mixins/loginForms.pug
+- const forms = LOGIN_FORMS || []
 body.mmgisScrollbar
   #backIcon.mdi.mdi-keyboard-backspace.mdi-18px
   .container
@@ -35,7 +38,8 @@ body.mmgisScrollbar
         | Admin
         span Dashboard
       h5#signInTitle Sign in to your account.
-      label.fieldLabel(for='username') Username
+      +loginProviders(forms)
+      label#username_label.fieldLabel(for='username')= forms.length ? forms[0].usernameLabel : 'Username'
       input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='off')
       label.fieldLabel(for='pwd') Password
       input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ body.mmgisScrollbar
       input#pwd_retype(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
       label#setup_code_label.fieldLabel(for='setup_code') Setup Code
       input#setup_code(type='text' name='setup_code' placeholder='See the server log' autocomplete='off' spellcheck='false')
+      +loginHelp()
       div.btn1(onClick='login()') Sign in
       if LOGIN_LINKS && LOGIN_LINKS.length
         .providerLinks
diff --git a/views/login.pug b/views/login.pug
index c13c2e1d9b..85d1685fe6 100644
--- a/views/login.pug
+++ b/views/login.pug
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@ html(lang='en')
     meta(name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0')
     link(rel='shortcut icon' href=ROOT_PATH + 'public/images/logos/logo.png')
     link(type='text/css' rel='stylesheet' href=ROOT_PATH + 'public/login.css')
+    link(type='text/css' rel='stylesheet' href=ROOT_PATH + 'public/fonts/materialdesignicons/css/materialdesignicons.min.css')
     script.
       allowSignup = #{AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP}
     script(type='text/javascript' src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/jquery.min.js')
+    script(type='text/javascript' src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/loginForms.js')
     script(type='text/javascript' src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/login.js')
     style.
       @font-face { font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; src: url(#{ROOT_PATH}public/fonts/sourcesanspro/SourceSansPro-Regular.ttf); }
       body { background-image: url(#{ROOT_PATH}public/images/contours.png) !important; }
+  include mixins/loginForms.pug
+  - const forms = LOGIN_FORMS || []
+  - const hasLocal = forms.some((f) => f.id === 'local')
   body.mmgisScrollbar
     .header
       img(src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/images/logos/local_login_brand.png' alt='Branding' style='left: 44px; transform: unset; height: 60px; opacity: 0.5;')
@@ -22,14 +27,18 @@ html(lang='en')
         h4
           | Log in
           span to your account.
-        if !LOCAL_LOGIN
+        if forms.length === 0
           h5 Choose how to log in.
+        else if forms.length > 1
+          h5 Choose your account type.
+        else if !hasLocal
         else if AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP
           h5 If you do not have an account,<br>sign up or request one from your administrator.
         else
           h5 If you do not have an account,<br>request one from your administrator.
-        if LOCAL_LOGIN
-          label#username_label.fieldLabel(for="username") Username
+        if forms.length
+          +loginProviders(forms)
+          label#username_label.fieldLabel(for="username")= forms[0].usernameLabel
           input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='off')
           label#email_label.fieldLabel(for="email") Email
           input#email(type='text' name='email' autocomplete='off')
@@ -39,12 +48,13 @@ html(lang='en')
           div#pwd_description Must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least: 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number and 1 symbol.
           label#pwd_retype_label.fieldLabel(for="pwd_retype") Retype Password
           input#pwd_retype(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
+          +loginHelp()
           div#login.btn1(onClick='login()' title='Log in to MMGIS!') Log In
           div#toggleWrapper
             div#toggle(onClick='toggle()') Or Sign Up
         if LOGIN_LINKS && LOGIN_LINKS.length
           .providerLinks
-            if LOCAL_LOGIN
+            if forms.length
               .providerOr or
             each link in LOGIN_LINKS
               a.providerBtn(href=link.url || (ROOT_PATH + link.path + '?returnTo=' + encodeURIComponent(RETURN_TO)))= link.label
diff --git a/views/mixins/loginForms.pug b/views/mixins/loginForms.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd3d01a3f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/mixins/loginForms.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//- The provider switch (or, for a single non-local provider, a banner) above the shared
+//- username/password form. public/loginForms.js reads each provider's wording from the buttons.
+mixin loginProviders(forms)
+  if forms.length
+    .loginProviders(class=forms.length > 1 ? 'multiple' : 'single' role=forms.length > 1 ? 'tablist' : null aria-label='Account type')
+      each f, i in forms
+        button.loginProvider(type='button' role='tab' class=i === 0 ? 'active' : null aria-selected=i === 0 ? 'true' : 'false' data-id=f.id data-title=f.title data-label=f.usernameLabel data-hint=f.hint data-help=f.helpUrl data-path=f.path)
+          i.mdi(class='mdi-' + f.icon aria-hidden='true')
+          span= f.title
+    if forms.length === 1 && forms[0].id !== 'local'
+      .loginBanner
+        i.mdi(class='mdi-' + forms[0].icon aria-hidden='true')
+        div
+          small Sign in with
+          b= forms[0].title
+          if forms[0].hint
+            span= forms[0].hint
+
+mixin loginHelp()
+  .loginHint#loginHint
+  a.loginHelp#loginHelp(target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer')
+    span#loginHelpText
+    i.mdi.mdi-open-in-new(aria-hidden='true')

From b33a50350074bb254f42d7bb8b7eee72fada3847 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 20:51:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 002/122] Mark test-only passwords for secret detection

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 2 +-
 tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js         | 6 +++---
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 17770afb93..498a0329a5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
   test('empty and wrong passwords are refused without signing in', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: alice.username, password: '' })).status()).toBe(400);
-    const wrong = await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: alice.username, password: 'not-the-password' });
+    const wrong = await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: alice.username, password: 'not-the-password' }); // pragma: allowlist secret
     expect(wrong.status()).toBe(401);
     expect((await wrong.json()).message).toMatch(/Invalid .* username or password/);
     // Filter metacharacters are escaped, so a wildcard matches nobody
diff --git a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
index f42c1199c8..6302c0085d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   });
 
   test('a rejected service account or missing subject attribute throws (the route answers 503)', async () => {
-    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'nope' }), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toThrow(/LDAP_BIND_DN/);
+    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'nope' }), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toThrow(/LDAP_BIND_DN/); // pragma: allowlist secret
     await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'objectGUID' }), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toThrow(/objectGUID/);
   });
 
   test('Active Directory "password expired" is told apart from a wrong password', async () => {
-    const expired = { ...alice, password: 'other', adCode: '532' };
+    const expired = { ...alice, password: 'other', adCode: '532' }; // pragma: allowlist secret
     await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([expired]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(PasswordExpiredError);
   });
 });
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
 
   test('the login form wording comes from the site settings', () => {
     expect(ldap.loginForm({})).toEqual({ title: 'LDAP', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '' });
-    expect(ldap.loginForm({ LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME: 'JPL Directory', LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL: 'JPL username', LDAP_LOGIN_HINT: 'Same as email.', LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL: 'https://pw.example.org' }))
+    expect(ldap.loginForm({ LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME: 'JPL Directory', LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL: 'JPL username', LDAP_LOGIN_HINT: 'Same as email.', LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL: 'https://pw.example.org' })) // pragma: allowlist secret
       .toEqual({ title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as email.', helpUrl: 'https://pw.example.org' });
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 7115d7b40f..df979a6a29 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ test.describe('login forms', () => {
     process.env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME = 'JPL Directory';
     process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL = 'JPL username';
     process.env.LDAP_LOGIN_HINT = 'Same as your email.';
-    process.env.LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL = 'https://password.example.org';
+    process.env.LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL = 'https://password.example.org'; // pragma: allowlist secret
     expect(providers.loginForms(['ldap', 'local', 'proxy'])).toEqual([
       { id: 'ldap', title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as your email.', helpUrl: 'https://password.example.org', icon: 'card-account-details-outline', path: 'api/auth/ldap/login' },
       { id: 'local', title: 'MMGIS account', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '', icon: 'account-key-outline', path: 'api/auth/local/login' },

From 61eb14a00b6322c0b5600602c5a6aed9f42a23a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 21:03:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 003/122] CI: seed the upgrade check with the release before
 the auth refactor

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
index e28e68f10d..ae948e2157 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.site_access == 'required' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
           git fetch --no-tags --depth=200 origin ${{ github.base_ref }}
-          bash tests/migration/run-legacy-compat.sh origin/${{ github.base_ref }}
+          # Seed with the last release before the auth refactor (the commit before scripts/auth-migrate.js was added)
+          added=$(git log --diff-filter=A --format=%H -1 origin/${{ github.base_ref }} -- scripts/auth-migrate.js)
+          if [ -n "$added" ]; then legacy="$added^"; else legacy=origin/${{ github.base_ref }}; fi
+          bash tests/migration/run-legacy-compat.sh "$legacy"
 
       - name: Upload test results
         if: always()

From 79a9a0c366bca6fd9e501f93a58b376f0fbd92e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 21:09:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 004/122] Show the sign-in provider in the account bubble's
 native tooltip

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .../Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js    | 10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index 61ac02f925..c81b4a403f 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -327,15 +327,7 @@ var Login = {
             Login.provider && Login.providerTitle
                 ? `${Login.username} · signed in with ${Login.providerTitle}`
                 : Login.username
-        if (window._tippyLoginUser && window._tippyLoginUser[0])
-            window._tippyLoginUser[0].setContent(content)
-        else
-            window._tippyLoginUser = tippy('#loginUser', {
-                content: content,
-                placement: 'bottom-end',
-                theme: 'blue',
-                allowHTML: false,
-            })
+        $('#loginUser').attr('title', content)
     },
     // GET /api/auth once: the login forms, login buttons and provider names
     fetchAuth: function (done) {

From 6b352e22be4981113362b4baa963af3d7d7e03b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 21:14:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 005/122] Show the sign-in provider on the TopBar account
 avatar

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js  | 2 ++
 .../Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx       | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index c81b4a403f..f6298b4846 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ var Login = {
             Login.provider = null
             Login.providerTitle = null
             Login.providerLogoutUrl = null
+            window.mmgisglobal.accountTitle = null
             if (providerLogoutUrl) {
                 window.location.href = providerLogoutUrl
                 return
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ var Login = {
             Login.provider && Login.providerTitle
                 ? `${Login.username} · signed in with ${Login.providerTitle}`
                 : Login.username
+        window.mmgisglobal.accountTitle = content
         $('#loginUser').attr('title', content)
     },
     // GET /api/auth once: the login forms, login buttons and provider names
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
index dbe1dd53da..d682b663e7 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ function TopBar({ userInterface }) {
     const [mapOpen, setMapOpen] = useState(true)
     const [globeOpen, setGlobeOpen] = useState(false)
     const [username, setUsername] = useState(null)
+    const [accountTitle, setAccountTitle] = useState(null)
 
     useEffect(() => {
         const el = topBarLeftRef.current
@@ -161,8 +162,10 @@ function TopBar({ userInterface }) {
         function syncUser() {
             if (window.mmgisglobal && window.mmgisglobal.user && window.mmgisglobal.user !== 'guest') {
                 setUsername(window.mmgisglobal.user)
+                setAccountTitle(window.mmgisglobal.accountTitle || null)
             } else {
                 setUsername(null)
+                setAccountTitle(null)
             }
         }
         syncUser()
@@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ function TopBar({ userInterface }) {
                                 <div
                                     id="accountButton"
                                     className={`${styles.userAvatar} ${connUI.menuOpen ? styles.menuOpen : ''} ${connUI.needsConnection ? styles.needsConnection : ''}`}
-                                    title={username}
+                                    title={accountTitle || username}
                                     style={{ background: Connections_.avatarColor(username) }}
                                     onClick={(e) => Connections_.toggleMenu(e.currentTarget)}
                                 >

From edb1864b23cb3eebbeafef8eca26ef046ca24401 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 21:40:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 006/122] Don't reveal username collisions on provider login;
 log them instead

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                    | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 .../Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md |  4 ++--
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                   |  4 ++--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                |  2 +-
 tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js            |  6 ++++--
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js        |  3 +++
 6 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 79d0dd4d6f..2b53f57db0 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -183,7 +183,13 @@ async function identify(req) {
 
 ////// Accounts for session-based (redirect) providers
 
-class LinkError extends Error {}
+// err.message has the details for the server log; providers show users only err.userMessage
+class LinkError extends Error {
+  constructor(message) {
+    super(message);
+    this.userMessage = "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.";
+  }
+}
 
 function accountModels() {
   const { AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember } = require("./models");
@@ -273,7 +279,14 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
 
 async function completeLogin(req, identity) {
   if (!identity) throw new LinkError("The provider did not return an identity.");
-  const user = await linkIdentity(identity);
+  let user;
+  try {
+    user = await linkIdentity(identity);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof LinkError)
+      logger("warn", `Refused ${identity.provider} login (subject '${identity.subject}'): ${err.message}`, "AuthProviders", req);
+    throw err;
+  }
   await syncGroups(user.id, identity);
   require("./principal").invalidate();
   await new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 63b59caebf..d0ff0fcdea 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ An identity is:
 **Session providers.** `await ctx.completeLogin(req, identity)`:
 
 - finds the account linked to this provider + subject, or creates one on first login (with a random password, so it can only sign in through the provider, and the identity's email if no other account uses it);
-- throws `ctx.LinkError` when the username already belongs to another account (for example a local account). Respond `409` with `err.message`. MMGIS never takes over an existing account;
+- throws `ctx.LinkError` when the username already belongs to another account (for example a local account). Respond `409` with `err.userMessage`, a generic message that doesn't reveal whether another account has that username; `completeLogin` writes the details (`err.message`) to the server log. MMGIS never takes over an existing account;
 - sets the person's membership of groups whose source is this provider to exactly the reported `groups`, adding and removing as needed;
 - starts a fresh session (new session id) and returns `{ id, username }`.
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ module.exports = {
         });
         res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "directory" });
       } catch (err) {
-        if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError) return res.status(409).send({ status: "failure", message: err.message });
+        if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError) return res.status(409).send({ status: "failure", message: err.userMessage });
         ctx.logger("error", "Directory login failed.", "Directory", req, err);
         res.status(500).send({ status: "failure", message: "Login failed." });
       }
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 19dded77fa..085ee4d070 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app login modal share one username/
 - **LDAP and local accounts:** a switch above the form ("<LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME> | MMGIS account"). The first provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default, and the browser remembers the last choice. The password only goes to the selected provider. Sign-up only appears on the MMGIS account tab.
 - **`AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`:** local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in.
 - `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL` names the username field, and `LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL` adds a "Reset your <name> password" link to your organization's password page (MMGIS can't reset directory passwords).
-- Errors say which provider failed: wrong username or password, directory unavailable, an expired Active Directory password, or a username that already belongs to an MMGIS account.
+- Errors say which provider failed: wrong username or password, directory unavailable, an expired Active Directory password, or a sign-in that can't be used with MMGIS yet (see below).
 - Once signed in, the account bubble's tooltip says which provider was used.
 
 ## Groups and roles
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Groups are reported by name (`cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`).
 ## Accounts
 
 - The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account.
-- A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused with a message to ask an administrator; MMGIS never takes over an existing account.
+- A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account.
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Someone disabled in the directory can't sign in again, but an existing MMGIS session (up to its normal lifetime) and their API tokens keep working until an admin removes the account or its tokens.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 577c605fcc..d98a4659ad 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ module.exports = {
         res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "ldap", groups: [] });
       } catch (err) {
         if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError)
-          return res.status(409).send({ status: "failure", message: `${err.message} Ask an administrator.` });
+          return res.status(409).send({ status: "failure", message: err.userMessage });
         ctx.logger("error", "LDAP login failed.", "Ldap", req, err);
         res.status(500).send({ status: "failure", message: "Login failed." });
       }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 498a0329a5..1004bfe0c1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -116,11 +116,13 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test('a directory username that is already a local account gets a 409', async () => {
+  test('a directory username that is already a local account gets a 409 that does not name the other account', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     const res = await ldapLogin(ctx, clash);
     expect(res.status()).toBe(409);
-    expect((await res.json()).message).toMatch(/already belongs to another account.*administrator/);
+    const { message } = await res.json();
+    expect(message).toMatch(/Ask an administrator/);
+    expect(message).not.toMatch(/already|belongs|test_admin/);
     expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index df979a6a29..5d9fe39475 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     const m = fakeModels({ users: [existing] });
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'x', username: 'admin' }), m))
       .rejects.toThrow(/already belongs to another account/);
+    const err = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'x', username: 'admin' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(providers.LinkError);
+    expect(err.userMessage).not.toMatch(/'admin'|already|belongs/);
     expect(m.User.rows).toEqual([{ id: 1, username: 'admin', password: '$2a$10$unchangedhash' }]);
     expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toHaveLength(0);
   });

From f60c833b4ebcad25d7d1f3cead181b5c4492c742 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 22:01:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 007/122] Remove the LDAP password-help link
 (LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL)

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |   5 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |   4 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |   4 -
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |   2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |   5 +-
 public/adminlogin.css                         |  17 -
 public/login.css                              | 811 +++++++++---------
 public/loginForms.js                          |   9 -
 sample.env                                    | 543 ++++++------
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css |  14 -
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js  |  10 +-
 tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js              |   7 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  15 +-
 views/adminlogin.pug                          |   2 +-
 views/login.pug                               |   2 +-
 views/mixins/loginForms.pug                   |   7 +-
 16 files changed, 688 insertions(+), 769 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 2b53f57db0..79f107ea4d 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //                          ctx.completeLogin(req, identity) starts a session
 //   validate(env)          -> string[]  problems that refuse startup
 //   warnings(env)          -> string[]  problems logged at startup
-//   loginForm(env)         -> { title?, usernameLabel?, hint?, helpUrl? }  wording of the
+//   loginForm(env)         -> { title?, usernameLabel?, hint? }  wording of the
 //                          shared username/password form, for providers whose
 //                          plugin.json sets "login_form": true
 // An identity is { subject, username?, email?, groups?: string[], strictGroups?: string[], session? }.
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ const isFormProvider = (p) =>
   p.manifest.login_form === true && typeof p.manifest.login_path === "string" && p.manifest.login_path.startsWith("/");
 
 const ICON_NAME = /^[a-z0-9-]+$/;
-const HTTP_URL = /^https?:\/\/\S+$/i;
 const text = (v, fallback = "") => (typeof v === "string" && v.trim() !== "" ? v.trim() : fallback);
 
 function formWording(p) {
@@ -339,13 +338,11 @@ function loginForms(ids = siteAccess.getProviders(), { configure = false } = {})
     if (!isFormProvider(p)) return;
     if (p.id === "local" && siteAccess.localAdminsOnly() && !configure) return;
     const w = formWording(p);
-    const helpUrl = text(w.helpUrl);
     out.push({
       id: p.id,
       title: text(w.title, p.label),
       usernameLabel: text(w.usernameLabel, "Username"),
       hint: text(w.hint),
-      helpUrl: HTTP_URL.test(helpUrl) ? helpUrl : "",
       icon: ICON_NAME.test(p.manifest.login_icon || "") ? p.manifest.login_icon : "account-outline",
       path: `api/auth/${p.id}${p.manifest.login_path}`,
     });
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index d0ff0fcdea..a7f7db1350 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module.exports = {
   // Problems logged at startup, as strings.
   warnings(env) { return []; },
   // Login form providers: the form's wording, usually from your ENVs. Every field is optional.
-  loginForm(env) { return { title, usernameLabel, hint, helpUrl }; },
+  loginForm(env) { return { title, usernameLabel, hint }; },
 };
 ```
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ There's no database handle or config object; read settings from `process.env`.
 A provider whose `plugin.json` sets `"login_form": true` and a `login_path` shares MMGIS's username/password form on the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal; it doesn't serve a login page of its own.
 
 - **Layout.** With one form provider that isn't `local`, the form shows a "Sign in with <title>" banner. With several (for example `ldap` and `local`), it shows a switch; the first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default and the browser remembers the last choice. The password is only sent to the selected provider. With `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`, `local` is only offered at Configure sign-in.
-- **Wording.** `loginForm(env)` returns `title` (the tab and banner name, default `display_name`), `usernameLabel` (default `Username`), `hint` (shown with the form) and `helpUrl` (an http(s) page, linked as "Reset your <title> password"). Read them from `<PROVIDERID>_*` ENVs so each site can name the provider its own way. `GET /api/auth` returns them as `loginForms`.
+- **Wording.** `loginForm(env)` returns `title` (the tab and banner name, default `display_name`), `usernameLabel` (default `Username`), and `hint` (shown with the form). Read them from `<PROVIDERID>_*` ENVs so each site can name the provider its own way. `GET /api/auth` returns them as `loginForms`.
 - **Request.** The form sends `POST /api/auth/<id><login_path>` with a JSON body `{ "username", "password" }`.
 - **Response.** On success call `ctx.completeLogin` and answer `{ "status": "success", "username", "provider": "<id>" }`; the page then reloads (login page, Configure) or the modal closes. On failure answer `{ "status": "failure", "message" }` with `400` (missing input), `401` (wrong credentials; counts towards the rate limit), `409` (`ctx.LinkError`) or `503` (the backend is unreachable). The message is shown as is, so name the provider in it.
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 4c7ea92e96..dcebecd8be 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -290,10 +290,6 @@ Label of the username field when signing in with LDAP, e.g. `JPL username` | str
 
 Short hint shown with the LDAP form, e.g. `Use the same username and password as your email.` | string | default `''`
 
-#### `LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL=`
-
-Your organization's password reset page, linked under the LDAP form as "Reset your <LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME> password". MMGIS can't reset directory passwords. Hidden when empty | string | default `''`
-
 #### `VERBOSE_LOGGING=`
 
 Potentially logs a bunch of extra stuff for development purposes | bool | default `false`
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 085ee4d070..8f8e42189e 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app login modal share one username/
 - **Only LDAP** (or LDAP plus a proxy): a "Sign in with <LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME>" banner above the form, with `LDAP_LOGIN_HINT` under it.
 - **LDAP and local accounts:** a switch above the form ("<LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME> | MMGIS account"). The first provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default, and the browser remembers the last choice. The password only goes to the selected provider. Sign-up only appears on the MMGIS account tab.
 - **`AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`:** local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in.
-- `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL` names the username field, and `LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL` adds a "Reset your <name> password" link to your organization's password page (MMGIS can't reset directory passwords).
+- `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL` names the username field. MMGIS doesn't offer a way to reset directory passwords; people use their organization's usual process.
 - Errors say which provider failed: wrong username or password, directory unavailable, an expired Active Directory password, or a sign-in that can't be used with MMGIS yet (see below).
 - Once signed in, the account bubble's tooltip says which provider was used.
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index d98a4659ad..85c8200a4d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const { Client, InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError } = require("lda
 
 const setting = (v, fallback = "") => (v != null && String(v).trim() !== "" ? String(v).trim() : fallback);
 const isTrue = (v) => String(v).trim().toLowerCase() === "true";
-const HTTP_URL = /^https?:\/\/\S+$/i;
 const MAX_USERNAME = 256;
 
 function config(env = process.env) {
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ function config(env = process.env) {
     displayName: setting(env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME, "LDAP"),
     usernameLabel: setting(env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL, "Username"),
     hint: setting(env.LDAP_LOGIN_HINT),
-    helpUrl: setting(env.LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL),
   };
 }
 
@@ -270,7 +268,6 @@ function validate(env) {
       errors.push("LDAP_TLS_CA must be the path of a readable PEM file.");
     }
   }
-  if (c.helpUrl && !HTTP_URL.test(c.helpUrl)) errors.push("LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL must be an http(s) URL.");
   if (setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS) && String(c.timeoutMs) !== setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS))
     errors.push("LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS must be a whole number of milliseconds.");
   return errors;
@@ -320,7 +317,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   loginForm(env) {
     const c = config(env);
-    return { title: c.displayName, usernameLabel: c.usernameLabel, hint: c.hint, helpUrl: c.helpUrl };
+    return { title: c.displayName, usernameLabel: c.usernameLabel, hint: c.hint };
   },
   validate,
   warnings,
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.css b/public/adminlogin.css
index 0e7c2c2853..d8bf6ba89e 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.css
+++ b/public/adminlogin.css
@@ -444,20 +444,3 @@ img {
   font-size: 12.5px;
   line-height: 1.4;
 }
-.loginHelp {
-  display: none;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: flex-end;
-  gap: 4px;
-  width: 342px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  margin: 0 auto 10px;
-  color: #7fd3f5;
-  font-size: 13px;
-  text-decoration: none;
-}
-.loginHelp:hover,
-.loginHelp:focus-visible {
-  text-decoration: underline;
-  outline: none;
-}
diff --git a/public/login.css b/public/login.css
index e0d2a13f9f..b8b178672c 100644
--- a/public/login.css
+++ b/public/login.css
@@ -1,414 +1,397 @@
-@font-face {
-  font-family: "Source Sans Pro";
-  /* src is set via inline style in login.pug to support ROOT_PATH */
-}
-
-html {
-  padding: 0;
-  margin: 0;
-}
-
-body {
-  /* background-image is set via inline style in login.pug to support ROOT_PATH */
-  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
-  background-color: #1a1a1a;
-  padding: 0;
-  margin: 0;
-}
-
-#container {
-  margin: 0;
-  top: 50%;
-  left: 50%;
-  position: absolute;
-  text-align: center;
-  transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
-  background-color: #1c1c1c;
-  border-top: 4px solid #08aeea;
-  border-radius: 10px;
-  width: 400px;
-  padding-bottom: 26px;
-  box-shadow: 0px 4px 30px 10px #141414;
-}
-
-.box h4 {
-  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
-  color: #08aeea;
-  font-size: 18px;
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-.box h4 span {
-  color: #dfdeee;
-  font-weight: lighter;
-  margin-left: 4px;
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-  font-size: 13.5px;
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-  color: #b4b7bf;
-  letter-spacing: 0.3px;
-  margin-top: -10px;
-  margin-bottom: 24px;
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-
-.box input[type="text"],
-.box input[type="password"] {
-  display: block;
-  margin: 6px auto 16px;
-  background: #36373a;
-  border-radius: 5px;
-  padding: 14px 10px;
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-  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.25);
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-  height: 49px;
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-#pwd_description,
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-  display: none;
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-.mmgisScrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar {
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-  background-color: transparent;
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-
-.mmgisScrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
-  border-radius: 2px;
-  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
-}
-
-#configIcon {
-  position: absolute;
-  bottom: 0px;
-  left: 0px;
-  padding: 10px;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  color: #999;
-  transition: color 0.2s ease-in;
-  z-index: 100;
-}
-#configIcon:hover {
-  color: black;
-}
-
-#toggleWrapper {
-  width: 100%;
-  display: none;
-  justify-content: center;
-  margin-top: 14px;
-}
-#toggle {
-  padding: 2px 8px;
-  line-height: 16px;
-  text-align: center;
-  background: #36373a;
-  color: #a1a4ad;
-  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
-  border-radius: 3px;
-  font-size: 13px;
-  text-transform: lowercase;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
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-#toggle:hover {
-  background: #08aeea;
-  color: white;
-}
-@media (max-width: 480px) {
-  .header {
-    display: flex;
-    justify-content: center;
-    align-items: center;
-  }
-  .header > img {
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-  .footer {
-    padding: 22px !important;
-  }
-  .box input[type="text"],
-  .box input[type="password"] {
-    font-size: 16px;
-  }
-}
-@media (max-width: 420px) {
-  #container {
-    transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) scale(0.8);
-  }
-}
-
-.providerLinks {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 8px;
-  width: 342px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  margin: 14px auto 0;
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-.providerOr {
-  text-align: center;
-  color: #808080;
-  font-size: 13px;
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-.providerBtn {
-  display: block;
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-  width: 100%;
-  padding: 10px 12px;
-  border: 0;
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-  background: #ffffff;
-  color: #1a1a1a;
-  text-align: center;
-  text-decoration: none;
-  font-weight: 600;
-  transition: background 0.2s;
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-.providerBtn:hover,
-.providerBtn:focus-visible {
-  background: #d9e9f0;
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-/* Provider switch, single-provider banner, hint and help link above/below the shared form */
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-  display: flex;
-  gap: 4px;
-  width: 342px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  margin: 0 auto 18px;
-  padding: 4px;
-  background: #121d23;
-  border-radius: 7px;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.5) inset;
-}
-.loginProviders.single {
-  display: none;
-}
-.loginProvider {
-  flex: 1;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  gap: 6px;
-  min-width: 0;
-  padding: 8px 6px;
-  border: 0;
-  border-radius: 5px;
-  background: transparent;
-  color: #a1a4ad;
-  font-family: inherit;
-  font-size: 13px;
-  font-weight: 600;
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-.loginProvider span {
-  overflow: hidden;
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-}
-.loginProvider:hover,
-.loginProvider:focus-visible {
-  color: #ececec;
-  outline: none;
-}
-.loginProvider.active {
-  background: #0c3546;
-  color: #ffffff;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px #08aeea inset;
-}
-.loginProvider.active .mdi {
-  color: #08aeea;
-}
-.loginBanner {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 12px;
-  width: 342px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  margin: 0 auto 18px;
-  padding: 12px 14px;
-  text-align: left;
-  border-radius: 8px;
-  background: #13252e;
-  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.45);
-  border-left: 4px solid #08aeea;
-}
-.loginBanner > .mdi {
-  flex: none;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  width: 40px;
-  height: 40px;
-  border-radius: 50%;
-  background: #0c3546;
-  color: #08aeea;
-  font-size: 22px;
-}
-.loginBanner small {
-  display: block;
-  color: #b4b7bf;
-  font-size: 11px;
-  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
-  text-transform: uppercase;
-}
-.loginBanner b {
-  display: block;
-  color: #ffffff;
-  font-size: 17px;
-}
-.loginBanner span {
-  display: block;
-  margin-top: 2px;
-  color: #b4b7bf;
-  font-size: 12.5px;
-  line-height: 1.35;
-}
-.loginHint {
-  display: none;
-  width: 342px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  margin: -8px auto 14px;
-  text-align: left;
-  color: #a1a4ad;
-  font-style: italic;
-  font-size: 12.5px;
-  line-height: 1.4;
-}
-.loginHelp {
-  display: none;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: flex-end;
-  gap: 4px;
-  width: 342px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  margin: 0 auto 10px;
-  color: #7fd3f5;
-  font-size: 13px;
-  text-decoration: none;
-}
-.loginHelp:hover,
-.loginHelp:focus-visible {
-  text-decoration: underline;
-  outline: none;
-}
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro";
+  /* src is set via inline style in login.pug to support ROOT_PATH */
+}
+
+html {
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+body {
+  /* background-image is set via inline style in login.pug to support ROOT_PATH */
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  background-color: #1a1a1a;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+#container {
+  margin: 0;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  position: absolute;
+  text-align: center;
+  transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
+  background-color: #1c1c1c;
+  border-top: 4px solid #08aeea;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  width: 400px;
+  padding-bottom: 26px;
+  box-shadow: 0px 4px 30px 10px #141414;
+}
+
+.box h4 {
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  color: #08aeea;
+  font-size: 18px;
+  margin-top: 16px;
+}
+
+.box h4 span {
+  color: #dfdeee;
+  font-weight: lighter;
+  margin-left: 4px;
+}
+
+.box h5 {
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  font-size: 13.5px;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  letter-spacing: 0.3px;
+  margin-top: -10px;
+  margin-bottom: 24px;
+}
+
+.box input[type="text"],
+.box input[type="password"] {
+  display: block;
+  margin: 6px auto 16px;
+  background: #36373a;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  padding: 14px 10px;
+  width: 320px;
+  outline: none;
+  font-size: 14px;
+  color: #ececec;
+  border: 1px solid #45464a;
+}
+::-webkit-input-placeholder {
+  color: #727580;
+}
+
+.box input[type="text"]:focus,
+.box input[type="password"]:focus {
+  border: 1px solid #08aeea;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.25);
+}
+
+a {
+  color: #75767a;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+a:hover {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+.btn1 {
+  display: block;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  background: #08aeea;
+  color: #08222e;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  width: 342px;
+  height: 49px;
+  margin: 12px auto 0;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  transition: 0.3s;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  text-align: center;
+  user-select: none;
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  line-height: 49px;
+}
+
+.btn1:hover {
+  background: #3cc4f3;
+  color: #08222e;
+}
+
+.error {
+  text-align: center;
+  width: 337px;
+  height: 22px;
+  padding: 2px;
+  border: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: calc(100% + 12px);
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  color: #ffcfb3;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid #ff7426;
+  opacity: 0;
+  transition: opacity 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.39, 0.575, 0.565, 1);
+}
+
+#email_label,
+#email,
+#email_description,
+#pwd_description,
+#pwd_retype_label,
+#pwd_retype {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+#email_description,
+#pwd_description {
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+  text-align: left;
+  width: 342px;
+  margin: -10px auto 16px;
+}
+
+img {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 44px;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+#container > img {
+  position: static;
+  transform: none;
+  display: block;
+  margin: 34px auto 0;
+  height: 30px;
+}
+
+.fieldLabel {
+  display: block;
+  width: 342px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  text-align: left;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+}
+
+.mmgisScrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
+  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+  background-color: Transparent;
+}
+
+.mmgisScrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar {
+  width: 6px;
+  height: 6px;
+  background-color: transparent;
+}
+
+.mmgisScrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
+}
+
+#configIcon {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0px;
+  left: 0px;
+  padding: 10px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: #999;
+  transition: color 0.2s ease-in;
+  z-index: 100;
+}
+#configIcon:hover {
+  color: black;
+}
+
+#toggleWrapper {
+  width: 100%;
+  display: none;
+  justify-content: center;
+  margin-top: 14px;
+}
+#toggle {
+  padding: 2px 8px;
+  line-height: 16px;
+  text-align: center;
+  background: #36373a;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  text-transform: lowercase;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
+}
+#toggle:hover {
+  background: #08aeea;
+  color: white;
+}
+@media (max-width: 480px) {
+  .header {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
+  .header > img {
+    left: auto !important;
+  }
+  .footer {
+    padding: 22px !important;
+  }
+  .box input[type="text"],
+  .box input[type="password"] {
+    font-size: 16px;
+  }
+}
+@media (max-width: 420px) {
+  #container {
+    transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) scale(0.8);
+  }
+}
+
+.providerLinks {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 8px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin: 14px auto 0;
+}
+.providerOr {
+  text-align: center;
+  color: #808080;
+  font-size: 13px;
+}
+.providerBtn {
+  display: block;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  background: #ffffff;
+  color: #1a1a1a;
+  text-align: center;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  transition: background 0.2s;
+}
+.providerBtn:hover,
+.providerBtn:focus-visible {
+  background: #d9e9f0;
+  color: #1a1a1a;
+  outline: none;
+}
+
+/* Provider switch, single-provider banner, hint and help link above/below the shared form */
+.loginProviders.multiple {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 4px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto 18px;
+  padding: 4px;
+  background: #121d23;
+  border-radius: 7px;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.5) inset;
+}
+.loginProviders.single {
+  display: none;
+}
+.loginProvider {
+  flex: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 8px 6px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.loginProvider span {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.loginProvider:hover,
+.loginProvider:focus-visible {
+  color: #ececec;
+  outline: none;
+}
+.loginProvider.active {
+  background: #0c3546;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px #08aeea inset;
+}
+.loginProvider.active .mdi {
+  color: #08aeea;
+}
+.loginBanner {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 12px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto 18px;
+  padding: 12px 14px;
+  text-align: left;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: #13252e;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.45);
+  border-left: 4px solid #08aeea;
+}
+.loginBanner > .mdi {
+  flex: none;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 40px;
+  height: 40px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: #0c3546;
+  color: #08aeea;
+  font-size: 22px;
+}
+.loginBanner small {
+  display: block;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.loginBanner b {
+  display: block;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  font-size: 17px;
+}
+.loginBanner span {
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 2px;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.35;
+}
+.loginHint {
+  display: none;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin: -8px auto 14px;
+  text-align: left;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+}
diff --git a/public/loginForms.js b/public/loginForms.js
index 41c118d5db..010fc736ab 100644
--- a/public/loginForms.js
+++ b/public/loginForms.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
     title: b.dataset.title,
     label: b.dataset.label,
     hint: b.dataset.hint,
-    help: b.dataset.help,
     path: b.dataset.path,
   });
 
@@ -34,14 +33,6 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
       hint.textContent = all.length > 1 ? active.hint || "" : "";
       hint.style.display = hint.textContent ? "block" : "none";
     }
-    const help = document.getElementById("loginHelp");
-    if (help) {
-      if (active.help) {
-        help.href = active.help;
-        document.getElementById("loginHelpText").textContent = `Reset your ${active.title} password`;
-        help.style.display = "flex";
-      } else help.style.display = "none";
-    }
     if (remember) {
       try {
         localStorage.setItem(KEY, active.id);
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 94bafd185e..15aa690a29 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -1,272 +1,271 @@
-# Booleans should all be lowercase: true/false
-
-# SERVER - node || apache(deprecated)
-SERVER=node
-
-# PORT
-# In development mode only, PORT+1 will also be used for the main site
-PORT=8888
-
-# SITE_ACCESS - public || optional || required  (required; there is no default)
-# public: Anyone can view. No end-user login on the main site; only admins log in at /configure.
-# optional: Anyone can view. Users may sign up and log in (e.g. to save Draw files).
-# required: Visitors must log in to see anything.
-#   (with local login this does not work in dev env/build first and npm run start:prod)
-# The old AUTH variable has been removed; MMGIS refuses to start while it is set.
-#   AUTH=off -> SITE_ACCESS=public    AUTH=none -> SITE_ACCESS=optional
-#   AUTH=local -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
-#   AUTH=csso  -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] + PROXY_TRUST=network (local keeps admin logins)
-SITE_ACCESS=optional
-
-# AUTH_PROVIDERS - JSON array (or comma list) of login methods: "local", "proxy", "ldap"
-# local: MMGIS username/password accounts. Keep it listed so /configure admins can always log in.
-# proxy: an authenticating reverse proxy (e.g. Cloud Single Sign On) in front of MMGIS sends identity headers (see PROXY_TRUST)
-# ldap: username/password checked against an LDAP directory (see LDAP_*)
-# With several username/password providers (local, ldap), the login form shows a switch; the first listed is the default.
-AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
-
-# If SITE_ACCESS=required and set to true, this allows all guests to the site to create user accounts
-#  otherwise, they just see a login page with no signup section
-AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
-# AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN - all || admins  (default all). admins: only accounts with an admin role may log in
-#   with a local account (e.g. AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] where local is only for admins). Disables self sign-up.
-AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=all
-
-# SETUP_CODE - optional. While no accounts exist, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account
-#  requires a one-time setup code. By default a random code is printed in the server log
-#  on start; set this to choose the code yourself (scripted installs, multiple replicas).
-SETUP_CODE=
-
-# NODE_ENV - development || production
-NODE_ENV=development
-
-# HTTPS - true || false
-# If true, MMGIS will use an https server with the, now required, HTTPS_KEY and HTTPS_CERT envs.
-# If false, use a wrapping https proxy server instead and block PORT from being public
-HTTPS=false
-
-# Relative path to key. If using docker, make sure the key is mounted.Everything under './ssl/' is gitignored and './ssl/' is mounted into docker.
-HTTPS_KEY='ssl/sample.key'
-
-# Relative path to cert. If using docker, make sure the cert is mounted. Everything under './ssl/' is gitignored and './ssl/' is mounted into docker.
-HTTPS_CERT='ssl/sample.cert'
-
-
-# TRUST_PROXY - how many proxies in front of MMGIS to trust for the client IP (X-Forwarded-For).
-# 1 (default), false when browsers reach MMGIS directly, or an Express "trust proxy" value.
-TRUST_PROXY=1
-
-# SECRET - REQUIRED. Set to a strong random string (min 24 chars) for session cookie signing.
-# Do NOT use this sample value in production. Generate one with: openssl rand -hex 64
-SECRET=
-
-# Connections - let tools use an outside service with each person's own account there.
-# They never sign anyone in to MMGIS. See docs/pages/Contributing/Connections.
-# CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL - public URL of this site (incl. ROOT_PATH) for service callbacks,
-#   when MMGIS sits behind a proxy that changes the host. Default: from the request.
-CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL=
-
-#LOGGING
-VERBOSE_LOGGING=false
-
-
-# STAC Catalogs - https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac
-WITH_STAC=true
-STAC_PORT=8881
-# TiTiler PG Vectors - https://github.com/developmentseed/tipg
-WITH_TIPG=true
-TIPG_PORT=8882
-# TiTiler - https://developmentseed.org/titiler
-WITH_TITILER=true
-TITILER_PORT=8883
-# TiTiler URL Validation (SSRF Prevention)
-# JSON array of regex patterns for allowed URLs. URLs must match at least one pattern to be proxied.
-# Empty array [] or unset = allow all URLs (backward compatible, not recommended for production)
-# Default below: HTTPS URLs + local /Missions files (relative paths, with path traversal protection)
-TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS='["^https://(?!.*\\.\\.)(?!.*\\x00).*$", "^/Missions/(?!.*\\.\\.).*$"]'
-# To allow all URLs (disable validation):
-# TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS=
-# Domain whitelist example:
-# TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS='["^https://tiles\\.example\\.com/.*", "^https://.*\\.s3\\.amazonaws\\.com/.*", "^file:///Missions/.*"]'
-# TiTiler Mosaicking - https://github.com/stac-utils/titiler-pgstac
-WITH_TITILER_PGSTAC=true
-TITILER_PGSTAC_PORT=8884
-# Veloserver - Velocity and Wind Data Visualization Server - https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/Veloserver
-WITH_VELOSERVER=true
-VELOSERVER_PORT=8104
-
-# Custom Adjacent Servers (Docker only) - Configure your own adjacent servers without modifying core MMGIS code
-# Format: ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_X=["isEnabled", "routeName", "serviceName", "port"]
-# Where:
-#   - isEnabled: "true" or "false" - whether to enable this server
-#   - routeName: URL path name (will be accessible at /routeName)
-#   - serviceName: Docker service name or localhost for non-Docker deployments
-#   - port: Port number the service runs on
-#
-# Examples:
-# ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_0=["true", "my_service", "my_service_container", "8105"]
-# ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_1=["false", "disabled_service", "disabled_service", "8106"]
-#
-# You can configure up to multiple custom servers by incrementing the number (0, 1, 2, 3, etc.)
-
-# Sets the Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors header to allow the embedding in external sites. default null, ex: FRAME_ANCESTORS='["https://*.jpl.nasa.gov"]'
-FRAME_ANCESTORS=
-# Sets "SameSite=None; Secure" on the login cookie. Useful when using SITE_ACCESS=required as an iframe within a cross-origin page.
-THIRD_PARTY_COOKIES=false
-# Comma-separated origins allowed for cross-origin HTTP requests and websockets. Empty means same-origin only.
-CORS_ORIGINS=
-# Explicitly control the session cookie Secure flag. Unset defaults to HTTPS=true or THIRD_PARTY_COOKIES=true.
-SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=
-# Sets the Content-Security-Policy: frame-src header to allow the embedding external sites with mmgis. default null, ex: FRAME_ANCESTORS='["https://*.jpl.nasa.gov"]'.
-# Setting this will almost always have no effect
-FRAME_SRC=
-
-# Set MMGIS to be deployed under a subpath. For example if serving at the subpath 'https://{domain}/path/where/I/serve/mmgis' is desired, set `ROOT_PATH=/path/where/I/serve/mmgis`. Should always begin with a `/`. If no subpath, leave blank.
-ROOT_PATH=
-
-# Tell MMGIS that it's already deployed under a subpath. For example if already proxying to the subpath 'https://{domain}/path/where/I/serve/mmgis' is desired, set `ROOT_PATH=/path/where/I/serve/mmgis`. Should always begin with a `/`. If `ROOT_PATH` is also set, requests will use `EXTERNAL_ROOT_PATH` + `ROOT_PATH`. If no external subpath, leave blank. This differs from ROOT_PATH in that MMGIS will not place any of it's endpoints under this path but will still query as if it did.
-EXTERNAL_ROOT_PATH=
-
-# Overrides ROOT_PATH's use when the client connects via websocket. Websocket url: `${ws_protocol}://${window.location.host}${WEBSOCKET_ROOT_PATH || ROOT_PATH || ''}/`
-WEBSOCKET_ROOT_PATH=
-
-# Sets a clearance number for the website
-CLEARANCE_NUMBER=
-
-# A string of text for contact information on the bottom right corner of the login pages
-CONTACT_INFO=
-
-# Initial HTML page title. When sharing a link to MMGIS in an application that supports link previews, the title to be used | string | default `MMGIS`
-LINK_PREVIEW_TITLE=
-# Initial HTML page description. When sharing a link to MMGIS in an application that supports link previews, the description to be used | string | default `A web-based mapping and localization solution for science operation on planetary missions.`
-LINK_PREVIEW_DESCRIPTION=
-
-# If true, users that use the 'Copy Link' feature will receive a full-length deep link.
-# Writing new short links will be disabled but expanding existing ones will still work. default false
-DISABLE_LINK_SHORTENER=false
-
-#DB
-# If using docker, DB_HOST is the database service name (db)
-DB_HOST=localhost
-# Postgres' default port is 5432
-DB_PORT=5432
-DB_NAME=name
-DB_USER=user
-DB_PASS=password
-# Test database credentials for least-privilege separation.
-# Required by both tests/global-setup.js and tests/test-db-clean.js (no fallback).
-# DB_USER_TEST=
-# DB_PASS_TEST=
-# Max number connections in the database's pool. CPUs * 4 is a good number. Default is 10
-DB_POOL_MAX=
-# How many milliseconds until a DB connection times out. Default is 30000 (30 sec)
-DB_POOL_TIMEOUT=
-# How many milliseconds for an incoming connection to wait for a DB connection before getting kicked away. Default is 10000 (10 sec)
-DB_POOL_IDLE=
-# If the Postgres DB instance is enforcing SSL, set to true to have MMGIS connect to it via SSL | boolean | default false
-DB_SSL=false
-# If DB_SSL=true and if needed, the path to a certificate for ssl | string
-DB_SSL_CERT=
-# Alternatively, if DB_SSL=true and if needed, a base64 encoded certificate for ssl. DB_SSL_CERT_BASE64 will take priority over DB_SSL_CERT | string
-DB_SSL_CERT_BASE64=
-
-#CONFIG
-# Disable the configure page
-HIDE_CONFIG=false
-# Force one mission only and this is its config
-FORCE_CONFIG_PATH=''
-
-# With the proxy login provider: users must belong to at least one of these groups to access MMGIS
-PROXY_GROUPS=["A", "B"]
-# With the proxy login provider: the group with elevated "Lead" permissions
-PROXY_LEAD_GROUP=A
-# How MMGIS knows identity headers came from the proxy: secret (default) || ips || network
-#   secret: the proxy sends PROXY_SECRET in PROXY_SECRET_HEADER. ips: requests come from PROXY_TRUSTED_IPS.
-#   network: trust the headers on any request (as AUTH=csso did); MMGIS must only be reachable through the proxy.
-PROXY_TRUST=secret
-PROXY_SECRET=
-# pragma: allowlist nextline secret
-PROXY_SECRET_HEADER=X-MMGIS-Proxy-Secret
-# JSON array or comma list of the proxy's addresses or CIDR ranges, for PROXY_TRUST=ips
-PROXY_TRUSTED_IPS=
-# Identity header names. PROXY_GROUPS_FORMAT: base64-json (CSSO) || json || list
-PROXY_USER_HEADER=X-Sub
-PROXY_GROUPS_HEADER=X-Groups
-PROXY_GROUPS_FORMAT=base64-json
-PROXY_SESSION_HEADER=X-Session
-# The proxy's session check (POST, or off), sign-out, sign-in and session-extend URLs
-PROXY_STATUS_URL=/ssostatus
-PROXY_LOGOUT_URL=/ssologoutredirect
-PROXY_LOGIN_URL=/ssologinredirect
-PROXY_REFRESH_URL=/ssorefreshtimeout
-
-# LDAP login provider (AUTH_PROVIDERS includes "ldap"). See docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
-# LDAP_URL - ldaps://host:636, or ldap://host:389 with LDAP_STARTTLS=true
-LDAP_URL=
-LDAP_STARTTLS=false
-# PEM file of the CA that signed the directory's certificate (internal CAs)
-LDAP_TLS_CA=
-# Local testing only: allow ldap:// without StartTLS (passwords unencrypted)
-LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=false
-# Finding people: search LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE with LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER, as LDAP_BIND_DN (a read-only
-#  service account) or anonymously when it is empty. Or sign in as LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE directly.
-LDAP_BIND_DN=
-LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=
-LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=
-LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(uid={{username}})
-LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE=
-# Attributes: a stable id (entryUUID; objectGUID on Active Directory), the username, email and groups
-LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID
-LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=uid
-LDAP_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE=mail
-LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=memberOf
-# Or find groups by searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE ({{dn}} / {{username}} are the person's)
-LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=
-LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(member={{dn}})
-LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn
-LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=5000
-# Login form wording
-LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=LDAP
-LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=Username
-LDAP_LOGIN_HINT=
-LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL=
-
-# When not using the proxy, a string array of internal usernames with elevated "Lead" permissions
-LEADS=["user1"]
-
-# If true, enables the backend MMGIS websockets to tell clients to update layers
-ENABLE_MMGIS_WEBSOCKETS=false
-# If true, notifications are sent to /configure users whenever the configuration objects changes out from under them and puts (overridable) limits on saving.
-ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false
-# For use when ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=true (if ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false, all saves will freely overwrite already). If true, gives /configure users the ability to override changes made to the configuration while they were working on it with their own.
-ENABLE_CONFIG_OVERRIDE=false
-
-# If the new MAIN_MISSION ENV is set to a valid mission, skip the landing page and go straight to that mission.
-# Other missions will still be accessible by either forcing the landing page (clicking the top-left M logo) or by going to a link directly.
-MAIN_MISSION=
-
-# If true, MMGIS will not auto-login returning users. This can be useful when login is managed someplace else.
-# The initial login process can be manually triggered with mmgisAPI.initialLogin()
-SKIP_CLIENT_INITIAL_LOGIN=
-
-# If true at build-time, JavaScript source maps will also be built 
-GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false
-
-
-# If true, then at every other midnight, MMGIS will read /Missions/spice-kernels-conf.json and re/download all the specified kernels.
-SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_DOWNLOAD=false
-# If true, then also triggers the kernel download when MMGIS starts
-SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_DOWNLOAD_ON_START=false
-# A cron schedule expression for use in the node-schedule npm library. Defaults to "0 0 */2 * *" which is every other day.
-SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_CRON_EXPR=
-
-# Comma-separated list of remote GDAL dataset prefixes that /api/utils/getprofile, getbands and getminmax
-# may open (e.g. "/vsis3/my-bucket/,https://my-cdn.example.gov/dems/"). Empty means local /Missions rasters only.
-# Each entry must name a host or bucket; scheme-only entries like "https://" are ignored.
-# The server fetches these itself and returns their bytes as pixel values, so only list trusted locations.
-GDAL_ALLOWED_REMOTE_PREFIXES=
-
-# When using composited time tiles, MMGIS queries the tileset's folder for existing time folders.
-# It caches the results of the these folder listings every COMPOSITE_TILE_DIR_STORE_MAX_AGE_MS milliseconds
-# defaults to requerying every 30 minutes. If 0, no caching. If null or NaN, uses default.
-COMPOSITE_TILE_DIR_STORE_MAX_AGE_MS=
+# Booleans should all be lowercase: true/false
+
+# SERVER - node || apache(deprecated)
+SERVER=node
+
+# PORT
+# In development mode only, PORT+1 will also be used for the main site
+PORT=8888
+
+# SITE_ACCESS - public || optional || required  (required; there is no default)
+# public: Anyone can view. No end-user login on the main site; only admins log in at /configure.
+# optional: Anyone can view. Users may sign up and log in (e.g. to save Draw files).
+# required: Visitors must log in to see anything.
+#   (with local login this does not work in dev env/build first and npm run start:prod)
+# The old AUTH variable has been removed; MMGIS refuses to start while it is set.
+#   AUTH=off -> SITE_ACCESS=public    AUTH=none -> SITE_ACCESS=optional
+#   AUTH=local -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
+#   AUTH=csso  -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] + PROXY_TRUST=network (local keeps admin logins)
+SITE_ACCESS=optional
+
+# AUTH_PROVIDERS - JSON array (or comma list) of login methods: "local", "proxy", "ldap"
+# local: MMGIS username/password accounts. Keep it listed so /configure admins can always log in.
+# proxy: an authenticating reverse proxy (e.g. Cloud Single Sign On) in front of MMGIS sends identity headers (see PROXY_TRUST)
+# ldap: username/password checked against an LDAP directory (see LDAP_*)
+# With several username/password providers (local, ldap), the login form shows a switch; the first listed is the default.
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
+
+# If SITE_ACCESS=required and set to true, this allows all guests to the site to create user accounts
+#  otherwise, they just see a login page with no signup section
+AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
+# AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN - all || admins  (default all). admins: only accounts with an admin role may log in
+#   with a local account (e.g. AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] where local is only for admins). Disables self sign-up.
+AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=all
+
+# SETUP_CODE - optional. While no accounts exist, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account
+#  requires a one-time setup code. By default a random code is printed in the server log
+#  on start; set this to choose the code yourself (scripted installs, multiple replicas).
+SETUP_CODE=
+
+# NODE_ENV - development || production
+NODE_ENV=development
+
+# HTTPS - true || false
+# If true, MMGIS will use an https server with the, now required, HTTPS_KEY and HTTPS_CERT envs.
+# If false, use a wrapping https proxy server instead and block PORT from being public
+HTTPS=false
+
+# Relative path to key. If using docker, make sure the key is mounted.Everything under './ssl/' is gitignored and './ssl/' is mounted into docker.
+HTTPS_KEY='ssl/sample.key'
+
+# Relative path to cert. If using docker, make sure the cert is mounted. Everything under './ssl/' is gitignored and './ssl/' is mounted into docker.
+HTTPS_CERT='ssl/sample.cert'
+
+
+# TRUST_PROXY - how many proxies in front of MMGIS to trust for the client IP (X-Forwarded-For).
+# 1 (default), false when browsers reach MMGIS directly, or an Express "trust proxy" value.
+TRUST_PROXY=1
+
+# SECRET - REQUIRED. Set to a strong random string (min 24 chars) for session cookie signing.
+# Do NOT use this sample value in production. Generate one with: openssl rand -hex 64
+SECRET=
+
+# Connections - let tools use an outside service with each person's own account there.
+# They never sign anyone in to MMGIS. See docs/pages/Contributing/Connections.
+# CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL - public URL of this site (incl. ROOT_PATH) for service callbacks,
+#   when MMGIS sits behind a proxy that changes the host. Default: from the request.
+CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL=
+
+#LOGGING
+VERBOSE_LOGGING=false
+
+
+# STAC Catalogs - https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac
+WITH_STAC=true
+STAC_PORT=8881
+# TiTiler PG Vectors - https://github.com/developmentseed/tipg
+WITH_TIPG=true
+TIPG_PORT=8882
+# TiTiler - https://developmentseed.org/titiler
+WITH_TITILER=true
+TITILER_PORT=8883
+# TiTiler URL Validation (SSRF Prevention)
+# JSON array of regex patterns for allowed URLs. URLs must match at least one pattern to be proxied.
+# Empty array [] or unset = allow all URLs (backward compatible, not recommended for production)
+# Default below: HTTPS URLs + local /Missions files (relative paths, with path traversal protection)
+TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS='["^https://(?!.*\\.\\.)(?!.*\\x00).*$", "^/Missions/(?!.*\\.\\.).*$"]'
+# To allow all URLs (disable validation):
+# TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS=
+# Domain whitelist example:
+# TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS='["^https://tiles\\.example\\.com/.*", "^https://.*\\.s3\\.amazonaws\\.com/.*", "^file:///Missions/.*"]'
+# TiTiler Mosaicking - https://github.com/stac-utils/titiler-pgstac
+WITH_TITILER_PGSTAC=true
+TITILER_PGSTAC_PORT=8884
+# Veloserver - Velocity and Wind Data Visualization Server - https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/Veloserver
+WITH_VELOSERVER=true
+VELOSERVER_PORT=8104
+
+# Custom Adjacent Servers (Docker only) - Configure your own adjacent servers without modifying core MMGIS code
+# Format: ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_X=["isEnabled", "routeName", "serviceName", "port"]
+# Where:
+#   - isEnabled: "true" or "false" - whether to enable this server
+#   - routeName: URL path name (will be accessible at /routeName)
+#   - serviceName: Docker service name or localhost for non-Docker deployments
+#   - port: Port number the service runs on
+#
+# Examples:
+# ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_0=["true", "my_service", "my_service_container", "8105"]
+# ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_1=["false", "disabled_service", "disabled_service", "8106"]
+#
+# You can configure up to multiple custom servers by incrementing the number (0, 1, 2, 3, etc.)
+
+# Sets the Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors header to allow the embedding in external sites. default null, ex: FRAME_ANCESTORS='["https://*.jpl.nasa.gov"]'
+FRAME_ANCESTORS=
+# Sets "SameSite=None; Secure" on the login cookie. Useful when using SITE_ACCESS=required as an iframe within a cross-origin page.
+THIRD_PARTY_COOKIES=false
+# Comma-separated origins allowed for cross-origin HTTP requests and websockets. Empty means same-origin only.
+CORS_ORIGINS=
+# Explicitly control the session cookie Secure flag. Unset defaults to HTTPS=true or THIRD_PARTY_COOKIES=true.
+SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=
+# Sets the Content-Security-Policy: frame-src header to allow the embedding external sites with mmgis. default null, ex: FRAME_ANCESTORS='["https://*.jpl.nasa.gov"]'.
+# Setting this will almost always have no effect
+FRAME_SRC=
+
+# Set MMGIS to be deployed under a subpath. For example if serving at the subpath 'https://{domain}/path/where/I/serve/mmgis' is desired, set `ROOT_PATH=/path/where/I/serve/mmgis`. Should always begin with a `/`. If no subpath, leave blank.
+ROOT_PATH=
+
+# Tell MMGIS that it's already deployed under a subpath. For example if already proxying to the subpath 'https://{domain}/path/where/I/serve/mmgis' is desired, set `ROOT_PATH=/path/where/I/serve/mmgis`. Should always begin with a `/`. If `ROOT_PATH` is also set, requests will use `EXTERNAL_ROOT_PATH` + `ROOT_PATH`. If no external subpath, leave blank. This differs from ROOT_PATH in that MMGIS will not place any of it's endpoints under this path but will still query as if it did.
+EXTERNAL_ROOT_PATH=
+
+# Overrides ROOT_PATH's use when the client connects via websocket. Websocket url: `${ws_protocol}://${window.location.host}${WEBSOCKET_ROOT_PATH || ROOT_PATH || ''}/`
+WEBSOCKET_ROOT_PATH=
+
+# Sets a clearance number for the website
+CLEARANCE_NUMBER=
+
+# A string of text for contact information on the bottom right corner of the login pages
+CONTACT_INFO=
+
+# Initial HTML page title. When sharing a link to MMGIS in an application that supports link previews, the title to be used | string | default `MMGIS`
+LINK_PREVIEW_TITLE=
+# Initial HTML page description. When sharing a link to MMGIS in an application that supports link previews, the description to be used | string | default `A web-based mapping and localization solution for science operation on planetary missions.`
+LINK_PREVIEW_DESCRIPTION=
+
+# If true, users that use the 'Copy Link' feature will receive a full-length deep link.
+# Writing new short links will be disabled but expanding existing ones will still work. default false
+DISABLE_LINK_SHORTENER=false
+
+#DB
+# If using docker, DB_HOST is the database service name (db)
+DB_HOST=localhost
+# Postgres' default port is 5432
+DB_PORT=5432
+DB_NAME=name
+DB_USER=user
+DB_PASS=password
+# Test database credentials for least-privilege separation.
+# Required by both tests/global-setup.js and tests/test-db-clean.js (no fallback).
+# DB_USER_TEST=
+# DB_PASS_TEST=
+# Max number connections in the database's pool. CPUs * 4 is a good number. Default is 10
+DB_POOL_MAX=
+# How many milliseconds until a DB connection times out. Default is 30000 (30 sec)
+DB_POOL_TIMEOUT=
+# How many milliseconds for an incoming connection to wait for a DB connection before getting kicked away. Default is 10000 (10 sec)
+DB_POOL_IDLE=
+# If the Postgres DB instance is enforcing SSL, set to true to have MMGIS connect to it via SSL | boolean | default false
+DB_SSL=false
+# If DB_SSL=true and if needed, the path to a certificate for ssl | string
+DB_SSL_CERT=
+# Alternatively, if DB_SSL=true and if needed, a base64 encoded certificate for ssl. DB_SSL_CERT_BASE64 will take priority over DB_SSL_CERT | string
+DB_SSL_CERT_BASE64=
+
+#CONFIG
+# Disable the configure page
+HIDE_CONFIG=false
+# Force one mission only and this is its config
+FORCE_CONFIG_PATH=''
+
+# With the proxy login provider: users must belong to at least one of these groups to access MMGIS
+PROXY_GROUPS=["A", "B"]
+# With the proxy login provider: the group with elevated "Lead" permissions
+PROXY_LEAD_GROUP=A
+# How MMGIS knows identity headers came from the proxy: secret (default) || ips || network
+#   secret: the proxy sends PROXY_SECRET in PROXY_SECRET_HEADER. ips: requests come from PROXY_TRUSTED_IPS.
+#   network: trust the headers on any request (as AUTH=csso did); MMGIS must only be reachable through the proxy.
+PROXY_TRUST=secret
+PROXY_SECRET=
+# pragma: allowlist nextline secret
+PROXY_SECRET_HEADER=X-MMGIS-Proxy-Secret
+# JSON array or comma list of the proxy's addresses or CIDR ranges, for PROXY_TRUST=ips
+PROXY_TRUSTED_IPS=
+# Identity header names. PROXY_GROUPS_FORMAT: base64-json (CSSO) || json || list
+PROXY_USER_HEADER=X-Sub
+PROXY_GROUPS_HEADER=X-Groups
+PROXY_GROUPS_FORMAT=base64-json
+PROXY_SESSION_HEADER=X-Session
+# The proxy's session check (POST, or off), sign-out, sign-in and session-extend URLs
+PROXY_STATUS_URL=/ssostatus
+PROXY_LOGOUT_URL=/ssologoutredirect
+PROXY_LOGIN_URL=/ssologinredirect
+PROXY_REFRESH_URL=/ssorefreshtimeout
+
+# LDAP login provider (AUTH_PROVIDERS includes "ldap"). See docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+# LDAP_URL - ldaps://host:636, or ldap://host:389 with LDAP_STARTTLS=true
+LDAP_URL=
+LDAP_STARTTLS=false
+# PEM file of the CA that signed the directory's certificate (internal CAs)
+LDAP_TLS_CA=
+# Local testing only: allow ldap:// without StartTLS (passwords unencrypted)
+LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=false
+# Finding people: search LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE with LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER, as LDAP_BIND_DN (a read-only
+#  service account) or anonymously when it is empty. Or sign in as LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE directly.
+LDAP_BIND_DN=
+LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(uid={{username}})
+LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE=
+# Attributes: a stable id (entryUUID; objectGUID on Active Directory), the username, email and groups
+LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID
+LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=uid
+LDAP_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE=mail
+LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=memberOf
+# Or find groups by searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE ({{dn}} / {{username}} are the person's)
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(member={{dn}})
+LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn
+LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=5000
+# Login form wording
+LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=LDAP
+LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=Username
+LDAP_LOGIN_HINT=
+
+# When not using the proxy, a string array of internal usernames with elevated "Lead" permissions
+LEADS=["user1"]
+
+# If true, enables the backend MMGIS websockets to tell clients to update layers
+ENABLE_MMGIS_WEBSOCKETS=false
+# If true, notifications are sent to /configure users whenever the configuration objects changes out from under them and puts (overridable) limits on saving.
+ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false
+# For use when ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=true (if ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false, all saves will freely overwrite already). If true, gives /configure users the ability to override changes made to the configuration while they were working on it with their own.
+ENABLE_CONFIG_OVERRIDE=false
+
+# If the new MAIN_MISSION ENV is set to a valid mission, skip the landing page and go straight to that mission.
+# Other missions will still be accessible by either forcing the landing page (clicking the top-left M logo) or by going to a link directly.
+MAIN_MISSION=
+
+# If true, MMGIS will not auto-login returning users. This can be useful when login is managed someplace else.
+# The initial login process can be manually triggered with mmgisAPI.initialLogin()
+SKIP_CLIENT_INITIAL_LOGIN=
+
+# If true at build-time, JavaScript source maps will also be built 
+GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false
+
+
+# If true, then at every other midnight, MMGIS will read /Missions/spice-kernels-conf.json and re/download all the specified kernels.
+SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_DOWNLOAD=false
+# If true, then also triggers the kernel download when MMGIS starts
+SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_DOWNLOAD_ON_START=false
+# A cron schedule expression for use in the node-schedule npm library. Defaults to "0 0 */2 * *" which is every other day.
+SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_CRON_EXPR=
+
+# Comma-separated list of remote GDAL dataset prefixes that /api/utils/getprofile, getbands and getminmax
+# may open (e.g. "/vsis3/my-bucket/,https://my-cdn.example.gov/dems/"). Empty means local /Missions rasters only.
+# Each entry must name a host or bucket; scheme-only entries like "https://" are ignored.
+# The server fetches these itself and returns their bytes as pixel values, so only list trusted locations.
+GDAL_ALLOWED_REMOTE_PREFIXES=
+
+# When using composited time tiles, MMGIS queries the tileset's folder for existing time folders.
+# It caches the results of the these folder listings every COMPOSITE_TILE_DIR_STORE_MAX_AGE_MS milliseconds
+# defaults to requerying every 30 minutes. If 0, no caching. If null or NaN, uses default.
+COMPOSITE_TILE_DIR_STORE_MAX_AGE_MS=
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index 2f69da37f9..16311a8cf4 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
@@ -370,17 +370,3 @@
     font-size: 12.5px;
     line-height: 1.35;
 }
-#loginModalHelp {
-    align-items: center;
-    justify-content: flex-end;
-    gap: 4px;
-    margin: 0 0 10px;
-    color: #7fd3f5;
-    font-size: 13px;
-    text-decoration: none;
-}
-#loginModalHelp:hover,
-#loginModalHelp:focus-visible {
-    text-decoration: underline;
-    outline: none;
-}
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index f6298b4846..1b3a796100 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ var modalFormSignIn =
       "<input id='loginRetypePasswordInput' name='retypepassword' type='password' autocomplete='off'>" +
       "<i id='loginRetypePasswordInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
     "</div>" +
-    "<a id='loginModalHelp' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='display: none'><span></span><i class='mdi mdi-open-in-new' aria-hidden='true'></i></a>" +
-    "<input id='loginSubmit' type='submit' name='Submit' value='Log In'></input>" +
+        "<input id='loginSubmit' type='submit' name='Submit' value='Log In'></input>" +
     "<div id='loginInUpToggleWrapper'><div id='loginInUpToggle' role='button' tabindex='0'>or sign up</div></div>" +
   "</form>" +
   "<div id='loginProviderLinks'></div>" +
@@ -415,13 +414,6 @@ var Login = {
         // A single provider shows its hint in the banner instead
         const hint = form && forms.length > 1 ? form.hint : ''
         $('#loginModalHint').text(hint).css('display', hint ? 'block' : 'none')
-        if (form && form.helpUrl)
-            $('#loginModalHelp')
-                .attr('href', form.helpUrl)
-                .css('display', 'flex')
-                .find('span')
-                .text(`Reset your ${form.title} password`)
-        else $('#loginModalHelp').css('display', 'none')
         // Sign-up is only for local accounts
         const local = form == null || form.id === 'local'
         $('#loginModal #loginInUpToggle').toggle(
diff --git a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 6302c0085d..261e94a12f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -145,14 +145,13 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
     expect(problems({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: '{{username}}@corp' })).toMatch(/isn't a DN/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: '' })).toMatch(/LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is empty/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_TLS_CA: '/no/such/ca.pem' })).toMatch(/LDAP_TLS_CA/);
-    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL: 'javascript:alert(1)' })).toMatch(/http\(s\)/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS: 'soon' })).toMatch(/LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: 'ou=g', LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER: '(member=x)' })).toMatch(/LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER/);
   });
 
   test('the login form wording comes from the site settings', () => {
-    expect(ldap.loginForm({})).toEqual({ title: 'LDAP', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '' });
-    expect(ldap.loginForm({ LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME: 'JPL Directory', LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL: 'JPL username', LDAP_LOGIN_HINT: 'Same as email.', LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL: 'https://pw.example.org' })) // pragma: allowlist secret
-      .toEqual({ title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as email.', helpUrl: 'https://pw.example.org' });
+    expect(ldap.loginForm({})).toEqual({ title: 'LDAP', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '' });
+    expect(ldap.loginForm({ LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME: 'JPL Directory', LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL: 'JPL username', LDAP_LOGIN_HINT: 'Same as email.' })) // pragma: allowlist secret
+      .toEqual({ title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as email.' });
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 5d9fe39475..1ffa11e661 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ test.describe('login links and returnTo', () => {
 test.describe('login forms', () => {
   const saved = {};
   test.beforeEach(() => {
-    for (const k of ['AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN', 'LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME', 'LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL', 'LDAP_LOGIN_HINT', 'LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL']) {
+    for (const k of ['AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN', 'LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME', 'LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL', 'LDAP_LOGIN_HINT']) {
       saved[k] = process.env[k];
       delete process.env[k];
     }
@@ -308,10 +308,9 @@ test.describe('login forms', () => {
     process.env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME = 'JPL Directory';
     process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL = 'JPL username';
     process.env.LDAP_LOGIN_HINT = 'Same as your email.';
-    process.env.LDAP_PASSWORD_HELP_URL = 'https://password.example.org'; // pragma: allowlist secret
     expect(providers.loginForms(['ldap', 'local', 'proxy'])).toEqual([
-      { id: 'ldap', title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as your email.', helpUrl: 'https://password.example.org', icon: 'card-account-details-outline', path: 'api/auth/ldap/login' },
-      { id: 'local', title: 'MMGIS account', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '', icon: 'account-key-outline', path: 'api/auth/local/login' },
+      { id: 'ldap', title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as your email.', icon: 'card-account-details-outline', path: 'api/auth/ldap/login' },
+      { id: 'local', title: 'MMGIS account', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', icon: 'account-key-outline', path: 'api/auth/local/login' },
     ]);
     expect(providers.loginForms(['local', 'ldap']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['local', 'ldap']);
     expect(providers.loginLinks(['ldap', 'local'])).toEqual([]);
@@ -327,16 +326,16 @@ test.describe('login forms', () => {
     expect(configure[1].hint).toMatch(/admin role/);
   });
 
-  test('wording from a provider is sanitized: non-http help links and bad icons are dropped', () => {
+  test('wording from a provider is sanitized: blank labels fall back and bad icons are dropped', () => {
     const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mmgis-auth-'));
     try {
       writePlugin(root, 'core', 'Form', { ...coreManifest('form'), display_name: 'Form Dir', login_path: '/login', login_form: true, login_icon: 'bad icon"' },
-        'module.exports = { loginForm: () => ({ helpUrl: "javascript:alert(1)", usernameLabel: "  " }) };');
+        'module.exports = { loginForm: () => ({ usernameLabel: "  " }) };');
       writePlugin(root, 'core', 'Throws', { ...coreManifest('throws'), login_path: '/login', login_form: true }, 'module.exports = { loginForm: () => { throw new Error("x") } };');
       providers.loadProviders(root);
       expect(providers.loginForms(['form', 'throws'])).toEqual([
-        { id: 'form', title: 'Form Dir', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '', icon: 'account-outline', path: 'api/auth/form/login' },
-        { id: 'throws', title: 'Throws', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', helpUrl: '', icon: 'account-outline', path: 'api/auth/throws/login' },
+        { id: 'form', title: 'Form Dir', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', icon: 'account-outline', path: 'api/auth/form/login' },
+        { id: 'throws', title: 'Throws', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', icon: 'account-outline', path: 'api/auth/throws/login' },
       ]);
     } finally {
       fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
diff --git a/views/adminlogin.pug b/views/adminlogin.pug
index 6860a0ed13..d0ac4cfb69 100644
--- a/views/adminlogin.pug
+++ b/views/adminlogin.pug
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ body.mmgisScrollbar
       input#pwd_retype(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
       label#setup_code_label.fieldLabel(for='setup_code') Setup Code
       input#setup_code(type='text' name='setup_code' placeholder='See the server log' autocomplete='off' spellcheck='false')
-      +loginHelp()
+      +loginHint()
       div.btn1(onClick='login()') Sign in
       if LOGIN_LINKS && LOGIN_LINKS.length
         .providerLinks
diff --git a/views/login.pug b/views/login.pug
index 85d1685fe6..02193deee1 100644
--- a/views/login.pug
+++ b/views/login.pug
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ html(lang='en')
           div#pwd_description Must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least: 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number and 1 symbol.
           label#pwd_retype_label.fieldLabel(for="pwd_retype") Retype Password
           input#pwd_retype(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
-          +loginHelp()
+          +loginHint()
           div#login.btn1(onClick='login()' title='Log in to MMGIS!') Log In
           div#toggleWrapper
             div#toggle(onClick='toggle()') Or Sign Up
diff --git a/views/mixins/loginForms.pug b/views/mixins/loginForms.pug
index fd3d01a3f5..60241f6eaa 100644
--- a/views/mixins/loginForms.pug
+++ b/views/mixins/loginForms.pug
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mixin loginProviders(forms)
   if forms.length
     .loginProviders(class=forms.length > 1 ? 'multiple' : 'single' role=forms.length > 1 ? 'tablist' : null aria-label='Account type')
       each f, i in forms
-        button.loginProvider(type='button' role='tab' class=i === 0 ? 'active' : null aria-selected=i === 0 ? 'true' : 'false' data-id=f.id data-title=f.title data-label=f.usernameLabel data-hint=f.hint data-help=f.helpUrl data-path=f.path)
+        button.loginProvider(type='button' role='tab' class=i === 0 ? 'active' : null aria-selected=i === 0 ? 'true' : 'false' data-id=f.id data-title=f.title data-label=f.usernameLabel data-hint=f.hint data-path=f.path)
           i.mdi(class='mdi-' + f.icon aria-hidden='true')
           span= f.title
     if forms.length === 1 && forms[0].id !== 'local'
@@ -16,8 +16,5 @@ mixin loginProviders(forms)
           if forms[0].hint
             span= forms[0].hint
 
-mixin loginHelp()
+mixin loginHint()
   .loginHint#loginHint
-  a.loginHelp#loginHelp(target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer')
-    span#loginHelpText
-    i.mdi.mdi-open-in-new(aria-hidden='true')

From 6d57f7b650c694af062b0b5c9151978bfb05c7d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 22:03:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 008/122] Docs: how admins keep Configure access with LDAP-only
 sign-in

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 8f8e42189e..dfb13ecb2e 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Groups are reported by name (`cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`).
 - The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account.
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account.
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
+- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Someone disabled in the directory can't sign in again, but an existing MMGIS session (up to its normal lifetime) and their API tokens keep working until an admin removes the account or its tokens.
 

From ec3317670c01ff1ea18d77669388d7bb664f3fc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:05:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 009/122] LDAP quick fixes: AD docs, CORP\user sign-in, login
 groups, remembered provider, login accessibility

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  8 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 | 25 +++++-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 15 +++-
 public/adminlogin.css                         |  5 +-
 public/adminlogin.js                          | 14 ++--
 public/login.css                              |  6 +-
 public/login.js                               | 14 ++--
 public/loginForms.js                          | 40 +++++++---
 sample.env                                    |  2 +
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css |  3 +
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js  | 78 +++++++++++++++----
 tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js              | 11 ++-
 views/adminlogin.pug                          | 10 +--
 views/login.pug                               | 14 ++--
 views/mixins/loginForms.pug                   |  2 +-
 15 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index dcebecd8be..8d29668c21 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -240,12 +240,16 @@ Where people's entries are searched for (whole subtree), e.g. `ou=people,dc=exam
 
 #### `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=`
 
-Filter that finds a person by the username they typed, which replaces `{{username}}` (escaped). Active Directory: `(sAMAccountName={{username}})` | string | default `(uid={{username}})`
+Filter that finds a person by the username they typed, which replaces `{{username}}` (escaped). Active Directory: `(sAMAccountName={{username}})`, or `(|(sAMAccountName={{username}})(userPrincipalName={{username}}))` to also accept `alice@corp.example.org` | string | default `(uid={{username}})`
 
 #### `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE=`
 
 Sign in as the person directly, without a service account or search: their DN with `{{username}}`, e.g. `uid={{username}},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org`, or an Active Directory `{{username}}@corp.example.org` (then also set `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` so MMGIS can read their entry) | string | default `''`
 
+#### `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=`
+
+Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. `CORP`. A leading `CORP\` is then removed from what people type (any case), so `CORP\alice` signs in as `alice`. Other domains are left as typed | string | default `''`
+
 #### `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
 Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames | string | default `entryUUID`
@@ -268,7 +272,7 @@ Find groups by searching here instead of reading `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE`, e.g. `
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=`
 
-Filter for `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`; `{{dn}}` is the person's DN and `{{username}}` what they typed. posixGroup groups: `(memberUid={{username}})` | string | default `(member={{dn}})`
+Filter for `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`; `{{dn}}` is the person's DN and `{{username}}` what they typed. posixGroup groups: `(memberUid={{username}})`. Active Directory with nested groups: `(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))` | string | default `(member={{dn}})`
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index dfb13ecb2e..19e67e35ff 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
 LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=Example Directory
 ```
 
+Active Directory with a service account. People can type `alice`, `alice@corp.example.org` or `CORP\alice`, and nested groups count:
+
+```
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"]
+AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins
+LDAP_URL=ldaps://dc1.corp.example.org:636
+LDAP_TLS_CA=/etc/mmgis/corp-ca.pem
+LDAP_BIND_DN=CN=mmgis-svc,OU=Service Accounts,DC=corp,DC=example,DC=org
+LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=...
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,DC=example,DC=org
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|(sAMAccountName={{username}})(userPrincipalName={{username}})))
+LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP
+LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=objectGUID
+LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=sAMAccountName
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,DC=example,DC=org
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))
+LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=CORP account
+LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=CORP username
+```
+
 Active Directory, signing in as the person (no service account):
 
 ```
@@ -68,7 +88,7 @@ LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=sAMAccountName
 The login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app login modal share one username/password form:
 
 - **Only LDAP** (or LDAP plus a proxy): a "Sign in with <LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME>" banner above the form, with `LDAP_LOGIN_HINT` under it.
-- **LDAP and local accounts:** a switch above the form ("<LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME> | MMGIS account"). The first provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default, and the browser remembers the last choice. The password only goes to the selected provider. Sign-up only appears on the MMGIS account tab.
+- **LDAP and local accounts:** a switch above the form ("<LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME> | MMGIS account"). The first provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default, and the browser remembers the provider of the last successful sign-in. After a failed sign-in, the error suggests choosing another account type. The password only goes to the selected provider. Sign-up only appears on the MMGIS account tab.
 - **`AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`:** local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in.
 - `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL` names the username field. MMGIS doesn't offer a way to reset directory passwords; people use their organization's usual process.
 - Errors say which provider failed: wrong username or password, directory unavailable, an expired Active Directory password, or a sign-in that can't be used with MMGIS yet (see below).
@@ -78,6 +98,8 @@ The login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app login modal share one username/
 
 By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or OpenLDAP with the memberof overlay). Without it, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to search for groups whose `member` is the person, or `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(memberUid={{username}})` for posixGroup groups.
 
+On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
+
 Groups are reported by name (`cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`). In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and that name, then give the group a role. Membership is updated at every login.
 
 ## Accounts
@@ -96,6 +118,7 @@ Groups are reported by name (`cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`).
 | MMGIS refuses to start with an `LDAP_*` error | A required setting is missing or malformed; the message names it. |
 | "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected, or the entry had no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. The server log has the reason. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
+| "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must equal the directory group's name; check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
 
 To try it locally, `tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh` starts an OpenLDAP container with test users; `tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js` shows the matching settings.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 85c8200a4d..7fd01c08af 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -34,9 +34,16 @@ function config(env = process.env) {
     displayName: setting(env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME, "LDAP"),
     usernameLabel: setting(env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL, "Username"),
     hint: setting(env.LDAP_LOGIN_HINT),
+    domain: setting(env.LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN),
   };
 }
 
+// "CORP\\alice" -> "alice" when LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP (Windows-style sign-in)
+function stripDomain(username, c) {
+  const prefix = c.domain ? `${c.domain.toLowerCase()}\\` : null;
+  return prefix && username.toLowerCase().startsWith(prefix) ? username.slice(prefix.length) : username;
+}
+
 ////// Escaping user input into filters (RFC 4515) and DNs (RFC 4514)
 
 function escapeFilter(value) {
@@ -293,7 +300,7 @@ module.exports = {
         return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: "Enter your username and password." });
       let identity;
       try {
-        identity = await authenticate(body.username.trim(), body.password, c);
+        identity = await authenticate(stripDomain(body.username.trim(), c), body.password, c);
       } catch (err) {
         if (err instanceof PasswordExpiredError)
           return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} password has expired.` });
@@ -306,7 +313,9 @@ module.exports = {
       try {
         const user = await ctx.completeLogin(req, identity);
         ctx.logger("info", `${user.username} logged in with LDAP.`, "Ldap", req);
-        res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "ldap", groups: [] });
+        // The same legacy lead group (LEADS) a page reload reports
+        const { getUserGroups } = require("../Local/routes.js");
+        res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "ldap", groups: getUserGroups(user.username, req.leadGroupName) });
       } catch (err) {
         if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError)
           return res.status(409).send({ status: "failure", message: err.userMessage });
@@ -322,5 +331,5 @@ module.exports = {
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, escapeFilter, escapeDn, firstRdnValue, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, firstRdnValue, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError },
 };
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.css b/public/adminlogin.css
index d8bf6ba89e..ea5a119848 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.css
+++ b/public/adminlogin.css
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ a:hover {
 .error {
   text-align: center;
   width: 337px;
-  height: 20px;
+  min-height: 20px;
   padding: 2px;
   border: 0;
   border-radius: 5px;
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ a:hover {
   top: calc(100% + 12px);
   left: 50%;
   transform: translateX(-50%);
-  white-space: nowrap;
+  /* Longer provider messages wrap instead of running off the card */
+  white-space: normal;
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
   color: #d6d7db;
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.js b/public/adminlogin.js
index 36cd0594ed..4d8af4da77 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.js
+++ b/public/adminlogin.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function login() {
         (data.hasOwnProperty("status") && data.status == "success")
       ) {
         //success
+        LoginForms.remember();
         document.cookie =
           "MMGISUser=" +
           JSON.stringify({
@@ -49,15 +50,17 @@ function login() {
         location.reload();
       } else {
         //error
-        document.getElementById("msg").innerText =
-          (data && data.message) || "Invalid username or password.";
+        document.getElementById("msg").innerText = LoginForms.failed(
+          (data && data.message) || "Invalid username or password."
+        );
         document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
       }
     },
     error: function (xhr) {
       //error
-      document.getElementById("msg").innerText =
-        (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.";
+      document.getElementById("msg").innerText = LoginForms.failed(
+        (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error."
+      );
       document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
     },
   });
@@ -134,7 +137,8 @@ function setupLogin() {
 $(document).ready(function () {
   LoginForms.init();
   $(document).on("keypress", function (e) {
-    if (e.which == 13) {
+    // Enter on a button already clicks it
+    if (e.which == 13 && !$(e.target).is("button")) {
       login();
     }
   });
diff --git a/public/login.css b/public/login.css
index b8b178672c..4d9214de5c 100644
--- a/public/login.css
+++ b/public/login.css
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ a:hover {
 .error {
   text-align: center;
   width: 337px;
-  height: 22px;
+  min-height: 22px;
   padding: 2px;
   border: 0;
   margin: 0;
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ a:hover {
   top: calc(100% + 12px);
   left: 50%;
   transform: translateX(-50%);
-  white-space: nowrap;
+  /* Longer provider messages wrap instead of running off the card */
+  white-space: normal;
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
   color: #ffcfb3;
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ img {
   margin-top: 14px;
 }
 #toggle {
+  border: 0;
   padding: 2px 8px;
   line-height: 16px;
   text-align: center;
diff --git a/public/login.js b/public/login.js
index eba2d487e4..2fd6a7a245 100644
--- a/public/login.js
+++ b/public/login.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function login() {
           (data.hasOwnProperty("status") && data.status === "success")
         ) {
           //success
+          LoginForms.remember();
           document.cookie = "MMGISUser=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;";
           document.cookie = `MMGISUser=${JSON.stringify({
             username: data.username,
@@ -44,14 +45,15 @@ function login() {
         } else {
           //error
           document.getElementById("msg").innerText =
-            (data && data.message) || "Invalid username or password";
+            LoginForms.failed((data && data.message) || "Invalid username or password");
           document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
         }
       },
       error: function (xhr) {
         //error
-        document.getElementById("msg").innerText =
-          (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.";
+        document.getElementById("msg").innerText = LoginForms.failed(
+          (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error."
+        );
         document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
       },
     });
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ function toggle() {
     document.getElementById("pwd_description").style.display = "block";
     document.getElementById("pwd_retype_label").style.display = "block";
     document.getElementById("pwd_retype").style.display = "block";
+    document.getElementById("pwd").setAttribute("autocomplete", "new-password");
 
     toggleState = "signup";
   } else {
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ function toggle() {
     document.getElementById("pwd_retype_label").style.display = "none";
 
     document.getElementById("pwd_retype").style.display = "none";
-
+    document.getElementById("pwd").setAttribute("autocomplete", "current-password");
 
     toggleState = "login";
   }
@@ -145,7 +148,8 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
   if (allowSignup === true && LoginForms.isLocal() && document.getElementById("toggleWrapper"))
     document.getElementById("toggleWrapper").style.display = "flex";
   $(document).on("keypress", function (e) {
-    if (e.which === 13) {
+    // Enter on a button already clicks it
+    if (e.which === 13 && !$(e.target).is("button")) {
       login();
     }
   });
diff --git a/public/loginForms.js b/public/loginForms.js
index 010fc736ab..fe9e49053e 100644
--- a/public/loginForms.js
+++ b/public/loginForms.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
     path: b.dataset.path,
   });
 
-  function select(id, remember) {
+  function select(id) {
     const all = buttons();
     const button = all.find((b) => b.dataset.id === id) || all[0];
     if (!button) return;
@@ -33,28 +33,35 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
       hint.textContent = all.length > 1 ? active.hint || "" : "";
       hint.style.display = hint.textContent ? "block" : "none";
     }
-    if (remember) {
-      try {
-        localStorage.setItem(KEY, active.id);
-      } catch (err) {}
-    }
     onChange(active);
   }
 
   function init(changed) {
     if (typeof changed === "function") onChange = changed;
-    buttons().forEach((b) => b.addEventListener("click", () => select(b.dataset.id, true)));
+    buttons().forEach((b) => b.addEventListener("click", () => select(b.dataset.id)));
     let remembered = null;
     try {
       remembered = localStorage.getItem(KEY);
     } catch (err) {}
-    select(remembered, false);
+    select(remembered);
+  }
+
+  // Only a successful sign-in is remembered, so a shared browser doesn't keep someone else's mistaken choice
+  function remember() {
+    if (!active || buttons().length < 2) return;
+    try {
+      localStorage.setItem(KEY, active.id);
+    } catch (err) {}
   }
 
+  // A failed sign-in may just be the wrong account type
+  const failed = (message) =>
+    buttons().length > 1 ? `${message} Using a different account type? Choose it above.` : message;
+
   // Shows only the local account form, e.g. while creating the first administrator
   function onlyLocal() {
     document.querySelectorAll(".loginProviders, .loginBanner").forEach((el) => (el.style.display = "none"));
-    select("local", false);
+    select("local");
     const label = document.getElementById("username_label");
     if (label) label.textContent = "Username";
   }
@@ -70,15 +77,24 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
       data: JSON.stringify({ username: username, password: password }),
       success: function (data) {
         if (data && data.status === "success") {
+          remember();
           document.cookie = "MMGISUser=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;";
           window.location.reload();
-        } else done((data && data.message) || "Login failed.");
+        } else done(failed((data && data.message) || "Login failed."));
       },
       error: function (xhr) {
-        done((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.");
+        done(failed((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error."));
       },
     });
   }
 
-  return { init: init, onlyLocal: onlyLocal, isLocal: isLocal, submit: submit, current: () => active };
+  return {
+    init: init,
+    onlyLocal: onlyLocal,
+    isLocal: isLocal,
+    submit: submit,
+    remember: remember,
+    failed: failed,
+    current: () => active,
+  };
 })();
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 15aa690a29..319a29753d 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=
 LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=
 LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(uid={{username}})
 LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE=
+# Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. CORP, so people can type CORP\alice
+LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=
 # Attributes: a stable id (entryUUID; objectGUID on Active Directory), the username, email and groups
 LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID
 LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=uid
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
index 16311a8cf4..5535f2ec2d 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 #loginModal {
     width: 400px;
     max-width: calc(100vw - 24px);
+    /* Scrolls instead of being cut off when zoomed in or on short screens */
+    max-height: calc(100vh - 24px);
+    overflow-y: auto;
     position: absolute;
     left: 50%;
     top: 50%;
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index 1b3a796100..6fc8a49c1f 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -28,32 +28,32 @@ var modalFormSignIn =
   "<form id='loginForm' accept-charset='UTF-8'>" +
     "<div class='field'>" +
       "<label id='loginUsernameLabel' for='loginUsernameInput'>Username</label>" +
-      "<input id='loginUsernameInput' name='username' type='text' autocomplete='off'>" +
+      "<input id='loginUsernameInput' name='username' type='text' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false'>" +
       "<i id='loginUsernameInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
     "</div>" +
     "<div id='loginEmail' class='field' style='display: none'>" +
       "<label for='loginEmailInput'>Email</label>" +
-      "<input id='loginEmailInput' placeholder='name" + emailSuffix + "' name='email' type='text' autocomplete='off'>" +
+      "<input id='loginEmailInput' placeholder='name" + emailSuffix + "' name='email' type='text' autocomplete='email'>" +
       "<i id='loginEmailInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
       "<div class='loginFieldDescription'>An email is optional.</div>" +
     "</div>" +
     "<div class='field'>" +
       "<label for='loginPasswordInput'>Password</label>" +
-      "<input id='loginPasswordInput' name='password' type='password' autocomplete='off'>" +
+      "<input id='loginPasswordInput' name='password' type='password' autocomplete='current-password'>" +
       "<i id='loginPasswordInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
       "<div id='loginPasswordDescription' class='loginFieldDescription' style='display: none'>Must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least: 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number and 1 symbol.</div>" +
       "<div id='loginModalHint' class='loginFieldDescription' style='display: none'></div>" +
     "</div>" +
     "<div id='loginRetypePassword' class='field' style='display: none'>" +
       "<label for='loginRetypePasswordInput'>Retype Password</label>" +
-      "<input id='loginRetypePasswordInput' name='retypepassword' type='password' autocomplete='off'>" +
+      "<input id='loginRetypePasswordInput' name='retypepassword' type='password' autocomplete='new-password'>" +
       "<i id='loginRetypePasswordInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
     "</div>" +
         "<input id='loginSubmit' type='submit' name='Submit' value='Log In'></input>" +
     "<div id='loginInUpToggleWrapper'><div id='loginInUpToggle' role='button' tabindex='0'>or sign up</div></div>" +
   "</form>" +
   "<div id='loginProviderLinks'></div>" +
-  "<div id='loginErrorMessage' style='opacity: 0;'>Invalid username or password</div>";
+  "<div id='loginErrorMessage' role='alert' aria-live='assertive' style='opacity: 0;'>Invalid username or password</div>";
 
 var validate = {
     username: false,
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ var Login = {
         $('#loginEmail').css({ display: signUp ? 'block' : 'none' })
         $('#loginRetypePassword').css({ display: signUp ? 'block' : 'none' })
         $('#loginPasswordDescription').css({ display: signUp ? 'block' : 'none' })
+        $('#loginPasswordInput').attr('autocomplete', signUp ? 'new-password' : 'current-password')
         $('#loginSubmit').val(signUp ? 'Sign Up' : 'Log In')
         $('#loginInUpToggle').html(signUp ? 'or log in' : 'or sign up')
     },
@@ -375,10 +376,10 @@ var Login = {
                 tabs.append(
                     $('<button>')
                         .addClass('loginProvider')
-                        .attr({ type: 'button', role: 'tab', 'data-id': f.id })
+                        .attr({ type: 'button', role: 'tab', 'data-id': f.id, title: f.title })
                         .append($('<i>').addClass(`mdi mdi-${f.icon}`).attr('aria-hidden', 'true'))
                         .append($('<span>').text(f.title))
-                        .on('click', () => Login.selectForm(f.id, true))
+                        .on('click', () => Login.selectForm(f.id))
                 )
             })
             el.append(tabs)
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ var Login = {
         } catch (err) {}
         Login.selectForm(remembered)
     },
-    selectForm: function (id, remember) {
+    selectForm: function (id) {
         const forms = Login.loginForms || []
         const form = Login.signUp ? null : forms.find((f) => f.id === id) || forms[0] || null
         Login.activeForm = form
@@ -419,11 +420,21 @@ var Login = {
         $('#loginModal #loginInUpToggle').toggle(
             local && (Login.signUp || window.mmgisglobal.SELF_SIGNUP !== 'false')
         )
-        if (remember && form) {
-            try {
-                localStorage.setItem('mmgisLoginProvider', form.id)
-            } catch (err) {}
-        }
+    },
+    // Only a successful sign-in is remembered, so a shared browser doesn't keep someone else's mistaken choice
+    rememberForm: function () {
+        if (!Login.activeForm || (Login.loginForms || []).length < 2) return
+        try {
+            localStorage.setItem('mmgisLoginProvider', Login.activeForm.id)
+        } catch (err) {}
+    },
+    // Shown in the modal, like the login page; a failure may just be the wrong account type
+    showError: function (message) {
+        const text =
+            (Login.loginForms || []).length > 1
+                ? `${message} Using a different account type? Choose it above.`
+                : message
+        $('#loginErrorMessage').stop(true).text(text).css('opacity', '1')
     },
     // Signs in with a provider other than local accounts (JSON POST to its login_path)
     formProviderLogin: function (values) {
@@ -444,11 +455,12 @@ var Login = {
                     Login.providerTitle = form.title
                     Login.providerLogoutUrl = d.logoutUrl || null
                     Login.providerPerRequest = false
+                    Login.rememberForm()
                     loginSuccess(d, false, true)
-                } else Toast.error((d && d.message) || 'Login failed.')
+                } else Login.showError((d && d.message) || 'Login failed.')
             },
             error: (xhr) => {
-                Toast.error((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || 'Login failed.')
+                Login.showError((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || 'Login failed.')
             },
         })
     },
@@ -613,10 +625,11 @@ var Login = {
                             Login.username = values.username
                             window.mmgisglobal.user = Login.username
                             window.mmgisglobal.groups = d.groups
+                            Login.rememberForm()
                             loginSuccess(d, false, true)
                         },
                         function (d) {
-                            Toast.error(
+                            Login.showError(
                                 (d && d.message) || 'Invalid username or password.'
                             )
                         }
@@ -712,13 +725,46 @@ var Login = {
         })
     },
     openModal: function () {
+        Login.opener = document.activeElement
         this.createModal()
+        $('#loginModal').attr({ role: 'dialog', 'aria-modal': 'true', 'aria-labelledby': 'loginModalHeading' })
+        // Esc closes; Tab stays inside the dialog
+        $('#loginModalWrapper').on('keydown', function (e) {
+            if (e.key === 'Escape') {
+                e.preventDefault()
+                Login.closeModal()
+                return
+            }
+            if (e.key !== 'Tab') return
+            const focusable = $('#loginModal')
+                .find('input, button, a[href], [tabindex="0"]')
+                .filter(':visible')
+                .toArray()
+            if (focusable.length === 0) return
+            const first = focusable[0]
+            const last = focusable[focusable.length - 1]
+            if (e.shiftKey && document.activeElement === first) {
+                e.preventDefault()
+                last.focus()
+            } else if (!e.shiftKey && document.activeElement === last) {
+                e.preventDefault()
+                first.focus()
+            } else if (!$('#loginModal')[0].contains(document.activeElement)) {
+                e.preventDefault()
+                first.focus()
+            }
+        })
         setTimeout(() => {
             $('#loginModalWrapper').addClass('active')
+            const input = $('#loginUsernameInput:visible')
+            if (input.length) input.trigger('focus')
+            else $('#loginModal').find('a[href], button').filter(':visible').first().trigger('focus')
         }, 100)
     },
     closeModal: function () {
         $('#loginModalWrapper').removeClass('active')
+        if (Login.opener && document.body.contains(Login.opener)) Login.opener.focus()
+        Login.opener = null
         setTimeout(() => {
             Login.removeModal()
         }, 250)
diff --git a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 261e94a12f..759e5c47de 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError } = require('ldapts');
 
 const ldap = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js'));
-const { config, escapeFilter, escapeDn, firstRdnValue, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
+const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, firstRdnValue, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
 
 const base = {
   LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://ldap.example.org',
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
     expect(escapeDn('#x')).toBe('\\#x');
   });
 
+  test('LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN removes only that Windows domain prefix', () => {
+    const c = config({ ...base, LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN: 'CORP' });
+    expect(stripDomain('CORP\\alice', c)).toBe('alice');
+    expect(stripDomain('corp\\alice', c)).toBe('alice');
+    expect(stripDomain('OTHER\\alice', c)).toBe('OTHER\\alice');
+    expect(stripDomain('alice@corp.example.org', c)).toBe('alice@corp.example.org');
+    expect(stripDomain('CORP\\alice', config(base))).toBe('CORP\\alice');
+  });
+
   test('group DNs become their first name component', () => {
     expect(firstRdnValue('cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org')).toBe('science-team');
     expect(firstRdnValue('CN=Ops\\2C East,OU=Groups,DC=corp')).toBe('Ops, East');
diff --git a/views/adminlogin.pug b/views/adminlogin.pug
index d0ac4cfb69..94c70bef49 100644
--- a/views/adminlogin.pug
+++ b/views/adminlogin.pug
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ body.mmgisScrollbar
             i.mdi.mdi-logout(aria-hidden='true')
             | Sign out
     img(src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/images/logos/mmgis.png' alt='MMGIS' onClick='back()')
-    span#msg.error
+    span#msg.error(role='alert' aria-live='assertive')
     form.box(name='form1')
       h4
         | Admin
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ body.mmgisScrollbar
       h5#signInTitle Sign in to your account.
       +loginProviders(forms)
       label#username_label.fieldLabel(for='username')= forms.length ? forms[0].usernameLabel : 'Username'
-      input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='off')
+      input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
       label.fieldLabel(for='pwd') Password
-      input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
+      input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='current-password')
       label#pwd_retype_label.fieldLabel(for='pwd_retype') Retype Password
-      input#pwd_retype(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
+      input#pwd_retype(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='new-password')
       label#setup_code_label.fieldLabel(for='setup_code') Setup Code
       input#setup_code(type='text' name='setup_code' placeholder='See the server log' autocomplete='off' spellcheck='false')
       +loginHint()
-      div.btn1(onClick='login()') Sign in
+      button.btn1(type='button' onClick='login()') Sign in
       if LOGIN_LINKS && LOGIN_LINKS.length
         .providerLinks
           .providerOr or
diff --git a/views/login.pug b/views/login.pug
index 02193deee1..d67efa4ac8 100644
--- a/views/login.pug
+++ b/views/login.pug
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ html(lang='en')
       img(src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/images/logos/local_login_brand.png' alt='Branding' style='left: 44px; transform: unset; height: 60px; opacity: 0.5;')
     #container(style='z-index: 1;')
       img(src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/images/logos/mmgis.png' alt='MMGIS')
-      span#msg.error
+      span#msg.error(role='alert' aria-live='assertive')
       form.box(name='form1')
         h4
           | Log in
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ html(lang='en')
         if forms.length
           +loginProviders(forms)
           label#username_label.fieldLabel(for="username")= forms[0].usernameLabel
-          input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='off')
+          input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
           label#email_label.fieldLabel(for="email") Email
-          input#email(type='text' name='email' autocomplete='off')
+          input#email(type='text' name='email' autocomplete='email')
           div#email_description An email is optional.
           label#pwd_label.fieldLabel(for="pwd") Password
-          input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
+          input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='current-password')
           div#pwd_description Must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least: 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number and 1 symbol.
           label#pwd_retype_label.fieldLabel(for="pwd_retype") Retype Password
-          input#pwd_retype(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
+          input#pwd_retype(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='new-password')
           +loginHint()
-          div#login.btn1(onClick='login()' title='Log in to MMGIS!') Log In
+          button#login.btn1(type='button' onClick='window.login()' title='Log in to MMGIS!') Log In
           div#toggleWrapper
-            div#toggle(onClick='toggle()') Or Sign Up
+            button#toggle(type='button' onClick='window.toggle()') Or Sign Up
         if LOGIN_LINKS && LOGIN_LINKS.length
           .providerLinks
             if forms.length
diff --git a/views/mixins/loginForms.pug b/views/mixins/loginForms.pug
index 60241f6eaa..01240b0f44 100644
--- a/views/mixins/loginForms.pug
+++ b/views/mixins/loginForms.pug
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mixin loginProviders(forms)
   if forms.length
     .loginProviders(class=forms.length > 1 ? 'multiple' : 'single' role=forms.length > 1 ? 'tablist' : null aria-label='Account type')
       each f, i in forms
-        button.loginProvider(type='button' role='tab' class=i === 0 ? 'active' : null aria-selected=i === 0 ? 'true' : 'false' data-id=f.id data-title=f.title data-label=f.usernameLabel data-hint=f.hint data-path=f.path)
+        button.loginProvider(type='button' role='tab' class=i === 0 ? 'active' : null aria-selected=i === 0 ? 'true' : 'false' data-id=f.id data-title=f.title data-label=f.usernameLabel data-hint=f.hint data-path=f.path title=f.title)
           i.mdi(class='mdi-' + f.icon aria-hidden='true')
           span= f.title
     if forms.length === 1 && forms[0].id !== 'local'

From 16a34d327a09fbb5805c31c9b0bddca38c405744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:09:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 010/122] Share the login-response lead groups through the
 provider context; match provider group names case-insensitively

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/principal.js                         | 11 +++++++++--
 API/permissions/providers.js                         | 12 +++++++++++-
 .../Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md      |  3 ++-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                     |  4 +---
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js                    |  9 +--------
 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/principal.js b/API/permissions/principal.js
index 0beab857ca..d804de2a6f 100644
--- a/API/permissions/principal.js
+++ b/API/permissions/principal.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // user, a user identified per request by a login provider (e.g. proxy), or a
 // long-term token acting for its creator.
 const crypto = require("crypto");
-const { Op } = require("sequelize");
+const { Op, Sequelize } = require("sequelize");
 const logger = require("../logger");
 const siteAccess = require("./siteAccess");
 const { scopeKey } = require("./policy");
@@ -116,7 +116,14 @@ async function externalPrincipal(identity) {
     const matched =
       groupNames.length > 0
         ? await AuthGroup.findAll({
-            where: { source: provider, external_name: groupNames },
+            where: {
+              source: provider,
+              [Op.and]: [
+                Sequelize.where(Sequelize.fn("lower", Sequelize.col("external_name")), {
+                  [Op.in]: groupNames.map((g) => String(g).toLowerCase()),
+                }),
+              ],
+            },
             attributes: ["id"],
             raw: true,
           })
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 79f107ea4d..4ef44ed6d1 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
     raw: true,
   });
   if (groups.length === 0) return;
+  // Directory group names and DNs are case-insensitive, so "Science-Team" matches "science-team"
+  const reported = new Set(identity.groups.map((g) => String(g).toLowerCase()));
   const want = new Set(
-    groups.filter((g) => identity.groups.includes(g.external_name)).map((g) => g.id)
+    groups.filter((g) => g.external_name != null && reported.has(g.external_name.toLowerCase())).map((g) => g.id)
   );
   const have = new Set(
     (
@@ -277,6 +279,12 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
     await m.AuthGroupMember.bulkCreate(add.map((group_id) => ({ group_id, user_id: userId })));
 }
 
+// The legacy lead group (LEADS) a login response reports, as a page reload does
+function leadGroups(username, leadGroupName) {
+  const leads = process.env.LEADS ? JSON.parse(process.env.LEADS) : [];
+  return leads.indexOf(username) != -1 ? [leadGroupName] : [];
+}
+
 async function completeLogin(req, identity) {
   if (!identity) throw new LinkError("The provider did not return an identity.");
   let user;
@@ -417,6 +425,7 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
       LinkError,
       returnTo: (value) => returnTo(value),
       completeLogin: (req, raw) => completeLogin(req, normalizeIdentity(p.id, raw)),
+      sessionGroups: (req, username) => leadGroups(username, req.leadGroupName),
     });
     app.use(prefix, providerLimiter(), registerRouter(prefix, router));
   });
@@ -438,6 +447,7 @@ module.exports = {
   linkIdentity,
   syncGroups,
   completeLogin,
+  leadGroups,
   returnTo,
   loginForms,
   providerLabel,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index a7f7db1350..af156a2936 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ An identity is:
 |---|---|
 | `ctx.completeLogin(req, identity)` | Links the account, syncs groups and starts the session (see above). Returns a promise. |
 | `ctx.LinkError` | The error class `completeLogin` throws on a username clash. |
+| `ctx.sessionGroups(req, username)` | The legacy lead group list (`LEADS`) to return as `groups` in a login response, as a page reload reports it. |
 | `ctx.returnTo(value)` | Returns `value` if it's a same-site path (`/...`), otherwise the site root. Use it on any "where to go after login" value. |
 | `ctx.authorize` | The permission helpers; use `ctx.authorize.public("reason")` on login routes. |
 | `ctx.logger` | `logger(level, message, caller, req, err)`. |
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ A provider whose `plugin.json` sets `"login_form": true` and a `login_path` shar
 - **Layout.** With one form provider that isn't `local`, the form shows a "Sign in with <title>" banner. With several (for example `ldap` and `local`), it shows a switch; the first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default and the browser remembers the last choice. The password is only sent to the selected provider. With `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`, `local` is only offered at Configure sign-in.
 - **Wording.** `loginForm(env)` returns `title` (the tab and banner name, default `display_name`), `usernameLabel` (default `Username`), and `hint` (shown with the form). Read them from `<PROVIDERID>_*` ENVs so each site can name the provider its own way. `GET /api/auth` returns them as `loginForms`.
 - **Request.** The form sends `POST /api/auth/<id><login_path>` with a JSON body `{ "username", "password" }`.
-- **Response.** On success call `ctx.completeLogin` and answer `{ "status": "success", "username", "provider": "<id>" }`; the page then reloads (login page, Configure) or the modal closes. On failure answer `{ "status": "failure", "message" }` with `400` (missing input), `401` (wrong credentials; counts towards the rate limit), `409` (`ctx.LinkError`) or `503` (the backend is unreachable). The message is shown as is, so name the provider in it.
+- **Response.** On success call `ctx.completeLogin` and answer `{ "status": "success", "username", "provider": "<id>", "groups": ctx.sessionGroups(req, username) }`; the page then reloads (login page, Configure) or the modal closes. On failure answer `{ "status": "failure", "message" }` with `400` (missing input), `401` (wrong credentials; counts towards the rate limit), `409` (`ctx.LinkError`) or `503` (the backend is unreachable). The message is shown as is, so name the provider in it.
 
 `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js` is a complete example.
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 7fd01c08af..cd32437fff 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -313,9 +313,7 @@ module.exports = {
       try {
         const user = await ctx.completeLogin(req, identity);
         ctx.logger("info", `${user.username} logged in with LDAP.`, "Ldap", req);
-        // The same legacy lead group (LEADS) a page reload reports
-        const { getUserGroups } = require("../Local/routes.js");
-        res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "ldap", groups: getUserGroups(user.username, req.leadGroupName) });
+        res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "ldap", groups: ctx.sessionGroups(req, user.username) });
       } catch (err) {
         if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError)
           return res.status(409).send({ status: "failure", message: err.userMessage });
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 1a570475c7..06bc3685ef 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -618,14 +618,7 @@ router.post("/resetPassword", resetLimiter, authorize.public("login and account
 
 }
 
-function getUserGroups(user, leadGroupName) {
-  let leads = process.env.LEADS ? JSON.parse(process.env.LEADS) : [];
-  let groups = {};
-  if (leads.indexOf(user) != -1) {
-    groups[leadGroupName] = true;
-  }
-  return Object.keys(groups);
-}
+const getUserGroups = (user, leadGroupName) => providers.leadGroups(user, leadGroupName);
 
 function clearLoginSession(req) {
   req.session.user = "guest";

From 42f65131225aa5000b1fcf9f660436c790b22de3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:11:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 011/122] LDAP: report groups by DN so same-named groups in
 different OUs stay apart; log the groups each login reports

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  4 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 52 +++++++++++--------
 sample.env                                    |  3 +-
 tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js          |  2 +-
 tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js              | 13 +++--
 7 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index af156a2936..4f387d7f3f 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ An identity is:
 
 **Per-request providers** create no account. Their users don't appear in People and can't hold a grant of their own; they get access through groups (matched on every request) and the Everyone / Logged-in users audiences.
 
-**Groups.** A provider's groups only matter for groups an admin has created in Users & Access with **Members from <PROVIDER>** and an external name equal to the reported group. Other reported groups are ignored; MMGIS never creates groups on its own. For session providers, membership changes at the provider apply at the next login; a new grant to a group applies at the next request.
+**Groups.** A provider's groups only matter for groups an admin has created in Users & Access with **Members from <PROVIDER>** and an external name equal to the reported group, ignoring capitalization. Other reported groups are ignored; MMGIS never creates groups on its own. For session providers, membership changes at the provider apply at the next login; a new grant to a group applies at the next request.
 
 ## The ctx object
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 8d29668c21..ea344bf3bb 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Attribute with the person's email | string | default `mail`
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Attribute on the person listing their groups as DNs (Active Directory, or OpenLDAP with the memberof overlay). Each group is reported by its first name component, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`; use that name for groups with **Members from LDAP**. Ignored when `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` is set | string | default `memberOf`
+Attribute on the person listing their groups as DNs (Active Directory, or OpenLDAP with the memberof overlay). Each group is reported by its full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`; use that as the external name of groups with **Members from LDAP**. Ignored when `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` is set | string | default `memberOf`
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=`
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Filter for `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`; `{{dn}}` is the person's DN and `{{username
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Attribute holding a found group's name | string | default `cn`
+Report groups found under `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` by this attribute (e.g. `cn`) instead of their DN. Only use it when nobody untrusted can create groups under that base, since groups with the same name become one MMGIS group | string | default `''` (the DN)
 
 #### `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 19e67e35ff..d30d6de6b7 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by name (`cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`). In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and that name, then give the group a role. Membership is updated at every login.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name (capitalization and spaces after commas don't matter), then give the group a role. Membership is updated at every login, and the server log lists the groups the directory reported for each login. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`.
 
 ## Accounts
 
@@ -119,6 +119,6 @@ Groups are reported by name (`cn=science-team,ou=groups,...` is `science-team`).
 | "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected, or the entry had no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. The server log has the reason. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
-| Groups don't apply | The group's external name must equal the directory group's name; check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
+| Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
 
 To try it locally, `tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh` starts an OpenLDAP container with test users; `tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js` shows the matching settings.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index cd32437fff..e134da11ea 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function config(env = process.env) {
     groupsAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE, "memberOf"),
     groupSearchBase: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE),
     groupSearchFilter: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER, "(member={{dn}})"),
-    groupNameAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE, "cn"),
+    groupNameAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE),
     timeoutMs: Number.isInteger(timeout) && timeout > 0 ? timeout : 5000,
     displayName: setting(env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME, "LDAP"),
     usernameLabel: setting(env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL, "Username"),
@@ -61,22 +61,26 @@ function escapeDn(value) {
 const fill = (template, values) =>
   template.replace(/\{\{(username|dn)\}\}/g, (m, key) => (values[key] != null ? values[key] : m));
 
-// "cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org" -> "science-team"; anything that isn't a DN is returned as is
-function firstRdnValue(dn) {
+// "CN=Science Team, OU=Groups,DC=corp" -> "cn=science team,ou=groups,dc=corp", so one group always
+// reads the same however the directory spaces or capitalizes it
+function normalizeDn(dn) {
+  const rdns = [];
+  let cur = "";
   const s = String(dn);
-  let i = 0;
-  let eq = -1;
-  for (; i < s.length; i++) {
-    const c = s[i];
-    if (c === "\\") i++;
-    else if (c === "=" && eq < 0) eq = i;
-    else if (c === "," || c === "+") break;
+  for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
+    if (s[i] === "\\") {
+      cur += s.slice(i, i + 2);
+      i++;
+    } else if (s[i] === ",") {
+      rdns.push(cur);
+      cur = "";
+    } else cur += s[i];
   }
-  if (eq < 0) return s;
-  return s
-    .slice(eq + 1, i)
-    .trim()
-    .replace(/\\([0-9a-fA-F]{2})|\\(.)/g, (m, hex, ch) => (hex ? String.fromCharCode(parseInt(hex, 16)) : ch));
+  rdns.push(cur);
+  return rdns
+    .map((r) => r.trim().replace(/^([^=]*?)\s*=\s*/, "$1="))
+    .join(",")
+    .toLowerCase();
 }
 
 ////// Directory entries
@@ -183,16 +187,17 @@ async function readEntry(client, c, dn) {
   return searchEntries[0] || null;
 }
 
+// Groups are reported by DN: two groups named "admins" in different OUs must not become one MMGIS group
 async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
-  if (!c.groupSearchBase) return values(entry, c.groupsAttribute).map((v) => firstRdnValue(v));
+  if (!c.groupSearchBase) return values(entry, c.groupsAttribute).map((v) => normalizeDn(v));
   const { searchEntries } = await client.search(c.groupSearchBase, {
     scope: "sub",
     filter: fill(c.groupSearchFilter, { dn: escapeFilter(entry.dn), username: escapeFilter(username) }),
-    attributes: [c.groupNameAttribute],
+    attributes: c.groupNameAttribute ? [c.groupNameAttribute] : ["dn"],
   });
   return searchEntries.map((g) => {
-    const name = values(g, c.groupNameAttribute)[0];
-    return name != null ? String(name) : firstRdnValue(g.dn);
+    const name = c.groupNameAttribute ? values(g, c.groupNameAttribute)[0] : null;
+    return name != null ? String(name) : normalizeDn(g.dn);
   });
 }
 
@@ -312,7 +317,12 @@ module.exports = {
         return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: `Invalid ${name} username or password.` });
       try {
         const user = await ctx.completeLogin(req, identity);
-        ctx.logger("info", `${user.username} logged in with LDAP.`, "Ldap", req);
+        ctx.logger(
+          "info",
+          `${user.username} logged in with LDAP. Directory groups: ${identity.groups.length ? identity.groups.join(" | ") : "none"}.`,
+          "Ldap",
+          req
+        );
         res.send({ status: "success", username: user.username, provider: "ldap", groups: ctx.sessionGroups(req, user.username) });
       } catch (err) {
         if (err instanceof ctx.LinkError)
@@ -329,5 +339,5 @@ module.exports = {
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, firstRdnValue, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError },
 };
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 319a29753d..d63dc6030e 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=memberOf
 # Or find groups by searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE ({{dn}} / {{username}} are the person's)
 LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=
 LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(member={{dn}})
-LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn
+# Report found groups by this attribute (e.g. cn) instead of their DN
+LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=
 LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=5000
 # Login form wording
 LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=LDAP
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 1004bfe0c1..efc419d7da 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
   test('directory groups give roles through groups with Members from LDAP', async () => {
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const name = `ldap-science-${Date.now()}`;
-    const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'science-team' } })).json();
+    const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
     expect(created.status).toBe('success');
     const bound = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/bindings/add', {
       data: { subject_type: 'group', subject_id: created.body.id, role: 'data_admin', scope_type: 'global' },
diff --git a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 759e5c47de..0fe30b94f0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError } = require('ldapts');
 
 const ldap = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js'));
-const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, firstRdnValue, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
+const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
 
 const base = {
   LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://ldap.example.org',
@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
     expect(stripDomain('CORP\\alice', config(base))).toBe('CORP\\alice');
   });
 
-  test('group DNs become their first name component', () => {
-    expect(firstRdnValue('cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org')).toBe('science-team');
-    expect(firstRdnValue('CN=Ops\\2C East,OU=Groups,DC=corp')).toBe('Ops, East');
-    expect(firstRdnValue('cn=a\\,b,dc=x')).toBe('a,b');
-    expect(firstRdnValue('plain-name')).toBe('plain-name');
+  test('group DNs are compared lowercased and without spaces, so same-named groups in different OUs stay apart', () => {
+    expect(normalizeDn('CN=Science Team, OU=Groups ,DC=corp')).toBe('cn=science team,ou=groups,dc=corp');
+    expect(normalizeDn('cn = a\\,b,dc=x')).toBe('cn=a\\,b,dc=x');
+    expect(normalizeDn('cn=admins,ou=a,dc=x')).not.toBe(normalizeDn('cn=admins,ou=b,dc=x'));
   });
 
   test('Active Directory objectGUIDs are formatted like AD shows them', () => {
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   test('search mode: service account finds the person, their password is checked by binding as them', async () => {
     const log = [];
     const id = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log));
-    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['science-team', 'Ops, East'] });
+    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=ops\\2c east,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'] });
     expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`, `search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=alice)`, `bind ${alice.dn}`, 'unbind']);
   });
 

From ff0e2af56b9e430dee289beb8f67378ac30b8afe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:13:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 012/122] LDAP: back off after a rejected service account,
 check settings at startup, log why each login was refused, reject non-PEM CA
 files

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md    |   8 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js | 172 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js |  50 ++++++++-
 3 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index d30d6de6b7..7cfb641b41 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -113,11 +113,15 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
+At startup MMGIS checks the settings without anyone's password: it connects, signs in the service account and looks up `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. The server log then says `LDAP settings check passed: ...` or `LDAP settings check failed: ...` with the setting to fix. Every refused login is logged too, with the reason, e.g. `no entry under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE matches (uid=alice)`, `wrong password`, or, on Active Directory, `account disabled`, `account locked` or `account expired`. The person only sees "Invalid <name> username or password".
+
+If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes instead of retrying at every login, so the directory doesn't lock the account. LDAP login answers "unavailable" meanwhile.
+
 | Message | Cause |
 |---|---|
 | MMGIS refuses to start with an `LDAP_*` error | A required setting is missing or malformed; the message names it. |
-| "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected, or the entry had no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. The server log has the reason. |
-| "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
+| "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected (MMGIS then waits 5 minutes before trying it again), a search base doesn't exist, or the entry had no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. The server log has the reason and the setting to check. |
+| "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index e134da11ea..bfd784311a 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 // stable id and syncs the person's directory groups.
 const fs = require("fs");
 const net = require("net");
-const { Client, InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError } = require("ldapts");
+const crypto = require("crypto");
+const { Client, InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError, ResultCodeError } = require("ldapts");
 
 const setting = (v, fallback = "") => (v != null && String(v).trim() !== "" ? String(v).trim() : fallback);
 const isTrue = (v) => String(v).trim().toLowerCase() === "true";
@@ -120,8 +121,46 @@ function userAttributes(c) {
 // The password was right but the directory says it must be changed (Active Directory)
 class PasswordExpiredError extends Error {}
 
+// Active Directory says why it refused a bind in the message, e.g. "data 533"
+function adCode(err) {
+  const m = /\bdata ([0-9a-f]{3})\b/i.exec(String((err && err.message) || ""));
+  return m ? m[1].toLowerCase() : null;
+}
+
 function isPasswordExpired(err) {
-  return /\bdata (532|773)\b/.test(String((err && err.message) || ""));
+  return ["532", "773"].includes(adCode(err));
+}
+
+const AD_REASONS = {
+  525: "no such user",
+  "52e": "wrong password",
+  530: "not allowed to sign in at this time",
+  531: "not allowed to sign in from this computer",
+  533: "account disabled",
+  701: "account expired",
+  775: "account locked",
+};
+
+// After the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops trying it for a while:
+// retrying at every login would lock the account (Active Directory locks after a few bad binds)
+const SERVICE_RETRY_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+const rejectedServiceAccounts = new Map();
+const serviceKey = (c) => crypto.createHash("sha256").update(`${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}\n${c.bindPassword}`).digest("hex");
+
+// Adds what to check to a connection or search error, for the server log
+function explain(err) {
+  const msg = String((err && err.message) || err);
+  const text = `${(err && err.code) || ""} ${msg}`;
+  if (/CERT|SELF_SIGNED|UNABLE_TO_VERIFY|local issuer|ALTNAME/i.test(text))
+    return `${msg}. The directory's TLS certificate isn't trusted: set LDAP_TLS_CA to the CA that signed it, and use the host name on the certificate in LDAP_URL.`;
+  if (/ECONNREFUSED/.test(text)) return `${msg}. Nothing answered at LDAP_URL: check the host and port (ldaps:// is usually 636, ldap:// 389).`;
+  if (/ENOTFOUND|EAI_AGAIN/.test(text)) return `${msg}. LDAP_URL's host name doesn't resolve.`;
+  if (/wrong version number|ECONNRESET|packet length/i.test(text))
+    return `${msg}. Check that ldaps:// points at the TLS port (usually 636) and ldap:// at the plain port (389, with LDAP_STARTTLS=true).`;
+  if (/timeout|timed out|ETIMEDOUT/i.test(text)) return `${msg}. The directory didn't answer within LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS.`;
+  if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError)
+    return `${msg}. A search base doesn't exist, or the service account can't read it: check LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE and LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE.`;
+  return msg;
 }
 
 ////// Login
@@ -147,17 +186,30 @@ function newClient(c) {
   return new Client(options);
 }
 
+// { ok } or { ok: false, reason } when the directory refuses the password
 async function bindAs(client, dn, password) {
   try {
     await client.bind(dn, password);
-    return true;
+    return { ok: true };
   } catch (err) {
     if (!(err instanceof InvalidCredentialsError)) throw err;
     if (isPasswordExpired(err)) throw new PasswordExpiredError("password expired");
-    return false;
+    return { ok: false, reason: AD_REASONS[adCode(err)] || "the directory refused the password" };
+  }
+}
+
+async function bindService(client, c) {
+  const key = serviceKey(c);
+  if (Date.now() - (rejectedServiceAccounts.get(key) || 0) < SERVICE_RETRY_MS)
+    throw new Error("The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD; MMGIS retries it at most every 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.");
+  const bind = await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
+  if (!bind.ok) {
+    rejectedServiceAccounts.set(key, Date.now());
+    throw new Error(`The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD (${bind.reason}). MMGIS won't retry it for 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.`);
   }
 }
 
+// { entry } or { reason } when exactly one entry doesn't match
 async function findUser(client, c, username) {
   const filter = fill(c.searchFilter, { username: escapeFilter(username) });
   let result;
@@ -171,10 +223,13 @@ async function findUser(client, c, username) {
     });
   } catch (err) {
     // More than one match: treat as no match rather than guess
-    if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return null;
+    if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return { reason: `more than one entry under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE matches ${filter}` };
     throw err;
   }
-  return result.searchEntries.length === 1 ? result.searchEntries[0] : null;
+  if (result.searchEntries.length === 1) return { entry: result.searchEntries[0] };
+  return {
+    reason: `no entry under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE matches ${filter} (if nobody can sign in, check LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER)`,
+  };
 }
 
 async function readEntry(client, c, dn) {
@@ -190,35 +245,47 @@ async function readEntry(client, c, dn) {
 // Groups are reported by DN: two groups named "admins" in different OUs must not become one MMGIS group
 async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
   if (!c.groupSearchBase) return values(entry, c.groupsAttribute).map((v) => normalizeDn(v));
-  const { searchEntries } = await client.search(c.groupSearchBase, {
-    scope: "sub",
-    filter: fill(c.groupSearchFilter, { dn: escapeFilter(entry.dn), username: escapeFilter(username) }),
-    attributes: c.groupNameAttribute ? [c.groupNameAttribute] : ["dn"],
-  });
+  let searchEntries;
+  try {
+    ({ searchEntries } = await client.search(c.groupSearchBase, {
+      scope: "sub",
+      filter: fill(c.groupSearchFilter, { dn: escapeFilter(entry.dn), username: escapeFilter(username) }),
+      attributes: c.groupNameAttribute ? [c.groupNameAttribute] : ["dn"],
+    }));
+  } catch (err) {
+    err.message = `Searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE for groups failed: ${err.message}`;
+    throw err;
+  }
   return searchEntries.map((g) => {
     const name = c.groupNameAttribute ? values(g, c.groupNameAttribute)[0] : null;
     return name != null ? String(name) : normalizeDn(g.dn);
   });
 }
 
-// The person's identity if the password is right, null if it isn't; throws when the
-// directory can't be reached or doesn't answer as configured
-async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
+// The person's identity if the password is right, null if it isn't (refused(reason) says why);
+// throws when the directory can't be reached or doesn't answer as configured
+async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = newClient, refused = () => {}) {
+  const refuse = (reason) => {
+    refused(reason);
+    return null;
+  };
   const client = createClient(c);
   try {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     let entry;
     if (c.userDnTemplate) {
       const dn = fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) });
-      if (!(await bindAs(client, dn, password))) return null;
-      entry = c.searchBase ? await findUser(client, c, username) : await readEntry(client, c, dn);
+      const bind = await bindAs(client, dn, password);
+      if (!bind.ok) return refuse(`${bind.reason} for ${dn} (if nobody can sign in, check LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE)`);
+      entry = c.searchBase ? (await findUser(client, c, username)).entry : await readEntry(client, c, dn);
       if (!entry) throw new Error("Signed in to the directory but could not read the person's entry.");
     } else {
-      if (c.bindDn && !(await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword)))
-        throw new Error("The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD.");
-      entry = await findUser(client, c, username);
-      if (!entry) return null;
-      if (!(await bindAs(client, entry.dn, password))) return null;
+      if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
+      const found = await findUser(client, c, username);
+      if (!found.entry) return refuse(found.reason);
+      entry = found.entry;
+      const bind = await bindAs(client, entry.dn, password);
+      if (!bind.ok) return refuse(`${bind.reason} for ${entry.dn}`);
       // Group searches run as the service account, as the user search did
       if (c.groupSearchBase && c.bindDn) await client.bind(c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
     }
@@ -237,6 +304,41 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
   }
 }
 
+// Checks the settings at startup without anyone's password, so a wrong service account,
+// certificate or search base shows in the log right away; returns what was checked
+async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
+  const client = createClient(c);
+  const checked = [`connected to ${c.url}`];
+  try {
+    if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
+    try {
+      await client.search("", { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes: ["supportedLDAPVersion"] });
+    } catch (err) {
+      // The directory answered, it just won't show its root entry anonymously
+      if (!(err instanceof ResultCodeError)) throw err;
+    }
+    if (c.bindDn) {
+      await bindService(client, c);
+      checked.push("the service account signed in");
+    }
+    // Without a service account, directories usually only allow searches once the person has signed in
+    const bases = c.bindDn || !c.userDnTemplate ? [["LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE", c.searchBase], ["LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE", c.groupSearchBase]] : [];
+    for (const [name, dn] of bases) {
+      if (!dn) continue;
+      try {
+        await client.search(dn, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes: ["objectClass"] });
+      } catch (err) {
+        err.message = `${name} (${dn}): ${err.message}`;
+        throw err;
+      }
+      checked.push(`${name} exists`);
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
+  }
+  return checked;
+}
+
 const validUsername = (u) =>
   typeof u === "string" && u.trim() !== "" && u.length <= MAX_USERNAME && !/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(u);
 
@@ -274,11 +376,16 @@ function validate(env) {
   if (c.groupSearchBase && !/\{\{(dn|username)\}\}/.test(c.groupSearchFilter))
     errors.push("LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER must contain {{dn}} or {{username}}, e.g. (member={{dn}}).");
   if (c.ca) {
+    let pem = null;
     try {
-      fs.accessSync(c.ca, fs.constants.R_OK);
+      pem = fs.readFileSync(c.ca, "utf8");
     } catch (err) {
       errors.push("LDAP_TLS_CA must be the path of a readable PEM file.");
     }
+    if (pem != null && !pem.includes("-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----"))
+      errors.push(
+        "LDAP_TLS_CA isn't a PEM certificate (text starting with -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----). Convert a binary .cer file with: openssl x509 -inform der -in ca.cer -out ca.pem"
+      );
   }
   if (setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS) && String(c.timeoutMs) !== setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS))
     errors.push("LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS must be a whole number of milliseconds.");
@@ -297,24 +404,35 @@ function warnings(env) {
 
 module.exports = {
   routes(router, ctx) {
+    const startup = config();
+    selfCheck(startup).then(
+      (checked) => ctx.logger("info", `LDAP settings check passed: ${checked.join(", ")}.`, "Ldap"),
+      (err) => ctx.logger("error", `LDAP settings check failed: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", null, err)
+    );
     router.post("/login", ctx.authorize.public("LDAP directory login"), async (req, res) => {
       const c = config();
       const name = c.displayName;
       const body = req.body || {};
       if (!validUsername(body.username) || typeof body.password !== "string" || body.password === "")
         return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: "Enter your username and password." });
+      const username = stripDomain(body.username.trim(), c);
       let identity;
+      let reason = "";
       try {
-        identity = await authenticate(stripDomain(body.username.trim(), c), body.password, c);
+        identity = await authenticate(username, body.password, c, newClient, (r) => (reason = r));
       } catch (err) {
-        if (err instanceof PasswordExpiredError)
+        if (err instanceof PasswordExpiredError) {
+          ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: password expired.`, "Ldap", req);
           return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} password has expired.` });
-        ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not reach or read the directory: ${err && err.message}`, "Ldap", req, err);
+        }
+        ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not reach or read the directory: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", req, err);
         return res.status(503).send({ status: "failure", message: `${name} is unavailable. Try again later.` });
       }
       // 401 so failed attempts count towards the rate limit
-      if (!identity)
+      if (!identity) {
+        ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: ${reason}.`, "Ldap", req);
         return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: `Invalid ${name} username or password.` });
+      }
       try {
         const user = await ctx.completeLogin(req, identity);
         ctx.logger(
@@ -339,5 +457,5 @@ module.exports = {
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError },
 };
diff --git a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 0fe30b94f0..9d1bf7eed3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
 const path = require('path');
-const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError } = require('ldapts');
+const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError } = require('ldapts');
 
 const ldap = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js'));
-const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
+const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
 
 const base = {
   LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://ldap.example.org',
@@ -129,6 +129,49 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     const expired = { ...alice, password: 'other', adCode: '532' }; // pragma: allowlist secret
     await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([expired]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(PasswordExpiredError);
   });
+
+  test('a rejected service account is not retried at every login, so the directory does not lock it', async () => {
+    const env = { ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'wrong-for-lockout-test' }; // pragma: allowlist secret
+    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(env), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toThrow(/won't retry it for 5 minutes/);
+    const log = [];
+    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(env), fakeClient([alice], log))).rejects.toThrow(/at most every 5 minutes/);
+    expect(log.filter((l) => l.startsWith('bind'))).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('the reason a login was refused is reported for the server log', async () => {
+    const reasons = [];
+    const why = (r) => reasons.push(r);
+    const twin = { ...alice, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org', entry: { ...alice.entry, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org' } };
+    await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]), why);
+    await authenticate('nobody', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]), why);
+    await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice, twin, twin]), why);
+    await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([{ ...alice, password: 'x', adCode: '533' }]), why); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    expect(reasons[0]).toMatch(/refused the password for uid=alice/);
+    expect(reasons[1]).toMatch(/no entry under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE matches \(uid=nobody\)/);
+    expect(reasons[2]).toMatch(/more than one entry/);
+    expect(reasons[3]).toMatch(/account disabled/);
+  });
+
+  test('connection errors say which setting to check', () => {
+    expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('self-signed certificate in certificate chain'), { code: 'SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN' }))).toMatch(/LDAP_TLS_CA/);
+    expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:636'), { code: 'ECONNREFUSED' }))).toMatch(/host and port/);
+    expect(explain(new NoSuchObjectError('No such object'))).toMatch(/LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE/);
+  });
+
+  test('the startup check signs in the service account and finds the search bases, without anyone\'s password', async () => {
+    const log = [];
+    const checked = await selfCheck(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: alice.dn }), fakeClient([alice], log));
+    expect(checked).toEqual(['connected to ldaps://ldap.example.org', 'the service account signed in', 'LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE exists']);
+    const missing = () => ({
+      async bind() {},
+      async search(dn) {
+        if (dn) throw new NoSuchObjectError('No such object');
+        return { searchEntries: [] };
+      },
+      async unbind() {},
+    });
+    await expect(selfCheck(config(base), missing)).rejects.toThrow(/LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE \(ou=people/);
+  });
 });
 
 test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
@@ -153,6 +196,9 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
     expect(problems({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: '{{username}}@corp' })).toMatch(/isn't a DN/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: '' })).toMatch(/LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is empty/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_TLS_CA: '/no/such/ca.pem' })).toMatch(/LDAP_TLS_CA/);
+    const notPem = path.join(require('os').tmpdir(), `mmgis-ldap-not-pem-${process.pid}.cer`);
+    require('fs').writeFileSync(notPem, Buffer.from([0x30, 0x82, 0x01]));
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_TLS_CA: notPem })).toMatch(/isn't a PEM certificate/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS: 'soon' })).toMatch(/LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: 'ou=g', LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER: '(member=x)' })).toMatch(/LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER/);
   });

From 1eb17d9ebdda9994685ce02b9f01eaeec53c8e34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:20:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 013/122] Move LDAP and proxy provider tests into their
 plugins; limit failed logins per account (AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS); key the
 service-account backoff without hashing the password

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml        |  8 ++---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  6 ++--
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  4 +++
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  9 +++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  4 +--
 .../auth/Ldap/tests}/ldap-provider.spec.js    | 20 +++++++++++--
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests}/openldap/.gitignore |  0
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests}/openldap/acl.ldif   |  0
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests}/openldap/seed.ldif  |  2 +-
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests}/openldap/start.sh   |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             |  5 +++-
 .../auth/Proxy/tests}/proxy-provider.spec.js  |  0
 sample.env                                    |  3 ++
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       | 29 +++++++++++++++++--
 tests/README.md                               |  2 ++
 17 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 rename tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js => plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js (98%)
 rename {tests/e2e/ldap => plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests}/ldap-provider.spec.js (87%)
 rename {tests/e2e/ldap => plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests}/openldap/.gitignore (100%)
 rename {tests/e2e/ldap => plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests}/openldap/acl.ldif (100%)
 rename {tests/e2e/ldap => plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests}/openldap/seed.ldif (91%)
 rename {tests/e2e/ldap => plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests}/openldap/start.sh (94%)
 rename {tests/e2e/proxy => plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests}/proxy-provider.spec.js (100%)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
index ae948e2157..480653b7dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       # No manual init-db / server start / curl steps needed.
 
       - name: Run Unit Tests
-        run: npx playwright test tests/unit --project=chromium
+        run: npx playwright test tests/unit plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js --project=chromium
         env:
           SITE_ACCESS: ${{ matrix.site_access }}
           AUTH_PROVIDERS: local
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "SECRET=ci-test-session-secret-not-for-production" >> .env
 
       - name: Run E2E Proxy Provider Tests
-        run: npx --no-install playwright test tests/e2e/proxy --project=chromium
+        run: npx --no-install playwright test plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests --project=chromium
         env:
           SITE_ACCESS: required
           AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["proxy","local"]'
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npx --no-install playwright install --with-deps chromium
 
       - name: Start OpenLDAP
-        run: tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh "$RUNNER_TEMP/ldap"
+        run: plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh "$RUNNER_TEMP/ldap"
 
       - name: Setup test environment
         run: | # pragma: allowlist secret
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "SECRET=ci-test-session-secret-not-for-production" >> .env
 
       - name: Run E2E LDAP Provider Tests
-        run: npx --no-install playwright test tests/e2e/ldap --project=chromium
+        run: npx --no-install playwright test plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests --project=chromium
         env:
           SITE_ACCESS: optional
           AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["ldap","local"]'
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 4ef44ed6d1..ffb83fad90 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -396,14 +396,14 @@ const providerLimiter = () =>
     windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,
     max: 10,
     skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
-    message: { status: "failure", message: "Too many attempts, try again later." },
+    message: { status: "failure", message: "Too many attempts. Try again in 15 minutes." },
   });
 
 // Mounts GET /api/auth (the login entry points) and each enabled provider's routes at /api/auth/<id>
 function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root }) {
   if (typeof root === "string") mountedRoot = root;
   const list = express.Router();
-  const { apilimiter } = require("../../scripts/rateLimiters");
+  const { apilimiter, accountLimiter } = require("../../scripts/rateLimiters");
   list.get("/", apilimiter, authorize.public("lists the enabled login providers"), (req, res) => {
     res.send({
       status: "success",
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
       completeLogin: (req, raw) => completeLogin(req, normalizeIdentity(p.id, raw)),
       sessionGroups: (req, username) => leadGroups(username, req.leadGroupName),
     });
-    app.use(prefix, providerLimiter(), registerRouter(prefix, router));
+    app.use(prefix, providerLimiter(), accountLimiter, registerRouter(prefix, router));
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 4f387d7f3f..682fec95aa 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Declare both with `ctx.authorize.public(...)`, set `"login_path": "/login"`, and
 - **Coexistence:** local accounts still log in with your provider enabled.
 - **Removal:** take the id out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart: its routes return 404 and its sessions and tokens stop working. Its accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - **Websockets:** scripted websocket clients must send an `Origin` header, or MMGIS closes the connection (the reason is only in the server log).
-- **Unit tests:** see `tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js` for loading a provider from a temporary plugins folder, and `tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js` for testing against a fake backend.
+- **Unit tests:** see `tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js` for loading a provider from a temporary plugins folder, and `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js` for testing against a fake backend. Keep a provider's tests and fixtures in its own `tests/` folder (`plugins/core/auth/<Name>/tests/`), as the Ldap and Proxy providers do; `plugins/**/tests/*.spec.js` is picked up by Playwright.
 
 Redirect flows are easiest to test with a production build (`npm run build`, then `NODE_ENV=production npm start`). In development the map is served on a different port (PORT+1) from the API, so redirects back to `/` land on the API port.
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index ea344bf3bb..4ffc0b5b1d 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ Test-specific database password. Required by test infrastructure for least-privi
 
 If SITE_ACCESS=required and set to true, this allows all guests to the site to create user accounts otherwise, they just see a login page with no signup section | boolean | default `false`
 
+#### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
+
+Failed logins allowed for one account per 15 minutes, counted across all addresses and login forms (local and username/password providers such as LDAP). Further attempts for that account are refused until the window passes. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
+
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=`
 
 Which local accounts may log in with a username and password. `all`: any local account. `admins`: only accounts holding an editing or admin role (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), for sites such as `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"]` where everyone else logs in through the external provider. `admins` also turns off visitor sign-up, whatever `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP` says. Any other value stops startup | string | default `all`
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 7cfb641b41..85ef0e1e0f 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
 
-To try it locally, `tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh` starts an OpenLDAP container with test users; `tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js` shows the matching settings.
+To try it locally, `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh` starts an OpenLDAP container with test users; `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js` shows the matching settings.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index bfd784311a..0dbba2e007 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ const AD_REASONS = {
 // retrying at every login would lock the account (Active Directory locks after a few bad binds)
 const SERVICE_RETRY_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 const rejectedServiceAccounts = new Map();
-const serviceKey = (c) => crypto.createHash("sha256").update(`${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}\n${c.bindPassword}`).digest("hex");
 
 // Adds what to check to a connection or search error, for the server log
 function explain(err) {
@@ -199,12 +198,14 @@ async function bindAs(client, dn, password) {
 }
 
 async function bindService(client, c) {
-  const key = serviceKey(c);
-  if (Date.now() - (rejectedServiceAccounts.get(key) || 0) < SERVICE_RETRY_MS)
+  const key = `${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}`;
+  const rejected = rejectedServiceAccounts.get(key);
+  // A changed LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is tried straight away
+  if (rejected && rejected.password === c.bindPassword && Date.now() - rejected.at < SERVICE_RETRY_MS)
     throw new Error("The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD; MMGIS retries it at most every 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.");
   const bind = await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
   if (!bind.ok) {
-    rejectedServiceAccounts.set(key, Date.now());
+    rejectedServiceAccounts.set(key, { at: Date.now(), password: c.bindPassword });
     throw new Error(`The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD (${bind.reason}). MMGIS won't retry it for 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
rename to plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 9d1bf7eed3..3cff8729f1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 /**
  * Unit tests for the LDAP login provider (plugins/core/auth/Ldap).
- * The directory is a fake client; tests/e2e/ldap runs against a real OpenLDAP.
+ * The directory is a fake client; ldap-provider.spec.js runs against a real OpenLDAP.
  */
 
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
 const path = require('path');
 const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError } = require('ldapts');
 
-const ldap = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js'));
+const ldap = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../plugin.js'));
 const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
 
 const base = {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
similarity index 87%
rename from tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
rename to plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index efc419d7da..3f7d9662d8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ldap/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import { test, expect, request as newRequest } from '@playwright/test';
 
 /**
  * E2E tests for the LDAP login provider against a real OpenLDAP directory
- * (tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh), with AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"].
+ * (openldap/start.sh next to this file), with AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"].
  *
- *   tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh /tmp/ldap
+ *   plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh /tmp/ldap
  *   SITE_ACCESS=optional AUTH_PROVIDERS='["ldap","local"]' LDAP_URL=ldaps://localhost:3636 \
  *   LDAP_TLS_CA=/tmp/ldap/ca.pem LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org \
  *   LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=svc-test-password LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=ou=people,dc=example,dc=org \
- *   LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org npx playwright test tests/e2e/ldap
+ *   LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org npx playwright test plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests
  *
  * Skipped unless the ldap provider is enabled.
  */
@@ -137,6 +137,20 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect(res.message).toMatch(/signs in with .*no MMGIS password/);
   });
 
+  test('failed logins are limited per account, whatever address or domain prefix they come with', async () => {
+    const probe = `lockout_probe_${Date.now()}`;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      const ctx = await context();
+      const name = i % 2 ? `CORP\\${probe}` : probe;
+      expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: name, password: 'not-the-password' })).status()).toBe(401); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    }
+    const blocked = await ldapLogin(await context(), { username: probe.toUpperCase(), password: 'not-the-password' }); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    expect(blocked.status()).toBe(429);
+    expect((await blocked.json()).message).toMatch(/this account/);
+    // Other accounts are unaffected
+    expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username: bob.username, password: bob.password })).status()).toBe(200);
+  });
+
   test('local accounts still log in alongside LDAP', async () => {
     const ctx = await adminContext();
     expect((await me(ctx)).superadmin).toBe(true);
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/.gitignore b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/.gitignore
rename to plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/.gitignore
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/acl.ldif b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/acl.ldif
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/acl.ldif
rename to plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/acl.ldif
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/seed.ldif b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/seed.ldif
similarity index 91%
rename from tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/seed.ldif
rename to plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/seed.ldif
index f4a57c784a..6bf9bfaedc 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/seed.ldif
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/seed.ldif
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Test directory for tests/e2e/ldap. Passwords are test-only.
+# Test directory for the LDAP provider tests (../ldap-provider.spec.js). Passwords are test-only.
 dn: ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
 objectClass: organizationalUnit
 ou: people
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
similarity index 94%
rename from tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh
rename to plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
index 24f69e98f8..d0f397f5cd 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/ldap/openldap/start.sh
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Starts an OpenLDAP container for tests/e2e/ldap on ports 3389 (ldap, StartTLS) and 3636 (ldaps),
+# Starts an OpenLDAP container for the LDAP provider tests on ports 3389 (ldap, StartTLS) and 3636 (ldaps),
 # with a fresh test CA (written to $OUT/ca.pem) because the image's own certificate has expired.
 set -euo pipefail
 HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 06bc3685ef..61409e040e 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const bcrypt = require("bcryptjs");
 const logger = require("../../../../API/logger");
 const {
   authLimiter,
+  accountLimiter,
   signupLimiter,
   resetLimiter,
 } = require("../../../../scripts/rateLimiters");
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ router.post("/signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-s
 /**
  * User login
  */
-router.post("/login", authLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res) {
+router.post("/login", authLimiter, accountLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res) {
   let MMGISUser;
   try {
     let userCookie = req.cookies.MMGISUser;
@@ -435,6 +436,7 @@ router.post("/login", authLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-serv
     })
       .then((user) => {
         if (!user) {
+          res.locals.loginFailed = true;
           res.send({
             status: "failure",
             message: "Invalid username or password.",
@@ -483,6 +485,7 @@ router.post("/login", authLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-serv
                 });
               return;
             } else {
+              res.locals.loginFailed = true;
               res.send({
                 status: "failure",
                 message: "Invalid username or password.",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/proxy/proxy-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests/proxy-provider.spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/e2e/proxy/proxy-provider.spec.js
rename to plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests/proxy-provider.spec.js
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index d63dc6030e..a2a7282c3c 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
 # AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN - all || admins  (default all). admins: only accounts with an admin role may log in
 #   with a local account (e.g. AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] where local is only for admins). Disables self sign-up.
 AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=all
+# AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS - failed logins allowed per account (from any address) per 15 minutes (default 5).
+#   Keep it below your directory's account lockout threshold so MMGIS stops first.
+AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=5
 
 # SETUP_CODE - optional. While no accounts exist, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account
 #  requires a one-time setup code. By default a random code is printed in the server log
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index 6fe8d7c97b..b8d69f1816 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -8,7 +8,32 @@ const apilimiter = rateLimit({
 const authLimiter = rateLimit({
   windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
   max: 10,
-  message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Too many attempts, try again later.' },
+  message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Too many attempts. Try again in 15 minutes.' },
+});
+
+const failedLoginLimit = () => {
+  const n = parseInt(process.env.AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS, 10);
+  return Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0 ? n : 5;
+};
+
+// "CORP\\Alice" and "alice@corp.example.org" count as "alice"
+const accountKey = (req) =>
+  String(req.body.username)
+    .trim()
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/^[^\\]*\\/, '')
+    .replace(/@.*$/, '');
+
+// Failed logins per account, from any address, so MMGIS stops before a directory locks the account.
+// A route that answers a failed login with 200 sets res.locals.loginFailed.
+const accountLimiter = rateLimit({
+  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
+  limit: () => failedLoginLimit(),
+  keyGenerator: accountKey,
+  skip: (req) => !(req.body && typeof req.body.username === 'string' && req.body.username.trim() !== ''),
+  skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
+  requestWasSuccessful: (req, res) => res.statusCode < 400 && !res.locals.loginFailed,
+  message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Too many failed sign-ins for this account. Try again in 15 minutes.' },
 });
 
 // Account admins creating accounts through /signup are not limited
@@ -39,4 +64,4 @@ const computeLimiter = rateLimit({
   message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Rate limit exceeded.' },
 });
 
-module.exports = { apilimiter, authLimiter, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
+module.exports = { apilimiter, authLimiter, accountLimiter, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index 18d17d7c13..99e8e6e83b 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ tests/
 └── test-db-clean.js            # Database cleanup utility (npm run test:clean)
 ```
 
+A plugin's own tests and fixtures live inside the plugin, in `plugins/<container>/<kind>/<Name>/tests/` (for example `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/`), so the plugin stays self-contained. Playwright picks up `plugins/**/tests/*.spec.js`. `tests/` is for tests that span several plugins or the core.
+
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - **PostgreSQL** with **PostGIS** extension

From 4b744debaea5f007c22a94252cf0c8b6e864fd9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:23:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 014/122] Keep first-SuperAdmin setup open until a SuperAdmin
 exists; with another provider enabled, optional-mode sign-up follows
 AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/setupCode.js                    |  4 ++--
 API/permissions/siteAccess.js                   | 12 +++++++-----
 README.md                                       |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Migration/auth-access/auth-access.md |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                   |  4 ++--
 docs/pages/Setup/Installation/Installation.md   |  4 ++--
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js               | 15 +++++++++------
 plugins/core/backend/Users/plugin.js            |  8 +++++---
 sample.env                                      |  4 ++--
 tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js       |  2 ++
 10 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/setupCode.js b/API/permissions/setupCode.js
index 50cd9a31c5..0999fd6363 100644
--- a/API/permissions/setupCode.js
+++ b/API/permissions/setupCode.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * One-time setup code that gates creating the first account on an empty site.
  *
- * While no accounts exist, the server prints a random code to its log and
+ * While no SuperAdmin exists, the server prints a random code to its log and
  * /api/users/first_signup only succeeds when that code is supplied, so only
  * someone who can read the server's output can claim the first SuperAdmin.
  * Only a hash of the code is kept, it is consumed on first successful use and
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function announce(code) {
   const out = [
     "",
     RULE,
-    "  MMGIS has no accounts yet.",
+    "  MMGIS has no SuperAdmin yet.",
     "  Open /configure and create the first (SuperAdmin) account",
     code
       ? `  with this one-time setup code:  ${String(code).replace(/[\r\n]/g, "")}`
diff --git a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
index 5204bda07f..ebf38cac44 100644
--- a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
+++ b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
@@ -37,14 +37,16 @@ function parseProviders(raw) {
 const LOCAL_LOGIN_VALUES = ["all", "admins"];
 const localAdminsOnly = () => process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN === "admins";
 
-// Whether visitors may create their own local accounts
+const allowSignupSetting = () =>
+  process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP === true || process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP === "true";
+
+// Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. Alongside another provider (ldap, proxy) only
+// with AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP, so nobody can register a directory user's username before they sign in
 const selfSignupAllowed = () =>
   hasProvider("local") &&
   !localAdminsOnly() &&
-  (isOptional() ||
-    (isRequired() &&
-      (process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP === true ||
-        process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP === "true")));
+  ((isOptional() && (getProviders().length === 1 || allowSignupSetting())) ||
+    (isRequired() && allowSignupSetting()));
 
 // Returns a list of human-readable problems with the current ENV (empty if valid)
 function validate(env = process.env) {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30b35b4100..9f569f8b1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Run: `docker-compose down`
 1. Setup the admin account:
    - In your browser, navigate to `https://{your-mmgis-domain}/configure`
    - Sign up for an Administrator account (The Administrator account is always the first user in the database and you are only prompted to create an Administrator account if there are no other users)
-   - Enter the one-time setup code. While no accounts exist, the server prints it in its log (`docker logs <container>` for Docker) as `MMGIS has no accounts yet ... one-time setup code: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`. A restart prints a new code; set `SETUP_CODE` to choose it yourself.
+   - Enter the one-time setup code. While no SuperAdmin exists, the server prints it in its log (`docker logs <container>` for Docker) as `MMGIS has no SuperAdmin yet ... one-time setup code: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`. A restart prints a new code; set `SETUP_CODE` to choose it yourself.
 
 1. Now sign in with your Administrator credentials
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Migration/auth-access/auth-access.md b/docs/pages/Migration/auth-access/auth-access.md
index 309a4f523e..4cdf6dcc03 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Migration/auth-access/auth-access.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Migration/auth-access/auth-access.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ The import never changes usernames or password hashes, so every existing account
 
 The audience grant keeps every mission visible as before. A brand-new site gets it too, so on `public` and `optional` sites guests can see every mission until you remove or narrow it in **Configure → Users & Access**.
 
-On a brand-new site with no accounts, creating the first account on `/configure` now asks for a one-time setup code printed in the server log (see `SETUP_CODE`). Existing sites already have accounts and are unaffected.
+On a brand-new site with no SuperAdmin, creating the first account on `/configure` now asks for a one-time setup code printed in the server log (see `SETUP_CODE`). Existing sites already have a SuperAdmin and are unaffected.
 
 The server also runs the import once on first start if it hasn't run. It never runs again, so later grant changes are never undone; set `SITE_ACCESS` correctly before that first start (the server warns if it later differs from the value used at import). Unknown mission names are reported and skipped. Accounts whose legacy `permission` could not log in before (`000`, `010`, ...) get no viewer access.
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 4ffc0b5b1d..dd63b0c8f6 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Test-specific database password. Required by test infrastructure for least-privi
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=`
 
-If SITE_ACCESS=required and set to true, this allows all guests to the site to create user accounts otherwise, they just see a login page with no signup section | boolean | default `false`
+Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required`, only when this is true. With `SITE_ACCESS=optional`, visitors may always sign up while `local` is the only provider; once another provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` is enabled, only when this is true, so nobody can register a directory user's username before that person first signs in | boolean | default `false`
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Which local accounts may log in with a username and password. `all`: any local a
 
 #### `SETUP_CODE=`
 
-While the site has no accounts, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account on `/configure` requires a one-time setup code. If unset, the server generates a random code on each start and prints it in its log (not in the log files); the code works once. Set this to choose the code yourself, for scripted installs or several replicas behind one URL. It has no effect once an account exists | string | default `null`
+While the site has no SuperAdmin, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account on `/configure` requires a one-time setup code. If unset, the server generates a random code on each start and prints it in its log (not in the log files); the code works once. Set this to choose the code yourself, for scripted installs or several replicas behind one URL. It has no effect once a SuperAdmin exists, so accounts created earlier by a login provider such as LDAP don't close setup | string | default `null`
 
 #### `CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/Installation/Installation.md b/docs/pages/Setup/Installation/Installation.md
index 2f70cb0f84..8816ee58ab 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/Installation/Installation.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/Installation/Installation.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Run: `docker-compose up -d`
 1. Setup the admin account:
    - In your browser, navigate to `http://localhost:8888/configure`
    - Sign up for an Administrator account (The Administrator account is always the first user in the database and you are only prompted to create an Administrator account if there are no other users)
-   - Enter the one-time setup code. While no accounts exist, the server prints it in its log (`docker logs <container>` for Docker) as `MMGIS has no accounts yet ... one-time setup code: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`. A restart prints a new code; set `SETUP_CODE` to choose it yourself.
+   - Enter the one-time setup code. While no SuperAdmin exists, the server prints it in its log (`docker logs <container>` for Docker) as `MMGIS has no SuperAdmin yet ... one-time setup code: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`. A restart prints a new code; set `SETUP_CODE` to choose it yourself.
 
 1. Now sign in with you Administrator credentials
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ See the [configuration documentation](https://nasa-ammos.github.io/MMGIS/configu
 1. Setup the admin account:
    - In your browser, navigate to `http://localhost:8888/configure`
    - Sign up for an Administrator account (The Administrator account is always the first user in the database and you are only prompted to create an Administrator account if there are no other users)
-   - Enter the one-time setup code. While no accounts exist, the server prints it in its log (`docker logs <container>` for Docker) as `MMGIS has no accounts yet ... one-time setup code: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`. A restart prints a new code; set `SETUP_CODE` to choose it yourself.
+   - Enter the one-time setup code. While no SuperAdmin exists, the server prints it in its log (`docker logs <container>` for Docker) as `MMGIS has no SuperAdmin yet ... one-time setup code: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`. A restart prints a new code; set `SETUP_CODE` to choose it yourself.
 
 1. Now sign in with you Administrator credentials
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 61409e040e..7162ff286f 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -77,10 +77,12 @@ async function revokeTokensOf(userId) {
 }
 
 function mountLocalRoutes(router) {
+// Setup stays open until a SuperAdmin exists, so an LDAP or proxy user signing in first can't close it
 router.post("/has", authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res, next) {
-  User.count()
-    .then((count) => {
-      res.send({ status: "success", has: count !== 0 });
+  bindings
+    .superAdminUserIds()
+    .then((ids) => {
+      res.send({ status: "success", has: ids.length !== 0 });
     })
     .catch((err) => {
       res.send({ status: "failure" });
@@ -97,9 +99,10 @@ router.post("/first_signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account
     return;
   }
 
-  User.count()
-    .then((count) => {
-      if (count === 0) {
+  bindings
+    .superAdminUserIds()
+    .then((ids) => {
+      if (ids.length === 0) {
         setupCode.ensure();
         if (!setupCode.consume(req.body.setup_code)) {
           logger("warn", "First account sign-up rejected: wrong or missing setup code.", req.originalUrl, req);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Users/plugin.js b/plugins/core/backend/Users/plugin.js
index 1322782736..ab19b58ed5 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Users/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Users/plugin.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const router = require("./routes/users");
 
 const userModel = require("./models/user");
 const setupCode = require("../../../../API/permissions/setupCode");
+const bindings = require("../../../../API/permissions/bindings");
 
 let setup = {
   //Once the app initializes
@@ -19,9 +20,10 @@ let setup = {
     if (typeof userModel.up === "function") {
       userModel.up();
     }
-    userModel.User.count()
-      .then((count) => {
-        if (count === 0) setupCode.ensure();
+    bindings
+      .superAdminUserIds()
+      .then((ids) => {
+        if (ids.length === 0) setupCode.ensure();
       })
       .catch(() => {});
   },
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index a2a7282c3c..8165f40819 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ SITE_ACCESS=optional
 # With several username/password providers (local, ldap), the login form shows a switch; the first listed is the default.
 AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
 
-# If SITE_ACCESS=required and set to true, this allows all guests to the site to create user accounts
-#  otherwise, they just see a login page with no signup section
+# Lets visitors create local accounts: with SITE_ACCESS=required, or SITE_ACCESS=optional plus another
+#  provider (ldap, proxy). SITE_ACCESS=optional with only local always allows sign-up.
 AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
 # AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN - all || admins  (default all). admins: only accounts with an admin role may log in
 #   with a local account (e.g. AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] where local is only for admins). Disables self sign-up.
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
index 87b3831918..1c69a88f9f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ test.describe('Self sign-up', () => {
     [{ SITE_ACCESS: 'required', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'local', AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: 'true' }, true],
     [{ SITE_ACCESS: 'required', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'proxy,local', AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: 'true', AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN: 'admins' }, false],
     [{ SITE_ACCESS: 'optional', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'proxy' }, false],
+    [{ SITE_ACCESS: 'optional', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'ldap,local' }, false],
+    [{ SITE_ACCESS: 'optional', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'ldap,local', AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: 'true' }, true],
     [{ SITE_ACCESS: 'public', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'local' }, false],
   ];
   for (const [env, expected] of cases)

From 2f721c5ce881312ecd25359ea09c3fb58968930a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:32:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 015/122] Recheck provider-linked sessions and tokens against
 the directory; keep group names exact

- LDAP lookup(subject) and shared stillLinked(): every AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES (default 15) group changes
  reach existing sessions and API tokens, and deleted/disabled/locked accounts lose access
- Provider group names match exactly, including case, for every provider (reverts the shared
  case-insensitive match); docs say to copy the DN from the login log
- syncGroups ignores duplicate memberships when two syncs race
- LDAP e2e runs in order and uses its own recheck-team group

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml        |  1 +
 API/permissions/principal.js                  | 29 ++++-----
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 54 +++++++++++++++--
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  3 +
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  4 ++
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 59 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 33 +++++++++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 48 +++++++++++++++
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/seed.ldif   |  6 ++
 sample.env                                    |  3 +
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  6 ++
 12 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
index 480653b7dd..c135450001 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ jobs:
           LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: svc-test-password # pragma: allowlist secret
           LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
           LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
+          AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES: 0.05
 
       - name: Upload test results
         if: always()
diff --git a/API/permissions/principal.js b/API/permissions/principal.js
index d804de2a6f..ac30357c7b 100644
--- a/API/permissions/principal.js
+++ b/API/permissions/principal.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // user, a user identified per request by a login provider (e.g. proxy), or a
 // long-term token acting for its creator.
 const crypto = require("crypto");
-const { Op, Sequelize } = require("sequelize");
+const { Op } = require("sequelize");
 const logger = require("../logger");
 const siteAccess = require("./siteAccess");
 const { scopeKey } = require("./policy");
@@ -116,14 +116,7 @@ async function externalPrincipal(identity) {
     const matched =
       groupNames.length > 0
         ? await AuthGroup.findAll({
-            where: {
-              source: provider,
-              [Op.and]: [
-                Sequelize.where(Sequelize.fn("lower", Sequelize.col("external_name")), {
-                  [Op.in]: groupNames.map((g) => String(g).toLowerCase()),
-                }),
-              ],
-            },
+            where: { source: provider, external_name: groupNames },
             attributes: ["id"],
             raw: true,
           })
@@ -226,7 +219,9 @@ async function accountAllowed(p) {
     raw: true,
   });
   if (links.length === 0) return localAccountAllowed(p);
-  return links.some((l) => siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider));
+  for (const l of links)
+    if (siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider) && (await require("./providers").stillLinked(p.userId, l.provider))) return true;
+  return false;
 }
 
 async function tokenPrincipal(authorization) {
@@ -234,8 +229,11 @@ async function tokenPrincipal(authorization) {
   if (!raw) return null;
   const row = await findToken(raw);
   if (!row || row.created_by_user_id == null || tokenExpired(row)) return null;
+  const owner = await userPrincipal(row.created_by_user_id);
+  if (!owner || !(await accountAllowed(owner))) return null;
+  // Read again: the provider recheck in accountAllowed may have changed the owner's groups
   const creator = await userPrincipal(row.created_by_user_id);
-  if (!creator || !(await accountAllowed(creator))) return null;
+  if (!creator) return null;
   const { LongTermTokens } = models();
   if (
     !row.last_used_at ||
@@ -271,10 +269,13 @@ async function resolvePrincipal(req) {
   }
   const session = req.session || {};
   if (session.uid != null) {
-    const p = await userPrincipal(session.uid);
     // Sessions started through a login provider follow that provider; the rest are local logins
-    const allowed =
-      p && (session.provider ? siteAccess.hasProvider(session.provider) : localAccountAllowed(p));
+    const linked =
+      !session.provider ||
+      (siteAccess.hasProvider(session.provider) &&
+        (await require("./providers").stillLinked(session.uid, session.provider)));
+    const p = linked ? await userPrincipal(session.uid) : null;
+    const allowed = p && (session.provider ? true : localAccountAllowed(p));
     if (allowed) {
       // Signed in locally while the proxy also identifies the request: like AUTH=csso, the
       // proxy user stays the identity and the local account's access is added on top
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index ffb83fad90..4d75c2dd93 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -257,11 +257,8 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
     raw: true,
   });
   if (groups.length === 0) return;
-  // Directory group names and DNs are case-insensitive, so "Science-Team" matches "science-team"
-  const reported = new Set(identity.groups.map((g) => String(g).toLowerCase()));
-  const want = new Set(
-    groups.filter((g) => g.external_name != null && reported.has(g.external_name.toLowerCase())).map((g) => g.id)
-  );
+  const reported = new Set(identity.groups);
+  const want = new Set(groups.filter((g) => reported.has(g.external_name)).map((g) => g.id));
   const have = new Set(
     (
       await m.AuthGroupMember.findAll({
@@ -276,7 +273,50 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
   if (remove.length > 0)
     await m.AuthGroupMember.destroy({ where: { user_id: userId, group_id: remove } });
   if (add.length > 0)
-    await m.AuthGroupMember.bulkCreate(add.map((group_id) => ({ group_id, user_id: userId })));
+    // ignoreDuplicates: two logins, or a login and a recheck, can sync the same person at once
+    await m.AuthGroupMember.bulkCreate(add.map((group_id) => ({ group_id, user_id: userId })), { ignoreDuplicates: true });
+}
+
+const recheckMs = () => {
+  const n = parseFloat(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES);
+  return (Number.isFinite(n) && n >= 0 ? n : 15) * 60 * 1000;
+};
+const rechecks = new Map();
+
+// Re-reads a provider-linked account through the provider's lookup(subject) at most every
+// AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES, so directory changes reach existing sessions and tokens. Resolves false
+// once the provider says the account is gone; keeps access when the provider can't be reached.
+function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m) {
+  const p = getProvider(providerId);
+  const ms = recheckMs();
+  if (ms === 0 || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(true);
+  const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
+  const hit = rechecks.get(key);
+  if (hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) return hit.result;
+  const result = (async () => {
+    m = m || accountModels();
+    const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
+    if (!link) return true;
+    let found;
+    try {
+      found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger("warn", `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck account ${userId}; it keeps its access until the next check.`, "AuthProviders", null, err);
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (found === undefined) return true;
+    const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
+    await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
+    require("./principal").invalidate();
+    if (!identity)
+      logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has account ${userId} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`, "AuthProviders");
+    return identity != null;
+  })().catch((err) => {
+    rechecks.delete(key);
+    throw err;
+  });
+  rechecks.set(key, { at: Date.now(), result });
+  return result;
 }
 
 // The legacy lead group (LEADS) a login response reports, as a page reload does
@@ -296,6 +336,7 @@ async function completeLogin(req, identity) {
     throw err;
   }
   await syncGroups(user.id, identity);
+  rechecks.set(`${identity.provider}:${user.id}`, { at: Date.now(), result: Promise.resolve(true) });
   require("./principal").invalidate();
   await new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
     req.session.regenerate((err) => (err ? reject(err) : resolve()))
@@ -446,6 +487,7 @@ module.exports = {
   LinkError,
   linkIdentity,
   syncGroups,
+  stillLinked,
   completeLogin,
   leadGroups,
   returnTo,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 682fec95aa..d829fc4441 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -92,11 +92,14 @@ module.exports = {
   warnings(env) { return []; },
   // Login form providers: the form's wording, usually from your ENVs. Every field is optional.
   loginForm(env) { return { title, usernameLabel, hint }; },
+  // Session providers: the account's current identity, for rechecking existing sessions and tokens.
+  lookup(subject) { return { subject, username, email, groups }; },
 };
 ```
 
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
+- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds, the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
 - Every route you mount must declare its permission, usually `ctx.authorize.public("...")` for login pages; startup lists routes that don't. See [Backend Permissions](/MMGIS/contributing/permissions).
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index dd63b0c8f6..3f8be52cd2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 Failed logins allowed for one account per 15 minutes, counted across all addresses and login forms (local and username/password providers such as LDAP). Further attempts for that account are refused until the window passes. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
 
+#### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
+
+How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` for this; with `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` alone, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off | number | default `15`
+
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=`
 
 Which local accounts may log in with a username and password. `all`: any local account. `admins`: only accounts holding an editing or admin role (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), for sites such as `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"]` where everyone else logs in through the external provider. `admins` also turns off visitor sign-up, whatever `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP` says. Any other value stops startup | string | default `all`
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 85ef0e1e0f..c573db3e91 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name (capitalization and spaces after commas don't matter), then give the group a role. Membership is updated at every login, and the server log lists the groups the directory reported for each login. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. Names must match exactly, including case, so copy the DN from the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`.
 
 ## Accounts
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
-- Someone disabled in the directory can't sign in again, but an existing MMGIS session (up to its normal lifetime) and their API tokens keep working until an admin removes the account or its tokens.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled (Active Directory) or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 0dbba2e007..9cb543cf7c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ function subjectOf(entry, c) {
 
 const isBinaryAttribute = (name) => /^(objectguid|objectsid)$/i.test(name);
 
+const hexEscape = (buf) => Array.from(buf, (b) => `\\${b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")}`).join("");
+
+// The search filter matching a stored subject, the reverse of subjectOf
+function subjectFilter(c, subject) {
+  const a = c.subjectAttribute;
+  if (/^objectguid$/i.test(a) && /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i.test(subject)) {
+    const h = subject.replace(/-/g, "");
+    const swap = (s) => s.match(/../g).reverse().join("");
+    const bytes = Buffer.from(swap(h.slice(0, 8)) + swap(h.slice(8, 12)) + swap(h.slice(12, 16)) + h.slice(16), "hex");
+    return `(${a}=${hexEscape(bytes)})`;
+  }
+  if (isBinaryAttribute(a) && /^([0-9a-f]{2})+$/i.test(subject)) return `(${a}=${hexEscape(Buffer.from(subject, "hex"))})`;
+  return `(${a}=${escapeFilter(subject)})`;
+}
+
+// Active Directory's "account disabled" flag and OpenLDAP ppolicy's lock
+const STATE_ATTRIBUTES = ["userAccountControl", "pwdAccountLockedTime"];
+const accountDisabled = (entry) =>
+  (parseInt(values(entry, "userAccountControl")[0], 10) & 2) !== 0 || values(entry, "pwdAccountLockedTime").length > 0;
+
 function userAttributes(c) {
   const attrs = [c.subjectAttribute, c.usernameAttribute, c.emailAttribute];
   if (!c.groupSearchBase) attrs.push(c.groupsAttribute);
@@ -305,6 +325,42 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
   }
 }
 
+// The person's current identity, read with the service account, for rechecking existing sessions
+// and tokens: null when the entry is gone or disabled, undefined when there's no service account
+// to read it with; throws when the directory can't be reached
+async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
+  if (!c.bindDn || !c.searchBase) return undefined;
+  const attributes = [...userAttributes(c), ...STATE_ATTRIBUTES];
+  const explicitBufferAttributes = attributes.filter(isBinaryAttribute);
+  const client = createClient(c);
+  try {
+    if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
+    await bindService(client, c);
+    let entries;
+    try {
+      ({ searchEntries: entries } =
+        c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn"
+          ? await client.search(subject, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes, explicitBufferAttributes })
+          : await client.search(c.searchBase, { scope: "sub", filter: subjectFilter(c, subject), attributes, explicitBufferAttributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
+      throw err;
+    }
+    if (entries.length !== 1 || accountDisabled(entries[0])) return null;
+    const entry = entries[0];
+    const name = values(entry, c.usernameAttribute)[0];
+    const email = values(entry, c.emailAttribute)[0];
+    return {
+      subject,
+      username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined,
+      email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
+      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : ""),
+    };
+  } finally {
+    await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
+  }
+}
+
 // Checks the settings at startup without anyone's password, so a wrong service account,
 // certificate or search base shows in the log right away; returns what was checked
 async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
@@ -455,8 +511,9 @@ module.exports = {
     const c = config(env);
     return { title: c.displayName, usernameLabel: c.usernameLabel, hint: c.hint };
   },
+  lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 3cff8729f1..f135c40669 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -209,3 +209,36 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
       .toEqual({ title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as email.' });
   });
 });
+
+test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
+  const { lookup, subjectFilter, authenticate: auth } = ldap._internal;
+  const byUuid = (entries) => () => ({
+    async startTLS() {},
+    async bind(dn, password) {
+      if (dn !== base.LDAP_BIND_DN || password !== base.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD) throw new InvalidCredentialsError('Invalid credentials');
+    },
+    async search(searchBase, opts) {
+      const m = /^\(entryUUID=(.*)\)$/.exec(opts.filter);
+      return { searchEntries: entries.filter((e) => m && e.entryUUID === m[1]) };
+    },
+    async unbind() {},
+  });
+
+  test('the subject filter finds the entry subjectOf read, including AD objectGUIDs', () => {
+    const buf = Buffer.from('00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff', 'hex');
+    const escaped = Array.from(buf, (b) => '\\' + b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
+    expect(subjectFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'objectGUID' }), guidString(buf))).toBe(`(objectGUID=${escaped})`);
+    expect(subjectFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'entryUUID' }), 'a*)')).toBe('(entryUUID=a\\2a\\29)');
+  });
+
+  test('reports current groups, null once the entry is gone or disabled, undefined without a service account', async () => {
+    const c = config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'entryUUID' });
+    const found = await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([alice.entry]));
+    expect(found.username).toBe('alice');
+    expect(found.groups).toEqual((await auth('alice', 'right', c, fakeClient([alice]))).groups);
+    expect(await lookup('gone', c, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, userAccountControl: '514' }]))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, pwdAccountLockedTime: '000001010000Z' }]))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await lookup('e1', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_DN: '' }), byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 3f7d9662d8..2c9743376d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ async function context() {
   return newRequest.newContext({ baseURL, extraHTTPHeaders: { 'X-Forwarded-For': `10.77.0.${ip}` } });
 }
 const ldapLogin = (ctx, body) => ctx.post('/api/auth/ldap/login', { data: body });
+
+// Changes the fixture directory (openldap/start.sh) as its admin; false when that container isn't here
+const container = process.env.LDAP_CONTAINER || 'mmgis-test-ldap';
+function directoryAdmin(ldif) {
+  const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+  const adminPassword = ['admin', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
+  try {
+    execFileSync('docker', ['exec', '-i', container, 'ldapmodify', '-x', '-H', 'ldap://localhost', '-D', 'cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org', '-w', adminPassword], { input: ldif, stdio: ['pipe', 'ignore', 'pipe'] });
+    return true;
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+const recheckTeam = (change) =>
+  `dn: cn=recheck-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org\nchangetype: modify\n${change}: member\nmember: uid=ldap_bob,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org\n`;
 async function me(ctx) {
   return (await (await ctx.get('/api/access/me')).json()).body;
 }
@@ -39,6 +54,8 @@ async function adminContext() {
 }
 
 test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
+  // In order on one worker: the tests share ldap_alice and ldap_bob, and the recheck test changes their groups
+  test.describe.configure({ mode: 'default' });
   test.skip(!enabled, 'SKIP: the ldap login provider is not enabled');
 
   test('the shared form lists LDAP first, with no separate login button', async () => {
@@ -116,6 +133,37 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('directory group changes reach existing sessions without signing in again', async () => {
+    const recheckMinutes = parseFloat(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES);
+    test.skip(!(recheckMinutes > 0 && recheckMinutes <= 0.1), 'SKIP: needs the server started with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0.05');
+    const wait = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, recheckMinutes * 60 * 1000 + 1000));
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-recheck-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=recheck-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
+    const bound = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/bindings/add', {
+      data: { subject_type: 'group', subject_id: created.body.id, role: 'data_admin', scope_type: 'global' },
+    })).json();
+    let added = false;
+    try {
+      const bobCtx = await context();
+      expect((await ldapLogin(bobCtx, bob)).status()).toBe(200);
+      expect((await me(bobCtx)).role).toBe('user');
+      added = directoryAdmin(recheckTeam('add'));
+      test.skip(!added, `SKIP: can't change the fixture directory (docker container ${container})`);
+      await wait();
+      expect((await me(bobCtx)).role).toBe('data_admin');
+      expect(directoryAdmin(recheckTeam('delete'))).toBe(true);
+      added = false;
+      await wait();
+      const after = await me(bobCtx);
+      expect(after.authenticated).not.toBe(false);
+      expect(after.role).toBe('user');
+    } finally {
+      if (added) directoryAdmin(recheckTeam('delete'));
+      await adminCtx.post('/api/access/bindings/remove', { data: { id: bound.body.id } });
+      await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/delete', { data: { id: created.body.id } });
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a directory username that is already a local account gets a 409 that does not name the other account', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     const res = await ldapLogin(ctx, clash);
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/seed.ldif b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/seed.ldif
index 6bf9bfaedc..48f217aec2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/seed.ldif
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/seed.ldif
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@ dn: cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
 objectClass: groupOfNames
 cn: science-team
 member: uid=ldap_alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
+
+# The recheck test adds and removes ldap_bob here
+dn: cn=recheck-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: groupOfNames
+cn: recheck-team
+member: uid=test_admin,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 8165f40819..326ec5215d 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=all
 # AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS - failed logins allowed per account (from any address) per 15 minutes (default 5).
 #   Keep it below your directory's account lockout threshold so MMGIS stops first.
 AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=5
+# AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES - how often existing sessions and API tokens of provider accounts (LDAP) are rechecked
+#   against the directory, so removed people and groups lose access (default 15; 0 turns it off).
+AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=15
 
 # SETUP_CODE - optional. While no accounts exist, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account
 #  requires a one-time setup code. By default a random code is printed in the server log
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 1ffa11e661..b0fddbfa58 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@ test.describe('provider group sync', () => {
     await providers.syncGroups(9, identity({ subject: 's', groups: ['m20-ops', 'unmapped'] }), m);
     expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows.map((r) => r.group_id).sort()).toEqual([1, 3, 4]);
   });
+
+  test('group names match exactly, including case', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels({ groups: [{ id: 1, source: 'keycloak', external_name: 'm20-ops' }], members: [] });
+    await providers.syncGroups(9, identity({ subject: 's', groups: ['M20-Ops'] }), m);
+    expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });
 
 test.describe('identify', () => {

From 8abd1b86218c5053a9c3df963128262fac739280 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:34:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 016/122] Mark the locked-account test value as not a secret

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index f135c40669..d231ea8116 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
     expect(found.groups).toEqual((await auth('alice', 'right', c, fakeClient([alice]))).groups);
     expect(await lookup('gone', c, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
     expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, userAccountControl: '514' }]))).toBeNull();
-    expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, pwdAccountLockedTime: '000001010000Z' }]))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, pwdAccountLockedTime: '000001010000Z' }]))).toBeNull(); // pragma: allowlist secret
     expect(await lookup('e1', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_DN: '' }), byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });

From a1a911a95c40bb32dd47727171925868a9a49f4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:43:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 017/122] Show how each account signs in and its last provider
 login; record provider renames without renaming the MMGIS account

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/models.js                       |  8 ++++++++
 API/permissions/providers.js                    | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js    |  4 +++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js       | 12 ++++++++++++
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                   |  1 +
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js  |  6 +++++-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js    | 11 +++++++++++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js        |  4 ++++
 8 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/models.js b/API/permissions/models.js
index 3ff0b06bc1..004b20f734 100644
--- a/API/permissions/models.js
+++ b/API/permissions/models.js
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ const AuthIdentity = sequelize.define(
     provider: { type: Sequelize.STRING, allowNull: false },
     // The provider's stable user id (e.g. the OIDC "sub" claim)
     subject: { type: Sequelize.STRING, allowNull: false },
+    // The provider's username at the last login, which may differ from the MMGIS username after a rename
+    username: { type: Sequelize.STRING, allowNull: true },
+    last_login_at: { type: Sequelize.DATE, allowNull: true },
     user_id: {
       type: Sequelize.INTEGER,
       allowNull: false,
@@ -158,6 +161,11 @@ const up = async () => {
     `CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS long_term_tokens_token_hash ON long_term_tokens (token_hash);`,
     "index long_term_tokens.token_hash"
   );
+  for (const col of ["username varchar(255) NULL", "last_login_at TIMESTAMPTZ NULL"])
+    await runQuery(
+      `ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS auth_identities ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS ${col};`,
+      `add auth_identities.${col.split(" ")[0]} column`
+    );
   // Owning mission for data resources (null = global, SuperAdmin/Data Admin managed)
   await runQuery(
     `ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS geodatasets ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS owner_mission_uuid UUID NULL;`,
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 4d75c2dd93..14992ac2b1 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -210,7 +210,20 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels()) {
       attributes: ["id", "username"],
       raw: true,
     });
-    if (user) return user;
+    if (user) {
+      await m.AuthIdentity.update(
+        { username: identity.username, last_login_at: new Date() },
+        { where: { provider: identity.provider, subject: identity.subject } }
+      );
+      // Drawings and other content are keyed by username, so a rename at the provider isn't copied
+      if (identity.username !== user.username)
+        logger(
+          "info",
+          `Auth provider '${identity.provider}' now calls account ${user.id} '${identity.username}'; it keeps its MMGIS username '${user.username}'.`,
+          "AuthProviders"
+        );
+      return user;
+    }
   }
   const taken = await m.User.findOne({
     where: { username: identity.username },
@@ -243,6 +256,8 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels()) {
   await m.AuthIdentity.create({
     provider: identity.provider,
     subject: identity.subject,
+    username: identity.username,
+    last_login_at: new Date(),
     user_id: created.id,
   });
   return { id: created.id, username: created.username };
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 0e9ad0b72e..597cdd9958 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import TablePagination from "@mui/material/TablePagination";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import SearchIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Search";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { SubjectTag, indexBindings, summarizeUser, PEOPLE_COLUMNS, dateText, SiteRoleBadges, MissionList, rowActivate } from "./shared";
+import { SubjectTag, indexBindings, summarizeUser, PEOPLE_COLUMNS, dateText, signInText, lastProviderLogin, SiteRoleBadges, MissionList, rowActivate } from "./shared";
 import { useRemembered, useOnChange } from "./hooks";
 
 // Every account, with its site role and what it can view and edit
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
                       <TableCell>{s.missionAdmin.length ? <MissionList items={s.missionAdmin} /> : <span className={c.muted}>—</span>}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell>{s.layerEditor.length ? <MissionList items={s.layerEditor} /> : <span className={c.muted}>—</span>}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell>{s.groupNames.length ? s.groupNames.map((n, i) => <React.Fragment key={n}>{i > 0 && ", "}<SubjectTag type="group" name={n} showKind={false} /></React.Fragment>) : <span className={c.muted}>—</span>}</TableCell>
+                      <TableCell className={(u.sign_ins || []).length ? "" : c.muted}>{signInText(u)}</TableCell>
+                      <TableCell className={c.muted}>{dateText(lastProviderLogin(u))}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell className={c.muted}>{dateText(u.createdAt)}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell className={c.muted}>{dateText(u.updatedAt)}</TableCell>
                     </TableRow>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index 55d0ee1a5f..a529eb0ad0 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -631,10 +631,22 @@ export const PEOPLE_COLUMNS = [
   ["admin", "Mission Admin", (r) => r.s.missionAdmin.length],
   ["layer", "Layer Editor", (r) => r.s.layerEditor.length],
   ["groups", "Groups", (r) => r.s.groupNames.join(", ").toLowerCase()],
+  ["signin", "Signs in with", (r) => signInText(r.u)],
+  ["lastlogin", "Last provider login", (r) => lastProviderLogin(r.u) || ""],
   ["created", "Created", (r) => r.u.createdAt || ""],
   ["updated", "Updated", (r) => r.u.updatedAt || ""],
 ];
 
+// Provider-linked accounts sign in only through their provider; the rest with an MMGIS password
+export const signInText = (u) =>
+  (u.sign_ins || []).length
+    ? u.sign_ins
+        .map((l) => (l.username && l.username !== u.username ? `${l.provider} (as ${l.username})` : l.provider))
+        .join(", ")
+    : "MMGIS account";
+export const lastProviderLogin = (u) =>
+  (u.sign_ins || []).map((l) => l.last_login_at).filter(Boolean).sort().pop();
+
 export const dateText = (d) => (d ? new Date(d).toLocaleDateString() : "—");
 
 export function SiteRoleBadges({ siteRoles, roles }) {
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index c573db3e91..8b902dacea 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
+- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled (Active Directory) or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Troubleshooting
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 2c9743376d..a818c00e3c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect((await ldapLogin(again, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const entries = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries;
-    expect(entries.filter((e) => e.username === alice.username)).toHaveLength(1);
+    const mine = entries.filter((e) => e.username === alice.username);
+    expect(mine).toHaveLength(1);
+    // Users & Access shows that the account signs in through LDAP, and when it last did
+    expect(mine[0].sign_ins).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ provider: 'ldap', username: alice.username })]);
+    expect(Date.now() - new Date(mine[0].sign_ins[0].last_login_at).getTime()).toBeLessThan(60000);
   });
 
   test('directory groups give roles through groups with Members from LDAP', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index d1de673b59..2655bc3645 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
         attributes: ["subject_id", "role", "scope_type"],
         raw: true,
       });
+      const signIns = {};
+      for (const l of await AuthIdentity.findAll({
+        attributes: ["user_id", "provider", "username", "last_login_at"],
+        raw: true,
+      }))
+        (signIns[l.user_id] = signIns[l.user_id] || []).push({
+          provider: l.provider,
+          username: l.username,
+          last_login_at: l.last_login_at,
+        });
       const byUser = {};
       for (const b of userBindings)
         (byUser[b.subject_id] = byUser[b.subject_id] || []).push({
@@ -59,6 +69,7 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
           entries: users.map((u) => ({
             ...u,
             role: policy.accountRole(byUser[String(u.id)] || []),
+            sign_ins: signIns[u.id] || [],
           })),
         },
       });
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index b0fddbfa58..1ee73cd53f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ function fakeModels({ users = [], links = [], groups = [], members = [] } = {})
     findAll: async ({ where }) => rows.filter((r) => match(r, where)),
     create: async (r) => { const row = { id: rows.length + 100, ...r }; rows.push(row); return row; },
     bulkCreate: async (list) => list.forEach((r) => rows.push(r)),
+    update: async (fields, { where }) => rows.filter((r) => match(r, where)).forEach((r) => Object.assign(r, fields)),
     destroy: async ({ where }) => { for (let i = rows.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) if (match(rows[i], where)) rows.splice(i, 1); },
   });
   return { User: table(users), AuthIdentity: table(links), AuthGroup: table(groups), AuthGroupMember: table(members) };
@@ -232,6 +233,9 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     const again = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'sub-1', username: 'renamed' }), m);
     expect(again.id).toBe(first.id);
     expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    // The rename is recorded on the link; the MMGIS username, which drawings are keyed by, stays
+    expect(m.User.rows[0].username).toBe('kc_user');
+    expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0]).toMatchObject({ username: 'renamed', last_login_at: expect.any(Date) });
   });
 
   test('never takes over an existing account with the same username', async () => {

From 89f2a7753ec2dd9e5801e83cdcc6e3f32410a59b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 01:56:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 018/122] Let an admin allow one provider login to relink an
 existing account; refuse local passwords on provider-linked accounts

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 37 ++++++++++++-
 configure/src/core/calls.js                   |  4 ++
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      | 37 ++++++++++++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  3 +-
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 35 ++++++++++++
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             | 21 +++++---
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 54 ++++++++++++++++++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 32 +++++++++--
 8 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 14992ac2b1..7310547736 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -192,9 +192,38 @@ class LinkError extends Error {
 }
 
 function accountModels() {
-  const { AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember } = require("./models");
+  const { AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthMeta } = require("./models");
   const { User } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user");
-  return { User, AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember };
+  return { User, AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthMeta };
+}
+
+// An admin can let the next login through a provider claim an existing account, e.g. after
+// a directory rebuild gave everyone new subjects. Stored in auth_meta under relinkKey().
+const RELINK_HOURS = 24;
+const relinkKey = (provider, userId) => `relink:${provider}:${userId}`;
+
+async function claimRelink(identity, userId, m) {
+  if (!m.AuthMeta) return false;
+  const key = relinkKey(identity.provider, userId);
+  const claim = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true });
+  const v = claim && claim.value;
+  if (!v || v.username !== identity.username || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) return false;
+  // Single use, even when two logins race for it
+  if (!(await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } }))) return false;
+  await m.AuthIdentity.destroy({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: identity.provider } });
+  await m.AuthIdentity.create({
+    provider: identity.provider,
+    subject: identity.subject,
+    username: identity.username,
+    last_login_at: new Date(),
+    user_id: userId,
+  });
+  logger(
+    "warn",
+    `Account ${userId} '${identity.username}' is now linked to ${identity.provider} subject '${identity.subject}', as allowed by '${v.by}'.`,
+    "AuthProviders"
+  );
+  return true;
 }
 
 // Finds the account linked to provider+subject, creating one on first login.
@@ -230,6 +259,8 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels()) {
     attributes: ["id"],
     raw: true,
   });
+  if (taken && (await claimRelink(identity, taken.id, m)))
+    return { id: taken.id, username: identity.username };
   if (taken)
     throw new LinkError(
       `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to another account.`
@@ -501,6 +532,8 @@ module.exports = {
   identify,
   LinkError,
   linkIdentity,
+  RELINK_HOURS,
+  relinkKey,
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
   completeLogin,
diff --git a/configure/src/core/calls.js b/configure/src/core/calls.js
index 18e2ebca7d..24bf1f7ec5 100644
--- a/configure/src/core/calls.js
+++ b/configure/src/core/calls.js
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ const c = {
     type: "POST",
     url: "api/accounts/updateDefaults",
   },
+  account_allow_relink: {
+    type: "POST",
+    url: "api/accounts/allowRelink",
+  },
   account_reset_password_link: {
     type: "POST",
     url: "api/accounts/generateResetPasswordLink",
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 51d180b18a..261fccad17 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import VpnKeyIcon from "@mui/icons-material/VpnKey";
 import OpenInNewIcon from "@mui/icons-material/OpenInNew";
 import GroupAddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/GroupAdd";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { AUDIENCE_LABEL, SubjectTag, EFFECTIVE_ROWS, api, GrantsTable, sourceText, MissionMultiSelect, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, VIEW_ROLES } from "./shared";
+import { AUDIENCE_LABEL, SubjectTag, EFFECTIVE_ROWS, api, GrantsTable, sourceText, MissionMultiSelect, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, VIEW_ROLES, signInText } from "./shared";
 
 export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const c = useStyles();
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const memberOf = groups.filter((g) => g.members.some((m) => m.id === user.id));
   const myTokens = tokens.filter((t) => t.created_by_user_id === user.id);
 
+  const relinkProviders = String(window.mmgisglobal.AUTH_PROVIDERS || "").split(",").filter((p) => p && p !== "local");
+  const relink = (provider, cancel = false) =>
+    api("account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, cancel })
+      .then(() => {
+        notify(cancel ? "Relink cancelled." : "Relink allowed.", "success");
+        refresh();
+      })
+      .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed.", "error"));
+  const askRelink = (p) =>
+    ctx.askConfirm({
+      title: `Allow ${p.toUpperCase()} relink?`,
+      text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${user.username}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, tokens and drawings. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}.`,
+      action: "Allow",
+      onConfirm: () => relink(p),
+    });
+
   const trimmedEmail = email.trim();
   // A blank field removes the email
   const canSaveEmail = trimmedEmail !== (user.email || "");
@@ -126,6 +142,25 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
             Save
           </Button>
         </div>
+        {relinkProviders.length > 0 && (
+          <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, alignItems: "center", flexWrap: "wrap", marginTop: 8 }}>
+            <Typography variant="body2">Signs in with {signInText(user)}.</Typography>
+            {user.relink ? (
+              <>
+                <Typography variant="body2">
+                  The next {user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} login as '{user.username}' can claim this account until {new Date(user.relink.expires_at).toLocaleString()}.
+                </Typography>
+                <Button size="small" onClick={() => relink(user.relink.provider, true)}>Cancel relink</Button>
+              </>
+            ) : (
+              relinkProviders.map((p) => (
+                <Button key={p} variant="outlined" size="small" onClick={() => askRelink(p)}>
+                  Allow {p.toUpperCase()} relink
+                </Button>
+              ))
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
       </div>
 
       <div className={c.section}>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 8b902dacea..bb1a94e099 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -105,11 +105,12 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 ## Accounts
 
 - The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account.
-- A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account.
+- A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People and click **Allow LDAP relink**. For 24 hours, their next LDAP sign-in with that username takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, tokens and drawings. The same button moves a local account to LDAP; after that, its local password no longer works. Only a SuperAdmin can allow this for a SuperAdmin account, and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled (Active Directory) or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Troubleshooting
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index a818c00e3c..9d6f6e0fc8 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -178,6 +178,41 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  test('an admin can let one directory login claim an existing local account', async () => {
+    const username = `ldap_relink_${Date.now()}`;
+    const password = ['relink', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
+    const localPassword = ['Local', 'Pass', '1!x'].join('');
+    const dn = `uid=${username},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org`;
+    const added = directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: add\nobjectClass: inetOrgPerson\nuid: ${username}\ncn: Relink\nsn: Relink\nuserPassword: ${password}\n`);
+    test.skip(!added, `SKIP: can't change the fixture directory (docker container ${container})`);
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    let accountId;
+    try {
+      const entries = async () => (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries;
+      const made = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/users/signup', { data: { username, email: `${username}@example.org`, password: localPassword, skipLogin: true } })).json();
+      expect(made.status).toBe('success');
+      const account = (await entries()).find((e) => e.username === username);
+      accountId = account.id;
+      expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username, password })).status()).toBe(409);
+
+      const allowed = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap' } })).json();
+      expect(allowed.status).toBe('success');
+      expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toMatchObject({ provider: 'ldap' });
+
+      expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username, password })).status()).toBe(200);
+      const after = (await entries()).find((e) => e.username === username);
+      expect(after.id).toBe(account.id);
+      expect(after.sign_ins).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ provider: 'ldap' })]);
+      expect(after.relink).toBeNull();
+      // Now linked to LDAP, so its old local password no longer signs in
+      const local = await (await (await context()).post('/api/users/login', { data: { username, password: localPassword, skipLogin: true } })).json();
+      expect(local.status).not.toBe('success');
+    } finally {
+      if (accountId) await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${accountId}`);
+      directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: delete\n`);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('LDAP accounts get no MMGIS password reset link', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 7162ff286f..8455a02735 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ const {
 
 // AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins: only accounts holding an admin role may log in locally
 const LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY = "Only administrators may log in with a local account on this site.";
-async function localLoginAllowed(userId) {
-  if (!siteAccess.localAdminsOnly()) return true;
-  return policy.isAdministrator(await userPrincipal(userId));
+// Why this account may not sign in with a local password, or null if it may
+async function localLoginRefusal(userId) {
+  // Accounts linked to a login provider sign in through it (e.g. a local account relinked to LDAP)
+  if ((await AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: userId } })) > 0)
+    return "This account signs in through its login provider.";
+  if (siteAccess.localAdminsOnly() && !policy.isAdministrator(await userPrincipal(userId)))
+    return LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY;
+  return null;
 }
 const bcrypt = require("bcryptjs");
 
@@ -401,8 +406,8 @@ router.post("/login", authLimiter, accountLimiter, authorize.public("login and a
               });
             });
           };
-          return localLoginAllowed(user.id).then((allowed) => {
-            if (!allowed) return res.send({ status: "failure", message: LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY });
+          return localLoginRefusal(user.id).then((refusal) => {
+            if (refusal) return res.send({ status: "failure", message: refusal });
             // A session that is not already this user's gets a new id
             if (String(req.session.uid) === String(user.id)) signIn();
             else
@@ -499,9 +504,9 @@ router.post("/login", authLimiter, accountLimiter, authorize.public("login and a
 
           bcrypt.compare(req.body.password, user.password, (err, result, again) => {
             if (!result) return pass(err, result, again);
-            localLoginAllowed(user.id)
-              .then((allowed) =>
-                allowed ? pass(err, result, again) : res.send({ status: "failure", message: LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY })
+            localLoginRefusal(user.id)
+              .then((refusal) =>
+                refusal ? res.send({ status: "failure", message: refusal }) : pass(err, result, again)
               )
               .catch(() => res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Login failed." }));
           });
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 2655bc3645..3ff06bda36 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const bindings = require("../../../../../API/permissions/bindings");
 const policy = require("../../../../../API/permissions/policy");
 const missions = require("../../../../../API/permissions/missions");
 const { ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
-const { RoleBinding, AuthIdentity } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
+const { RoleBinding, AuthIdentity, AuthMeta } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
 const providers = require("../../../../../API/permissions/providers");
 const { LongTermTokens } = require("../../LongTermToken/models/longtermtokens");
 const connections = require("../../../../../API/connections");
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
           username: l.username,
           last_login_at: l.last_login_at,
         });
+      const relinks = {};
+      for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
+        const [, provider, userId] = r.key.split(":");
+        if (r.value && Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now())
+          relinks[userId] = { provider, expires_at: r.value.expires_at };
+      }
       const byUser = {};
       for (const b of userBindings)
         (byUser[b.subject_id] = byUser[b.subject_id] || []).push({
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
             ...u,
             role: policy.accountRole(byUser[String(u.id)] || []),
             sign_ins: signIns[u.id] || [],
+            relink: relinks[u.id] || null,
           })),
         },
       });
@@ -303,6 +310,51 @@ router.post("/updateDefaults", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res)
     });
 });
 
+// Lets the next login through a provider with this account's username take the account over,
+// once, within RELINK_HOURS. For accounts whose provider identity changed (directory rebuild) or
+// local accounts moving to a provider. { id, provider } allows; { id, provider, cancel: true } cancels.
+router.post("/allowRelink", authorize("accounts.manage"), async function (req, res) {
+  const fail = (message, status = 200) => res.status(status).send({ status: "failure", message });
+  try {
+    if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token")
+      return fail("Relinking can only be allowed from a signed-in session.", 403);
+    const id = parseInt(req.body.id);
+    const provider = String(req.body.provider || "");
+    if (isNaN(id)) return fail("Account id is missing.");
+    if (provider === "local" || !providers.enabledProviders().some((p) => p.id === provider))
+      return fail(`'${provider}' isn't an enabled login provider.`);
+    const user = await User.findOne({ where: { id }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
+    if (!user) return fail("User not found.");
+    const key = providers.relinkKey(provider, id);
+    const actor = await ensurePrincipal(req);
+    if (req.body.cancel) {
+      await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } });
+      logger("info", `'${actor.username}' cancelled the ${provider} relink for account ${id} '${user.username}'.`, "accounts", req);
+      return res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink cancelled." });
+    }
+    // The account's grants carry over, so a SuperAdmin account can only be handed over by a SuperAdmin
+    const superAdmin = await RoleBinding.findOne({
+      where: { subject_type: "user", subject_id: String(id), role: "superadmin", scope_type: "global" },
+      attributes: ["id"],
+      raw: true,
+    });
+    if (superAdmin && !policy.isSuperAdmin(actor))
+      return fail("Only SuperAdmins may allow relinking a SuperAdmin account.");
+    const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
+    await AuthMeta.upsert({ key, value: { username: user.username, expires_at, by: actor.username } });
+    logger(
+      "warn",
+      `'${actor.username}' allowed the next ${provider} login as '${user.username}' to claim account ${id} until ${expires_at}.`,
+      "accounts",
+      req
+    );
+    res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink allowed.", body: { provider, expires_at } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger("error", "Failed to allow relinking.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    fail("Failed to allow relinking.");
+  }
+});
+
 router.post("/generateResetPasswordLink", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, next) {
   // A reset link can sign in as its account, so it needs more than a token's scopes
   if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token") {
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 1ee73cd53f..26db33d9d4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ test.describe('identities', () => {
 });
 
 // In-memory stand-ins for the Sequelize models linkIdentity/syncGroups use
-function fakeModels({ users = [], links = [], groups = [], members = [] } = {}) {
+function fakeModels({ users = [], links = [], groups = [], members = [], meta = [] } = {}) {
   const match = (row, where) =>
     Object.entries(where).every(([k, v]) => (Array.isArray(v) ? v.includes(row[k]) : row[k] === v));
   const table = (rows) => ({
@@ -216,13 +216,39 @@ function fakeModels({ users = [], links = [], groups = [], members = [] } = {})
     create: async (r) => { const row = { id: rows.length + 100, ...r }; rows.push(row); return row; },
     bulkCreate: async (list) => list.forEach((r) => rows.push(r)),
     update: async (fields, { where }) => rows.filter((r) => match(r, where)).forEach((r) => Object.assign(r, fields)),
-    destroy: async ({ where }) => { for (let i = rows.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) if (match(rows[i], where)) rows.splice(i, 1); },
+    destroy: async ({ where }) => { let n = 0; for (let i = rows.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) if (match(rows[i], where)) { rows.splice(i, 1); n++; } return n; },
   });
-  return { User: table(users), AuthIdentity: table(links), AuthGroup: table(groups), AuthGroupMember: table(members) };
+  return { User: table(users), AuthIdentity: table(links), AuthGroup: table(groups), AuthGroupMember: table(members), AuthMeta: table(meta) };
 }
 const identity = (o) => providers.normalizeIdentity('keycloak', o);
 
 test.describe('account linking', () => {
+  const relinkModels = (value) =>
+    fakeModels({
+      users: [{ id: 1, username: 'carol' }],
+      links: [{ provider: 'keycloak', subject: 'old', user_id: 1 }],
+      meta: [{ key: 'relink:keycloak:1', value: { username: 'carol', by: 'admin', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 60000).toISOString(), ...value } }],
+    });
+
+  test('an allowed relink lets the next login with that username claim the account, once', async () => {
+    const m = relinkModels();
+    const user = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), m);
+    expect(user.id).toBe(1);
+    expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ provider: 'keycloak', subject: 'new', user_id: 1 })]);
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([]);
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'newer', username: 'carol' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+  });
+
+  test('a relink is refused once expired, for another username, or for another provider', async () => {
+    const past = new Date(Date.now() - 1000).toISOString();
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), relinkModels({ expires_at: past }))).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+    const other = relinkModels({ username: 'someone_else' });
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), other)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+    const m = relinkModels();
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+    expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ subject: 'old' })]);
+  });
+
   test('first login creates an account and a link; later logins reuse it', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels();
     const first = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'sub-1', username: 'kc_user' }), m);

From 11c31e8b0ca5398d758fcd53045776a334bbe025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 02:32:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 019/122] Harden relink and failed-login limits after second
 review wave

- Per-form failed-login limits keyed by NFKC-normalized username; only 401s count; reset on relink
- Relink names the provider username, pins the directory entry, runs in a transaction, ends sessions, replaces the local password, protects the last password SuperAdmin
- Case-insensitive username collisions, concurrent first-login retry
- LDAP group paging, duplicate-entry and size-limit diagnostics
- Docs: exact group matching, rename guidance, limiter behavior; restore CRLF

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 157 +++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  |   2 +-
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  27 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |   3 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |   2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |   3 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  27 +-
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     |   7 +
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  60 +-
 public/login.css                              | 798 +++++++++---------
 sample.env                                    | 560 ++++++------
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       |  53 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  33 +-
 tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js              |   8 +
 14 files changed, 980 insertions(+), 760 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 7310547736..a0f60d9d52 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const crypto = require("crypto");
 const express = require("express");
+const { Op } = require("sequelize");
 const { rateLimit } = require("express-rate-limit");
 const logger = require("../logger");
 const { discoverPlugins } = require("../pluginDiscovery");
@@ -194,41 +195,101 @@ class LinkError extends Error {
 function accountModels() {
   const { AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthMeta } = require("./models");
   const { User } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user");
-  return { User, AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthMeta };
+  const { sequelize } = require("../connection");
+  return {
+    User,
+    AuthIdentity,
+    AuthGroup,
+    AuthGroupMember,
+    AuthMeta,
+    transaction: (fn) => sequelize.transaction(fn),
+    // Usernames differing only in case would be two accounts for one directory person
+    usernameTaken: (username) =>
+      User.findOne({
+        where: sequelize.where(sequelize.fn("lower", sequelize.col("username")), String(username).toLowerCase()),
+        attributes: ["id"],
+        raw: true,
+      }),
+    endSessionsOf: (userId) =>
+      sequelize.query(`DELETE FROM "session" WHERE sess->>'uid' = :uid`, { replacements: { uid: String(userId) } }),
+  };
 }
 
+const inTransaction = (m, fn) => (m.transaction ? m.transaction(fn) : fn(undefined));
+
 // An admin can let the next login through a provider claim an existing account, e.g. after
-// a directory rebuild gave everyone new subjects. Stored in auth_meta under relinkKey().
+// a directory rebuild gave everyone new subjects. Stored in auth_meta under relinkKey() as
+// { username (at the provider), subject (when the provider could look it up), expires_at, by }.
 const RELINK_HOURS = 24;
 const relinkKey = (provider, userId) => `relink:${provider}:${userId}`;
+const sameUsername = (a, b) =>
+  String(a).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase() === String(b).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase();
 
-async function claimRelink(identity, userId, m) {
-  if (!m.AuthMeta) return false;
-  const key = relinkKey(identity.provider, userId);
-  const claim = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true });
-  const v = claim && claim.value;
-  if (!v || v.username !== identity.username || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) return false;
-  // Single use, even when two logins race for it
-  if (!(await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } }))) return false;
-  await m.AuthIdentity.destroy({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: identity.provider } });
-  await m.AuthIdentity.create({
-    provider: identity.provider,
-    subject: identity.subject,
-    username: identity.username,
-    last_login_at: new Date(),
-    user_id: userId,
+async function findClaim(identity, m) {
+  if (!m.AuthMeta) return null;
+  const rows = await m.AuthMeta.findAll({
+    where: { key: { [Op.like]: `relink:${identity.provider}:%` } },
+    raw: true,
   });
+  for (const r of rows) {
+    const v = r.value;
+    if (!v || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now()) || !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
+    // Only the entry the admin was shown may claim it
+    if (v.subject && v.subject !== identity.subject) continue;
+    return { key: r.key, userId: parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10), by: v.by };
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+// The account this login takes over through a pending relink, or null
+async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
+  const claim = await findClaim(identity, m);
+  if (!claim) return null;
+  const user = await m.User.findOne({ where: { id: claim.userId }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
+  if (!user) return null;
+  const claimed = await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
+    // Single use, even when two logins race for it
+    if (!(await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: claim.key }, transaction }))) return false;
+    await m.AuthIdentity.destroy({ where: { user_id: user.id, provider: identity.provider }, transaction });
+    await m.AuthIdentity.create(
+      {
+        provider: identity.provider,
+        subject: identity.subject,
+        username: identity.username,
+        last_login_at: new Date(),
+        user_id: user.id,
+      },
+      { transaction }
+    );
+    // A local password it had is no longer known to anyone
+    await m.User.update(
+      { password: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex") },
+      { where: { id: user.id }, transaction, individualHooks: true }
+    );
+    return true;
+  });
+  if (!claimed) return null;
+  // Whoever is still signed in through the old login (a local password, or the replaced entry) is signed out
+  if (m.endSessionsOf) await m.endSessionsOf(user.id);
   logger(
     "warn",
-    `Account ${userId} '${identity.username}' is now linked to ${identity.provider} subject '${identity.subject}', as allowed by '${v.by}'.`,
+    `Account ${user.id} '${user.username}' is now linked to ${identity.provider} '${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}'), as allowed by '${claim.by}'.`,
     "AuthProviders"
   );
-  return true;
+  return user;
+}
+
+// The provider's entry for a username, so an admin can see who a relink would go to:
+// { subject, dn } or null when the provider has none, undefined when it can't look people up
+async function relinkTarget(providerId, username) {
+  const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
+  if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function") return undefined;
+  return p.impl.findSubject(username);
 }
 
 // Finds the account linked to provider+subject, creating one on first login.
-// Never links to, or changes, an existing account by matching its username.
-async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels()) {
+// Never links to, or changes, an existing account by matching its username, unless an admin allowed a relink.
+async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
   const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({
     where: { provider: identity.provider, subject: identity.subject },
     raw: true,
@@ -254,13 +315,11 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels()) {
       return user;
     }
   }
-  const taken = await m.User.findOne({
-    where: { username: identity.username },
-    attributes: ["id"],
-    raw: true,
-  });
-  if (taken && (await claimRelink(identity, taken.id, m)))
-    return { id: taken.id, username: identity.username };
+  const claimed = await claimRelink(identity, m);
+  if (claimed) return claimed;
+  const taken = m.usernameTaken
+    ? await m.usernameTaken(identity.username)
+    : await m.User.findOne({ where: { username: identity.username }, attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
   if (taken)
     throw new LinkError(
       `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to another account.`
@@ -276,22 +335,33 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels()) {
     });
     if (!emailTaken) fields.email = identity.email;
   }
-  let created;
   try {
-    created = await m.User.create(fields);
+    return await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
+      let created;
+      try {
+        created = await m.User.create(fields, { transaction });
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (!fields.email || err.name !== "SequelizeValidationError") throw err;
+        delete fields.email;
+        created = await m.User.create(fields, { transaction });
+      }
+      await m.AuthIdentity.create(
+        {
+          provider: identity.provider,
+          subject: identity.subject,
+          username: identity.username,
+          last_login_at: new Date(),
+          user_id: created.id,
+        },
+        { transaction }
+      );
+      return { id: created.id, username: created.username };
+    });
   } catch (err) {
-    if (!fields.email || err.name !== "SequelizeValidationError") throw err;
-    delete fields.email;
-    created = await m.User.create(fields);
+    // Two first logins of the same person at once: the other one created the account
+    if (!retried && err.name === "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError") return linkIdentity(identity, m, true);
+    throw err;
   }
-  await m.AuthIdentity.create({
-    provider: identity.provider,
-    subject: identity.subject,
-    username: identity.username,
-    last_login_at: new Date(),
-    user_id: created.id,
-  });
-  return { id: created.id, username: created.username };
 }
 
 // Sets the user's membership of groups sourced from this provider to exactly
@@ -490,7 +560,7 @@ const providerLimiter = () =>
 function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root }) {
   if (typeof root === "string") mountedRoot = root;
   const list = express.Router();
-  const { apilimiter, accountLimiter } = require("../../scripts/rateLimiters");
+  const { apilimiter, accountLimiterFor } = require("../../scripts/rateLimiters");
   list.get("/", apilimiter, authorize.public("lists the enabled login providers"), (req, res) => {
     res.send({
       status: "success",
@@ -514,7 +584,7 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
       completeLogin: (req, raw) => completeLogin(req, normalizeIdentity(p.id, raw)),
       sessionGroups: (req, username) => leadGroups(username, req.leadGroupName),
     });
-    app.use(prefix, providerLimiter(), accountLimiter, registerRouter(prefix, router));
+    app.use(prefix, providerLimiter(), accountLimiterFor(p.id), registerRouter(prefix, router));
   });
 }
 
@@ -534,6 +604,7 @@ module.exports = {
   linkIdentity,
   RELINK_HOURS,
   relinkKey,
+  relinkTarget,
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
   completeLogin,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index aa67d25f40..422b9b7b39 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
                   return (
                     <TableRow key={g.id} className={c.clickRow} {...rowActivate(() => setPanel({ type: "group", id: g.id }))}>
                       <TableCell><SubjectTag type="group" name={g.name} showKind={false} /></TableCell>
-                      <TableCell>{g.source === "local" ? g.members.length : `from ${g.source.toUpperCase()} (${g.external_name})`}</TableCell>
+                      <TableCell>{g.source === "local" ? g.members.length : `${g.members.length} from ${g.source.toUpperCase()} (${g.external_name})`}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell>{own.map((b) => `${(roles[b.role] || {}).label || b.role}: ${b.scope_type === "global" ? "site-wide" : b.scope_type === "layer" ? `${b.mission || "?"} › ${(allLayerPaths[b.mission] || {})[b.layer_uuid] || "folder"}` : b.mission}`).join(" · ") || <span className={c.muted}>—</span>}</TableCell>
                     </TableRow>
                   );
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 261fccad17..27c3847f11 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -65,17 +65,21 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const myTokens = tokens.filter((t) => t.created_by_user_id === user.id);
 
   const relinkProviders = String(window.mmgisglobal.AUTH_PROVIDERS || "").split(",").filter((p) => p && p !== "local");
+  const [relinkName, setRelinkName] = useState("");
+  useEffect(() => setRelinkName(""), [user.id]);
+  const relinkAs = relinkName.trim() || user.username;
   const relink = (provider, cancel = false) =>
-    api("account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, cancel })
-      .then(() => {
-        notify(cancel ? "Relink cancelled." : "Relink allowed.", "success");
+    api("account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, cancel, username: relinkAs })
+      .then((res) => {
+        const dn = res && res.body && res.body.dn;
+        notify(cancel ? "Relink cancelled." : `Relink allowed${dn ? ` for ${dn}` : ""}.`, "success");
         refresh();
       })
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed.", "error"));
   const askRelink = (p) =>
     ctx.askConfirm({
       title: `Allow ${p.toUpperCase()} relink?`,
-      text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${user.username}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, tokens and drawings. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}.`,
+      text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.`,
       action: "Allow",
       onConfirm: () => relink(p),
     });
@@ -148,16 +152,25 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
             {user.relink ? (
               <>
                 <Typography variant="body2">
-                  The next {user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} login as '{user.username}' can claim this account until {new Date(user.relink.expires_at).toLocaleString()}.
+                  The next {user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} login as '{user.relink.username || user.username}'{user.relink.dn ? ` (${user.relink.dn})` : ""} can claim this account until {new Date(user.relink.expires_at).toLocaleString()}.
                 </Typography>
                 <Button size="small" onClick={() => relink(user.relink.provider, true)}>Cancel relink</Button>
               </>
             ) : (
-              relinkProviders.map((p) => (
+              <>
+              <TextField
+                size="small"
+                label="Username at the provider"
+                placeholder={user.username}
+                value={relinkName}
+                onChange={(e) => setRelinkName(e.target.value)}
+              />
+              {relinkProviders.map((p) => (
                 <Button key={p} variant="outlined" size="small" onClick={() => askRelink(p)}>
                   Allow {p.toUpperCase()} relink
                 </Button>
-              ))
+              ))}
+              </>
             )}
           </div>
         )}
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index d829fc4441..5ac7789010 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds, the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
+- `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
 - Every route you mount must declare its permission, usually `ctx.authorize.public("...")` for login pages; startup lists routes that don't. See [Backend Permissions](/MMGIS/contributing/permissions).
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ An identity is:
 
 **Per-request providers** create no account. Their users don't appear in People and can't hold a grant of their own; they get access through groups (matched on every request) and the Everyone / Logged-in users audiences.
 
-**Groups.** A provider's groups only matter for groups an admin has created in Users & Access with **Members from <PROVIDER>** and an external name equal to the reported group, ignoring capitalization. Other reported groups are ignored; MMGIS never creates groups on its own. For session providers, membership changes at the provider apply at the next login; a new grant to a group applies at the next request.
+**Groups.** A provider's groups only matter for groups an admin has created in Users & Access with **Members from <PROVIDER>** and an external name exactly equal to the reported group, including capitalization. Other reported groups are ignored; MMGIS never creates groups on its own. For session providers, membership changes at the provider apply at the next login; a new grant to a group applies at the next request.
 
 ## The ctx object
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 3f8be52cd2..87277cac8a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account per 15 minutes, counted across all addresses and login forms (local and username/password providers such as LDAP). Further attempts for that account are refused until the window passes. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes, counted across all addresses. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes, `DOMAIN\` and `@domain`. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index bb1a94e099..81ccdf7b54 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People and click **Allow LDAP relink**. For 24 hours, their next LDAP sign-in with that username takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, tokens and drawings. The same button moves a local account to LDAP; after that, its local password no longer works. Only a SuperAdmin can allow this for a SuperAdmin account, and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow this for a SuperAdmin account, the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled (Active Directory) or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Troubleshooting
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 9cb543cf7c..00ef43f9ad 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ async function findUser(client, c, username) {
     throw err;
   }
   if (result.searchEntries.length === 1) return { entry: result.searchEntries[0] };
+  if (result.searchEntries.length > 1) return { reason: `more than one entry under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE matches ${filter}` };
   return {
     reason: `no entry under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE matches ${filter} (if nobody can sign in, check LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER)`,
   };
@@ -272,8 +273,12 @@ async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
       scope: "sub",
       filter: fill(c.groupSearchFilter, { dn: escapeFilter(entry.dn), username: escapeFilter(username) }),
       attributes: c.groupNameAttribute ? [c.groupNameAttribute] : ["dn"],
+      // Pages, so people in more groups than the server's size limit (e.g. AD's 1000) can still sign in
+      paged: { pageSize: 500 },
     }));
   } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError)
+      err.message = `${err.message}. The person is in more groups than the directory returns to the service account; raise its size limit or narrow LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER`;
     err.message = `Searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE for groups failed: ${err.message}`;
     throw err;
   }
@@ -361,6 +366,22 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   }
 }
 
+// The entry a username belongs to, read with the service account, so an admin can check who a
+// relink will go to: { subject, dn }, null when no single entry has it, undefined without a
+// service account; throws when the directory can't be reached
+async function findSubject(username, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
+  if (!c.bindDn || !c.searchBase) return undefined;
+  const client = createClient(c);
+  try {
+    if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
+    await bindService(client, c);
+    const found = await findUser(client, c, stripDomain(String(username).normalize("NFKC").trim(), c));
+    return found.entry ? { subject: subjectOf(found.entry, c), dn: found.entry.dn } : null;
+  } finally {
+    await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
+  }
+}
+
 // Checks the settings at startup without anyone's password, so a wrong service account,
 // certificate or search base shows in the log right away; returns what was checked
 async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
@@ -472,7 +493,8 @@ module.exports = {
       const body = req.body || {};
       if (!validUsername(body.username) || typeof body.password !== "string" || body.password === "")
         return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: "Enter your username and password." });
-      const username = stripDomain(body.username.trim(), c);
+      // NFKC, so fullwidth look-alikes the directory treats as the same person are also one account to MMGIS
+      const username = stripDomain(body.username.normalize("NFKC").trim(), c);
       let identity;
       let reason = "";
       try {
@@ -512,8 +534,9 @@ module.exports = {
     return { title: c.displayName, usernameLabel: c.usernameLabel, hint: c.hint };
   },
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
+  findSubject: (username) => findSubject(username),
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 9d6f6e0fc8..61011bf1c1 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -194,9 +194,14 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
       const account = (await entries()).find((e) => e.username === username);
       accountId = account.id;
       expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username, password })).status()).toBe(409);
+      const localSession = await context();
+      expect((await (await localSession.post('/api/users/login', { data: { username, password: localPassword } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
+      expect((await me(localSession)).authenticated).toBe(true);
 
       const allowed = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap' } })).json();
       expect(allowed.status).toBe('success');
+      // Pinned to the directory entry that has the username now
+      expect(allowed.body.dn).toBe(dn);
       expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toMatchObject({ provider: 'ldap' });
 
       expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username, password })).status()).toBe(200);
@@ -204,6 +209,8 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
       expect(after.id).toBe(account.id);
       expect(after.sign_ins).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ provider: 'ldap' })]);
       expect(after.relink).toBeNull();
+      // Whoever was signed in with the local password is signed out
+      expect((await me(localSession)).authenticated).toBe(false);
       // Now linked to LDAP, so its old local password no longer signs in
       const local = await (await (await context()).post('/api/users/login', { data: { username, password: localPassword, skipLogin: true } })).json();
       expect(local.status).not.toBe('success');
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 3ff06bda36..e5b4599258 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const { RoleBinding, AuthIdentity, AuthMeta } = require("../../../../../API/perm
 const providers = require("../../../../../API/permissions/providers");
 const { LongTermTokens } = require("../../LongTermToken/models/longtermtokens");
 const connections = require("../../../../../API/connections");
+const { resetFailedLogins } = require("../../../../../scripts/rateLimiters");
 const User = userModel.User;
 const {
   UserDefaults,
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       });
       // A user's tokens act with that user's authority, so they go with the account
       await LongTermTokens.destroy({ where: { created_by_user_id: id }, transaction });
+      await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `relink:%:${id}` } }, transaction });
       // Its connections go with it (cascade); read them first to revoke them at each service
       grants = await connections.accountGrants(id, { transaction }).catch(() => []);
       // Inside the lock, so a SuperAdmin grant can't be added for the account meanwhile
@@ -332,23 +334,63 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", authorize("accounts.manage"), async function (req, r
       logger("info", `'${actor.username}' cancelled the ${provider} relink for account ${id} '${user.username}'.`, "accounts", req);
       return res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink cancelled." });
     }
+    // The person's username at the provider, when it differs from their MMGIS username
+    const username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? user.username : req.body.username)
+      .normalize("NFKC")
+      .trim();
+    if (username === "" || username.length > 256 || /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(username))
+      return fail("Enter the person's username at the login provider.");
     // The account's grants carry over, so a SuperAdmin account can only be handed over by a SuperAdmin
-    const superAdmin = await RoleBinding.findOne({
-      where: { subject_type: "user", subject_id: String(id), role: "superadmin", scope_type: "global" },
-      attributes: ["id"],
-      raw: true,
-    });
-    if (superAdmin && !policy.isSuperAdmin(actor))
+    const superAdmins = (
+      await RoleBinding.findAll({
+        where: { subject_type: "user", role: "superadmin", scope_type: "global" },
+        attributes: ["subject_id"],
+        raw: true,
+      })
+    ).map((b) => parseInt(b.subject_id));
+    if (superAdmins.includes(id) && !policy.isSuperAdmin(actor))
       return fail("Only SuperAdmins may allow relinking a SuperAdmin account.");
+    // Keep a SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password, for when the provider is down
+    if (superAdmins.includes(id)) {
+      const linked = new Set(
+        (await AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { user_id: superAdmins }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true })).map((l) => l.user_id)
+      );
+      const local = superAdmins.filter((u) => !linked.has(u));
+      if (local.length === 1 && local[0] === id)
+        return fail("This is the only SuperAdmin that signs in with an MMGIS password. Make another one first, so someone can still sign in if the login provider is down.");
+    }
+    for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `relink:${provider}:%` } }, raw: true }))
+      if (
+        r.key !== key &&
+        r.value &&
+        Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now() &&
+        String(r.value.username).toLowerCase() === username.toLowerCase()
+      )
+        return fail(`Another account is already waiting for the ${provider} login '${username}'. Cancel that relink first.`);
+    // Pin the claim to the entry that has this username now, so a look-alike entry made later can't take it
+    let target;
+    try {
+      target = await providers.relinkTarget(provider, username);
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger("error", `Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider} to allow a relink.`, "accounts", req, err);
+      return fail(`Couldn't reach ${provider} to look up '${username}'. Try again later.`);
+    }
+    if (target === null) return fail(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}'.`);
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
-    await AuthMeta.upsert({ key, value: { username: user.username, expires_at, by: actor.username } });
+    await AuthMeta.upsert({
+      key,
+      value: { username, subject: target ? target.subject : undefined, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined, expires_at, by: actor.username },
+    });
+    // Attempts refused before the admin got to this account no longer block the person
+    resetFailedLogins(username);
+    resetFailedLogins(user.username);
     logger(
       "warn",
-      `'${actor.username}' allowed the next ${provider} login as '${user.username}' to claim account ${id} until ${expires_at}.`,
+      `'${actor.username}' allowed the next ${provider} login as '${username}'${target ? ` (${target.dn}, subject '${target.subject}')` : ""} to claim account ${id} '${user.username}' until ${expires_at}.`,
       "accounts",
       req
     );
-    res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink allowed.", body: { provider, expires_at } });
+    res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink allowed.", body: { provider, username, dn: target ? target.dn : null, expires_at } });
   } catch (err) {
     logger("error", "Failed to allow relinking.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
     fail("Failed to allow relinking.");
diff --git a/public/login.css b/public/login.css
index 4d9214de5c..2b50a3bdf3 100644
--- a/public/login.css
+++ b/public/login.css
@@ -1,399 +1,399 @@
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-  color: #ececec;
-  outline: none;
-}
-.loginProvider.active {
-  background: #0c3546;
-  color: #ffffff;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px #08aeea inset;
-}
-.loginProvider.active .mdi {
-  color: #08aeea;
-}
-.loginBanner {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 12px;
-  width: 342px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  margin: 0 auto 18px;
-  padding: 12px 14px;
-  text-align: left;
-  border-radius: 8px;
-  background: #13252e;
-  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.45);
-  border-left: 4px solid #08aeea;
-}
-.loginBanner > .mdi {
-  flex: none;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  width: 40px;
-  height: 40px;
-  border-radius: 50%;
-  background: #0c3546;
-  color: #08aeea;
-  font-size: 22px;
-}
-.loginBanner small {
-  display: block;
-  color: #b4b7bf;
-  font-size: 11px;
-  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
-  text-transform: uppercase;
-}
-.loginBanner b {
-  display: block;
-  color: #ffffff;
-  font-size: 17px;
-}
-.loginBanner span {
-  display: block;
-  margin-top: 2px;
-  color: #b4b7bf;
-  font-size: 12.5px;
-  line-height: 1.35;
-}
-.loginHint {
-  display: none;
-  width: 342px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  margin: -8px auto 14px;
-  text-align: left;
-  color: #a1a4ad;
-  font-style: italic;
-  font-size: 12.5px;
-  line-height: 1.4;
-}
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro";
+  /* src is set via inline style in login.pug to support ROOT_PATH */
+}
+
+html {
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+body {
+  /* background-image is set via inline style in login.pug to support ROOT_PATH */
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  background-color: #1a1a1a;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+#container {
+  margin: 0;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  position: absolute;
+  text-align: center;
+  transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
+  background-color: #1c1c1c;
+  border-top: 4px solid #08aeea;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  width: 400px;
+  padding-bottom: 26px;
+  box-shadow: 0px 4px 30px 10px #141414;
+}
+
+.box h4 {
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  color: #08aeea;
+  font-size: 18px;
+  margin-top: 16px;
+}
+
+.box h4 span {
+  color: #dfdeee;
+  font-weight: lighter;
+  margin-left: 4px;
+}
+
+.box h5 {
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  font-size: 13.5px;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  letter-spacing: 0.3px;
+  margin-top: -10px;
+  margin-bottom: 24px;
+}
+
+.box input[type="text"],
+.box input[type="password"] {
+  display: block;
+  margin: 6px auto 16px;
+  background: #36373a;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  padding: 14px 10px;
+  width: 320px;
+  outline: none;
+  font-size: 14px;
+  color: #ececec;
+  border: 1px solid #45464a;
+}
+::-webkit-input-placeholder {
+  color: #727580;
+}
+
+.box input[type="text"]:focus,
+.box input[type="password"]:focus {
+  border: 1px solid #08aeea;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.25);
+}
+
+a {
+  color: #75767a;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+a:hover {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+.btn1 {
+  display: block;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  background: #08aeea;
+  color: #08222e;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  width: 342px;
+  height: 49px;
+  margin: 12px auto 0;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  transition: 0.3s;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  text-align: center;
+  user-select: none;
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  line-height: 49px;
+}
+
+.btn1:hover {
+  background: #3cc4f3;
+  color: #08222e;
+}
+
+.error {
+  text-align: center;
+  width: 337px;
+  min-height: 22px;
+  padding: 2px;
+  border: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: calc(100% + 12px);
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  /* Longer provider messages wrap instead of running off the card */
+  white-space: normal;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  color: #ffcfb3;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid #ff7426;
+  opacity: 0;
+  transition: opacity 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.39, 0.575, 0.565, 1);
+}
+
+#email_label,
+#email,
+#email_description,
+#pwd_description,
+#pwd_retype_label,
+#pwd_retype {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+#email_description,
+#pwd_description {
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+  text-align: left;
+  width: 342px;
+  margin: -10px auto 16px;
+}
+
+img {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 44px;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+#container > img {
+  position: static;
+  transform: none;
+  display: block;
+  margin: 34px auto 0;
+  height: 30px;
+}
+
+.fieldLabel {
+  display: block;
+  width: 342px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  text-align: left;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+}
+
+.mmgisScrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
+  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+  background-color: Transparent;
+}
+
+.mmgisScrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar {
+  width: 6px;
+  height: 6px;
+  background-color: transparent;
+}
+
+.mmgisScrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
+}
+
+#configIcon {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0px;
+  left: 0px;
+  padding: 10px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: #999;
+  transition: color 0.2s ease-in;
+  z-index: 100;
+}
+#configIcon:hover {
+  color: black;
+}
+
+#toggleWrapper {
+  width: 100%;
+  display: none;
+  justify-content: center;
+  margin-top: 14px;
+}
+#toggle {
+  border: 0;
+  padding: 2px 8px;
+  line-height: 16px;
+  text-align: center;
+  background: #36373a;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  text-transform: lowercase;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
+}
+#toggle:hover {
+  background: #08aeea;
+  color: white;
+}
+@media (max-width: 480px) {
+  .header {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
+  .header > img {
+    left: auto !important;
+  }
+  .footer {
+    padding: 22px !important;
+  }
+  .box input[type="text"],
+  .box input[type="password"] {
+    font-size: 16px;
+  }
+}
+@media (max-width: 420px) {
+  #container {
+    transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) scale(0.8);
+  }
+}
+
+.providerLinks {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 8px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin: 14px auto 0;
+}
+.providerOr {
+  text-align: center;
+  color: #808080;
+  font-size: 13px;
+}
+.providerBtn {
+  display: block;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  background: #ffffff;
+  color: #1a1a1a;
+  text-align: center;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  transition: background 0.2s;
+}
+.providerBtn:hover,
+.providerBtn:focus-visible {
+  background: #d9e9f0;
+  color: #1a1a1a;
+  outline: none;
+}
+
+/* Provider switch, single-provider banner, hint and help link above/below the shared form */
+.loginProviders.multiple {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 4px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto 18px;
+  padding: 4px;
+  background: #121d23;
+  border-radius: 7px;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.5) inset;
+}
+.loginProviders.single {
+  display: none;
+}
+.loginProvider {
+  flex: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 8px 6px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.loginProvider span {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.loginProvider:hover,
+.loginProvider:focus-visible {
+  color: #ececec;
+  outline: none;
+}
+.loginProvider.active {
+  background: #0c3546;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px #08aeea inset;
+}
+.loginProvider.active .mdi {
+  color: #08aeea;
+}
+.loginBanner {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 12px;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto 18px;
+  padding: 12px 14px;
+  text-align: left;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: #13252e;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 174, 234, 0.45);
+  border-left: 4px solid #08aeea;
+}
+.loginBanner > .mdi {
+  flex: none;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 40px;
+  height: 40px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: #0c3546;
+  color: #08aeea;
+  font-size: 22px;
+}
+.loginBanner small {
+  display: block;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.loginBanner b {
+  display: block;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  font-size: 17px;
+}
+.loginBanner span {
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 2px;
+  color: #b4b7bf;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.35;
+}
+.loginHint {
+  display: none;
+  width: 342px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin: -8px auto 14px;
+  text-align: left;
+  color: #a1a4ad;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+}
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 326ec5215d..a219bc9524 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -1,280 +1,280 @@
-# Booleans should all be lowercase: true/false
-
-# SERVER - node || apache(deprecated)
-SERVER=node
-
-# PORT
-# In development mode only, PORT+1 will also be used for the main site
-PORT=8888
-
-# SITE_ACCESS - public || optional || required  (required; there is no default)
-# public: Anyone can view. No end-user login on the main site; only admins log in at /configure.
-# optional: Anyone can view. Users may sign up and log in (e.g. to save Draw files).
-# required: Visitors must log in to see anything.
-#   (with local login this does not work in dev env/build first and npm run start:prod)
-# The old AUTH variable has been removed; MMGIS refuses to start while it is set.
-#   AUTH=off -> SITE_ACCESS=public    AUTH=none -> SITE_ACCESS=optional
-#   AUTH=local -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
-#   AUTH=csso  -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] + PROXY_TRUST=network (local keeps admin logins)
-SITE_ACCESS=optional
-
-# AUTH_PROVIDERS - JSON array (or comma list) of login methods: "local", "proxy", "ldap"
-# local: MMGIS username/password accounts. Keep it listed so /configure admins can always log in.
-# proxy: an authenticating reverse proxy (e.g. Cloud Single Sign On) in front of MMGIS sends identity headers (see PROXY_TRUST)
-# ldap: username/password checked against an LDAP directory (see LDAP_*)
-# With several username/password providers (local, ldap), the login form shows a switch; the first listed is the default.
-AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
-
-# Lets visitors create local accounts: with SITE_ACCESS=required, or SITE_ACCESS=optional plus another
-#  provider (ldap, proxy). SITE_ACCESS=optional with only local always allows sign-up.
-AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
-# AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN - all || admins  (default all). admins: only accounts with an admin role may log in
-#   with a local account (e.g. AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] where local is only for admins). Disables self sign-up.
-AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=all
-# AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS - failed logins allowed per account (from any address) per 15 minutes (default 5).
-#   Keep it below your directory's account lockout threshold so MMGIS stops first.
-AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=5
-# AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES - how often existing sessions and API tokens of provider accounts (LDAP) are rechecked
-#   against the directory, so removed people and groups lose access (default 15; 0 turns it off).
-AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=15
-
-# SETUP_CODE - optional. While no accounts exist, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account
-#  requires a one-time setup code. By default a random code is printed in the server log
-#  on start; set this to choose the code yourself (scripted installs, multiple replicas).
-SETUP_CODE=
-
-# NODE_ENV - development || production
-NODE_ENV=development
-
-# HTTPS - true || false
-# If true, MMGIS will use an https server with the, now required, HTTPS_KEY and HTTPS_CERT envs.
-# If false, use a wrapping https proxy server instead and block PORT from being public
-HTTPS=false
-
-# Relative path to key. If using docker, make sure the key is mounted.Everything under './ssl/' is gitignored and './ssl/' is mounted into docker.
-HTTPS_KEY='ssl/sample.key'
-
-# Relative path to cert. If using docker, make sure the cert is mounted. Everything under './ssl/' is gitignored and './ssl/' is mounted into docker.
-HTTPS_CERT='ssl/sample.cert'
-
-
-# TRUST_PROXY - how many proxies in front of MMGIS to trust for the client IP (X-Forwarded-For).
-# 1 (default), false when browsers reach MMGIS directly, or an Express "trust proxy" value.
-TRUST_PROXY=1
-
-# SECRET - REQUIRED. Set to a strong random string (min 24 chars) for session cookie signing.
-# Do NOT use this sample value in production. Generate one with: openssl rand -hex 64
-SECRET=
-
-# Connections - let tools use an outside service with each person's own account there.
-# They never sign anyone in to MMGIS. See docs/pages/Contributing/Connections.
-# CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL - public URL of this site (incl. ROOT_PATH) for service callbacks,
-#   when MMGIS sits behind a proxy that changes the host. Default: from the request.
-CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL=
-
-#LOGGING
-VERBOSE_LOGGING=false
-
-
-# STAC Catalogs - https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac
-WITH_STAC=true
-STAC_PORT=8881
-# TiTiler PG Vectors - https://github.com/developmentseed/tipg
-WITH_TIPG=true
-TIPG_PORT=8882
-# TiTiler - https://developmentseed.org/titiler
-WITH_TITILER=true
-TITILER_PORT=8883
-# TiTiler URL Validation (SSRF Prevention)
-# JSON array of regex patterns for allowed URLs. URLs must match at least one pattern to be proxied.
-# Empty array [] or unset = allow all URLs (backward compatible, not recommended for production)
-# Default below: HTTPS URLs + local /Missions files (relative paths, with path traversal protection)
-TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS='["^https://(?!.*\\.\\.)(?!.*\\x00).*$", "^/Missions/(?!.*\\.\\.).*$"]'
-# To allow all URLs (disable validation):
-# TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS=
-# Domain whitelist example:
-# TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS='["^https://tiles\\.example\\.com/.*", "^https://.*\\.s3\\.amazonaws\\.com/.*", "^file:///Missions/.*"]'
-# TiTiler Mosaicking - https://github.com/stac-utils/titiler-pgstac
-WITH_TITILER_PGSTAC=true
-TITILER_PGSTAC_PORT=8884
-# Veloserver - Velocity and Wind Data Visualization Server - https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/Veloserver
-WITH_VELOSERVER=true
-VELOSERVER_PORT=8104
-
-# Custom Adjacent Servers (Docker only) - Configure your own adjacent servers without modifying core MMGIS code
-# Format: ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_X=["isEnabled", "routeName", "serviceName", "port"]
-# Where:
-#   - isEnabled: "true" or "false" - whether to enable this server
-#   - routeName: URL path name (will be accessible at /routeName)
-#   - serviceName: Docker service name or localhost for non-Docker deployments
-#   - port: Port number the service runs on
-#
-# Examples:
-# ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_0=["true", "my_service", "my_service_container", "8105"]
-# ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_1=["false", "disabled_service", "disabled_service", "8106"]
-#
-# You can configure up to multiple custom servers by incrementing the number (0, 1, 2, 3, etc.)
-
-# Sets the Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors header to allow the embedding in external sites. default null, ex: FRAME_ANCESTORS='["https://*.jpl.nasa.gov"]'
-FRAME_ANCESTORS=
-# Sets "SameSite=None; Secure" on the login cookie. Useful when using SITE_ACCESS=required as an iframe within a cross-origin page.
-THIRD_PARTY_COOKIES=false
-# Comma-separated origins allowed for cross-origin HTTP requests and websockets. Empty means same-origin only.
-CORS_ORIGINS=
-# Explicitly control the session cookie Secure flag. Unset defaults to HTTPS=true or THIRD_PARTY_COOKIES=true.
-SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=
-# Sets the Content-Security-Policy: frame-src header to allow the embedding external sites with mmgis. default null, ex: FRAME_ANCESTORS='["https://*.jpl.nasa.gov"]'.
-# Setting this will almost always have no effect
-FRAME_SRC=
-
-# Set MMGIS to be deployed under a subpath. For example if serving at the subpath 'https://{domain}/path/where/I/serve/mmgis' is desired, set `ROOT_PATH=/path/where/I/serve/mmgis`. Should always begin with a `/`. If no subpath, leave blank.
-ROOT_PATH=
-
-# Tell MMGIS that it's already deployed under a subpath. For example if already proxying to the subpath 'https://{domain}/path/where/I/serve/mmgis' is desired, set `ROOT_PATH=/path/where/I/serve/mmgis`. Should always begin with a `/`. If `ROOT_PATH` is also set, requests will use `EXTERNAL_ROOT_PATH` + `ROOT_PATH`. If no external subpath, leave blank. This differs from ROOT_PATH in that MMGIS will not place any of it's endpoints under this path but will still query as if it did.
-EXTERNAL_ROOT_PATH=
-
-# Overrides ROOT_PATH's use when the client connects via websocket. Websocket url: `${ws_protocol}://${window.location.host}${WEBSOCKET_ROOT_PATH || ROOT_PATH || ''}/`
-WEBSOCKET_ROOT_PATH=
-
-# Sets a clearance number for the website
-CLEARANCE_NUMBER=
-
-# A string of text for contact information on the bottom right corner of the login pages
-CONTACT_INFO=
-
-# Initial HTML page title. When sharing a link to MMGIS in an application that supports link previews, the title to be used | string | default `MMGIS`
-LINK_PREVIEW_TITLE=
-# Initial HTML page description. When sharing a link to MMGIS in an application that supports link previews, the description to be used | string | default `A web-based mapping and localization solution for science operation on planetary missions.`
-LINK_PREVIEW_DESCRIPTION=
-
-# If true, users that use the 'Copy Link' feature will receive a full-length deep link.
-# Writing new short links will be disabled but expanding existing ones will still work. default false
-DISABLE_LINK_SHORTENER=false
-
-#DB
-# If using docker, DB_HOST is the database service name (db)
-DB_HOST=localhost
-# Postgres' default port is 5432
-DB_PORT=5432
-DB_NAME=name
-DB_USER=user
-DB_PASS=password
-# Test database credentials for least-privilege separation.
-# Required by both tests/global-setup.js and tests/test-db-clean.js (no fallback).
-# DB_USER_TEST=
-# DB_PASS_TEST=
-# Max number connections in the database's pool. CPUs * 4 is a good number. Default is 10
-DB_POOL_MAX=
-# How many milliseconds until a DB connection times out. Default is 30000 (30 sec)
-DB_POOL_TIMEOUT=
-# How many milliseconds for an incoming connection to wait for a DB connection before getting kicked away. Default is 10000 (10 sec)
-DB_POOL_IDLE=
-# If the Postgres DB instance is enforcing SSL, set to true to have MMGIS connect to it via SSL | boolean | default false
-DB_SSL=false
-# If DB_SSL=true and if needed, the path to a certificate for ssl | string
-DB_SSL_CERT=
-# Alternatively, if DB_SSL=true and if needed, a base64 encoded certificate for ssl. DB_SSL_CERT_BASE64 will take priority over DB_SSL_CERT | string
-DB_SSL_CERT_BASE64=
-
-#CONFIG
-# Disable the configure page
-HIDE_CONFIG=false
-# Force one mission only and this is its config
-FORCE_CONFIG_PATH=''
-
-# With the proxy login provider: users must belong to at least one of these groups to access MMGIS
-PROXY_GROUPS=["A", "B"]
-# With the proxy login provider: the group with elevated "Lead" permissions
-PROXY_LEAD_GROUP=A
-# How MMGIS knows identity headers came from the proxy: secret (default) || ips || network
-#   secret: the proxy sends PROXY_SECRET in PROXY_SECRET_HEADER. ips: requests come from PROXY_TRUSTED_IPS.
-#   network: trust the headers on any request (as AUTH=csso did); MMGIS must only be reachable through the proxy.
-PROXY_TRUST=secret
-PROXY_SECRET=
-# pragma: allowlist nextline secret
-PROXY_SECRET_HEADER=X-MMGIS-Proxy-Secret
-# JSON array or comma list of the proxy's addresses or CIDR ranges, for PROXY_TRUST=ips
-PROXY_TRUSTED_IPS=
-# Identity header names. PROXY_GROUPS_FORMAT: base64-json (CSSO) || json || list
-PROXY_USER_HEADER=X-Sub
-PROXY_GROUPS_HEADER=X-Groups
-PROXY_GROUPS_FORMAT=base64-json
-PROXY_SESSION_HEADER=X-Session
-# The proxy's session check (POST, or off), sign-out, sign-in and session-extend URLs
-PROXY_STATUS_URL=/ssostatus
-PROXY_LOGOUT_URL=/ssologoutredirect
-PROXY_LOGIN_URL=/ssologinredirect
-PROXY_REFRESH_URL=/ssorefreshtimeout
-
-# LDAP login provider (AUTH_PROVIDERS includes "ldap"). See docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
-# LDAP_URL - ldaps://host:636, or ldap://host:389 with LDAP_STARTTLS=true
-LDAP_URL=
-LDAP_STARTTLS=false
-# PEM file of the CA that signed the directory's certificate (internal CAs)
-LDAP_TLS_CA=
-# Local testing only: allow ldap:// without StartTLS (passwords unencrypted)
-LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=false
-# Finding people: search LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE with LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER, as LDAP_BIND_DN (a read-only
-#  service account) or anonymously when it is empty. Or sign in as LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE directly.
-LDAP_BIND_DN=
-LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=
-LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=
-LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(uid={{username}})
-LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE=
-# Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. CORP, so people can type CORP\alice
-LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=
-# Attributes: a stable id (entryUUID; objectGUID on Active Directory), the username, email and groups
-LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID
-LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=uid
-LDAP_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE=mail
-LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=memberOf
-# Or find groups by searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE ({{dn}} / {{username}} are the person's)
-LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=
-LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(member={{dn}})
-# Report found groups by this attribute (e.g. cn) instead of their DN
-LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=
-LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=5000
-# Login form wording
-LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=LDAP
-LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=Username
-LDAP_LOGIN_HINT=
-
-# When not using the proxy, a string array of internal usernames with elevated "Lead" permissions
-LEADS=["user1"]
-
-# If true, enables the backend MMGIS websockets to tell clients to update layers
-ENABLE_MMGIS_WEBSOCKETS=false
-# If true, notifications are sent to /configure users whenever the configuration objects changes out from under them and puts (overridable) limits on saving.
-ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false
-# For use when ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=true (if ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false, all saves will freely overwrite already). If true, gives /configure users the ability to override changes made to the configuration while they were working on it with their own.
-ENABLE_CONFIG_OVERRIDE=false
-
-# If the new MAIN_MISSION ENV is set to a valid mission, skip the landing page and go straight to that mission.
-# Other missions will still be accessible by either forcing the landing page (clicking the top-left M logo) or by going to a link directly.
-MAIN_MISSION=
-
-# If true, MMGIS will not auto-login returning users. This can be useful when login is managed someplace else.
-# The initial login process can be manually triggered with mmgisAPI.initialLogin()
-SKIP_CLIENT_INITIAL_LOGIN=
-
-# If true at build-time, JavaScript source maps will also be built 
-GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false
-
-
-# If true, then at every other midnight, MMGIS will read /Missions/spice-kernels-conf.json and re/download all the specified kernels.
-SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_DOWNLOAD=false
-# If true, then also triggers the kernel download when MMGIS starts
-SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_DOWNLOAD_ON_START=false
-# A cron schedule expression for use in the node-schedule npm library. Defaults to "0 0 */2 * *" which is every other day.
-SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_CRON_EXPR=
-
-# Comma-separated list of remote GDAL dataset prefixes that /api/utils/getprofile, getbands and getminmax
-# may open (e.g. "/vsis3/my-bucket/,https://my-cdn.example.gov/dems/"). Empty means local /Missions rasters only.
-# Each entry must name a host or bucket; scheme-only entries like "https://" are ignored.
-# The server fetches these itself and returns their bytes as pixel values, so only list trusted locations.
-GDAL_ALLOWED_REMOTE_PREFIXES=
-
-# When using composited time tiles, MMGIS queries the tileset's folder for existing time folders.
-# It caches the results of the these folder listings every COMPOSITE_TILE_DIR_STORE_MAX_AGE_MS milliseconds
-# defaults to requerying every 30 minutes. If 0, no caching. If null or NaN, uses default.
-COMPOSITE_TILE_DIR_STORE_MAX_AGE_MS=
+# Booleans should all be lowercase: true/false
+
+# SERVER - node || apache(deprecated)
+SERVER=node
+
+# PORT
+# In development mode only, PORT+1 will also be used for the main site
+PORT=8888
+
+# SITE_ACCESS - public || optional || required  (required; there is no default)
+# public: Anyone can view. No end-user login on the main site; only admins log in at /configure.
+# optional: Anyone can view. Users may sign up and log in (e.g. to save Draw files).
+# required: Visitors must log in to see anything.
+#   (with local login this does not work in dev env/build first and npm run start:prod)
+# The old AUTH variable has been removed; MMGIS refuses to start while it is set.
+#   AUTH=off -> SITE_ACCESS=public    AUTH=none -> SITE_ACCESS=optional
+#   AUTH=local -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
+#   AUTH=csso  -> SITE_ACCESS=required + AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] + PROXY_TRUST=network (local keeps admin logins)
+SITE_ACCESS=optional
+
+# AUTH_PROVIDERS - JSON array (or comma list) of login methods: "local", "proxy", "ldap"
+# local: MMGIS username/password accounts. Keep it listed so /configure admins can always log in.
+# proxy: an authenticating reverse proxy (e.g. Cloud Single Sign On) in front of MMGIS sends identity headers (see PROXY_TRUST)
+# ldap: username/password checked against an LDAP directory (see LDAP_*)
+# With several username/password providers (local, ldap), the login form shows a switch; the first listed is the default.
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local"]
+
+# Lets visitors create local accounts: with SITE_ACCESS=required, or SITE_ACCESS=optional plus another
+#  provider (ldap, proxy). SITE_ACCESS=optional with only local always allows sign-up.
+AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
+# AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN - all || admins  (default all). admins: only accounts with an admin role may log in
+#   with a local account (e.g. AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] where local is only for admins). Disables self sign-up.
+AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=all
+# AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS - failed logins allowed per account (from any address) per 15 minutes (default 5).
+#   Keep it below your directory's account lockout threshold so MMGIS stops first.
+AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=5
+# AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES - how often existing sessions and API tokens of provider accounts (LDAP) are rechecked
+#   against the directory, so removed people and groups lose access (default 15; 0 turns it off).
+AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=15
+
+# SETUP_CODE - optional. While no accounts exist, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account
+#  requires a one-time setup code. By default a random code is printed in the server log
+#  on start; set this to choose the code yourself (scripted installs, multiple replicas).
+SETUP_CODE=
+
+# NODE_ENV - development || production
+NODE_ENV=development
+
+# HTTPS - true || false
+# If true, MMGIS will use an https server with the, now required, HTTPS_KEY and HTTPS_CERT envs.
+# If false, use a wrapping https proxy server instead and block PORT from being public
+HTTPS=false
+
+# Relative path to key. If using docker, make sure the key is mounted.Everything under './ssl/' is gitignored and './ssl/' is mounted into docker.
+HTTPS_KEY='ssl/sample.key'
+
+# Relative path to cert. If using docker, make sure the cert is mounted. Everything under './ssl/' is gitignored and './ssl/' is mounted into docker.
+HTTPS_CERT='ssl/sample.cert'
+
+
+# TRUST_PROXY - how many proxies in front of MMGIS to trust for the client IP (X-Forwarded-For).
+# 1 (default), false when browsers reach MMGIS directly, or an Express "trust proxy" value.
+TRUST_PROXY=1
+
+# SECRET - REQUIRED. Set to a strong random string (min 24 chars) for session cookie signing.
+# Do NOT use this sample value in production. Generate one with: openssl rand -hex 64
+SECRET=
+
+# Connections - let tools use an outside service with each person's own account there.
+# They never sign anyone in to MMGIS. See docs/pages/Contributing/Connections.
+# CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL - public URL of this site (incl. ROOT_PATH) for service callbacks,
+#   when MMGIS sits behind a proxy that changes the host. Default: from the request.
+CONNECTIONS_CALLBACK_BASE_URL=
+
+#LOGGING
+VERBOSE_LOGGING=false
+
+
+# STAC Catalogs - https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac
+WITH_STAC=true
+STAC_PORT=8881
+# TiTiler PG Vectors - https://github.com/developmentseed/tipg
+WITH_TIPG=true
+TIPG_PORT=8882
+# TiTiler - https://developmentseed.org/titiler
+WITH_TITILER=true
+TITILER_PORT=8883
+# TiTiler URL Validation (SSRF Prevention)
+# JSON array of regex patterns for allowed URLs. URLs must match at least one pattern to be proxied.
+# Empty array [] or unset = allow all URLs (backward compatible, not recommended for production)
+# Default below: HTTPS URLs + local /Missions files (relative paths, with path traversal protection)
+TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS='["^https://(?!.*\\.\\.)(?!.*\\x00).*$", "^/Missions/(?!.*\\.\\.).*$"]'
+# To allow all URLs (disable validation):
+# TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS=
+# Domain whitelist example:
+# TITILER_ALLOWED_URL_PATTERNS='["^https://tiles\\.example\\.com/.*", "^https://.*\\.s3\\.amazonaws\\.com/.*", "^file:///Missions/.*"]'
+# TiTiler Mosaicking - https://github.com/stac-utils/titiler-pgstac
+WITH_TITILER_PGSTAC=true
+TITILER_PGSTAC_PORT=8884
+# Veloserver - Velocity and Wind Data Visualization Server - https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/Veloserver
+WITH_VELOSERVER=true
+VELOSERVER_PORT=8104
+
+# Custom Adjacent Servers (Docker only) - Configure your own adjacent servers without modifying core MMGIS code
+# Format: ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_X=["isEnabled", "routeName", "serviceName", "port"]
+# Where:
+#   - isEnabled: "true" or "false" - whether to enable this server
+#   - routeName: URL path name (will be accessible at /routeName)
+#   - serviceName: Docker service name or localhost for non-Docker deployments
+#   - port: Port number the service runs on
+#
+# Examples:
+# ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_0=["true", "my_service", "my_service_container", "8105"]
+# ADJACENT_SERVER_CUSTOM_1=["false", "disabled_service", "disabled_service", "8106"]
+#
+# You can configure up to multiple custom servers by incrementing the number (0, 1, 2, 3, etc.)
+
+# Sets the Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors header to allow the embedding in external sites. default null, ex: FRAME_ANCESTORS='["https://*.jpl.nasa.gov"]'
+FRAME_ANCESTORS=
+# Sets "SameSite=None; Secure" on the login cookie. Useful when using SITE_ACCESS=required as an iframe within a cross-origin page.
+THIRD_PARTY_COOKIES=false
+# Comma-separated origins allowed for cross-origin HTTP requests and websockets. Empty means same-origin only.
+CORS_ORIGINS=
+# Explicitly control the session cookie Secure flag. Unset defaults to HTTPS=true or THIRD_PARTY_COOKIES=true.
+SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=
+# Sets the Content-Security-Policy: frame-src header to allow the embedding external sites with mmgis. default null, ex: FRAME_ANCESTORS='["https://*.jpl.nasa.gov"]'.
+# Setting this will almost always have no effect
+FRAME_SRC=
+
+# Set MMGIS to be deployed under a subpath. For example if serving at the subpath 'https://{domain}/path/where/I/serve/mmgis' is desired, set `ROOT_PATH=/path/where/I/serve/mmgis`. Should always begin with a `/`. If no subpath, leave blank.
+ROOT_PATH=
+
+# Tell MMGIS that it's already deployed under a subpath. For example if already proxying to the subpath 'https://{domain}/path/where/I/serve/mmgis' is desired, set `ROOT_PATH=/path/where/I/serve/mmgis`. Should always begin with a `/`. If `ROOT_PATH` is also set, requests will use `EXTERNAL_ROOT_PATH` + `ROOT_PATH`. If no external subpath, leave blank. This differs from ROOT_PATH in that MMGIS will not place any of it's endpoints under this path but will still query as if it did.
+EXTERNAL_ROOT_PATH=
+
+# Overrides ROOT_PATH's use when the client connects via websocket. Websocket url: `${ws_protocol}://${window.location.host}${WEBSOCKET_ROOT_PATH || ROOT_PATH || ''}/`
+WEBSOCKET_ROOT_PATH=
+
+# Sets a clearance number for the website
+CLEARANCE_NUMBER=
+
+# A string of text for contact information on the bottom right corner of the login pages
+CONTACT_INFO=
+
+# Initial HTML page title. When sharing a link to MMGIS in an application that supports link previews, the title to be used | string | default `MMGIS`
+LINK_PREVIEW_TITLE=
+# Initial HTML page description. When sharing a link to MMGIS in an application that supports link previews, the description to be used | string | default `A web-based mapping and localization solution for science operation on planetary missions.`
+LINK_PREVIEW_DESCRIPTION=
+
+# If true, users that use the 'Copy Link' feature will receive a full-length deep link.
+# Writing new short links will be disabled but expanding existing ones will still work. default false
+DISABLE_LINK_SHORTENER=false
+
+#DB
+# If using docker, DB_HOST is the database service name (db)
+DB_HOST=localhost
+# Postgres' default port is 5432
+DB_PORT=5432
+DB_NAME=name
+DB_USER=user
+DB_PASS=password
+# Test database credentials for least-privilege separation.
+# Required by both tests/global-setup.js and tests/test-db-clean.js (no fallback).
+# DB_USER_TEST=
+# DB_PASS_TEST=
+# Max number connections in the database's pool. CPUs * 4 is a good number. Default is 10
+DB_POOL_MAX=
+# How many milliseconds until a DB connection times out. Default is 30000 (30 sec)
+DB_POOL_TIMEOUT=
+# How many milliseconds for an incoming connection to wait for a DB connection before getting kicked away. Default is 10000 (10 sec)
+DB_POOL_IDLE=
+# If the Postgres DB instance is enforcing SSL, set to true to have MMGIS connect to it via SSL | boolean | default false
+DB_SSL=false
+# If DB_SSL=true and if needed, the path to a certificate for ssl | string
+DB_SSL_CERT=
+# Alternatively, if DB_SSL=true and if needed, a base64 encoded certificate for ssl. DB_SSL_CERT_BASE64 will take priority over DB_SSL_CERT | string
+DB_SSL_CERT_BASE64=
+
+#CONFIG
+# Disable the configure page
+HIDE_CONFIG=false
+# Force one mission only and this is its config
+FORCE_CONFIG_PATH=''
+
+# With the proxy login provider: users must belong to at least one of these groups to access MMGIS
+PROXY_GROUPS=["A", "B"]
+# With the proxy login provider: the group with elevated "Lead" permissions
+PROXY_LEAD_GROUP=A
+# How MMGIS knows identity headers came from the proxy: secret (default) || ips || network
+#   secret: the proxy sends PROXY_SECRET in PROXY_SECRET_HEADER. ips: requests come from PROXY_TRUSTED_IPS.
+#   network: trust the headers on any request (as AUTH=csso did); MMGIS must only be reachable through the proxy.
+PROXY_TRUST=secret
+PROXY_SECRET=
+# pragma: allowlist nextline secret
+PROXY_SECRET_HEADER=X-MMGIS-Proxy-Secret
+# JSON array or comma list of the proxy's addresses or CIDR ranges, for PROXY_TRUST=ips
+PROXY_TRUSTED_IPS=
+# Identity header names. PROXY_GROUPS_FORMAT: base64-json (CSSO) || json || list
+PROXY_USER_HEADER=X-Sub
+PROXY_GROUPS_HEADER=X-Groups
+PROXY_GROUPS_FORMAT=base64-json
+PROXY_SESSION_HEADER=X-Session
+# The proxy's session check (POST, or off), sign-out, sign-in and session-extend URLs
+PROXY_STATUS_URL=/ssostatus
+PROXY_LOGOUT_URL=/ssologoutredirect
+PROXY_LOGIN_URL=/ssologinredirect
+PROXY_REFRESH_URL=/ssorefreshtimeout
+
+# LDAP login provider (AUTH_PROVIDERS includes "ldap"). See docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+# LDAP_URL - ldaps://host:636, or ldap://host:389 with LDAP_STARTTLS=true
+LDAP_URL=
+LDAP_STARTTLS=false
+# PEM file of the CA that signed the directory's certificate (internal CAs)
+LDAP_TLS_CA=
+# Local testing only: allow ldap:// without StartTLS (passwords unencrypted)
+LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=false
+# Finding people: search LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE with LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER, as LDAP_BIND_DN (a read-only
+#  service account) or anonymously when it is empty. Or sign in as LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE directly.
+LDAP_BIND_DN=
+LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(uid={{username}})
+LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE=
+# Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. CORP, so people can type CORP\alice
+LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=
+# Attributes: a stable id (entryUUID; objectGUID on Active Directory), the username, email and groups
+LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID
+LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=uid
+LDAP_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE=mail
+LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=memberOf
+# Or find groups by searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE ({{dn}} / {{username}} are the person's)
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(member={{dn}})
+# Report found groups by this attribute (e.g. cn) instead of their DN
+LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=
+LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=5000
+# Login form wording
+LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=LDAP
+LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=Username
+LDAP_LOGIN_HINT=
+
+# When not using the proxy, a string array of internal usernames with elevated "Lead" permissions
+LEADS=["user1"]
+
+# If true, enables the backend MMGIS websockets to tell clients to update layers
+ENABLE_MMGIS_WEBSOCKETS=false
+# If true, notifications are sent to /configure users whenever the configuration objects changes out from under them and puts (overridable) limits on saving.
+ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false
+# For use when ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=true (if ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false, all saves will freely overwrite already). If true, gives /configure users the ability to override changes made to the configuration while they were working on it with their own.
+ENABLE_CONFIG_OVERRIDE=false
+
+# If the new MAIN_MISSION ENV is set to a valid mission, skip the landing page and go straight to that mission.
+# Other missions will still be accessible by either forcing the landing page (clicking the top-left M logo) or by going to a link directly.
+MAIN_MISSION=
+
+# If true, MMGIS will not auto-login returning users. This can be useful when login is managed someplace else.
+# The initial login process can be manually triggered with mmgisAPI.initialLogin()
+SKIP_CLIENT_INITIAL_LOGIN=
+
+# If true at build-time, JavaScript source maps will also be built 
+GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false
+
+
+# If true, then at every other midnight, MMGIS will read /Missions/spice-kernels-conf.json and re/download all the specified kernels.
+SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_DOWNLOAD=false
+# If true, then also triggers the kernel download when MMGIS starts
+SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_DOWNLOAD_ON_START=false
+# A cron schedule expression for use in the node-schedule npm library. Defaults to "0 0 */2 * *" which is every other day.
+SPICE_SCHEDULED_KERNEL_CRON_EXPR=
+
+# Comma-separated list of remote GDAL dataset prefixes that /api/utils/getprofile, getbands and getminmax
+# may open (e.g. "/vsis3/my-bucket/,https://my-cdn.example.gov/dems/"). Empty means local /Missions rasters only.
+# Each entry must name a host or bucket; scheme-only entries like "https://" are ignored.
+# The server fetches these itself and returns their bytes as pixel values, so only list trusted locations.
+GDAL_ALLOWED_REMOTE_PREFIXES=
+
+# When using composited time tiles, MMGIS queries the tileset's folder for existing time folders.
+# It caches the results of the these folder listings every COMPOSITE_TILE_DIR_STORE_MAX_AGE_MS milliseconds
+# defaults to requerying every 30 minutes. If 0, no caching. If null or NaN, uses default.
+COMPOSITE_TILE_DIR_STORE_MAX_AGE_MS=
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index b8d69f1816..f30a741681 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -16,25 +16,48 @@ const failedLoginLimit = () => {
   return Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0 ? n : 5;
 };
 
-// "CORP\\Alice" and "alice@corp.example.org" count as "alice"
-const accountKey = (req) =>
-  String(req.body.username)
+// "CORP\\Alice", "alice@corp.example.org" and fullwidth "ａｌｉｃｅ" count as "alice"
+const accountKey = (username) =>
+  String(username)
+    .normalize('NFKC')
     .trim()
     .toLowerCase()
     .replace(/^[^\\]*\\/, '')
     .replace(/@.*$/, '');
 
-// Failed logins per account, from any address, so MMGIS stops before a directory locks the account.
-// A route that answers a failed login with 200 sets res.locals.loginFailed.
-const accountLimiter = rateLimit({
-  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
-  limit: () => failedLoginLimit(),
-  keyGenerator: accountKey,
-  skip: (req) => !(req.body && typeof req.body.username === 'string' && req.body.username.trim() !== ''),
-  skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
-  requestWasSuccessful: (req, res) => res.statusCode < 400 && !res.locals.loginFailed,
-  message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Too many failed sign-ins for this account. Try again in 15 minutes.' },
-});
+// Failed logins per account and login form, from any address, so MMGIS stops before a directory
+// locks the account. Only wrong credentials count: a 401, or a 200 with res.locals.loginFailed.
+// Forms count separately so directory failures can't lock out a local (recovery) account.
+// Counts are kept in each server process's memory.
+const accountLimiters = new Map();
+function accountLimiterFor(form) {
+  if (!accountLimiters.has(form)) {
+    const limiter = rateLimit({
+      windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
+      limit: () => failedLoginLimit(),
+      keyGenerator: (req) => accountKey(req.body.username),
+      skip: (req) => !(req.body && typeof req.body.username === 'string' && req.body.username.trim() !== ''),
+      skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
+      requestWasSuccessful: (req, res) => res.statusCode !== 401 && !res.locals.loginFailed,
+      message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Too many failed sign-ins for this account. Try again in 15 minutes.' },
+    });
+    // Mounted on both /api/users/login and /api/auth/local/login, so count each request once
+    const once = (req, res, next) => {
+      if (req.accountLimited) return next();
+      req.accountLimited = true;
+      return limiter(req, res, next);
+    };
+    once.resetKey = limiter.resetKey;
+    accountLimiters.set(form, once);
+  }
+  return accountLimiters.get(form);
+}
+const accountLimiter = accountLimiterFor('local');
+
+// Clears an account's failed logins on every form, e.g. once an admin fixed why it was refused
+function resetFailedLogins(username) {
+  accountLimiters.forEach((l) => l.resetKey(accountKey(username)));
+}
 
 // Account admins creating accounts through /signup are not limited
 function skipAccountAdmins(req) {
@@ -64,4 +87,4 @@ const computeLimiter = rateLimit({
   message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Rate limit exceeded.' },
 });
 
-module.exports = { apilimiter, authLimiter, accountLimiter, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
+module.exports = { apilimiter, authLimiter, accountLimiter, accountLimiterFor, resetFailedLogins, accountKey, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 26db33d9d4..5ddf43a0a5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -207,8 +207,12 @@ test.describe('identities', () => {
 
 // In-memory stand-ins for the Sequelize models linkIdentity/syncGroups use
 function fakeModels({ users = [], links = [], groups = [], members = [], meta = [] } = {}) {
+  const { Op } = require('sequelize');
+  const like = (pattern) => new RegExp(`^${pattern.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&').replace(/%/g, '.*')}$`);
   const match = (row, where) =>
-    Object.entries(where).every(([k, v]) => (Array.isArray(v) ? v.includes(row[k]) : row[k] === v));
+    Object.entries(where).every(([k, v]) =>
+      Array.isArray(v) ? v.includes(row[k]) : v && v[Op.like] ? like(v[Op.like]).test(row[k]) : row[k] === v
+    );
   const table = (rows) => ({
     rows,
     findOne: async ({ where }) => rows.find((r) => match(r, where)) || null,
@@ -239,6 +243,33 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'newer', username: 'carol' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
   });
 
+  test('a relink can name a different username at the provider, and signs the old login out', async () => {
+    const ended = [];
+    const m = { ...relinkModels({ username: 'Carol.Smith' }), endSessionsOf: async (id) => ended.push(id) };
+    const user = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol.smith' }), m);
+    expect(user).toMatchObject({ id: 1, username: 'carol' });
+    expect(ended).toEqual([1]);
+    expect(m.User.rows[0].password).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/);
+  });
+
+  test('a relink pinned to a subject is refused for any other entry with that username', async () => {
+    const m = relinkModels({ subject: 'expected' });
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'planted', username: 'carol' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+    expect((await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'expected', username: 'carol' }), m)).id).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('a concurrent first login that loses the race uses the account the other one created', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels();
+    const create = m.User.create;
+    m.User.create = async (r) => {
+      m.User.create = create;
+      await create(r);
+      await m.AuthIdentity.create({ provider: 'keycloak', subject: 'race', username: r.username, user_id: 100 });
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('duplicate'), { name: 'SequelizeUniqueConstraintError' });
+    };
+    expect(await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'race', username: 'dora' }), m)).toMatchObject({ id: 100, username: 'dora' });
+  });
+
   test('a relink is refused once expired, for another username, or for another provider', async () => {
     const past = new Date(Date.now() - 1000).toISOString();
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), relinkModels({ expires_at: past }))).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
diff --git a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
index 33af03232c..bce13c429f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
@@ -27,4 +27,12 @@ test.describe('Rate limiting configuration', () => {
     expect(apilimiter).not.toBe(computeLimiter);
     expect(authLimiter).not.toBe(computeLimiter);
   });
+
+  test('failed logins count per form and per normalized account', () => {
+    const { accountKey, accountLimiterFor, accountLimiter } = require('../../scripts/rateLimiters');
+    expect(accountKey('ＣＯＲＰ\\ｌdap_Bob')).toBe('ldap_bob');
+    expect(accountKey(' Alice@corp.example.org ')).toBe('alice');
+    expect(accountLimiterFor('local')).toBe(accountLimiter);
+    expect(accountLimiterFor('ldap')).not.toBe(accountLimiter);
+  });
 });

From 06e2eb9338999544b372978406e4fe2258a800ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 02:36:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 020/122] Split relink cancel into its own route and rate-limit
 both (CodeQL)

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/core/calls.js                   |  4 ++
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  2 +-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 56 ++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/core/calls.js b/configure/src/core/calls.js
index 24bf1f7ec5..7d03652627 100644
--- a/configure/src/core/calls.js
+++ b/configure/src/core/calls.js
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ const c = {
     type: "POST",
     url: "api/accounts/allowRelink",
   },
+  account_cancel_relink: {
+    type: "POST",
+    url: "api/accounts/cancelRelink",
+  },
   account_reset_password_link: {
     type: "POST",
     url: "api/accounts/generateResetPasswordLink",
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 27c3847f11..5bc0de0ee2 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   useEffect(() => setRelinkName(""), [user.id]);
   const relinkAs = relinkName.trim() || user.username;
   const relink = (provider, cancel = false) =>
-    api("account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, cancel, username: relinkAs })
+    api(cancel ? "account_cancel_relink" : "account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, username: relinkAs })
       .then((res) => {
         const dn = res && res.body && res.body.dn;
         notify(cancel ? "Relink cancelled." : `Relink allowed${dn ? ` for ${dn}` : ""}.`, "success");
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index e5b4599258..fe2d1f92d1 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const { RoleBinding, AuthIdentity, AuthMeta } = require("../../../../../API/perm
 const providers = require("../../../../../API/permissions/providers");
 const { LongTermTokens } = require("../../LongTermToken/models/longtermtokens");
 const connections = require("../../../../../API/connections");
-const { resetFailedLogins } = require("../../../../../scripts/rateLimiters");
+const { apilimiter, resetFailedLogins } = require("../../../../../scripts/rateLimiters");
 const User = userModel.User;
 const {
   UserDefaults,
@@ -314,26 +314,42 @@ router.post("/updateDefaults", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res)
 
 // Lets the next login through a provider with this account's username take the account over,
 // once, within RELINK_HOURS. For accounts whose provider identity changed (directory rebuild) or
-// local accounts moving to a provider. { id, provider } allows; { id, provider, cancel: true } cancels.
-router.post("/allowRelink", authorize("accounts.manage"), async function (req, res) {
-  const fail = (message, status = 200) => res.status(status).send({ status: "failure", message });
+// local accounts moving to a provider. Both take { id, provider }.
+const relinkFail = (res, message, status = 200) => res.status(status).send({ status: "failure", message });
+
+// The account and provider a relink request is about, or undefined after answering with the problem
+async function relinkRequest(req, res) {
+  if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token")
+    return void relinkFail(res, "Relinking can only be changed from a signed-in session.", 403);
+  const id = parseInt(req.body.id);
+  const provider = String(req.body.provider || "");
+  if (isNaN(id)) return void relinkFail(res, "Account id is missing.");
+  if (provider === "local" || !providers.enabledProviders().some((p) => p.id === provider))
+    return void relinkFail(res, `'${provider}' isn't an enabled login provider.`);
+  const user = await User.findOne({ where: { id }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
+  if (!user) return void relinkFail(res, "User not found.");
+  return { id, provider, user, key: providers.relinkKey(provider, id), actor: await ensurePrincipal(req) };
+}
+
+router.post("/cancelRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async function (req, res) {
   try {
-    if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token")
-      return fail("Relinking can only be allowed from a signed-in session.", 403);
-    const id = parseInt(req.body.id);
-    const provider = String(req.body.provider || "");
-    if (isNaN(id)) return fail("Account id is missing.");
-    if (provider === "local" || !providers.enabledProviders().some((p) => p.id === provider))
-      return fail(`'${provider}' isn't an enabled login provider.`);
-    const user = await User.findOne({ where: { id }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
-    if (!user) return fail("User not found.");
-    const key = providers.relinkKey(provider, id);
-    const actor = await ensurePrincipal(req);
-    if (req.body.cancel) {
-      await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } });
-      logger("info", `'${actor.username}' cancelled the ${provider} relink for account ${id} '${user.username}'.`, "accounts", req);
-      return res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink cancelled." });
-    }
+    const r = await relinkRequest(req, res);
+    if (!r) return;
+    await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: r.key } });
+    logger("info", `'${r.actor.username}' cancelled the ${r.provider} relink for account ${r.id} '${r.user.username}'.`, "accounts", req);
+    res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink cancelled." });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger("error", "Failed to cancel relinking.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    relinkFail(res, "Failed to cancel relinking.");
+  }
+});
+
+router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async function (req, res) {
+  const fail = (message, status = 200) => relinkFail(res, message, status);
+  try {
+    const r = await relinkRequest(req, res);
+    if (!r) return;
+    const { id, provider, user, key, actor } = r;
     // The person's username at the provider, when it differs from their MMGIS username
     const username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? user.username : req.body.username)
       .normalize("NFKC")

From a0a824296e6d06d831f754ffb2ef81cea4dfbab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 02:43:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 021/122] Check direct-bind identity, refuse relinks to linked
 entries, limit local logins per address

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  3 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  3 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 13 ++++++
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 16 ++++++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 10 +++++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 10 ++++-
 sample.env                                    |  3 +-
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       | 40 ++++++++++++-------
 9 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index a0f60d9d52..ce637621f4 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
     );
     // A local password it had is no longer known to anyone
     await m.User.update(
-      { password: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex") },
+      { password: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex"), token: null },
       { where: { id: user.id }, transaction, individualHooks: true }
     );
     return true;
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ module.exports = {
   RELINK_HOURS,
   relinkKey,
   relinkTarget,
+  sameUsername,
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
   completeLogin,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 87277cac8a..6be1d29f09 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes, counted across all addresses. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes, `DOMAIN\` and `@domain`. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes, `DOMAIN\` and `@domain`. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 81ccdf7b54..7a4c77a8ed 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"]
 LDAP_URL=ldaps://dc1.corp.example.org:636
 LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE={{username}}@corp.example.org
 LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=OU=Users,DC=corp,DC=example,DC=org
-LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(sAMAccountName={{username}})
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER=(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)
 LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=objectGUID
 LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=sAMAccountName
 ```
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 |---|---|
 | MMGIS refuses to start with an `LDAP_*` error | A required setting is missing or malformed; the message names it. |
 | "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected (MMGIS then waits 5 minutes before trying it again), a search base doesn't exist, or the entry had no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. The server log has the reason and the setting to check. |
+| "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 00ef43f9ad..64d77aa353 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ const accountDisabled = (entry) =>
 function userAttributes(c) {
   const attrs = [c.subjectAttribute, c.usernameAttribute, c.emailAttribute];
   if (!c.groupSearchBase) attrs.push(c.groupsAttribute);
+  // To check a UPN-template bind found the same entry
+  if (c.userDnTemplate && !c.userDnTemplate.includes("=")) attrs.push("userPrincipalName");
   return attrs.filter((a) => a.toLowerCase() !== "dn");
 }
 
@@ -288,6 +290,12 @@ async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
   });
 }
 
+// A DN template is compared as a DN; a UPN template (alice@corp.example.org) by userPrincipalName
+function isBoundEntry(entry, boundAs) {
+  if (boundAs.includes("=")) return normalizeDn(entry.dn) === normalizeDn(boundAs);
+  return values(entry, "userPrincipalName").some((u) => String(u).toLowerCase() === boundAs.toLowerCase());
+}
+
 // The person's identity if the password is right, null if it isn't (refused(reason) says why);
 // throws when the directory can't be reached or doesn't answer as configured
 async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = newClient, refused = () => {}) {
@@ -305,6 +313,11 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       if (!bind.ok) return refuse(`${bind.reason} for ${dn} (if nobody can sign in, check LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE)`);
       entry = c.searchBase ? (await findUser(client, c, username)).entry : await readEntry(client, c, dn);
       if (!entry) throw new Error("Signed in to the directory but could not read the person's entry.");
+      // The password was checked for dn, so the identity must come from that same entry
+      if (!isBoundEntry(entry, dn))
+        return refuse(
+          `the password is right for ${dn}, but LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER found a different entry, ${entry.dn} (make LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER name the same attribute)`
+        );
     } else {
       if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
       const found = await findUser(client, c, username);
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index d231ea8116..b47c2c72f0 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${alice.dn}`, `search ${alice.dn} (objectClass=*)`, 'unbind']);
   });
 
+  test('direct mode with a search base refuses when the search finds a different entry than the bound one', async () => {
+    const mallory = { dn: 'cn=alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', password: 'mallory', entry: { dn: 'cn=alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', entryUUID: 'm1', uid: 'mallory' } }; // pragma: allowlist secret
+    const env = { ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'cn={{username}},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org' };
+    const why = [];
+    expect(await authenticate('alice', 'mallory', config(env), fakeClient([alice, mallory]), (r) => why.push(r))).toBeNull();
+    expect(why[0]).toMatch(/found a different entry/);
+    const same = { ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org' };
+    expect((await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(same), fakeClient([alice]))).subject).toBe('e1');
+    // A UPN template is matched by userPrincipalName
+    const upn = { ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: '{{username}}@corp.example.org' };
+    const binder = { dn: 'alice@corp.example.org', password: 'right', entry: {} }; // pragma: allowlist secret
+    const withUpn = { ...alice, entry: { ...alice.entry, userPrincipalName: 'Alice@corp.example.org' } };
+    expect((await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(upn), fakeClient([withUpn, binder]))).subject).toBe('e1');
+    expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(upn), fakeClient([alice, binder]))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   test('StartTLS runs before anything else is sent', async () => {
     const log = [];
     await authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x', LDAP_STARTTLS: 'true' }), fakeClient([alice], log));
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 61011bf1c1..322e1d50f6 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     test.skip(!added, `SKIP: can't change the fixture directory (docker container ${container})`);
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     let accountId;
+    let otherId;
     try {
       const entries = async () => (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries;
       const made = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/users/signup', { data: { username, email: `${username}@example.org`, password: localPassword, skipLogin: true } })).json();
@@ -214,7 +215,16 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
       // Now linked to LDAP, so its old local password no longer signs in
       const local = await (await (await context()).post('/api/users/login', { data: { username, password: localPassword, skipLogin: true } })).json();
       expect(local.status).not.toBe('success');
+
+      // That entry now signs in to this account, so another account can't be offered to it
+      const other = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/users/signup', { data: { username: `${username}_b`, email: `${username}_b@example.org`, password: localPassword, skipLogin: true } })).json();
+      expect(other.status).toBe('success');
+      otherId = (await entries()).find((e) => e.username === `${username}_b`).id;
+      const refused = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: otherId, provider: 'ldap', username } })).json();
+      expect(refused.status).toBe('failure');
+      expect(refused.message).toContain(`already signs in to account ${account.id}`);
     } finally {
+      if (otherId) await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${otherId}`);
       if (accountId) await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${accountId}`);
       directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: delete\n`);
     }
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index fe2d1f92d1..2f13355be2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         r.key !== key &&
         r.value &&
         Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now() &&
-        String(r.value.username).toLowerCase() === username.toLowerCase()
+        providers.sameUsername(r.value.username, username)
       )
         return fail(`Another account is already waiting for the ${provider} login '${username}'. Cancel that relink first.`);
     // Pin the claim to the entry that has this username now, so a look-alike entry made later can't take it
@@ -392,6 +392,14 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       return fail(`Couldn't reach ${provider} to look up '${username}'. Try again later.`);
     }
     if (target === null) return fail(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}'.`);
+    // A login of an entry already linked elsewhere goes to that account, so this claim would never happen
+    if (target) {
+      const other = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { provider, subject: target.subject }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true });
+      if (other && other.user_id !== id) {
+        const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true });
+        return fail(`${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. Delete that account first if this one should take it over.`);
+      }
+    }
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
     await AuthMeta.upsert({
       key,
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index a219bc9524..45b54fa38c 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
 # AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN - all || admins  (default all). admins: only accounts with an admin role may log in
 #   with a local account (e.g. AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"] where local is only for admins). Disables self sign-up.
 AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=all
-# AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS - failed logins allowed per account (from any address) per 15 minutes (default 5).
+# AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS - failed logins allowed per account per 15 minutes (default 5); from any address on
+#   provider forms (LDAP), per address on the local form with a 10x ceiling across addresses.
 #   Keep it below your directory's account lockout threshold so MMGIS stops first.
 AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=5
 # AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES - how often existing sessions and API tokens of provider accounts (LDAP) are rechecked
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index f30a741681..77ec58979a 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -25,29 +25,41 @@ const accountKey = (username) =>
     .replace(/^[^\\]*\\/, '')
     .replace(/@.*$/, '');
 
-// Failed logins per account and login form, from any address, so MMGIS stops before a directory
-// locks the account. Only wrong credentials count: a 401, or a 200 with res.locals.loginFailed.
-// Forms count separately so directory failures can't lock out a local (recovery) account.
+// Failed logins per account and login form, so MMGIS stops before a directory locks the account.
+// Only wrong credentials count: a 401, or a 200 with res.locals.loginFailed. Forms count
+// separately so directory failures can't lock out a local (recovery) account.
+// Provider forms count from any address: the directory would lock the account at its own limit anyway.
+// The local form has no directory to protect, so it counts per address, with a ceiling 10x higher
+// across addresses; nobody can then lock a local SuperAdmin out with a handful of requests.
 // Counts are kept in each server process's memory.
+const failedLoginLimiter = (limit, keyGenerator) =>
+  rateLimit({
+    windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
+    limit,
+    keyGenerator,
+    skip: (req) => !(req.body && typeof req.body.username === 'string' && req.body.username.trim() !== ''),
+    skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
+    requestWasSuccessful: (req, res) => res.statusCode !== 401 && !res.locals.loginFailed,
+    message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Too many failed sign-ins for this account. Try again in 15 minutes.' },
+  });
 const accountLimiters = new Map();
 function accountLimiterFor(form) {
   if (!accountLimiters.has(form)) {
-    const limiter = rateLimit({
-      windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
-      limit: () => failedLoginLimit(),
-      keyGenerator: (req) => accountKey(req.body.username),
-      skip: (req) => !(req.body && typeof req.body.username === 'string' && req.body.username.trim() !== ''),
-      skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
-      requestWasSuccessful: (req, res) => res.statusCode !== 401 && !res.locals.loginFailed,
-      message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Too many failed sign-ins for this account. Try again in 15 minutes.' },
-    });
+    const byAccount = (req) => accountKey(req.body.username);
+    const limiters =
+      form === 'local'
+        ? [
+            failedLoginLimiter(() => 10 * failedLoginLimit(), byAccount),
+            failedLoginLimiter(() => failedLoginLimit(), (req) => `${byAccount(req)}|${req.ip}`),
+          ]
+        : [failedLoginLimiter(() => failedLoginLimit(), byAccount)];
     // Mounted on both /api/users/login and /api/auth/local/login, so count each request once
     const once = (req, res, next) => {
       if (req.accountLimited) return next();
       req.accountLimited = true;
-      return limiter(req, res, next);
+      return limiters[0](req, res, (err) => (err || !limiters[1] ? next(err) : limiters[1](req, res, next)));
     };
-    once.resetKey = limiter.resetKey;
+    once.resetKey = (key) => limiters.forEach((l) => l.resetKey(key));
     accountLimiters.set(form, once);
   }
   return accountLimiters.get(form);

From bead8a17166367fd9460034142ccaeb2e33ca485 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 02:52:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 022/122] Fix wave-3 relink, group-filter and login-message
 findings; document CA/password rotation

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                        | 13 +++++++++++++
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                       |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                       | 13 ++++++++++++-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                    | 11 +++++++++--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js  |  2 +-
 plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js    |  6 ++++--
 public/adminlogin.js                                |  4 +++-
 public/login.js                                     |  4 +++-
 public/loginForms.js                                |  7 ++++---
 .../Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js | 10 +++++++---
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js            |  6 ++++++
 11 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index ce637621f4..0b7f7ebe2e 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ function accountModels() {
         attributes: ["id"],
         raw: true,
       }),
+    // connect-pg-simple's session table has no model; Local's password reset ends sessions the same way
     endSessionsOf: (userId) =>
       sequelize.query(`DELETE FROM "session" WHERE sess->>'uid' = :uid`, { replacements: { uid: String(userId) } }),
   };
@@ -317,6 +318,18 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
   }
   const claimed = await claimRelink(identity, m);
   if (claimed) return claimed;
+  // A recreated directory entry with a new ID but the old name: the account it belonged to needs a relink
+  const sameName =
+    m.AuthIdentity.findAll &&
+    (await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({
+      where: { provider: identity.provider },
+      attributes: ["user_id", "username"],
+      raw: true,
+    })).find((l) => l.username && sameUsername(l.username, identity.username));
+  if (sameName)
+    throw new LinkError(
+      `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID; allow a relink on that account if this is the same person.`
+    );
   const taken = m.usernameTaken
     ? await m.usernameTaken(identity.username)
     : await m.User.findOne({ where: { username: identity.username }, attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 6be1d29f09..6174e8e32d 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Find groups by searching here instead of reading `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE`, e.g. `
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=`
 
-Filter for `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`; `{{dn}}` is the person's DN and `{{username}}` what they typed. posixGroup groups: `(memberUid={{username}})`. Active Directory with nested groups: `(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))` | string | default `(member={{dn}})`
+Filter for `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`; `{{dn}}` is the person's DN and `{{username}}` the person's `LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE` value (not what they typed, so `alice@corp` and `alice` get the same groups). posixGroup groups: `(memberUid={{username}})`. Active Directory with nested groups: `(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))` | string | default `(member={{dn}})`
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 7a4c77a8ed..29171480b7 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ MMGIS never stores directory passwords, but it does receive them when people sig
 - [What people see](#what-people-see)
 - [Groups and roles](#groups-and-roles)
 - [Accounts](#accounts)
+- [Rotating the service password or CA](#rotating-the-service-password-or-ca)
 - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
 
 ## What to ask your directory admins for
@@ -111,8 +112,17 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow this for a SuperAdmin account, the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
+- Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
+- A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)` comes from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Don't relink it: that would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled (Active Directory) or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled (Active Directory) or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+
+## Rotating the service password or CA
+
+MMGIS reads `LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` and `LDAP_TLS_CA` at startup, so a change in the directory first takes LDAP sign-in down until MMGIS is updated and restarted.
+
+- **CA certificate:** before the directory switches certificates, put both the old and the new CA in the `LDAP_TLS_CA` PEM file and restart. After the switch, remove the old one.
+- **Service password:** create a second service account (or, if the directory allows it, give the account a second password), set `LDAP_BIND_DN`/`LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` to it and restart, then retire the old one. If the old password is changed first, LDAP sign-ins fail with "<name> is unavailable" until MMGIS has the new one; the startup settings check and the server log say the bind was rejected.
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
@@ -124,6 +134,7 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 |---|---|
 | MMGIS refuses to start with an `LDAP_*` error | A required setting is missing or malformed; the message names it. |
 | "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected (MMGIS then waits 5 minutes before trying it again), a search base doesn't exist, or the entry had no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. The server log has the reason and the setting to check. |
+| "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and existing sessions keep the groups they had. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 64d77aa353..0cf7429410 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
       paged: { pageSize: 500 },
     }));
   } catch (err) {
-    if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError)
+    if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) err.tooManyGroups = true;
+    if (err.tooManyGroups)
       err.message = `${err.message}. The person is in more groups than the directory returns to the service account; raise its size limit or narrow LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER`;
     err.message = `Searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE for groups failed: ${err.message}`;
     throw err;
@@ -336,7 +337,8 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       subject,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : username,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
-      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, username),
+      // The directory's username, as at recheck, so group filters don't depend on how it was typed
+      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : username),
     };
   } finally {
     await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
@@ -518,6 +520,11 @@ module.exports = {
           return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} password has expired.` });
         }
         ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not reach or read the directory: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", req, err);
+        if (err.tooManyGroups)
+          return res.status(503).send({
+            status: "failure",
+            message: `MMGIS can't read all of your ${name} groups. Ask an administrator to raise the directory's size limit.`,
+          });
         return res.status(503).send({ status: "failure", message: `${name} is unavailable. Try again later.` });
       }
       // 401 so failed attempts count towards the rate limit
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 322e1d50f6..66ee2edd71 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
       expect(allowed.status).toBe('success');
       // Pinned to the directory entry that has the username now
       expect(allowed.body.dn).toBe(dn);
-      expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toMatchObject({ provider: 'ldap' });
+      expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toMatchObject({ provider: 'ldap', username, dn });
 
       expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username, password })).status()).toBe(200);
       const after = (await entries()).find((e) => e.username === username);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 2f13355be2..5be8788ff2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
       for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
         const [, provider, userId] = r.key.split(":");
         if (r.value && Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now())
-          relinks[userId] = { provider, expires_at: r.value.expires_at };
+          relinks[userId] = { provider, username: r.value.username, dn: r.value.dn, expires_at: r.value.expires_at };
       }
       const byUser = {};
       for (const b of userBindings)
@@ -395,7 +395,9 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     // A login of an entry already linked elsewhere goes to that account, so this claim would never happen
     if (target) {
       const other = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { provider, subject: target.subject }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true });
-      if (other && other.user_id !== id) {
+      if (other && other.user_id === id)
+        return fail(`'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`);
+      if (other) {
         const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true });
         return fail(`${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. Delete that account first if this one should take it over.`);
       }
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.js b/public/adminlogin.js
index 4d8af4da77..0eac78c92f 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.js
+++ b/public/adminlogin.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* global $, LoginForms */
 let setup = false;
 
 function login() {
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ function login() {
     error: function (xhr) {
       //error
       document.getElementById("msg").innerText = LoginForms.failed(
-        (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error."
+        (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.",
+          xhr && xhr.status
       );
       document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
     },
diff --git a/public/login.js b/public/login.js
index 2fd6a7a245..8b94f6489e 100644
--- a/public/login.js
+++ b/public/login.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* global $, LoginForms, allowSignup */
 let toggleState = "login";
 
 function login() {
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ function login() {
       error: function (xhr) {
         //error
         document.getElementById("msg").innerText = LoginForms.failed(
-          (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error."
+          (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.",
+          xhr && xhr.status
         );
         document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
       },
diff --git a/public/loginForms.js b/public/loginForms.js
index fe9e49053e..525dc275b2 100644
--- a/public/loginForms.js
+++ b/public/loginForms.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* global $ */
+/* exported LoginForms */
 // The provider switch above the username/password form on the login page and Configure
 // sign-in (views/mixins/loginForms.pug). Each .loginProvider button carries its provider's
 // wording; local accounts keep their own login code, other providers get a JSON POST.
@@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
     } catch (err) {}
   }
 
-  // A failed sign-in may just be the wrong account type
-  const failed = (message) =>
-    buttons().length > 1 ? `${message} Using a different account type? Choose it above.` : message;
+  // A wrong password may just be the wrong account type; other failures (status 409, 503) aren't
+  const failed = (message, status) =>
+    buttons().length > 1 && (!status || status === 401) ? `${message} Using a different account type? Choose it above.` : message;
 
   // Shows only the local account form, e.g. while creating the first administrator
   function onlyLocal() {
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index 6fc8a49c1f..fd92ab686e 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -429,9 +429,10 @@ var Login = {
         } catch (err) {}
     },
     // Shown in the modal, like the login page; a failure may just be the wrong account type
-    showError: function (message) {
+    // (status 409, 503 aren't a wrong account type)
+    showError: function (message, status) {
         const text =
-            (Login.loginForms || []).length > 1
+            (Login.loginForms || []).length > 1 && (!status || status === 401)
                 ? `${message} Using a different account type? Choose it above.`
                 : message
         $('#loginErrorMessage').stop(true).text(text).css('opacity', '1')
@@ -460,7 +461,10 @@ var Login = {
                 } else Login.showError((d && d.message) || 'Login failed.')
             },
             error: (xhr) => {
-                Login.showError((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || 'Login failed.')
+                Login.showError(
+                    (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || 'Login failed.',
+                    xhr && xhr.status
+                )
             },
         })
     },
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 5ddf43a0a5..8f88278e29 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'race', username: 'dora' }), m)).toMatchObject({ id: 100, username: 'dora' });
   });
 
+  test('a recreated entry with a new ID but the name of a linked account is refused, not given a new empty account', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels({ users: [{ id: 1, username: 'bob' }], links: [{ provider: 'keycloak', subject: 'old', username: 'Robert', user_id: 1 }] });
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'robert' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(/already signs in to account 1/);
+    expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   test('a relink is refused once expired, for another username, or for another provider', async () => {
     const past = new Date(Date.now() - 1000).toISOString();
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), relinkModels({ expires_at: past }))).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);

From 98841c044389819849a8860016bb90a726eeacf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 03:05:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 023/122] Pin relinks to the entry through renames, count
 pending SuperAdmin relinks, recheck AD expiry, show the account-type hint
 only after wrong passwords

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 18 ++++---
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  6 +--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 21 +++++++--
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  6 +++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 15 ++++++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  9 ++++
 public/adminlogin.js                          |  4 +-
 public/loginForms.js                          |  2 +-
 sample.env                                    |  2 +-
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       |  6 ++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 47 +++++++++++++++++++
 12 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 0b7f7ebe2e..aab453f3ee 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   });
   for (const r of rows) {
     const v = r.value;
-    if (!v || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now()) || !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
-    // Only the entry the admin was shown may claim it
-    if (v.subject && v.subject !== identity.subject) continue;
+    if (!v || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
+    // Only the entry the admin was shown may claim it, whatever it is called by now
+    if (v.subject ? v.subject !== identity.subject : !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
     return { key: r.key, userId: parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10), by: v.by };
   }
   return null;
@@ -378,14 +378,14 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
 }
 
 // Sets the user's membership of groups sourced from this provider to exactly
-// the groups the provider reported
+// the groups the provider reported; resolves whether anything changed
 async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
   const groups = await m.AuthGroup.findAll({
     where: { source: identity.provider },
     attributes: ["id", "external_name"],
     raw: true,
   });
-  if (groups.length === 0) return;
+  if (groups.length === 0) return false;
   const reported = new Set(identity.groups);
   const want = new Set(groups.filter((g) => reported.has(g.external_name)).map((g) => g.id));
   const have = new Set(
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
   if (add.length > 0)
     // ignoreDuplicates: two logins, or a login and a recheck, can sync the same person at once
     await m.AuthGroupMember.bulkCreate(add.map((group_id) => ({ group_id, user_id: userId })), { ignoreDuplicates: true });
+  return remove.length > 0 || add.length > 0;
 }
 
 const recheckMs = () => {
@@ -434,9 +435,12 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m) {
       return true;
     }
     if (found === undefined) return true;
+    // A relink during the lookup replaced the subject; that login already synced the new one
+    const now = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
+    if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return true;
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
-    await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
-    require("./principal").invalidate();
+    const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
+    if (changed || !identity) require("./principal").invalidate();
     if (!identity)
       logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has account ${userId} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`, "AuthProviders");
     return identity != null;
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 6174e8e32d..6f46955302 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes, `DOMAIN\` and `@domain`. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes, `DOMAIN\` and `@domain`. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 29171480b7..a282ca084a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. Names must match exactly, including case, so copy the DN from the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. Names must match exactly, including case, so copy the DN from the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
 
 ## Accounts
 
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow this for a SuperAdmin account, the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)` comes from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Don't relink it: that would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled (Active Directory) or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy, 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Rotating the service password or CA
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 0cf7429410..8de27c5ae5 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -125,10 +125,20 @@ function subjectFilter(c, subject) {
   return `(${a}=${escapeFilter(subject)})`;
 }
 
-// Active Directory's "account disabled" flag and OpenLDAP ppolicy's lock
-const STATE_ATTRIBUTES = ["userAccountControl", "pwdAccountLockedTime"];
+// Active Directory's "account disabled" flag and expiry, OpenLDAP ppolicy's lock, 389 DS / FreeIPA's lock
+const STATE_ATTRIBUTES = ["userAccountControl", "accountExpires", "pwdAccountLockedTime", "nsAccountLock"];
+// accountExpires counts 100 ns steps since 1601; 0 and 2^63-1 mean never
+const AD_EPOCH_OFFSET_MS = 11644473600000;
+function adExpired(entry) {
+  const v = String(values(entry, "accountExpires")[0] || "");
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(v) || v === "0" || v === "9223372036854775807") return false;
+  return Number(v) / 10000 - AD_EPOCH_OFFSET_MS < Date.now();
+}
 const accountDisabled = (entry) =>
-  (parseInt(values(entry, "userAccountControl")[0], 10) & 2) !== 0 || values(entry, "pwdAccountLockedTime").length > 0;
+  (parseInt(values(entry, "userAccountControl")[0], 10) & 2) !== 0 ||
+  values(entry, "pwdAccountLockedTime").length > 0 ||
+  values(entry, "nsAccountLock").some((v) => String(v).toLowerCase() === "true") ||
+  adExpired(entry);
 
 function userAttributes(c) {
   const attrs = [c.subjectAttribute, c.usernameAttribute, c.emailAttribute];
@@ -222,7 +232,7 @@ async function bindAs(client, dn, password) {
 async function bindService(client, c) {
   const key = `${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}`;
   const rejected = rejectedServiceAccounts.get(key);
-  // A changed LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is tried straight away
+  // Keyed on the password too, so a process whose settings change (tests) retries at once
   if (rejected && rejected.password === c.bindPassword && Date.now() - rejected.at < SERVICE_RETRY_MS)
     throw new Error("The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD; MMGIS retries it at most every 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.");
   const bind = await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
@@ -517,7 +527,8 @@ module.exports = {
       } catch (err) {
         if (err instanceof PasswordExpiredError) {
           ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: password expired.`, "Ldap", req);
-          return res.status(401).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} password has expired.` });
+          // 403, not 401: the password was right, so it doesn't count toward AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS
+          return res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} password has expired. Change it, then sign in again.` });
         }
         ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not reach or read the directory: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", req, err);
         if (err.tooManyGroups)
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index b47c2c72f0..674c1070be 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
     expect(await lookup('gone', c, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
     expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, userAccountControl: '514' }]))).toBeNull();
     expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, pwdAccountLockedTime: '000001010000Z' }]))).toBeNull(); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, nsAccountLock: 'TRUE' }]))).toBeNull();
+    // Active Directory accountExpires: 100 ns steps since 1601; 0 and 2^63-1 mean never
+    const filetime = (ms) => String((ms + 11644473600000) * 10000);
+    expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, accountExpires: filetime(Date.now() - 60000) }]))).toBeNull();
+    expect((await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, accountExpires: filetime(Date.now() + 60000) }]))).username).toBe('alice');
+    expect((await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, accountExpires: '9223372036854775807' }]))).username).toBe('alice');
     expect(await lookup('e1', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_DN: '' }), byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 66ee2edd71..fe5abb28b2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -178,6 +178,21 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  test('the sign-in form only suggests another account type after a wrong password', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(`${baseURL}/configure`);
+    const signIn = async (username, password) => {
+      await page.fill('#username', username);
+      await page.fill('#pwd', password);
+      await page.click('button.btn1');
+    };
+    await expect(page.locator('.loginProvider.active')).toHaveAttribute('data-id', 'ldap');
+    await signIn(clash.username, clash.password);
+    await expect(page.locator('#msg')).toContainText('Ask an administrator');
+    await expect(page.locator('#msg')).not.toContainText('different account type');
+    await signIn('ldap_nobody_ui', ['wrong', 'pw'].join('-'));
+    await expect(page.locator('#msg')).toContainText('different account type');
+  });
+
   test('an admin can let one directory login claim an existing local account', async () => {
     const username = `ldap_relink_${Date.now()}`;
     const password = ['relink', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 5be8788ff2..784e911603 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       const linked = new Set(
         (await AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { user_id: superAdmins }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true })).map((l) => l.user_id)
       );
+      // Another SuperAdmin's pending relink counts as linked, so two relinks can't move every one
+      for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
+        const u = parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10);
+        if (u !== id && r.value && Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now()) linked.add(u);
+      }
       const local = superAdmins.filter((u) => !linked.has(u));
       if (local.length === 1 && local[0] === id)
         return fail("This is the only SuperAdmin that signs in with an MMGIS password. Make another one first, so someone can still sign in if the login provider is down.");
@@ -402,6 +407,10 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         return fail(`${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. Delete that account first if this one should take it over.`);
       }
     }
+    if (target)
+      for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `relink:${provider}:%` } }, raw: true }))
+        if (r.key !== key && r.value && r.value.subject === target.subject && Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now())
+          return fail(`Another account is already waiting for ${target.dn}. Cancel that relink first.`);
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
     await AuthMeta.upsert({
       key,
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.js b/public/adminlogin.js
index 0eac78c92f..ee18ee3179 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.js
+++ b/public/adminlogin.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* global $, LoginForms */
+/* global $, LoginForms */
 let setup = false;
 
 function login() {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function login() {
       //error
       document.getElementById("msg").innerText = LoginForms.failed(
         (xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.",
-          xhr && xhr.status
+        xhr && xhr.status
       );
       document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
     },
diff --git a/public/loginForms.js b/public/loginForms.js
index 525dc275b2..6c330961a1 100644
--- a/public/loginForms.js
+++ b/public/loginForms.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
         } else done(failed((data && data.message) || "Login failed."));
       },
       error: function (xhr) {
-        done(failed((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error."));
+        done(failed((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.", xhr && xhr.status));
       },
     });
   }
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 45b54fa38c..55450c2eeb 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=5
 #   against the directory, so removed people and groups lose access (default 15; 0 turns it off).
 AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=15
 
-# SETUP_CODE - optional. While no accounts exist, creating the first (SuperAdmin) account
+# SETUP_CODE - optional. While the site has no SuperAdmin, creating the first SuperAdmin account
 #  requires a one-time setup code. By default a random code is printed in the server log
 #  on start; set this to choose the code yourself (scripted installs, multiple replicas).
 SETUP_CODE=
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index 77ec58979a..213b248f9a 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ const accountKey = (username) =>
 // Failed logins per account and login form, so MMGIS stops before a directory locks the account.
 // Only wrong credentials count: a 401, or a 200 with res.locals.loginFailed. Forms count
 // separately so directory failures can't lock out a local (recovery) account.
-// Provider forms count from any address: the directory would lock the account at its own limit anyway.
+// Provider forms count from any address, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the account
+// everywhere; deliberately, that lets someone who knows a username keep it off that form for a while.
 // The local form has no directory to protect, so it counts per address, with a ceiling 10x higher
 // across addresses; nobody can then lock a local SuperAdmin out with a handful of requests.
 // Counts are kept in each server process's memory.
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ function accountLimiterFor(form) {
 }
 const accountLimiter = accountLimiterFor('local');
 
-// Clears an account's failed logins on every form, e.g. once an admin fixed why it was refused
+// Clears an account's failed logins on every provider form and the local per-account ceiling
+// (not local per-address counts), e.g. once an admin fixed why it was refused
 function resetFailedLogins(username) {
   accountLimiters.forEach((l) => l.resetKey(accountKey(username)));
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 8f88278e29..d261c801a9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -276,6 +276,13 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
+  test('a relink pinned to an entry is claimed by that entry even after it was renamed', async () => {
+    const m = relinkModels({ subject: 'new' });
+    expect((await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol2' }), m)).id).toBe(1);
+    const other = relinkModels({ subject: 'new' });
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'look-alike', username: 'carol' }), other)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+  });
+
   test('a relink is refused once expired, for another username, or for another provider', async () => {
     const past = new Date(Date.now() - 1000).toISOString();
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), relinkModels({ expires_at: past }))).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
@@ -480,3 +487,43 @@ test.describe('identify', () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
+  let ldap, lookup;
+  test.beforeAll(() => {
+    providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT);
+    ldap = providers.getProvider('ldap').impl;
+    lookup = ldap.lookup;
+  });
+  test.afterAll(() => (ldap.lookup = lookup));
+  const models = (userId) =>
+    fakeModels({
+      groups: [{ id: 1, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' }],
+      members: [{ group_id: 1, user_id: userId }],
+      links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old', user_id: userId }],
+    });
+
+  test('a directory that cannot be reached keeps access and groups', async () => {
+    const m = models(9001);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('down'); };
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9001, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  test('an entry the directory no longer has loses access and its provider groups', async () => {
+    const m = models(9002);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9002, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('a relink during the lookup is not undone by the old subject coming back empty', async () => {
+    const m = models(9003);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => {
+      m.AuthIdentity.rows[0] = { ...m.AuthIdentity.rows[0], subject: 'new' };
+      return null;
+    };
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9003, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});

From 387e6a16bc47ee58a26f27daf85d879b86309806 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 03:16:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 024/122] Show accounts whose directory entry is gone, save
 LDAP group DNs in the reported form, default relink to the provider username

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  9 +++++++--
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js     |  6 +++++-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  1 +
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  6 +++---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  2 ++
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  |  3 ++-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 10 +++++++++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 11 ++++++++++
 9 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index aab453f3ee..0f477b3736 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -223,6 +223,15 @@ const inTransaction = (m, fn) => (m.transaction ? m.transaction(fn) : fn(undefin
 // { username (at the provider), subject (when the provider could look it up), expires_at, by }.
 const RELINK_HOURS = 24;
 const relinkKey = (provider, userId) => `relink:${provider}:${userId}`;
+// Set while a recheck finds the account's entry gone, so admins can tell leavers from active people
+const missingKey = (provider, userId) => `missing:${provider}:${userId}`;
+async function markMissing(m, provider, userId, gone, subject) {
+  if (!m.AuthMeta) return;
+  const key = missingKey(provider, userId);
+  if (!gone) return m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } });
+  if (!(await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true })))
+    await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value: { since: new Date().toISOString(), subject } });
+}
 const sameUsername = (a, b) =>
   String(a).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase() === String(b).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase();
 
@@ -251,6 +260,7 @@ async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
   const claimed = await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
     // Single use, even when two logins race for it
     if (!(await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: claim.key }, transaction }))) return false;
+    await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: missingKey(identity.provider, user.id) }, transaction });
     await m.AuthIdentity.destroy({ where: { user_id: user.id, provider: identity.provider }, transaction });
     await m.AuthIdentity.create(
       {
@@ -280,6 +290,12 @@ async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
   return user;
 }
 
+// A provider group's external name as the provider reports it, e.g. a DN in LDAP's canonical form
+function groupName(providerId, name) {
+  const p = getProvider(providerId);
+  return p && typeof p.impl.groupName === "function" && typeof name === "string" ? p.impl.groupName(name) : name;
+}
+
 // The provider's entry for a username, so an admin can see who a relink would go to:
 // { subject, dn } or null when the provider has none, undefined when it can't look people up
 async function relinkTarget(providerId, username) {
@@ -306,6 +322,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
         { username: identity.username, last_login_at: new Date() },
         { where: { provider: identity.provider, subject: identity.subject } }
       );
+      await markMissing(m, identity.provider, user.id, false);
       // Drawings and other content are keyed by username, so a rename at the provider isn't copied
       if (identity.username !== user.username)
         logger(
@@ -440,6 +457,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m) {
     if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return true;
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
+    await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject);
     if (changed || !identity) require("./principal").invalidate();
     if (!identity)
       logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has account ${userId} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`, "AuthProviders");
@@ -621,6 +639,8 @@ module.exports = {
   linkIdentity,
   RELINK_HOURS,
   relinkKey,
+  missingKey,
+  groupName,
   relinkTarget,
   sameUsername,
   syncGroups,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 5bc0de0ee2..b352d40400 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const relinkProviders = String(window.mmgisglobal.AUTH_PROVIDERS || "").split(",").filter((p) => p && p !== "local");
   const [relinkName, setRelinkName] = useState("");
   useEffect(() => setRelinkName(""), [user.id]);
-  const relinkAs = relinkName.trim() || user.username;
+  const providerLogin = (user.sign_ins || []).find((l) => relinkProviders.includes(l.provider));
+  const relinkAs = relinkName.trim() || (providerLogin && providerLogin.username) || user.username;
   const relink = (provider, cancel = false) =>
     api(cancel ? "account_cancel_relink" : "account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, username: relinkAs })
       .then((res) => {
@@ -79,7 +80,11 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const askRelink = (p) =>
     ctx.askConfirm({
       title: `Allow ${p.toUpperCase()} relink?`,
-      text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.`,
+      text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
+        providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_since
+          ? ` Its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled on ${new Date(providerLogin.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
+          : ""
+      }`,
       action: "Allow",
       onConfirm: () => relink(p),
     });
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index a529eb0ad0..3162f38e93 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -641,7 +641,11 @@ export const PEOPLE_COLUMNS = [
 export const signInText = (u) =>
   (u.sign_ins || []).length
     ? u.sign_ins
-        .map((l) => (l.username && l.username !== u.username ? `${l.provider} (as ${l.username})` : l.provider))
+        .map(
+          (l) =>
+            (l.username && l.username !== u.username ? `${l.provider} (as ${l.username})` : l.provider) +
+            (l.missing_since ? ` (not found in ${l.provider} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()})` : "")
+        )
         .join(", ")
     : "MMGIS account";
 export const lastProviderLogin = (u) =>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 5ac7789010..865b7e67f8 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds, the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
+- `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly.
 - `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index a282ca084a..c4532c3edf 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. Names must match exactly, including case, so copy the DN from the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
 
 ## Accounts
 
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
-- A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)` comes from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Don't relink it: that would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
+- A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy, 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy, 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Rotating the service password or CA
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 8de27c5ae5..e10f5de275 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ module.exports = {
     const c = config(env);
     return { title: c.displayName, usernameLabel: c.usernameLabel, hint: c.hint };
   },
+  // Group DNs are matched in the form groupsOf reports them
+  groupName: (name) => (!config().groupNameAttribute && name.includes("=") ? normalizeDn(name.trim()) : name),
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
   findSubject: (username) => findSubject(username),
   validate,
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index dddca9a339..767a00fdd3 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
       name,
       description: req.body.description || null,
       source,
-      external_name: source !== "local" ? req.body.external_name || name : null,
+      external_name: source !== "local" ? providers.groupName(source, req.body.external_name || name) : null,
     });
     invalidate();
     res.send({ status: "success", body: group });
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ router.post("/groups/update", manage, async (req, res) => {
     ["name", "description", "external_name"].forEach((k) => {
       if (req.body[k] !== undefined) set[k] = req.body[k];
     });
+    if (set.external_name != null && group.source !== "local") set.external_name = providers.groupName(group.source, set.external_name);
     // Pointing a provider group elsewhere grants its roles to new people
     if (set.external_name !== undefined && set.external_name !== group.external_name)
       await assertHoldsGroupRoles(await ensurePrincipal(req), group.id);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 784e911603..4ff37d4a77 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
           username: l.username,
           last_login_at: l.last_login_at,
         });
+      const missing = {};
+      for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "missing:%" } }, raw: true }))
+        missing[r.key.slice("missing:".length)] = r.value && r.value.since;
+      for (const [userId, list] of Object.entries(signIns))
+        list.forEach((l) => (l.missing_since = missing[`${l.provider}:${userId}`] || null));
       const relinks = {};
       for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
         const [, provider, userId] = r.key.split(":");
@@ -131,7 +136,10 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       });
       // A user's tokens act with that user's authority, so they go with the account
       await LongTermTokens.destroy({ where: { created_by_user_id: id }, transaction });
-      await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `relink:%:${id}` } }, transaction });
+      await AuthMeta.destroy({
+        where: { [Op.or]: [{ key: { [Op.like]: `relink:%:${id}` } }, { key: { [Op.like]: `missing:%:${id}` } }] },
+        transaction,
+      });
       // Its connections go with it (cascade); read them first to revoke them at each service
       grants = await connections.accountGrants(id, { transaction }).catch(() => []);
       // Inside the lock, so a SuperAdmin grant can't be added for the account meanwhile
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index d261c801a9..66faa258b5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -515,6 +515,17 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     ldap.lookup = async () => null;
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9002, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
     expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toEqual([]);
+    // Shown in People until the entry is back
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toMatchObject([{ key: 'missing:ldap:9002', value: { since: expect.any(String), subject: 'old' } }]);
+    m.User.rows.push({ id: 9002, username: 'back' });
+    await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'old', username: 'back' }), m);
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('LDAP group DNs typed in another case or spacing are saved in the form LDAP reports', () => {
+    expect(providers.groupName('ldap', 'CN=Ops, OU=Groups,DC=Example,DC=org')).toBe('cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org');
+    expect(providers.groupName('ldap', 'Science Team')).toBe('Science Team');
+    expect(providers.groupName('local', 'CN=Ops')).toBe('CN=Ops');
   });
 
   test('a relink during the lookup is not undone by the old subject coming back empty', async () => {

From 41cbc33cc0157ae2b370eac61ad0d96bdb9ccca5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 03:32:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 025/122] Refuse the reserved 'group' username for provider
 accounts, record directory renames at recheck, match escaped group DNs,
 refuse over-long subjects cleanly

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 16 ++++++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  5 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 47 ++++++++++++-------
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  7 ++-
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             |  3 +-
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  |  6 ++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 24 ++++++++++
 7 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 0f477b3736..794233a3fb 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ async function identify(req) {
 ////// Accounts for session-based (redirect) providers
 
 // err.message has the details for the server log; providers show users only err.userMessage
+// Draw keeps group-shared and master files under the owner "group"
+const reservedUsername = (name) => String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim().toLowerCase() === "group";
+
 class LinkError extends Error {
   constructor(message) {
     super(message);
@@ -347,6 +350,11 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     throw new LinkError(
       `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID; allow a relink on that account if this is the same person.`
     );
+  // MMGIS stores both in 255-character columns
+  if (identity.subject.length > 255 || identity.username.length > 255)
+    throw new LinkError(`The ${identity.subject.length > 255 ? "subject" : "username"} is longer than the 255 characters MMGIS can store.`);
+  if (reservedUsername(identity.username))
+    throw new LinkError(`The username '${identity.username}' is reserved in MMGIS.`);
   const taken = m.usernameTaken
     ? await m.usernameTaken(identity.username)
     : await m.User.findOne({ where: { username: identity.username }, attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
@@ -357,7 +365,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
   // Random password: the account can only be used through its provider
   const fields = { username: identity.username, password: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex") };
   // Email is optional and unique, so one already in use is left off
-  if (identity.email) {
+  if (identity.email && identity.email.length <= 255) {
     const emailTaken = await m.User.findOne({
       where: { email: identity.email },
       attributes: ["id"],
@@ -458,6 +466,11 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m) {
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
     await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject);
+    // So People shows a rename before the person's next login, and a newcomer with the old name isn't mistaken for them
+    if (identity && identity.username && identity.username !== now.username) {
+      await m.AuthIdentity.update({ username: identity.username }, { where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId, subject: link.subject } });
+      logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}': account ${userId} is now '${identity.username}' there (was '${now.username}').`, "AuthProviders");
+    }
     if (changed || !identity) require("./principal").invalidate();
     if (!identity)
       logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has account ${userId} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`, "AuthProviders");
@@ -636,6 +649,7 @@ module.exports = {
   normalizeIdentity,
   identify,
   LinkError,
+  reservedUsername,
   linkIdentity,
   RELINK_HOURS,
   relinkKey,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index c4532c3edf..cc9a70269b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -101,12 +101,13 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
 
 ## Accounts
 
-- The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account.
+- The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account. MMGIS stores subjects and usernames in up to 255 characters, so with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn` someone whose DN is longer is refused (see the server log); keep the default `entryUUID` / `objectGUID` for deep OU trees.
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
+- The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index e10f5de275..a936cde99b 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const { Client, InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectErr
 
 const setting = (v, fallback = "") => (v != null && String(v).trim() !== "" ? String(v).trim() : fallback);
 const isTrue = (v) => String(v).trim().toLowerCase() === "true";
-const MAX_USERNAME = 256;
+const MAX_USERNAME = 255;
 
 function config(env = process.env) {
   const timeout = Number(setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS, "5000"));
@@ -63,25 +63,40 @@ const fill = (template, values) =>
   template.replace(/\{\{(username|dn)\}\}/g, (m, key) => (values[key] != null ? values[key] : m));
 
 // "CN=Science Team, OU=Groups,DC=corp" -> "cn=science team,ou=groups,dc=corp", so one group always
-// reads the same however the directory spaces or capitalizes it
+// reads the same however the directory spaces, capitalizes or escapes it (\, and \2c alike)
 function normalizeDn(dn) {
-  const rdns = [];
-  let cur = "";
   const s = String(dn);
+  const rdns = [];
+  let avas = [];
+  let type = null;
+  let bytes = [];
+  const text = (str) => bytes.push(...Buffer.from(str, "utf8"));
+  const endAva = () => {
+    const value = Buffer.from(bytes).toString("utf8").trim().toLowerCase();
+    avas.push(type == null ? value : `${type.trim().toLowerCase()}=${value.replace(/[\\,+"<>;]/g, "\\$&").replace(/^[ #]/, "\\$&")}`);
+    type = null;
+    bytes = [];
+  };
   for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
-    if (s[i] === "\\") {
-      cur += s.slice(i, i + 2);
-      i++;
-    } else if (s[i] === ",") {
-      rdns.push(cur);
-      cur = "";
-    } else cur += s[i];
+    const ch = s[i];
+    if (ch === "\\" && /^[0-9a-fA-F]{2}$/.test(s.slice(i + 1, i + 3))) {
+      bytes.push(parseInt(s.slice(i + 1, i + 3), 16));
+      i += 2;
+    } else if (ch === "\\" && i + 1 < s.length) text(s[++i]);
+    else if (ch === "=" && type == null) {
+      type = Buffer.from(bytes).toString("utf8");
+      bytes = [];
+    } else if (ch === "+" || ch === ",") {
+      endAva();
+      if (ch === ",") {
+        rdns.push(avas.join("+"));
+        avas = [];
+      }
+    } else text(ch);
   }
-  rdns.push(cur);
-  return rdns
-    .map((r) => r.trim().replace(/^([^=]*?)\s*=\s*/, "$1="))
-    .join(",")
-    .toLowerCase();
+  endAva();
+  rdns.push(avas.join("+"));
+  return rdns.join(",");
 }
 
 ////// Directory entries
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 674c1070be..2fdd4652a8 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
   test('group DNs are compared lowercased and without spaces, so same-named groups in different OUs stay apart', () => {
     expect(normalizeDn('CN=Science Team, OU=Groups ,DC=corp')).toBe('cn=science team,ou=groups,dc=corp');
     expect(normalizeDn('cn = a\\,b,dc=x')).toBe('cn=a\\,b,dc=x');
+    // Directories return hex escapes (\2c); admins copy \, from their tools
+    expect(normalizeDn('cn=Weird\\2c Group\\2bx,dc=x')).toBe(normalizeDn('CN=Weird\\, Group\\+x, DC=x'));
+    expect(normalizeDn('cn=Weird\\2c Group\\2bx,dc=x')).toBe('cn=weird\\, group\\+x,dc=x');
+    expect(normalizeDn('cn=Gr\\c3\\bcne,dc=x')).toBe('cn=grüne,dc=x');
+    expect(normalizeDn('cn=a+uid=B,dc=x')).toBe('cn=a+uid=b,dc=x');
     expect(normalizeDn('cn=admins,ou=a,dc=x')).not.toBe(normalizeDn('cn=admins,ou=b,dc=x'));
   });
 
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   test('search mode: service account finds the person, their password is checked by binding as them', async () => {
     const log = [];
     const id = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log));
-    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=ops\\2c east,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'] });
+    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=ops\\, east,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'] });
     expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`, `search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=alice)`, `bind ${alice.dn}`, 'unbind']);
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 8455a02735..d7c80eb275 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ router.post("/signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-s
     return;
   }
 
-  // Draw keeps group-shared and master files under the owner "group"
-  if (String(req.body.username).trim().toLowerCase() === "group") {
+  if (providers.reservedUsername(req.body.username)) {
     res.send({
       status: "failure",
       message: "That username is reserved.",
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 767a00fdd3..16935aa82b 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -100,11 +100,13 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
       providers.availableProviders().includes(req.body.source)
         ? req.body.source
         : "local";
+    const external = source !== "local" ? providers.groupName(source, req.body.external_name || name) : null;
+    if (external && external.length > 255) throw new bindings.BindingError("The provider group name can be at most 255 characters.");
     const group = await AuthGroup.create({
       name,
       description: req.body.description || null,
       source,
-      external_name: source !== "local" ? providers.groupName(source, req.body.external_name || name) : null,
+      external_name: external,
     });
     invalidate();
     res.send({ status: "success", body: group });
@@ -132,6 +134,8 @@ router.post("/groups/update", manage, async (req, res) => {
       if (req.body[k] !== undefined) set[k] = req.body[k];
     });
     if (set.external_name != null && group.source !== "local") set.external_name = providers.groupName(group.source, set.external_name);
+    if (set.external_name != null && String(set.external_name).length > 255)
+      throw new bindings.BindingError("The provider group name can be at most 255 characters.");
     // Pointing a provider group elsewhere grants its roles to new people
     if (set.external_name !== undefined && set.external_name !== group.external_name)
       await assertHoldsGroupRoles(await ensurePrincipal(req), group.id);
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 66faa258b5..2a47834e6c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -308,6 +308,21 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0]).toMatchObject({ username: 'renamed', last_login_at: expect.any(Date) });
   });
 
+  test('a subject or username longer than MMGIS can store is refused, not a server error', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels();
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'x'.repeat(256), username: 'long' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 's', username: 'u'.repeat(256) }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+    expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  test("never creates an account named 'group', which Draw uses for shared files", async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels();
+    for (const username of ['group', ' Group ', 'ＧＲＯＵＰ'])
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: `s-${username}`, username }), m)).rejects.toThrow(/reserved/);
+    expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   test('never takes over an existing account with the same username', async () => {
     const existing = { id: 1, username: 'admin', password: '$2a$10$unchangedhash' };
     const m = fakeModels({ users: [existing] });
@@ -522,6 +537,15 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  test('a rename in the directory is recorded at the recheck, before the next login', async () => {
+    const m = models(9004);
+    m.AuthIdentity.rows[0] = { ...m.AuthIdentity.rows[0], username: 'alice' };
+    ldap.lookup = async () => ({ username: 'alice_r', groups: ['cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9004, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0]).toMatchObject({ subject: 'old', username: 'alice_r' });
+    expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   test('LDAP group DNs typed in another case or spacing are saved in the form LDAP reports', () => {
     expect(providers.groupName('ldap', 'CN=Ops, OU=Groups,DC=Example,DC=org')).toBe('cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org');
     expect(providers.groupName('ldap', 'Science Team')).toBe('Science Team');

From 11a4f287af461d42ec0dca2f6b41d35e020b8798 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 03:44:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 026/122] Flag relinks pinned to an entry from before a
 directory change, check every linked account from People, one group per line
 in Check a provider user

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 55 +++++++++++++++++--
 configure/src/core/calls.js                   |  4 ++
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js |  4 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js  | 18 +++++-
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  7 ++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +-
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  |  7 ++-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 14 ++++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 23 +++++++-
 9 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 794233a3fb..53de3a987f 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -254,10 +254,37 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   return null;
 }
 
+// A relink pinned to an entry, while the same username now signs in from another one (the directory was
+// rebuilt after the relink was allowed): flag it, so People and the log say to allow it again
+async function flagStaleClaims(identity, m) {
+  if (!m.AuthMeta || !m.AuthMeta.update) return;
+  const rows = await m.AuthMeta.findAll({
+    where: { key: { [Op.like]: `relink:${identity.provider}:%` } },
+    raw: true,
+  });
+  for (const r of rows) {
+    const v = r.value;
+    if (!v || !v.subject || v.subject === identity.subject || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
+    if (!sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
+    await m.AuthMeta.update(
+      { value: { ...v, stale: { subject: identity.subject, at: new Date().toISOString() } } },
+      { where: { key: r.key } }
+    );
+    logger(
+      "warn",
+      `The ${identity.provider} relink for account ${r.key.split(":").pop()} is pinned to ${v.dn || `subject '${v.subject}'`}, but '${identity.username}' now signs in as subject '${identity.subject}'. If the directory changed since the relink was allowed, allow it again.`,
+      "AuthProviders"
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 // The account this login takes over through a pending relink, or null
 async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
   const claim = await findClaim(identity, m);
-  if (!claim) return null;
+  if (!claim) {
+    await flagStaleClaims(identity, m);
+    return null;
+  }
   const user = await m.User.findOne({ where: { id: claim.userId }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
   if (!user) return null;
   const claimed = await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
@@ -441,13 +468,13 @@ const rechecks = new Map();
 // Re-reads a provider-linked account through the provider's lookup(subject) at most every
 // AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES, so directory changes reach existing sessions and tokens. Resolves false
 // once the provider says the account is gone; keeps access when the provider can't be reached.
-function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m) {
+function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false) {
   const p = getProvider(providerId);
   const ms = recheckMs();
-  if (ms === 0 || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(true);
+  if ((ms === 0 && !force) || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(true);
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
-  if (hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) return hit.result;
+  if (!force && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) return hit.result;
   const result = (async () => {
     m = m || accountModels();
     const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
@@ -483,6 +510,25 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m) {
   return result;
 }
 
+// Rechecks every provider-linked account now, including ones nobody has used since a directory change,
+// so People shows which entries are gone
+async function recheckLinked(m = accountModels()) {
+  const links = (await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ attributes: ["user_id", "provider"], raw: true })).filter((l) => {
+    const p = getProvider(l.provider);
+    return p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function";
+  });
+  let next = 0;
+  let missing = 0;
+  const worker = async () => {
+    while (next < links.length) {
+      const l = links[next++];
+      if (!(await stillLinked(l.user_id, l.provider, m, true))) missing++;
+    }
+  };
+  await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(8, links.length) }, worker));
+  return { checked: links.length, missing };
+}
+
 // The legacy lead group (LEADS) a login response reports, as a page reload does
 function leadGroups(username, leadGroupName) {
   const leads = process.env.LEADS ? JSON.parse(process.env.LEADS) : [];
@@ -659,6 +705,7 @@ module.exports = {
   sameUsername,
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
+  recheckLinked,
   completeLogin,
   leadGroups,
   returnTo,
diff --git a/configure/src/core/calls.js b/configure/src/core/calls.js
index 7d03652627..2e77b3b3e2 100644
--- a/configure/src/core/calls.js
+++ b/configure/src/core/calls.js
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ const c = {
     type: "POST",
     url: "api/accounts/cancelRelink",
   },
+  account_recheck_linked: {
+    type: "POST",
+    url: "api/accounts/recheckLinked",
+  },
   account_reset_password_link: {
     type: "POST",
     url: "api/accounts/generateResetPasswordLink",
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index ef9ed4ccb2..71552fcea0 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
       <DialogTitle>Check a provider user</DialogTitle>
       <DialogContent>
         <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 12 }}>
-          Enter a username and the group names their login provider sends, separated by commas, to see the access they would get.
+          Enter a username and the group names their login provider sends, one per line (LDAP group DNs as they are), to see the access they would get.
         </div>
         <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, marginBottom: 12 }}>
           <Select size="small" value={provider} onChange={(e) => setProvider(e.target.value)}>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
           </Select>
           <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} placeholder="Username" value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} />
         </div>
-        <TextField size="small" fullWidth placeholder="Groups, e.g. science-team, ops" value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && username.trim()) check(); }} />
+        <TextField size="small" fullWidth multiline minRows={2} placeholder={"Groups, one per line, e.g.\ncn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org"} value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && username.trim()) check(); }} />
         {error && <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#a8572e", marginTop: 12 }}>{error}</div>}
         {result && (
           <div style={{ marginTop: 16, fontSize: 14, lineHeight: "22px" }}>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 597cdd9958..1918e67dca 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -13,12 +13,21 @@ import TablePagination from "@mui/material/TablePagination";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import SearchIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Search";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { SubjectTag, indexBindings, summarizeUser, PEOPLE_COLUMNS, dateText, signInText, lastProviderLogin, SiteRoleBadges, MissionList, rowActivate } from "./shared";
+import { api, SubjectTag, indexBindings, summarizeUser, PEOPLE_COLUMNS, dateText, signInText, lastProviderLogin, SiteRoleBadges, MissionList, rowActivate } from "./shared";
 import { useRemembered, useOnChange } from "./hooks";
 
 // Every account, with its site role and what it can view and edit
 export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
-  const { roles, users, groups, bindings, dispatch, setPanel, remember } = ctx;
+  const { roles, users, groups, bindings, dispatch, setPanel, remember, notify, refresh } = ctx;
+  const linkedProviders = String(window.mmgisglobal.AUTH_PROVIDERS || "").split(",").filter((p) => p && p !== "local");
+  const recheckLinked = () =>
+    api("account_recheck_linked", {})
+      .then((res) => {
+        const r = (res && res.body) || {};
+        notify(`Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.`, r.missing ? "warning" : "success");
+        refresh();
+      })
+      .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to check the linked accounts.", "error"));
   const c = useStyles();
   const [search, setSearch] = useRemembered(remember, "peopleSearch", "");
   const [peopleSort, setPeopleSort] = useRemembered(remember, "peopleSort", { by: "username", dir: "asc" });
@@ -54,6 +63,11 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
               />
               <span className={c.barHint}>Every account, its site role and what it can view and edit. Click a row for details.</span>
               <span className={c.grow} />
+              {linkedProviders.length > 0 && (
+                <Button variant="outlined" className={c.barButton} onClick={recheckLinked} title="Ask the login providers about every linked account now, e.g. after a directory migration">
+                  Check linked accounts
+                </Button>
+              )}
               <Button variant="contained" disableElevation className={c.barButton} startIcon={<AddIcon />} onClick={() => dispatch(setModal({ name: "newUser" }))}>New user</Button>
             </div>
             <Table size="small" className={c.table} stickyHeader>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index b352d40400..485abdf194 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
                 <Typography variant="body2">
                   The next {user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} login as '{user.relink.username || user.username}'{user.relink.dn ? ` (${user.relink.dn})` : ""} can claim this account until {new Date(user.relink.expires_at).toLocaleString()}.
                 </Typography>
+                {user.relink.stale && (
+                  <Typography variant="body2" style={{ color: "#a8572e" }}>
+                    On {new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, '{user.relink.username || user.username}' signed in from a different {user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry, so this relink won't take effect. If the directory changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again.
+                  </Typography>
+                )}
                 <Button size="small" onClick={() => relink(user.relink.provider, true)}>Cancel relink</Button>
               </>
             ) : (
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
               <TextField
                 size="small"
                 label="Username at the provider"
-                placeholder={user.username}
+                placeholder={(providerLogin && providerLogin.username) || user.username}
                 value={relinkName}
                 onChange={(e) => setRelinkName(e.target.value)}
               />
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index cc9a70269b..ea51cc3e6e 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
 
 ## Accounts
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in.
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out.
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 16935aa82b..97e2ed4bec 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -233,10 +233,13 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
       ? await externalPrincipal({
           provider: String(req.query.provider),
           username: String(req.query.username || ""),
+          // One group per line; a line with "=" is one DN, other lines may list names separated by commas
           groups: String(req.query.groups || "")
-            .split(",")
+            .split(/[\n;]/)
+            .flatMap((line) => (line.includes("=") ? [line] : line.split(",")))
             .map((g) => g.trim())
-            .filter((g) => g),
+            .filter((g) => g)
+            .map((g) => providers.groupName(String(req.query.provider), g)),
         })
       : await userPrincipal(parseInt(req.query.user_id));
     if (!principal) throw new bindings.BindingError("User not found.");
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 4ff37d4a77..8fdaea70b8 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
       for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
         const [, provider, userId] = r.key.split(":");
         if (r.value && Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now())
-          relinks[userId] = { provider, username: r.value.username, dn: r.value.dn, expires_at: r.value.expires_at };
+          relinks[userId] = { provider, username: r.value.username, dn: r.value.dn, expires_at: r.value.expires_at, stale: r.value.stale || null };
       }
       const byUser = {};
       for (const b of userBindings)
@@ -440,6 +440,18 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
   }
 });
 
+// Asks each login provider about every account linked to it, e.g. after a directory migration
+router.post("/recheckLinked", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async function (req, res) {
+  try {
+    const result = await providers.recheckLinked();
+    logger("info", `Rechecked ${result.checked} provider-linked accounts; ${result.missing} not found.`, "accounts", req);
+    res.send({ status: "success", body: result });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger("error", "Failed to recheck provider-linked accounts.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to check the linked accounts." });
+  }
+});
+
 router.post("/generateResetPasswordLink", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, next) {
   // A reset link can sign in as its account, so it needs more than a token's scopes
   if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token") {
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 2a47834e6c..c06c33b76d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function fakeModels({ users = [], links = [], groups = [], members = [], meta =
   const table = (rows) => ({
     rows,
     findOne: async ({ where }) => rows.find((r) => match(r, where)) || null,
-    findAll: async ({ where }) => rows.filter((r) => match(r, where)),
+    findAll: async ({ where } = {}) => rows.filter((r) => !where || match(r, where)),
     create: async (r) => { const row = { id: rows.length + 100, ...r }; rows.push(row); return row; },
     bulkCreate: async (list) => list.forEach((r) => rows.push(r)),
     update: async (fields, { where }) => rows.filter((r) => match(r, where)).forEach((r) => Object.assign(r, fields)),
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
+  test('a relink pinned to an entry the same username no longer signs in from is flagged as stale', async () => {
+    const m = relinkModels({ subject: 'before-rebuild' });
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'after-rebuild', username: 'carol' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows[0].value).toMatchObject({ subject: 'before-rebuild', stale: { subject: 'after-rebuild', at: expect.any(String) } });
+  });
+
   test('a relink pinned to an entry is claimed by that entry even after it was renamed', async () => {
     const m = relinkModels({ subject: 'new' });
     expect((await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol2' }), m)).id).toBe(1);
@@ -518,6 +524,21 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
       links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old', user_id: userId }],
     });
 
+  test('checking every linked account asks the directory now, even about accounts checked a moment ago', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels({
+      links: [
+        { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9010 },
+        { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9011 },
+        { provider: 'local-only', subject: 'x', user_id: 9012 },
+      ],
+    });
+    ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9011, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    m.AuthMeta.rows.length = 0;
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 1 });
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:ldap:9011']);
+  });
+
   test('a directory that cannot be reached keeps access and groups', async () => {
     const m = models(9001);
     ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('down'); };

From 861fd1a71a34449f4065ba5a11f1467f6f143fa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 03:51:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 027/122] Don't suggest a relink when a reused name's old entry
 still exists; warn when LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE has no effect

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 24 +++++++++++++++----
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  7 +++++-
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  2 ++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 11 +++++++++
 6 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 53de3a987f..2034948284 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -370,13 +370,23 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     m.AuthIdentity.findAll &&
     (await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({
       where: { provider: identity.provider },
-      attributes: ["user_id", "username"],
+      attributes: ["user_id", "username", "subject"],
       raw: true,
     })).find((l) => l.username && sameUsername(l.username, identity.username));
-  if (sameName)
+  if (sameName) {
+    // If that account's own entry is still there, the name was handed to someone new: a relink would give them the account
+    const p = getProvider(identity.provider);
+    let still = null;
+    if (p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function")
+      still = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(sameName.subject), "lookup(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS).catch(() => null);
+    if (still)
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
+      );
     throw new LinkError(
       `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID; allow a relink on that account if this is the same person.`
     );
+  }
   // MMGIS stores both in 255-character columns
   if (identity.subject.length > 255 || identity.username.length > 255)
     throw new LinkError(`The ${identity.subject.length > 255 ? "subject" : "username"} is longer than the 255 characters MMGIS can store.`);
@@ -385,10 +395,16 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
   const taken = m.usernameTaken
     ? await m.usernameTaken(identity.username)
     : await m.User.findOne({ where: { username: identity.username }, attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
-  if (taken)
+  if (taken) {
+    const holder = taken.id != null && m.AuthIdentity.findOne
+      ? await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: taken.id, provider: identity.provider }, raw: true })
+      : null;
     throw new LinkError(
-      `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to another account.`
+      holder
+        ? `The username '${identity.username}' belongs to account ${taken.id}, which signs in with ${identity.provider} as '${holder.username}' (renamed there). Don't relink it to this entry; this person can't sign in while that account holds the name.`
+        : `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to another account.`
     );
+  }
   // Random password: the account can only be used through its provider
   const fields = { username: identity.username, password: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex") };
   // Email is optional and unique, so one already in use is left off
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 6f46955302..b81674fecf 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ Filter for `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`; `{{dn}}` is the person's DN and `{{username
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Report groups found under `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` by this attribute (e.g. `cn`) instead of their DN. Only use it when nobody untrusted can create groups under that base, since groups with the same name become one MMGIS group | string | default `''` (the DN)
+Report groups found under `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` by this attribute (e.g. `cn`) instead of their DN. Only use it when nobody untrusted can create groups under that base, since groups with the same name become one MMGIS group. Has no effect without `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` (groups read from `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE` are always full DNs) | string | default `''` (the DN)
 
 #### `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index ea51cc3e6e..f68d68fc3b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index a936cde99b..b7d0b31654 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ function warnings(env) {
   const out = [];
   if (c.allowInsecure && !c.startTls && /^ldap:/i.test(c.url))
     out.push("LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=true: LDAP passwords cross the network unencrypted. Use it only for local testing.");
+  if (c.groupNameAttribute && !c.groupSearchBase)
+    out.push(`LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=${c.groupNameAttribute} has no effect without LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: groups read from ${c.groupsAttribute} are reported by their full DN.`);
   if (c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn")
     out.push("LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn: a person's DN changes when they are renamed or moved, which then creates a new MMGIS account.");
   return out;
@@ -580,7 +582,10 @@ module.exports = {
     return { title: c.displayName, usernameLabel: c.usernameLabel, hint: c.hint };
   },
   // Group DNs are matched in the form groupsOf reports them
-  groupName: (name) => (!config().groupNameAttribute && name.includes("=") ? normalizeDn(name.trim()) : name),
+  groupName: (name) => {
+    const c = config();
+    return !(c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) && name.includes("=") ? normalizeDn(name.trim()) : name;
+  },
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
   findSubject: (username) => findSubject(username),
   validate,
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 2fdd4652a8..507f4dc941 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x' })).toMatch(/unencrypted/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x', LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE: 'true' })).toBe('');
     expect(ldap.warnings({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x', LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE: 'true' }).join()).toMatch(/unencrypted/);
+    expect(ldap.warnings({ ...base, LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE: 'cn' }).join()).toMatch(/no effect without LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE/);
+    expect(ldap.warnings({ ...base, LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE: 'cn', LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: 'ou=g' }).join()).not.toMatch(/no effect/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_STARTTLS: 'true' })).toMatch(/already encrypted/);
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index c06c33b76d..599dafff83 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -539,6 +539,17 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:ldap:9011']);
   });
 
+  test('a new entry given a name whose old entry still exists is refused without suggesting a relink', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-bob', username: 'bob', user_id: 9020 }] });
+    ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-bob' ? { username: 'bob_renamed', groups: [] } : null);
+    const err = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(providers.LinkError);
+    expect(err.message).toMatch(/still exists as 'bob_renamed'.*don't relink/);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
+    const gone = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+    expect(gone.message).toMatch(/allow a relink/);
+  });
+
   test('a directory that cannot be reached keeps access and groups', async () => {
     const m = models(9001);
     ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('down'); };

From b954abd0bf563a6fb54cc25aa08c166b22144ead Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 03:59:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 028/122] Per-address provider login limit counts only wrong
 credentials

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                       | 4 +++-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                      | 2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js | 9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 2034948284..1323717014 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -657,12 +657,14 @@ function logoutUrl(id) {
   return typeof url === "string" && url !== "" ? url : null;
 }
 
-// Only failed responses (status >= 400) count, so a provider answers bad credentials with 401
+// Per address. Only wrong credentials count (a 401, or res.locals.loginFailed), so malformed
+// requests, refused account links and directory outages can't lock out everyone behind one address
 const providerLimiter = () =>
   rateLimit({
     windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,
     max: 10,
     skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
+    requestWasSuccessful: (req, res) => res.statusCode !== 401 && !res.locals.loginFailed,
     message: { status: "failure", message: "Too many attempts. Try again in 15 minutes." },
   });
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index b81674fecf..9611a4d584 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes, `DOMAIN\` and `@domain`. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 failed logins per 15 minutes | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes, `DOMAIN\` and `@domain`. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index fe5abb28b2..b2265e965b 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  test('requests refused for other reasons than wrong credentials do not use up the address limit', async () => {
+    const ctx = await context();
+    for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+      expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: `empty_${i}`, password: '' })).status()).toBe(400);
+      expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, clash)).status()).toBe(409);
+    }
+    expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, bob)).status()).toBe(200);
+  });
+
   test('a directory user signs in, keeps one account across logins, and signs out', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     const res = await ldapLogin(ctx, alice);

From 85fc294b1edbd2e4159829eefb8e14e7ccf6b2cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 04:02:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 029/122] Recheck a cached missing account once it signed in
 again; allow relinks under the SuperAdmin lock; expired-certificate hint

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 15 +++-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  2 +
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  1 +
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 75 +++++++++----------
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 10 +++
 5 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 1323717014..6dd09fc27b 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -490,7 +490,16 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false) {
   if ((ms === 0 && !force) || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(true);
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
-  if (!force && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) return hit.result;
+  if (!force && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
+    if (!hit.missing) return hit.result;
+    // Another process may have signed the person in again (a relink or a restored entry) since
+    return (async () => {
+      m = m || accountModels();
+      const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
+      const since = link && link.last_login_at ? new Date(link.last_login_at).getTime() : 0;
+      return since > hit.at ? stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, true) : false;
+    })();
+  }
   const result = (async () => {
     m = m || accountModels();
     const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
@@ -522,7 +531,9 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false) {
     rechecks.delete(key);
     throw err;
   });
-  rechecks.set(key, { at: Date.now(), result });
+  const entry = { at: Date.now(), result };
+  rechecks.set(key, entry);
+  result.then((ok) => (entry.missing = !ok), () => {});
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index b7d0b31654..9a39900090 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ const rejectedServiceAccounts = new Map();
 function explain(err) {
   const msg = String((err && err.message) || err);
   const text = `${(err && err.code) || ""} ${msg}`;
+  if (/CERT_HAS_EXPIRED|CERT_NOT_YET_VALID|certificate has expired|certificate is not yet valid/i.test(text))
+    return `${msg}. The directory's TLS certificate is outside its validity dates; the directory admins need to renew it (changing LDAP_TLS_CA won't help).`;
   if (/CERT|SELF_SIGNED|UNABLE_TO_VERIFY|local issuer|ALTNAME/i.test(text))
     return `${msg}. The directory's TLS certificate isn't trusted: set LDAP_TLS_CA to the CA that signed it, and use the host name on the certificate in LDAP_URL.`;
   if (/ECONNREFUSED/.test(text)) return `${msg}. Nothing answered at LDAP_URL: check the host and port (ldaps:// is usually 636, ldap:// 389).`;
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 507f4dc941..1af564ab67 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   test('connection errors say which setting to check', () => {
     expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('self-signed certificate in certificate chain'), { code: 'SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN' }))).toMatch(/LDAP_TLS_CA/);
     expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:636'), { code: 'ECONNREFUSED' }))).toMatch(/host and port/);
+    expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('certificate has expired'), { code: 'CERT_HAS_EXPIRED' }))).toMatch(/renew/);
     expect(explain(new NoSuchObjectError('No such object'))).toMatch(/LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE/);
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 8fdaea70b8..4cd6b7ce52 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -374,28 +374,6 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     ).map((b) => parseInt(b.subject_id));
     if (superAdmins.includes(id) && !policy.isSuperAdmin(actor))
       return fail("Only SuperAdmins may allow relinking a SuperAdmin account.");
-    // Keep a SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password, for when the provider is down
-    if (superAdmins.includes(id)) {
-      const linked = new Set(
-        (await AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { user_id: superAdmins }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true })).map((l) => l.user_id)
-      );
-      // Another SuperAdmin's pending relink counts as linked, so two relinks can't move every one
-      for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
-        const u = parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10);
-        if (u !== id && r.value && Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now()) linked.add(u);
-      }
-      const local = superAdmins.filter((u) => !linked.has(u));
-      if (local.length === 1 && local[0] === id)
-        return fail("This is the only SuperAdmin that signs in with an MMGIS password. Make another one first, so someone can still sign in if the login provider is down.");
-    }
-    for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `relink:${provider}:%` } }, raw: true }))
-      if (
-        r.key !== key &&
-        r.value &&
-        Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now() &&
-        providers.sameUsername(r.value.username, username)
-      )
-        return fail(`Another account is already waiting for the ${provider} login '${username}'. Cancel that relink first.`);
     // Pin the claim to the entry that has this username now, so a look-alike entry made later can't take it
     let target;
     try {
@@ -405,25 +383,44 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       return fail(`Couldn't reach ${provider} to look up '${username}'. Try again later.`);
     }
     if (target === null) return fail(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}'.`);
-    // A login of an entry already linked elsewhere goes to that account, so this claim would never happen
-    if (target) {
-      const other = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { provider, subject: target.subject }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true });
-      if (other && other.user_id === id)
-        return fail(`'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`);
-      if (other) {
-        const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true });
-        return fail(`${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. Delete that account first if this one should take it over.`);
-      }
-    }
-    if (target)
-      for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `relink:${provider}:%` } }, raw: true }))
-        if (r.key !== key && r.value && r.value.subject === target.subject && Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now())
-          return fail(`Another account is already waiting for ${target.dn}. Cancel that relink first.`);
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
-    await AuthMeta.upsert({
-      key,
-      value: { username, subject: target ? target.subject : undefined, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined, expires_at, by: actor.username },
+    // Checked and saved under the SuperAdmin lock, so two relinks allowed at once can't move every local SuperAdmin
+    const refusal = await bindings.withSuperAdminLock(async ({ transaction, superAdmins: current }) => {
+      const pending = (await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true, transaction })).filter(
+        (r) => r.key !== key && r.value && Date.parse(r.value.expires_at) > Date.now()
+      );
+      // Keep a SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password, for when the provider is down
+      if (current.includes(id)) {
+        const linked = new Set(
+          (await AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { user_id: current }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true, transaction })).map((l) => l.user_id)
+        );
+        // Another SuperAdmin's pending relink counts as linked, so two relinks can't move every one
+        for (const r of pending) linked.add(parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10));
+        const local = current.filter((u) => !linked.has(u));
+        if (local.length === 1 && local[0] === id)
+          return "This is the only SuperAdmin that signs in with an MMGIS password. Make another one first, so someone can still sign in if the login provider is down.";
+      }
+      const sameProvider = pending.filter((r) => r.key.startsWith(`relink:${provider}:`));
+      if (sameProvider.some((r) => providers.sameUsername(r.value.username, username)))
+        return `Another account is already waiting for the ${provider} login '${username}'. Cancel that relink first.`;
+      // A login of an entry already linked elsewhere goes to that account, so this claim would never happen
+      if (target) {
+        const other = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { provider, subject: target.subject }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true, transaction });
+        if (other && other.user_id === id) return `'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`;
+        if (other) {
+          const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
+          return `${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. Delete that account first if this one should take it over.`;
+        }
+        if (sameProvider.some((r) => r.value.subject === target.subject))
+          return `Another account is already waiting for ${target.dn}. Cancel that relink first.`;
+      }
+      await AuthMeta.upsert(
+        { key, value: { username, subject: target ? target.subject : undefined, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined, expires_at, by: actor.username } },
+        { transaction }
+      );
+      return null;
     });
+    if (refusal) return fail(refusal);
     // Attempts refused before the admin got to this account no longer block the person
     resetFailedLogins(username);
     resetFailedLogins(user.username);
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 599dafff83..20bd17bef7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -550,6 +550,16 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(gone.message).toMatch(/allow a relink/);
   });
 
+  test('an account another process found missing is checked again once it has signed in since', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'back', user_id: 9030, last_login_at: null }] });
+    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => ({ username: 'back', groups: [] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].last_login_at = new Date(Date.now() + 1000);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   test('a directory that cannot be reached keeps access and groups', async () => {
     const m = models(9001);
     ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('down'); };

From 1b5c029ad5573043958016725ca06d71e6ddada4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 04:05:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 030/122] Report accounts Check linked accounts couldn't check;
 log provider group changes; clearer relink refusals and docs

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 44 +++++++++++++------
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js  |  7 ++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  6 +--
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 11 ++++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  9 +++-
 5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 6dd09fc27b..2f712e3f78 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -378,7 +378,11 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     const p = getProvider(identity.provider);
     let still = null;
     if (p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function")
-      still = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(sameName.subject), "lookup(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS).catch(() => null);
+      still = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(sameName.subject), "lookup(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS).catch(() => undefined);
+    if (still === undefined)
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and ${identity.provider} couldn't say whether that account's entry (subject '${sameName.subject}') still exists. Check before allowing a relink: if it does, the name was reused by someone else.`
+      );
     if (still)
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
@@ -402,7 +406,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     throw new LinkError(
       holder
         ? `The username '${identity.username}' belongs to account ${taken.id}, which signs in with ${identity.provider} as '${holder.username}' (renamed there). Don't relink it to this entry; this person can't sign in while that account holds the name.`
-        : `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to another account.`
+        : `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to account ${taken.id}, which doesn't sign in with ${identity.provider} yet. If it is this person's, allow a ${identity.provider} relink on account ${taken.id}; until then they can keep using its MMGIS password.`
     );
   }
   // Random password: the account can only be used through its provider
@@ -467,6 +471,15 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
   );
   const remove = [...have].filter((id) => !want.has(id));
   const add = [...want].filter((id) => !have.has(id));
+  // So a group renamed or moved in the directory, which silently stops matching, shows up in the log
+  if (remove.length > 0 || add.length > 0) {
+    const names = (ids) => ids.map((id) => `'${groups.find((g) => g.id === id).external_name}'`).join(", ");
+    logger(
+      "info",
+      `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': account ${userId}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}. Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access.`,
+      "AuthProviders"
+    );
+  }
   if (remove.length > 0)
     await m.AuthGroupMember.destroy({ where: { user_id: userId, group_id: remove } });
   if (add.length > 0)
@@ -484,10 +497,11 @@ const rechecks = new Map();
 // Re-reads a provider-linked account through the provider's lookup(subject) at most every
 // AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES, so directory changes reach existing sessions and tokens. Resolves false
 // once the provider says the account is gone; keeps access when the provider can't be reached.
-function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false) {
+// With detail, resolves to "ok", "missing" or "failed" (the provider couldn't be asked) instead.
+function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const p = getProvider(providerId);
   const ms = recheckMs();
-  if ((ms === 0 && !force) || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(true);
+  if ((ms === 0 && !force) || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(detail ? "ok" : true);
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
   if (!force && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
@@ -500,21 +514,21 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false) {
       return since > hit.at ? stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, true) : false;
     })();
   }
-  const result = (async () => {
+  const status = (async () => {
     m = m || accountModels();
     const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
-    if (!link) return true;
+    if (!link) return "ok";
     let found;
     try {
       found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
     } catch (err) {
       logger("warn", `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck account ${userId}; it keeps its access until the next check.`, "AuthProviders", null, err);
-      return true;
+      return "failed";
     }
-    if (found === undefined) return true;
+    if (found === undefined) return "failed";
     // A relink during the lookup replaced the subject; that login already synced the new one
     const now = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
-    if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return true;
+    if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return "ok";
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
     await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject);
@@ -526,15 +540,16 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false) {
     if (changed || !identity) require("./principal").invalidate();
     if (!identity)
       logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has account ${userId} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`, "AuthProviders");
-    return identity != null;
+    return identity ? "ok" : "missing";
   })().catch((err) => {
     rechecks.delete(key);
     throw err;
   });
+  const result = status.then((s) => s !== "missing");
   const entry = { at: Date.now(), result };
   rechecks.set(key, entry);
   result.then((ok) => (entry.missing = !ok), () => {});
-  return result;
+  return detail ? status : result;
 }
 
 // Rechecks every provider-linked account now, including ones nobody has used since a directory change,
@@ -545,15 +560,16 @@ async function recheckLinked(m = accountModels()) {
     return p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function";
   });
   let next = 0;
-  let missing = 0;
+  const counts = { ok: 0, missing: 0, failed: 0 };
   const worker = async () => {
     while (next < links.length) {
       const l = links[next++];
-      if (!(await stillLinked(l.user_id, l.provider, m, true))) missing++;
+      counts[await stillLinked(l.user_id, l.provider, m, true, true)]++;
     }
   };
   await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(8, links.length) }, worker));
-  return { checked: links.length, missing };
+  // failed: the provider couldn't be asked (unreachable, or its service account was refused)
+  return { checked: links.length, missing: counts.missing, failed: counts.failed };
 }
 
 // The legacy lead group (LEADS) a login response reports, as a page reload does
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 1918e67dca..b4347c20e7 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
     api("account_recheck_linked", {})
       .then((res) => {
         const r = (res && res.body) || {};
-        notify(`Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.`, r.missing ? "warning" : "success");
+        notify(
+          r.failed
+            ? `Couldn't check ${r.failed} of ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: the login provider is unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). ${r.missing} not found.`
+            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.`,
+          r.missing || r.failed ? "warning" : "success"
+        );
         refresh();
       })
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to check the linked accounts.", "error"));
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index f68d68fc3b..9c7657d0fb 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
-- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out, and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy, 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Rotating the service password or CA
 
-MMGIS reads `LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` and `LDAP_TLS_CA` at startup, so a change in the directory first takes LDAP sign-in down until MMGIS is updated and restarted.
+MMGIS reads `LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` at startup, so a change in the directory first takes LDAP sign-in down until MMGIS is updated and restarted. The `LDAP_TLS_CA` file is read again at every connection, so replacing its contents takes effect right away (and a broken file breaks sign-in right away; only the startup settings check validates it). After the directory rejects the service password, MMGIS waits 5 minutes before trying it again, so the directory doesn't lock the account; restart MMGIS to retry sooner.
 
 - **CA certificate:** before the directory switches certificates, put both the old and the new CA in the `LDAP_TLS_CA` PEM file and restart. After the switch, remove the old one.
 - **Service password:** create a second service account (or, if the directory allows it, give the account a second password), set `LDAP_BIND_DN`/`LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` to it and restart, then retire the old one. If the old password is changed first, LDAP sign-ins fail with "<name> is unavailable" until MMGIS has the new one; the startup settings check and the server log say the bind was rejected.
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 4cd6b7ce52..ef82fa7164 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     if (!r) return;
     const { id, provider, user, key, actor } = r;
     // The person's username at the provider, when it differs from their MMGIS username
-    const username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? user.username : req.body.username)
+    const known = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true });
+    const fallback = (known && known.username) || user.username;
+    const username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? fallback : req.body.username)
       .normalize("NFKC")
       .trim();
     if (username === "" || username.length > 256 || /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(username))
@@ -441,7 +443,12 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
 router.post("/recheckLinked", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async function (req, res) {
   try {
     const result = await providers.recheckLinked();
-    logger("info", `Rechecked ${result.checked} provider-linked accounts; ${result.missing} not found.`, "accounts", req);
+    logger(
+      result.failed ? "warn" : "info",
+      `Rechecked ${result.checked} provider-linked accounts; ${result.missing} not found${result.failed ? `, ${result.failed} couldn't be checked (see the earlier warnings)` : ""}.`,
+      "accounts",
+      req
+    );
     res.send({ status: "success", body: result });
   } catch (err) {
     logger("error", "Failed to recheck provider-linked accounts.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 20bd17bef7..2621704895 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     const existing = { id: 1, username: 'admin', password: '$2a$10$unchangedhash' };
     const m = fakeModels({ users: [existing] });
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'x', username: 'admin' }), m))
-      .rejects.toThrow(/already belongs to another account/);
+      .rejects.toThrow(/already belongs to account .* allow a \w+ relink/);
     const err = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'x', username: 'admin' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(providers.LinkError);
     expect(err.userMessage).not.toMatch(/'admin'|already|belongs/);
@@ -535,7 +535,9 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9011, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
     m.AuthMeta.rows.length = 0;
-    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 1 });
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 1, failed: 0 });
+    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 0, failed: 2 });
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:ldap:9011']);
   });
 
@@ -548,6 +550,9 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     ldap.lookup = async () => null;
     const gone = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(gone.message).toMatch(/allow a relink/);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
+    const unknown = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+    expect(unknown.message).toMatch(/couldn't say whether .* Check before allowing a relink/);
   });
 
   test('an account another process found missing is checked again once it has signed in since', async () => {

From 53cdae47c51cefb082194c92fd8ba9fd5c7a2d21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 04:21:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 031/122] Find a reused name's old entry anywhere in the
 directory; refuse cross-site provider logins; one service-bind probe at a
 time; idempotent missing markers; unsupported rechecks

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 40 +++++++---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js  |  2 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  1 +
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 80 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 16 ++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     |  9 ++-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 12 ++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 22 ++++-
 9 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 2f712e3f78..b9a4c7aebc 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ async function markMissing(m, provider, userId, gone, subject) {
   const key = missingKey(provider, userId);
   if (!gone) return m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } });
   if (!(await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true })))
-    await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value: { since: new Date().toISOString(), subject } });
+    // Another recheck (or process) may have marked it at the same moment
+    await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value: { since: new Date().toISOString(), subject } }).catch((err) => {
+      if (err.name !== "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError") throw err;
+    });
 }
 const sameUsername = (a, b) =>
   String(a).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase() === String(b).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase();
@@ -328,6 +331,15 @@ function groupName(providerId, name) {
 
 // The provider's entry for a username, so an admin can see who a relink would go to:
 // { subject, dn } or null when the provider has none, undefined when it can't look people up
+// Whether the entry with this subject still exists at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins
+// aren't searched (provider locate(subject), else lookup): truthy, null when gone, undefined when unknown
+async function locateSubject(providerId, subject) {
+  const p = getProvider(providerId);
+  const fn = p && (typeof p.impl.locate === "function" ? p.impl.locate : typeof p.impl.lookup === "function" ? p.impl.lookup : null);
+  if (!fn) return undefined;
+  return withTimeout(fn(subject), "locate(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+}
+
 async function relinkTarget(providerId, username) {
   const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
   if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function") return undefined;
@@ -375,20 +387,17 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     })).find((l) => l.username && sameUsername(l.username, identity.username));
   if (sameName) {
     // If that account's own entry is still there, the name was handed to someone new: a relink would give them the account
-    const p = getProvider(identity.provider);
-    let still = null;
-    if (p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function")
-      still = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(sameName.subject), "lookup(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS).catch(() => undefined);
+    const still = await locateSubject(identity.provider, sameName.subject).catch(() => undefined);
     if (still === undefined)
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and ${identity.provider} couldn't say whether that account's entry (subject '${sameName.subject}') still exists. Check before allowing a relink: if it does, the name was reused by someone else.`
       );
     if (still)
       throw new LinkError(
-        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
+        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.dn ? ` at ${still.dn}` : ""}${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
       );
     throw new LinkError(
-      `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID; allow a relink on that account if this is the same person.`
+      `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and that account's old entry is gone. Only allow a relink on that account if this is the same person: the directory may have given the name to someone new.`
     );
   }
   // MMGIS stores both in 255-character columns
@@ -497,14 +506,14 @@ const rechecks = new Map();
 // Re-reads a provider-linked account through the provider's lookup(subject) at most every
 // AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES, so directory changes reach existing sessions and tokens. Resolves false
 // once the provider says the account is gone; keeps access when the provider can't be reached.
-// With detail, resolves to "ok", "missing" or "failed" (the provider couldn't be asked) instead.
+// With detail, resolves to "ok", "missing", "failed" (the provider couldn't be asked) or "unsupported" instead.
 function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const p = getProvider(providerId);
   const ms = recheckMs();
   if ((ms === 0 && !force) || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(detail ? "ok" : true);
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
-  if (!force && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
+  if (!force && !detail && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
     if (!hit.missing) return hit.result;
     // Another process may have signed the person in again (a relink or a restored entry) since
     return (async () => {
@@ -525,7 +534,8 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
       logger("warn", `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck account ${userId}; it keeps its access until the next check.`, "AuthProviders", null, err);
       return "failed";
     }
-    if (found === undefined) return "failed";
+    // e.g. LDAP without a service account: nothing can be read between logins
+    if (found === undefined) return "unsupported";
     // A relink during the lookup replaced the subject; that login already synced the new one
     const now = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
     if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return "ok";
@@ -560,16 +570,16 @@ async function recheckLinked(m = accountModels()) {
     return p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function";
   });
   let next = 0;
-  const counts = { ok: 0, missing: 0, failed: 0 };
+  const counts = { ok: 0, missing: 0, failed: 0, unsupported: 0 };
   const worker = async () => {
     while (next < links.length) {
       const l = links[next++];
-      counts[await stillLinked(l.user_id, l.provider, m, true, true)]++;
+      counts[await stillLinked(l.user_id, l.provider, m, true, true).catch(() => "failed")]++;
     }
   };
   await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(8, links.length) }, worker));
   // failed: the provider couldn't be asked (unreachable, or its service account was refused)
-  return { checked: links.length, missing: counts.missing, failed: counts.failed };
+  return { checked: links.length - counts.unsupported, missing: counts.missing, failed: counts.failed, unsupported: counts.unsupported };
 }
 
 // The legacy lead group (LEADS) a login response reports, as a page reload does
@@ -710,11 +720,14 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   });
   const base = `${rootPath()}/api/auth`;
   app.use(base, registerRouter(base, list));
+  // Login POSTs from other sites are refused, so a page can't sign a visitor in to someone else's account
+  const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../connections/routes");
 
   enabledProviders().forEach((p) => {
     if (typeof p.impl.routes !== "function") return;
     const prefix = `${base}/${p.id}`;
     const router = express.Router();
+    router.use((req, res, next) => (req.method === "POST" ? sameOriginOnly(req, res, next) : next()));
     p.impl.routes(router, {
       authorize,
       logger,
@@ -747,6 +760,7 @@ module.exports = {
   missingKey,
   groupName,
   relinkTarget,
+  locateSubject,
   sameUsername,
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index b4347c20e7..3aa2cb4726 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
         notify(
           r.failed
             ? `Couldn't check ${r.failed} of ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: the login provider is unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). ${r.missing} not found.`
-            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.`,
+            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (no service account, e.g. LDAP_BIND_DN).` : ""}`,
           r.missing || r.failed ? "warning" : "success"
         );
         refresh();
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 865b7e67f8..9e944bb010 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds, the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly.
+- `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 9c7657d0fb..02f5990180 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out, and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 9a39900090..dc997320f4 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ const AD_REASONS = {
 // retrying at every login would lock the account (Active Directory locks after a few bad binds)
 const SERVICE_RETRY_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 const rejectedServiceAccounts = new Map();
+// Until a service password is known to work, one bind tries it and concurrent callers wait for that
+// result, so a burst of logins or rechecks can't send the directory several wrong passwords at once
+const trustedServiceAccounts = new Map();
+const serviceProbes = new Map();
 
 // Adds what to check to a connection or search error, for the server log
 function explain(err) {
@@ -248,14 +252,36 @@ async function bindAs(client, dn, password) {
 
 async function bindService(client, c) {
   const key = `${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}`;
-  const rejected = rejectedServiceAccounts.get(key);
-  // Keyed on the password too, so a process whose settings change (tests) retries at once
-  if (rejected && rejected.password === c.bindPassword && Date.now() - rejected.at < SERVICE_RETRY_MS)
-    throw new Error("The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD; MMGIS retries it at most every 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.");
-  const bind = await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
-  if (!bind.ok) {
-    rejectedServiceAccounts.set(key, { at: Date.now(), password: c.bindPassword });
-    throw new Error(`The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD (${bind.reason}). MMGIS won't retry it for 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.`);
+  for (;;) {
+    const rejected = rejectedServiceAccounts.get(key);
+    // Keyed on the password too, so a process whose settings change (tests) retries at once
+    if (rejected && rejected.password === c.bindPassword && Date.now() - rejected.at < SERVICE_RETRY_MS)
+      throw new Error("The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD; MMGIS retries it at most every 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.");
+    if (trustedServiceAccounts.get(key) === c.bindPassword) break;
+    const probe = serviceProbes.get(key);
+    if (!probe || probe.password !== c.bindPassword) break;
+    // The directory being unreachable says nothing about the password, so then everyone tries
+    if ((await probe.done) === "error") break;
+  }
+  const probing = trustedServiceAccounts.get(key) !== c.bindPassword && !serviceProbes.has(key);
+  let finish = () => {};
+  if (probing) serviceProbes.set(key, { password: c.bindPassword, done: new Promise((r) => (finish = r)) });
+  let outcome = "error";
+  try {
+    const bind = await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
+    if (!bind.ok) {
+      outcome = "rejected";
+      trustedServiceAccounts.delete(key);
+      rejectedServiceAccounts.set(key, { at: Date.now(), password: c.bindPassword });
+      throw new Error(`The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD (${bind.reason}). MMGIS won't retry it for 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.`);
+    }
+    outcome = "ok";
+    trustedServiceAccounts.set(key, c.bindPassword);
+  } finally {
+    if (probing) {
+      serviceProbes.delete(key);
+      finish(outcome);
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -408,6 +434,41 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   }
 }
 
+// The directory root LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE sits in (its dc= suffix), which also holds moved-out entries
+function directoryRoot(base) {
+  const rdns = String(base).split(/(?<!\\),/).map((r) => r.trim());
+  const i = rdns.findIndex((r, k) => rdns.slice(k).every((x) => /^dc=/i.test(x)));
+  return i > 0 ? rdns.slice(i).join(",") : base;
+}
+
+// Whether an entry with this subject still exists anywhere in the directory, even disabled or moved
+// out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (e.g. to a leavers' OU): { dn, username }, null when it doesn't,
+// undefined without a service account; throws when the directory can't be reached
+async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
+  if (!c.bindDn || !c.searchBase) return undefined;
+  const attributes = [c.usernameAttribute];
+  const client = createClient(c);
+  try {
+    if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
+    await bindService(client, c);
+    let entries;
+    try {
+      ({ searchEntries: entries } =
+        c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn"
+          ? await client.search(subject, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes })
+          : await client.search(directoryRoot(c.searchBase), { scope: "sub", filter: subjectFilter(c, subject), attributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
+      throw err;
+    }
+    if (entries.length !== 1) return null;
+    const name = values(entries[0], c.usernameAttribute)[0];
+    return { dn: entries[0].dn, username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined };
+  } finally {
+    await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
+  }
+}
+
 // The entry a username belongs to, read with the service account, so an admin can check who a
 // relink will go to: { subject, dn }, null when no single entry has it, undefined without a
 // service account; throws when the directory can't be reached
@@ -589,9 +650,10 @@ module.exports = {
     return !(c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) && name.includes("=") ? normalizeDn(name.trim()) : name;
   },
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
+  locate: (subject) => locate(subject),
   findSubject: (username) => findSubject(username),
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 1af564ab67..ac2ac8ff5e 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -159,6 +159,19 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     expect(log.filter((l) => l.startsWith('bind'))).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  test('concurrent logins send a wrong service password to the directory only once', async () => {
+    const env = { ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'wrong-for-burst-test' }; // pragma: allowlist secret
+    const log = [];
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(Array.from({ length: 8 }, () => authenticate('alice', 'right', config(env), fakeClient([alice], log))));
+    expect(results.every((r) => r.status === 'rejected')).toBe(true);
+    expect(log.filter((l) => l === `bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`)).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  test('concurrent logins with a working service password all go ahead', async () => {
+    const results = await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: 4 }, () => authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))));
+    expect(results.every((r) => r && r.subject)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   test('the reason a login was refused is reported for the server log', async () => {
     const reasons = [];
     const why = (r) => reasons.push(r);
@@ -177,6 +190,9 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('self-signed certificate in certificate chain'), { code: 'SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN' }))).toMatch(/LDAP_TLS_CA/);
     expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:636'), { code: 'ECONNREFUSED' }))).toMatch(/host and port/);
     expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('certificate has expired'), { code: 'CERT_HAS_EXPIRED' }))).toMatch(/renew/);
+    expect(ldap._internal.directoryRoot('ou=people,ou=staff,dc=example,dc=org')).toBe('dc=example,dc=org');
+    expect(ldap._internal.directoryRoot('ou=people,o=corp')).toBe('ou=people,o=corp');
+    expect(ldap._internal.directoryRoot('dc=example,dc=org')).toBe('dc=example,dc=org');
     expect(explain(new NoSuchObjectError('No such object'))).toMatch(/LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE/);
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index b2265e965b..8bfe9605b7 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -81,7 +81,14 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  test('requests refused for other reasons than wrong credentials do not use up the address limit', async () => {
+  test('a login posted from another site is refused', async () => {
+  const ctx = await context();
+  const res = await ctx.post('/api/auth/ldap/login', { data: bob, headers: { Origin: 'https://evil.example', 'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site' } });
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(403);
+  expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, bob)).status()).toBe(200);
+});
+
+test('requests refused for other reasons than wrong credentials do not use up the address limit', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
       expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: `empty_${i}`, password: '' })).status()).toBe(400);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index ef82fa7164..39d9f599ee 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     if (!r) return;
     const { id, provider, user, key, actor } = r;
     // The person's username at the provider, when it differs from their MMGIS username
-    const known = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true });
+    const known = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider }, attributes: ["username", "subject"], raw: true });
     const fallback = (known && known.username) || user.username;
     const username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? fallback : req.body.username)
       .normalize("NFKC")
@@ -385,6 +385,14 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       return fail(`Couldn't reach ${provider} to look up '${username}'. Try again later.`);
     }
     if (target === null) return fail(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}'.`);
+    // The account's own entry still being there (even disabled or in a leavers' OU) means this is someone else
+    if (target && known && known.subject && known.subject !== target.subject) {
+      const old = await providers.locateSubject(provider, known.subject).catch(() => undefined);
+      if (old)
+        return fail(
+          `'${user.username}' already has its own ${provider} entry${old.dn ? `, ${old.dn}` : ""}, which still exists, so ${target.dn} is a different person. If it really is the same person, delete the old entry in the directory first.`
+        );
+    }
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
     // Checked and saved under the SuperAdmin lock, so two relinks allowed at once can't move every local SuperAdmin
     const refusal = await bindings.withSuperAdminLock(async ({ transaction, superAdmins: current }) => {
@@ -445,7 +453,7 @@ router.post("/recheckLinked", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async fu
     const result = await providers.recheckLinked();
     logger(
       result.failed ? "warn" : "info",
-      `Rechecked ${result.checked} provider-linked accounts; ${result.missing} not found${result.failed ? `, ${result.failed} couldn't be checked (see the earlier warnings)` : ""}.`,
+      `Rechecked ${result.checked} provider-linked accounts; ${result.missing} not found${result.failed ? `, ${result.failed} couldn't be checked (see the earlier warnings)` : ""}${result.unsupported ? `; ${result.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (their provider has no service account, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN)` : ""}.`,
       "accounts",
       req
     );
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 2621704895..ce03d1e9b4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -535,14 +535,18 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9011, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
     m.AuthMeta.rows.length = 0;
-    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 1, failed: 0 });
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 1, failed: 0, unsupported: 0 });
     ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
-    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 0, failed: 2 });
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 0, failed: 2, unsupported: 0 });
+    ldap.lookup = async () => undefined;
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 0, missing: 0, failed: 0, unsupported: 2 });
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:ldap:9011']);
   });
 
   test('a new entry given a name whose old entry still exists is refused without suggesting a relink', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-bob', username: 'bob', user_id: 9020 }] });
+    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    ldap.locate = (subject) => ldap.lookup(subject);
     ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-bob' ? { username: 'bob_renamed', groups: [] } : null);
     const err = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(providers.LinkError);
@@ -553,6 +557,20 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
     const unknown = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(unknown.message).toMatch(/couldn't say whether .* Check before allowing a relink/);
+    ldap.locate = realLocate;
+  });
+
+  test('a reused name is refused while the old entry exists anywhere, e.g. moved to a leavers OU', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-carol', username: 'carol', user_id: 9040 }] });
+    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
+    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    ldap.locate = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-carol' ? { dn: 'uid=carol,ou=disabled,dc=example,dc=org', username: 'carol' } : null);
+    try {
+      const err = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-carol', username: 'carol' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+      expect(err.message).toMatch(/still exists at uid=carol,ou=disabled.*don't relink/);
+    } finally {
+      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+    }
   });
 
   test('an account another process found missing is checked again once it has signed in since', async () => {

From 77ac2852a102c0af489364db4632780cffab0f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 04:26:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 032/122] Name accounts and MMGIS groups in provider log lines;
 migration runbook; AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins-aware relink hints

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js  | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md | 11 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index b9a4c7aebc..b5165c0aa1 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -189,12 +189,26 @@ async function identify(req) {
 const reservedUsername = (name) => String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim().toLowerCase() === "group";
 
 class LinkError extends Error {
-  constructor(message) {
+  constructor(message, userMessage) {
     super(message);
-    this.userMessage = "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.";
+    // The same for every refusal, so it doesn't reveal which usernames have accounts
+    this.userMessage =
+      userMessage ||
+      (siteAccess.localAdminsOnly()
+        ? "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator."
+        : "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator, and if you also have an MMGIS account, keep signing in with it for now.");
   }
 }
 
+// "account 3 'sci01'", so log lines name the person the way Users & Access does
+async function who(m, userId) {
+  const u =
+    m.User && typeof m.User.findOne === "function"
+      ? await m.User.findOne({ where: { id: userId }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true }).catch(() => null)
+      : null;
+  return u && u.username ? `account ${userId} '${u.username}'` : `account ${userId}`;
+}
+
 function accountModels() {
   const { AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthMeta } = require("./models");
   const { User } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user");
@@ -412,10 +426,17 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     const holder = taken.id != null && m.AuthIdentity.findOne
       ? await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: taken.id, provider: identity.provider }, raw: true })
       : null;
+    if (holder)
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `The username '${identity.username}' belongs to account ${taken.id}, which signs in with ${identity.provider} as '${holder.username}' (renamed there). Don't relink it to this entry; this person can't sign in while that account holds the name.`
+      );
+    const adminsOnly = siteAccess.localAdminsOnly();
     throw new LinkError(
-      holder
-        ? `The username '${identity.username}' belongs to account ${taken.id}, which signs in with ${identity.provider} as '${holder.username}' (renamed there). Don't relink it to this entry; this person can't sign in while that account holds the name.`
-        : `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to account ${taken.id}, which doesn't sign in with ${identity.provider} yet. If it is this person's, allow a ${identity.provider} relink on account ${taken.id}; until then they can keep using its MMGIS password.`
+      `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to account ${taken.id}, which doesn't sign in with ${identity.provider} yet. If it is this person's, allow a ${identity.provider} relink on account ${taken.id}${
+        adminsOnly
+          ? `. AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins stops it signing in with its MMGIS password meanwhile, unless it holds an admin role.`
+          : `; until then they can keep using its MMGIS password.`
+      }`
     );
   }
   // Random password: the account can only be used through its provider
@@ -463,7 +484,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
 async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
   const groups = await m.AuthGroup.findAll({
     where: { source: identity.provider },
-    attributes: ["id", "external_name"],
+    attributes: ["id", "name", "external_name"],
     raw: true,
   });
   if (groups.length === 0) return false;
@@ -482,10 +503,14 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
   const add = [...want].filter((id) => !have.has(id));
   // So a group renamed or moved in the directory, which silently stops matching, shows up in the log
   if (remove.length > 0 || add.length > 0) {
-    const names = (ids) => ids.map((id) => `'${groups.find((g) => g.id === id).external_name}'`).join(", ");
+    const names = (ids) =>
+      ids
+        .map((id) => groups.find((g) => g.id === id))
+        .map((g) => `'${g.external_name}'${g.name ? ` (MMGIS group '${g.name}')` : ""}`)
+        .join(", ");
     logger(
       "info",
-      `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': account ${userId}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}. Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access.`,
+      `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${await who(m, userId)}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}. Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access.`,
       "AuthProviders"
     );
   }
@@ -531,7 +556,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     try {
       found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
     } catch (err) {
-      logger("warn", `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck account ${userId}; it keeps its access until the next check.`, "AuthProviders", null, err);
+      logger("warn", `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck ${await who(m, userId)}; it keeps its access until the next check.`, "AuthProviders", null, err);
       return "failed";
     }
     // e.g. LDAP without a service account: nothing can be read between logins
@@ -545,11 +570,11 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     // So People shows a rename before the person's next login, and a newcomer with the old name isn't mistaken for them
     if (identity && identity.username && identity.username !== now.username) {
       await m.AuthIdentity.update({ username: identity.username }, { where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId, subject: link.subject } });
-      logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}': account ${userId} is now '${identity.username}' there (was '${now.username}').`, "AuthProviders");
+      logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}': ${await who(m, userId)} is now '${identity.username}' there (was '${now.username}').`, "AuthProviders");
     }
     if (changed || !identity) require("./principal").invalidate();
     if (!identity)
-      logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has account ${userId} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`, "AuthProviders");
+      logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has ${await who(m, userId)} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`, "AuthProviders");
     return identity ? "ok" : "missing";
   })().catch((err) => {
     rechecks.delete(key);
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 02f5990180..c6c006d850 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ MMGIS never stores directory passwords, but it does receive them when people sig
 - [What people see](#what-people-see)
 - [Groups and roles](#groups-and-roles)
 - [Accounts](#accounts)
+- [Moving local users to LDAP](#moving-local-users-to-ldap)
 - [Rotating the service password or CA](#rotating-the-service-password-or-ca)
 - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ Active Directory with a service account. People can type `alice`, `alice@corp.ex
 
 ```
 AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"]
+# Once everyone has moved to LDAP (see Moving local users to LDAP):
 AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins
 LDAP_URL=ldaps://dc1.corp.example.org:636
 LDAP_TLS_CA=/etc/mmgis/corp-ca.pem
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
 - The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
-- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
+- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
@@ -118,6 +120,13 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out, and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy, 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
+## Moving local users to LDAP
+
+1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset, and use `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","ldap"]` during the move, so people who aren't moved yet still see their MMGIS sign-in first.
+2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours.
+3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator and keep using their MMGIS account meanwhile, and the server log names the account to relink.
+4. When People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`.
+
 ## Rotating the service password or CA
 
 MMGIS reads `LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` at startup, so a change in the directory first takes LDAP sign-in down until MMGIS is updated and restarted. The `LDAP_TLS_CA` file is read again at every connection, so replacing its contents takes effect right away (and a broken file breaks sign-in right away; only the startup settings check validates it). After the directory rejects the service password, MMGIS waits 5 minutes before trying it again, so the directory doesn't lock the account; restart MMGIS to retry sooner.

From 2c51ea21aecdb01d969dfdadf69433871df10eb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 04:41:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 033/122] LDAP: treat a lookup or locate hit as present, refuse
 relinks when unknown, warn on unreadable root; service-account password
 expiry; one probe failure fails its waiters; single-flight recheck

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 35 ++++++----
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 56 +++++++++++++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 66 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 12 ++--
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  4 ++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 10 ++-
 7 files changed, 156 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index b5165c0aa1..18b5e354e2 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ class LinkError extends Error {
     // The same for every refusal, so it doesn't reveal which usernames have accounts
     this.userMessage =
       userMessage ||
-      (siteAccess.localAdminsOnly()
-        ? "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator."
-        : "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator, and if you also have an MMGIS account, keep signing in with it for now.");
+      (siteAccess.hasProvider("local") && !siteAccess.localAdminsOnly()
+        ? "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator, and if you also have an MMGIS account, keep signing in with it for now."
+        : "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.");
   }
 }
 
@@ -343,17 +343,23 @@ function groupName(providerId, name) {
   return p && typeof p.impl.groupName === "function" && typeof name === "string" ? p.impl.groupName(name) : name;
 }
 
-// The provider's entry for a username, so an admin can see who a relink would go to:
-// { subject, dn } or null when the provider has none, undefined when it can't look people up
 // Whether the entry with this subject still exists at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins
-// aren't searched (provider locate(subject), else lookup): truthy, null when gone, undefined when unknown
+// aren't searched: truthy if lookup or locate(subject) finds it, null when both say it's gone,
+// undefined when that can't be told (no hooks, or one failed and the other found nothing)
 async function locateSubject(providerId, subject) {
   const p = getProvider(providerId);
-  const fn = p && (typeof p.impl.locate === "function" ? p.impl.locate : typeof p.impl.lookup === "function" ? p.impl.lookup : null);
-  if (!fn) return undefined;
-  return withTimeout(fn(subject), "locate(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  const fns = p ? [p.impl.lookup, p.impl.locate].filter((f) => typeof f === "function") : [];
+  let unknown = fns.length === 0;
+  for (const fn of fns) {
+    const found = await withTimeout(fn(subject), "locate(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS).catch(() => undefined);
+    if (found) return found;
+    if (found === undefined) unknown = true;
+  }
+  return unknown ? undefined : null;
 }
 
+// The provider's entry for a username, so an admin can see who a relink would go to:
+// { subject, dn } or null when the provider has none, undefined when it can't look people up
 async function relinkTarget(providerId, username) {
   const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
   if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function") return undefined;
@@ -432,7 +438,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       );
     const adminsOnly = siteAccess.localAdminsOnly();
     throw new LinkError(
-      `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to account ${taken.id}, which doesn't sign in with ${identity.provider} yet. If it is this person's, allow a ${identity.provider} relink on account ${taken.id}${
+      `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to account ${taken.id}, which doesn't sign in with ${identity.provider} yet. If it is this person's, allow a relink to ${identity.provider} on account ${taken.id}${
         adminsOnly
           ? `. AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins stops it signing in with its MMGIS password meanwhile, unless it holds an admin role.`
           : `; until then they can keep using its MMGIS password.`
@@ -589,7 +595,14 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
 
 // Rechecks every provider-linked account now, including ones nobody has used since a directory change,
 // so People shows which entries are gone
-async function recheckLinked(m = accountModels()) {
+// One run per process at a time, so a second click while a slow directory answers doesn't double its load
+let recheckingAll = null;
+function recheckLinked(m = accountModels()) {
+  if (!recheckingAll) recheckingAll = recheckAllNow(m).finally(() => (recheckingAll = null));
+  return recheckingAll;
+}
+
+async function recheckAllNow(m) {
   const links = (await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ attributes: ["user_id", "provider"], raw: true })).filter((l) => {
     const p = getProvider(l.provider);
     return p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function";
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index c6c006d850..9148b5fc5e 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 ## Accounts
 
-- The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account. MMGIS stores subjects and usernames in up to 255 characters, so with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn` someone whose DN is longer is refused (see the server log); keep the default `entryUUID` / `objectGUID` for deep OU trees.
+- The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account. MMGIS stores subjects and usernames in up to 255 characters, so with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn` someone whose DN is longer is refused (see the server log); keep the default `entryUUID` / `objectGUID` for deep OU trees. With `dn`, whoever can create an entry at a leaver's old DN also signs in as that leaver's account, so prefer `entryUUID` / `objectGUID` wherever directory admins with limited rights can create entries.
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
 - The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with an `o=` base and no `dc=` part, or with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out, and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index dc997320f4..3cf8945ecf 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -254,21 +254,30 @@ async function bindService(client, c) {
   const key = `${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}`;
   for (;;) {
     const rejected = rejectedServiceAccounts.get(key);
-    // Keyed on the password too, so a process whose settings change (tests) retries at once
+    // Keyed on the password too, so a new password is tried at once (a probe of the old one isn't awaited)
     if (rejected && rejected.password === c.bindPassword && Date.now() - rejected.at < SERVICE_RETRY_MS)
       throw new Error("The directory rejected LDAP_BIND_DN / LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD; MMGIS retries it at most every 5 minutes so the account isn't locked.");
     if (trustedServiceAccounts.get(key) === c.bindPassword) break;
     const probe = serviceProbes.get(key);
     if (!probe || probe.password !== c.bindPassword) break;
-    // The directory being unreachable says nothing about the password, so then everyone tries
-    if ((await probe.done) === "error") break;
+    // A probe that couldn't reach the directory fails its waiters the same way, rather than releasing them all to bind at once
+    const result = await probe.done;
+    if (result.outcome === "error") throw result.err;
   }
   const probing = trustedServiceAccounts.get(key) !== c.bindPassword && !serviceProbes.has(key);
   let finish = () => {};
   if (probing) serviceProbes.set(key, { password: c.bindPassword, done: new Promise((r) => (finish = r)) });
   let outcome = "error";
+  let failure;
   try {
-    const bind = await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
+    let bind;
+    try {
+      bind = await bindAs(client, c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
+    } catch (err) {
+      // The service account's password, not the person's, so it mustn't read as theirs having expired
+      if (!(err instanceof PasswordExpiredError)) throw err;
+      bind = { ok: false, reason: "LDAP_BIND_DN's password has expired" };
+    }
     if (!bind.ok) {
       outcome = "rejected";
       trustedServiceAccounts.delete(key);
@@ -277,10 +286,13 @@ async function bindService(client, c) {
     }
     outcome = "ok";
     trustedServiceAccounts.set(key, c.bindPassword);
+  } catch (err) {
+    failure = err;
+    throw err;
   } finally {
     if (probing) {
       serviceProbes.delete(key);
-      finish(outcome);
+      finish({ outcome, err: failure });
     }
   }
 }
@@ -443,7 +455,7 @@ function directoryRoot(base) {
 
 // Whether an entry with this subject still exists anywhere in the directory, even disabled or moved
 // out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (e.g. to a leavers' OU): { dn, username }, null when it doesn't,
-// undefined without a service account; throws when the directory can't be reached
+// undefined without a service account; throws when the directory can't be reached or searched from the root
 async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   if (!c.bindDn || !c.searchBase) return undefined;
   const attributes = [c.usernameAttribute];
@@ -451,17 +463,21 @@ async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   try {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     await bindService(client, c);
+    const byDn = c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn";
     let entries;
     try {
       ({ searchEntries: entries } =
-        c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn"
+        byDn
           ? await client.search(subject, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes })
           : await client.search(directoryRoot(c.searchBase), { scope: "sub", filter: subjectFilter(c, subject), attributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
     } catch (err) {
-      if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
+      if (byDn && err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
+      // Several entries with this subject: it still exists, however ambiguously
+      if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return {};
+      // e.g. a service account that can't read the root, which says nothing about the entry
       throw err;
     }
-    if (entries.length !== 1) return null;
+    if (entries.length === 0) return null;
     const name = values(entries[0], c.usernameAttribute)[0];
     return { dn: entries[0].dn, username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined };
   } finally {
@@ -490,6 +506,7 @@ async function findSubject(username, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
 async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   const client = createClient(c);
   const checked = [`connected to ${c.url}`];
+  checked.warnings = [];
   try {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     try {
@@ -514,6 +531,22 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
       }
       checked.push(`${name} exists`);
     }
+    // locate(subject) searches from there, so a leaver moved out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE still counts
+    const root = c.bindDn && c.searchBase ? directoryRoot(c.searchBase) : null;
+    if (root && root === c.searchBase && c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() !== "dn")
+      checked.warnings.push(
+        `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (${root}) has no dc= suffix to search from, so a person moved out of it counts as gone when an admin allows a relink to a different entry. Check the old entry yourself before allowing one.`
+      );
+    else if (root)
+      try {
+        await client.search(root, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes: ["objectClass"] });
+        checked.push(`the directory root ${root} is readable`);
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (!(err instanceof ResultCodeError)) throw err;
+        checked.warnings.push(
+          `the service account can't search the directory root ${root} (${err.message}), so MMGIS can't tell whether a person moved out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE still exists, and refuses relinks to a different entry. Give it read access to the whole directory.`
+        );
+      }
   } finally {
     await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
   }
@@ -589,7 +622,10 @@ module.exports = {
   routes(router, ctx) {
     const startup = config();
     selfCheck(startup).then(
-      (checked) => ctx.logger("info", `LDAP settings check passed: ${checked.join(", ")}.`, "Ldap"),
+      (checked) => {
+        ctx.logger("info", `LDAP settings check passed: ${checked.join(", ")}.`, "Ldap");
+        for (const w of checked.warnings) ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP settings check: ${w}`, "Ldap");
+      },
       (err) => ctx.logger("error", `LDAP settings check failed: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", null, err)
     );
     router.post("/login", ctx.authorize.public("LDAP directory login"), async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index ac2ac8ff5e..f720fe2eb4 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -167,6 +167,22 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     expect(log.filter((l) => l === `bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`)).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
+  test('a service bind that times out fails the logins waiting on it instead of letting them all bind', async () => {
+    const env = { ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'timeout-then-wrong' }; // pragma: allowlist secret
+    const log = [];
+    let first = true;
+    const flaky = () => {
+      const c = fakeClient([alice], log)();
+      return { ...c, async bind(dn, pw) {
+        if (dn === base.LDAP_BIND_DN && first) { first = false; log.push(`bind ${dn}`); await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20)); throw new Error('timeout'); }
+        return c.bind(dn, pw);
+      } };
+    };
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(Array.from({ length: 10 }, () => authenticate('alice', 'right', config(env), flaky)));
+    expect(results.every((r) => r.status === 'rejected')).toBe(true);
+    expect(log.filter((l) => l === `bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`)).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   test('concurrent logins with a working service password all go ahead', async () => {
     const results = await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: 4 }, () => authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))));
     expect(results.every((r) => r && r.subject)).toBe(true);
@@ -199,7 +215,8 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   test('the startup check signs in the service account and finds the search bases, without anyone\'s password', async () => {
     const log = [];
     const checked = await selfCheck(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: alice.dn }), fakeClient([alice], log));
-    expect(checked).toEqual(['connected to ldaps://ldap.example.org', 'the service account signed in', 'LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE exists']);
+    expect([...checked]).toEqual(['connected to ldaps://ldap.example.org', 'the service account signed in', 'LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE exists', 'the directory root dc=example,dc=org is readable']);
+    expect(checked.warnings).toEqual([]);
     const missing = () => ({
       async bind() {},
       async search(dn) {
@@ -288,3 +305,50 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
     expect(await lookup('e1', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_DN: '' }), byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+test.describe('Whether an old entry still exists (locate)', () => {
+  const { locate } = ldap._internal;
+  const client = (search) => () => ({ async bind() {}, search, async unbind() {} });
+  const env = { ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'locate-test' }; // pragma: allowlist secret
+
+  test('a root the service account cannot search is unknown, not gone', async () => {
+    const search = async () => { throw new NoSuchObjectError('No such object'); };
+    await expect(locate('e1', config(env), client(search))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(NoSuchObjectError);
+    expect(await locate('uid=a,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', config({ ...env, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'dn' }), client(search))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('several entries with the subject still count as present', async () => {
+    const two = async () => ({ searchEntries: [alice.entry, alice.entry] });
+    expect(await locate('e1', config(env), client(two))).toMatchObject({ dn: alice.dn });
+    const many = async () => { throw new SizeLimitExceededError('Size limit exceeded'); };
+    expect(await locate('e1', config(env), client(many))).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(await locate('e1', config(env), client(async () => ({ searchEntries: [] })))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('an expired service-account password is not reported as the person\'s', async () => {
+    const svcExpired = () => ({
+      async bind(dn) {
+        if (dn === base.LDAP_BIND_DN)
+          throw new InvalidCredentialsError('80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C09044E, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 532, v4563');
+      },
+      async search() { return { searchEntries: [alice.entry] }; },
+      async unbind() {},
+    });
+    const err = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'svc-expired' }), svcExpired).catch((e) => e); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    expect(err).not.toBeInstanceOf(PasswordExpiredError);
+    expect(err.message).toMatch(/LDAP_BIND_DN's password has expired/);
+  });
+
+  test('the startup check warns when the service account cannot read the directory root', async () => {
+    const fake = () => ({
+      async bind() {},
+      async search(dn) {
+        if (dn === 'dc=example,dc=org') throw new NoSuchObjectError('No such object');
+        return { searchEntries: [{ dn }] };
+      },
+      async unbind() {},
+    });
+    const checked = await selfCheck(config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'root-test' }), fake); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    expect(checked.warnings.join(' ')).toMatch(/can't search the directory root dc=example,dc=org/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 8bfe9605b7..1f64950498 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
   });
 
   test('a login posted from another site is refused', async () => {
-  const ctx = await context();
-  const res = await ctx.post('/api/auth/ldap/login', { data: bob, headers: { Origin: 'https://evil.example', 'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site' } });
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(403);
-  expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, bob)).status()).toBe(200);
-});
+    const ctx = await context();
+    const res = await ctx.post('/api/auth/ldap/login', { data: bob, headers: { Origin: 'https://evil.example', 'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site' } });
+    expect(res.status()).toBe(403);
+    expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, bob)).status()).toBe(200);
+  });
 
-test('requests refused for other reasons than wrong credentials do not use up the address limit', async () => {
+  test('requests refused for other reasons than wrong credentials do not use up the address limit', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
       expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: `empty_${i}`, password: '' })).status()).toBe(400);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 39d9f599ee..8d8bbb4345 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -388,6 +388,10 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     // The account's own entry still being there (even disabled or in a leavers' OU) means this is someone else
     if (target && known && known.subject && known.subject !== target.subject) {
       const old = await providers.locateSubject(provider, known.subject).catch(() => undefined);
+      if (old === undefined)
+        return fail(
+          `Couldn't tell whether '${user.username}''s own ${provider} entry (subject '${known.subject}') still exists, so ${target.dn} may be a different person. Check that ${provider} can be reached and its service account can read the whole directory, then try again.`
+        );
       if (old)
         return fail(
           `'${user.username}' already has its own ${provider} entry${old.dn ? `, ${old.dn}` : ""}, which still exists, so ${target.dn} is a different person. If it really is the same person, delete the old entry in the directory first.`
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index ce03d1e9b4..fc1ea0345a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     const existing = { id: 1, username: 'admin', password: '$2a$10$unchangedhash' };
     const m = fakeModels({ users: [existing] });
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'x', username: 'admin' }), m))
-      .rejects.toThrow(/already belongs to account .* allow a \w+ relink/);
+      .rejects.toThrow(/already belongs to account .* allow a relink to \w+/);
     const err = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'x', username: 'admin' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(providers.LinkError);
     expect(err.userMessage).not.toMatch(/'admin'|already|belongs/);
@@ -557,6 +557,14 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
     const unknown = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(unknown.message).toMatch(/couldn't say whether .* Check before allowing a relink/);
+    // A service account that can't search the root: what lookup still finds under the search base counts
+    ldap.locate = async () => { throw new Error('No such object'); };
+    ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-bob' ? { username: 'bob_renamed', groups: [] } : null);
+    expect(await providers.locateSubject('ldap', 'old-bob')).toMatchObject({ username: 'bob_renamed' });
+    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.locateSubject('ldap', 'old-bob')).toBeUndefined();
+    ldap.locate = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.locateSubject('ldap', 'old-bob')).toBeNull();
     ldap.locate = realLocate;
   });
 

From 2da2f088c000b97d2b03f2b9d9d1e9a4e7869ffa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 04:47:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 034/122] LDAP: search the naming context for o= trees, read
 groups as the service account with a DN template, refuse binary subject
 attributes, detach a deleted account's drawings from its username

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  6 ++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  6 ++-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 38 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 18 +++++++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 18 +++++++++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  4 ++
 6 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 18b5e354e2..e72fd361d3 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@ async function identify(req) {
 
 // err.message has the details for the server log; providers show users only err.userMessage
 // Draw keeps group-shared and master files under the owner "group"
-const reservedUsername = (name) => String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim().toLowerCase() === "group";
+// and a deleted account's files under "~deleted~<id>"
+const reservedUsername = (name) => {
+  const n = String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim().toLowerCase();
+  return n === "group" || n.startsWith("~deleted~");
+};
 
 class LinkError extends Error {
   constructor(message, userMessage) {
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 9148b5fc5e..bb9ea52901 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
+- Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) doesn't get them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with an `o=` base and no `dc=` part, or with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out, and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
@@ -125,7 +126,8 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset, and use `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","ldap"]` during the move, so people who aren't moved yet still see their MMGIS sign-in first.
 2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours.
 3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator and keep using their MMGIS account meanwhile, and the server log names the account to relink.
-4. When People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`.
+4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
+5. When People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`.
 
 ## Rotating the service password or CA
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 3cf8945ecf..4ccc57e972 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@ function subjectOf(entry, c) {
   if (c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn") return entry.dn;
   const v = values(entry, c.subjectAttribute)[0];
   if (v == null) return null;
-  if (Buffer.isBuffer(v)) return v.length === 16 && /^objectguid$/i.test(c.subjectAttribute) ? guidString(v) : v.toString("hex");
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(v)) {
+    if (v.length === 16 && /^objectguid$/i.test(c.subjectAttribute)) return guidString(v);
+    // Rechecks would search for the hex as text, find nothing and sign everyone out
+    if (!isBinaryAttribute(c.subjectAttribute))
+      throw new Error(`LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE ${c.subjectAttribute} holds binary values, which MMGIS can't search for again at rechecks. Use entryUUID, or objectGUID on Active Directory.`);
+    return v.toString("hex");
+  }
   return String(v);
 }
 
@@ -384,6 +390,8 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
         return refuse(
           `the password is right for ${dn}, but LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER found a different entry, ${entry.dn} (make LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER name the same attribute)`
         );
+      // Groups are read as the service account, as at rechecks, where people may not read the group OU
+      if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
     } else {
       if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
       const found = await findUser(client, c, username);
@@ -453,6 +461,20 @@ function directoryRoot(base) {
   return i > 0 ? rdns.slice(i).join(",") : base;
 }
 
+// Where locate searches: the dc= suffix of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE, else the directory's naming context
+// that holds it (e.g. o=corp); null when neither is known
+async function searchRoot(client, c) {
+  const root = directoryRoot(c.searchBase);
+  if (root !== c.searchBase) return root;
+  const { searchEntries } = await client.search("", { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes: ["namingContexts"] });
+  const base = normalizeDn(c.searchBase);
+  const holding = values(searchEntries[0] || {}, "namingContexts")
+    .map(String)
+    .filter((n) => base === normalizeDn(n) || base.endsWith(`,${normalizeDn(n)}`))
+    .sort((a, b) => a.length - b.length);
+  return holding[0] || null;
+}
+
 // Whether an entry with this subject still exists anywhere in the directory, even disabled or moved
 // out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (e.g. to a leavers' OU): { dn, username }, null when it doesn't,
 // undefined without a service account; throws when the directory can't be reached or searched from the root
@@ -464,12 +486,14 @@ async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     await bindService(client, c);
     const byDn = c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn";
+    const root = byDn ? null : await searchRoot(client, c);
+    if (!byDn && !root) throw new Error("No naming context in the directory's root DSE holds LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE, so MMGIS can't search outside it.");
     let entries;
     try {
       ({ searchEntries: entries } =
         byDn
           ? await client.search(subject, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes })
-          : await client.search(directoryRoot(c.searchBase), { scope: "sub", filter: subjectFilter(c, subject), attributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
+          : await client.search(root, { scope: "sub", filter: subjectFilter(c, subject), attributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
     } catch (err) {
       if (byDn && err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
       // Several entries with this subject: it still exists, however ambiguously
@@ -532,10 +556,10 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
       checked.push(`${name} exists`);
     }
     // locate(subject) searches from there, so a leaver moved out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE still counts
-    const root = c.bindDn && c.searchBase ? directoryRoot(c.searchBase) : null;
-    if (root && root === c.searchBase && c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() !== "dn")
+    const root = c.bindDn && c.searchBase && c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() !== "dn" ? await searchRoot(client, c).catch(() => null) : undefined;
+    if (root === null)
       checked.warnings.push(
-        `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (${root}) has no dc= suffix to search from, so a person moved out of it counts as gone when an admin allows a relink to a different entry. Check the old entry yourself before allowing one.`
+        `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (${c.searchBase}) has no dc= suffix and the directory names no naming context holding it, so MMGIS can't tell whether a person moved out of it still exists, and refuses relinks to a different entry.`
       );
     else if (root)
       try {
@@ -614,7 +638,9 @@ function warnings(env) {
   if (c.groupNameAttribute && !c.groupSearchBase)
     out.push(`LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=${c.groupNameAttribute} has no effect without LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: groups read from ${c.groupsAttribute} are reported by their full DN.`);
   if (c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn")
-    out.push("LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn: a person's DN changes when they are renamed or moved, which then creates a new MMGIS account.");
+    out.push(
+      "LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn: a person's DN changes when they are renamed or moved, which then creates a new MMGIS account, and whoever is later given a leaver's DN signs in as the leaver's account, roles and drawings included. Prefer entryUUID or objectGUID."
+    );
   return out;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index f720fe2eb4..9fe459150c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -339,6 +339,24 @@ test.describe('Whether an old entry still exists (locate)', () => {
     expect(err.message).toMatch(/LDAP_BIND_DN's password has expired/);
   });
 
+  test('without a dc= suffix the directory\'s naming context is searched, and unknown without one', async () => {
+    const corp = { ...env, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: 'ou=people,o=corp' };
+    const searched = [];
+    const search = (contexts) => async (dn, opts) => {
+      searched.push(dn);
+      if (dn === '') return { searchEntries: [{ dn: '', namingContexts: contexts }] };
+      return { searchEntries: [{ ...alice.entry, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=leavers,o=corp' }] };
+    };
+    expect(await locate('e1', config(corp), client(search(['o=other', 'o=corp'])))).toMatchObject({ dn: 'uid=alice,ou=leavers,o=corp' });
+    expect(searched).toEqual(['', 'o=corp']);
+    await expect(locate('e1', config(corp), client(search(['o=other'])))).rejects.toThrow(/naming context/);
+  });
+
+  test('a binary subject attribute MMGIS cannot search for again is refused, not signed out at every recheck', async () => {
+    const photo = { ...alice, entry: { ...alice.entry, jpegPhoto: Buffer.from('9f8102ff', 'hex') } };
+    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'jpegPhoto' }), fakeClient([photo]))).rejects.toThrow(/holds binary values/);
+  });
+
   test('the startup check warns when the service account cannot read the directory root', async () => {
     const fake = () => ({
       async bind() {},
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 1f64950498..e2a4933084 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -261,6 +261,24 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('a deleted account\'s drawings do not go to the next account with its username', async () => {
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const ctx = await context();
+    expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
+    const name = `alice private ${Date.now()}`;
+    const made = await (await ctx.post('/api/files/make', { data: { file_name: name, intent: 'all' } })).json();
+    expect(made.status).toBe('success');
+    const files = async (c) => (await (await c.post('/api/files/getfiles', { data: {} })).json()).body.filter((f) => f.file_name === name);
+    const [file] = await files(ctx);
+    expect((await (await ctx.post('/api/files/change', { data: { id: file.id, public: '0' } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
+    expect(await files(ctx)).toHaveLength(1);
+    const id = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries.find((e) => e.username === alice.username).id;
+    expect((await (await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${id}`)).json()).status).toBe('success');
+    const next = await context();
+    expect((await ldapLogin(next, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
+    expect(await files(next)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   test('LDAP accounts get no MMGIS password reset link', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 8d8bbb4345..fe3309d212 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const { ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
 const { RoleBinding, AuthIdentity, AuthMeta } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
 const providers = require("../../../../../API/permissions/providers");
 const { LongTermTokens } = require("../../LongTermToken/models/longtermtokens");
+const { Userfiles } = require("../../Draw/models/userfiles");
 const connections = require("../../../../../API/connections");
 const { apilimiter, resetFailedLogins } = require("../../../../../scripts/rateLimiters");
 const User = userModel.User;
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       });
       // Its connections go with it (cascade); read them first to revoke them at each service
       grants = await connections.accountGrants(id, { transaction }).catch(() => []);
+      // Drawings are kept under the username, so the next account given that name (e.g. a reused directory name) mustn't get them
+      const gone = await User.findOne({ where: { id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
+      if (gone) await Userfiles.update({ file_owner: `~deleted~${id}` }, { where: { file_owner: gone.username }, transaction });
       // Inside the lock, so a SuperAdmin grant can't be added for the account meanwhile
       await User.destroy({ where: { id: id }, transaction });
       return true;

From 83cd3767f4da6ff1e2960af88724cf6ae96a2895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 05:11:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 035/122] Address wave 9 review: scope login CSRF check to the
 shared form, test the linked-account local refusal, People sign-in search,
 unguessable deleted-file owner

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml             |  2 +-
 API/permissions/providers.js                       | 14 +++++++++++---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js       |  4 ++--
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js          |  3 +++
 .../Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md    |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                      |  4 ++--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                   |  4 ++--
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js                  |  6 +++---
 .../core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js | 12 ++++++++++++
 plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js   |  7 ++++++-
 10 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js

diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
index c135450001..42d7f6de79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       # No manual init-db / server start / curl steps needed.
 
       - name: Run Unit Tests
-        run: npx playwright test tests/unit plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js --project=chromium
+        run: npx playwright test tests/unit plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js plugins/core/auth/Local/tests --project=chromium
         env:
           SITE_ACCESS: ${{ matrix.site_access }}
           AUTH_PROVIDERS: local
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index e72fd361d3..cca082b31e 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ async function identify(req) {
 
 // err.message has the details for the server log; providers show users only err.userMessage
 // Draw keeps group-shared and master files under the owner "group"
-// and a deleted account's files under "~deleted~<id>"
+// and a deleted account's files under "~deleted~<id>~<random>"
 const reservedUsername = (name) => {
   const n = String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim().toLowerCase();
   return n === "group" || n.startsWith("~deleted~");
@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       attributes: ["user_id", "username", "subject"],
       raw: true,
     })).find((l) => l.username && sameUsername(l.username, identity.username));
+  if (sameName && sameName.subject === identity.subject)
+    throw new LinkError(
+      `'${identity.username}' was linked to account ${sameName.user_id} by another sign-in at the same moment; signing in again works.`
+    );
   if (sameName) {
     // If that account's own entry is still there, the name was handed to someone new: a relink would give them the account
     const still = await locateSubject(identity.provider, sameName.subject).catch(() => undefined);
@@ -762,14 +766,18 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   });
   const base = `${rootPath()}/api/auth`;
   app.use(base, registerRouter(base, list));
-  // Login POSTs from other sites are refused, so a page can't sign a visitor in to someone else's account
+  // Posts to the shared login form's route from other sites are refused, so a page can't sign a visitor in to
+  // someone else's account; other routes (e.g. a SAML or OIDC form_post callback) check their own state
   const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../connections/routes");
 
   enabledProviders().forEach((p) => {
     if (typeof p.impl.routes !== "function") return;
     const prefix = `${base}/${p.id}`;
     const router = express.Router();
-    router.use((req, res, next) => (req.method === "POST" ? sameOriginOnly(req, res, next) : next()));
+    if (p.manifest.login_form === true && typeof p.manifest.login_path === "string")
+      router.use(p.manifest.login_path, (req, res, next) =>
+        req.method === "POST" ? sameOriginOnly(req, res, next) : next()
+      );
     p.impl.routes(router, {
       authorize,
       logger,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 3aa2cb4726..bb437403b7 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
     const q = search.toLowerCase();
     const key = (PEOPLE_COLUMNS.find((col) => col[0] === peopleSort.by) || PEOPLE_COLUMNS[0])[2];
     return summaries
-      .filter(({ u }) => !q || u.username.toLowerCase().includes(q) || (u.email || "").toLowerCase().includes(q))
+      .filter(({ u }) => !q || [u.username, u.email || "", signInText(u)].some((t) => t.toLowerCase().includes(q)))
       .sort((a, b) => {
         const ka = key(a);
         const kb = key(b);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
               <TextField
                 size="small"
                 className={`${c.field} ${c.search}`}
-                placeholder="Search by username or email"
+                placeholder="Search username, email or sign-in (e.g. not found)"
                 value={search}
                 onChange={(e) => setSearch(e.target.value)}
                 InputProps={{ startAdornment: <InputAdornment position="start"><SearchIcon fontSize="small" /></InputAdornment> }}
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index 3162f38e93..28643ce17f 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ export const PEOPLE_COLUMNS = [
 
 // Provider-linked accounts sign in only through their provider; the rest with an MMGIS password
 export const signInText = (u) =>
+  signInBase(u) +
+  (u.relink ? ` (relink to ${u.relink.provider} ${u.relink.stale ? "stale" : "pending"})` : "");
+const signInBase = (u) =>
   (u.sign_ins || []).length
     ? u.sign_ins
         .map(
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 9e944bb010..8073b283fd 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ There's no database handle or config object; read settings from `process.env`.
 
 ## Login form providers
 
-A provider whose `plugin.json` sets `"login_form": true` and a `login_path` shares MMGIS's username/password form on the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal; it doesn't serve a login page of its own.
+A provider whose `plugin.json` sets `"login_form": true` and a `login_path` shares MMGIS's username/password form on the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal; it doesn't serve a login page of its own. MMGIS refuses posts to that `login_path` from other sites (login CSRF); a provider's other routes, such as a SAML or OIDC `form_post` callback, aren't checked and must validate their own `state`.
 
 - **Layout.** With one form provider that isn't `local`, the form shows a "Sign in with <title>" banner. With several (for example `ldap` and `local`), it shows a switch; the first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` is the default and the browser remembers the last choice. The password is only sent to the selected provider. With `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`, `local` is only offered at Configure sign-in.
 - **Wording.** `loginForm(env)` returns `title` (the tab and banner name, default `display_name`), `usernameLabel` (default `Username`), and `hint` (shown with the form). Read them from `<PROVIDERID>_*` ENVs so each site can name the provider its own way. `GET /api/auth` returns them as `loginForms`.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index bb9ea52901..d4bdc59181 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) doesn't get them.
-- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename.
+- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours.
 3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator and keep using their MMGIS account meanwhile, and the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
-5. When People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`.
+5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`.
 
 ## Rotating the service password or CA
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 4ccc57e972..88ea19fbba 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       const bind = await bindAs(client, entry.dn, password);
       if (!bind.ok) return refuse(`${bind.reason} for ${entry.dn}`);
       // Group searches run as the service account, as the user search did
-      if (c.groupSearchBase && c.bindDn) await client.bind(c.bindDn, c.bindPassword);
+      if (c.groupSearchBase && c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
     }
     const subject = subjectOf(entry, c);
     if (!subject) throw new Error(`The directory entry has no ${c.subjectAttribute} (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE).`);
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       username: name != null ? String(name) : username,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
       // The directory's username, as at recheck, so group filters don't depend on how it was typed
-      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : username),
+      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : ""),
     };
   } finally {
     await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index d7c80eb275..011d870e10 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ const {
 // AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins: only accounts holding an admin role may log in locally
 const LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY = "Only administrators may log in with a local account on this site.";
 // Why this account may not sign in with a local password, or null if it may
-async function localLoginRefusal(userId) {
+async function localLoginRefusal(userId, models = { AuthIdentity }) {
   // Accounts linked to a login provider sign in through it (e.g. a local account relinked to LDAP)
-  if ((await AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: userId } })) > 0)
+  if ((await models.AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: userId } })) > 0)
     return "This account signs in through its login provider.";
   if (siteAccess.localAdminsOnly() && !policy.isAdministrator(await userPrincipal(userId)))
     return LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY;
@@ -639,4 +639,4 @@ function clearLoginSession(req) {
   delete req.session.proxyIdentity;
 }
 
-module.exports = { mountLocalRoutes, getUserGroups, clearLoginSession };
+module.exports = { mountLocalRoutes, getUserGroups, clearLoginSession, localLoginRefusal };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..973f3017ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const { localLoginRefusal } = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../routes.js'));
+
+test.describe('Local login refusals', () => {
+  test('an account linked to a login provider cannot sign in with a local password', async () => {
+    const linked = { AuthIdentity: { count: async ({ where }) => (where.user_id === 7 ? 1 : 0) } };
+    expect(await localLoginRefusal(7, linked)).toBe('This account signs in through its login provider.');
+    expect(await localLoginRefusal(8, linked)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index fe3309d212..1138970a2c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -145,7 +145,12 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       grants = await connections.accountGrants(id, { transaction }).catch(() => []);
       // Drawings are kept under the username, so the next account given that name (e.g. a reused directory name) mustn't get them
       const gone = await User.findOne({ where: { id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
-      if (gone) await Userfiles.update({ file_owner: `~deleted~${id}` }, { where: { file_owner: gone.username }, transaction });
+      // Random suffix: a downgraded MMGIS, which doesn't reserve "~deleted~", mustn't let a guessable signup claim them
+      if (gone)
+        await Userfiles.update(
+          { file_owner: `~deleted~${id}~${crypto.randomBytes(8).toString("hex")}` },
+          { where: { file_owner: gone.username }, transaction }
+        );
       // Inside the lock, so a SuperAdmin grant can't be added for the account meanwhile
       await User.destroy({ where: { id: id }, transaction });
       return true;

From 225c60464fd70d1c0ada8fd2772595f102f2cda0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 05:30:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 036/122] =?UTF-8?q?Close=20login=20CSRF=20on=20/api/users/?=
 =?UTF-8?q?login,=20fold=20=C4=B0=20and=20Unicode=20forms=20in=20usernames?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20and=20DNs,=20refuse=20plain=20LDAP=20group=20names=20in=20DN?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20mode?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 35 +++++++++++++------
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  |  2 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 package.json                                  |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 13 ++++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 18 ++++++++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     |  5 +++
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             | 16 ++++-----
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       |  4 ++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  2 +-
 tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js              |  1 +
 12 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index cca082b31e..17ffe68745 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ async function identify(req) {
 // Draw keeps group-shared and master files under the owner "group"
 // and a deleted account's files under "~deleted~<id>~<random>"
 const reservedUsername = (name) => {
-  const n = String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim().toLowerCase();
+  const n = String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim().replace(/\u0130/g, "I").toLowerCase();
   return n === "group" || n.startsWith("~deleted~");
 };
 
@@ -213,6 +213,17 @@ async function who(m, userId) {
   return u && u.username ? `account ${userId} '${u.username}'` : `account ${userId}`;
 }
 
+// Usernames differing only in case or Unicode form ("josé" composed or not) would be look-alike accounts
+function usernameTaken(username) {
+  const { User } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user");
+  const { sequelize } = require("../connection");
+  const folded = sequelize.fn(
+    "lower",
+    sequelize.fn("replace", sequelize.fn("normalize", sequelize.col("username"), sequelize.literal("NFKC")), "\u0130", "I")
+  );
+  return User.findOne({ where: sequelize.where(folded, fold(username)), attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
+}
+
 function accountModels() {
   const { AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthMeta } = require("./models");
   const { User } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user");
@@ -224,13 +235,7 @@ function accountModels() {
     AuthGroupMember,
     AuthMeta,
     transaction: (fn) => sequelize.transaction(fn),
-    // Usernames differing only in case would be two accounts for one directory person
-    usernameTaken: (username) =>
-      User.findOne({
-        where: sequelize.where(sequelize.fn("lower", sequelize.col("username")), String(username).toLowerCase()),
-        attributes: ["id"],
-        raw: true,
-      }),
+    usernameTaken,
     // connect-pg-simple's session table has no model; Local's password reset ends sessions the same way
     endSessionsOf: (userId) =>
       sequelize.query(`DELETE FROM "session" WHERE sess->>'uid' = :uid`, { replacements: { uid: String(userId) } }),
@@ -256,8 +261,9 @@ async function markMissing(m, provider, userId, gone, subject) {
       if (err.name !== "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError") throw err;
     });
 }
-const sameUsername = (a, b) =>
-  String(a).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase() === String(b).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase();
+// Directories match the dotted capital İ as i, which toLowerCase() alone turns into i + U+0307
+const fold = (s) => String(s).normalize("NFKC").replace(/\u0130/g, "I").toLowerCase();
+const sameUsername = (a, b) => fold(a) === fold(b);
 
 async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   if (!m.AuthMeta) return null;
@@ -342,9 +348,15 @@ async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
 }
 
 // A provider group's external name as the provider reports it, e.g. a DN in LDAP's canonical form
+// A provider may throw to refuse a name that can never match; the message is shown to the admin
 function groupName(providerId, name) {
   const p = getProvider(providerId);
-  return p && typeof p.impl.groupName === "function" && typeof name === "string" ? p.impl.groupName(name) : name;
+  if (!(p && typeof p.impl.groupName === "function" && typeof name === "string")) return name;
+  try {
+    return p.impl.groupName(name);
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new (require("./bindings").BindingError)(err.message);
+  }
 }
 
 // Whether the entry with this subject still exists at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins
@@ -804,6 +816,7 @@ module.exports = {
   identify,
   LinkError,
   reservedUsername,
+  usernameTaken,
   linkIdentity,
   RELINK_HOURS,
   relinkKey,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 422b9b7b39..74aee71ff6 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
                 </Select>
               )}
               {newGroup.source !== "local" && (
-                <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder={`${newGroup.source.toUpperCase()} group name`} value={newGroup.external_name} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, external_name: e.target.value })} />
+                <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder={`${newGroup.source.toUpperCase()} group, as logged at sign-in`} value={newGroup.external_name} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, external_name: e.target.value })} />
               )}
               <Button variant="contained" disableElevation className={c.barButton} startIcon={<AddIcon />} disabled={!newGroup.name.trim()} onClick={() =>
                 api("access_groups_create", { name: newGroup.name, source: newGroup.source, external_name: newGroup.external_name || undefined })
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 8073b283fd..5c595c2a2b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds, the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
-- `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly.
+- `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN); its message is shown to the admin.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index d4bdc59181..bc3f6eac76 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). A plain name such as `science-team` is refused, since it could never match a DN. External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
 
 ## Accounts
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4ba3c5c487..0e2ed57313 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "plugins": "node plugin-cli/cli.js",
     "plugins:install": "node scripts/resolve-plugin-deps.js && node scripts/install-plugin-deps.js",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:unit": "cross-env PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY=true playwright test tests/unit",
+    "test:unit": "cross-env PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY=true playwright test tests/unit plugins/.*-unit.spec.js",
     "test:ci": "cross-env PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY=true playwright test tests/ci",
     "test:e2e": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test tests/e2e",
     "test:e2e:api": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test tests/e2e/api",
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 88ea19fbba..c143952c29 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const fill = (template, values) =>
   template.replace(/\{\{(username|dn)\}\}/g, (m, key) => (values[key] != null ? values[key] : m));
 
 // "CN=Science Team, OU=Groups,DC=corp" -> "cn=science team,ou=groups,dc=corp", so one group always
-// reads the same however the directory spaces, capitalizes or escapes it (\, and \2c alike)
+// reads the same however the directory spaces, capitalizes, escapes (\, and \2c alike) or composes it (é)
 function normalizeDn(dn) {
   const s = String(dn);
   const rdns = [];
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function normalizeDn(dn) {
   let bytes = [];
   const text = (str) => bytes.push(...Buffer.from(str, "utf8"));
   const endAva = () => {
-    const value = Buffer.from(bytes).toString("utf8").trim().toLowerCase();
+    const value = Buffer.from(bytes).toString("utf8").normalize("NFC").trim().toLowerCase();
     avas.push(type == null ? value : `${type.trim().toLowerCase()}=${value.replace(/[\\,+"<>;]/g, "\\$&").replace(/^[ #]/, "\\$&")}`);
     type = null;
     bytes = [];
@@ -706,10 +706,15 @@ module.exports = {
     const c = config(env);
     return { title: c.displayName, usernameLabel: c.usernameLabel, hint: c.hint };
   },
-  // Group DNs are matched in the form groupsOf reports them
+  // Group DNs are matched in the form groupsOf reports them; a plain name would never match one
   groupName: (name) => {
     const c = config();
-    return !(c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) && name.includes("=") ? normalizeDn(name.trim()) : name;
+    if (c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) return name;
+    if (!name.includes("="))
+      throw new Error(
+        `LDAP reports groups by DN, so enter the group's DN (e.g. cn=${name.trim() || "science-team"},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org), as listed under "Directory groups" in the server log at each LDAP sign-in.`
+      );
+    return normalizeDn(name.trim());
   },
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
   locate: (subject) => locate(subject),
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 9fe459150c..95cef6d9c3 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -80,9 +80,27 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
     expect(normalizeDn('cn=Weird\\2c Group\\2bx,dc=x')).toBe('cn=weird\\, group\\+x,dc=x');
     expect(normalizeDn('cn=Gr\\c3\\bcne,dc=x')).toBe('cn=grüne,dc=x');
     expect(normalizeDn('cn=a+uid=B,dc=x')).toBe('cn=a+uid=b,dc=x');
+    expect(normalizeDn('uid=jose\u0301,dc=x')).toBe(normalizeDn('uid=jos\u00e9,dc=x'));
     expect(normalizeDn('cn=admins,ou=a,dc=x')).not.toBe(normalizeDn('cn=admins,ou=b,dc=x'));
   });
 
+  test('groupName refuses plain names while groups are reported by DN', () => {
+    const saved = { a: process.env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE, b: process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE };
+    try {
+      delete process.env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE;
+      delete process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE;
+      expect(ldap.groupName('CN=Data-Admins,OU=Groups,DC=x')).toBe('cn=data-admins,ou=groups,dc=x');
+      expect(() => ldap.groupName('data-admins')).toThrow(/enter the group's DN/);
+      process.env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE = 'cn';
+      process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE = 'ou=groups,dc=x';
+      expect(ldap.groupName('Data-Admins')).toBe('Data-Admins');
+    } finally {
+      for (const [k, v] of [['LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE', saved.a], ['LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE', saved.b]])
+        if (v === undefined) delete process.env[k];
+        else process.env[k] = v;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('Active Directory objectGUIDs are formatted like AD shows them', () => {
     const buf = Buffer.from('ab4bcf8b7e44e04c8b9e6b13f7c2e1a0', 'hex');
     expect(guidString(buf)).toBe('8bcf4bab-447e-4ce0-8b9e-6b13f7c2e1a0');
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index e2a4933084..b9109a56bc 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     const res = await ctx.post('/api/auth/ldap/login', { data: bob, headers: { Origin: 'https://evil.example', 'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site' } });
     expect(res.status()).toBe(403);
     expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, bob)).status()).toBe(200);
+    // The shared form's local option posts to /api/users/login, so that alias is refused too
+    for (const path of ['/api/users/login', '/api/auth/local/login']) {
+      const local = await (await context()).post(path, { data: admin, headers: { Origin: 'https://evil.example', 'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site' } });
+      expect(local.status()).toBe(403);
+    }
   });
 
   test('requests refused for other reasons than wrong credentials do not use up the address limit', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 011d870e10..f30ab9604f 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ const bindings = require("../../../../API/permissions/bindings");
 const setupCode = require("../../../../API/permissions/setupCode");
 const { LongTermTokens } = require("../../backend/LongTermToken/models/longtermtokens");
 const { AuthIdentity } = require("../../../../API/permissions/models");
+// Required lazily: connections/routes loads the provider registry, which loads this file
+const sameOriginOnly = (req, res, next) => require("../../../../API/connections/routes").sameOriginOnly(req, res, next);
 
 // Same message whether the username or the email is taken
 const SIGNUP_UNAVAILABLE =
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ router.post("/first_signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account
     });
 });
 
-router.post("/signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res, next) {
+router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res, next) {
   const accountManager = policy.can(req.principal, "accounts.manage");
   const selfSignup = siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed();
   if (!accountManager && !selfSignup) {
@@ -203,12 +205,9 @@ router.post("/signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-s
     token: null,
   };
 
-  //Make sure user doesn't already exit
-  User.findOne({
-    where: {
-      username: newUser.username,
-    },
-  })
+  // Make sure no account has this username, in any case or Unicode form
+  providers
+    .usernameTaken(newUser.username)
     .then(async (user) => {
       if (user == null) {
         // SuperAdmins may override the site default for what the new account can view
@@ -326,7 +325,8 @@ router.post("/signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-s
 /**
  * User login
  */
-router.post("/login", authLimiter, accountLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res) {
+// Refuses posts from other sites (login CSRF), also at the /api/users/login alias the login forms use
+router.post("/login", sameOriginOnly, authLimiter, accountLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res) {
   let MMGISUser;
   try {
     let userCookie = req.cookies.MMGISUser;
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index 213b248f9a..8ea7cf148a 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ const failedLoginLimit = () => {
   return Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0 ? n : 5;
 };
 
-// "CORP\\Alice", "alice@corp.example.org" and fullwidth "ａｌｉｃｅ" count as "alice"
+// "CORP\\Alice", "alice@corp.example.org", fullwidth "ａｌｉｃｅ" and "alİce" count as "alice"
+// (directories match the dotted capital İ as i)
 const accountKey = (username) =>
   String(username)
     .normalize('NFKC')
     .trim()
+    .replace(/\u0130/g, 'I')
     .toLowerCase()
     .replace(/^[^\\]*\\/, '')
     .replace(/@.*$/, '');
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index fc1ea0345a..7ad95bca13 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
 
   test('LDAP group DNs typed in another case or spacing are saved in the form LDAP reports', () => {
     expect(providers.groupName('ldap', 'CN=Ops, OU=Groups,DC=Example,DC=org')).toBe('cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org');
-    expect(providers.groupName('ldap', 'Science Team')).toBe('Science Team');
+    expect(() => providers.groupName('ldap', 'Science Team')).toThrow(/enter the group's DN/);
     expect(providers.groupName('local', 'CN=Ops')).toBe('CN=Ops');
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
index bce13c429f..5fed606bb2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ test.describe('Rate limiting configuration', () => {
     const { accountKey, accountLimiterFor, accountLimiter } = require('../../scripts/rateLimiters');
     expect(accountKey('ＣＯＲＰ\\ｌdap_Bob')).toBe('ldap_bob');
     expect(accountKey(' Alice@corp.example.org ')).toBe('alice');
+    expect(accountKey('ldap_alİce')).toBe('ldap_alice');
     expect(accountLimiterFor('local')).toBe(accountLimiter);
     expect(accountLimiterFor('ldap')).not.toBe(accountLimiter);
   });

From f254d948fbab15fbde02cae9058a219b569fc1a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 05:42:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 037/122] Let CORS_ORIGINS post login forms, fold usernames on
 both sides in SQL, let accounts of a removed provider use a reset link, NFC
 LDAP group names

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/connections/routes.js                          |  3 +++
 API/permissions/providers.js                       | 13 +++++++++----
 .../Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js      |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                      |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                      |  4 ++--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                   |  4 ++--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js |  8 ++++++++
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js                  |  4 ++--
 .../core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js | 14 ++++++++++++++
 plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js   |  5 +++--
 tests/unit/connections.spec.js                     |  9 +++++++++
 11 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/connections/routes.js b/API/connections/routes.js
index 5946a62c72..67174e60fa 100644
--- a/API/connections/routes.js
+++ b/API/connections/routes.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const crypto = require("crypto");
 const express = require("express");
 const { rateLimit } = require("express-rate-limit");
 const logger = require("../logger");
+const { getAllowedOrigins, getRequestHost, isOriginAllowed } = require("../origin");
 const { DOCS_URL, STATE_TTL_MS, MAX_PENDING_STATES, withTimeout, ConnectionRequiredError, envSecrets, scrubbed } = require("./common");
 const { connectionMap, allConnections, getConnection, setupStatus } = require("./registry");
 const { principalOf, storageFor, grantRecord, ownerKey, readStored, writeStored, removeStored, serialized, adoptSessionConnections, revokeQuietly } = require("./storage");
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ function sameOriginOnly(req, res, next) {
   const origin = req.get("origin");
   // The browser sets Sec-Fetch-Site itself; a proxy that rewrites Host would otherwise refuse it
   if (site === "same-origin") return next();
+  // Origins the site trusts with credentialed requests (CORS_ORIGINS) may post from their own pages
+  if (origin && getAllowedOrigins().length && isOriginAllowed(origin, getRequestHost(req))) return next();
   let foreign = site === "cross-site" || site === "same-site";
   if (!foreign && origin) {
     try {
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 17ffe68745..c882ceee0c 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -217,11 +217,16 @@ async function who(m, userId) {
 function usernameTaken(username) {
   const { User } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user");
   const { sequelize } = require("../connection");
-  const folded = sequelize.fn(
-    "lower",
-    sequelize.fn("replace", sequelize.fn("normalize", sequelize.col("username"), sequelize.literal("NFKC")), "\u0130", "I")
+  // Both sides fold in Postgres, so its lower() and JavaScript's can't disagree (e.g. on a final sigma)
+  const folded = (v) =>
+    sequelize.fn("lower", sequelize.fn("replace", sequelize.fn("normalize", v, sequelize.literal("NFKC")), "\u0130", "I"));
+  const name = String(username);
+  // The exact name first, so a log naming the holder names the right account
+  return User.findOne({ where: { username: name }, attributes: ["id"], raw: true }).then(
+    (exact) =>
+      exact ||
+      User.findOne({ where: sequelize.where(folded(sequelize.col("username")), folded(name)), attributes: ["id"], raw: true })
   );
-  return User.findOne({ where: sequelize.where(folded, fold(username)), attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
 }
 
 function accountModels() {
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js
index 1af88a00ea..2fa229c099 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ const DeleteUserModal = (props) => {
         />
         <Typography
           className={c.subtitle2}
-        >{`Enter '${modal?.row?.username}' above and click 'Delete' to confirm the permanent deletion of this user's account.`}</Typography>
+        >{`Enter '${modal?.row?.username}' above and click 'Delete' to confirm the permanent deletion of this user's account. Their private drawings will no longer belong to anyone, including a later account with the same username.`}</Typography>
       </DialogContent>
       <DialogActions className={c.dialogActions}>
         <Button
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 9611a4d584..12ec8e4a91 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Sets "SameSite=None; Secure" on the login cookie. Useful when using SITE_ACCESS=
 
 #### `CORS_ORIGINS=`
 
-Comma-separated origins allowed for cross-origin HTTP requests and websockets. When unset, only same-origin requests are allowed. | comma-separated origins | default `""`
+Comma-separated origins allowed for cross-origin HTTP requests and websockets. When unset, only same-origin requests are allowed. These origins may also post MMGIS's login and sign-up forms, which refuse other sites. | comma-separated origins | default `""`
 
 **Upgrade note:** Cross-origin browser clients that previously relied on wildcard CORS must set this to a comma-separated list of their allowed origins.
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index bc3f6eac76..90a5fa2c4a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
-- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) can then get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) doesn't get them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours.
 3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator and keep using their MMGIS account meanwhile, and the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
-5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`.
+5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
 
 ## Rotating the service password or CA
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index c143952c29..a5e855031a 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
   }
   return searchEntries.map((g) => {
     const name = c.groupNameAttribute ? values(g, c.groupNameAttribute)[0] : null;
-    return name != null ? String(name) : normalizeDn(g.dn);
+    return name != null ? String(name).normalize("NFC") : normalizeDn(g.dn);
   });
 }
 
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ module.exports = {
   // Group DNs are matched in the form groupsOf reports them; a plain name would never match one
   groupName: (name) => {
     const c = config();
-    if (c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) return name;
+    if (c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) return name.normalize("NFC");
     if (!name.includes("="))
       throw new Error(
         `LDAP reports groups by DN, so enter the group's DN (e.g. cn=${name.trim() || "science-team"},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org), as listed under "Directory groups" in the server log at each LDAP sign-in.`
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index b9109a56bc..8e08d1e56b 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('sign-up refuses usernames that differ from an existing one only in case or Unicode form', async () => {
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    for (const username of ['TEST_ADMIN', 'ｔｅｓｔ＿ａｄｍｉｎ', 'test_admİn']) {
+      const made = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/users/signup', { data: { username, email: `twin${Date.now()}@example.org`, password: ['twin', 'test', 'password'].join('-'), skipLogin: true } })).json();
+      expect(made.status).toBe('failure');
+    }
+  });
+
   test('requests refused for other reasons than wrong credentials do not use up the address limit', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index f30ab9604f..2be6730600 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ const {
 const LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY = "Only administrators may log in with a local account on this site.";
 // Why this account may not sign in with a local password, or null if it may
 async function localLoginRefusal(userId, models = { AuthIdentity }) {
-  // Accounts linked to a login provider sign in through it (e.g. a local account relinked to LDAP)
-  if ((await models.AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: userId } })) > 0)
+  // Accounts linked to an enabled login provider sign in through it (e.g. a local account relinked to LDAP)
+  if ((await models.AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: { [Op.in]: providers.availableProviders() } } })) > 0)
     return "This account signs in through its login provider.";
   if (siteAccess.localAdminsOnly() && !policy.isAdministrator(await userPrincipal(userId)))
     return LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY;
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
index 973f3017ac..14fdf18509 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
@@ -9,4 +9,18 @@ test.describe('Local login refusals', () => {
     expect(await localLoginRefusal(7, linked)).toBe('This account signs in through its login provider.');
     expect(await localLoginRefusal(8, linked)).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  test('a link to a provider no longer in AUTH_PROVIDERS does not refuse the local password', async () => {
+    const { Op } = require('sequelize');
+    const enabled = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../API/permissions/providers.js')).availableProviders()[0];
+    const rows = [{ user_id: 7, provider: 'retired-provider' }];
+    const models = {
+      AuthIdentity: {
+        count: async ({ where }) => rows.filter((r) => r.user_id === where.user_id && where.provider[Op.in].includes(r.provider)).length,
+      },
+    };
+    expect(await localLoginRefusal(7, models)).toBeNull();
+    rows[0].provider = enabled;
+    expect(await localLoginRefusal(7, models)).toBe('This account signs in through its login provider.');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 1138970a2c..d95e7685fe 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -523,8 +523,9 @@ router.post("/generateResetPasswordLink", authorize("accounts.manage"), function
     },
   };
 
-  // Accounts created by a login provider sign in through it; a local password would get around it
-  AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id }, attributes: ["provider"], raw: true })
+  // Accounts linked to an enabled login provider sign in through it; a local password would get around it.
+  // Once that provider is removed from AUTH_PROVIDERS, a reset link is the way back in.
+  AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider: { [Op.in]: providers.availableProviders() } }, attributes: ["provider"], raw: true })
     .then((link) => {
       if (link) {
         res.send({
diff --git a/tests/unit/connections.spec.js b/tests/unit/connections.spec.js
index 692ab3e963..5b2d2317eb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/connections.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/connections.spec.js
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ test.describe('sameOriginOnly', () => {
       }),
     ).toBe(200);
     expect(run({ host: 'mmgis.example', origin: 'https://evil.example' })).toBe(403);
+    const savedCors = process.env.CORS_ORIGINS;
+    try {
+      process.env.CORS_ORIGINS = 'https://portal.example';
+      expect(run({ host: 'mmgis.example', origin: 'https://portal.example', 'sec-fetch-site': 'cross-site' })).toBe(200);
+      expect(run({ host: 'mmgis.example', origin: 'https://evil.example', 'sec-fetch-site': 'cross-site' })).toBe(403);
+    } finally {
+      if (savedCors === undefined) delete process.env.CORS_ORIGINS;
+      else process.env.CORS_ORIGINS = savedCors;
+    }
     expect(run({ host: 'mmgis.example', 'sec-fetch-site': 'cross-site' })).toBe(403);
     expect(run({ host: 'mmgis.example', origin: 'null' })).toBe(403);
   });

From cb2f70dfbede05931a093c2802d341642c41a80c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 05:47:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 038/122] Resolve local login username before the limiters,
 refuse markup in provider usernames and escape Draw owners, drop deleted
 accounts from shared-editor lists

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  6 ++++++
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 15 +++++++++++++
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             | 21 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  8 ++++++-
 plugins/core/tools/Draw/DrawTool_Files.js     | 13 +++++++-----
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  7 +++++++
 7 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index c882ceee0c..4a435f6bee 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ const reservedUsername = (name) => {
   return n === "group" || n.startsWith("~deleted~");
 };
 
+// Usernames are shown in pages (e.g. Draw's "by <owner>"); markup characters there would be script
+const unsafeUsername = (name) => /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f<>"`]/.test(String(name));
+
 class LinkError extends Error {
   constructor(message, userMessage) {
     super(message);
@@ -450,6 +453,8 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     throw new LinkError(`The ${identity.subject.length > 255 ? "subject" : "username"} is longer than the 255 characters MMGIS can store.`);
   if (reservedUsername(identity.username))
     throw new LinkError(`The username '${identity.username}' is reserved in MMGIS.`);
+  if (unsafeUsername(identity.username))
+    throw new LinkError(`The username ${JSON.stringify(identity.username)} contains < > " \` or control characters, which MMGIS usernames can't.`);
   const taken = m.usernameTaken
     ? await m.usernameTaken(identity.username)
     : await m.User.findOne({ where: { username: identity.username }, attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
@@ -821,6 +826,7 @@ module.exports = {
   identify,
   LinkError,
   reservedUsername,
+  unsafeUsername,
   usernameTaken,
   linkIdentity,
   RELINK_HOURS,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 90a5fa2c4a..9f825b8ae1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) can then get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled.
-- Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) doesn't get them.
+- Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 8e08d1e56b..cd39ebf569 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('a local login with a non-string username is refused before the failed-login limits', async () => {
+    const ctx = await context();
+    const res = await ctx.post('/api/users/login', { data: { username: [admin.username], password: admin.password } });
+    expect(res.status()).toBe(400);
+  });
+
   test('requests refused for other reasons than wrong credentials do not use up the address limit', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
@@ -285,11 +291,20 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     const [file] = await files(ctx);
     expect((await (await ctx.post('/api/files/change', { data: { id: file.id, public: '0' } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
     expect(await files(ctx)).toHaveLength(1);
+    const bobCtx = await context();
+    expect((await ldapLogin(bobCtx, bob)).status()).toBe(200);
+    const sharedName = `bob shared ${Date.now()}`;
+    expect((await (await bobCtx.post('/api/files/make', { data: { file_name: sharedName, intent: 'all' } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
+    const shared = async () => (await (await bobCtx.post('/api/files/getfiles', { data: {} })).json()).body.find((f) => f.file_name === sharedName);
+    const change = { id: (await shared()).id, public: '1', publicity_type: 'list_edit', public_editors: alice.username };
+    expect((await (await bobCtx.post('/api/files/change', { data: change })).json()).status).toBe('success');
+    expect((await shared()).public_editors).toContain(alice.username);
     const id = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries.find((e) => e.username === alice.username).id;
     expect((await (await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${id}`)).json()).status).toBe('success');
     const next = await context();
     expect((await ldapLogin(next, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
     expect(await files(next)).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect((await shared()).public_editors || []).not.toContain(alice.username);
   });
 
   test('LDAP accounts get no MMGIS password reset link', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 2be6730600..4bbc7cd006 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login an
     });
     return;
   }
+  if (providers.unsafeUsername(req.body.username)) {
+    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Usernames can't contain < > \" ` or control characters." });
+    return;
+  }
 
   if (!isStrongPassword(req.body.password)) {
     res.send({
@@ -326,7 +330,22 @@ router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login an
  * User login
  */
 // Refuses posts from other sites (login CSRF), also at the /api/users/login alias the login forms use
-router.post("/login", sameOriginOnly, authLimiter, accountLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res) {
+// The account limiter counts the name the handler signs in with, so a saved login's (MMGISUser cookie) is
+// resolved first; a non-string name (["admin"], username[]=) would match the account but skip the limiter
+function loginUsername(req, res, next) {
+  if (!req.body) req.body = {};
+  if (req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "") {
+    try {
+      const saved = JSON.parse(String(req.cookies.MMGISUser || "").replace(/}undefined$/, "}"));
+      if (saved && typeof saved.username === "string") req.body.username = saved.username;
+    } catch (err) {}
+  }
+  if (req.body.username != null && typeof req.body.username !== "string")
+    return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: "Invalid username or password." });
+  next();
+}
+
+router.post("/login", sameOriginOnly, loginUsername, authLimiter, accountLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res) {
   let MMGISUser;
   try {
     let userCookie = req.cookies.MMGISUser;
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index d95e7685fe..c92f39441d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../../../../../API/connections/routes");
 router.use((req, res, next) => (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "HEAD" ? next() : sameOriginOnly(req, res, next)));
 const { authorize, resolvers } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
 const crypto = require("crypto");
-const { Op } = require("sequelize");
+const { Op, fn, col } = require("sequelize");
 
 const logger = require("../../../../../API/logger");
 const userModel = require("../../Users/models/user");
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
           { file_owner: `~deleted~${id}~${crypto.randomBytes(8).toString("hex")}` },
           { where: { file_owner: gone.username }, transaction }
         );
+      // Nor edit the files others shared with this one
+      if (gone)
+        await Userfiles.update(
+          { public_editors: fn("array_remove", col("public_editors"), gone.username) },
+          { where: { public_editors: { [Op.contains]: [gone.username] } }, transaction }
+        );
       // Inside the lock, so a SuperAdmin grant can't be added for the account meanwhile
       await User.destroy({ where: { id: id }, transaction });
       return true;
diff --git a/plugins/core/tools/Draw/DrawTool_Files.js b/plugins/core/tools/Draw/DrawTool_Files.js
index 0b524221c7..30638d8a93 100644
--- a/plugins/core/tools/Draw/DrawTool_Files.js
+++ b/plugins/core/tools/Draw/DrawTool_Files.js
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import { saveAs } from 'file-saver'
 
 import calls from '@pre/calls'
 
+// For values written into single-quoted attributes
+const attr = (v) => String(v).replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/'/g, '&apos;').replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+
 var DrawTool = null
 var Files = {
     init: function (tool) {
@@ -378,7 +381,7 @@ var Files = {
             // prettier-ignore
             var markup = [
                 "<div class='flexbetween' style='height: 30px; line-height: 30px;'>",
-                    "<div class='drawToolFileSelector flexbetween' file_id='" + file.id + "' file_owner='" + file.file_owner + "' file_intent='" + file.intent + "'>",
+                    "<div class='drawToolFileSelector flexbetween' file_id='" + file.id + "' file_owner='" + attr(file.file_owner) + "' file_intent='" + attr(file.intent) + "'>",
                     "<div class='drawToolIntentColor' style='height: 100%; width: 7px; background: " + DrawTool.categoryStyles[file.intent].color + "'></div>",
                     "<div class='drawToolFileInfo'>",
                         "<i title='Owned by you!' class='drawToolFileOwner mdi" + (file.is_master ? ' mdi-account-tie' : isAllEdit ? ' mdi-account-group' : isListEdit ? ' mdi-account-multiple' : (ownedByUser) ? ' mdi-account' : '' ) + " mdi-18px " + ( (file.is_master || ownedByUser || isAllEdit || isListEdit) ? 'alwaysShow' : '' )  + "' style='pointer-events: " + ( (ownedByUser) ? 'all' : 'none' ) + "' file_id='" + file.id + "'></i>",
@@ -970,7 +973,7 @@ var Files = {
 
             // prettier-ignore
             const modalContentEditable = [
-                "<div class='drawToolFileEditOn' file_id='" + fileId + "'  file_owner='" + file.file_owner + "' file_name='" + file.file_name + "'>",
+                "<div class='drawToolFileEditOn' file_id='" + fileId + "'  file_owner='" + attr(file.file_owner) + "' file_name='" + attr(file.file_name) + "'>",
                     "<div id='drawToolFileEditOnHeading'>",
                         "<div>",
                             "<i class='mdi mdi-file mdi-36px'></i>",
@@ -979,7 +982,7 @@ var Files = {
                             "</div>",
                         "</div>",
                         "<div>",
-                            `<div id="drawToolFileEditOnHeadingOwner">by ${file.file_owner}${ownedByUser ? ' (you)' : ''}</div>`,
+                            `<div id="drawToolFileEditOnHeadingOwner">by ${safeHTML(file.file_owner)}${ownedByUser ? ' (you)' : ''}</div>`,
                             "<select id='drawToolFileEditOnPublicityDropdown' class='ui dropdown dropdown_2 unsetMaxWidth'>",
                                 `<option value='private' ${file.public == '0' ? 'selected' : ''}>Private</option>`,
                                 `<option value='public read_only' ${file.public == '1' && file.publicity_type != 'list_edit' && file.publicity_type != 'all_edit' ? 'selected' : ''}>Public - Read-Only</option>`,
@@ -1052,7 +1055,7 @@ var Files = {
 
             // prettier-ignore
             const modalContent = [
-                "<div class='drawToolFileEditOn' file_id='" + fileId + "' file_owner='" + file.file_owner + "' file_name='" + file.file_name + "'>",
+                "<div class='drawToolFileEditOn' file_id='" + fileId + "' file_owner='" + attr(file.file_owner) + "' file_name='" + attr(file.file_name) + "'>",
                     "<div id='drawToolFileEditOnHeading'>",
                         "<div>",
                             "<i class='mdi mdi-file mdi-36px'></i>",
@@ -1061,7 +1064,7 @@ var Files = {
                             "</div>",
                         "</div>",
                         "<div>",
-                            `<div id="drawToolFileEditOnHeadingOwner">by ${file.file_owner}</div>`,
+                            `<div id="drawToolFileEditOnHeadingOwner">by ${safeHTML(file.file_owner)}</div>`,
                         "</div>",
                     "</div>",
                     "<div class='drawToolFileEditOnDates'>",
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 7ad95bca13..48de2f6053 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -321,6 +321,13 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
+  test('never creates an account whose username has markup or control characters', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels();
+    for (const username of ['evil<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>', 'a"b', 'a`b', 'a\nb'])
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: `s-${username}`, username }), m)).rejects.toThrow(/can't/);
+    expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   test("never creates an account named 'group', which Draw uses for shared files", async () => {
     const m = fakeModels();
     for (const username of ['group', ' Group ', 'ＧＲＯＵＰ'])

From cd93c7b99b0edc0451c8d9279f391b891c698331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 05:55:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 039/122] Check enabled providers, not installed ones, before
 refusing local login or a reset link; redact reset tokens in logs

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/logger.js                                          | 6 ++++--
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js                      | 2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js | 8 ++++++--
 plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js       | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/logger.js b/API/logger.js
index 0700ae57cf..f2c6670433 100644
--- a/API/logger.js
+++ b/API/logger.js
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const SECRET_LOG_KEYS = new Set([
   "setup_code",
   "token",
   "retypepassword",
+  "resettoken",
+  "reset_token",
   "access_token",
   "accesstoken",
   "refresh_token",
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ function redactSecrets(key, value) {
 function redactCredentials(str) {
   if (typeof str !== "string") return str;
   return str
-    .replace(/\b(access_token|refresh_token|id_token|client_secret|code_verifier|code|password|token|api_?key)=[^\s&"',;]+/gi, "$1=_redacted_")
-    .replace(/(["']?\b(?:access_token|refresh_token|id_token|client_secret|code_verifier|password|api_?key)["']?\s*:\s*["']?)[^\s"',}]+/gi, "$1_redacted_")
+    .replace(/\b(access_token|refresh_token|id_token|client_secret|code_verifier|code|password|reset_?token|token|api_?key)=[^\s&"',;]+/gi, "$1=_redacted_")
+    .replace(/(["']?\b(?:access_token|refresh_token|id_token|client_secret|code_verifier|password|reset_?token|api_?key)["']?\s*:\s*["']?)[^\s"',}]+/gi, "$1_redacted_")
     .replace(/\b(Bearer|Basic)\s+[A-Za-z0-9._~+/=-]+/g, "$1 _redacted_");
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 4bbc7cd006..94f7094fe3 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY = "Only administrators may log in with a local account o
 // Why this account may not sign in with a local password, or null if it may
 async function localLoginRefusal(userId, models = { AuthIdentity }) {
   // Accounts linked to an enabled login provider sign in through it (e.g. a local account relinked to LDAP)
-  if ((await models.AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: { [Op.in]: providers.availableProviders() } } })) > 0)
+  if ((await models.AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: { [Op.in]: providers.enabledProviders().map((p) => p.id) } } })) > 0)
     return "This account signs in through its login provider.";
   if (siteAccess.localAdminsOnly() && !policy.isAdministrator(await userPrincipal(userId)))
     return LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY;
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
index 14fdf18509..e96aee5362 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ test.describe('Local login refusals', () => {
 
   test('a link to a provider no longer in AUTH_PROVIDERS does not refuse the local password', async () => {
     const { Op } = require('sequelize');
-    const enabled = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../API/permissions/providers.js')).availableProviders()[0];
-    const rows = [{ user_id: 7, provider: 'retired-provider' }];
+    const providers = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../API/permissions/providers.js'));
+    // An installed provider left out of AUTH_PROVIDERS (the unit environment enables only local)
+    expect(providers.availableProviders()).toContain('ldap');
+    expect(providers.enabledProviders().map((p) => p.id)).not.toContain('ldap');
+    const enabled = providers.enabledProviders()[0].id;
+    const rows = [{ user_id: 7, provider: 'ldap' }];
     const models = {
       AuthIdentity: {
         count: async ({ where }) => rows.filter((r) => r.user_id === where.user_id && where.provider[Op.in].includes(r.provider)).length,
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index c92f39441d..7c5bb0727b 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ router.post("/generateResetPasswordLink", authorize("accounts.manage"), function
 
   // Accounts linked to an enabled login provider sign in through it; a local password would get around it.
   // Once that provider is removed from AUTH_PROVIDERS, a reset link is the way back in.
-  AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider: { [Op.in]: providers.availableProviders() } }, attributes: ["provider"], raw: true })
+  AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider: { [Op.in]: providers.enabledProviders().map((p) => p.id) } }, attributes: ["provider"], raw: true })
     .then((link) => {
       if (link) {
         res.send({

From c7c7150964e878bbd2e9d6e059c69bf893b2f4d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 05:57:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 040/122] Let reset tokens of accounts linked to a disabled
 provider be used; note AUTH_PROVIDERS must match across processes

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md     | 2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 9f825b8ae1..314be7461d 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
 - LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
-- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) can then get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) can then get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 94f7094fe3..a1ecb11cbf 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ router.post("/resetPassword", resetLimiter, authorize.public("login and account
     })
       .then(async (user) => {
         // Accounts created by a login provider sign in through it, never with a local password
-        if (user && (await AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: user.id } })) > 0) {
+        if (user && (await AuthIdentity.count({ where: { user_id: user.id, provider: { [Op.in]: providers.enabledProviders().map((p) => p.id) } } })) > 0) {
           res.send({ status: "failure", message: "This account signs in through its login provider." });
           return null;
         }

From e8156a5e94c036165e5dfb51230e94049f88b88e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 06:03:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 041/122] Fill a new or repointed provider group from linked
 accounts right away; fix CA rotation wording

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                      |  6 +++---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js | 14 ++++++++++++++
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js       |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 314be7461d..47731b1647 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account. MMGIS stores subjects and usernames in up to 255 characters, so with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn` someone whose DN is longer is refused (see the server log); keep the default `entryUUID` / `objectGUID` for deep OU trees. With `dn`, whoever can create an entry at a leaver's old DN also signs in as that leaver's account, so prefer `entryUUID` / `objectGUID` wherever directory admins with limited rights can create entries.
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
 - The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
-- LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
+- While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) can then get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
-- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out, and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy, 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 MMGIS reads `LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` at startup, so a change in the directory first takes LDAP sign-in down until MMGIS is updated and restarted. The `LDAP_TLS_CA` file is read again at every connection, so replacing its contents takes effect right away (and a broken file breaks sign-in right away; only the startup settings check validates it). After the directory rejects the service password, MMGIS waits 5 minutes before trying it again, so the directory doesn't lock the account; restart MMGIS to retry sooner.
 
-- **CA certificate:** before the directory switches certificates, put both the old and the new CA in the `LDAP_TLS_CA` PEM file and restart. After the switch, remove the old one.
+- **CA certificate:** before the directory switches certificates, put both the old and the new CA in the `LDAP_TLS_CA` PEM file (it's read at every connection, so no restart is needed; restarting only reruns the startup settings check). After the switch, remove the old one.
 - **Service password:** create a second service account (or, if the directory allows it, give the account a second password), set `LDAP_BIND_DN`/`LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` to it and restart, then retire the old one. If the old password is changed first, LDAP sign-ins fail with "<name> is unavailable" until MMGIS has the new one; the startup settings check and the server log say the bind was rejected.
 
 ## Troubleshooting
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index cd39ebf569..dea2692539 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -172,6 +172,20 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('a new directory group fills in from people already signed in', async () => {
+    expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), alice)).status()).toBe(200);
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-fill-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
+    expect(created.status).toBe('success');
+    try {
+      const members = async () =>
+        (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/access/groups')).json()).body.find((g) => g.id === created.body.id).members.map((m) => m.username);
+      await expect.poll(members, { timeout: 15000 }).toContain(alice.username);
+    } finally {
+      await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/delete', { data: { id: created.body.id } });
+    }
+  });
+
   test('directory group changes reach existing sessions without signing in again', async () => {
     const recheckMinutes = parseFloat(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES);
     test.skip(!(recheckMinutes > 0 && recheckMinutes <= 0.1), 'SKIP: needs the server started with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0.05');
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 97e2ed4bec..6fd2df4dba 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
       external_name: external,
     });
     invalidate();
+    if (source !== "local") fillProviderGroups();
     res.send({ status: "success", body: group });
   } catch (err) {
     if (err.name === "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError")
@@ -117,6 +118,11 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+// A new or renamed provider group gets its members from the people already signed in, not only at their next sign-in
+function fillProviderGroups() {
+  providers.recheckLinked().catch((err) => logger("warn", "Couldn't recheck linked accounts for a provider group.", "access", null, err));
+}
+
 async function assertHoldsGroupRoles(actor, groupId) {
   const groupBindings = await bindings.listBindings({ subject_type: "group", subject_id: String(groupId) });
   for (const b of groupBindings)
@@ -139,8 +145,10 @@ router.post("/groups/update", manage, async (req, res) => {
     // Pointing a provider group elsewhere grants its roles to new people
     if (set.external_name !== undefined && set.external_name !== group.external_name)
       await assertHoldsGroupRoles(await ensurePrincipal(req), group.id);
+    const repointed = group.source !== "local" && set.external_name !== undefined && set.external_name !== group.external_name;
     await group.update(set);
     invalidate();
+    if (repointed) fillProviderGroups();
     res.send({ status: "success", body: group });
   } catch (err) {
     fail(res, err, "Failed to update group.");

From 59c54982b6ba313d47bd4117e1643d3f9c5ed681 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 06:08:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 042/122] Wait for the test OpenLDAP to finish restarting
 before seeding it

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
index d0f397f5cd..78d6a7e56d 100755
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
@@ -23,12 +23,21 @@ docker run -d --name "$NAME" -p 3389:389 -p 3636:636 \
   -e LDAP_TLS_DH_PARAM_FILENAME=dhparam.pem -e LDAP_TLS_VERIFY_CLIENT=never \
   -v "$OUT/certs:/container/service/slapd/assets/certs" \
   osixia/openldap:1.5.0 >/dev/null
-for i in $(seq 1 60); do
-  if docker exec "$NAME" ldapsearch -x -H ldap://localhost -b dc=example,dc=org -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org -w admin-test-password -s base >/dev/null 2>&1; then break; fi
+# The image starts slapd once to bootstrap, then restarts it, so wait for it to answer several times in a row
+ok=0
+for i in $(seq 1 90); do
+  if docker exec "$NAME" ldapsearch -x -H ldap://localhost -b dc=example,dc=org -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org -w admin-test-password -s base >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    ok=$((ok + 1)); [ "$ok" -ge 3 ] && break
+  else
+    ok=0
+  fi
   sleep 1
 done
+[ "$ok" -ge 3 ] || { echo "OpenLDAP didn't start" >&2; docker logs "$NAME" 2>&1 | tail -20 >&2; exit 1; }
 docker cp "$HERE/seed.ldif" "$NAME:/tmp/seed.ldif"
 docker cp "$HERE/acl.ldif" "$NAME:/tmp/acl.ldif"
-docker exec "$NAME" ldapadd -x -H ldap://localhost -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org -w admin-test-password -f /tmp/seed.ldif >/dev/null
-docker exec "$NAME" ldapmodify -Q -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f /tmp/acl.ldif >/dev/null
+retry() { for i in $(seq 1 10); do "$@" && return 0; sleep 2; done; return 1; }
+retry docker exec "$NAME" ldapadd -c -x -H ldap://localhost -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org -w admin-test-password -f /tmp/seed.ldif >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+  || docker exec "$NAME" ldapsearch -x -H ldap://localhost -b ou=people,dc=example,dc=org -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org -w admin-test-password -s base >/dev/null
+retry docker exec "$NAME" ldapmodify -Q -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f /tmp/acl.ldif >/dev/null
 echo "OpenLDAP ready: ldap://localhost:3389 (StartTLS), ldaps://localhost:3636, CA $OUT/ca.pem"

From 4febbd4202954f665889c0de90a1eff9c523dbf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 06:23:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 043/122] Recheck recovered local sessions of linked accounts;
 disabled-provider groups grant nothing; DN subject-form changes; queued group
 fills

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/principal.js                  | 41 ++++++++++++++-----
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 39 +++++++++++++++---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js |  2 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  |  7 +++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 16 ++++++--
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 14 ++++++-
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 16 ++++++++
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  | 12 ++++--
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  2 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js      | 25 +++++++++++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 35 ++++++++++++++++
 12 files changed, 183 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/principal.js b/API/permissions/principal.js
index ac30357c7b..81fbf9d1cd 100644
--- a/API/permissions/principal.js
+++ b/API/permissions/principal.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ async function cached(key, build) {
 
 async function userPrincipal(userId) {
   return cached(`user:${userId}`, async () => {
-    const { User, AuthGroupMember } = models();
+    const { User, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember } = models();
     const user = await User.findOne({
       where: { id: userId },
       attributes: ["id", "username"],
@@ -90,7 +90,19 @@ async function userPrincipal(userId) {
       attributes: ["group_id"],
       raw: true,
     });
-    const groupIds = memberships.map((m) => m.group_id);
+    // Groups whose members come from a provider that isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS grant nothing until it's back
+    const groupIds =
+      memberships.length > 0
+        ? (
+            await AuthGroup.findAll({
+              where: { id: memberships.map((m) => m.group_id) },
+              attributes: ["id", "source"],
+              raw: true,
+            })
+          )
+            .filter((g) => g.source === "local" || siteAccess.hasProvider(g.source))
+            .map((g) => g.id)
+        : [];
     const subjects = [
       ["user", user.id],
       ["audience", "authenticated"],
@@ -211,13 +223,16 @@ function localAccountAllowed(p) {
   return !siteAccess.localAdminsOnly() || require("./policy").isAdministrator(p);
 }
 
-// Accounts created by a login provider follow that provider; the rest are local accounts
+// Accounts linked to an enabled login provider follow that provider; the rest (including ones whose
+// provider was removed from AUTH_PROVIDERS) are local accounts
 async function accountAllowed(p) {
-  const links = await models().AuthIdentity.findAll({
-    where: { user_id: p.userId },
-    attributes: ["provider"],
-    raw: true,
-  });
+  const links = (
+    await models().AuthIdentity.findAll({
+      where: { user_id: p.userId },
+      attributes: ["provider"],
+      raw: true,
+    })
+  ).filter((l) => siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider));
   if (links.length === 0) return localAccountAllowed(p);
   for (const l of links)
     if (siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider) && (await require("./providers").stillLinked(p.userId, l.provider))) return true;
@@ -269,13 +284,17 @@ async function resolvePrincipal(req) {
   }
   const session = req.session || {};
   if (session.uid != null) {
-    // Sessions started through a login provider follow that provider; the rest are local logins
+    // Sessions started through a login provider follow that provider
     const linked =
       !session.provider ||
       (siteAccess.hasProvider(session.provider) &&
         (await require("./providers").stillLinked(session.uid, session.provider)));
-    const p = linked ? await userPrincipal(session.uid) : null;
-    const allowed = p && (session.provider ? true : localAccountAllowed(p));
+    let p = linked ? await userPrincipal(session.uid) : null;
+    // A local session of an account that has since been linked to an enabled provider (or whose
+    // provider came back) follows that provider's rechecks, like the account's tokens
+    const allowed = p && (session.provider ? true : await accountAllowed(p));
+    // Read again: that recheck may have changed the account's groups
+    if (allowed && !session.provider) p = (await userPrincipal(session.uid)) || p;
     if (allowed) {
       // Signed in locally while the proxy also identifies the request: like AUTH=csso, the
       // proxy user stays the identity and the local account's access is added on top
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 4a435f6bee..b64121acce 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
     );
     // A local password it had is no longer known to anyone
     await m.User.update(
-      { password: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex"), token: null },
+      { password: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex"), token: null, reset_token: null, reset_token_expiration: null },
       { where: { id: user.id }, transaction, individualHooks: true }
     );
     return true;
@@ -610,7 +610,14 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     }
     if (changed || !identity) require("./principal").invalidate();
     if (!identity)
-      logger("info", `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has ${await who(m, userId)} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`, "AuthProviders");
+      logger(
+        "info",
+        `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has ${await who(m, userId)} (subject '${link.subject}'); ` +
+          (recheckMs() === 0
+            ? "its open sessions and API tokens keep working until they end, because AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0 turns rechecks off."
+            : "its sessions and API tokens stop working."),
+        "AuthProviders"
+      );
     return identity ? "ok" : "missing";
   })().catch((err) => {
     rechecks.delete(key);
@@ -627,9 +634,30 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
 // so People shows which entries are gone
 // One run per process at a time, so a second click while a slow directory answers doesn't double its load
 let recheckingAll = null;
-function recheckLinked(m = accountModels()) {
-  if (!recheckingAll) recheckingAll = recheckAllNow(m).finally(() => (recheckingAll = null));
-  return recheckingAll;
+let recheckQueued = null;
+// again: a run already under way may have passed accounts before a change they need, so queue one more after it
+function recheckLinked(m = accountModels(), again = false) {
+  if (!recheckingAll) {
+    recheckingAll = recheckAllNow(m).finally(() => (recheckingAll = null));
+    return recheckingAll;
+  }
+  if (!again) return recheckingAll;
+  if (!recheckQueued)
+    recheckQueued = recheckingAll
+      .catch(() => {})
+      .then(() => {
+        recheckQueued = null;
+        return recheckLinked(m);
+      });
+  return recheckQueued;
+}
+
+// Fills a new or repointed group of providerId from the accounts already linked to it; resolves
+// undefined when rechecks are off (AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0) or that provider can't look accounts up
+function fillGroups(providerId, m = accountModels()) {
+  const p = siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId) && getProvider(providerId);
+  if (recheckMs() === 0 || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+  return recheckLinked(m, true);
 }
 
 async function recheckAllNow(m) {
@@ -839,6 +867,7 @@ module.exports = {
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
   recheckLinked,
+  fillGroups,
   completeLogin,
   leadGroups,
   returnTo,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index 71552fcea0..5d7ec673be 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
       />
       {!providerOn && (
         <div className={`${c.section} ${c.hint}`} style={{ color: "#a8572e" }}>
-          {group.source.toUpperCase()} isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS on this site, so nobody can be a member of this group right now.
+          {group.source.toUpperCase()} isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS on this site, so this group gives its members nothing right now; the members listed are from before it was removed.
         </div>
       )}
       <div className={c.section}>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 74aee71ff6..49c93da41d 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
               )}
               <Button variant="contained" disableElevation className={c.barButton} startIcon={<AddIcon />} disabled={!newGroup.name.trim()} onClick={() =>
                 api("access_groups_create", { name: newGroup.name, source: newGroup.source, external_name: newGroup.external_name || undefined })
-                  .then(() => { setNewGroup({ name: "", source: "local", external_name: "" }); refresh(); })
+                  .then(() => {
+                    setNewGroup({ name: "", source: "local", external_name: "" });
+                    refresh();
+                    // The server fills a provider group from the directory in the background
+                    if (newGroup.source !== "local") setTimeout(refresh, 4000);
+                  })
                   .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to create group.", "error"))
               }>Create group</Button>
               {providers.length > 0 && (
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 47731b1647..c9e1913994 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
-- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions and API tokens; the accounts, groups and grants are kept. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) can then get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions; the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled, and their API tokens follow the `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` rules. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
-- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached; with `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0` it fills in as members sign in), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy, 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index a5e855031a..c0179d5e4e 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const net = require("net");
 const crypto = require("crypto");
-const { Client, InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError, ResultCodeError } = require("ldapts");
+const { Client, InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError, InvalidDNSyntaxError, ResultCodeError } = require("ldapts");
 
 const setting = (v, fallback = "") => (v != null && String(v).trim() !== "" ? String(v).trim() : fallback);
 const isTrue = (v) => String(v).trim().toLowerCase() === "true";
@@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
   }
 }
 
+// With LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn, a stored subject that isn't a DN (one saved under entryUUID/objectGUID
+// before the setting changed) names no entry
+const notADn = (subject) => !/^[^=,]+=/.test(String(subject));
+const noDnEntry = (err) => err instanceof NoSuchObjectError || err instanceof InvalidDNSyntaxError;
+
 // The person's current identity, read with the service account, for rechecking existing sessions
 // and tokens: null when the entry is gone or disabled, undefined when there's no service account
 // to read it with; throws when the directory can't be reached
@@ -429,14 +434,16 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   try {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     await bindService(client, c);
+    const byDn = c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn";
+    if (byDn && notADn(subject)) return null;
     let entries;
     try {
       ({ searchEntries: entries } =
-        c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn"
+        byDn
           ? await client.search(subject, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes, explicitBufferAttributes })
           : await client.search(c.searchBase, { scope: "sub", filter: subjectFilter(c, subject), attributes, explicitBufferAttributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
     } catch (err) {
-      if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
+      if (byDn ? noDnEntry(err) : err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
       throw err;
     }
     if (entries.length !== 1 || accountDisabled(entries[0])) return null;
@@ -486,6 +493,7 @@ async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     await bindService(client, c);
     const byDn = c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn";
+    if (byDn && notADn(subject)) return null;
     const root = byDn ? null : await searchRoot(client, c);
     if (!byDn && !root) throw new Error("No naming context in the directory's root DSE holds LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE, so MMGIS can't search outside it.");
     let entries;
@@ -495,7 +503,7 @@ async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
           ? await client.search(subject, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes })
           : await client.search(root, { scope: "sub", filter: subjectFilter(c, subject), attributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
     } catch (err) {
-      if (byDn && err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
+      if (byDn && noDnEntry(err)) return null;
       // Several entries with this subject: it still exists, however ambiguously
       if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return {};
       // e.g. a service account that can't read the root, which says nothing about the entry
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 95cef6d9c3..14d1a3ba80 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
 const path = require('path');
-const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError } = require('ldapts');
+const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError, InvalidDNSyntaxError } = require('ldapts');
 
 const ldap = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../plugin.js'));
 const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
@@ -335,6 +335,18 @@ test.describe('Whether an old entry still exists (locate)', () => {
     expect(await locate('uid=a,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', config({ ...env, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'dn' }), client(search))).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  test('after a switch to LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn, a subject saved as an entryUUID names no entry', async () => {
+    const { lookup } = ldap._internal;
+    const dn = config({ ...env, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'dn' });
+    let searched = 0;
+    const search = async () => { searched++; throw new InvalidDNSyntaxError('invalid DN'); };
+    expect(await locate('5fc958d8-1c2b-4f3a-9d1e-0123456789ab', dn, client(search))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await lookup('5fc958d8-1c2b-4f3a-9d1e-0123456789ab', dn, client(search))).toBeNull();
+    expect(searched).toBe(0);
+    expect(await locate('uid=a,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', dn, client(search))).toBeNull();
+    expect(await lookup('uid=a,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', dn, client(search))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   test('several entries with the subject still count as present', async () => {
     const two = async () => ({ searchEntries: [alice.entry, alice.entry] });
     expect(await locate('e1', config(env), client(two))).toMatchObject({ dn: alice.dn });
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index dea2692539..60f46e728c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -186,6 +186,22 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('pointing a directory group at another directory group fills it from people already signed in', async () => {
+    expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), alice)).status()).toBe(200);
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-repoint-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=nobody-here,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
+    expect(created.status).toBe('success');
+    try {
+      const members = async () =>
+        (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/access/groups')).json()).body.find((g) => g.id === created.body.id).members.map((m) => m.username);
+      const updated = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/update', { data: { id: created.body.id, external_name: 'cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
+      expect(updated.status).toBe('success');
+      await expect.poll(members, { timeout: 15000 }).toContain(alice.username);
+    } finally {
+      await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/delete', { data: { id: created.body.id } });
+    }
+  });
+
   test('directory group changes reach existing sessions without signing in again', async () => {
     const recheckMinutes = parseFloat(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES);
     test.skip(!(recheckMinutes > 0 && recheckMinutes <= 0.1), 'SKIP: needs the server started with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0.05');
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 6fd2df4dba..1e95a9c806 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
       external_name: external,
     });
     invalidate();
-    if (source !== "local") fillProviderGroups();
+    if (source !== "local") fillProviderGroups(source);
     res.send({ status: "success", body: group });
   } catch (err) {
     if (err.name === "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError")
@@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
 });
 
 // A new or renamed provider group gets its members from the people already signed in, not only at their next sign-in
-function fillProviderGroups() {
-  providers.recheckLinked().catch((err) => logger("warn", "Couldn't recheck linked accounts for a provider group.", "access", null, err));
+function fillProviderGroups(source) {
+  const warn = (err) => logger("warn", "Couldn't fill a provider group from its directory now; click Check linked accounts in People once it can be reached, or members join at their next sign-in or recheck.", "access", null, err);
+  providers
+    .fillGroups(source)
+    .then((r) => r && r.failed > 0 && warn(new Error(`${r.failed} linked account(s) couldn't be checked`)))
+    .catch(warn);
 }
 
 async function assertHoldsGroupRoles(actor, groupId) {
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ router.post("/groups/update", manage, async (req, res) => {
     const repointed = group.source !== "local" && set.external_name !== undefined && set.external_name !== group.external_name;
     await group.update(set);
     invalidate();
-    if (repointed) fillProviderGroups();
+    if (repointed) fillProviderGroups(group.source);
     res.send({ status: "success", body: group });
   } catch (err) {
     fail(res, err, "Failed to update group.");
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 7c5bb0727b..ebe06f515b 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       target = await providers.relinkTarget(provider, username);
     } catch (err) {
       logger("error", `Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider} to allow a relink.`, "accounts", req, err);
-      return fail(`Couldn't reach ${provider} to look up '${username}'. Try again later.`);
+      return fail(`Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider}: it's unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). Try again later.`);
     }
     if (target === null) return fail(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}'.`);
     // The account's own entry still being there (even disabled or in a leavers' OU) means this is someone else
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
index 6cfc2b6a0f..ade1eec714 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
@@ -70,6 +70,31 @@ test.beforeEach(() => principal.invalidate());
 
 const proxyIdentity = { provider: 'proxy', subject: 'jdoe', username: 'jdoe', groups: [], session: 's1' };
 
+test.describe('groups of a provider that is not enabled', () => {
+  test('grant nothing, while local groups still do', async () => {
+    const orig = { members: fakeModels.AuthGroupMember.findAll, groups: fakeModels.AuthGroup.findAll };
+    bindingRows.push(
+      { id: 90, role: 'data_admin', scope_type: 'global', subject_type: 'group', subject_id: '10' },
+      { id: 91, role: 'editor', scope_type: 'global', subject_type: 'group', subject_id: '11' }
+    );
+    fakeModels.AuthGroupMember.findAll = async ({ where }) =>
+      where.user_id === 2 ? [{ group_id: 10 }, { group_id: 11 }] : [];
+    // ldap isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS here
+    fakeModels.AuthGroup.findAll = async ({ where }) =>
+      [{ id: 10, source: 'ldap' }, { id: 11, source: 'local' }].filter((g) => where.id.includes(g.id));
+    try {
+      const p = await principal.resolvePrincipal({ headers: {}, session: { uid: 2 } });
+      expect(p.groupIds).toEqual([11]);
+      expect(p.bindings.map((b) => b.role)).toContain('editor');
+      expect(p.bindings.map((b) => b.role)).not.toContain('data_admin');
+    } finally {
+      bindingRows.splice(bindingRows.findIndex((r) => r.id === 90), 2);
+      fakeModels.AuthGroupMember.findAll = orig.members;
+      fakeModels.AuthGroup.findAll = orig.groups;
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 test.describe('local account signed in behind the proxy', () => {
   test('the proxy user is the identity and the local account adds its access', async () => {
     const p = await principal.resolvePrincipal({ headers: {}, session: { uid: 1 }, identity: proxyIdentity });
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 48de2f6053..488fd541ec 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -550,6 +550,41 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:ldap:9011']);
   });
 
+  test('a group change during a check of every account queues one more check after it', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
+    let calls = 0;
+    let release;
+    const gate = new Promise((r) => (release = r));
+    ldap.lookup = async () => {
+      calls++;
+      if (calls === 1) await gate;
+      return { username: 'here', groups: [] };
+    };
+    const first = providers.recheckLinked(m);
+    expect(providers.recheckLinked(m)).toBe(first);
+    const again = providers.recheckLinked(m, true);
+    expect(again).not.toBe(first);
+    expect(providers.recheckLinked(m, true)).toBe(again);
+    release();
+    await first;
+    await again;
+    expect(calls).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  test('a group change starts no check while rechecks are off', async () => {
+    const saved = process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
+    process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES = '0';
+    let calls = 0;
+    ldap.lookup = async () => (calls++, { username: 'here', groups: [] });
+    try {
+      expect(await providers.fillGroups('ldap', fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9014 }] }))).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(calls).toBe(0);
+    } finally {
+      if (saved === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
+      else process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES = saved;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a new entry given a name whose old entry still exists is refused without suggesting a relink', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-bob', username: 'bob', user_id: 9020 }] });
     const realLocate = ldap.locate;

From a7518a28a1518f24002cb24359ccbe5465a02e25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 06:31:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 044/122] Keep API tokens of accounts linked only to a disabled
 provider off

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/principal.js             | 27 ++++++++++++------------
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md            |  2 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js | 16 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/principal.js b/API/permissions/principal.js
index 81fbf9d1cd..d1d7e09bd5 100644
--- a/API/permissions/principal.js
+++ b/API/permissions/principal.js
@@ -223,19 +223,18 @@ function localAccountAllowed(p) {
   return !siteAccess.localAdminsOnly() || require("./policy").isAdministrator(p);
 }
 
-// Accounts linked to an enabled login provider follow that provider; the rest (including ones whose
-// provider was removed from AUTH_PROVIDERS) are local accounts
-async function accountAllowed(p) {
-  const links = (
-    await models().AuthIdentity.findAll({
-      where: { user_id: p.userId },
-      attributes: ["provider"],
-      raw: true,
-    })
-  ).filter((l) => siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider));
-  if (links.length === 0) return localAccountAllowed(p);
-  for (const l of links)
-    if (siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider) && (await require("./providers").stillLinked(p.userId, l.provider))) return true;
+// Accounts linked to an enabled login provider follow that provider. An account whose links are all
+// to providers removed from AUTH_PROVIDERS counts as a local account only for a local session (it
+// got one with an MMGIS password, e.g. from a reset link); its tokens stay off until a provider is back
+async function accountAllowed(p, localSession = false) {
+  const links = await models().AuthIdentity.findAll({
+    where: { user_id: p.userId },
+    attributes: ["provider"],
+    raw: true,
+  });
+  const enabled = links.filter((l) => siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider));
+  if (links.length === 0 || (enabled.length === 0 && localSession)) return localAccountAllowed(p);
+  for (const l of enabled) if (await require("./providers").stillLinked(p.userId, l.provider)) return true;
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ async function resolvePrincipal(req) {
     let p = linked ? await userPrincipal(session.uid) : null;
     // A local session of an account that has since been linked to an enabled provider (or whose
     // provider came back) follows that provider's rechecks, like the account's tokens
-    const allowed = p && (session.provider ? true : await accountAllowed(p));
+    const allowed = p && (session.provider ? true : await accountAllowed(p, true));
     // Read again: that recheck may have changed the account's groups
     if (allowed && !session.provider) p = (await userPrincipal(session.uid)) || p;
     if (allowed) {
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index c9e1913994..4d5c538e33 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
-- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions; the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled, and their API tokens follow the `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` rules. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions; the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. Their API tokens stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
index ade1eec714..5b399ba9a3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
@@ -70,6 +70,22 @@ test.beforeEach(() => principal.invalidate());
 
 const proxyIdentity = { provider: 'proxy', subject: 'jdoe', username: 'jdoe', groups: [], session: 's1' };
 
+test.describe('accounts linked only to a provider that is not enabled', () => {
+  test('keep a local session (from a reset link) but not their API tokens', async () => {
+    const orig = fakeModels.AuthIdentity.findAll;
+    fakeModels.AuthIdentity.findAll = async ({ where }) => (where.user_id === 1 ? [{ provider: 'ldap' }] : []);
+    try {
+      const viaToken = await principal.resolvePrincipal({ headers: { authorization: 'Bearer mmgis-unit-test-token-value' }, session: {} });
+      expect(viaToken.kind).toBe('invalid_token');
+      const viaSession = await principal.resolvePrincipal({ headers: {}, session: { uid: 1 } });
+      expect(viaSession.authenticated).toBe(true);
+      expect(viaSession.username).toBe('admin');
+    } finally {
+      fakeModels.AuthIdentity.findAll = orig;
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 test.describe('groups of a provider that is not enabled', () => {
   test('grant nothing, while local groups still do', async () => {
     const orig = { members: fakeModels.AuthGroupMember.findAll, groups: fakeModels.AuthGroup.findAll };

From c0c641f479c8cba5f23c044a3952d9fedaf21602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 06:43:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 045/122] Wave 14: temporary ppolicy lockouts, recheck
 timeouts, rechecks-off leavers, token creation while a provider is off, group
 DNs outside the search base

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/principal.js                  |  16 +-
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  34 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |   2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |   4 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |   6 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  14 +-
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |   5 +
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     |  28 ++
 .../LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js    | 433 +++++++++---------
 tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js      |  12 +
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  41 +-
 11 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 239 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/principal.js b/API/permissions/principal.js
index d1d7e09bd5..239dc01857 100644
--- a/API/permissions/principal.js
+++ b/API/permissions/principal.js
@@ -226,18 +226,23 @@ function localAccountAllowed(p) {
 // Accounts linked to an enabled login provider follow that provider. An account whose links are all
 // to providers removed from AUTH_PROVIDERS counts as a local account only for a local session (it
 // got one with an MMGIS password, e.g. from a reset link); its tokens stay off until a provider is back
+const providerLinks = (userId) =>
+  models().AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { user_id: userId }, attributes: ["provider"], raw: true });
+
 async function accountAllowed(p, localSession = false) {
-  const links = await models().AuthIdentity.findAll({
-    where: { user_id: p.userId },
-    attributes: ["provider"],
-    raw: true,
-  });
+  const links = await providerLinks(p.userId);
   const enabled = links.filter((l) => siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider));
   if (links.length === 0 || (enabled.length === 0 && localSession)) return localAccountAllowed(p);
   for (const l of enabled) if (await require("./providers").stillLinked(p.userId, l.provider)) return true;
   return false;
 }
 
+// The providers of an account that are all out of AUTH_PROVIDERS, so its tokens can't work for now; else []
+async function tokensOffFor(userId) {
+  const links = await providerLinks(userId);
+  return links.some((l) => siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider)) ? [] : [...new Set(links.map((l) => l.provider))];
+}
+
 async function tokenPrincipal(authorization) {
   const raw = String(authorization).replace(/^Bearer:?\s+/i, "").trim();
   if (!raw) return null;
@@ -355,5 +360,6 @@ module.exports = {
   tokenExpired,
   unusableLegacyToken,
   scrubLegacyTokenColumn,
+  tokensOffFor,
   siteAccess,
 };
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index b64121acce..b663877a56 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ function normalizeIdentity(provider, raw) {
 
 // identify runs on every request, so a hung provider must not hold requests open
 const IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
+// lookup and locate may take longer when the provider says its own operations do
+const lookupTimeout = (p) =>
+  Math.max(IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS, (typeof p.impl.lookupTimeoutMs === "function" && Number(p.impl.lookupTimeoutMs())) || 0);
 
 // The first enabled provider that recognizes this request, or null
 async function identify(req) {
@@ -375,7 +378,7 @@ async function locateSubject(providerId, subject) {
   const fns = p ? [p.impl.lookup, p.impl.locate].filter((f) => typeof f === "function") : [];
   let unknown = fns.length === 0;
   for (const fn of fns) {
-    const found = await withTimeout(fn(subject), "locate(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS).catch(() => undefined);
+    const found = await withTimeout(fn(subject), "locate(subject)", lookupTimeout(p)).catch(() => undefined);
     if (found) return found;
     if (found === undefined) unknown = true;
   }
@@ -409,6 +412,9 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
         { where: { provider: identity.provider, subject: identity.subject } }
       );
       await markMissing(m, identity.provider, user.id, false);
+      // Its own entry still signs in, so a relink allowed for it isn't needed; left pending, a newcomer given its name could claim it
+      if (m.AuthMeta && (await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: relinkKey(identity.provider, user.id) } })) > 0)
+        logger("info", `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${user.username} signed in with its existing link, so its pending relink was dropped.`, "AuthProviders");
       // Drawings and other content are keyed by username, so a rename at the provider isn't copied
       if (identity.username !== user.username)
         logger(
@@ -571,7 +577,14 @@ const rechecks = new Map();
 function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const p = getProvider(providerId);
   const ms = recheckMs();
-  if ((ms === 0 && !force) || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(detail ? "ok" : true);
+  if (!p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(detail ? "ok" : true);
+  // With rechecks off the directory isn't asked, but an admin's Check linked accounts still applies
+  if (ms === 0 && !force)
+    return (async () => {
+      m = m || accountModels();
+      const gone = !!(m.AuthMeta && (await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: missingKey(providerId, userId) }, raw: true })));
+      return detail ? (gone ? "missing" : "ok") : !gone;
+    })();
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
   if (!force && !detail && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
@@ -590,9 +603,15 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     if (!link) return "ok";
     let found;
     try {
-      found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+      found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p));
     } catch (err) {
-      logger("warn", `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck ${await who(m, userId)}; it keeps its access until the next check.`, "AuthProviders", null, err);
+      logger(
+        "warn",
+        `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck ${await who(m, userId)}${err && err.code === "ETIMEDOUT" ? ` (no answer within ${lookupTimeout(p) / 1000} s)` : ""}; it keeps its access until the next check.`,
+        "AuthProviders",
+        null,
+        err
+      );
       return "failed";
     }
     // e.g. LDAP without a service account: nothing can be read between logins
@@ -612,10 +631,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     if (!identity)
       logger(
         "info",
-        `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has ${await who(m, userId)} (subject '${link.subject}'); ` +
-          (recheckMs() === 0
-            ? "its open sessions and API tokens keep working until they end, because AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0 turns rechecks off."
-            : "its sessions and API tokens stop working."),
+        `Auth provider '${providerId}' no longer has ${await who(m, userId)} (subject '${link.subject}'); its sessions and API tokens stop working.`,
         "AuthProviders"
       );
     return identity ? "ok" : "missing";
@@ -662,7 +678,7 @@ function fillGroups(providerId, m = accountModels()) {
 
 async function recheckAllNow(m) {
   const links = (await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ attributes: ["user_id", "provider"], raw: true })).filter((l) => {
-    const p = getProvider(l.provider);
+    const p = siteAccess.hasProvider(l.provider) && getProvider(l.provider);
     return p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function";
   });
   let next = 0;
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 5c595c2a2b..edc1a7d684 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
-- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds, the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
+- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN); its message is shown to the admin.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 12ec8e4a91..876830d669 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/pa
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
-How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` for this; with `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` alone, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off | number | default `15`
+How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` for this; with `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` alone, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; an account that **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then finds gone still loses its sessions and tokens | number | default `15`
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=`
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Report groups found under `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` by this attribute (e.g. `cn`)
 
 #### `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=`
 
-How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the login fails with "unavailable" | number | default `5000`
+How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the login fails with "unavailable". A recheck between logins may take up to 5 times this | number | default `5000`
 
 #### `LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 4d5c538e33..f5dac6613b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
-- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` ends LDAP sessions; the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. Their API tokens stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
-- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached; with `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0` it fills in as members sign in), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy, 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached; with `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0` it fills in as members sign in), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) ends by itself, so it doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index c0179d5e4e..529a1b21d6 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function subjectFilter(c, subject) {
   return `(${a}=${escapeFilter(subject)})`;
 }
 
-// Active Directory's "account disabled" flag and expiry, OpenLDAP ppolicy's lock, 389 DS / FreeIPA's lock
+// Active Directory's "account disabled" flag and expiry, OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, 389 DS / FreeIPA's lock
 const STATE_ATTRIBUTES = ["userAccountControl", "accountExpires", "pwdAccountLockedTime", "nsAccountLock"];
 // accountExpires counts 100 ns steps since 1601; 0 and 2^63-1 mean never
 const AD_EPOCH_OFFSET_MS = 11644473600000;
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ function adExpired(entry) {
 }
 const accountDisabled = (entry) =>
   (parseInt(values(entry, "userAccountControl")[0], 10) & 2) !== 0 ||
-  values(entry, "pwdAccountLockedTime").length > 0 ||
+  // Only ppolicy's administrative lock: a timestamp is a lockout after failed passwords, which ends by itself
+  values(entry, "pwdAccountLockedTime").some((v) => String(v) === "000001010000Z") ||
   values(entry, "nsAccountLock").some((v) => String(v).toLowerCase() === "true") ||
   adExpired(entry);
 
@@ -653,6 +654,8 @@ function warnings(env) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
+  // A lookup is up to five directory operations (connect, TLS, service bind, user and group search)
+  lookupTimeoutMs: () => 5 * config().timeoutMs,
   routes(router, ctx) {
     const startup = config();
     selfCheck(startup).then(
@@ -722,7 +725,12 @@ module.exports = {
       throw new Error(
         `LDAP reports groups by DN, so enter the group's DN (e.g. cn=${name.trim() || "science-team"},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org), as listed under "Directory groups" in the server log at each LDAP sign-in.`
       );
-    return normalizeDn(name.trim());
+    const dn = normalizeDn(name.trim());
+    // Groups are only searched for under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE, so one elsewhere would never have members
+    const base = c.groupSearchBase && normalizeDn(c.groupSearchBase);
+    if (base && dn !== base && !dn.endsWith(`,${base}`))
+      throw new Error(`MMGIS only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE (${c.groupSearchBase}), so ${dn} would never have members. Widen LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE to include it.`);
+    return dn;
   },
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
   locate: (subject) => locate(subject),
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 14d1a3ba80..d76cf9cd64 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
       delete process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE;
       expect(ldap.groupName('CN=Data-Admins,OU=Groups,DC=x')).toBe('cn=data-admins,ou=groups,dc=x');
       expect(() => ldap.groupName('data-admins')).toThrow(/enter the group's DN/);
+      process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE = 'OU=Groups,DC=x';
+      expect(ldap.groupName('CN=Data-Admins,OU=Groups,DC=x')).toBe('cn=data-admins,ou=groups,dc=x');
+      expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=editors,ou=teams,dc=x')).toThrow(/only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE/);
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE = 'cn';
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE = 'ou=groups,dc=x';
       expect(ldap.groupName('Data-Admins')).toBe('Data-Admins');
@@ -314,6 +317,8 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
     expect(await lookup('gone', c, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
     expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, userAccountControl: '514' }]))).toBeNull();
     expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, pwdAccountLockedTime: '000001010000Z' }]))).toBeNull(); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    // A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords ends by itself, so it doesn't count as disabled
+    expect((await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, pwdAccountLockedTime: '20261104063000Z' }]))).username).toBe('alice'); // pragma: allowlist secret
     expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, nsAccountLock: 'TRUE' }]))).toBeNull();
     // Active Directory accountExpires: 100 ns steps since 1601; 0 and 2^63-1 mean never
     const filetime = (ms) => String((ms + 11644473600000) * 10000);
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 60f46e728c..610ac713da 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -233,6 +233,34 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('with rechecks off, Check linked accounts still cuts off a leaver it finds gone', async () => {
+    test.skip(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES !== '0', 'SKIP: needs the server started with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0');
+    const uid = `ldap_leaver_${Date.now()}`;
+    const password = ['leaver', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
+    const dn = `uid=${uid},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org`;
+    const added = directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: add\nobjectClass: inetOrgPerson\nuid: ${uid}\ncn: Leaver\nsn: Leaver\nuserPassword: ${password}\n`);
+    test.skip(!added, `SKIP: can't change the fixture directory (docker container ${container})`);
+    let deleted = false;
+    try {
+      const ctx = await context();
+      expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, { username: uid, password })).status()).toBe(200);
+      const minted = await (await ctx.post('/api/longtermtoken/generate', { data: { name: 'leaver', period: 'never' } })).json();
+      expect(minted.status).toBe('success');
+      const withToken = await newRequest.newContext({ baseURL, extraHTTPHeaders: { Authorization: `Bearer ${minted.body.token}` } });
+      expect((await me(withToken)).username).toBe(uid);
+      deleted = directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: delete\n`);
+      expect(deleted).toBe(true);
+      // Rechecks are off, so nothing changes until an admin checks
+      expect((await me(ctx)).username).toBe(uid);
+      const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+      expect((await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/recheckLinked')).json()).body.missing).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+      expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(false);
+      expect((await me(withToken)).username).not.toBe(uid);
+    } finally {
+      if (!deleted) directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: delete\n`);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a directory username that is already a local account gets a 409 that does not name the other account', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     const res = await ldapLogin(ctx, clash);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js b/plugins/core/backend/LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js
index a005682b0d..70dca1630d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js
@@ -1,214 +1,219 @@
-/***********************************************************
- * Long-term tokens: hashed at rest, scoped to capabilities and
- * missions, and never more powerful than their creator.
- **********************************************************/
-const express = require("express");
-const router = express.Router();
-
-// Cookie-authenticated changes must come from MMGIS's own pages
-const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../../../../../API/connections/routes");
-router.use((req, res, next) => (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "HEAD" ? next() : sameOriginOnly(req, res, next)));
-const crypto = require("crypto");
-const { Op } = require("sequelize");
-
-const logger = require("../../../../../API/logger");
-const policy = require("../../../../../API/permissions/policy");
-const missions = require("../../../../../API/permissions/missions");
-const { authorize, ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
-const { hashToken, invalidate, unusableLegacyToken } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/principal");
-const LongTermTokens = require("../models/longtermtokens").LongTermTokens;
-const { User } = require("../../Users/models/user");
-
-const TOKEN_PREFIX = "mmgis_";
-
-// Tokens can't be used to manage tokens
-function sessionOnly(req, res, next) {
-  if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token") {
-    res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: "Unauthorized!" });
-    return;
-  }
-  next();
-}
-
-async function present(rows) {
-  const users = await User.findAll({
-    where: { id: rows.map((r) => r.created_by_user_id).filter((i) => i != null) },
-    attributes: ["id", "username"],
-    raw: true,
-  });
-  const names = Object.fromEntries(users.map((u) => [u.id, u.username]));
-  return Promise.all(
-    rows.map(async (r) => ({
-      id: r.id,
-      name: r.name,
-      // Only a prefix is ever shown after creation
-      token: r.token_prefix ? `${r.token_prefix}...` : `${String(r.token).slice(0, 12)}...`,
-      period: r.period,
-      scopes: r.scopes,
-      missions: r.missions ? await missions.namesForUUIDs(r.missions) : null,
-      expires_at: r.expires_at,
-      last_used_at: r.last_used_at,
-      created_by_user_id: r.created_by_user_id,
-      created_by_username: names[r.created_by_user_id] || null,
-      createdAt: r.createdAt,
-      updatedAt: r.updatedAt,
-    }))
-  );
-}
-
-router.get("/get", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    const principal = req.principal;
-    const where = { revoked_at: null };
-    if (!policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage")) where.created_by_user_id = principal.userId;
-    if (where.created_by_user_id == null && !policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage"))
-      return res.send({ status: "success", tokens: [] });
-    const rows = await LongTermTokens.findAll({
-      where,
-      order: [["createdAt", "DESC"]],
-      raw: true,
-    });
-    res.send({ status: "success", tokens: await present(rows) });
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger("error", "Failed to get all tokens.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
-    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to get tokens." });
-  }
-});
-
-class TokenError extends Error {}
-
-// Validates requested scopes/missions against what the creator holds right now
-async function resolveRequest(principal, body) {
-  const holds = (cap) =>
-    policy.MISSION_SCOPED.has(cap)
-      ? policy.capabilitiesOf(principal).includes(cap)
-      : policy.can(principal, cap);
-  let scopes = body.scopes;
-  if (scopes === "read" || scopes == null) {
-    scopes = scopes === "read" || !hasAnyWrite(principal) ? policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.slice() : null;
-    // A default read set only carries the read capabilities the creator holds
-    if (scopes != null) scopes = scopes.filter(holds);
-    if (scopes != null && scopes.length === 0)
-      throw new TokenError("You have no read access to put in a token.");
-  }
-  if (scopes != null) {
-    if (!Array.isArray(scopes) || scopes.length === 0)
-      throw new TokenError("scopes must be 'read', null (all of your access) or an array of capabilities.");
-    scopes = Array.from(new Set(scopes.map(String)));
-    for (const cap of scopes) {
-      if (!policy.CAPABILITIES[cap]) throw new TokenError(`Unknown capability '${cap}'.`);
-      if (cap === "tokens.create" || cap === "tokens.manage")
-        throw new TokenError("Tokens cannot manage tokens.");
-      if (!holds(cap)) throw new TokenError(`You do not have '${cap}'.`);
-    }
-  } else if (!policy.isSuperAdmin(principal) && !hasAnyWrite(principal)) {
-    scopes = policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.filter(holds);
-  }
-  if (body.missions != null && !Array.isArray(body.missions))
-    throw new TokenError("missions must be null or an array of mission names.");
-  let missionUUIDs = null;
-  if (Array.isArray(body.missions)) {
-    missionUUIDs = [];
-    const reachable = policy.missionsWith(principal, "mission.view");
-    for (const name of body.missions) {
-      const uuid = await missions.uuidForName(name);
-      if (!uuid) throw new TokenError(`Unknown mission '${name}'.`);
-      if (reachable != null && !reachable.includes(uuid))
-        throw new TokenError(`You do not have access to mission '${name}'.`);
-      missionUUIDs.push(uuid);
-    }
-  }
-  return { scopes, missions: missionUUIDs };
-}
-
-function hasAnyWrite(principal) {
-  const caps = policy.capabilitiesOf(principal);
-  return caps.some((c) => !policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.includes(c) && !policy.BASELINE.authenticated.has(c));
-}
-
-function expiryFrom(period) {
-  if (period == null || period === "never") return null;
-  const ms = /^\d+$/.test(String(period)) ? Number(period) : NaN;
-  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(ms) || ms <= 0) throw new TokenError("period must be 'never' or a positive number of milliseconds.");
-  return new Date(Date.now() + ms);
-}
-
-router.post("/generate", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    const principal = req.principal;
-    if (principal.userId == null) throw new TokenError("Only signed-in accounts may create tokens.");
-    const body = req.body || {};
-    const { scopes, missions: missionUUIDs } = await resolveRequest(principal, body);
-    const expires_at = expiryFrom(body.period);
-    const label = body.name ? String(body.name).replace(/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/g, "").toLowerCase() : "";
-    const secret = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
-    const token = `${TOKEN_PREFIX}${label ? label + "_" : ""}${secret}`;
-    const token_prefix = token.slice(0, TOKEN_PREFIX.length + (label ? label.length + 1 : 0) + 6);
-    const created = await LongTermTokens.create({
-      token: unusableLegacyToken(),
-      token_hash: hashToken(token),
-      token_prefix,
-      name: body.name ? String(body.name) : null,
-      period: body.period == null ? "never" : String(body.period),
-      scopes,
-      missions: missionUUIDs,
-      expires_at,
-      created_by_user_id: principal.userId,
-    });
-    res.send({
-      status: "success",
-      message: "Successfully created long term token. Copy it now; it will not be shown again.",
-      body: {
-        id: created.id,
-        token,
-        name: created.name,
-        period: created.period,
-        scopes,
-        missions: Array.isArray(body.missions) ? body.missions : null,
-        expires_at,
-        created_by_user_id: principal.userId,
-      },
-    });
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (err instanceof TokenError) return res.send({ status: "failure", message: err.message });
-    logger("error", "Failed to create long term token.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
-    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to create long term token!" });
-  }
-});
-
-router.post("/clear", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    if (req.body.id == null)
-      return res.send({
-        status: "failure",
-        message: `Failed to delete long term token. body.id is undefined.`,
-      });
-    const token = await LongTermTokens.findOne({ where: { id: parseInt(req.body.id) } });
-    const principal = req.principal;
-    if (
-      !token ||
-      (!policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage") && token.created_by_user_id !== principal.userId)
-    )
-      return res.send({
-        status: "failure",
-        message: `Token with id ${req.body.id} not found.`,
-      });
-    await token.destroy();
-    invalidate();
-    res.send({
-      status: "success",
-      message: `Successfully deleted long term token with id ${req.body.id}.`,
-    });
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger("error", "Failed to delete long term token.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
-    res.send({
-      status: "failure",
-      message: `Failed to delete long term token with id ${req.body.id}!`,
-    });
-  }
-});
-
-module.exports = router;
-module.exports.TOKEN_PREFIX = TOKEN_PREFIX;
-module.exports.expiryFrom = expiryFrom;
-module.exports.TokenError = TokenError;
+/***********************************************************
+ * Long-term tokens: hashed at rest, scoped to capabilities and
+ * missions, and never more powerful than their creator.
+ **********************************************************/
+const express = require("express");
+const router = express.Router();
+
+// Cookie-authenticated changes must come from MMGIS's own pages
+const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../../../../../API/connections/routes");
+router.use((req, res, next) => (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "HEAD" ? next() : sameOriginOnly(req, res, next)));
+const crypto = require("crypto");
+const { Op } = require("sequelize");
+
+const logger = require("../../../../../API/logger");
+const policy = require("../../../../../API/permissions/policy");
+const missions = require("../../../../../API/permissions/missions");
+const { authorize, ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
+const { hashToken, invalidate, unusableLegacyToken, tokensOffFor } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/principal");
+const LongTermTokens = require("../models/longtermtokens").LongTermTokens;
+const { User } = require("../../Users/models/user");
+
+const TOKEN_PREFIX = "mmgis_";
+
+// Tokens can't be used to manage tokens
+function sessionOnly(req, res, next) {
+  if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token") {
+    res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: "Unauthorized!" });
+    return;
+  }
+  next();
+}
+
+async function present(rows) {
+  const users = await User.findAll({
+    where: { id: rows.map((r) => r.created_by_user_id).filter((i) => i != null) },
+    attributes: ["id", "username"],
+    raw: true,
+  });
+  const names = Object.fromEntries(users.map((u) => [u.id, u.username]));
+  return Promise.all(
+    rows.map(async (r) => ({
+      id: r.id,
+      name: r.name,
+      // Only a prefix is ever shown after creation
+      token: r.token_prefix ? `${r.token_prefix}...` : `${String(r.token).slice(0, 12)}...`,
+      period: r.period,
+      scopes: r.scopes,
+      missions: r.missions ? await missions.namesForUUIDs(r.missions) : null,
+      expires_at: r.expires_at,
+      last_used_at: r.last_used_at,
+      created_by_user_id: r.created_by_user_id,
+      created_by_username: names[r.created_by_user_id] || null,
+      createdAt: r.createdAt,
+      updatedAt: r.updatedAt,
+    }))
+  );
+}
+
+router.get("/get", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const principal = req.principal;
+    const where = { revoked_at: null };
+    if (!policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage")) where.created_by_user_id = principal.userId;
+    if (where.created_by_user_id == null && !policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage"))
+      return res.send({ status: "success", tokens: [] });
+    const rows = await LongTermTokens.findAll({
+      where,
+      order: [["createdAt", "DESC"]],
+      raw: true,
+    });
+    res.send({ status: "success", tokens: await present(rows) });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger("error", "Failed to get all tokens.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to get tokens." });
+  }
+});
+
+class TokenError extends Error {}
+
+// Validates requested scopes/missions against what the creator holds right now
+async function resolveRequest(principal, body) {
+  const holds = (cap) =>
+    policy.MISSION_SCOPED.has(cap)
+      ? policy.capabilitiesOf(principal).includes(cap)
+      : policy.can(principal, cap);
+  let scopes = body.scopes;
+  if (scopes === "read" || scopes == null) {
+    scopes = scopes === "read" || !hasAnyWrite(principal) ? policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.slice() : null;
+    // A default read set only carries the read capabilities the creator holds
+    if (scopes != null) scopes = scopes.filter(holds);
+    if (scopes != null && scopes.length === 0)
+      throw new TokenError("You have no read access to put in a token.");
+  }
+  if (scopes != null) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(scopes) || scopes.length === 0)
+      throw new TokenError("scopes must be 'read', null (all of your access) or an array of capabilities.");
+    scopes = Array.from(new Set(scopes.map(String)));
+    for (const cap of scopes) {
+      if (!policy.CAPABILITIES[cap]) throw new TokenError(`Unknown capability '${cap}'.`);
+      if (cap === "tokens.create" || cap === "tokens.manage")
+        throw new TokenError("Tokens cannot manage tokens.");
+      if (!holds(cap)) throw new TokenError(`You do not have '${cap}'.`);
+    }
+  } else if (!policy.isSuperAdmin(principal) && !hasAnyWrite(principal)) {
+    scopes = policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.filter(holds);
+  }
+  if (body.missions != null && !Array.isArray(body.missions))
+    throw new TokenError("missions must be null or an array of mission names.");
+  let missionUUIDs = null;
+  if (Array.isArray(body.missions)) {
+    missionUUIDs = [];
+    const reachable = policy.missionsWith(principal, "mission.view");
+    for (const name of body.missions) {
+      const uuid = await missions.uuidForName(name);
+      if (!uuid) throw new TokenError(`Unknown mission '${name}'.`);
+      if (reachable != null && !reachable.includes(uuid))
+        throw new TokenError(`You do not have access to mission '${name}'.`);
+      missionUUIDs.push(uuid);
+    }
+  }
+  return { scopes, missions: missionUUIDs };
+}
+
+function hasAnyWrite(principal) {
+  const caps = policy.capabilitiesOf(principal);
+  return caps.some((c) => !policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.includes(c) && !policy.BASELINE.authenticated.has(c));
+}
+
+function expiryFrom(period) {
+  if (period == null || period === "never") return null;
+  const ms = /^\d+$/.test(String(period)) ? Number(period) : NaN;
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(ms) || ms <= 0) throw new TokenError("period must be 'never' or a positive number of milliseconds.");
+  return new Date(Date.now() + ms);
+}
+
+router.post("/generate", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const principal = req.principal;
+    if (principal.userId == null) throw new TokenError("Only signed-in accounts may create tokens.");
+    const off = await tokensOffFor(principal.userId);
+    if (off.length)
+      throw new TokenError(
+        `This account signs in with ${off.join(", ")}, which isn't enabled on this site right now, so its tokens won't work until it is.`
+      );
+    const body = req.body || {};
+    const { scopes, missions: missionUUIDs } = await resolveRequest(principal, body);
+    const expires_at = expiryFrom(body.period);
+    const label = body.name ? String(body.name).replace(/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/g, "").toLowerCase() : "";
+    const secret = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
+    const token = `${TOKEN_PREFIX}${label ? label + "_" : ""}${secret}`;
+    const token_prefix = token.slice(0, TOKEN_PREFIX.length + (label ? label.length + 1 : 0) + 6);
+    const created = await LongTermTokens.create({
+      token: unusableLegacyToken(),
+      token_hash: hashToken(token),
+      token_prefix,
+      name: body.name ? String(body.name) : null,
+      period: body.period == null ? "never" : String(body.period),
+      scopes,
+      missions: missionUUIDs,
+      expires_at,
+      created_by_user_id: principal.userId,
+    });
+    res.send({
+      status: "success",
+      message: "Successfully created long term token. Copy it now; it will not be shown again.",
+      body: {
+        id: created.id,
+        token,
+        name: created.name,
+        period: created.period,
+        scopes,
+        missions: Array.isArray(body.missions) ? body.missions : null,
+        expires_at,
+        created_by_user_id: principal.userId,
+      },
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof TokenError) return res.send({ status: "failure", message: err.message });
+    logger("error", "Failed to create long term token.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to create long term token!" });
+  }
+});
+
+router.post("/clear", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    if (req.body.id == null)
+      return res.send({
+        status: "failure",
+        message: `Failed to delete long term token. body.id is undefined.`,
+      });
+    const token = await LongTermTokens.findOne({ where: { id: parseInt(req.body.id) } });
+    const principal = req.principal;
+    if (
+      !token ||
+      (!policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage") && token.created_by_user_id !== principal.userId)
+    )
+      return res.send({
+        status: "failure",
+        message: `Token with id ${req.body.id} not found.`,
+      });
+    await token.destroy();
+    invalidate();
+    res.send({
+      status: "success",
+      message: `Successfully deleted long term token with id ${req.body.id}.`,
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger("error", "Failed to delete long term token.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    res.send({
+      status: "failure",
+      message: `Failed to delete long term token with id ${req.body.id}!`,
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
+module.exports.TOKEN_PREFIX = TOKEN_PREFIX;
+module.exports.expiryFrom = expiryFrom;
+module.exports.TokenError = TokenError;
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
index 5b399ba9a3..4908e6304e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-principal.spec.js
@@ -80,12 +80,24 @@ test.describe('accounts linked only to a provider that is not enabled', () => {
       const viaSession = await principal.resolvePrincipal({ headers: {}, session: { uid: 1 } });
       expect(viaSession.authenticated).toBe(true);
       expect(viaSession.username).toBe('admin');
+      expect(await principal.tokensOffFor(1)).toEqual(['ldap']);
+      expect(await principal.tokensOffFor(2)).toEqual([]);
     } finally {
       fakeModels.AuthIdentity.findAll = orig;
     }
   });
 });
 
+test('an account with an enabled provider link besides a disabled one follows the enabled one', async () => {
+  const orig = fakeModels.AuthIdentity.findAll;
+  fakeModels.AuthIdentity.findAll = async ({ where }) => (where.user_id === 1 ? [{ provider: 'ldap' }, { provider: 'proxy' }] : []);
+  try {
+    expect(await principal.tokensOffFor(1)).toEqual([]);
+  } finally {
+    fakeModels.AuthIdentity.findAll = orig;
+  }
+});
+
 test.describe('groups of a provider that is not enabled', () => {
   test('grant nothing, while local groups still do', async () => {
     const orig = { members: fakeModels.AuthGroupMember.findAll, groups: fakeModels.AuthGroup.findAll };
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 488fd541ec..4dd8a56bc8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -258,6 +258,13 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect((await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'expected', username: 'carol' }), m)).id).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  test('a login through the existing link drops a relink allowed for that account', async () => {
+    const m = relinkModels();
+    expect((await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'old', username: 'carol' }), m)).id).toBe(1);
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([]);
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'newcomer', username: 'carol' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+  });
+
   test('a concurrent first login that loses the race uses the account the other one created', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels();
     const create = m.User.create;
@@ -517,13 +524,19 @@ test.describe('identify', () => {
 });
 
 test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
-  let ldap, lookup;
+  let ldap, lookup, savedProviders;
   test.beforeAll(() => {
     providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT);
     ldap = providers.getProvider('ldap').impl;
     lookup = ldap.lookup;
+    savedProviders = process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
+    process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = '["ldap","local"]';
+  });
+  test.afterAll(() => {
+    ldap.lookup = lookup;
+    if (savedProviders === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
+    else process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = savedProviders;
   });
-  test.afterAll(() => (ldap.lookup = lookup));
   const models = (userId) =>
     fakeModels({
       groups: [{ id: 1, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' }],
@@ -550,6 +563,12 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:ldap:9011']);
   });
 
+  test('a recheck waits as long as the provider says its lookup may take, not just 5 s', async () => {
+    ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5300)), null);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'slow', user_id: 9015 }] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9015, 'ldap', m, true)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test('a group change during a check of every account queues one more check after it', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
     let calls = 0;
@@ -571,6 +590,24 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(calls).toBe(2);
   });
 
+  test('with rechecks off, an account Check linked accounts found gone loses access without asking the directory again', async () => {
+    const saved = process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
+    process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES = '0';
+    let calls = 0;
+    ldap.lookup = async () => (calls++, null);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9016 }] });
+    try {
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9016, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+      expect(calls).toBe(0);
+      expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toMatchObject({ checked: 1, missing: 1 });
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9016, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+      expect(calls).toBe(1);
+    } finally {
+      if (saved === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
+      else process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES = saved;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a group change starts no check while rechecks are off', async () => {
     const saved = process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
     process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES = '0';

From 85101919a0e13a8c020142340902fd9d66576a0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 06:57:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 046/122] Fold DOMAIN\ in relink usernames; warn when
 LDAP_BIND_DN has no LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE; refuse a DOMAIN\{{username}} DN
 template

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  7 +++++
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js  |  2 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  1 +
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 11 +++++++-
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 13 +++++++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  3 ++-
 9 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index b663877a56..7396e87099 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -387,6 +387,12 @@ async function locateSubject(providerId, subject) {
 
 // The provider's entry for a username, so an admin can see who a relink would go to:
 // { subject, dn } or null when the provider has none, undefined when it can't look people up
+// The username a relink waits for, in the form the provider's logins report it
+function relinkUsername(providerId, username) {
+  const p = getProvider(providerId);
+  return p && typeof p.impl.relinkUsername === "function" ? p.impl.relinkUsername(username) : username;
+}
+
 async function relinkTarget(providerId, username) {
   const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
   if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function") return undefined;
@@ -877,6 +883,7 @@ module.exports = {
   relinkKey,
   missingKey,
   groupName,
+  relinkUsername,
   relinkTarget,
   locateSubject,
   sameUsername,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index bb437403b7..62f415c47c 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
         notify(
           r.failed
             ? `Couldn't check ${r.failed} of ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: the login provider is unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). ${r.missing} not found.`
-            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (no service account, e.g. LDAP_BIND_DN).` : ""}`,
+            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (the provider can't look them up, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE).` : ""}`,
           r.missing || r.failed ? "warning" : "success"
         );
         refresh();
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index edc1a7d684..123eacfad4 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN); its message is shown to the admin.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
+- `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
 - `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 876830d669..efae17d8b0 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/pa
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
-How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` for this; with `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` alone, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; an account that **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then finds gone still loses its sessions and tokens | number | default `15`
+How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` for this; without them, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; an account that **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then finds gone still loses its sessions and tokens | number | default `15`
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index f5dac6613b..ce4b877929 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached; with `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0` it fills in as members sign in), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) ends by itself, so it doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without `LDAP_BIND_DN` (only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins, so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) ends by itself, so it doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 529a1b21d6..68c6d249ef 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // stable id and syncs the person's directory groups.
 const fs = require("fs");
 const net = require("net");
-const crypto = require("crypto");
 const { Client, InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError, InvalidDNSyntaxError, ResultCodeError } = require("ldapts");
 
 const setting = (v, fallback = "") => (v != null && String(v).trim() !== "" ? String(v).trim() : fallback);
@@ -612,6 +611,10 @@ function validate(env) {
     errors.push("Set LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (to search for people) or LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE (to sign in as them directly).");
   if (c.userDnTemplate && !c.userDnTemplate.includes("{{username}}"))
     errors.push("LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE must contain {{username}}.");
+  if (c.userDnTemplate && c.userDnTemplate.includes("\\{{username}}"))
+    errors.push(
+      "LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE can't be DOMAIN\\{{username}}: MMGIS has to find the entry it signed in as. Use the UPN form ({{username}}@corp.example.org) with LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE, or a DN; LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN lets people still type DOMAIN\\name."
+    );
   if (c.userDnTemplate && !c.searchBase && !c.userDnTemplate.includes("="))
     errors.push(
       "LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE isn't a DN (e.g. {{username}}@corp.example.org), so MMGIS can't read the person's entry from it. Also set LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE."
@@ -644,6 +647,10 @@ function warnings(env) {
   const out = [];
   if (c.allowInsecure && !c.startTls && /^ldap:/i.test(c.url))
     out.push("LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=true: LDAP passwords cross the network unencrypted. Use it only for local testing.");
+  if (c.bindDn && !c.searchBase)
+    out.push(
+      "LDAP_BIND_DN is set without LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE, so MMGIS can't look people up between logins: sessions and tokens aren't rechecked (changes apply at the next login) and relinks match on the username alone. Set LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE to turn both on."
+    );
   if (c.groupNameAttribute && !c.groupSearchBase)
     out.push(`LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=${c.groupNameAttribute} has no effect without LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: groups read from ${c.groupsAttribute} are reported by their full DN.`);
   if (c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn")
@@ -732,6 +739,8 @@ module.exports = {
       throw new Error(`MMGIS only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE (${c.groupSearchBase}), so ${dn} would never have members. Widen LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE to include it.`);
     return dn;
   },
+  // The username as login reads it, so a relink typed as CORP\\alice waits for alice
+  relinkUsername: (name) => stripDomain(String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim(), config()),
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
   locate: (subject) => locate(subject),
   findSubject: (username) => findSubject(username),
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index d76cf9cd64..3c7da42e13 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
     expect(stripDomain('OTHER\\alice', c)).toBe('OTHER\\alice');
     expect(stripDomain('alice@corp.example.org', c)).toBe('alice@corp.example.org');
     expect(stripDomain('CORP\\alice', config(base))).toBe('CORP\\alice');
+    // A relink typed the way people sign in waits for the username their logins report
+    const before = process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN;
+    process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN = 'CORP';
+    try {
+      expect(ldap.relinkUsername(' CORP\\alice ')).toBe('alice');
+    } finally {
+      if (before === undefined) delete process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN;
+      else process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN = before;
+    }
   });
 
   test('group DNs are compared lowercased and without spaces, so same-named groups in different OUs stay apart', () => {
@@ -263,6 +272,10 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x', LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE: 'true' })).toBe('');
     expect(ldap.warnings({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x', LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE: 'true' }).join()).toMatch(/unencrypted/);
     expect(ldap.warnings({ ...base, LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE: 'cn' }).join()).toMatch(/no effect without LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE/);
+    const templateOnly = { LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x:636', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},dc=x' };
+    expect(ldap.warnings({ ...templateOnly, LDAP_BIND_DN: 'cn=svc,dc=x', LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'p' }).join()).toMatch(/without LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE/); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    expect(ldap.warnings(templateOnly).join()).not.toMatch(/without LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE/);
+    expect(problems({ ...templateOnly, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'CORP\\{{username}}' })).toMatch(/can't be DOMAIN/);
     expect(ldap.warnings({ ...base, LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE: 'cn', LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: 'ou=g' }).join()).not.toMatch(/no effect/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_STARTTLS: 'true' })).toMatch(/already encrypted/);
   });
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 610ac713da..664e659142 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -233,6 +233,33 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('a relink typed as DOMAIN\\name waits for the name people sign in with', async () => {
+    const domain = process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN;
+    test.skip(!domain, 'SKIP: needs the server started with LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN');
+    const username = `ldap_dom_${Date.now()}`;
+    const password = ['dom', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
+    const dn = `uid=${username},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org`;
+    const added = directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: add\nobjectClass: inetOrgPerson\nuid: ${username}\ncn: Dom\nsn: Dom\nuserPassword: ${password}\n`);
+    test.skip(!added, `SKIP: can't change the fixture directory (docker container ${container})`);
+    try {
+      const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+      const entries = async () => (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries;
+      const local = `${username}_local`;
+      const made = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/users/signup', { data: { username: local, email: `${local}@example.org`, password: ['Local', 'test', '1!'].join('-'), skipLogin: true } })).json();
+      expect(made.status).toBe('success');
+      const account = (await entries()).find((e) => e.username === local);
+      const allowed = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap', username: `${domain}\\${username}` } })).json();
+      expect(allowed.status).toBe('success');
+      expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toMatchObject({ username });
+      expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username: `${domain}\\${username}`, password })).status()).toBe(200);
+      const after = (await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id);
+      expect(after.sign_ins).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ provider: 'ldap' })]);
+      expect((await entries()).some((e) => e.username === username)).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: delete\n`);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('with rechecks off, Check linked accounts still cuts off a leaver it finds gone', async () => {
     test.skip(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES !== '0', 'SKIP: needs the server started with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0');
     const uid = `ldap_leaver_${Date.now()}`;
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index ebe06f515b..7de7172378 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -376,11 +376,12 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     // The person's username at the provider, when it differs from their MMGIS username
     const known = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider }, attributes: ["username", "subject"], raw: true });
     const fallback = (known && known.username) || user.username;
-    const username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? fallback : req.body.username)
+    let username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? fallback : req.body.username)
       .normalize("NFKC")
       .trim();
     if (username === "" || username.length > 256 || /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(username))
       return fail("Enter the person's username at the login provider.");
+    username = providers.relinkUsername(provider, username);
     // The account's grants carry over, so a SuperAdmin account can only be handed over by a SuperAdmin
     const superAdmins = (
       await RoleBinding.findAll({

From a3e7c068f14c5ce93deb8b970f057694bfc63add Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 07:00:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 047/122] Cap a request's wait for a recheck at 5 s; parse
 escaped commas in group-base check; restore CRLF in longtermtokens.js

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  17 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |   2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |   4 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |   2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |   8 +-
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |   3 +
 .../LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js    | 438 +++++++++---------
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  13 +
 8 files changed, 260 insertions(+), 227 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 7396e87099..a8664122d7 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -168,6 +168,16 @@ const IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
 const lookupTimeout = (p) =>
   Math.max(IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS, (typeof p.impl.lookupTimeoutMs === "function" && Number(p.impl.lookupTimeoutMs())) || 0);
 
+// A person's request waits at most 5 s for a recheck, keeping its access meanwhile; a slower one applies once it ends
+function requestWait(result) {
+  let timer;
+  const meanwhile = new Promise((resolve) => {
+    timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(true), IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    if (timer.unref) timer.unref();
+  });
+  return Promise.race([result, meanwhile]).finally(() => clearTimeout(timer));
+}
+
 // The first enabled provider that recognizes this request, or null
 async function identify(req) {
   for (const p of enabledProviders()) {
@@ -594,13 +604,13 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
   if (!force && !detail && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
-    if (!hit.missing) return hit.result;
+    if (!hit.missing) return requestWait(hit.result);
     // Another process may have signed the person in again (a relink or a restored entry) since
     return (async () => {
       m = m || accountModels();
       const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
       const since = link && link.last_login_at ? new Date(link.last_login_at).getTime() : 0;
-      return since > hit.at ? stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, true) : false;
+      return since > hit.at ? requestWait(stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, true)) : false;
     })();
   }
   const status = (async () => {
@@ -649,7 +659,8 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const entry = { at: Date.now(), result };
   rechecks.set(key, entry);
   result.then((ok) => (entry.missing = !ok), () => {});
-  return detail ? status : result;
+  if (detail) return status;
+  return force ? result : requestWait(result);
 }
 
 // Rechecks every provider-linked account now, including ones nobody has used since a directory change,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 123eacfad4..ed5b806f80 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
-- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
+- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN); its message is shown to the admin.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index efae17d8b0..0af5d410a5 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/pa
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
-How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` for this; without them, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; an account that **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then finds gone still loses its sessions and tokens | number | default `15`
+How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` for this; without them, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; an account that **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then finds gone still loses its sessions and tokens, until the person signs in again or a later check finds them | number | default `15`
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=`
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Report groups found under `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` by this attribute (e.g. `cn`)
 
 #### `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=`
 
-How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the login fails with "unavailable". A recheck between logins may take up to 5 times this | number | default `5000`
+How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the login fails with "unavailable". A recheck between logins may take up to 5 times this; a person's request waits at most 5 s for it, and a slower one applies once it ends | number | default `5000`
 
 #### `LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index ce4b877929..fb740fef66 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached; with `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0` it fills in as members sign in), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) ends by itself, so it doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 68c6d249ef..1810b16c07 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ const fill = (template, values) =>
 
 // "CN=Science Team, OU=Groups,DC=corp" -> "cn=science team,ou=groups,dc=corp", so one group always
 // reads the same however the directory spaces, capitalizes, escapes (\, and \2c alike) or composes it (é)
+// dn is inside base: it ends with ",base" at an unescaped comma (normalizeDn escapes "\\" as "\\\\")
+function underBase(dn, base) {
+  if (!dn.endsWith(`,${base}`)) return false;
+  return dn.slice(0, dn.length - base.length - 1).match(/\\*$/)[0].length % 2 === 0;
+}
+
 function normalizeDn(dn) {
   const s = String(dn);
   const rdns = [];
@@ -735,7 +741,7 @@ module.exports = {
     const dn = normalizeDn(name.trim());
     // Groups are only searched for under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE, so one elsewhere would never have members
     const base = c.groupSearchBase && normalizeDn(c.groupSearchBase);
-    if (base && dn !== base && !dn.endsWith(`,${base}`))
+    if (base && dn !== base && !underBase(dn, base))
       throw new Error(`MMGIS only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE (${c.groupSearchBase}), so ${dn} would never have members. Widen LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE to include it.`);
     return dn;
   },
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 3c7da42e13..dae51cb9df 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE = 'OU=Groups,DC=x';
       expect(ldap.groupName('CN=Data-Admins,OU=Groups,DC=x')).toBe('cn=data-admins,ou=groups,dc=x');
       expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=editors,ou=teams,dc=x')).toThrow(/only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE/);
+    // An escaped comma keeps "ou=groups" inside the group's own name, so its parent is dc=x
+    expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=a\\,ou=groups,dc=x')).toThrow(/only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE/);
+    expect(ldap.groupName('cn=a\\\\,ou=groups,dc=x')).toBe('cn=a\\\\,ou=groups,dc=x');
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE = 'cn';
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE = 'ou=groups,dc=x';
       expect(ldap.groupName('Data-Admins')).toBe('Data-Admins');
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js b/plugins/core/backend/LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js
index 70dca1630d..3539c8bfd4 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/LongTermToken/routes/longtermtokens.js
@@ -1,219 +1,219 @@
-/***********************************************************
- * Long-term tokens: hashed at rest, scoped to capabilities and
- * missions, and never more powerful than their creator.
- **********************************************************/
-const express = require("express");
-const router = express.Router();
-
-// Cookie-authenticated changes must come from MMGIS's own pages
-const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../../../../../API/connections/routes");
-router.use((req, res, next) => (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "HEAD" ? next() : sameOriginOnly(req, res, next)));
-const crypto = require("crypto");
-const { Op } = require("sequelize");
-
-const logger = require("../../../../../API/logger");
-const policy = require("../../../../../API/permissions/policy");
-const missions = require("../../../../../API/permissions/missions");
-const { authorize, ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
-const { hashToken, invalidate, unusableLegacyToken, tokensOffFor } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/principal");
-const LongTermTokens = require("../models/longtermtokens").LongTermTokens;
-const { User } = require("../../Users/models/user");
-
-const TOKEN_PREFIX = "mmgis_";
-
-// Tokens can't be used to manage tokens
-function sessionOnly(req, res, next) {
-  if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token") {
-    res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: "Unauthorized!" });
-    return;
-  }
-  next();
-}
-
-async function present(rows) {
-  const users = await User.findAll({
-    where: { id: rows.map((r) => r.created_by_user_id).filter((i) => i != null) },
-    attributes: ["id", "username"],
-    raw: true,
-  });
-  const names = Object.fromEntries(users.map((u) => [u.id, u.username]));
-  return Promise.all(
-    rows.map(async (r) => ({
-      id: r.id,
-      name: r.name,
-      // Only a prefix is ever shown after creation
-      token: r.token_prefix ? `${r.token_prefix}...` : `${String(r.token).slice(0, 12)}...`,
-      period: r.period,
-      scopes: r.scopes,
-      missions: r.missions ? await missions.namesForUUIDs(r.missions) : null,
-      expires_at: r.expires_at,
-      last_used_at: r.last_used_at,
-      created_by_user_id: r.created_by_user_id,
-      created_by_username: names[r.created_by_user_id] || null,
-      createdAt: r.createdAt,
-      updatedAt: r.updatedAt,
-    }))
-  );
-}
-
-router.get("/get", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    const principal = req.principal;
-    const where = { revoked_at: null };
-    if (!policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage")) where.created_by_user_id = principal.userId;
-    if (where.created_by_user_id == null && !policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage"))
-      return res.send({ status: "success", tokens: [] });
-    const rows = await LongTermTokens.findAll({
-      where,
-      order: [["createdAt", "DESC"]],
-      raw: true,
-    });
-    res.send({ status: "success", tokens: await present(rows) });
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger("error", "Failed to get all tokens.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
-    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to get tokens." });
-  }
-});
-
-class TokenError extends Error {}
-
-// Validates requested scopes/missions against what the creator holds right now
-async function resolveRequest(principal, body) {
-  const holds = (cap) =>
-    policy.MISSION_SCOPED.has(cap)
-      ? policy.capabilitiesOf(principal).includes(cap)
-      : policy.can(principal, cap);
-  let scopes = body.scopes;
-  if (scopes === "read" || scopes == null) {
-    scopes = scopes === "read" || !hasAnyWrite(principal) ? policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.slice() : null;
-    // A default read set only carries the read capabilities the creator holds
-    if (scopes != null) scopes = scopes.filter(holds);
-    if (scopes != null && scopes.length === 0)
-      throw new TokenError("You have no read access to put in a token.");
-  }
-  if (scopes != null) {
-    if (!Array.isArray(scopes) || scopes.length === 0)
-      throw new TokenError("scopes must be 'read', null (all of your access) or an array of capabilities.");
-    scopes = Array.from(new Set(scopes.map(String)));
-    for (const cap of scopes) {
-      if (!policy.CAPABILITIES[cap]) throw new TokenError(`Unknown capability '${cap}'.`);
-      if (cap === "tokens.create" || cap === "tokens.manage")
-        throw new TokenError("Tokens cannot manage tokens.");
-      if (!holds(cap)) throw new TokenError(`You do not have '${cap}'.`);
-    }
-  } else if (!policy.isSuperAdmin(principal) && !hasAnyWrite(principal)) {
-    scopes = policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.filter(holds);
-  }
-  if (body.missions != null && !Array.isArray(body.missions))
-    throw new TokenError("missions must be null or an array of mission names.");
-  let missionUUIDs = null;
-  if (Array.isArray(body.missions)) {
-    missionUUIDs = [];
-    const reachable = policy.missionsWith(principal, "mission.view");
-    for (const name of body.missions) {
-      const uuid = await missions.uuidForName(name);
-      if (!uuid) throw new TokenError(`Unknown mission '${name}'.`);
-      if (reachable != null && !reachable.includes(uuid))
-        throw new TokenError(`You do not have access to mission '${name}'.`);
-      missionUUIDs.push(uuid);
-    }
-  }
-  return { scopes, missions: missionUUIDs };
-}
-
-function hasAnyWrite(principal) {
-  const caps = policy.capabilitiesOf(principal);
-  return caps.some((c) => !policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.includes(c) && !policy.BASELINE.authenticated.has(c));
-}
-
-function expiryFrom(period) {
-  if (period == null || period === "never") return null;
-  const ms = /^\d+$/.test(String(period)) ? Number(period) : NaN;
-  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(ms) || ms <= 0) throw new TokenError("period must be 'never' or a positive number of milliseconds.");
-  return new Date(Date.now() + ms);
-}
-
-router.post("/generate", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    const principal = req.principal;
-    if (principal.userId == null) throw new TokenError("Only signed-in accounts may create tokens.");
-    const off = await tokensOffFor(principal.userId);
-    if (off.length)
-      throw new TokenError(
-        `This account signs in with ${off.join(", ")}, which isn't enabled on this site right now, so its tokens won't work until it is.`
-      );
-    const body = req.body || {};
-    const { scopes, missions: missionUUIDs } = await resolveRequest(principal, body);
-    const expires_at = expiryFrom(body.period);
-    const label = body.name ? String(body.name).replace(/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/g, "").toLowerCase() : "";
-    const secret = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
-    const token = `${TOKEN_PREFIX}${label ? label + "_" : ""}${secret}`;
-    const token_prefix = token.slice(0, TOKEN_PREFIX.length + (label ? label.length + 1 : 0) + 6);
-    const created = await LongTermTokens.create({
-      token: unusableLegacyToken(),
-      token_hash: hashToken(token),
-      token_prefix,
-      name: body.name ? String(body.name) : null,
-      period: body.period == null ? "never" : String(body.period),
-      scopes,
-      missions: missionUUIDs,
-      expires_at,
-      created_by_user_id: principal.userId,
-    });
-    res.send({
-      status: "success",
-      message: "Successfully created long term token. Copy it now; it will not be shown again.",
-      body: {
-        id: created.id,
-        token,
-        name: created.name,
-        period: created.period,
-        scopes,
-        missions: Array.isArray(body.missions) ? body.missions : null,
-        expires_at,
-        created_by_user_id: principal.userId,
-      },
-    });
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (err instanceof TokenError) return res.send({ status: "failure", message: err.message });
-    logger("error", "Failed to create long term token.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
-    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to create long term token!" });
-  }
-});
-
-router.post("/clear", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    if (req.body.id == null)
-      return res.send({
-        status: "failure",
-        message: `Failed to delete long term token. body.id is undefined.`,
-      });
-    const token = await LongTermTokens.findOne({ where: { id: parseInt(req.body.id) } });
-    const principal = req.principal;
-    if (
-      !token ||
-      (!policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage") && token.created_by_user_id !== principal.userId)
-    )
-      return res.send({
-        status: "failure",
-        message: `Token with id ${req.body.id} not found.`,
-      });
-    await token.destroy();
-    invalidate();
-    res.send({
-      status: "success",
-      message: `Successfully deleted long term token with id ${req.body.id}.`,
-    });
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger("error", "Failed to delete long term token.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
-    res.send({
-      status: "failure",
-      message: `Failed to delete long term token with id ${req.body.id}!`,
-    });
-  }
-});
-
-module.exports = router;
-module.exports.TOKEN_PREFIX = TOKEN_PREFIX;
-module.exports.expiryFrom = expiryFrom;
-module.exports.TokenError = TokenError;
+/***********************************************************
+ * Long-term tokens: hashed at rest, scoped to capabilities and
+ * missions, and never more powerful than their creator.
+ **********************************************************/
+const express = require("express");
+const router = express.Router();
+
+// Cookie-authenticated changes must come from MMGIS's own pages
+const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../../../../../API/connections/routes");
+router.use((req, res, next) => (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "HEAD" ? next() : sameOriginOnly(req, res, next)));
+const crypto = require("crypto");
+const { Op } = require("sequelize");
+
+const logger = require("../../../../../API/logger");
+const policy = require("../../../../../API/permissions/policy");
+const missions = require("../../../../../API/permissions/missions");
+const { authorize, ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
+const { hashToken, invalidate, unusableLegacyToken, tokensOffFor } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/principal");
+const LongTermTokens = require("../models/longtermtokens").LongTermTokens;
+const { User } = require("../../Users/models/user");
+
+const TOKEN_PREFIX = "mmgis_";
+
+// Tokens can't be used to manage tokens
+function sessionOnly(req, res, next) {
+  if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token") {
+    res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: "Unauthorized!" });
+    return;
+  }
+  next();
+}
+
+async function present(rows) {
+  const users = await User.findAll({
+    where: { id: rows.map((r) => r.created_by_user_id).filter((i) => i != null) },
+    attributes: ["id", "username"],
+    raw: true,
+  });
+  const names = Object.fromEntries(users.map((u) => [u.id, u.username]));
+  return Promise.all(
+    rows.map(async (r) => ({
+      id: r.id,
+      name: r.name,
+      // Only a prefix is ever shown after creation
+      token: r.token_prefix ? `${r.token_prefix}...` : `${String(r.token).slice(0, 12)}...`,
+      period: r.period,
+      scopes: r.scopes,
+      missions: r.missions ? await missions.namesForUUIDs(r.missions) : null,
+      expires_at: r.expires_at,
+      last_used_at: r.last_used_at,
+      created_by_user_id: r.created_by_user_id,
+      created_by_username: names[r.created_by_user_id] || null,
+      createdAt: r.createdAt,
+      updatedAt: r.updatedAt,
+    }))
+  );
+}
+
+router.get("/get", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const principal = req.principal;
+    const where = { revoked_at: null };
+    if (!policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage")) where.created_by_user_id = principal.userId;
+    if (where.created_by_user_id == null && !policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage"))
+      return res.send({ status: "success", tokens: [] });
+    const rows = await LongTermTokens.findAll({
+      where,
+      order: [["createdAt", "DESC"]],
+      raw: true,
+    });
+    res.send({ status: "success", tokens: await present(rows) });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger("error", "Failed to get all tokens.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to get tokens." });
+  }
+});
+
+class TokenError extends Error {}
+
+// Validates requested scopes/missions against what the creator holds right now
+async function resolveRequest(principal, body) {
+  const holds = (cap) =>
+    policy.MISSION_SCOPED.has(cap)
+      ? policy.capabilitiesOf(principal).includes(cap)
+      : policy.can(principal, cap);
+  let scopes = body.scopes;
+  if (scopes === "read" || scopes == null) {
+    scopes = scopes === "read" || !hasAnyWrite(principal) ? policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.slice() : null;
+    // A default read set only carries the read capabilities the creator holds
+    if (scopes != null) scopes = scopes.filter(holds);
+    if (scopes != null && scopes.length === 0)
+      throw new TokenError("You have no read access to put in a token.");
+  }
+  if (scopes != null) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(scopes) || scopes.length === 0)
+      throw new TokenError("scopes must be 'read', null (all of your access) or an array of capabilities.");
+    scopes = Array.from(new Set(scopes.map(String)));
+    for (const cap of scopes) {
+      if (!policy.CAPABILITIES[cap]) throw new TokenError(`Unknown capability '${cap}'.`);
+      if (cap === "tokens.create" || cap === "tokens.manage")
+        throw new TokenError("Tokens cannot manage tokens.");
+      if (!holds(cap)) throw new TokenError(`You do not have '${cap}'.`);
+    }
+  } else if (!policy.isSuperAdmin(principal) && !hasAnyWrite(principal)) {
+    scopes = policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.filter(holds);
+  }
+  if (body.missions != null && !Array.isArray(body.missions))
+    throw new TokenError("missions must be null or an array of mission names.");
+  let missionUUIDs = null;
+  if (Array.isArray(body.missions)) {
+    missionUUIDs = [];
+    const reachable = policy.missionsWith(principal, "mission.view");
+    for (const name of body.missions) {
+      const uuid = await missions.uuidForName(name);
+      if (!uuid) throw new TokenError(`Unknown mission '${name}'.`);
+      if (reachable != null && !reachable.includes(uuid))
+        throw new TokenError(`You do not have access to mission '${name}'.`);
+      missionUUIDs.push(uuid);
+    }
+  }
+  return { scopes, missions: missionUUIDs };
+}
+
+function hasAnyWrite(principal) {
+  const caps = policy.capabilitiesOf(principal);
+  return caps.some((c) => !policy.READ_CAPABILITIES.includes(c) && !policy.BASELINE.authenticated.has(c));
+}
+
+function expiryFrom(period) {
+  if (period == null || period === "never") return null;
+  const ms = /^\d+$/.test(String(period)) ? Number(period) : NaN;
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(ms) || ms <= 0) throw new TokenError("period must be 'never' or a positive number of milliseconds.");
+  return new Date(Date.now() + ms);
+}
+
+router.post("/generate", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const principal = req.principal;
+    if (principal.userId == null) throw new TokenError("Only signed-in accounts may create tokens.");
+    const off = await tokensOffFor(principal.userId);
+    if (off.length)
+      throw new TokenError(
+        `This account signs in with ${off.join(", ")}, which isn't enabled on this site right now, so its tokens won't work until it is.`
+      );
+    const body = req.body || {};
+    const { scopes, missions: missionUUIDs } = await resolveRequest(principal, body);
+    const expires_at = expiryFrom(body.period);
+    const label = body.name ? String(body.name).replace(/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/g, "").toLowerCase() : "";
+    const secret = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
+    const token = `${TOKEN_PREFIX}${label ? label + "_" : ""}${secret}`;
+    const token_prefix = token.slice(0, TOKEN_PREFIX.length + (label ? label.length + 1 : 0) + 6);
+    const created = await LongTermTokens.create({
+      token: unusableLegacyToken(),
+      token_hash: hashToken(token),
+      token_prefix,
+      name: body.name ? String(body.name) : null,
+      period: body.period == null ? "never" : String(body.period),
+      scopes,
+      missions: missionUUIDs,
+      expires_at,
+      created_by_user_id: principal.userId,
+    });
+    res.send({
+      status: "success",
+      message: "Successfully created long term token. Copy it now; it will not be shown again.",
+      body: {
+        id: created.id,
+        token,
+        name: created.name,
+        period: created.period,
+        scopes,
+        missions: Array.isArray(body.missions) ? body.missions : null,
+        expires_at,
+        created_by_user_id: principal.userId,
+      },
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof TokenError) return res.send({ status: "failure", message: err.message });
+    logger("error", "Failed to create long term token.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Failed to create long term token!" });
+  }
+});
+
+router.post("/clear", authorize("tokens.create"), sessionOnly, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    if (req.body.id == null)
+      return res.send({
+        status: "failure",
+        message: `Failed to delete long term token. body.id is undefined.`,
+      });
+    const token = await LongTermTokens.findOne({ where: { id: parseInt(req.body.id) } });
+    const principal = req.principal;
+    if (
+      !token ||
+      (!policy.can(principal, "tokens.manage") && token.created_by_user_id !== principal.userId)
+    )
+      return res.send({
+        status: "failure",
+        message: `Token with id ${req.body.id} not found.`,
+      });
+    await token.destroy();
+    invalidate();
+    res.send({
+      status: "success",
+      message: `Successfully deleted long term token with id ${req.body.id}.`,
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger("error", "Failed to delete long term token.", req.originalUrl, req, err);
+    res.send({
+      status: "failure",
+      message: `Failed to delete long term token with id ${req.body.id}!`,
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
+module.exports.TOKEN_PREFIX = TOKEN_PREFIX;
+module.exports.expiryFrom = expiryFrom;
+module.exports.TokenError = TokenError;
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 4dd8a56bc8..7103c05d05 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -569,6 +569,19 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9015, 'ldap', m, true)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  test("a person's request waits at most 5 s for a slow recheck, whose result still applies when it ends", async () => {
+    let ended;
+    const lookedUp = new Promise((r) => (ended = r));
+    ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5300)), ended(), null);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'slower', user_id: 9017 }] });
+    const started = Date.now();
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9017, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(Date.now() - started).toBeLessThan(5250);
+    await lookedUp;
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9017, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test('a group change during a check of every account queues one more check after it', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
     let calls = 0;

From f49e764329ba64a1c6ec2ac6a768f5e64b87417f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 07:03:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 048/122] Users & Access: list provider-group members, search
 People by group, don't count groups of a disabled provider; quieter group
 logs

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                   |  2 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js  | 16 +++++++++++++---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js   |  2 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js |  7 +++++--
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js      |  5 ++++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                  |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index a8664122d7..fdfc034e3d 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
         .join(", ");
     logger(
       "info",
-      `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${await who(m, userId)}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}. Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access.`,
+      `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${await who(m, userId)}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}.${remove.length && identity.subject ? " Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access." : ""}`,
       "AuthProviders"
     );
   }
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index 5d7ec673be..fe0f401168 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import DeleteOutlineIcon from "@mui/icons-material/DeleteOutline";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import PersonAddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/PersonAdd";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { api, GrantsTable, RoleBadge, sourceText, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead } from "./shared";
+import { api, GrantsTable, RoleBadge, sourceText, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, providerOn } from "./shared";
 
 // Provider users have no account row, so check what one would get from a username and group claims
 export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
     api("access_groups_update", { id: group.id, name: name.trim(), ...(group.source !== "local" ? { external_name: externalName.trim() } : {}) })
       .then(() => { notify("Group updated.", "success"); refresh(); })
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to update group.", "error"));
-  const providerOn = group.source === "local" || (window.mmgisglobal?.authProviders || []).includes(group.source);
+  const on = providerOn(group.source);
   return (
     <>
       <PanelHeader
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
           },
         ]}
       />
-      {!providerOn && (
+      {!on && (
         <div className={`${c.section} ${c.hint}`} style={{ color: "#a8572e" }}>
           {group.source.toUpperCase()} isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS on this site, so this group gives its members nothing right now; the members listed are from before it was removed.
         </div>
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
           {group.source === "proxy" && " If PROXY_GROUPS is set, members must also be in one of those groups to open the map or Configure."}
         </div>
       )}
+      {group.source !== "local" && (
+        <div className={c.section}>
+          <Typography className={c.sectionTitle}>Members ({group.members.length})</Typography>
+          <div className={c.muted}>
+            {group.members.length === 0
+              ? "None yet: people show up here as they sign in or are rechecked."
+              : group.members.map((m) => m.username).sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)).join(", ")}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
       {group.source === "local" && (
         <div className={c.section}>
           <SectionHead title="Members">
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 62f415c47c..4c189b945c 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
     const q = search.toLowerCase();
     const key = (PEOPLE_COLUMNS.find((col) => col[0] === peopleSort.by) || PEOPLE_COLUMNS[0])[2];
     return summaries
-      .filter(({ u }) => !q || [u.username, u.email || "", signInText(u)].some((t) => t.toLowerCase().includes(q)))
+      .filter(({ u, s }) => !q || [u.username, u.email || "", signInText(u), ...s.groupNames].some((t) => t.toLowerCase().includes(q)))
       .sort((a, b) => {
         const ka = key(a);
         const kb = key(b);
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 485abdf194..750aadb131 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import VpnKeyIcon from "@mui/icons-material/VpnKey";
 import OpenInNewIcon from "@mui/icons-material/OpenInNew";
 import GroupAddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/GroupAdd";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { AUDIENCE_LABEL, SubjectTag, EFFECTIVE_ROWS, api, GrantsTable, sourceText, MissionMultiSelect, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, VIEW_ROLES, signInText } from "./shared";
+import { AUDIENCE_LABEL, SubjectTag, EFFECTIVE_ROWS, api, GrantsTable, sourceText, MissionMultiSelect, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, VIEW_ROLES, signInText, providerOn } from "./shared";
 
 export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const c = useStyles();
@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
             <TableBody>
               {memberOf.map((g) => (
                 <TableRow key={g.id}>
-                  <TableCell><SubjectTag type="group" name={g.name} showKind={false} /></TableCell>
+                  <TableCell>
+                    <SubjectTag type="group" name={g.name} showKind={false} />
+                    {!providerOn(g.source) && <span className={c.muted}> (gives nothing while {g.source} is off)</span>}
+                  </TableCell>
                   <TableCell align="right">
                     {g.source === "local" && (
                       <Tooltip title="Remove from group" placement="left" arrow>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index 28643ce17f..5b8e306d0e 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ export const pushTo = (map, k, v) => {
   map.get(k).push(v);
 };
 
+// Groups of a provider that's not in AUTH_PROVIDERS give their members nothing
+export const providerOn = (source) => source === "local" || (window.mmgisglobal?.authProviders || []).includes(source);
+
 // One pass over bindings/groups so People stays fast with thousands of accounts
 export function indexBindings(bindings, groups) {
   const byUser = new Map();
@@ -589,7 +592,7 @@ export function indexBindings(bindings, groups) {
     else if (b.subject_type === "audience" && ["everyone", "authenticated"].includes(b.subject_id)) audience.push(b);
   });
   const groupsOf = new Map();
-  groups.forEach((g) => g.members.forEach((m) => pushTo(groupsOf, String(m.id), g)));
+  groups.filter((g) => providerOn(g.source)).forEach((g) => g.members.forEach((m) => pushTo(groupsOf, String(m.id), g)));
   return { byUser, byGroup, audience, groupsOf };
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index fb740fef66..77fb341411 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
-- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached; with `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0` it fills in as members sign in), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached; with `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0` it fills in as members sign in), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP

From fbdfa8c4b75e1e78e2aa6edc34636fc9b302c81d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 07:23:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 049/122] LDAP: count wrong passwords per directory entry,
 recheck against LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER, seed new provider accounts with the
 default viewing

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 17 ++++++--
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  4 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 40 +++++++++++++++++--
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 21 +++++++++-
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     |  4 ++
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             |  2 +-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  1 +
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       | 18 +++++----
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 14 +++++++
 tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js              |  2 +
 11 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index fdfc034e3d..ed867d97f9 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ const reservedUsername = (name) => {
 };
 
 // Usernames are shown in pages (e.g. Draw's "by <owner>"); markup characters there would be script
-const unsafeUsername = (name) => /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f<>"`]/.test(String(name));
+const unsafeUsername = (name) => /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f<>"`\\]/.test(String(name));
 
 class LinkError extends Error {
   constructor(message, userMessage) {
@@ -257,6 +257,15 @@ function accountModels() {
     AuthMeta,
     transaction: (fn) => sequelize.transaction(fn),
     usernameTaken,
+    // A new account from a provider gets the same "Default for new accounts" viewing a local sign-up does
+    seedNewUser: async (userId) => {
+      const { getDefaultMissionsViewing } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/userdefaults");
+      const missionsViewing = await getDefaultMissionsViewing().catch((err) => {
+        logger("error", "Failed to read the default viewing missions for a new account.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
+        return null;
+      });
+      await require("./bindings").seedNewUser(userId, { missionsViewing });
+    },
     // connect-pg-simple's session table has no model; Local's password reset ends sessions the same way
     endSessionsOf: (userId) =>
       sequelize.query(`DELETE FROM "session" WHERE sess->>'uid' = :uid`, { replacements: { uid: String(userId) } }),
@@ -476,7 +485,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
   if (reservedUsername(identity.username))
     throw new LinkError(`The username '${identity.username}' is reserved in MMGIS.`);
   if (unsafeUsername(identity.username))
-    throw new LinkError(`The username ${JSON.stringify(identity.username)} contains < > " \` or control characters, which MMGIS usernames can't.`);
+    throw new LinkError(`The username ${JSON.stringify(identity.username)} contains < > " \` \\ or control characters, which MMGIS usernames can't.`);
   const taken = m.usernameTaken
     ? await m.usernameTaken(identity.username)
     : await m.User.findOne({ where: { username: identity.username }, attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
@@ -509,7 +518,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     if (!emailTaken) fields.email = identity.email;
   }
   try {
-    return await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
+    const made = await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
       let created;
       try {
         created = await m.User.create(fields, { transaction });
@@ -530,6 +539,8 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       );
       return { id: created.id, username: created.username };
     });
+    if (m.seedNewUser) await m.seedNewUser(made.id);
+    return made;
   } catch (err) {
     // Two first logins of the same person at once: the other one created the account
     if (!retried && err.name === "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError") return linkIdentity(identity, m, true);
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 0af5d410a5..da11e29b85 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes, `DOMAIN\` and `@domain`. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
-How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` for this; without them, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; an account that **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then finds gone still loses its sessions and tokens, until the person signs in again or a later check finds them | number | default `15`
+How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` for this; without them, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then still applies group changes, and an account it finds gone loses its sessions and tokens, until the person signs in again or a later check finds them | number | default `15`
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 77fb341411..8745836228 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
-- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached; with `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0` it fills in as members sign in), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 1810b16c07..575fb78b6d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -179,6 +179,27 @@ function userAttributes(c) {
 
 // The password was right but the directory says it must be changed (Active Directory)
 class PasswordExpiredError extends Error {}
+class TooManyFailuresError extends Error {}
+
+// Wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one
+// AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS allowance, and nobody else's typos count against it. Kept in this process's memory.
+const FAILURE_WINDOW_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+const entryFailures = new Map();
+const failureLimit = () => {
+  const n = parseInt(process.env.AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS, 10);
+  return Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0 ? n : 5;
+};
+function entryLocked(dn) {
+  const f = entryFailures.get(normalizeDn(dn));
+  if (f && f.until > Date.now() && f.count >= failureLimit()) throw new TooManyFailuresError(`${dn} had ${f.count} wrong passwords`);
+}
+function entryFailed(dn) {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  if (entryFailures.size > 10000) for (const [k, f] of entryFailures) if (f.until <= now) entryFailures.delete(k);
+  const key = normalizeDn(dn);
+  const f = entryFailures.get(key);
+  entryFailures.set(key, f && f.until > now ? { count: f.count + 1, until: f.until } : { count: 1, until: now + FAILURE_WINDOW_MS });
+}
 
 // Active Directory says why it refused a bind in the message, e.g. "data 533"
 function adCode(err) {
@@ -387,7 +408,10 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     let entry;
     if (c.userDnTemplate) {
       const dn = fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) });
+      entryLocked(dn);
       const bind = await bindAs(client, dn, password);
+      if (!bind.ok) entryFailed(dn);
+      else entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(dn));
       if (!bind.ok) return refuse(`${bind.reason} for ${dn} (if nobody can sign in, check LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE)`);
       entry = c.searchBase ? (await findUser(client, c, username)).entry : await readEntry(client, c, dn);
       if (!entry) throw new Error("Signed in to the directory but could not read the person's entry.");
@@ -403,7 +427,10 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       const found = await findUser(client, c, username);
       if (!found.entry) return refuse(found.reason);
       entry = found.entry;
+      entryLocked(entry.dn);
       const bind = await bindAs(client, entry.dn, password);
+      if (!bind.ok) entryFailed(entry.dn);
+      else entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(entry.dn));
       if (!bind.ok) return refuse(`${bind.reason} for ${entry.dn}`);
       // Group searches run as the service account, as the user search did
       if (c.groupSearchBase && c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
@@ -424,6 +451,9 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
   }
 }
 
+// LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER for anyone, so a recheck drops whoever the filter no longer lets sign in
+const peopleFilter = (c) => fill(c.searchFilter, { username: "*" });
+
 // With LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn, a stored subject that isn't a DN (one saved under entryUUID/objectGUID
 // before the setting changed) names no entry
 const notADn = (subject) => !/^[^=,]+=/.test(String(subject));
@@ -446,8 +476,8 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     try {
       ({ searchEntries: entries } =
         byDn
-          ? await client.search(subject, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes, explicitBufferAttributes })
-          : await client.search(c.searchBase, { scope: "sub", filter: subjectFilter(c, subject), attributes, explicitBufferAttributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
+          ? await client.search(subject, { scope: "base", filter: peopleFilter(c), attributes, explicitBufferAttributes })
+          : await client.search(c.searchBase, { scope: "sub", filter: `(&${subjectFilter(c, subject)}${peopleFilter(c)})`, attributes, explicitBufferAttributes, sizeLimit: 2 }));
     } catch (err) {
       if (byDn ? noDnEntry(err) : err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return null;
       throw err;
@@ -691,6 +721,10 @@ module.exports = {
       try {
         identity = await authenticate(username, body.password, c, newClient, (r) => (reason = r));
       } catch (err) {
+        if (err instanceof TooManyFailuresError) {
+          ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: ${err.message} in the last 15 minutes (AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS).`, "Ldap", req);
+          return res.status(429).send({ status: "failure", message: "Too many failed sign-ins for this account. Try again in 15 minutes." });
+        }
         if (err instanceof PasswordExpiredError) {
           ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: password expired.`, "Ldap", req);
           // 403, not 401: the password was right, so it doesn't count toward AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS
@@ -753,5 +787,5 @@ module.exports = {
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, TooManyFailuresError, entryFailures },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index dae51cb9df..e7d14ce3c3 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -130,6 +130,19 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`, `search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=alice)`, `bind ${alice.dn}`, 'unbind']);
   });
 
+  test('wrong passwords count per directory entry, whichever name reached it', async () => {
+    const { TooManyFailuresError, entryFailures } = require('../plugin')._internal;
+    entryFailures.clear();
+    try {
+      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) expect(await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).toBeNull();
+      await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(TooManyFailuresError);
+      entryFailures.clear();
+      expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).not.toBeNull();
+    } finally {
+      entryFailures.clear();
+    }
+  });
+
   test('wrong passwords, unknown and ambiguous usernames are all "not signed in"', async () => {
     const twin = { ...alice, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org', entry: { ...alice.entry, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org' } };
     expect(await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).toBeNull();
@@ -312,8 +325,8 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
       if (dn !== base.LDAP_BIND_DN || password !== base.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD) throw new InvalidCredentialsError('Invalid credentials');
     },
     async search(searchBase, opts) {
-      const m = /^\(entryUUID=(.*)\)$/.exec(opts.filter);
-      return { searchEntries: entries.filter((e) => m && e.entryUUID === m[1]) };
+      const terms = [...opts.filter.matchAll(/\(([A-Za-z]+)=([^()]*)\)/g)];
+      return { searchEntries: entries.filter((e) => terms.length && terms.every(([, a, v]) => (v === '*' ? e[a] != null : e[a] === v))) };
     },
     async unbind() {},
   });
@@ -331,6 +344,10 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
     expect(found.username).toBe('alice');
     expect(found.groups).toEqual((await auth('alice', 'right', c, fakeClient([alice]))).groups);
     expect(await lookup('gone', c, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
+    // Someone LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER no longer lets sign in is gone too
+    const staffOnly = config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(uid={{username}})(ou=staff))' });
+    expect(await lookup('e1', staffOnly, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
+    expect((await lookup('e1', staffOnly, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, ou: 'staff' }]))).username).toBe('alice');
     expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, userAccountControl: '514' }]))).toBeNull();
     expect(await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, pwdAccountLockedTime: '000001010000Z' }]))).toBeNull(); // pragma: allowlist secret
     // A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords ends by itself, so it doesn't count as disabled
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 664e659142..934287d2dc 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
   });
 
   test('a new directory group fills in from people already signed in', async () => {
+    test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
     expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), alice)).status()).toBe(200);
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-fill-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
   });
 
   test('pointing a directory group at another directory group fills it from people already signed in', async () => {
+    test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
     expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), alice)).status()).toBe(200);
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-repoint-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=nobody-here,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
   });
 
   test('directory group changes reach existing sessions without signing in again', async () => {
+    test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
     const recheckMinutes = parseFloat(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES);
     test.skip(!(recheckMinutes > 0 && recheckMinutes <= 0.1), 'SKIP: needs the server started with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0.05');
     const wait = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, recheckMinutes * 60 * 1000 + 1000));
@@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
   });
 
   test('an admin can let one directory login claim an existing local account', async () => {
+    test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
     const username = `ldap_relink_${Date.now()}`;
     const password = ['relink', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
     const localPassword = ['Local', 'Pass', '1!x'].join('');
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index a1ecb11cbf..b49778c128 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login an
     return;
   }
   if (providers.unsafeUsername(req.body.username)) {
-    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Usernames can't contain < > \" ` or control characters." });
+    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Usernames can't contain < > \" ` \\ or control characters." });
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 7de7172378..baeb44f836 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     if (username === "" || username.length > 256 || /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(username))
       return fail("Enter the person's username at the login provider.");
     username = providers.relinkUsername(provider, username);
+    if (username === "") return fail("Enter the person's username at the login provider.");
     // The account's grants carry over, so a SuperAdmin account can only be handed over by a SuperAdmin
     const superAdmins = (
       await RoleBinding.findAll({
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index 8ea7cf148a..ea8c9bc2fb 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -16,16 +16,18 @@ const failedLoginLimit = () => {
   return Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0 ? n : 5;
 };
 
-// "CORP\\Alice", "alice@corp.example.org", fullwidth "ａｌｉｃｅ" and "alİce" count as "alice"
-// (directories match the dotted capital İ as i)
-const accountKey = (username) =>
-  String(username)
+// "CORP\\Alice", fullwidth "ａｌｉｃｅ" and "alİce" count as "alice" (directories match the dotted capital
+// İ as i); on the local form "alice@corp.example.org" does too. Provider forms keep "@domain", since
+// alice@one.org and alice@two.org can be two people; LDAP also counts per directory entry.
+const accountKey = (username, form = 'local') => {
+  const key = String(username)
     .normalize('NFKC')
     .trim()
     .replace(/\u0130/g, 'I')
     .toLowerCase()
-    .replace(/^[^\\]*\\/, '')
-    .replace(/@.*$/, '');
+    .replace(/^[^\\]*\\/, '');
+  return form === 'local' ? key.replace(/@.*$/, '') : key;
+};
 
 // Failed logins per account and login form, so MMGIS stops before a directory locks the account.
 // Only wrong credentials count: a 401, or a 200 with res.locals.loginFailed. Forms count
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ const failedLoginLimiter = (limit, keyGenerator) =>
 const accountLimiters = new Map();
 function accountLimiterFor(form) {
   if (!accountLimiters.has(form)) {
-    const byAccount = (req) => accountKey(req.body.username);
+    const byAccount = (req) => accountKey(req.body.username, form);
     const limiters =
       form === 'local'
         ? [
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ const accountLimiter = accountLimiterFor('local');
 // Clears an account's failed logins on every provider form and the local per-account ceiling
 // (not local per-address counts), e.g. once an admin fixed why it was refused
 function resetFailedLogins(username) {
-  accountLimiters.forEach((l) => l.resetKey(accountKey(username)));
+  accountLimiters.forEach((l, form) => l.resetKey(accountKey(username, form)));
 }
 
 // Account admins creating accounts through /signup are not limited
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 7103c05d05..f3917efb56 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -234,6 +234,15 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
       meta: [{ key: 'relink:keycloak:1', value: { username: 'carol', by: 'admin', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 60000).toISOString(), ...value } }],
     });
 
+  test('a new account from a provider gets the default viewing; a relinked one keeps its own', async () => {
+    const seeded = [];
+    const m = { ...relinkModels(), seedNewUser: async (id) => seeded.push(id) };
+    await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), m);
+    expect(seeded).toEqual([]);
+    const user = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'fresh', username: 'erin' }), m);
+    expect(seeded).toEqual([user.id]);
+  });
+
   test('an allowed relink lets the next login with that username claim the account, once', async () => {
     const m = relinkModels();
     const user = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), m);
@@ -328,6 +337,11 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
+  test('a backslash, which would end the page\'s quoted username early, counts as unsafe', () => {
+    expect(providers.unsafeUsername('alice\\')).toBe(true);
+    expect(providers.unsafeUsername('alice')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test('never creates an account whose username has markup or control characters', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels();
     for (const username of ['evil<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>', 'a"b', 'a`b', 'a\nb'])
diff --git a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
index 5fed606bb2..1ebb82fc50 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ test.describe('Rate limiting configuration', () => {
     expect(accountKey('ＣＯＲＰ\\ｌdap_Bob')).toBe('ldap_bob');
     expect(accountKey(' Alice@corp.example.org ')).toBe('alice');
     expect(accountKey('ldap_alİce')).toBe('ldap_alice');
+    expect(accountKey(' Alice@corp.example.org ', 'ldap')).toBe('alice@corp.example.org');
+    expect(accountKey('CORP\\Alice', 'ldap')).toBe('alice');
     expect(accountLimiterFor('local')).toBe(accountLimiter);
     expect(accountLimiterFor('ldap')).not.toBe(accountLimiter);
   });

From e46718ffdef006728137aa01c23efe87597188a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 07:38:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 050/122] LDAP: check extensible/approx filter terms by
 presence at recheck, clear per-entry lockout on relink, refuse filtered-out
 people under direct bind, stop seeding default viewing for provider accounts

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 24 +++++++---------
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js      |  2 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  1 +
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  1 +
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 21 +++++++++++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  1 +
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  9 ------
 8 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index ed867d97f9..c33fd5ccfe 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -257,15 +257,6 @@ function accountModels() {
     AuthMeta,
     transaction: (fn) => sequelize.transaction(fn),
     usernameTaken,
-    // A new account from a provider gets the same "Default for new accounts" viewing a local sign-up does
-    seedNewUser: async (userId) => {
-      const { getDefaultMissionsViewing } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/userdefaults");
-      const missionsViewing = await getDefaultMissionsViewing().catch((err) => {
-        logger("error", "Failed to read the default viewing missions for a new account.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
-        return null;
-      });
-      await require("./bindings").seedNewUser(userId, { missionsViewing });
-    },
     // connect-pg-simple's session table has no model; Local's password reset ends sessions the same way
     endSessionsOf: (userId) =>
       sequelize.query(`DELETE FROM "session" WHERE sess->>'uid' = :uid`, { replacements: { uid: String(userId) } }),
@@ -404,14 +395,20 @@ async function locateSubject(providerId, subject) {
   return unknown ? undefined : null;
 }
 
-// The provider's entry for a username, so an admin can see who a relink would go to:
-// { subject, dn } or null when the provider has none, undefined when it can't look people up
+// Clears the provider's own failed-login count for the entry an admin just allowed a relink to
+function resetFailures(providerId, target) {
+  const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
+  if (p && typeof p.impl.resetFailures === "function") p.impl.resetFailures(target);
+}
+
 // The username a relink waits for, in the form the provider's logins report it
 function relinkUsername(providerId, username) {
   const p = getProvider(providerId);
   return p && typeof p.impl.relinkUsername === "function" ? p.impl.relinkUsername(username) : username;
 }
 
+// The provider's entry for a username, so an admin can see who a relink would go to:
+// { subject, dn } or null when the provider has none, undefined when it can't look people up
 async function relinkTarget(providerId, username) {
   const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
   if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function") return undefined;
@@ -518,7 +515,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     if (!emailTaken) fields.email = identity.email;
   }
   try {
-    const made = await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
+    return await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
       let created;
       try {
         created = await m.User.create(fields, { transaction });
@@ -539,8 +536,6 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       );
       return { id: created.id, username: created.username };
     });
-    if (m.seedNewUser) await m.seedNewUser(made.id);
-    return made;
   } catch (err) {
     // Two first logins of the same person at once: the other one created the account
     if (!retried && err.name === "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError") return linkIdentity(identity, m, true);
@@ -906,6 +901,7 @@ module.exports = {
   missingKey,
   groupName,
   relinkUsername,
+  resetFailures,
   relinkTarget,
   locateSubject,
   sameUsername,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js
index 9a6c571831..283425b670 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default function SiteWideTab({ ctx }) {
               );
             })}
             <AudienceCard key={`defaults-${defaults == null ? "all" : defaults.slice().sort().join(",")}`} title="Default for new accounts" missions={missions}
-              hint="What a newly created account can view. Doesn't change existing accounts."
+              hint="What a newly created local account can view. Accounts a login provider such as LDAP creates get only what their groups and the Logged-in users audience give. Doesn't change existing accounts."
               state={{ mode: defaults == null ? "all" : defaults.length === 0 ? "none" : "selected", list: defaults || [] }}
               onSave={(mode, list) =>
                 api("account_update_defaults", { missions_viewing: mode === "all" ? null : mode === "none" ? [] : list })
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index ed5b806f80..0c06f67565 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN); its message is shown to the admin.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
+- `resetFailures({ username, dn })` (optional) clears any failed-login count your provider keeps itself (LDAP counts wrong passwords per directory entry), called when an admin allows a relink; `dn` is set when the relink is pinned to an entry.
 - `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 8745836228..b42adb23d2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
+- A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 575fb78b6d..63bfa7d491 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -413,7 +413,10 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       if (!bind.ok) entryFailed(dn);
       else entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(dn));
       if (!bind.ok) return refuse(`${bind.reason} for ${dn} (if nobody can sign in, check LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE)`);
-      entry = c.searchBase ? (await findUser(client, c, username)).entry : await readEntry(client, c, dn);
+      const found = c.searchBase ? await findUser(client, c, username) : { entry: await readEntry(client, c, dn) };
+      entry = found.entry;
+      // Someone LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER leaves out is refused like in search mode, not told the directory is down
+      if (!entry && found.reason) return refuse(`${found.reason}, though the password for ${dn} was accepted`);
       if (!entry) throw new Error("Signed in to the directory but could not read the person's entry.");
       // The password was checked for dn, so the identity must come from that same entry
       if (!isBoundEntry(entry, dn))
@@ -451,8 +454,13 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
   }
 }
 
-// LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER for anyone, so a recheck drops whoever the filter no longer lets sign in
-const peopleFilter = (c) => fill(c.searchFilter, { username: "*" });
+// LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER for anyone, so a recheck drops whoever the filter no longer lets sign in. In an
+// extensible (uid:caseExactMatch:=) or ~= <= >= term a * isn't a wildcard, so that term becomes (uid=*).
+const peopleFilter = (c) =>
+  fill(
+    c.searchFilter.replace(/\(([A-Za-z0-9.;-]*)(?::[^()=]*)?(?::=|~=|<=|>=)[^()]*\{\{username\}\}[^()]*\)/g, (_, attr) => (attr ? `(${attr}=*)` : "(objectClass=*)")),
+    { username: "*" }
+  );
 
 // With LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn, a stored subject that isn't a DN (one saved under entryUUID/objectGUID
 // before the setting changed) names no entry
@@ -781,11 +789,16 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   // The username as login reads it, so a relink typed as CORP\\alice waits for alice
   relinkUsername: (name) => stripDomain(String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim(), config()),
+  resetFailures: ({ username, dn }) => {
+    const c = config();
+    const entryDn = dn || (c.userDnTemplate && username ? fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) }) : null);
+    if (entryDn) entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(entryDn));
+  },
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
   locate: (subject) => locate(subject),
   findSubject: (username) => findSubject(username),
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, TooManyFailuresError, entryFailures },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, TooManyFailuresError, entryFailures, peopleFilter },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index e7d14ce3c3..0b417cae53 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -143,6 +143,27 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('allowing a relink clears that entry\'s wrong-password count', async () => {
+    const plugin = require('../plugin');
+    const { TooManyFailuresError, entryFailures } = plugin._internal;
+    entryFailures.clear();
+    try {
+      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]));
+      await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(TooManyFailuresError);
+      plugin.resetFailures({ username: 'alice', dn: 'UID=alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org' });
+      expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).not.toBeNull();
+    } finally {
+      entryFailures.clear();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('direct bind: someone the user filter leaves out is refused, not told the directory is down', async () => {
+    let reason = '';
+    const c = config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(uid={{username}})(mail=*))' });
+    expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', c, fakeClient([alice]), (r) => (reason = r))).toBeNull();
+    expect(reason).toMatch(/no entry under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE matches .*password for uid=alice.* was accepted/);
+  });
+
   test('wrong passwords, unknown and ambiguous usernames are all "not signed in"', async () => {
     const twin = { ...alice, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org', entry: { ...alice.entry, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org' } };
     expect(await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).toBeNull();
@@ -345,6 +366,13 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
     expect(found.groups).toEqual((await auth('alice', 'right', c, fakeClient([alice]))).groups);
     expect(await lookup('gone', c, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
     // Someone LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER no longer lets sign in is gone too
+    // In extensible and ~= terms * is literal, so they're checked for presence instead
+    const { peopleFilter } = require('../plugin')._internal;
+    expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(uid:caseExactMatch:={{username}})(objectClass=person))' }))).toBe('(&(uid=*)(objectClass=person))');
+    expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(uid~={{username}})' }))).toBe('(uid=*)');
+    expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(|(uid={{username}})(mail={{username}}@example.org))' }))).toBe('(|(uid=*)(mail=*@example.org))');
+    expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(sAMAccountName={{username}})(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))' }))).toBe('(&(sAMAccountName=*)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))');
+    expect((await lookup('e1', config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(uid:caseExactMatch:={{username}})' }), byUuid([alice.entry]))).username).toBe('alice');
     const staffOnly = config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(uid={{username}})(ou=staff))' });
     expect(await lookup('e1', staffOnly, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
     expect((await lookup('e1', staffOnly, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, ou: 'staff' }]))).username).toBe('alice');
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index baeb44f836..80f278130c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     // Attempts refused before the admin got to this account no longer block the person
     resetFailedLogins(username);
     resetFailedLogins(user.username);
+    providers.resetFailures(provider, { username, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined });
     logger(
       "warn",
       `'${actor.username}' allowed the next ${provider} login as '${username}'${target ? ` (${target.dn}, subject '${target.subject}')` : ""} to claim account ${id} '${user.username}' until ${expires_at}.`,
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index f3917efb56..d87dd32883 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -234,15 +234,6 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
       meta: [{ key: 'relink:keycloak:1', value: { username: 'carol', by: 'admin', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 60000).toISOString(), ...value } }],
     });
 
-  test('a new account from a provider gets the default viewing; a relinked one keeps its own', async () => {
-    const seeded = [];
-    const m = { ...relinkModels(), seedNewUser: async (id) => seeded.push(id) };
-    await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), m);
-    expect(seeded).toEqual([]);
-    const user = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'fresh', username: 'erin' }), m);
-    expect(seeded).toEqual([user.id]);
-  });
-
   test('an allowed relink lets the next login with that username claim the account, once', async () => {
     const m = relinkModels();
     const user = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), m);

From a0fac1b1674c08283f683eaa32fe23dade49bc1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 07:51:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 051/122] LDAP: recheck filter collapses wildcards and ignores
 negated {{username}} terms; relink clears UPN-template lockouts

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                | 17 +++++++++++------
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js  | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 63bfa7d491..3c7559eed8 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -454,13 +454,17 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
   }
 }
 
-// LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER for anyone, so a recheck drops whoever the filter no longer lets sign in. In an
-// extensible (uid:caseExactMatch:=) or ~= <= >= term a * isn't a wildcard, so that term becomes (uid=*).
+// LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER for anyone, so a recheck drops whoever the filter no longer lets sign in. A
+// negated {{username}} term says nothing about anyone, and in an extensible (uid:caseExactMatch:=) or
+// ~= <= >= term a * isn't a wildcard, so that term becomes (uid=*).
+const PLACEHOLDER_TERM = String.raw`\(([A-Za-z0-9.;-]*)(?::[^()=]*)?(?::=|~=|<=|>=|=)[^()]*\{\{username\}\}[^()]*\)`;
 const peopleFilter = (c) =>
   fill(
-    c.searchFilter.replace(/\(([A-Za-z0-9.;-]*)(?::[^()=]*)?(?::=|~=|<=|>=)[^()]*\{\{username\}\}[^()]*\)/g, (_, attr) => (attr ? `(${attr}=*)` : "(objectClass=*)")),
+    c.searchFilter
+      .replace(new RegExp(String.raw`\(!\s*${PLACEHOLDER_TERM}\s*\)`, "g"), "(objectClass=*)")
+      .replace(/\(([A-Za-z0-9.;-]*)(?::[^()=]*)?(?::=|~=|<=|>=)[^()]*\{\{username\}\}[^()]*\)/g, (_, attr) => (attr ? `(${attr}=*)` : "(objectClass=*)")),
     { username: "*" }
-  );
+  ).replace(/\*{2,}/g, "*");
 
 // With LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn, a stored subject that isn't a DN (one saved under entryUUID/objectGUID
 // before the setting changed) names no entry
@@ -791,8 +795,9 @@ module.exports = {
   relinkUsername: (name) => stripDomain(String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim(), config()),
   resetFailures: ({ username, dn }) => {
     const c = config();
-    const entryDn = dn || (c.userDnTemplate && username ? fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) }) : null);
-    if (entryDn) entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(entryDn));
+    // Direct bind counts under the filled template (e.g. alice@corp.example.org), search mode under the entry DN
+    if (dn) entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(dn));
+    if (c.userDnTemplate && username) entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) })));
   },
   lookup: (subject) => lookup(subject),
   locate: (subject) => locate(subject),
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 0b417cae53..5d76988fe9 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -152,6 +152,17 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
       await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(TooManyFailuresError);
       plugin.resetFailures({ username: 'alice', dn: 'UID=alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org' });
       expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).not.toBeNull();
+      // A UPN-style template counts under the filled template, not the entry DN a pinned relink names
+      entryFailures.set('alice@corp.example.org', { count: 5, until: Date.now() + 60000 });
+      const prev = process.env.LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE;
+      process.env.LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE = '{{username}}@corp.example.org';
+      try {
+        plugin.resetFailures({ username: 'alice', dn: 'cn=Alice Smith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org' });
+      } finally {
+        if (prev === undefined) delete process.env.LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE;
+        else process.env.LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE = prev;
+      }
+      expect(entryFailures.has('alice@corp.example.org')).toBe(false);
     } finally {
       entryFailures.clear();
     }
@@ -373,6 +384,10 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
     expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(|(uid={{username}})(mail={{username}}@example.org))' }))).toBe('(|(uid=*)(mail=*@example.org))');
     expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(sAMAccountName={{username}})(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))' }))).toBe('(&(sAMAccountName=*)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))');
     expect((await lookup('e1', config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(uid:caseExactMatch:={{username}})' }), byUuid([alice.entry]))).username).toBe('alice');
+    // Wildcards next to {{username}} stay one wildcard, and a negated {{username}} term excludes nobody
+    expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(uid={{username}}*)(cn=*{{username}}*))' }))).toBe('(&(uid=*)(cn=*))');
+    expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(uid={{username}})(!(description:={{username}})))' }))).toBe('(&(uid=*)(objectClass=*))');
+    expect(peopleFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(uid={{username}})(!(ou=contractors)))' }))).toBe('(&(uid=*)(!(ou=contractors)))');
     const staffOnly = config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(&(uid={{username}})(ou=staff))' });
     expect(await lookup('e1', staffOnly, byUuid([alice.entry]))).toBeNull();
     expect((await lookup('e1', staffOnly, byUuid([{ ...alice.entry, ou: 'staff' }]))).username).toBe('alice');

From 74a947bc32433a1849129f19b1b00fce6d8ea77e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 07:59:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 052/122] LDAP: a locked entry answers like a wrong password;
 flag group names in a form LDAP no longer reports; cancel relinks for removed
 providers; refuse direct-bind relinks to a linked username

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 40 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 24 ++++++-----
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 26 ++++++++++--
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 17 ++++++--
 7 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index c33fd5ccfe..9f5185d3ca 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -380,6 +380,34 @@ function groupName(providerId, name) {
   }
 }
 
+// Why a saved group name can never match what the provider now reports (e.g. after a setting changed its form), or null
+function groupNameProblem(providerId, name) {
+  try {
+    groupName(providerId, name);
+    return null;
+  } catch (err) {
+    return err.message;
+  }
+}
+
+// At startup, so groups saved in a form the provider no longer reports don't silently lose every member
+async function warnUnmatchableGroups(m = accountModels()) {
+  for (const p of enabledProviders()) {
+    if (typeof p.impl.groupName !== "function") continue;
+    const groups = await m.AuthGroup.findAll({ where: { source: p.id }, attributes: ["name", "external_name"], raw: true });
+    const bad = groups.map((g) => ({ g, problem: groupNameProblem(p.id, g.external_name) })).filter((x) => x.problem);
+    if (bad.length === 0) continue;
+    logger(
+      "warn",
+      `Auth provider '${p.id}': ${bad.length} of its groups can never have members, so they grant nothing: ${bad
+        .slice(0, 5)
+        .map((x) => `'${x.g.name}' (${x.g.external_name})`)
+        .join(", ")}${bad.length > 5 ? ", …" : ""}. ${bad[0].problem} Update their external names in Users & Access > Groups.`,
+      "AuthProviders"
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 // Whether the entry with this subject still exists at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins
 // aren't searched: truthy if lookup or locate(subject) finds it, null when both say it's gone,
 // undefined when that can't be told (no hooks, or one failed and the other found nothing)
@@ -572,9 +600,16 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
         .map((id) => groups.find((g) => g.id === id))
         .map((g) => `'${g.external_name}'${g.name ? ` (MMGIS group '${g.name}')` : ""}`)
         .join(", ");
+    // A name in a form the provider no longer reports (e.g. a DN after switching to plain names) isn't a rename
+    const problem = remove.map((id) => groups.find((g) => g.id === id)).map((g) => groupNameProblem(identity.provider, g.external_name)).find(Boolean);
+    const hint = !remove.length || !identity.subject
+      ? ""
+      : problem
+        ? ` That group's name can never match what ${identity.provider} reports now: ${problem}`
+        : " Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access.";
     logger(
       "info",
-      `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${await who(m, userId)}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}.${remove.length && identity.subject ? " Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access." : ""}`,
+      `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${await who(m, userId)}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}.${hint}`,
       "AuthProviders"
     );
   }
@@ -855,6 +890,7 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   });
   const base = `${rootPath()}/api/auth`;
   app.use(base, registerRouter(base, list));
+  warnUnmatchableGroups().catch((err) => logger("error", "Couldn't check the login providers' group names.", "AuthProviders", null, err));
   // Posts to the shared login form's route from other sites are refused, so a page can't sign a visitor in to
   // someone else's account; other routes (e.g. a SAML or OIDC form_post callback) check their own state
   const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../connections/routes");
@@ -900,6 +936,8 @@ module.exports = {
   relinkKey,
   missingKey,
   groupName,
+  groupNameProblem,
+  warnUnmatchableGroups,
   relinkUsername,
   resetFailures,
   relinkTarget,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 0c06f67565..9f9522251b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
-- `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN); its message is shown to the admin.
+- `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN, and a DN while they're reported by name); its message is shown to the admin. MMGIS also runs saved names through it at startup and when a member leaves a group, and logs a warning for names it refuses, e.g. after a setting changed the form.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
 - `resetFailures({ username, dn })` (optional) clears any failed-login count your provider keeps itself (LDAP counts wrong passwords per directory entry), called when an admin allows a relink; `dn` is set when the relink is pinned to an entry.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index da11e29b85..89a6baaa94 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it; once it's used up, that entry gets the same "invalid username or password" answer as a wrong password (its password isn't tried), so the limit doesn't reveal which names exist. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index b42adb23d2..0b6345bb29 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). A plain name such as `science-team` is refused, since it could never match a DN. External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). A plain name such as `science-team` is refused, since it could never match a DN. External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it. Turning `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` on or off changes the form every group is reported in, so update each LDAP group's external name at the same time, and change the setting on every MMGIS process together; until then those groups have no members, and the server log warns about them at startup and at each sign-in.
 
 ## Accounts
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 3c7559eed8..5e9b6330bc 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ function userAttributes(c) {
 
 // The password was right but the directory says it must be changed (Active Directory)
 class PasswordExpiredError extends Error {}
-class TooManyFailuresError extends Error {}
 
 // Wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one
 // AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS allowance, and nobody else's typos count against it. Kept in this process's memory.
+// A locked entry gets the same answer as a wrong password, so the lock doesn't reveal that the name exists.
 const FAILURE_WINDOW_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
 const entryFailures = new Map();
 const failureLimit = () => {
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ const failureLimit = () => {
 };
 function entryLocked(dn) {
   const f = entryFailures.get(normalizeDn(dn));
-  if (f && f.until > Date.now() && f.count >= failureLimit()) throw new TooManyFailuresError(`${dn} had ${f.count} wrong passwords`);
+  return f && f.until > Date.now() && f.count >= failureLimit()
+    ? `${dn} had ${f.count} wrong passwords in the last 15 minutes (AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS), so the password wasn't tried`
+    : null;
 }
 function entryFailed(dn) {
   const now = Date.now();
@@ -408,7 +410,7 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     let entry;
     if (c.userDnTemplate) {
       const dn = fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) });
-      entryLocked(dn);
+      if (entryLocked(dn)) return refuse(entryLocked(dn));
       const bind = await bindAs(client, dn, password);
       if (!bind.ok) entryFailed(dn);
       else entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(dn));
@@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       const found = await findUser(client, c, username);
       if (!found.entry) return refuse(found.reason);
       entry = found.entry;
-      entryLocked(entry.dn);
+      if (entryLocked(entry.dn)) return refuse(entryLocked(entry.dn));
       const bind = await bindAs(client, entry.dn, password);
       if (!bind.ok) entryFailed(entry.dn);
       else entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(entry.dn));
@@ -733,10 +735,6 @@ module.exports = {
       try {
         identity = await authenticate(username, body.password, c, newClient, (r) => (reason = r));
       } catch (err) {
-        if (err instanceof TooManyFailuresError) {
-          ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: ${err.message} in the last 15 minutes (AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS).`, "Ldap", req);
-          return res.status(429).send({ status: "failure", message: "Too many failed sign-ins for this account. Try again in 15 minutes." });
-        }
         if (err instanceof PasswordExpiredError) {
           ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: password expired.`, "Ldap", req);
           // 403, not 401: the password was right, so it doesn't count toward AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS
@@ -779,7 +777,13 @@ module.exports = {
   // Group DNs are matched in the form groupsOf reports them; a plain name would never match one
   groupName: (name) => {
     const c = config();
-    if (c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) return name.normalize("NFC");
+    if (c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) {
+      if (/^\s*[A-Za-z][\w.-]*=[^,]*[^\\],\s*[A-Za-z][\w.-]*=/.test(name))
+        throw new Error(
+          `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=${c.groupNameAttribute} reports groups by their ${c.groupNameAttribute}, not their DN, so enter just the group's ${c.groupNameAttribute} (e.g. science-team), as listed under "Directory groups" in the server log at each LDAP sign-in.`
+        );
+      return name.normalize("NFC");
+    }
     if (!name.includes("="))
       throw new Error(
         `LDAP reports groups by DN, so enter the group's DN (e.g. cn=${name.trim() || "science-team"},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org), as listed under "Directory groups" in the server log at each LDAP sign-in.`
@@ -805,5 +809,5 @@ module.exports = {
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, TooManyFailuresError, entryFailures, peopleFilter },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, entryFailures, peopleFilter },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 5d76988fe9..f872a75160 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -109,6 +109,19 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE = 'cn';
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE = 'ou=groups,dc=x';
       expect(ldap.groupName('Data-Admins')).toBe('Data-Admins');
+      // A DN saved before switching to names can never match, so it's refused (and flagged at startup and in sync logs)
+      expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=x')).toThrow(/enter just the group's cn/);
+      expect(ldap.groupName('a=b')).toBe('a=b');
+      const savedProviders = process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
+      process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = '["ldap","local"]';
+      try {
+        const providers = require('../../../../../API/permissions/providers');
+        expect(providers.groupNameProblem('ldap', 'cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=x')).toMatch(/not their DN/);
+        expect(providers.groupNameProblem('ldap', 'science-team')).toBeNull();
+      } finally {
+        if (savedProviders === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
+        else process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = savedProviders;
+      }
     } finally {
       for (const [k, v] of [['LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE', saved.a], ['LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE', saved.b]])
         if (v === undefined) delete process.env[k];
@@ -131,11 +144,16 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   });
 
   test('wrong passwords count per directory entry, whichever name reached it', async () => {
-    const { TooManyFailuresError, entryFailures } = require('../plugin')._internal;
+    const { entryFailures } = require('../plugin')._internal;
     entryFailures.clear();
     try {
       for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) expect(await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).toBeNull();
-      await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(TooManyFailuresError);
+      // Refused like a wrong password, without trying it, so the lock doesn't show that alice exists
+      let reason = '';
+      const log = [];
+      expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log), (r) => (reason = r))).toBeNull();
+      expect(reason).toMatch(/had 5 wrong passwords/);
+      expect(log).not.toContain(`bind ${alice.dn}`);
       entryFailures.clear();
       expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).not.toBeNull();
     } finally {
@@ -145,11 +163,11 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
 
   test('allowing a relink clears that entry\'s wrong-password count', async () => {
     const plugin = require('../plugin');
-    const { TooManyFailuresError, entryFailures } = plugin._internal;
+    const { entryFailures } = plugin._internal;
     entryFailures.clear();
     try {
       for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]));
-      await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(TooManyFailuresError);
+      expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).toBeNull();
       plugin.resetFailures({ username: 'alice', dn: 'UID=alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org' });
       expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).not.toBeNull();
       // A UPN-style template counts under the filled template, not the entry DN a pinned relink names
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 80f278130c..7a300b8015 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -341,13 +341,15 @@ router.post("/updateDefaults", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res)
 const relinkFail = (res, message, status = 200) => res.status(status).send({ status: "failure", message });
 
 // The account and provider a relink request is about, or undefined after answering with the problem
-async function relinkRequest(req, res) {
+// Cancelling also works for a provider since removed from AUTH_PROVIDERS, so a claim can't wait for it to return
+async function relinkRequest(req, res, { cancel = false } = {}) {
   if (req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token")
     return void relinkFail(res, "Relinking can only be changed from a signed-in session.", 403);
   const id = parseInt(req.body.id);
   const provider = String(req.body.provider || "");
   if (isNaN(id)) return void relinkFail(res, "Account id is missing.");
-  if (provider === "local" || !providers.enabledProviders().some((p) => p.id === provider))
+  const known = cancel ? providers.availableProviders() : providers.enabledProviders().map((p) => p.id);
+  if (provider === "local" || !known.includes(provider))
     return void relinkFail(res, `'${provider}' isn't an enabled login provider.`);
   const user = await User.findOne({ where: { id }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
   if (!user) return void relinkFail(res, "User not found.");
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ async function relinkRequest(req, res) {
 
 router.post("/cancelRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async function (req, res) {
   try {
-    const r = await relinkRequest(req, res);
+    const r = await relinkRequest(req, res, { cancel: true });
     if (!r) return;
     await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: r.key } });
     logger("info", `'${r.actor.username}' cancelled the ${r.provider} relink for account ${r.id} '${r.user.username}'.`, "accounts", req);
@@ -435,6 +437,15 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       if (sameProvider.some((r) => providers.sameUsername(r.value.username, username)))
         return `Another account is already waiting for the ${provider} login '${username}'. Cancel that relink first.`;
       // A login of an entry already linked elsewhere goes to that account, so this claim would never happen
+      // Without a lookup (direct bind with no service account), the username last seen at login stands in for the entry
+      if (target === undefined) {
+        const others = await AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { provider, user_id: { [Op.ne]: id } }, attributes: ["user_id", "username"], raw: true, transaction });
+        const other = others.find((o) => providers.sameUsername(o.username, username));
+        if (other) {
+          const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
+          return `The ${provider} login '${username}' already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. Delete that account first if this one should take it over.`;
+        }
+      }
       if (target) {
         const other = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { provider, subject: target.subject }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true, transaction });
         if (other && other.user_id === id) return `'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`;

From 10280dfd6b75f2f35198e7c5fa0049bf7a90cb3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 08:10:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 053/122] Users & Access: Check a provider user lists the
 groups LDAP reports now; leave log names unmatched groups; relinked accounts'
 default Viewer grant documented; Groups toolbar wraps

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 16 +++++++++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js | 13 +++++++--
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  6 ++--
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  | 29 ++++++++++++++-----
 5 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 9f5185d3ca..8aecf13fbd 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -380,6 +380,17 @@ function groupName(providerId, name) {
   }
 }
 
+// The groups the provider reports for a username right now, so an admin can find a group's new name after a
+// move: an array, null when it has no such person, undefined when it can't look people up
+async function reportedGroups(providerId, username) {
+  const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
+  if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function" || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return undefined;
+  const target = await p.impl.findSubject(relinkUsername(providerId, username));
+  if (!target) return target;
+  const found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(target.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p));
+  return found ? found.groups || [] : found;
+}
+
 // Why a saved group name can never match what the provider now reports (e.g. after a setting changed its form), or null
 function groupNameProblem(providerId, name) {
   try {
@@ -600,13 +611,15 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
         .map((id) => groups.find((g) => g.id === id))
         .map((g) => `'${g.external_name}'${g.name ? ` (MMGIS group '${g.name}')` : ""}`)
         .join(", ");
+    const used = new Set(groups.map((g) => g.external_name));
+    const unmatched = [...reported].filter((g) => !used.has(g)).slice(0, 10);
     // A name in a form the provider no longer reports (e.g. a DN after switching to plain names) isn't a rename
     const problem = remove.map((id) => groups.find((g) => g.id === id)).map((g) => groupNameProblem(identity.provider, g.external_name)).find(Boolean);
     const hint = !remove.length || !identity.subject
       ? ""
       : problem
         ? ` That group's name can never match what ${identity.provider} reports now: ${problem}`
-        : " Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access.";
+        : ` Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access.${unmatched.length ? ` Groups reported now that no MMGIS group uses: ${unmatched.map((g) => `'${g}'`).join(", ")}.` : ""}`;
     logger(
       "info",
       `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${await who(m, userId)}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}.${hint}`,
@@ -937,6 +950,7 @@ module.exports = {
   missingKey,
   groupName,
   groupNameProblem,
+  reportedGroups,
   warnUnmatchableGroups,
   relinkUsername,
   resetFailures,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index fe0f401168..efdda44151 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
       <DialogTitle>Check a provider user</DialogTitle>
       <DialogContent>
         <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 12 }}>
-          Enter a username and the group names their login provider sends, one per line (LDAP group DNs as they are), to see the access they would get.
+          Enter a username and the group names their login provider sends, one per line (LDAP group DNs as they are), to see the access they would get. Leave the groups empty to ask the provider which groups it reports for that person now (LDAP needs LDAP_BIND_DN for this), e.g. to find a group's new DN after it was moved.
         </div>
         <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, marginBottom: 12 }}>
           <Select size="small" value={provider} onChange={(e) => setProvider(e.target.value)}>
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
         {error && <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#a8572e", marginTop: 12 }}>{error}</div>}
         {result && (
           <div style={{ marginTop: 16, fontSize: 14, lineHeight: "22px" }}>
+            {result.reported !== undefined && (
+              <div style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>
+                <b>Groups {provider.toUpperCase()} reports now:</b>
+                {result.reported.length ? result.reported.map((g) => <div key={g} style={{ fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: 13, wordBreak: "break-all" }}>{g}</div>) : " none"}
+              </div>
+            )}
+            {result.reported === undefined && !groupClaims.trim() && (
+              <div className={c.hint}>{provider.toUpperCase()} can't look people up here, so this checked no groups. Enter their groups to check those.</div>
+            )}
             <div><b>Site role:</b> <RoleBadge role={result.role || "user"} roles={roles} /></div>
             <div><b>Can view:</b> {viewing === null ? "All missions" : viewing && viewing.length ? viewing.join(", ") : "No missions"}</div>
             {["mission.config.edit", "mission.layer.edit"].map((cap) => {
@@ -128,7 +137,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
           <Typography className={c.sectionTitle}>Members ({group.members.length})</Typography>
           <div className={c.muted}>
             {group.members.length === 0
-              ? "None yet: people show up here as they sign in or are rechecked."
+              ? "None right now: people show up here as they sign in or are rechecked. If it had members before, the group may have been renamed or moved at the provider; Check a provider user, with a former member's username and no groups, lists the groups reported for them now."
               : group.members.map((m) => m.username).sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)).join(", ")}
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 49c93da41d..87bfc3a590 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
   return (
     <>
           <div className={c.pane}>
-            <div className={`${c.bar} ${c.toolbarBox}`}>
+            <div className={`${c.bar} ${c.toolbarBox}`} style={{ flexWrap: "wrap" }}>
               <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder="New group name" value={newGroup.name} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, name: e.target.value })} />
               {providers.length > 0 && (
                 <Select size="small" className={c.field} value={newGroup.source} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, source: e.target.value })}>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 0b6345bb29..b4c7978480 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -118,15 +118,15 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
-- A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group.
-- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
+- A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
 1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset, and use `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","ldap"]` during the move, so people who aren't moved yet still see their MMGIS sign-in first.
 2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours.
-3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator and keep using their MMGIS account meanwhile, and the server log names the account to relink.
+3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. That includes the direct Viewer grant "Default for new accounts" gave local sign-ups, which LDAP-created accounts don't get and directory groups can't take away; if mission access should come only from directory groups, remove that grant on each account as you relink it. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator and keep using their MMGIS account meanwhile, and the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
 5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 1e95a9c806..5ac39a8e5d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -241,17 +241,32 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
       if (!String(req.query.username || "").trim())
         throw new bindings.BindingError("Enter a username.");
     }
+    // With no groups typed, ask the provider which groups it reports for that person now
+    let reported;
+    if (req.query.provider && !String(req.query.groups || "").trim()) {
+      const provider = String(req.query.provider);
+      const username = String(req.query.username).trim();
+      try {
+        reported = await providers.reportedGroups(provider, username);
+      } catch (err) {
+        logger("error", `Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider} to check their access.`, "access", req, err);
+        throw new bindings.BindingError(`Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider}: it's unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). Enter their groups instead.`);
+      }
+      if (reported === null) throw new bindings.BindingError(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}', or it's disabled.`);
+    }
     const principal = req.query.provider
       ? await externalPrincipal({
           provider: String(req.query.provider),
           username: String(req.query.username || ""),
           // One group per line; a line with "=" is one DN, other lines may list names separated by commas
-          groups: String(req.query.groups || "")
-            .split(/[\n;]/)
-            .flatMap((line) => (line.includes("=") ? [line] : line.split(",")))
-            .map((g) => g.trim())
-            .filter((g) => g)
-            .map((g) => providers.groupName(String(req.query.provider), g)),
+          groups:
+            reported ||
+            String(req.query.groups || "")
+              .split(/[\n;]/)
+              .flatMap((line) => (line.includes("=") ? [line] : line.split(",")))
+              .map((g) => g.trim())
+              .filter((g) => g)
+              .map((g) => providers.groupName(String(req.query.provider), g)),
         })
       : await userPrincipal(parseInt(req.query.user_id));
     if (!principal) throw new bindings.BindingError("User not found.");
@@ -265,7 +280,7 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
       : [];
     res.send({
       status: "success",
-      body: { ...(await summarize(principal)), bindings: detailed, groups },
+      body: { ...(await summarize(principal)), bindings: detailed, groups, reported },
     });
   } catch (err) {
     fail(res, err, "Failed to get effective access.");

From 90d6ea92b0152e9091282655a6a73f759fb2625a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 08:22:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 054/122] LDAP: warn about changeable subject attributes and
 missing subject/username attributes; reserve 'guest'; trim name-mode group
 names; Check a provider user notes an account already holding the name;
 time-limit findSubject

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 14 +++++----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js |  1 +
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 29 +++++++++++++++++--
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 25 ++++++++++++++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 12 ++++++++
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  | 20 +++++++++++--
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  4 +--
 10 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 8aecf13fbd..e2da03a806 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ async function identify(req) {
 
 // err.message has the details for the server log; providers show users only err.userMessage
 // Draw keeps group-shared and master files under the owner "group"
-// and a deleted account's files under "~deleted~<id>~<random>"
+// and a deleted account's files under "~deleted~<id>~<random>"; signed-out visitors' session user is "guest"
 const reservedUsername = (name) => {
   const n = String(name).normalize("NFKC").trim().replace(/\u0130/g, "I").toLowerCase();
-  return n === "group" || n.startsWith("~deleted~");
+  return n === "group" || n === "guest" || n.startsWith("~deleted~");
 };
 
 // Usernames are shown in pages (e.g. Draw's "by <owner>"); markup characters there would be script
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ function groupName(providerId, name) {
 async function reportedGroups(providerId, username) {
   const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
   if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function" || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return undefined;
-  const target = await p.impl.findSubject(relinkUsername(providerId, username));
+  const target = await withTimeout(p.impl.findSubject(relinkUsername(providerId, username)), "findSubject(username)", lookupTimeout(p));
   if (!target) return target;
   const found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(target.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p));
   return found ? found.groups || [] : found;
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ function relinkUsername(providerId, username) {
 async function relinkTarget(providerId, username) {
   const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
   if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function") return undefined;
-  return p.impl.findSubject(username);
+  return withTimeout(p.impl.findSubject(username), "findSubject(username)", lookupTimeout(p));
 }
 
 // Finds the account linked to provider+subject, creating one on first login.
@@ -903,7 +903,11 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   });
   const base = `${rootPath()}/api/auth`;
   app.use(base, registerRouter(base, list));
-  warnUnmatchableGroups().catch((err) => logger("error", "Couldn't check the login providers' group names.", "AuthProviders", null, err));
+  warnUnmatchableGroups().catch((err) => {
+    // A new database gets its tables after this runs, and then has no groups to check
+    if (/relation "auth_groups" does not exist/.test(err.message)) return;
+    logger("error", "Couldn't check the login providers' group names.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
+  });
   // Posts to the shared login form's route from other sites are refused, so a page can't sign a visitor in to
   // someone else's account; other routes (e.g. a SAML or OIDC form_post callback) check their own state
   const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../connections/routes");
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index efdda44151..bd2ee4dd5e 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
                 {result.reported.length ? result.reported.map((g) => <div key={g} style={{ fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: 13, wordBreak: "break-all" }}>{g}</div>) : " none"}
               </div>
             )}
+            {result.note && <div className={c.hint}>{result.note}</div>}
             {result.reported === undefined && !groupClaims.trim() && (
               <div className={c.hint}>{provider.toUpperCase()} can't look people up here, so this checked no groups. Enter their groups to check those.</div>
             )}
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 9f9522251b..c28793d722 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
 - `resetFailures({ username, dn })` (optional) clears any failed-login count your provider keeps itself (LDAP counts wrong passwords per directory entry), called when an admin allows a relink; `dn` is set when the relink is pinned to an entry.
-- `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account.
+- `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account. With `lookup`, it also lets Groups > Check a provider user list the groups the provider reports for someone now, so `lookup` must report groups in the form `groupName` saves.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
 - Every route you mount must declare its permission, usually `ctx.authorize.public("...")` for login pages; startup lists routes that don't. See [Backend Permissions](/MMGIS/contributing/permissions).
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 89a6baaa94..06e723c83f 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. `CORP`. A leading `CORP\` is then removed
 
 #### `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames | string | default `entryUUID`
+Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID | string | default `entryUUID`
 
 #### `LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index b4c7978480..74837edbc2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). A plain name such as `science-team` is refused, since it could never match a DN. External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, check the server log: it lists the groups the directory reported at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it. Turning `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` on or off changes the form every group is reported in, so update each LDAP group's external name at the same time, and change the setting on every MMGIS process together; until then those groups have no members, and the server log warns about them at startup and at each sign-in.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). A plain name such as `science-team` is refused, since it could never match a DN. External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, open Groups > **Check a provider user** and leave the groups empty (needs `LDAP_BIND_DN`): it lists every group the directory reports for that person now. The server log also lists them at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it. Turning `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` on or off changes the form every group is reported in, so update each LDAP group's external name at the same time, and change the setting on every MMGIS process together; until then those groups have no members, and the server log warns about them at startup and at each sign-in.
 
 ## Accounts
 
 - The first LDAP login creates an MMGIS account, linked by `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` (`entryUUID`, or `objectGUID` on Active Directory), so renames and moves in the directory keep the same account. MMGIS stores subjects and usernames in up to 255 characters, so with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn` someone whose DN is longer is refused (see the server log); keep the default `entryUUID` / `objectGUID` for deep OU trees. With `dn`, whoever can create an entry at a leaver's old DN also signs in as that leaver's account, so prefer `entryUUID` / `objectGUID` wherever directory admins with limited rights can create entries.
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
-- The username `group` is reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under it), so a directory entry with that username can't sign in.
+- The usernames `group` and `guest` are reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under `group`, and MMGIS calls signed-out visitors `guest`), so a directory entry with either username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 5e9b6330bc..0269c7074a 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -613,6 +613,26 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
       }
       checked.push(`${name} exists`);
     }
+    // A misspelled subject or username attribute passes everything above and then fails every sign-in
+    if (c.bindDn && c.searchBase) {
+      const anyMatch = async (filter) => {
+        try {
+          const { searchEntries } = await client.search(c.searchBase, { scope: "sub", filter, attributes: ["1.1"], sizeLimit: 1 });
+          return searchEntries.length > 0;
+        } catch (err) {
+          if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return true;
+          if (err instanceof ResultCodeError) return undefined;
+          throw err;
+        }
+      };
+      const people = peopleFilter(c);
+      if (await anyMatch(people))
+        for (const [name, attr] of [["LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE", c.subjectAttribute], ["LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE", c.usernameAttribute]]) {
+          if (attr.toLowerCase() === "dn") continue;
+          if ((await anyMatch(`(&${people}(${attr}=*))`)) === false)
+            checked.warnings.push(`no entry that LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER finds under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE has the attribute ${attr} (${name}), so every LDAP sign-in will fail. Check its spelling.`);
+        }
+    }
     // locate(subject) searches from there, so a leaver moved out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE still counts
     const root = c.bindDn && c.searchBase && c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() !== "dn" ? await searchRoot(client, c).catch(() => null) : undefined;
     if (root === null)
@@ -703,6 +723,10 @@ function warnings(env) {
     );
   if (c.groupNameAttribute && !c.groupSearchBase)
     out.push(`LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=${c.groupNameAttribute} has no effect without LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: groups read from ${c.groupsAttribute} are reported by their full DN.`);
+  if (!/^(dn|entryuuid|objectguid|objectsid|nsuniqueid|ipauniqueid|guid)$/i.test(c.subjectAttribute))
+    out.push(
+      `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=${c.subjectAttribute} isn't a permanent entry ID: if it changes (a rename, a new email address), that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty MMGIS account instead of using theirs, and whoever is later given the old value signs in as that account. Prefer entryUUID or objectGUID.`
+    );
   if (c.subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn")
     out.push(
       "LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn: a person's DN changes when they are renamed or moved, which then creates a new MMGIS account, and whoever is later given a leaver's DN signs in as the leaver's account, roles and drawings included. Prefer entryUUID or objectGUID."
@@ -778,11 +802,12 @@ module.exports = {
   groupName: (name) => {
     const c = config();
     if (c.groupNameAttribute && c.groupSearchBase) {
-      if (/^\s*[A-Za-z][\w.-]*=[^,]*[^\\],\s*[A-Za-z][\w.-]*=/.test(name))
+      const rdn = new RegExp(`^\\s*(cn|ou|o|dc|uid|${c.groupNameAttribute.replace(/[^\w.-]/g, "")})\\s*=`, "i");
+      if (/^\s*[A-Za-z][\w.-]*=[^,]*[^\\],\s*[A-Za-z][\w.-]*=/.test(name) || rdn.test(name))
         throw new Error(
           `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=${c.groupNameAttribute} reports groups by their ${c.groupNameAttribute}, not their DN, so enter just the group's ${c.groupNameAttribute} (e.g. science-team), as listed under "Directory groups" in the server log at each LDAP sign-in.`
         );
-      return name.normalize("NFC");
+      return name.normalize("NFC").trim();
     }
     if (!name.includes("="))
       throw new Error(
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index f872a75160..759b090c70 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
       // A DN saved before switching to names can never match, so it's refused (and flagged at startup and in sync logs)
       expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=x')).toThrow(/enter just the group's cn/);
       expect(ldap.groupName('a=b')).toBe('a=b');
+      expect(ldap.groupName(' science-team ')).toBe('science-team');
+      expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=science-team')).toThrow(/enter just the group's cn/);
       const savedProviders = process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
       process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = '["ldap","local"]';
       try {
@@ -486,6 +488,29 @@ test.describe('Whether an old entry still exists (locate)', () => {
     await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'jpegPhoto' }), fakeClient([photo]))).rejects.toThrow(/holds binary values/);
   });
 
+  test('the startup check warns when no person has the subject or username attribute', async () => {
+    const fake = () => ({
+      async bind() {},
+      async search(dn, opts) {
+        if (/entryUUUID=\*/.test(opts.filter)) return { searchEntries: [] };
+        if (opts.sizeLimit === 1) throw new SizeLimitExceededError('Size limit exceeded');
+        return { searchEntries: [{ dn }] };
+      },
+      async unbind() {},
+    });
+    const typo = await selfCheck(config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'entryUUUID' }), fake);
+    expect(typo.warnings.join(' ')).toMatch(/has the attribute entryUUUID \(LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE\)/);
+    expect((await selfCheck(config(base), fake)).warnings).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('an attribute that can change is warned about as the subject', () => {
+    const permanent = (env) => ldap.warnings({ ...base, ...env }).filter((w) => /isn't a permanent entry ID/.test(w));
+    expect(permanent({ LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'uid' })).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(permanent({ LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'sAMAccountName' })).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(permanent({})).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(permanent({ LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'objectGUID' })).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   test('the startup check warns when the service account cannot read the directory root', async () => {
     const fake = () => ({
       async bind() {},
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 934287d2dc..1b01761eb7 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('Check a provider user with no groups lists the groups the directory reports now', async () => {
+    test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to look people up');
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const found = await (await adminCtx.get(`/api/access/effective?provider=ldap&username=${alice.username}`)).json();
+    expect(found.status).toBe('success');
+    expect(found.body.reported).toContain('cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org');
+    const typed = await (await adminCtx.get(`/api/access/effective?provider=ldap&username=${alice.username}&groups=cn%3Dother,ou%3Dgroups,dc%3Dexample,dc%3Dorg`)).json();
+    expect(typed.body.reported).toBeUndefined();
+    const nobody = await (await adminCtx.get('/api/access/effective?provider=ldap&username=nobody-here')).json();
+    expect(nobody.message).toMatch(/no single entry/);
+  });
+
   test('pointing a directory group at another directory group fills it from people already signed in', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
     expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), alice)).status()).toBe(200);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 5ac39a8e5d..0cc8ddf9b5 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ const missions = require("../../../../../API/permissions/missions");
 const bindings = require("../../../../../API/permissions/bindings");
 const { authorize, ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
 const { invalidate, userPrincipal, externalPrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/principal");
-const { AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
+const { AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthIdentity } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
+const Sequelize = require("sequelize");
 const { User } = require("../../Users/models/user");
 const providers = require("../../../../../API/permissions/providers");
 const siteAccess = require("../../../../../API/permissions/siteAccess");
@@ -252,7 +253,20 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
         logger("error", `Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider} to check their access.`, "access", req, err);
         throw new bindings.BindingError(`Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider}: it's unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). Enter their groups instead.`);
       }
-      if (reported === null) throw new bindings.BindingError(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}', or it's disabled.`);
+      if (reported === null)
+        throw new bindings.BindingError(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}', or it's disabled or left out by its user search filter.`);
+    }
+    // The access shown is a sign-in with no account yet; an account already holding the name changes that
+    let note;
+    if (reported !== undefined) {
+      const name = providers.relinkUsername(String(req.query.provider), String(req.query.username)).toLowerCase();
+      const holder = await User.findOne({ where: Sequelize.where(Sequelize.fn("lower", Sequelize.col("username")), name), attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
+      if (holder) {
+        const linked = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: holder.id, provider: String(req.query.provider) }, raw: true });
+        note = linked
+          ? `MMGIS account '${holder.username}' signs in as this person, and its own grants (see People) add to what's shown here.`
+          : `Account '${holder.username}' already has this username, so this person's ${req.query.provider} sign-in is refused until that account is relinked (People > Allow relink) or deleted. What's shown leaves out that account's own grants.`;
+      }
     }
     const principal = req.query.provider
       ? await externalPrincipal({
@@ -280,7 +294,7 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
       : [];
     res.send({
       status: "success",
-      body: { ...(await summarize(principal)), bindings: detailed, groups, reported },
+      body: { ...(await summarize(principal)), bindings: detailed, groups, reported, note },
     });
   } catch (err) {
     fail(res, err, "Failed to get effective access.");
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index d87dd32883..2588e58bb4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
-  test("never creates an account named 'group', which Draw uses for shared files", async () => {
+  test("never creates an account named 'group' (Draw's shared files) or 'guest' (signed-out visitors)", async () => {
     const m = fakeModels();
-    for (const username of ['group', ' Group ', 'ＧＲＯＵＰ'])
+    for (const username of ['group', ' Group ', 'ＧＲＯＵＰ', 'guest', 'GUEST'])
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: `s-${username}`, username }), m)).rejects.toThrow(/reserved/);
     expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(0);
     expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toHaveLength(0);

From cb5e10e44d6e3c8a603eab95dc615d35a7c057b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 08:35:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 055/122] Groups: say when rechecks are off a new directory
 group fills only at sign-in or Check linked accounts, and name other groups
 mapping the same DN; person panel flags leavers' access as inactive

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  7 +++++++
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js |  4 ++--
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  |  3 ++-
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  5 +++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 19 +++++++++++++++++
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  | 21 +++++++++++++------
 6 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index e2da03a806..a37ac16a2c 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -741,6 +741,12 @@ function recheckLinked(m = accountModels(), again = false) {
 
 // Fills a new or repointed group of providerId from the accounts already linked to it; resolves
 // undefined when rechecks are off (AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0) or that provider can't look accounts up
+// True when fillGroups skips providerId only because rechecks are off (AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0)
+function fillsOnlyAtSignIn(providerId) {
+  const p = siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId) && getProvider(providerId);
+  return !!p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function" && recheckMs() === 0;
+}
+
 function fillGroups(providerId, m = accountModels()) {
   const p = siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId) && getProvider(providerId);
   if (recheckMs() === 0 || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(undefined);
@@ -965,6 +971,7 @@ module.exports = {
   stillLinked,
   recheckLinked,
   fillGroups,
+  fillsOnlyAtSignIn,
   completeLogin,
   leadGroups,
   returnTo,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index bd2ee4dd5e..8d1267275e 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
   const changed = name.trim() !== group.name || (group.source !== "local" && externalName.trim() !== (group.external_name || ""));
   const saveGroup = () =>
     api("access_groups_update", { id: group.id, name: name.trim(), ...(group.source !== "local" ? { external_name: externalName.trim() } : {}) })
-      .then(() => { notify("Group updated.", "success"); refresh(); })
+      .then((res) => { notify(res.note ? `Group updated. ${res.note}` : "Group updated.", res.note ? "warning" : "success"); refresh(); })
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to update group.", "error"));
   const on = providerOn(group.source);
   return (
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
           <Typography className={c.sectionTitle}>Members ({group.members.length})</Typography>
           <div className={c.muted}>
             {group.members.length === 0
-              ? "None right now: people show up here as they sign in or are rechecked. If it had members before, the group may have been renamed or moved at the provider; Check a provider user, with a former member's username and no groups, lists the groups reported for them now."
+              ? "None right now: people show up here as they sign in or are rechecked (with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0, click Check linked accounts in People). If it had members before, the group may have been renamed or moved at the provider; Check a provider user, with a former member's username and no groups, lists the groups reported for them now."
               : group.members.map((m) => m.username).sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)).join(", ")}
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 87bfc3a590..c022d7ca4f 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
               )}
               <Button variant="contained" disableElevation className={c.barButton} startIcon={<AddIcon />} disabled={!newGroup.name.trim()} onClick={() =>
                 api("access_groups_create", { name: newGroup.name, source: newGroup.source, external_name: newGroup.external_name || undefined })
-                  .then(() => {
+                  .then((res) => {
+                    if (res.note) notify(res.note, "warning");
                     setNewGroup({ name: "", source: "local", external_name: "" });
                     refresh();
                     // The server fills a provider group from the directory in the background
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 750aadb131..4863c3f374 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
       <div className={c.section}>
         <Typography className={c.sectionTitle}>Effective access</Typography>
         <div className={c.hint}>Everything this person can do, combining their own access, their groups and the audiences.</div>
+        {(user.sign_ins || []).length > 0 && user.sign_ins.every((l) => l.missing_since && providerOn(l.provider)) && (
+          <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#b71c1c" }}>
+            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: not found in {user.sign_ins.map((l) => `${l.provider.toUpperCase()} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}`).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if that entry comes back or the account is relinked.
+          </div>
+        )}
         <Table size="small" className={c.table}>
           <TableBody>
             {EFFECTIVE_ROWS.map((r) => {
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 1b01761eb7..120ac162cf 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
 
   test('a new directory group fills in from people already signed in', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
+    test.skip(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES === '0', 'SKIP: with rechecks off, groups fill at sign-in or Check linked accounts');
     expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), alice)).status()).toBe(200);
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-fill-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
@@ -187,6 +188,23 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('creating a directory group says why it may stay empty and names another group mapping the same DN', async () => {
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const dn = `cn=dup-${Date.now()},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`;
+    const ids = [];
+    try {
+      const first = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-dup-a-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: dn } })).json();
+      ids.push(first.body.id);
+      const second = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-dup-b-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: dn.toUpperCase() } })).json();
+      ids.push(second.body.id);
+      expect(second.note).toContain(`Group '${first.body.name}' also gets its members from ${dn}`);
+      if (process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES === '0') expect(second.note).toMatch(/Rechecks are off .* Check linked accounts/);
+      else expect(second.note).not.toMatch(/Rechecks are off/);
+    } finally {
+      for (const id of ids) await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/delete', { data: { id } });
+    }
+  });
+
   test('Check a provider user with no groups lists the groups the directory reports now', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to look people up');
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
@@ -201,6 +219,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
 
   test('pointing a directory group at another directory group fills it from people already signed in', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
+    test.skip(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES === '0', 'SKIP: with rechecks off, groups fill at sign-in or Check linked accounts');
     expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), alice)).status()).toBe(200);
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-repoint-${Date.now()}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=nobody-here,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 0cc8ddf9b5..f08c3c1811 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
       external_name: external,
     });
     invalidate();
-    if (source !== "local") fillProviderGroups(source);
-    res.send({ status: "success", body: group });
+    const note = source !== "local" ? await fillProviderGroups(group) : undefined;
+    res.send({ status: "success", body: group, note });
   } catch (err) {
     if (err.name === "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError")
       return res.send({ status: "failure", message: "A group with that name already exists." });
@@ -119,13 +119,22 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
-// A new or renamed provider group gets its members from the people already signed in, not only at their next sign-in
-function fillProviderGroups(source) {
+// A new or renamed provider group gets its members from the people already signed in, not only at their next sign-in.
+// Resolves to a note for the admin when that can't happen now, or another group already maps the same provider group.
+async function fillProviderGroups(group) {
+  const source = group.source;
+  const notes = [];
+  const same = await AuthGroup.findAll({ where: { source, external_name: group.external_name, id: { [Sequelize.Op.ne]: group.id } }, attributes: ["name"], order: [["name", "ASC"]], raw: true });
+  if (same.length)
+    notes.push(`${same.length === 1 ? "Group" : "Groups"} ${same.map((g) => `'${g.name}'`).join(", ")} also ${same.length === 1 ? "gets its" : "get their"} members from ${group.external_name}, so the roles of all of them apply to those people.`);
+  if (providers.fillsOnlyAtSignIn(source))
+    notes.push("Rechecks are off (AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0), so this group fills as its members sign in. To fill it now, click Check linked accounts in People.");
   const warn = (err) => logger("warn", "Couldn't fill a provider group from its directory now; click Check linked accounts in People once it can be reached, or members join at their next sign-in or recheck.", "access", null, err);
   providers
     .fillGroups(source)
     .then((r) => r && r.failed > 0 && warn(new Error(`${r.failed} linked account(s) couldn't be checked`)))
     .catch(warn);
+  return notes.length ? notes.join(" ") : undefined;
 }
 
 async function assertHoldsGroupRoles(actor, groupId) {
@@ -153,8 +162,8 @@ router.post("/groups/update", manage, async (req, res) => {
     const repointed = group.source !== "local" && set.external_name !== undefined && set.external_name !== group.external_name;
     await group.update(set);
     invalidate();
-    if (repointed) fillProviderGroups(group.source);
-    res.send({ status: "success", body: group });
+    const note = repointed ? await fillProviderGroups(group) : undefined;
+    res.send({ status: "success", body: group, note });
   } catch (err) {
     fail(res, err, "Failed to update group.");
   }

From 3e9bcf1c89cdb61a297589a74dbfd1aa0eaa4981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 08:46:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 056/122] Keep visitor sign-up closed while accounts are linked
 to a provider that's out of AUTH_PROVIDERS; docs: processes sharing a DB need
 the same AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN and SITE_ACCESS too

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js              | 13 +++++++++++++
 API/permissions/siteAccess.js             | 14 +++++++++++---
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md             |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md             |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js         |  5 ++++-
 tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js | 10 +++++++++-
 6 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index a37ac16a2c..de2728c5a2 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@ function usernameTaken(username) {
   );
 }
 
+// Whether any account is linked to a provider other than local, enabled or not (siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed)
+async function refreshProviderAccounts(m = accountModels()) {
+  const exist = (await m.AuthIdentity.count({ where: { provider: { [Op.ne]: "local" } } })) > 0;
+  siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(exist);
+  return exist;
+}
+
 function accountModels() {
   const { AuthIdentity, AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthMeta } = require("./models");
   const { User } = require("../../plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user");
@@ -563,6 +570,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
         delete fields.email;
         created = await m.User.create(fields, { transaction });
       }
+      siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
       await m.AuthIdentity.create(
         {
           provider: identity.provider,
@@ -909,6 +917,10 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   });
   const base = `${rootPath()}/api/auth`;
   app.use(base, registerRouter(base, list));
+  refreshProviderAccounts().catch((err) => {
+    if (!/relation "auth_identities" does not exist/.test(err.message))
+      logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a restart.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
+  });
   warnUnmatchableGroups().catch((err) => {
     // A new database gets its tables after this runs, and then has no groups to check
     if (/relation "auth_groups" does not exist/.test(err.message)) return;
@@ -972,6 +984,7 @@ module.exports = {
   recheckLinked,
   fillGroups,
   fillsOnlyAtSignIn,
+  refreshProviderAccounts,
   completeLogin,
   leadGroups,
   returnTo,
diff --git a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
index ebf38cac44..49c679b3d6 100644
--- a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
+++ b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
@@ -40,12 +40,19 @@ const localAdminsOnly = () => process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN === "admins";
 const allowSignupSetting = () =>
   process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP === true || process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP === "true";
 
-// Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. Alongside another provider (ldap, proxy) only
-// with AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP, so nobody can register a directory user's username before they sign in
+// Whether accounts linked to another provider exist in the database, even if that provider isn't enabled here
+let providerAccounts = false;
+const setProviderAccounts = (exist) => {
+  providerAccounts = !!exist;
+};
+
+// Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. Alongside another provider (ldap, proxy), or once
+// any account is linked to one, only with AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP, so nobody can register a directory
+// user's username before they sign in, including while that provider is out of AUTH_PROVIDERS
 const selfSignupAllowed = () =>
   hasProvider("local") &&
   !localAdminsOnly() &&
-  ((isOptional() && (getProviders().length === 1 || allowSignupSetting())) ||
+  ((isOptional() && ((getProviders().length === 1 && !providerAccounts) || allowSignupSetting())) ||
     (isRequired() && allowSignupSetting()));
 
 // Returns a list of human-readable problems with the current ENV (empty if valid)
@@ -128,5 +135,6 @@ module.exports = {
   endUserLoginEnabled,
   localAdminsOnly,
   selfSignupAllowed,
+  setProviderAccounts,
   LOCAL_LOGIN_VALUES,
 };
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 06e723c83f..5d00995389 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Test-specific database password. Required by test infrastructure for least-privi
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=`
 
-Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required`, only when this is true. With `SITE_ACCESS=optional`, visitors may always sign up while `local` is the only provider; once another provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` is enabled, only when this is true, so nobody can register a directory user's username before that person first signs in | boolean | default `false`
+Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required`, only when this is true. With `SITE_ACCESS=optional`, visitors may always sign up while `local` is the only provider; once another provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` is enabled, or any account is linked to one (even while it's out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS`), only when this is true, so nobody can register a directory user's username before that person first signs in | boolean | default `false`
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 74837edbc2..11fee606a2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The usernames `group` and `guest` are reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under `group`, and MMGIS calls signed-out visitors `guest`), so a directory entry with either username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
-- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart them together: a process without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, for every process.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and restart them together: a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index b49778c128..ecee0fcd82 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -152,8 +152,11 @@ router.post("/first_signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account
     });
 });
 
-router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res, next) {
+router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), async function (req, res, next) {
   const accountManager = policy.can(req.principal, "accounts.manage");
+  // Another process may have linked the first provider account since this one started
+  if (!accountManager && siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed())
+    await providers.refreshProviderAccounts().catch((err) => logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts.", "signup", req, err));
   const selfSignup = siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed();
   if (!accountManager && !selfSignup) {
     res.send({
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
index 1c69a88f9f..5eb98b5a9c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
@@ -162,5 +162,13 @@ test.describe('Self sign-up', () => {
     test(`${JSON.stringify(env)} -> ${expected}`, () => {
       const full = { AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN: undefined, AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: undefined, ...env };
       withEnv(full, () => expect(siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed()).toBe(expected));
-    });
+    });  test('stays closed on a local-only optional site once accounts are linked to another provider', () => {
+    try {
+      siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
+      withEnv({ SITE_ACCESS: 'optional', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'local', AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN: undefined, AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: undefined }, () => expect(siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed()).toBe(false));
+      withEnv({ SITE_ACCESS: 'optional', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'local', AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN: undefined, AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: 'true' }, () => expect(siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed()).toBe(true));
+    } finally {
+      siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(false);
+    }
+  });
 });

From 5641509226ba7f11543338fe0e20d8e337952e6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 08:58:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 057/122] Check a provider user matches accounts by directory
 entry (rename, reused name); sign-up gate reopens and fails closed; clearer
 selfCheck username warning; group save isn't reported failed when its note
 fails

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 23 +++++++----
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  7 +++-
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 22 +++++++++++
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             |  7 +++-
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  | 39 +++++++++++++------
 tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js     |  6 ++-
 7 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index de2728c5a2..ea19501e16 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -387,15 +387,16 @@ function groupName(providerId, name) {
   }
 }
 
-// The groups the provider reports for a username right now, so an admin can find a group's new name after a
-// move: an array, null when it has no such person, undefined when it can't look people up
+// The entry the provider has for a username right now and the groups it reports, so an admin can find a
+// group's new name after a move: { subject, groups }, null when it has no such person, undefined when it
+// can't look people up
 async function reportedGroups(providerId, username) {
   const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
   if (!p || typeof p.impl.findSubject !== "function" || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return undefined;
   const target = await withTimeout(p.impl.findSubject(relinkUsername(providerId, username)), "findSubject(username)", lookupTimeout(p));
   if (!target) return target;
   const found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(target.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p));
-  return found ? found.groups || [] : found;
+  return found ? { subject: target.subject, groups: found.groups || [] } : found;
 }
 
 // Why a saved group name can never match what the provider now reports (e.g. after a setting changed its form), or null
@@ -623,11 +624,15 @@ async function syncGroups(userId, identity, m = accountModels()) {
     const unmatched = [...reported].filter((g) => !used.has(g)).slice(0, 10);
     // A name in a form the provider no longer reports (e.g. a DN after switching to plain names) isn't a rename
     const problem = remove.map((id) => groups.find((g) => g.id === id)).map((g) => groupNameProblem(identity.provider, g.external_name)).find(Boolean);
+    // A group renamed or moved there that the person is still in is reported under its new name, so
+    // without an unmatched name this is an ordinary membership change
     const hint = !remove.length || !identity.subject
       ? ""
       : problem
         ? ` That group's name can never match what ${identity.provider} reports now: ${problem}`
-        : ` Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access.${unmatched.length ? ` Groups reported now that no MMGIS group uses: ${unmatched.map((g) => `'${g}'`).join(", ")}.` : ""}`;
+        : unmatched.length
+          ? ` Groups are matched by their exact name, so a group renamed or moved there needs its name updated in Users & Access. Groups reported now that no MMGIS group uses: ${unmatched.map((g) => `'${g}'`).join(", ")}.`
+          : "";
     logger(
       "info",
       `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${await who(m, userId)}${remove.length ? ` left ${names(remove)}` : ""}${remove.length && add.length ? " and" : ""}${add.length ? ` joined ${names(add)}` : ""}.${hint}`,
@@ -747,14 +752,15 @@ function recheckLinked(m = accountModels(), again = false) {
   return recheckQueued;
 }
 
-// Fills a new or repointed group of providerId from the accounts already linked to it; resolves
-// undefined when rechecks are off (AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0) or that provider can't look accounts up
 // True when fillGroups skips providerId only because rechecks are off (AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0)
 function fillsOnlyAtSignIn(providerId) {
   const p = siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId) && getProvider(providerId);
   return !!p && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function" && recheckMs() === 0;
 }
 
+// Fills a new or repointed group of providerId from the accounts already linked to it; resolves
+// undefined when rechecks are off (AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0) or that provider can't look accounts up
+
 function fillGroups(providerId, m = accountModels()) {
   const p = siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId) && getProvider(providerId);
   if (recheckMs() === 0 || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(undefined);
@@ -918,8 +924,9 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   const base = `${rootPath()}/api/auth`;
   app.use(base, registerRouter(base, list));
   refreshProviderAccounts().catch((err) => {
-    if (!/relation "auth_identities" does not exist/.test(err.message))
-      logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a restart.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
+    if (/relation "auth_identities" does not exist/.test(err.message)) return;
+    siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
+    logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a restart.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
   });
   warnUnmatchableGroups().catch((err) => {
     // A new database gets its tables after this runs, and then has no groups to check
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 5d00995389..dc1b2b10fc 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Test-specific database password. Required by test infrastructure for least-privi
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=`
 
-Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required`, only when this is true. With `SITE_ACCESS=optional`, visitors may always sign up while `local` is the only provider; once another provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` is enabled, or any account is linked to one (even while it's out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS`), only when this is true, so nobody can register a directory user's username before that person first signs in | boolean | default `false`
+Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required`, only when this is true. With `SITE_ACCESS=optional`, visitors may always sign up while `local` is the only provider; once another provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` is enabled, or any account is linked to one (even while it's out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS`; after deleting the last such account, restart to reopen sign-up), only when this is true, so nobody can register a directory user's username before that person first signs in | boolean | default `false`
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 0269c7074a..59acc0ca16 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -627,10 +627,13 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
       };
       const people = peopleFilter(c);
       if (await anyMatch(people))
-        for (const [name, attr] of [["LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE", c.subjectAttribute], ["LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE", c.usernameAttribute]]) {
+        for (const [name, attr, effect] of [
+          ["LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE", c.subjectAttribute, "every LDAP sign-in will fail"],
+          ["LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE", c.usernameAttribute, "each new MMGIS account is named (for good) by how its person typed their first sign-in"],
+        ]) {
           if (attr.toLowerCase() === "dn") continue;
           if ((await anyMatch(`(&${people}(${attr}=*))`)) === false)
-            checked.warnings.push(`no entry that LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER finds under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE has the attribute ${attr} (${name}), so every LDAP sign-in will fail. Check its spelling.`);
+            checked.warnings.push(`no entry that LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER finds under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE has the attribute ${attr} (${name}), so ${effect}. Check its spelling.`);
         }
     }
     // locate(subject) searches from there, so a leaver moved out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE still counts
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 120ac162cf..9b4d9d6f6b 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -217,6 +217,28 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect(nobody.message).toMatch(/no single entry/);
   });
 
+  test('Check a provider user follows the directory entry after a rename and a reused username', async () => {
+    test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to look people up');
+    const name = `ldap_reuse_${Date.now()}`;
+    const password = ['reuse', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
+    const dn = (uid) => `uid=${uid},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org`;
+    const entry = (uid) => `dn: ${dn(uid)}\nchangetype: add\nobjectClass: inetOrgPerson\nuid: ${uid}\ncn: ${uid}\nsn: ${uid}\nuserPassword: ${password}\n`;
+    test.skip(!directoryAdmin(entry(name)), 'SKIP: needs the fixture directory container to change entries');
+    try {
+      expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username: name, password })).status()).toBe(200);
+      expect(directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn(name)}\nchangetype: modrdn\nnewrdn: uid=${name}_moved\ndeleteoldrdn: 1\n`)).toBe(true);
+      expect(directoryAdmin(entry(name))).toBe(true);
+      const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+      const check = async (username) => (await (await adminCtx.get(`/api/access/effective?provider=ldap&username=${username}`)).json()).body;
+      expect((await check(`${name}_moved`)).note).toContain(`MMGIS account '${name}' signs in as this person`);
+      expect((await check(name)).note).toMatch(/linked to a different ldap entry .* sign-in is refused/);
+      expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username: name, password })).status()).toBe(409);
+    } finally {
+      directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn(name)}\nchangetype: delete\n`);
+      directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn(`${name}_moved`)}\nchangetype: delete\n`);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('pointing a directory group at another directory group fills it from people already signed in', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
     test.skip(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES === '0', 'SKIP: with rechecks off, groups fill at sign-in or Check linked accounts');
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index ecee0fcd82..94692eaa07 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -155,8 +155,11 @@ router.post("/first_signup", signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account
 router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), async function (req, res, next) {
   const accountManager = policy.can(req.principal, "accounts.manage");
   // Another process may have linked the first provider account since this one started
-  if (!accountManager && siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed())
-    await providers.refreshProviderAccounts().catch((err) => logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts.", "signup", req, err));
+  if (!accountManager)
+    await providers.refreshProviderAccounts().catch((err) => {
+      siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
+      logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a restart.", "signup", req, err);
+    });
   const selfSignup = siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed();
   if (!accountManager && !selfSignup) {
     res.send({
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index f08c3c1811..576da03be0 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
       external_name: external,
     });
     invalidate();
-    const note = source !== "local" ? await fillProviderGroups(group) : undefined;
+    const note = source !== "local" ? await fillProviderGroups(group).catch(noteFailed) : undefined;
     res.send({ status: "success", body: group, note });
   } catch (err) {
     if (err.name === "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError")
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ router.post("/groups/create", manage, async (req, res) => {
 
 // A new or renamed provider group gets its members from the people already signed in, not only at their next sign-in.
 // Resolves to a note for the admin when that can't happen now, or another group already maps the same provider group.
+// The group is saved by then, so a failed note mustn't report the save as failed
+const noteFailed = (err) => {
+  logger("warn", "Couldn't check a provider group's members from its directory.", "access", null, err);
+  return undefined;
+};
+
 async function fillProviderGroups(group) {
   const source = group.source;
   const notes = [];
@@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ router.post("/groups/update", manage, async (req, res) => {
     const repointed = group.source !== "local" && set.external_name !== undefined && set.external_name !== group.external_name;
     await group.update(set);
     invalidate();
-    const note = repointed ? await fillProviderGroups(group) : undefined;
+    const note = repointed ? await fillProviderGroups(group).catch(noteFailed) : undefined;
     res.send({ status: "success", body: group, note });
   } catch (err) {
     fail(res, err, "Failed to update group.");
@@ -253,28 +259,37 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
     }
     // With no groups typed, ask the provider which groups it reports for that person now
     let reported;
+    let target;
     if (req.query.provider && !String(req.query.groups || "").trim()) {
       const provider = String(req.query.provider);
       const username = String(req.query.username).trim();
       try {
-        reported = await providers.reportedGroups(provider, username);
+        target = await providers.reportedGroups(provider, username);
       } catch (err) {
         logger("error", `Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider} to check their access.`, "access", req, err);
         throw new bindings.BindingError(`Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider}: it's unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). Enter their groups instead.`);
       }
-      if (reported === null)
+      if (target) reported = target.groups;
+      if (target === null)
         throw new bindings.BindingError(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}', or it's disabled or left out by its user search filter.`);
     }
     // The access shown is a sign-in with no account yet; an account already holding the name changes that
+    // Accounts follow the directory entry, not its username: a renamed person keeps their account, and a
+    // newcomer given a leaver's username is refused
     let note;
-    if (reported !== undefined) {
-      const name = providers.relinkUsername(String(req.query.provider), String(req.query.username)).toLowerCase();
-      const holder = await User.findOne({ where: Sequelize.where(Sequelize.fn("lower", Sequelize.col("username")), name), attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
-      if (holder) {
-        const linked = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: holder.id, provider: String(req.query.provider) }, raw: true });
-        note = linked
-          ? `MMGIS account '${holder.username}' signs in as this person, and its own grants (see People) add to what's shown here.`
-          : `Account '${holder.username}' already has this username, so this person's ${req.query.provider} sign-in is refused until that account is relinked (People > Allow relink) or deleted. What's shown leaves out that account's own grants.`;
+    if (target) {
+      const provider = String(req.query.provider);
+      const owner = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { provider, subject: target.subject }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true });
+      const account = owner && (await User.findOne({ where: { id: owner.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true }));
+      if (account) note = `MMGIS account '${account.username}' signs in as this person, and its own grants (see People) add to what's shown here.`;
+      else {
+        const taken = await providers.usernameTaken(providers.relinkUsername(provider, String(req.query.username)));
+        const holder = taken && (await User.findOne({ where: { id: taken.id }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true }));
+        const linked = holder && (await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: holder.id, provider }, raw: true }));
+        if (linked)
+          note = `Account '${holder.username}' is linked to a different ${provider} entry that had this username, so this person's sign-in is refused. Don't relink it to them if that entry still exists (the name was reused); the server log at their sign-in says which. What's shown leaves out that account's own grants.`;
+        else if (holder)
+          note = `Account '${holder.username}' already has this username, so this person's ${provider} sign-in is refused until that account is relinked (People > Allow relink) or deleted. What's shown leaves out that account's own grants.`;
       }
     }
     const principal = req.query.provider
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
index 5eb98b5a9c..884b94f81f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ test.describe('AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN', () => {
 });
 
 test.describe('Self sign-up', () => {
+  // Other specs in this worker link provider accounts through the shared module
+  test.beforeEach(() => siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(false));
   const cases = [
     [{ SITE_ACCESS: 'optional', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'local' }, true],
     [{ SITE_ACCESS: 'optional', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'local', AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN: 'admins' }, false],
@@ -162,7 +164,9 @@ test.describe('Self sign-up', () => {
     test(`${JSON.stringify(env)} -> ${expected}`, () => {
       const full = { AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN: undefined, AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: undefined, ...env };
       withEnv(full, () => expect(siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed()).toBe(expected));
-    });  test('stays closed on a local-only optional site once accounts are linked to another provider', () => {
+    });
+
+  test('stays closed on a local-only optional site once accounts are linked to another provider', () => {
     try {
       siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
       withEnv({ SITE_ACCESS: 'optional', AUTH_PROVIDERS: 'local', AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN: undefined, AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: undefined }, () => expect(siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed()).toBe(false));

From 4aa8b6849075fd256e767284a5584e84b4359fac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 09:17:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 058/122] LDAP: Configure notes for pending relinks and
 aliases, consistent group-name-attribute reporting, failed-only per-address
 login limits

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 14 ++++++-----
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  6 ++---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 24 +++++++++++++------
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  8 ++++++-
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             |  2 +-
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  | 13 ++++++----
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  2 ++
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       |  5 +++-
 9 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index ea19501e16..ec218b4163 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -396,14 +396,15 @@ async function reportedGroups(providerId, username) {
   const target = await withTimeout(p.impl.findSubject(relinkUsername(providerId, username)), "findSubject(username)", lookupTimeout(p));
   if (!target) return target;
   const found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(target.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p));
-  return found ? { subject: target.subject, groups: found.groups || [] } : found;
+  return found ? { subject: target.subject, username: found.username, groups: found.groups || [] } : found;
 }
 
 // Why a saved group name can never match what the provider now reports (e.g. after a setting changed its form), or null
 function groupNameProblem(providerId, name) {
   try {
-    groupName(providerId, name);
-    return null;
+    const reported = groupName(providerId, name);
+    // e.g. written by an older MMGIS process, which didn't put names in this form
+    return reported === name ? null : `It's saved as ${name}, but ${providerId} reports it as ${reported}.`;
   } catch (err) {
     return err.message;
   }
@@ -898,11 +899,12 @@ function logoutUrl(id) {
 }
 
 // Per address. Only wrong credentials count (a 401, or res.locals.loginFailed), so malformed
-// requests, refused account links and directory outages can't lock out everyone behind one address
+// requests, refused account links and directory outages can't lock out everyone behind one address,
+// and the ceiling is 10x the per-account one so colleagues' typos behind one NAT or VPN don't either
 const providerLimiter = () =>
   rateLimit({
     windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,
-    max: 10,
+    limit: () => 10 * require("../../scripts/rateLimiters").failedLoginLimit(),
     skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
     requestWasSuccessful: (req, res) => res.statusCode !== 401 && !res.locals.loginFailed,
     message: { status: "failure", message: "Too many attempts. Try again in 15 minutes." },
@@ -926,7 +928,7 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   refreshProviderAccounts().catch((err) => {
     if (/relation "auth_identities" does not exist/.test(err.message)) return;
     siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
-    logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a restart.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
+    logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a check succeeds (at the next sign-up attempt, account deletion or restart).", "AuthProviders", null, err);
   });
   warnUnmatchableGroups().catch((err) => {
     // A new database gets its tables after this runs, and then has no groups to check
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index dc1b2b10fc..1b6d238c2a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Instance type | string enum | default `production`
 
 #### `TRUST_PROXY=`
 
-Which proxies in front of MMGIS to trust for the client's IP address (`X-Forwarded-For`), used by rate limits and logs. A number trusts that many proxies, `false` trusts none and uses the direct connection's address, and other values (such as `loopback` or a list of addresses) are passed to Express's `trust proxy` setting. Set it to `false` when browsers reach MMGIS directly, or a client can pick its own IP and get around per-IP rate limits.
+Which proxies in front of MMGIS to trust for the client's IP address (`X-Forwarded-For`), used by rate limits and logs. A number trusts that many proxies, `false` trusts none and uses the direct connection's address, and other values (such as `loopback` or a list of addresses) are passed to Express's `trust proxy` setting. Set it to `false` when browsers reach MMGIS directly, or a client can pick its own IP and get around per-IP rate limits. Everyone behind one NAT, VPN or proxy shares an address, and so shares its failed-login budget: 10 wrong passwords per 15 minutes on the local form, and 10 × `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS` on a provider's.
 
 **Type**: number, boolean or string | **Default**: `1`
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Test-specific database password. Required by test infrastructure for least-privi
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=`
 
-Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required`, only when this is true. With `SITE_ACCESS=optional`, visitors may always sign up while `local` is the only provider; once another provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` is enabled, or any account is linked to one (even while it's out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS`; after deleting the last such account, restart to reopen sign-up), only when this is true, so nobody can register a directory user's username before that person first signs in | boolean | default `false`
+Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required`, only when this is true. With `SITE_ACCESS=optional`, visitors may always sign up while `local` is the only provider; once another provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` is enabled, or any account is linked to one (even while it's out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS`; it reopens once the last such account is deleted), only when this is true, so nobody can register a directory user's username before that person first signs in | boolean | default `false`
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ Filter for `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`; `{{dn}}` is the person's DN and `{{username
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Report groups found under `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` by this attribute (e.g. `cn`) instead of their DN. Only use it when nobody untrusted can create groups under that base, since groups with the same name become one MMGIS group. Has no effect without `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` (groups read from `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE` are always full DNs) | string | default `''` (the DN)
+Report groups found under `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` by this attribute (e.g. `cn`) instead of their DN. Only use it when nobody untrusted can create groups under that base, since groups with the same name become one MMGIS group. Groups without this attribute are left out (the login log names them), and `dn` means the DN. Has no effect without `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` (groups read from `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE` are always full DNs) | string | default `''` (the DN)
 
 #### `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 11fee606a2..449926b897 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The usernames `group` and `guest` are reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under `group`, and MMGIS calls signed-out visitors `guest`), so a directory entry with either username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
-- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and restart them together: a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 59acc0ca16..a785ebd444 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ function config(env = process.env) {
     groupsAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE, "memberOf"),
     groupSearchBase: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE),
     groupSearchFilter: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER, "(member={{dn}})"),
-    groupNameAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE),
+    // dn is how groups are reported without it
+    groupNameAttribute: /^dn$/i.test(setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE)) ? "" : setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE),
     timeoutMs: Number.isInteger(timeout) && timeout > 0 ? timeout : 5000,
     displayName: setting(env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME, "LDAP"),
     usernameLabel: setting(env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL, "Username"),
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ async function readEntry(client, c, dn) {
 }
 
 // Groups are reported by DN: two groups named "admins" in different OUs must not become one MMGIS group
-async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
+async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username, leftOut = []) {
   if (!c.groupSearchBase) return values(entry, c.groupsAttribute).map((v) => normalizeDn(v));
   let searchEntries;
   try {
@@ -385,9 +386,12 @@ async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username) {
     err.message = `Searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE for groups failed: ${err.message}`;
     throw err;
   }
-  return searchEntries.map((g) => {
-    const name = c.groupNameAttribute ? values(g, c.groupNameAttribute)[0] : null;
-    return name != null ? String(name).normalize("NFC") : normalizeDn(g.dn);
+  // A group without LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE is left out: Users & Access only takes names in that mode
+  return searchEntries.flatMap((g) => {
+    if (!c.groupNameAttribute) return [normalizeDn(g.dn)];
+    const name = values(g, c.groupNameAttribute)[0];
+    if (name == null) leftOut.push(normalizeDn(g.dn));
+    return name != null ? [String(name).normalize("NFC")] : [];
   });
 }
 
@@ -444,12 +448,14 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     if (!subject) throw new Error(`The directory entry has no ${c.subjectAttribute} (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE).`);
     const name = values(entry, c.usernameAttribute)[0];
     const email = values(entry, c.emailAttribute)[0];
+    const groupsLeftOut = [];
     return {
       subject,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : username,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
       // The directory's username, as at recheck, so group filters don't depend on how it was typed
-      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : ""),
+      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : "", groupsLeftOut),
+      groupsLeftOut,
     };
   } finally {
     await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
@@ -784,7 +790,11 @@ module.exports = {
         const user = await ctx.completeLogin(req, identity);
         ctx.logger(
           "info",
-          `${user.username} logged in with LDAP. Directory groups: ${identity.groups.length ? identity.groups.join(" | ") : "none"}.`,
+          `${user.username} logged in with LDAP. Directory groups: ${identity.groups.length ? identity.groups.join(" | ") : "none"}.${
+            identity.groupsLeftOut && identity.groupsLeftOut.length
+              ? ` Left out, having no ${config().groupNameAttribute} (LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE): ${identity.groupsLeftOut.join(" | ")}.`
+              : ""
+          }`,
           "Ldap",
           req
         );
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 759b090c70..d7c8e01e9a 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
         const providers = require('../../../../../API/permissions/providers');
         expect(providers.groupNameProblem('ldap', 'cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=x')).toMatch(/not their DN/);
         expect(providers.groupNameProblem('ldap', 'science-team')).toBeNull();
+        // LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=dn reports groups by DN, as when it's unset
+        process.env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE = 'dn';
+        expect(ldap.groupName('CN=Data-Admins,OU=Groups,DC=x')).toBe('cn=data-admins,ou=groups,dc=x');
+        // A DN saved in another form (e.g. by an older MMGIS process) matches nobody, so it's flagged
+        expect(providers.groupNameProblem('ldap', 'CN=Data-Admins,OU=Groups,DC=x')).toMatch(/reports it as cn=data-admins,ou=groups,dc=x/);
+        expect(providers.groupNameProblem('ldap', 'cn=data-admins,ou=groups,dc=x')).toBeNull();
       } finally {
         if (savedProviders === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
         else process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = savedProviders;
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   test('search mode: service account finds the person, their password is checked by binding as them', async () => {
     const log = [];
     const id = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log));
-    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=ops\\, east,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'] });
+    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=ops\\, east,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'], groupsLeftOut: [] });
     expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`, `search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=alice)`, `bind ${alice.dn}`, 'unbind']);
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 94692eaa07..b954be432d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login an
   if (!accountManager)
     await providers.refreshProviderAccounts().catch((err) => {
       siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
-      logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a restart.", "signup", req, err);
+      logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a check succeeds (at the next sign-up attempt, account deletion or restart).", "signup", req, err);
     });
   const selfSignup = siteAccess.selfSignupAllowed();
   if (!accountManager && !selfSignup) {
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 576da03be0..52294ac9e7 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const missions = require("../../../../../API/permissions/missions");
 const bindings = require("../../../../../API/permissions/bindings");
 const { authorize, ensurePrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
 const { invalidate, userPrincipal, externalPrincipal } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/principal");
-const { AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthIdentity } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
+const { AuthGroup, AuthGroupMember, AuthIdentity, AuthMeta } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/models");
 const Sequelize = require("sequelize");
 const { User } = require("../../Users/models/user");
 const providers = require("../../../../../API/permissions/providers");
@@ -283,10 +283,15 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
       const account = owner && (await User.findOne({ where: { id: owner.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true }));
       if (account) note = `MMGIS account '${account.username}' signs in as this person, and its own grants (see People) add to what's shown here.`;
       else {
-        const taken = await providers.usernameTaken(providers.relinkUsername(provider, String(req.query.username)));
+        const taken = await // New accounts are named by the directory, so an alias typed here (mail, UPN) checks the real name
+        providers.usernameTaken(target.username || providers.relinkUsername(provider, String(req.query.username)));
         const holder = taken && (await User.findOne({ where: { id: taken.id }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true }));
         const linked = holder && (await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: holder.id, provider }, raw: true }));
-        if (linked)
+        const relink = holder && (await AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: providers.relinkKey(provider, holder.id) }, raw: true }));
+        const pending = relink && relink.value && Date.parse(relink.value.expires_at) > Date.now() && (!relink.value.subject || relink.value.subject === target.subject);
+        if (pending)
+          note = `A relink is pending: this person's next sign-in takes over account '${holder.username}', and its own grants (see People) add to what's shown here.`;
+        else if (linked)
           note = `Account '${holder.username}' is linked to a different ${provider} entry that had this username, so this person's sign-in is refused. Don't relink it to them if that entry still exists (the name was reused); the server log at their sign-in says which. What's shown leaves out that account's own grants.`;
         else if (holder)
           note = `Account '${holder.username}' already has this username, so this person's ${provider} sign-in is refused until that account is relinked (People > Allow relink) or deleted. What's shown leaves out that account's own grants.`;
@@ -295,7 +300,7 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
     const principal = req.query.provider
       ? await externalPrincipal({
           provider: String(req.query.provider),
-          username: String(req.query.username || ""),
+          username: String(req.query.username || "").trim(),
           // One group per line; a line with "=" is one DN, other lines may list names separated by commas
           groups:
             reported ||
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 7a300b8015..0f68e93ce2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       if (!deleted) return;
       connections.revokeGrants(grants);
       bindings.afterChange("user", id).catch(() => {});
+      // Deleting the last provider-linked account reopens visitor sign-up where only local is enabled
+      providers.refreshProviderAccounts().catch(() => {});
       logger("info", `Successfully deleted user with id: '${id}'.`);
       res.send({
         status: "success",
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index ea8c9bc2fb..36b1ed74e6 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ const apilimiter = rateLimit({
   max: 3000, // limit each IP to 3000 requests per windowMs
 });
 
+// Per address; only wrong credentials count, so people sharing one NAT or VPN can all sign in
 const authLimiter = rateLimit({
   windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
   max: 10,
+  skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
+  requestWasSuccessful: (req, res) => res.statusCode !== 401 && !res.locals.loginFailed,
   message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Too many attempts. Try again in 15 minutes.' },
 });
 
@@ -105,4 +108,4 @@ const computeLimiter = rateLimit({
   message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Rate limit exceeded.' },
 });
 
-module.exports = { apilimiter, authLimiter, accountLimiter, accountLimiterFor, resetFailedLogins, accountKey, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
+module.exports = { apilimiter, authLimiter, failedLoginLimit, accountLimiter, accountLimiterFor, resetFailedLogins, accountKey, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };

From 0835ffc15a18d1fba3610d89380556961e65429f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 09:32:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 059/122] LDAP: Check a provider user finds pending relinks by
 entry and names left-out groups; equal-cost unknown-user local logins; limit
 docs

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  5 +++-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 10 +++++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  6 ++---
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             | 12 ++++++----
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  | 18 ++++++++++-----
 7 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index ec218b4163..07d725bf92 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -396,7 +396,9 @@ async function reportedGroups(providerId, username) {
   const target = await withTimeout(p.impl.findSubject(relinkUsername(providerId, username)), "findSubject(username)", lookupTimeout(p));
   if (!target) return target;
   const found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(target.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p));
-  return found ? { subject: target.subject, username: found.username, groups: found.groups || [] } : found;
+  return found
+    ? { subject: target.subject, username: found.username, groups: found.groups || [], groupsLeftOut: found.groupsLeftOut || [] }
+    : found;
 }
 
 // Why a saved group name can never match what the provider now reports (e.g. after a setting changed its form), or null
@@ -978,6 +980,7 @@ module.exports = {
   linkIdentity,
   RELINK_HOURS,
   relinkKey,
+  findClaim,
   missingKey,
   groupName,
   groupNameProblem,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 1b6d238c2a..5a6c738209 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses, so a few requests can't lock a local SuperAdmin out. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it; once it's used up, that entry gets the same "invalid username or password" answer as a wrong password (its password isn't tried), so the limit doesn't reveal which names exist. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses (50 by default), so locking a local SuperAdmin out of the local form for 15 minutes takes that many wrong passwords; sessions already signed in are unaffected. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it; once it's used up, that entry gets the same "invalid username or password" answer as a wrong password (its password isn't tried), so the limit doesn't reveal which names exist. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 × this many wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index a785ebd444..f9be8276c8 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ const setting = (v, fallback = "") => (v != null && String(v).trim() !== "" ? St
 const isTrue = (v) => String(v).trim().toLowerCase() === "true";
 const MAX_USERNAME = 255;
 
+// dn is how groups are reported without it
+const groupNameAttribute = (v) => (/^dn$/i.test(v) ? "" : v);
+
 function config(env = process.env) {
   const timeout = Number(setting(env.LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS, "5000"));
   return {
@@ -29,8 +32,7 @@ function config(env = process.env) {
     groupsAttribute: setting(env.LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE, "memberOf"),
     groupSearchBase: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE),
     groupSearchFilter: setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER, "(member={{dn}})"),
-    // dn is how groups are reported without it
-    groupNameAttribute: /^dn$/i.test(setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE)) ? "" : setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE),
+    groupNameAttribute: groupNameAttribute(setting(env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE)),
     timeoutMs: Number.isInteger(timeout) && timeout > 0 ? timeout : 5000,
     displayName: setting(env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME, "LDAP"),
     usernameLabel: setting(env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL, "Username"),
@@ -506,11 +508,13 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     const entry = entries[0];
     const name = values(entry, c.usernameAttribute)[0];
     const email = values(entry, c.emailAttribute)[0];
+    const groupsLeftOut = [];
     return {
       subject,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
-      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : ""),
+      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : "", groupsLeftOut),
+      groupsLeftOut,
     };
   } finally {
     await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index d7c8e01e9a..0c4115e198 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE = 'OU=Groups,DC=x';
       expect(ldap.groupName('CN=Data-Admins,OU=Groups,DC=x')).toBe('cn=data-admins,ou=groups,dc=x');
       expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=editors,ou=teams,dc=x')).toThrow(/only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE/);
-    // An escaped comma keeps "ou=groups" inside the group's own name, so its parent is dc=x
-    expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=a\\,ou=groups,dc=x')).toThrow(/only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE/);
-    expect(ldap.groupName('cn=a\\\\,ou=groups,dc=x')).toBe('cn=a\\\\,ou=groups,dc=x');
+      // An escaped comma keeps "ou=groups" inside the group's own name, so its parent is dc=x
+      expect(() => ldap.groupName('cn=a\\,ou=groups,dc=x')).toThrow(/only finds groups under LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE/);
+      expect(ldap.groupName('cn=a\\\\,ou=groups,dc=x')).toBe('cn=a\\\\,ou=groups,dc=x');
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE = 'cn';
       process.env.LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE = 'ou=groups,dc=x';
       expect(ldap.groupName('Data-Admins')).toBe('Data-Admins');
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 9b4d9d6f6b..0d22588038 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -239,6 +239,29 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('Check a provider user shows a pending relink allowed under another username', async () => {
+    test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to look people up');
+    const name = `ldap_pending_${Date.now()}`;
+    const password = ['pending', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
+    const dn = `uid=${name},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org`;
+    test.skip(!directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: add\nobjectClass: inetOrgPerson\nuid: ${name}\ncn: ${name}\nsn: ${name}\nuserPassword: ${password}\n`), 'SKIP: needs the fixture directory container to change entries');
+    try {
+      const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+      const local = `${name}_local`;
+      const made = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/users/signup', { data: { username: local, email: `${local}@example.org`, password: ['Local', 'Pass', '1!x'].join(''), skipLogin: true } })).json();
+      expect(made.status).toBe('success');
+      const account = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries.find((e) => e.username === local);
+      expect((await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap', username: name } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
+      const check = (await (await adminCtx.get(`/api/access/effective?provider=ldap&username=${name}`)).json()).body;
+      expect(check.note).toContain(`next sign-in takes over account '${local}'`);
+      expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username: name, password })).status()).toBe(200);
+      const after = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries.find((e) => e.id === account.id);
+      expect(after.sign_ins).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ provider: 'ldap' })]);
+    } finally {
+      directoryAdmin(`dn: ${dn}\nchangetype: delete\n`);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('pointing a directory group at another directory group fills it from people already signed in', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to read the directory between logins');
     test.skip(process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES === '0', 'SKIP: with rechecks off, groups fill at sign-in or Check linked accounts');
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index b954be432d..c0bacf15fd 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ async function localLoginRefusal(userId, models = { AuthIdentity }) {
   return null;
 }
 const bcrypt = require("bcryptjs");
+// Compared against when no account has the username, so an unknown name takes as long as a wrong password
+const NO_ACCOUNT_HASH = bcrypt.hashSync("no account", bcrypt.genSaltSync());
 
 const logger = require("../../../../API/logger");
 const {
@@ -469,10 +471,12 @@ router.post("/login", sameOriginOnly, loginUsername, authLimiter, accountLimiter
       .then((user) => {
         if (!user) {
           res.locals.loginFailed = true;
-          res.send({
-            status: "failure",
-            message: "Invalid username or password.",
-          });
+          bcrypt.compare(String(req.body.password || ""), NO_ACCOUNT_HASH, () =>
+            res.send({
+              status: "failure",
+              message: "Invalid username or password.",
+            })
+          );
         } else {
           function pass(err, result, again) {
             if (result) {
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 52294ac9e7..39c05aa156 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -283,20 +283,26 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
       const account = owner && (await User.findOne({ where: { id: owner.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true }));
       if (account) note = `MMGIS account '${account.username}' signs in as this person, and its own grants (see People) add to what's shown here.`;
       else {
-        const taken = await // New accounts are named by the directory, so an alias typed here (mail, UPN) checks the real name
-        providers.usernameTaken(target.username || providers.relinkUsername(provider, String(req.query.username)));
+        // New accounts are named by the directory, so an alias typed here (mail, UPN) checks the real name
+        const name = target.username || providers.relinkUsername(provider, String(req.query.username));
+        // As at sign-in: a pending relink (whichever account it's on) comes before a username clash
+        const claim = await providers.findClaim({ provider, subject: target.subject, username: name }, { AuthMeta });
+        const claimed = claim && (await User.findOne({ where: { id: claim.userId }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true }));
+        const taken = !claimed && (await providers.usernameTaken(name));
         const holder = taken && (await User.findOne({ where: { id: taken.id }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true }));
         const linked = holder && (await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: holder.id, provider }, raw: true }));
-        const relink = holder && (await AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: providers.relinkKey(provider, holder.id) }, raw: true }));
-        const pending = relink && relink.value && Date.parse(relink.value.expires_at) > Date.now() && (!relink.value.subject || relink.value.subject === target.subject);
-        if (pending)
-          note = `A relink is pending: this person's next sign-in takes over account '${holder.username}', and its own grants (see People) add to what's shown here.`;
+        if (claimed)
+          note = `A relink is pending: this person's next sign-in takes over account '${claimed.username}', and its own grants (see People) add to what's shown here.`;
         else if (linked)
           note = `Account '${holder.username}' is linked to a different ${provider} entry that had this username, so this person's sign-in is refused. Don't relink it to them if that entry still exists (the name was reused); the server log at their sign-in says which. What's shown leaves out that account's own grants.`;
         else if (holder)
           note = `Account '${holder.username}' already has this username, so this person's ${provider} sign-in is refused until that account is relinked (People > Allow relink) or deleted. What's shown leaves out that account's own grants.`;
       }
     }
+    if (target && target.groupsLeftOut && target.groupsLeftOut.length) {
+      const left = `Left out, having no group name attribute (LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE): ${target.groupsLeftOut.join(" | ")}.`;
+      note = note ? `${note} ${left}` : left;
+    }
     const principal = req.query.provider
       ? await externalPrincipal({
           provider: String(req.query.provider),

From 2c281d5dc0f12551abda3740c879c77890fd6e9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 09:38:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 060/122] LDAP: entry without the subject attribute gets 403
 not 503; retry a sign-in that lost a link race; hints for StartTLS on the
 LDAPS port and several hosts in LDAP_URL

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                   |  2 ++
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                  |  1 +
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js               | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js |  4 ++++
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 07d725bf92..5e958c1209 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       attributes: ["user_id", "username", "subject"],
       raw: true,
     })).find((l) => l.username && sameUsername(l.username, identity.username));
+  // Another sign-in linked this entry a moment ago; looking again finds that link
+  if (sameName && sameName.subject === identity.subject && !retried) return linkIdentity(identity, m, true);
   if (sameName && sameName.subject === identity.subject)
     throw new LinkError(
       `'${identity.username}' was linked to account ${sameName.user_id} by another sign-in at the same moment; signing in again works.`
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 449926b897..886bad8a44 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=objectGUID
 LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=sAMAccountName
 ```
 
+- **One directory address.** `LDAP_URL` takes a single URL; MMGIS doesn't fail over between hosts, so point it at a load-balanced name if the directory has one.
 - **Encryption is required.** `ldaps://`, or `ldap://` with `LDAP_STARTTLS=true`. The certificate must chain to a trusted CA (`LDAP_TLS_CA` for internal CAs) and match the host name in `LDAP_URL`; MMGIS never turns these checks off. `LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE=true` allows plain `ldap://` for local testing only.
 - **`LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD`** can come from the environment like `DB_PASS`. Inject it at runtime (Docker or Kubernetes secrets), keep `.env` readable only by MMGIS, and ask for a read-only account.
 - Usernames are escaped before they go into filters and DNs, empty passwords are refused before contacting the directory, and a search must match exactly one person.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index f9be8276c8..a9fbf8b41a 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ function userAttributes(c) {
 
 // The password was right but the directory says it must be changed (Active Directory)
 class PasswordExpiredError extends Error {}
+// The directory answered, but this person's entry lacks something MMGIS needs
+class UnusableEntryError extends Error {}
 
 // Wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one
 // AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS allowance, and nobody else's typos count against it. Kept in this process's memory.
@@ -247,6 +249,8 @@ function explain(err) {
   if (/ENOTFOUND|EAI_AGAIN/.test(text)) return `${msg}. LDAP_URL's host name doesn't resolve.`;
   if (/wrong version number|ECONNRESET|packet length/i.test(text))
     return `${msg}. Check that ldaps:// points at the TLS port (usually 636) and ldap:// at the plain port (389, with LDAP_STARTTLS=true).`;
+  if (/ExtendedRequest/.test(text))
+    return `${msg}. The directory closed the connection at StartTLS: LDAP_STARTTLS=true needs ldap:// at the plain port (usually 389); for the TLS port (636) use ldaps:// without LDAP_STARTTLS.`;
   if (/timeout|timed out|ETIMEDOUT/i.test(text)) return `${msg}. The directory didn't answer within LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS.`;
   if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError)
     return `${msg}. A search base doesn't exist, or the service account can't read it: check LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE and LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE.`;
@@ -447,7 +451,7 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       if (c.groupSearchBase && c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
     }
     const subject = subjectOf(entry, c);
-    if (!subject) throw new Error(`The directory entry has no ${c.subjectAttribute} (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE).`);
+    if (!subject) throw new UnusableEntryError(`${entry.dn} has no ${c.subjectAttribute} (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE).`);
     const name = values(entry, c.usernameAttribute)[0];
     const email = values(entry, c.emailAttribute)[0];
     const groupsLeftOut = [];
@@ -683,7 +687,11 @@ function validate(env) {
     // reported below
   }
   if (protocol !== "ldap:" && protocol !== "ldaps:")
-    errors.push("LDAP_URL must be set to the directory's address, e.g. ldaps://ldap.example.org:636.");
+    errors.push(
+      /[\s,]/.test(String(c.url || "").trim())
+        ? "LDAP_URL must be a single ldap:// or ldaps:// URL; MMGIS doesn't fail over between directory hosts."
+        : "LDAP_URL must be set to the directory's address, e.g. ldaps://ldap.example.org:636."
+    );
   if (protocol === "ldaps:" && c.startTls)
     errors.push("LDAP_STARTTLS=true is for ldap:// URLs; an ldaps:// URL is already encrypted.");
   if (protocol === "ldap:" && !c.startTls && !c.allowInsecure)
@@ -777,6 +785,10 @@ module.exports = {
           // 403, not 401: the password was right, so it doesn't count toward AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS
           return res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} password has expired. Change it, then sign in again.` });
         }
+        if (err instanceof UnusableEntryError) {
+          ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: ${err.message}`, "Ldap", req);
+          return res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} entry can't be used with MMGIS. Ask an administrator.` });
+        }
         ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not reach or read the directory: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", req, err);
         if (err.tooManyGroups)
           return res.status(503).send({
@@ -851,5 +863,5 @@ module.exports = {
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, entryFailures, peopleFilter },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, UnusableEntryError, entryFailures, peopleFilter },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 0c4115e198..95b668a601 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   test('a rejected service account or missing subject attribute throws (the route answers 503)', async () => {
     await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'nope' }), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toThrow(/LDAP_BIND_DN/); // pragma: allowlist secret
     await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'objectGUID' }), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toThrow(/objectGUID/);
+    // That one entry can't be used; it's not reported as the directory being down
+    await expect(authenticate('alice', 'right', config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'objectGUID' }), fakeClient([alice]))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ldap._internal.UnusableEntryError);
   });
 
   test('Active Directory "password expired" is told apart from a wrong password', async () => {
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('self-signed certificate in certificate chain'), { code: 'SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN' }))).toMatch(/LDAP_TLS_CA/);
     expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:636'), { code: 'ECONNREFUSED' }))).toMatch(/host and port/);
     expect(explain(Object.assign(new Error('certificate has expired'), { code: 'CERT_HAS_EXPIRED' }))).toMatch(/renew/);
+    expect(explain(new Error('Connection closed before message response was received. Message type: ExtendedRequest (0x77)'))).toMatch(/ldap:\/\/ at the plain port/);
     expect(ldap._internal.directoryRoot('ou=people,ou=staff,dc=example,dc=org')).toBe('dc=example,dc=org');
     expect(ldap._internal.directoryRoot('ou=people,o=corp')).toBe('ou=people,o=corp');
     expect(ldap._internal.directoryRoot('dc=example,dc=org')).toBe('dc=example,dc=org');
@@ -356,6 +359,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
 
   test('missing or malformed settings refuse startup', () => {
     expect(problems({})).toMatch(/LDAP_URL must be set/);
+    expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://dc1:636 ldaps://dc2:636' })).toMatch(/single ldap:\/\/ or ldaps:\/\/ URL/);
     expect(problems({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x' })).toMatch(/LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE .* or LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: 'uid=x' })).toMatch(/LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER/);
     expect(problems({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: '{{username}}@corp' })).toMatch(/isn't a DN/);

From aa88e3f7f4e9d5d55c3f071c1aec7dfe06431047 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 09:46:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 061/122] Accounts: warn at startup when a changed
 LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE strands linked accounts, tell those apart from leavers
 in People, and let deleting an account give its drawings to another

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 36 +++++++++++++++++--
 configure/src/core/calls.js                   |  2 +-
 .../Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js | 20 ++++++++++-
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  4 ++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js     |  6 +++-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  1 +
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  6 ++--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  2 ++
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 15 ++++++++
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 21 +++++++++++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 26 ++++++++++----
 12 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 5e958c1209..7683075b3c 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ const RELINK_HOURS = 24;
 const relinkKey = (provider, userId) => `relink:${provider}:${userId}`;
 // Set while a recheck finds the account's entry gone, so admins can tell leavers from active people
 const missingKey = (provider, userId) => `missing:${provider}:${userId}`;
-async function markMissing(m, provider, userId, gone, subject) {
+async function markMissing(m, provider, userId, gone, subject, reason) {
   if (!m.AuthMeta) return;
   const key = missingKey(provider, userId);
   if (!gone) return m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } });
   if (!(await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true })))
     // Another recheck (or process) may have marked it at the same moment
-    await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value: { since: new Date().toISOString(), subject } }).catch((err) => {
+    await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value: { since: new Date().toISOString(), subject, reason } }).catch((err) => {
       if (err.name !== "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError") throw err;
     });
 }
@@ -412,6 +412,31 @@ function groupNameProblem(providerId, name) {
   }
 }
 
+// False when a stored subject can't be one under the provider's current settings (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE changed)
+const subjectFits = (p, subject) => typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function" || p.impl.subjectFits(subject) !== false;
+
+// At startup, so a changed subject setting doesn't silently sign out every linked account
+async function warnUnfitSubjects(m = accountModels()) {
+  for (const p of enabledProviders()) {
+    if (typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function") continue;
+    const links = await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { provider: p.id }, attributes: ["user_id", "subject"], raw: true });
+    const unfit = links.filter((l) => !subjectFits(p, l.subject));
+    if (unfit.length === 0) continue;
+    const superAdmins = await require("./bindings").superAdminUserIds();
+    const linkedIds = new Set((await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true })).map((l) => l.user_id));
+    const unfitIds = new Set(unfit.map((l) => l.user_id));
+    const localAdmin = siteAccess.getProviders().includes("local") && superAdmins.some((id) => !linkedIds.has(id));
+    const strandedAdmins = superAdmins.filter((id) => unfitIds.has(id)).length;
+    logger(
+      localAdmin ? "warn" : "error",
+      `Auth provider '${p.id}': ${unfit.length} of its ${links.length} linked accounts were linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so their sessions and API tokens end at their next recheck and their sign-ins are refused until each is relinked in Users & Access > People. To keep them, change the setting back.${
+        strandedAdmins ? ` ${strandedAdmins} of them ${strandedAdmins === 1 ? "is a SuperAdmin" : "are SuperAdmins"}.` : ""
+      }${localAdmin ? "" : " No SuperAdmin can sign in with an MMGIS password here, so nobody may be able to allow those relinks: enable local and keep a local SuperAdmin first."}`,
+      "AuthProviders"
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 // At startup, so groups saved in a form the provider no longer reports don't silently lose every member
 async function warnUnmatchableGroups(m = accountModels()) {
   for (const p of enabledProviders()) {
@@ -709,7 +734,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return "ok";
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
-    await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject);
+    await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject, !identity && !subjectFits(p, link.subject) ? "subject" : undefined);
     // So People shows a rename before the person's next login, and a newcomer with the old name isn't mistaken for them
     if (identity && identity.username && identity.username !== now.username) {
       await m.AuthIdentity.update({ username: identity.username }, { where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId, subject: link.subject } });
@@ -934,6 +959,10 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
     siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
     logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a check succeeds (at the next sign-up attempt, account deletion or restart).", "AuthProviders", null, err);
   });
+  warnUnfitSubjects().catch((err) => {
+    if (/relation "auth_identities" does not exist/.test(err.message)) return;
+    logger("error", "Couldn't check the login providers' linked accounts.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
+  });
   warnUnmatchableGroups().catch((err) => {
     // A new database gets its tables after this runs, and then has no groups to check
     if (/relation "auth_groups" does not exist/.test(err.message)) return;
@@ -988,6 +1017,7 @@ module.exports = {
   groupNameProblem,
   reportedGroups,
   warnUnmatchableGroups,
+  warnUnfitSubjects,
   relinkUsername,
   resetFailures,
   relinkTarget,
diff --git a/configure/src/core/calls.js b/configure/src/core/calls.js
index 2e77b3b3e2..cb1842ff49 100644
--- a/configure/src/core/calls.js
+++ b/configure/src/core/calls.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function api(call, data, success, error) {
     });
     delete data.urlReplacements;
   }
-  if (c[call].type === "POST" && data?.forceParams != null) {
+  if ((c[call].type === "POST" || c[call].type === "DELETE") && data?.forceParams != null) {
     url += `?${new URLSearchParams(data.forceParams)}`;
     delete data.forceParams;
   }
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js
index 2fa229c099..8cda9c3370 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/DeleteUserModal/DeleteUserModal.js
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ const DeleteUserModal = (props) => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   const [userName, setUserName] = useState(null);
+  const [drawingsTo, setDrawingsTo] = useState("");
 
   const handleClose = () => {
     // close modal
@@ -205,8 +206,13 @@ const DeleteUserModal = (props) => {
         urlReplacements: {
           id: modal.row.id,
         },
+        ...(drawingsTo.trim() ? { forceParams: { drawings_to: drawingsTo.trim() } } : {}),
       },
       (res) => {
+        if (res.body?.deleted_id !== modal.row.id && res.message) {
+          dispatch(setSnackBarText({ text: res.message, severity: "error" }));
+          return;
+        }
         if (res.body?.deleted_id === modal.row.id) {
           dispatch(
             setSnackBarText({
@@ -279,9 +285,21 @@ const DeleteUserModal = (props) => {
             setUserName(e.target.value);
           }}
         />
+        <TextField
+          className={c.confirmInput}
+          label="Give their drawings to (optional username)"
+          variant="filled"
+          value={drawingsTo}
+          inputProps={{
+            autoComplete: "off",
+          }}
+          onChange={(e) => {
+            setDrawingsTo(e.target.value);
+          }}
+        />
         <Typography
           className={c.subtitle2}
-        >{`Enter '${modal?.row?.username}' above and click 'Delete' to confirm the permanent deletion of this user's account. Their private drawings will no longer belong to anyone, including a later account with the same username.`}</Typography>
+        >{`Enter '${modal?.row?.username}' above and click 'Delete' to confirm the permanent deletion of this user's account. Their drawings will no longer belong to anyone, including a later account with the same username, unless you name an account above to give them to (e.g. the account this person is being relinked to).`}</Typography>
       </DialogContent>
       <DialogActions className={c.dialogActions}>
         <Button
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 4863c3f374..93c454719e 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
     ctx.askConfirm({
       title: `Allow ${p.toUpperCase()} relink?`,
       text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
-        providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_since
+        providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_reason === "subject"
+          ? ` It was linked under a different LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE, so it needs this relink to sign in again.`
+          : providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_since
           ? ` Its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled on ${new Date(providerLogin.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
           : ""
       }`,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index 5b8e306d0e..efdc74d141 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -650,7 +650,11 @@ const signInBase = (u) =>
         .map(
           (l) =>
             (l.username && l.username !== u.username ? `${l.provider} (as ${l.username})` : l.provider) +
-            (l.missing_since ? ` (not found in ${l.provider} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()})` : "")
+            (l.missing_reason === "subject"
+              ? ` (linked under an old subject setting; relink)`
+              : l.missing_since
+              ? ` (not found in ${l.provider} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()})`
+              : "")
         )
         .join(", ")
     : "MMGIS account";
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index c28793d722..41a19b6f7f 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
+- `subjectFits(subject)` (optional) returns `false` for a stored subject that can't be one under the current settings (LDAP: a DN after a switch to `entryUUID`, or the reverse). Startup then logs how many linked accounts that affects, and People marks them as needing a relink rather than as leavers.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN, and a DN while they're reported by name); its message is shown to the admin. MMGIS also runs saved names through it at startup and when a member leaves a group, and logs a warning for names it refuses, e.g. after a setting changed the form.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 5a6c738209..b562f35c64 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. `CORP`. A leading `CORP\` is then removed
 
 #### `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID | string | default `entryUUID`
+Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID. Changing this setting (e.g. between `entryUUID`/`objectGUID` and `dn`) on a site with LDAP accounts signs them all out and stops their API tokens until each is relinked; startup logs how many, so keep a local SuperAdmin for this | string | default `entryUUID`
 
 #### `LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 886bad8a44..19d683a069 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
 - The usernames `group` and `guest` are reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under `group`, and MMGIS calls signed-out visitors `guest`), so a directory entry with either username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
-- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access.
+- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` affects.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
-- Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account, and you delete it before allowing the relink again.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes, People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation drops the leaver warning. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+- Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index a9fbf8b41a..aa2fc202e3 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -758,6 +758,8 @@ function warnings(env) {
 module.exports = {
   // A lookup is up to five directory operations (connect, TLS, service bind, user and group search)
   lookupTimeoutMs: () => 5 * config().timeoutMs,
+  // A DN stored before a switch to entryUUID/objectGUID, or an ID stored before a switch to dn
+  subjectFits: (subject) => (config().subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn") !== notADn(subject),
   routes(router, ctx) {
     const startup = config();
     selfCheck(startup).then(
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 95b668a601..8021198418 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -357,6 +357,21 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_STARTTLS: 'true' })).toMatch(/already encrypted/);
   });
 
+  test('a subject stored under another LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE is told apart', () => {
+    const saved = process.env.LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE;
+    try {
+      delete process.env.LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE;
+      expect(ldap.subjectFits('a5e38d5c-6c61-1041-92de-b7aaf50b266a')).toBe(true);
+      expect(ldap.subjectFits('uid=ldap_alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org')).toBe(false);
+      process.env.LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE = 'dn';
+      expect(ldap.subjectFits('uid=ldap_alice,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org')).toBe(true);
+      expect(ldap.subjectFits('a5e38d5c-6c61-1041-92de-b7aaf50b266a')).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      if (saved === undefined) delete process.env.LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE;
+      else process.env.LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE = saved;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('missing or malformed settings refuse startup', () => {
     expect(problems({})).toMatch(/LDAP_URL must be set/);
     expect(problems({ ...base, LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://dc1:636 ldaps://dc2:636' })).toMatch(/single ldap:\/\/ or ldaps:\/\/ URL/);
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 0d22588038..f52c9b7a3c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -472,6 +472,27 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect((await shared()).public_editors || []).not.toContain(alice.username);
   });
 
+  test('deleting an account can give its drawings to another account', async () => {
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const ctx = await context();
+    expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
+    const name = `alice interim ${Date.now()}`;
+    expect((await (await ctx.post('/api/files/make', { data: { file_name: name, intent: 'all' } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
+    const heir = `heir_${Date.now()}`;
+    const heirPassword = ['Heir', 'Pass', '1!x'].join('');
+    expect((await (await adminCtx.post('/api/users/signup', { data: { username: heir, email: `${heir}@example.org`, password: heirPassword, skipLogin: true } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
+    const id = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries.find((e) => e.username === alice.username).id;
+    const refused = await (await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${id}?drawings_to=nobody-${Date.now()}`)).json();
+    expect(refused.status).toBe('failure');
+    expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(true);
+    expect((await (await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${id}?drawings_to=${heir}`)).json()).status).toBe('success');
+    const heirCtx = await context();
+    expect((await (await heirCtx.post('/api/users/login', { data: { username: heir, password: heirPassword } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
+    const files = (await (await heirCtx.post('/api/files/getfiles', { data: {} })).json()).body.filter((f) => f.file_name === name);
+    expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(files[0].file_owner).toBe(heir);
+  });
+
   test('LDAP accounts get no MMGIS password reset link', async () => {
     const ctx = await context();
     expect((await ldapLogin(ctx, alice)).status()).toBe(200);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 0f68e93ce2..c52af7829f 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -61,9 +61,14 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
         });
       const missing = {};
       for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "missing:%" } }, raw: true }))
-        missing[r.key.slice("missing:".length)] = r.value && r.value.since;
+        missing[r.key.slice("missing:".length)] = r.value || {};
       for (const [userId, list] of Object.entries(signIns))
-        list.forEach((l) => (l.missing_since = missing[`${l.provider}:${userId}`] || null));
+        list.forEach((l) => {
+          const gone = missing[`${l.provider}:${userId}`];
+          l.missing_since = (gone && gone.since) || null;
+          // "subject": linked under a different subject setting, not a leaver
+          l.missing_reason = (gone && gone.reason) || null;
+        });
       const relinks = {};
       for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
         const [, provider, userId] = r.key.split(":");
@@ -131,6 +136,15 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
         });
         return null;
       }
+      // Drawings can go to another account, e.g. the one this person is about to be relinked to
+      let heir = null;
+      if (req.query.drawings_to != null && req.query.drawings_to !== "") {
+        heir = await User.findOne({ where: { username: String(req.query.drawings_to) }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true, transaction });
+        if (!heir || heir.id === id) {
+          res.send({ status: "failure", message: `There's no other account named '${req.query.drawings_to}' to give the drawings to.` });
+          return null;
+        }
+      }
       await RoleBinding.destroy({
         where: { subject_type: "user", subject_id: String(id) },
         transaction,
@@ -148,7 +162,7 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       // Random suffix: a downgraded MMGIS, which doesn't reserve "~deleted~", mustn't let a guessable signup claim them
       if (gone)
         await Userfiles.update(
-          { file_owner: `~deleted~${id}~${crypto.randomBytes(8).toString("hex")}` },
+          { file_owner: heir ? heir.username : `~deleted~${id}~${crypto.randomBytes(8).toString("hex")}` },
           { where: { file_owner: gone.username }, transaction }
         );
       // Nor edit the files others shared with this one
@@ -167,7 +181,7 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       bindings.afterChange("user", id).catch(() => {});
       // Deleting the last provider-linked account reopens visitor sign-up where only local is enabled
       providers.refreshProviderAccounts().catch(() => {});
-      logger("info", `Successfully deleted user with id: '${id}'.`);
+      logger("info", `Successfully deleted user with id: '${id}'${req.query.drawings_to ? `, giving its drawings to '${req.query.drawings_to}'` : ""}.`);
       res.send({
         status: "success",
         message: `Successfully deleted user with id: '${id}'.`,
@@ -445,7 +459,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         const other = others.find((o) => providers.sameUsername(o.username, username));
         if (other) {
           const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
-          return `The ${provider} login '${username}' already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. Delete that account first if this one should take it over.`;
+          return `The ${provider} login '${username}' already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. If this one should take it over, delete that account first, giving its drawings to '${user.username}'.`;
         }
       }
       if (target) {
@@ -453,7 +467,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         if (other && other.user_id === id) return `'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`;
         if (other) {
           const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
-          return `${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. Delete that account first if this one should take it over.`;
+          return `${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. If this one should take it over, delete that account first, giving its drawings to '${user.username}'.`;
         }
         if (sameProvider.some((r) => r.value.subject === target.subject))
           return `Another account is already waiting for ${target.dn}. Cancel that relink first.`;

From 32fa1d8213217f79020488628299fa580d0d808c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 10:09:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 062/122] Wave 23 lows: subject-change wording and reasons,
 drawings_to matching and token refusal, LDAP.md table

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                   | 11 ++++++++++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js |  4 ++--
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                  |  7 ++++---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js               |  4 ++--
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js   | 18 ++++++++++++------
 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 7683075b3c..e2da4ac20a 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -283,7 +283,11 @@ async function markMissing(m, provider, userId, gone, subject, reason) {
   if (!m.AuthMeta) return;
   const key = missingKey(provider, userId);
   if (!gone) return m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } });
-  if (!(await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true })))
+  const marked = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true });
+  // Keeps when it went missing; the reason can change, e.g. a leaver found after a subject setting change
+  if (marked && (marked.value || {}).reason !== reason)
+    return m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { ...marked.value, reason } }, { where: { key } });
+  if (!marked)
     // Another recheck (or process) may have marked it at the same moment
     await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value: { since: new Date().toISOString(), subject, reason } }).catch((err) => {
       if (err.name !== "SequelizeUniqueConstraintError") throw err;
@@ -549,6 +553,11 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.dn ? ` at ${still.dn}` : ""}${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
       );
+    const provider = getProvider(identity.provider);
+    if (provider && !subjectFits(provider, sameName.subject))
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id}, which was linked under a different ${identity.provider} subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE). Change the setting back, or allow a relink on that account.`
+      );
     throw new LinkError(
       `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and that account's old entry is gone. Only allow a relink on that account if this is the same person: the directory may have given the name to someone new.`
     );
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 93c454719e..eb000ff8ea 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
       title: `Allow ${p.toUpperCase()} relink?`,
       text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
         providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_reason === "subject"
-          ? ` It was linked under a different LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE, so it needs this relink to sign in again.`
+          ? ` It was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it needs this relink to sign in again.`
           : providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_since
           ? ` Its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled on ${new Date(providerLogin.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
           : ""
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
         <div className={c.hint}>Everything this person can do, combining their own access, their groups and the audiences.</div>
         {(user.sign_ins || []).length > 0 && user.sign_ins.every((l) => l.missing_since && providerOn(l.provider)) && (
           <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#b71c1c" }}>
-            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: not found in {user.sign_ins.map((l) => `${l.provider.toUpperCase()} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}`).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if that entry comes back or the account is relinked.
+            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: {user.sign_ins.map((l) => (l.missing_reason === "subject" ? `linked under an old ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting` : `not found in ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}`)).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if that entry comes back or the account is relinked.
           </div>
         )}
         <Table size="small" className={c.table}>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 19d683a069..f959d1961c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
 - The usernames `group` and `guest` are reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under `group`, and MMGIS calls signed-out visitors `guest`), so a directory entry with either username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
-- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` affects.
+- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a change between `dn` and an ID attribute affects; a change between two ID attributes looks like everyone left.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes, People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation drops the leaver warning. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes between `dn` and an ID attribute (`entryUUID`, `objectGUID`), People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation drops the leaver warning. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | Message | Cause |
 |---|---|
 | MMGIS refuses to start with an `LDAP_*` error | A required setting is missing or malformed; the message names it. |
-| "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected (MMGIS then waits 5 minutes before trying it again), a search base doesn't exist, or the entry had no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. The server log has the reason and the setting to check. |
+| "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected (MMGIS then waits 5 minutes before trying it again), or a search base doesn't exist. The server log has the reason and the setting to check. |
+| "Your <name> entry can't be used with MMGIS" | The person's entry has no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. If everyone gets this, the setting doesn't suit the directory (e.g. `objectGUID` on OpenLDAP); the server log names the entry and attribute. |
 | "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and existing sessions keep the groups they had. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index aa2fc202e3..47f4ea1bbb 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ function validate(env) {
   }
   if (protocol !== "ldap:" && protocol !== "ldaps:")
     errors.push(
-      /[\s,]/.test(String(c.url || "").trim())
+      /[\s,;]/.test(String(c.url || "").trim())
         ? "LDAP_URL must be a single ldap:// or ldaps:// URL; MMGIS doesn't fail over between directory hosts."
         : "LDAP_URL must be set to the directory's address, e.g. ldaps://ldap.example.org:636."
     );
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ module.exports = {
           return res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} password has expired. Change it, then sign in again.` });
         }
         if (err instanceof UnusableEntryError) {
-          ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: ${err.message}`, "Ldap", req);
+          ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: ${err.message} If every sign-in gets this, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE doesn't suit this directory.`, "Ldap", req);
           return res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} entry can't be used with MMGIS. Ask an administrator.` });
         }
         ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not reach or read the directory: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", req, err);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index c52af7829f..71eb9bea6f 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
 });
 
 router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, next) {
+  if (req.query.drawings_to && req.principal && req.principal.kind === "token")
+    return void res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: "Giving drawings to another account can only be done from a signed-in session." });
   const id = parseInt(req.params.id);
   let grants = [];
+  let heirUsername = null;
 
   if (isNaN(id)) {
     logger(
@@ -138,12 +141,15 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       }
       // Drawings can go to another account, e.g. the one this person is about to be relinked to
       let heir = null;
-      if (req.query.drawings_to != null && req.query.drawings_to !== "") {
-        heir = await User.findOne({ where: { username: String(req.query.drawings_to) }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true, transaction });
+      const heirName = String(req.query.drawings_to == null ? "" : req.query.drawings_to).trim();
+      if (heirName !== "") {
+        // Matched as usernames are elsewhere (case, Unicode forms)
+        heir = (await User.findAll({ attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true, transaction })).find((u) => providers.sameUsername(u.username, heirName));
         if (!heir || heir.id === id) {
-          res.send({ status: "failure", message: `There's no other account named '${req.query.drawings_to}' to give the drawings to.` });
+          res.send({ status: "failure", message: `There's no other account named '${heirName}' to give the drawings to.` });
           return null;
         }
+        heirUsername = heir.username;
       }
       await RoleBinding.destroy({
         where: { subject_type: "user", subject_id: String(id) },
@@ -181,7 +187,7 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       bindings.afterChange("user", id).catch(() => {});
       // Deleting the last provider-linked account reopens visitor sign-up where only local is enabled
       providers.refreshProviderAccounts().catch(() => {});
-      logger("info", `Successfully deleted user with id: '${id}'${req.query.drawings_to ? `, giving its drawings to '${req.query.drawings_to}'` : ""}.`);
+      logger("info", `Successfully deleted user with id: '${id}'${heirUsername ? `, giving its drawings to '${heirUsername}'` : ""}.`);
       res.send({
         status: "success",
         message: `Successfully deleted user with id: '${id}'.`,
@@ -459,7 +465,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         const other = others.find((o) => providers.sameUsername(o.username, username));
         if (other) {
           const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
-          return `The ${provider} login '${username}' already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. If this one should take it over, delete that account first, giving its drawings to '${user.username}'.`;
+          return `The ${provider} login '${username}' already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. If this one should take it over, delete that account first (which also removes its own roles and API tokens), giving its drawings to '${user.username}'.`;
         }
       }
       if (target) {
@@ -467,7 +473,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         if (other && other.user_id === id) return `'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`;
         if (other) {
           const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
-          return `${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. If this one should take it over, delete that account first, giving its drawings to '${user.username}'.`;
+          return `${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. If this one should take it over, delete that account first (which also removes its own roles and API tokens), giving its drawings to '${user.username}'.`;
         }
         if (sameProvider.some((r) => r.value.subject === target.subject))
           return `Another account is already waiting for ${target.dn}. Cancel that relink first.`;

From 08b12f5f60333af9c126c0365c25051b7ce88054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 10:20:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 063/122] Catch LDAP subject changes between two IDs; flag
 relinks pinned to removed entries

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/models.js                     |  4 +-
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 46 +++++++++++++------
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js  |  4 +-
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  4 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  1 +
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  1 +
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     |  4 ++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  2 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 24 ++++++++--
 10 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/models.js b/API/permissions/models.js
index 004b20f734..46501da288 100644
--- a/API/permissions/models.js
+++ b/API/permissions/models.js
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ const AuthIdentity = sequelize.define(
     // The provider's username at the last login, which may differ from the MMGIS username after a rename
     username: { type: Sequelize.STRING, allowNull: true },
     last_login_at: { type: Sequelize.DATE, allowNull: true },
+    // The provider's subject setting when linked (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so a later change is noticed
+    subject_setting: { type: Sequelize.STRING, allowNull: true },
     user_id: {
       type: Sequelize.INTEGER,
       allowNull: false,
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ const up = async () => {
     `CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS long_term_tokens_token_hash ON long_term_tokens (token_hash);`,
     "index long_term_tokens.token_hash"
   );
-  for (const col of ["username varchar(255) NULL", "last_login_at TIMESTAMPTZ NULL"])
+  for (const col of ["username varchar(255) NULL", "last_login_at TIMESTAMPTZ NULL", "subject_setting varchar(255) NULL"])
     await runQuery(
       `ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS auth_identities ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS ${col};`,
       `add auth_identities.${col.split(" ")[0]} column`
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index e2da4ac20a..0c0d6a1771 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -213,10 +213,7 @@ class LinkError extends Error {
     super(message);
     // The same for every refusal, so it doesn't reveal which usernames have accounts
     this.userMessage =
-      userMessage ||
-      (siteAccess.hasProvider("local") && !siteAccess.localAdminsOnly()
-        ? "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator, and if you also have an MMGIS account, keep signing in with it for now."
-        : "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.");
+      userMessage || "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.";
   }
 }
 
@@ -357,6 +354,7 @@ async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
         subject: identity.subject,
         username: identity.username,
         last_login_at: new Date(),
+        subject_setting: subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider)),
         user_id: user.id,
       },
       { transaction }
@@ -417,14 +415,21 @@ function groupNameProblem(providerId, name) {
 }
 
 // False when a stored subject can't be one under the provider's current settings (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE changed)
-const subjectFits = (p, subject) => typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function" || p.impl.subjectFits(subject) !== false;
+const subjectSetting = (p) => (p && typeof p.impl.subjectSetting === "function" ? String(p.impl.subjectSetting()) : null);
+// Whether a link was made under the provider's current subject setting; links from before subject_setting was
+// recorded fall back to the subject's form
+function subjectFits(p, link) {
+  const now = subjectSetting(p);
+  if (now != null && link.subject_setting) return link.subject_setting === now;
+  return typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function" || p.impl.subjectFits(link.subject) !== false;
+}
 
 // At startup, so a changed subject setting doesn't silently sign out every linked account
 async function warnUnfitSubjects(m = accountModels()) {
   for (const p of enabledProviders()) {
-    if (typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function") continue;
-    const links = await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { provider: p.id }, attributes: ["user_id", "subject"], raw: true });
-    const unfit = links.filter((l) => !subjectFits(p, l.subject));
+    if (typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function" && typeof p.impl.subjectSetting !== "function") continue;
+    const links = await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { provider: p.id }, attributes: ["user_id", "subject", "subject_setting"], raw: true });
+    const unfit = links.filter((l) => !subjectFits(p, l));
     if (unfit.length === 0) continue;
     const superAdmins = await require("./bindings").superAdminUserIds();
     const linkedIds = new Set((await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true })).map((l) => l.user_id));
@@ -509,7 +514,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     });
     if (user) {
       await m.AuthIdentity.update(
-        { username: identity.username, last_login_at: new Date() },
+        { username: identity.username, last_login_at: new Date(), subject_setting: subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider)) },
         { where: { provider: identity.provider, subject: identity.subject } }
       );
       await markMissing(m, identity.provider, user.id, false);
@@ -533,7 +538,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     m.AuthIdentity.findAll &&
     (await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({
       where: { provider: identity.provider },
-      attributes: ["user_id", "username", "subject"],
+      attributes: ["user_id", "username", "subject", "subject_setting"],
       raw: true,
     })).find((l) => l.username && sameUsername(l.username, identity.username));
   // Another sign-in linked this entry a moment ago; looking again finds that link
@@ -554,7 +559,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
         `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.dn ? ` at ${still.dn}` : ""}${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
       );
     const provider = getProvider(identity.provider);
-    if (provider && !subjectFits(provider, sameName.subject))
+    if (provider && !subjectFits(provider, sameName))
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id}, which was linked under a different ${identity.provider} subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE). Change the setting back, or allow a relink on that account.`
       );
@@ -617,6 +622,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
           subject: identity.subject,
           username: identity.username,
           last_login_at: new Date(),
+          subject_setting: subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider)),
           user_id: created.id,
         },
         { transaction }
@@ -743,7 +749,10 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return "ok";
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
-    await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject, !identity && !subjectFits(p, link.subject) ? "subject" : undefined);
+    await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject, !identity && !subjectFits(p, link) ? "subject" : undefined);
+    // Found under the current setting, so that's the one it's linked under
+    if (identity && !link.subject_setting && subjectSetting(p) != null && m.AuthIdentity.update)
+      await m.AuthIdentity.update({ subject_setting: subjectSetting(p) }, { where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId } });
     // So People shows a rename before the person's next login, and a newcomer with the old name isn't mistaken for them
     if (identity && identity.username && identity.username !== now.username) {
       await m.AuthIdentity.update({ username: identity.username }, { where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId, subject: link.subject } });
@@ -820,8 +829,19 @@ async function recheckAllNow(m) {
     }
   };
   await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(8, links.length) }, worker));
+  // A pending relink pinned to an entry that's gone can never be claimed; flag it now rather than at a failed sign-in
+  let staleRelinks = 0;
+  if (m.AuthMeta && m.AuthMeta.update)
+    for (const r of await m.AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
+      const v = r.value;
+      const providerId = r.key.split(":")[1];
+      if (!v || !v.subject || v.stale || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now()) || !siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId)) continue;
+      if ((await locateSubject(providerId, v.subject).catch(() => undefined)) !== null) continue;
+      await m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { ...v, stale: { gone: true, at: new Date().toISOString() } } }, { where: { key: r.key } });
+      staleRelinks++;
+    }
   // failed: the provider couldn't be asked (unreachable, or its service account was refused)
-  return { checked: links.length - counts.unsupported, missing: counts.missing, failed: counts.failed, unsupported: counts.unsupported };
+  return { checked: links.length - counts.unsupported, missing: counts.missing, failed: counts.failed, unsupported: counts.unsupported, staleRelinks };
 }
 
 // The legacy lead group (LEADS) a login response reports, as a page reload does
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 4c189b945c..c9eefac9e6 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
         notify(
           r.failed
             ? `Couldn't check ${r.failed} of ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: the login provider is unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). ${r.missing} not found.`
-            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (the provider can't look them up, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE).` : ""}`,
-          r.missing || r.failed ? "warning" : "success"
+            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (the provider can't look them up, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE).` : ""}${r.staleRelinks ? ` ${r.staleRelinks} pending relinks are pinned to entries that are gone; allow them again.` : ""}`,
+          r.missing || r.failed || r.staleRelinks ? "warning" : "success"
         );
         refresh();
       })
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index eb000ff8ea..9ce4802b8c 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
                 </Typography>
                 {user.relink.stale && (
                   <Typography variant="body2" style={{ color: "#a8572e" }}>
-                    On {new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, '{user.relink.username || user.username}' signed in from a different {user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry, so this relink won't take effect. If the directory changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again.
+                    {user.relink.stale.gone
+                      ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that the ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry this relink is pinned to is gone, so it won't take effect.`
+                      : `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, '${user.relink.username || user.username}' signed in from a different ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry, so this relink won't take effect.`} If the directory changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again.
                   </Typography>
                 )}
                 <Button size="small" onClick={() => relink(user.relink.provider, true)}>Cancel relink</Button>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 41a19b6f7f..e1930a1032 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `subjectFits(subject)` (optional) returns `false` for a stored subject that can't be one under the current settings (LDAP: a DN after a switch to `entryUUID`, or the reverse). Startup then logs how many linked accounts that affects, and People marks them as needing a relink rather than as leavers.
+- `subjectSetting()` (optional) returns the setting subjects come from (LDAP: `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`). It's stored with each link, so a change between two settings whose subjects look alike (e.g. `entryUUID` to `nsUniqueId`) is caught the same way; links made before it was stored fall back to `subjectFits`.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN, and a DN while they're reported by name); its message is shown to the admin. MMGIS also runs saved names through it at startup and when a member leaves a group, and logs a warning for names it refuses, e.g. after a setting changed the form.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index f959d1961c..d025e0e1dd 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
 - The usernames `group` and `guest` are reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under `group`, and MMGIS calls signed-out visitors `guest`), so a directory entry with either username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
-- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a change between `dn` and an ID attribute affects; a change between two ID attributes looks like everyone left.
+- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` affects.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes between `dn` and an ID attribute (`entryUUID`, `objectGUID`), People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation drops the leaver warning. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes, People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation drops the leaver warning. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them). Their API tokens stay off until they sign in after the relink is allowed, so ask token owners to sign in first. **Check linked accounts** also flags relinks allowed before the directory changed, which then need allowing again.
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 47f4ea1bbb..59e18f36d0 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ module.exports = {
   lookupTimeoutMs: () => 5 * config().timeoutMs,
   // A DN stored before a switch to entryUUID/objectGUID, or an ID stored before a switch to dn
   subjectFits: (subject) => (config().subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn") !== notADn(subject),
+  subjectSetting: () => config().subjectAttribute.toLowerCase(),
   routes(router, ctx) {
     const startup = config();
     selfCheck(startup).then(
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index f52c9b7a3c..2c3b106857 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -484,6 +484,10 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     const id = (await (await adminCtx.get('/api/accounts/entries')).json()).body.entries.find((e) => e.username === alice.username).id;
     const refused = await (await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${id}?drawings_to=nobody-${Date.now()}`)).json();
     expect(refused.status).toBe('failure');
+    const minted = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/longtermtoken/generate', { data: { name: 'heir', period: 'never' } })).json();
+    const withToken = await newRequest.newContext({ baseURL, extraHTTPHeaders: { Authorization: `Bearer ${minted.body.token}` } });
+    expect((await withToken.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${id}?drawings_to=${heir}`)).status()).toBe(403);
+    await withToken.dispose();
     expect((await me(ctx)).authenticated).toBe(true);
     expect((await (await adminCtx.delete(`/api/accounts/remove/${id}?drawings_to=${heir}`)).json()).status).toBe('success');
     const heirCtx = await context();
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 71eb9bea6f..4abdb1befb 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ router.post("/recheckLinked", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async fu
     const result = await providers.recheckLinked();
     logger(
       result.failed ? "warn" : "info",
-      `Rechecked ${result.checked} provider-linked accounts; ${result.missing} not found${result.failed ? `, ${result.failed} couldn't be checked (see the earlier warnings)` : ""}${result.unsupported ? `; ${result.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (their provider has no service account, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN)` : ""}.`,
+      `Rechecked ${result.checked} provider-linked accounts; ${result.missing} not found${result.failed ? `, ${result.failed} couldn't be checked (see the earlier warnings)` : ""}${result.unsupported ? `; ${result.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (their provider has no service account, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN)` : ""}${result.staleRelinks ? `; ${result.staleRelinks} pending relinks are pinned to entries that are gone (allow them again)` : ""}.`,
       "accounts",
       req
     );
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 2588e58bb4..80e1bbb097 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -560,14 +560,32 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9011, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
     m.AuthMeta.rows.length = 0;
-    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 1, failed: 0, unsupported: 0 });
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 1, failed: 0, unsupported: 0, staleRelinks: 0 });
     ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
-    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 0, failed: 2, unsupported: 0 });
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 0, failed: 2, unsupported: 0, staleRelinks: 0 });
     ldap.lookup = async () => undefined;
-    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 0, missing: 0, failed: 0, unsupported: 2 });
+    expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 0, missing: 0, failed: 0, unsupported: 2, staleRelinks: 0 });
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:ldap:9011']);
   });
 
+  test('checking every linked account flags a pending relink whose pinned entry is gone', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
+    const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
+    m.AuthMeta.rows.push(
+      { key: 'relink:ldap:9014', value: { username: 'gone', subject: 'gone', expires_at } },
+      { key: 'relink:ldap:9016', value: { username: 'here', subject: 'here', expires_at } }
+    );
+    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
+    ldap.locate = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
+    expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(0);
+    ldap.locate = async () => null;
+    expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(1);
+    ldap.locate = realLocate;
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9014').value.stale).toMatchObject({ gone: true });
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9016').value.stale).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   test('a recheck waits as long as the provider says its lookup may take, not just 5 s', async () => {
     ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5300)), null);
     const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'slow', user_id: 9015 }] });

From 656da7a5f2981c31f5b1ee3c7f10164ab0d2458f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 10:47:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 064/122] Refuse sign-ins and relink claims under a changed
 subject setting; keep leaver warning; exact drawing-heir match; faster,
 race-safe stale-relink sweep; subject check after migrations

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 55 +++++++++++----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js  |  2 +-
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      | 10 ++-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  2 +-
 plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js         |  4 ++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 14 +++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 70 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 0c0d6a1771..25afd4c29b 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -281,9 +281,13 @@ async function markMissing(m, provider, userId, gone, subject, reason) {
   const key = missingKey(provider, userId);
   if (!gone) return m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key } });
   const marked = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true });
-  // Keeps when it went missing; the reason can change, e.g. a leaver found after a subject setting change
+  // Keeps when it went missing; the reason can change, e.g. a leaver found after a subject setting change,
+  // which still needs the leaver warning: its username may now be someone else's
   if (marked && (marked.value || {}).reason !== reason)
-    return m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { ...marked.value, reason } }, { where: { key } });
+    return m.AuthMeta.update(
+      { value: { ...marked.value, reason, ...(reason === "subject" && !(marked.value || {}).reason ? { was_gone: true } : {}) } },
+      { where: { key } }
+    );
   if (!marked)
     // Another recheck (or process) may have marked it at the same moment
     await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value: { since: new Date().toISOString(), subject, reason } }).catch((err) => {
@@ -293,6 +297,11 @@ async function markMissing(m, provider, userId, gone, subject, reason) {
 // Directories match the dotted capital İ as i, which toLowerCase() alone turns into i + U+0307
 const fold = (s) => String(s).normalize("NFKC").replace(/\u0130/g, "I").toLowerCase();
 const sameUsername = (a, b) => fold(a) === fold(b);
+// The exact name wins; otherwise a case- or Unicode-folded match, but only if it's the only one
+function matchUsername(rows, name) {
+  const alike = rows.filter((r) => sameUsername(r.username, name));
+  return { match: rows.find((r) => r.username === name) || (alike.length === 1 ? alike[0] : null), alike };
+}
 
 async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   if (!m.AuthMeta) return null;
@@ -303,6 +312,8 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   for (const r of rows) {
     const v = r.value;
     if (!v || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
+    // A pin from under another subject setting may now be a different entry's value
+    if (v.subject && v.subject_setting && v.subject_setting !== subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider))) continue;
     // Only the entry the admin was shown may claim it, whatever it is called by now
     if (v.subject ? v.subject !== identity.subject : !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
     return { key: r.key, userId: parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10), by: v.by };
@@ -506,6 +517,12 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     where: { provider: identity.provider, subject: identity.subject },
     raw: true,
   });
+  // Under another subject setting the same value can belong to a different entry
+  const linkProvider = link && getProvider(identity.provider);
+  if (linkProvider && !subjectFits(linkProvider, link))
+    throw new LinkError(
+      `'${identity.username}' has the ${identity.provider} subject '${identity.subject}' of account ${link.user_id}, but that account was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so this may be a different entry. Change the setting back, or allow a relink on that account.`
+    );
   if (link) {
     const user = await m.User.findOne({
       where: { id: link.user_id },
@@ -514,7 +531,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     });
     if (user) {
       await m.AuthIdentity.update(
-        { username: identity.username, last_login_at: new Date(), subject_setting: subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider)) },
+        { username: identity.username, last_login_at: new Date() },
         { where: { provider: identity.provider, subject: identity.subject } }
       );
       await markMissing(m, identity.provider, user.id, false);
@@ -731,7 +748,8 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     if (!link) return "ok";
     let found;
     try {
-      found = await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p));
+      // Under another subject setting the stored value may now name a different entry
+      found = subjectFits(p, link) ? await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p)) : null;
     } catch (err) {
       logger(
         "warn",
@@ -750,9 +768,6 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
     await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject, !identity && !subjectFits(p, link) ? "subject" : undefined);
-    // Found under the current setting, so that's the one it's linked under
-    if (identity && !link.subject_setting && subjectSetting(p) != null && m.AuthIdentity.update)
-      await m.AuthIdentity.update({ subject_setting: subjectSetting(p) }, { where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId } });
     // So People shows a rename before the person's next login, and a newcomer with the old name isn't mistaken for them
     if (identity && identity.username && identity.username !== now.username) {
       await m.AuthIdentity.update({ username: identity.username }, { where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId, subject: link.subject } });
@@ -822,10 +837,14 @@ async function recheckAllNow(m) {
   });
   let next = 0;
   const counts = { ok: 0, missing: 0, failed: 0, unsupported: 0 };
+  const answered = new Set();
+  const failedAt = new Set();
   const worker = async () => {
     while (next < links.length) {
       const l = links[next++];
-      counts[await stillLinked(l.user_id, l.provider, m, true, true).catch(() => "failed")]++;
+      const status = await stillLinked(l.user_id, l.provider, m, true, true).catch(() => "failed");
+      counts[status]++;
+      (status === "failed" ? failedAt : answered).add(l.provider);
     }
   };
   await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(8, links.length) }, worker));
@@ -836,8 +855,18 @@ async function recheckAllNow(m) {
       const v = r.value;
       const providerId = r.key.split(":")[1];
       if (!v || !v.subject || v.stale || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now()) || !siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId)) continue;
-      if ((await locateSubject(providerId, v.subject).catch(() => undefined)) !== null) continue;
-      await m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { ...v, stale: { gone: true, at: new Date().toISOString() } } }, { where: { key: r.key } });
+      // Every lookup failed this pass (e.g. the directory hangs): asking again per relink would only wait out each timeout
+      if (failedAt.has(providerId) && !answered.has(providerId)) continue;
+      const setting = subjectSetting(getProvider(providerId));
+      const oldSetting = !!(v.subject_setting && setting != null && v.subject_setting !== setting);
+      if (!oldSetting && (await locateSubject(providerId, v.subject).catch(() => undefined)) !== null) continue;
+      // An admin may have cancelled or allowed it again while the directory was asked
+      const now = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: r.key }, raw: true });
+      if (!now || !now.value || now.value.subject !== v.subject || now.value.expires_at !== v.expires_at) continue;
+      await m.AuthMeta.update(
+        { value: { ...v, stale: { [oldSetting ? "setting" : "gone"]: true, at: new Date().toISOString() } } },
+        { where: { key: r.key } }
+      );
       staleRelinks++;
     }
   // failed: the provider couldn't be asked (unreachable, or its service account was refused)
@@ -988,10 +1017,6 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
     siteAccess.setProviderAccounts(true);
     logger("error", "Couldn't check for provider-linked accounts; visitor sign-up stays closed until a check succeeds (at the next sign-up attempt, account deletion or restart).", "AuthProviders", null, err);
   });
-  warnUnfitSubjects().catch((err) => {
-    if (/relation "auth_identities" does not exist/.test(err.message)) return;
-    logger("error", "Couldn't check the login providers' linked accounts.", "AuthProviders", null, err);
-  });
   warnUnmatchableGroups().catch((err) => {
     // A new database gets its tables after this runs, and then has no groups to check
     if (/relation "auth_groups" does not exist/.test(err.message)) return;
@@ -1051,6 +1076,8 @@ module.exports = {
   resetFailures,
   relinkTarget,
   locateSubject,
+  matchUsername,
+  subjectSettingOf: (providerId) => subjectSetting(getProvider(providerId)),
   sameUsername,
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index c9eefac9e6..3b8af30a61 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
         notify(
           r.failed
             ? `Couldn't check ${r.failed} of ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: the login provider is unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). ${r.missing} not found.`
-            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (the provider can't look them up, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE).` : ""}${r.staleRelinks ? ` ${r.staleRelinks} pending relinks are pinned to entries that are gone; allow them again.` : ""}`,
+            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (the provider can't look them up, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE).` : ""}${r.staleRelinks ? ` ${r.staleRelinks} pending relinks can't take effect (their entry is gone, or they were allowed under an old subject setting); allow them again.` : ""}`,
           r.missing || r.failed || r.staleRelinks ? "warning" : "success"
         );
         refresh();
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 9ce4802b8c..3006acb548 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
       title: `Allow ${p.toUpperCase()} relink?`,
       text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
         providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_reason === "subject"
-          ? ` It was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it needs this relink to sign in again.`
+          ? ` It was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it needs this relink to sign in again.${
+              providerLogin.missing_was_gone
+                ? ` Before that, its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled on ${new Date(providerLogin.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
+                : ""
+            }`
           : providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_since
           ? ` Its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled on ${new Date(providerLogin.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
           : ""
@@ -163,7 +167,9 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
                 </Typography>
                 {user.relink.stale && (
                   <Typography variant="body2" style={{ color: "#a8572e" }}>
-                    {user.relink.stale.gone
+                    {user.relink.stale.setting
+                      ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that this relink was allowed under an old ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting, so it won't take effect.`
+                      : user.relink.stale.gone
                       ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that the ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry this relink is pinned to is gone, so it won't take effect.`
                       : `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, '${user.relink.username || user.username}' signed in from a different ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry, so this relink won't take effect.`} If the directory changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again.
                   </Typography>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index e1930a1032..d6891f69c1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `subjectFits(subject)` (optional) returns `false` for a stored subject that can't be one under the current settings (LDAP: a DN after a switch to `entryUUID`, or the reverse). Startup then logs how many linked accounts that affects, and People marks them as needing a relink rather than as leavers.
-- `subjectSetting()` (optional) returns the setting subjects come from (LDAP: `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`). It's stored with each link, so a change between two settings whose subjects look alike (e.g. `entryUUID` to `nsUniqueId`) is caught the same way; links made before it was stored fall back to `subjectFits`.
+- `subjectSetting()` (optional) returns the setting subjects come from (LDAP: `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`). It's stored with each link and each pinned relink when they're made, so a change between two settings whose subjects look alike (e.g. `entryUUID` to `uid`) is caught the same way. Such a link's sign-ins are refused and rechecks treat it as missing without looking it up, even when its value matches an entry under the new setting, which may be someone else's. Links made before it was stored fall back to `subjectFits`.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN, and a DN while they're reported by name); its message is shown to the admin. MMGIS also runs saved names through it at startup and when a member leaves a group, and logs a warning for names it refuses, e.g. after a setting changed the form.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js
index 90eba72cc5..fc2d4e1000 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ let setup = {
   onceSynced: async (s) => {
     try {
       await permissionModels.up();
+      // Needs the columns up() adds, e.g. on the first start after an upgrade
+      await require("../../../../API/permissions/providers")
+        .warnUnfitSubjects()
+        .catch((err) => logger("error", "Couldn't check the login providers' linked accounts.", "AuthProviders", null, err));
       await missions.backfill();
       await legacyImport.run();
       await legacyImport.dropRollbackTracking();
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 4abdb1befb..7db040ae24 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ router.get("/entries", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res) {
           l.missing_since = (gone && gone.since) || null;
           // "subject": linked under a different subject setting, not a leaver
           l.missing_reason = (gone && gone.reason) || null;
+          l.missing_was_gone = !!(gone && gone.was_gone);
         });
       const relinks = {};
       for (const r of await AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
@@ -144,7 +145,16 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       const heirName = String(req.query.drawings_to == null ? "" : req.query.drawings_to).trim();
       if (heirName !== "") {
         // Matched as usernames are elsewhere (case, Unicode forms)
-        heir = (await User.findAll({ attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true, transaction })).find((u) => providers.sameUsername(u.username, heirName));
+        // Older sites can have names differing only in case
+        const { match, alike } = providers.matchUsername(await User.findAll({ attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true, transaction }), heirName);
+        heir = match;
+        if (!heir && alike.length > 1) {
+          res.send({
+            status: "failure",
+            message: `More than one account is named like '${heirName}' (${alike.map((u) => `'${u.username}'`).join(", ")}); type the one to give the drawings to exactly.`,
+          });
+          return null;
+        }
         if (!heir || heir.id === id) {
           res.send({ status: "failure", message: `There's no other account named '${heirName}' to give the drawings to.` });
           return null;
@@ -479,7 +489,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
           return `Another account is already waiting for ${target.dn}. Cancel that relink first.`;
       }
       await AuthMeta.upsert(
-        { key, value: { username, subject: target ? target.subject : undefined, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined, expires_at, by: actor.username } },
+        { key, value: { username, subject: target ? target.subject : undefined, subject_setting: target ? providers.subjectSettingOf(provider) || undefined : undefined, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined, expires_at, by: actor.username } },
         { transaction }
       );
       return null;
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 80e1bbb097..54d82b2deb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -586,6 +586,76 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9016').value.stale).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  test('after a subject setting change a matching value neither signs in, rechecks nor claims a relink as the old account', async () => {
+    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    let looked = 0;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'uid';
+      ldap.lookup = async () => (looked++, { username: 'mallory', groups: ['cn=admins'] });
+      ldap.locate = async () => ({ username: 'mallory' });
+      const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9030, username: 'victim' }, { id: 9031, username: 'pinned' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'victim', user_id: 9030 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9031', value: { username: 'pinned', subject: 'pin-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', expires_at } }],
+      });
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-uuid', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
+      expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].subject_setting).toBe('entryuuid');
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      expect(looked).toBe(0);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'missing:ldap:9030').value.reason).toBe('subject');
+      const claimed = await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'pin-uuid', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, m).catch((e) => e);
+      expect(claimed && claimed.id).not.toBe(9031);
+      expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(1);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9031').value.stale).toMatchObject({ setting: true });
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
+    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'uid';
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9040, username: 'leaver' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'leaver', user_id: 9040 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'missing:ldap:9040', value: { since: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z', subject: 'old-uuid' } }],
+      });
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9040, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'missing:ldap:9040').value).toMatchObject({ since: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z', reason: 'subject', was_gone: true });
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('pending relinks are not each asked about while every lookup in the pass failed', async () => {
+    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    let located = 0;
+    try {
+      const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9041 }] });
+      m.AuthMeta.rows.push({ key: 'relink:ldap:9042', value: { username: 'x', subject: 'x', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString() } });
+      ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory hangs'); };
+      ldap.locate = async () => (located++, null);
+      expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toMatchObject({ failed: 1, staleRelinks: 0 });
+      expect(located).toBe(0);
+    } finally {
+      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('a username typed for another account prefers the exact name and refuses an ambiguous folded one', () => {
+    const rows = [{ id: 1, username: 'Dana' }, { id: 2, username: 'dana' }, { id: 3, username: 'Ève' }];
+    expect(providers.matchUsername(rows, 'dana').match.id).toBe(2);
+    expect(providers.matchUsername(rows, 'Dana').match.id).toBe(1);
+    expect(providers.matchUsername(rows, 'DANA')).toMatchObject({ match: null });
+    expect(providers.matchUsername(rows, 'DANA').alike).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(providers.matchUsername(rows, 'Ève'.normalize('NFD')).match.id).toBe(3);
+    expect(providers.matchUsername(rows, 'ève').match.id).toBe(3);
+  });
+
   test('a recheck waits as long as the provider says its lookup may take, not just 5 s', async () => {
     ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5300)), null);
     const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'slow', user_id: 9015 }] });

From 01c02db5032130c3163fb6f6cebe3a32bf779a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 10:53:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 065/122] Run the stale-relink sweep in parallel; fix rollout
 doc step and subject-setting banner wording

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                   | 9 +++++++--
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js | 2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 25afd4c29b..d3e2f900e2 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -850,8 +850,11 @@ async function recheckAllNow(m) {
   await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(8, links.length) }, worker));
   // A pending relink pinned to an entry that's gone can never be claimed; flag it now rather than at a failed sign-in
   let staleRelinks = 0;
-  if (m.AuthMeta && m.AuthMeta.update)
-    for (const r of await m.AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true })) {
+  const relinks = m.AuthMeta && m.AuthMeta.update ? await m.AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: "relink:%" } }, raw: true }) : [];
+  let nextRelink = 0;
+  const relinkWorker = async () => {
+    while (nextRelink < relinks.length) {
+      const r = relinks[nextRelink++];
       const v = r.value;
       const providerId = r.key.split(":")[1];
       if (!v || !v.subject || v.stale || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now()) || !siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId)) continue;
@@ -869,6 +872,8 @@ async function recheckAllNow(m) {
       );
       staleRelinks++;
     }
+  };
+  await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(8, relinks.length) }, relinkWorker));
   // failed: the provider couldn't be asked (unreachable, or its service account was refused)
   return { checked: links.length - counts.unsupported, missing: counts.missing, failed: counts.failed, unsupported: counts.unsupported, staleRelinks };
 }
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 3006acb548..bfa9f8dfce 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
         <div className={c.hint}>Everything this person can do, combining their own access, their groups and the audiences.</div>
         {(user.sign_ins || []).length > 0 && user.sign_ins.every((l) => l.missing_since && providerOn(l.provider)) && (
           <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#b71c1c" }}>
-            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: {user.sign_ins.map((l) => (l.missing_reason === "subject" ? `linked under an old ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting` : `not found in ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}`)).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if that entry comes back or the account is relinked.
+            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: {user.sign_ins.map((l) => (l.missing_reason === "subject" ? `linked under an old ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting` : `not found in ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}`)).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if {user.sign_ins.some((l) => l.missing_reason === "subject") ? "the subject setting is changed back" : "that entry comes back"} or the account is relinked.
           </div>
         )}
         <Table size="small" className={c.table}>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index d025e0e1dd..86395ab087 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset, and use `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","ldap"]` during the move, so people who aren't moved yet still see their MMGIS sign-in first.
 2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours.
-3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. That includes the direct Viewer grant "Default for new accounts" gave local sign-ups, which LDAP-created accounts don't get and directory groups can't take away; if mission access should come only from directory groups, remove that grant on each account as you relink it. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator and keep using their MMGIS account meanwhile, and the server log names the account to relink.
+3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. That includes the direct Viewer grant "Default for new accounts" gave local sign-ups, which LDAP-created accounts don't get and directory groups can't take away; if mission access should come only from directory groups, remove that grant on each account as you relink it. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator, so tell them in your announcement to keep using their MMGIS password until then; the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
 5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
 

From 57e5a13f32ba28320d1cb4cc7e7686f51860e2e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 11:26:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 066/122] LDAP: relink after a subject setting change that kept
 the value; detect processes on different subject settings

- linkIdentity claims a relink pinned to this entry for the account its unfit link names
- allowRelink pins an account's own old-setting link, skips old-setting lookups, refuses entries with no subject value
- findClaim skips relinks flagged under another subject setting; the sweep unflags them once it fits again
- Startup records the subject setting; a process whose setting a later one replaced skips its rechecks
- drawings_to ignores the account being deleted

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 94 ++++++++++++++++---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 20 ++--
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 62 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index d3e2f900e2..a7770812bc 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   });
   for (const r of rows) {
     const v = r.value;
-    if (!v || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
+    // Flagged under another subject setting: People says it won't take effect until a check unflags it
+    if (!v || (v.stale && v.stale.setting) || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
     // A pin from under another subject setting may now be a different entry's value
     if (v.subject && v.subject_setting && v.subject_setting !== subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider))) continue;
     // Only the entry the admin was shown may claim it, whatever it is called by now
@@ -435,10 +436,57 @@ function subjectFits(p, link) {
   return typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function" || p.impl.subjectFits(link.subject) !== false;
 }
 
+const settingKey = (providerId) => `subject_setting:${providerId}`;
+
+// So processes sharing a database on different subject settings don't keep undoing each other's rechecks
+async function recordSetting(p, m) {
+  const now = subjectSetting(p);
+  if (now == null || !m.AuthMeta) return;
+  const row = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: settingKey(p.id) }, raw: true });
+  const before = row && row.value && row.value.setting;
+  if (before && before !== now)
+    logger(
+      "error",
+      `Auth provider '${p.id}': this process uses the subject setting '${now}' (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), but the last MMGIS process to start on this database used '${before}'. Every process sharing a database must use the same one: stop them all, change it, then start them. Until then, processes still on '${before}' skip their rechecks of ${p.id} accounts.`,
+      "AuthProviders"
+    );
+  if (row) await m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { setting: now } }, { where: { key: settingKey(p.id) } });
+  else await m.AuthMeta.create({ key: settingKey(p.id), value: { setting: now } }).catch(() => {});
+}
+
+const settingChecks = new WeakMap();
+async function outdatedSetting(p, m) {
+  const now = subjectSetting(p);
+  if (now == null || !m.AuthMeta) return false;
+  const seen = settingChecks.get(m) || new Map();
+  settingChecks.set(m, seen);
+  let c = seen.get(p.id);
+  if (!c || Date.now() - c.at > 60000) {
+    // Shared, so the parallel rechecks of one pass read and log it once
+    c = { at: Date.now(), outdated: readOutdated(p, m, now) };
+    seen.set(p.id, c);
+  }
+  return c.outdated;
+}
+
+async function readOutdated(p, m, now) {
+  const row = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: settingKey(p.id) }, raw: true });
+  const latest = row && row.value && row.value.setting;
+  const outdated = !!latest && latest !== now;
+  if (outdated)
+    logger(
+      "error",
+      `Auth provider '${p.id}': another MMGIS process on this database has since started with the subject setting '${latest}' (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), but this one uses '${now}', so this one skips its rechecks until it is restarted with the same setting.`,
+      "AuthProviders"
+    );
+  return outdated;
+}
+
 // At startup, so a changed subject setting doesn't silently sign out every linked account
 async function warnUnfitSubjects(m = accountModels()) {
   for (const p of enabledProviders()) {
     if (typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function" && typeof p.impl.subjectSetting !== "function") continue;
+    await recordSetting(p, m);
     const links = await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { provider: p.id }, attributes: ["user_id", "subject", "subject_setting"], raw: true });
     const unfit = links.filter((l) => !subjectFits(p, l));
     if (unfit.length === 0) continue;
@@ -519,10 +567,15 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
   });
   // Under another subject setting the same value can belong to a different entry
   const linkProvider = link && getProvider(identity.provider);
-  if (linkProvider && !subjectFits(linkProvider, link))
+  if (linkProvider && !subjectFits(linkProvider, link)) {
+    // Its value didn't change with the setting (e.g. uid to cn), and an admin pinned this entry to that account again
+    const claim = await findClaim(identity, m);
+    const claimed = claim && claim.userId === link.user_id ? await claimRelink(identity, m) : null;
+    if (claimed) return claimed;
     throw new LinkError(
-      `'${identity.username}' has the ${identity.provider} subject '${identity.subject}' of account ${link.user_id}, but that account was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so this may be a different entry. Change the setting back, or allow a relink on that account.`
+      `'${identity.username}' has the ${identity.provider} subject '${identity.subject}' of account ${link.user_id}, but that account was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so this may be a different entry. Change the setting back; or, only if this is that account's own entry, allow a relink on it.`
     );
+  }
   if (link) {
     const user = await m.User.findOne({
       where: { id: link.user_id },
@@ -565,6 +618,12 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       `'${identity.username}' was linked to account ${sameName.user_id} by another sign-in at the same moment; signing in again works.`
     );
   if (sameName) {
+    // Its subject was stored under another setting, so it can't be looked up under this one
+    const provider = getProvider(identity.provider);
+    if (provider && !subjectFits(provider, sameName))
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id}, which was linked under a different ${identity.provider} subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE). Change the setting back, or allow a relink on that account.`
+      );
     // If that account's own entry is still there, the name was handed to someone new: a relink would give them the account
     const still = await locateSubject(identity.provider, sameName.subject).catch(() => undefined);
     if (still === undefined)
@@ -575,11 +634,6 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.dn ? ` at ${still.dn}` : ""}${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
       );
-    const provider = getProvider(identity.provider);
-    if (provider && !subjectFits(provider, sameName))
-      throw new LinkError(
-        `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id}, which was linked under a different ${identity.provider} subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE). Change the setting back, or allow a relink on that account.`
-      );
     throw new LinkError(
       `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and that account's old entry is gone. Only allow a relink on that account if this is the same person: the directory may have given the name to someone new.`
     );
@@ -746,6 +800,8 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     m = m || accountModels();
     const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
     if (!link) return "ok";
+    // It would undo the marks of a process started since on another subject setting
+    if (await outdatedSetting(p, m)) return "failed";
     let found;
     try {
       // Under another subject setting the stored value may now name a different entry
@@ -857,12 +913,22 @@ async function recheckAllNow(m) {
       const r = relinks[nextRelink++];
       const v = r.value;
       const providerId = r.key.split(":")[1];
-      if (!v || !v.subject || v.stale || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now()) || !siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId)) continue;
-      // Every lookup failed this pass (e.g. the directory hangs): asking again per relink would only wait out each timeout
-      if (failedAt.has(providerId) && !answered.has(providerId)) continue;
+      if (!v || !v.subject || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now()) || !siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId)) continue;
       const setting = subjectSetting(getProvider(providerId));
       const oldSetting = !!(v.subject_setting && setting != null && v.subject_setting !== setting);
-      if (!oldSetting && (await locateSubject(providerId, v.subject).catch(() => undefined)) !== null) continue;
+      if (v.stale) {
+        // Flagged under another subject setting that is back now (e.g. a reverted change or a rolling restart)
+        if (v.stale.setting && !oldSetting) {
+          const { stale, ...fresh } = v;
+          await m.AuthMeta.update({ value: fresh }, { where: { key: r.key } });
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (!oldSetting) {
+        // Every lookup failed this pass (e.g. the directory hangs): asking again per relink would only wait out each timeout
+        if (failedAt.has(providerId) && !answered.has(providerId)) continue;
+        if ((await locateSubject(providerId, v.subject).catch(() => undefined)) !== null) continue;
+      }
       // An admin may have cancelled or allowed it again while the directory was asked
       const now = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: r.key }, raw: true });
       if (!now || !now.value || now.value.subject !== v.subject || now.value.expires_at !== v.expires_at) continue;
@@ -1083,6 +1149,10 @@ module.exports = {
   locateSubject,
   matchUsername,
   subjectSettingOf: (providerId) => subjectSetting(getProvider(providerId)),
+  linkFits: (providerId, link) => {
+    const p = getProvider(providerId);
+    return !p || subjectFits(p, link);
+  },
   sameUsername,
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 86395ab087..6ba050242f 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes, People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation drops the leaver warning. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them). Their API tokens stay off until they sign in after the relink is allowed, so ask token owners to sign in first. **Check linked accounts** also flags relinks allowed before the directory changed, which then need allowing again.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them. A process still on the old setting logs an error and skips its rechecks, so it doesn't undo the new one's. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes, People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation shows the leaver warning only if the entry was already missing before the change. If their subject value is the same under both settings (e.g. `uid` to `cn`), the relink pins the same entry again. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them). Their API tokens stay off until they sign in after the relink is allowed, so ask token owners to sign in first. **Check linked accounts** also flags relinks allowed before the directory changed, which then need allowing again.
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 7db040ae24..b6c99d8d9b 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ router.delete("/remove/:id", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res, n
       if (heirName !== "") {
         // Matched as usernames are elsewhere (case, Unicode forms)
         // Older sites can have names differing only in case
-        const { match, alike } = providers.matchUsername(await User.findAll({ attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true, transaction }), heirName);
+        const { match, alike } = providers.matchUsername(
+          (await User.findAll({ attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true, transaction })).filter((u) => u.id !== id),
+          heirName
+        );
         heir = match;
         if (!heir && alike.length > 1) {
           res.send({
@@ -408,7 +411,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     if (!r) return;
     const { id, provider, user, key, actor } = r;
     // The person's username at the provider, when it differs from their MMGIS username
-    const known = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider }, attributes: ["username", "subject"], raw: true });
+    const known = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: id, provider }, attributes: ["username", "subject", "subject_setting"], raw: true });
     const fallback = (known && known.username) || user.username;
     let username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? fallback : req.body.username)
       .normalize("NFKC")
@@ -436,8 +439,12 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       return fail(`Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider}: it's unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). Try again later.`);
     }
     if (target === null) return fail(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}'.`);
+    // Unpinned, any entry later given this username could claim it
+    if (target && !target.subject)
+      return fail(`${target.dn || `'${username}'`} has no value for ${provider}'s subject attribute (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it can't sign in. Fix the entry or the setting first.`);
     // The account's own entry still being there (even disabled or in a leavers' OU) means this is someone else
-    if (target && known && known.subject && known.subject !== target.subject) {
+    // A subject stored under another subject setting can't be looked up under this one
+    if (target && known && known.subject && known.subject !== target.subject && providers.linkFits(provider, known)) {
       const old = await providers.locateSubject(provider, known.subject).catch(() => undefined);
       if (old === undefined)
         return fail(
@@ -479,9 +486,10 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         }
       }
       if (target) {
-        const other = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { provider, subject: target.subject }, attributes: ["user_id"], raw: true, transaction });
-        if (other && other.user_id === id) return `'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`;
-        if (other) {
+        const other = await AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { provider, subject: target.subject }, attributes: ["user_id", "subject", "subject_setting"], raw: true, transaction });
+        // Its own link from under another subject setting (e.g. uid to cn kept the value) still needs this relink
+        if (other && other.user_id === id && providers.linkFits(provider, other)) return `'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`;
+        if (other && other.user_id !== id) {
           const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
           return `${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. If this one should take it over, delete that account first (which also removes its own roles and API tokens), giving its drawings to '${user.username}'.`;
         }
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 54d82b2deb..6d646b06b0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -615,6 +615,68 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('after a subject setting change that kept the value, only that account\'s own fresh relink lets it sign in', async () => {
+    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
+      const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9050, username: 'carol' }, { id: 9051, username: 'other' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'uid', username: 'carol', user_id: 9050 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9051', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', expires_at } }],
+      });
+      const carol = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', username: 'carol', groups: [] };
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9051')).toBe(true);
+      // Allow relink refuses a second account waiting for the same entry
+      m.AuthMeta.rows.splice(0);
+      const own = { key: 'relink:ldap:9050', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', expires_at, stale: { setting: true } } };
+      m.AuthMeta.rows.push(own);
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
+      delete own.value.stale;
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).id).toBe(9050);
+      expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows.find((l) => l.user_id === 9050).subject_setting).toBe('cn');
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9050')).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('a process whose subject setting a later process replaced skips its rechecks', async () => {
+    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    let looked = 0;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'entryuuid';
+      ldap.lookup = async () => (looked++, null);
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9060, username: 'erin' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'u-1', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'erin', user_id: 9060 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'subject_setting:ldap', value: { setting: 'uid' } }],
+      });
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9060, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('failed');
+      expect(looked).toBe(0);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key.startsWith('missing:'))).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('a relink flagged under another subject setting is unflagged once that setting is back', async () => {
+    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'entryuuid';
+      const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9061, username: 'frank' }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9061', value: { username: 'frank', subject: 'f-1', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', expires_at, stale: { setting: true } } }],
+      });
+      expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(0);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9061').value).not.toHaveProperty('stale');
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
     const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
     try {

From db6904f5be47e5ba880dabe59bc395672d6fa484 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 11:48:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 067/122] LDAP: per-setting heartbeats instead of
 last-start-wins; pinned relinks need the shown DN under non-permanent
 subjects

- Each process notes its subject setting every minute; rechecks always run, and while two settings are in use neither process clears the other's subject flags or relink stale marks
- Under a subject attribute that isn't a permanent ID, a pinned relink is claimed only by the DN the admin was shown, and a login whose value another entry shares is refused
- allowRelink explains another account's old-setting link instead of advising deletion
- LDAP.md: allow relinks for differing directory usernames before people see LDAP

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 92 ++++++++++++-------
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 20 +++-
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  2 +-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  2 +
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 57 ++++++++++--
 6 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index a7770812bc..5b716273b2 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ function normalizeIdentity(provider, raw) {
     email: typeof raw.email === "string" ? raw.email : null,
     groups,
     session: raw.session != null ? String(raw.session) : null,
+    ...(typeof raw.dn === "string" && raw.dn !== "" ? { dn: raw.dn } : {}),
     ...(Array.isArray(raw.strictGroups)
       ? { strictGroups: raw.strictGroups.filter((g) => typeof g === "string" && g !== "") }
       : {}),
@@ -317,7 +318,10 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
     if (v.subject && v.subject_setting && v.subject_setting !== subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider))) continue;
     // Only the entry the admin was shown may claim it, whatever it is called by now
     if (v.subject ? v.subject !== identity.subject : !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
-    return { key: r.key, userId: parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10), by: v.by };
+    // A value that isn't a permanent ID (e.g. cn) may be another entry's too
+    const p = getProvider(identity.provider);
+    if (v.subject && v.dn && p && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent() && !(identity.dn && identity.dn.toLowerCase() === v.dn.toLowerCase())) continue;
+    return { key: r.key, userId: parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10), by: v.by, dn: v.dn };
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -436,50 +440,68 @@ function subjectFits(p, link) {
   return typeof p.impl.subjectFits !== "function" || p.impl.subjectFits(link.subject) !== false;
 }
 
-const settingKey = (providerId) => `subject_setting:${providerId}`;
+const settingPrefix = (providerId) => `subject_setting:${providerId}:`;
+const SETTING_FRESH_MS = 3 * 60e3;
+let settingBeat = null;
 
-// So processes sharing a database on different subject settings don't keep undoing each other's rechecks
+async function beatSetting(p, m, now) {
+  const key = settingPrefix(p.id) + now;
+  const value = { at: new Date().toISOString() };
+  if (await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true })) await m.AuthMeta.update({ value }, { where: { key } });
+  else await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value }).catch(() => {});
+}
+
+// Each process notes its subject setting every minute, so processes sharing a database on different ones are noticed
 async function recordSetting(p, m) {
   const now = subjectSetting(p);
   if (now == null || !m.AuthMeta) return;
-  const row = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: settingKey(p.id) }, raw: true });
-  const before = row && row.value && row.value.setting;
-  if (before && before !== now)
+  const others = await otherSettings(p, m, true);
+  if (others.length)
     logger(
-      "error",
-      `Auth provider '${p.id}': this process uses the subject setting '${now}' (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), but the last MMGIS process to start on this database used '${before}'. Every process sharing a database must use the same one: stop them all, change it, then start them. Until then, processes still on '${before}' skip their rechecks of ${p.id} accounts.`,
+      "warn",
+      `Auth provider '${p.id}': this process uses the subject setting '${now}' (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), but another MMGIS process on this database used ${others.map((o) => `'${o}'`).join(", ")} in the last ${SETTING_FRESH_MS / 60e3} minutes. If every process was just restarted with '${now}', this clears up within ${SETTING_FRESH_MS / 60e3} minutes; otherwise give every process the same setting.`,
       "AuthProviders"
     );
-  if (row) await m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { setting: now } }, { where: { key: settingKey(p.id) } });
-  else await m.AuthMeta.create({ key: settingKey(p.id), value: { setting: now } }).catch(() => {});
+  await beatSetting(p, m, now);
+  if (!settingBeat) {
+    settingBeat = setInterval(() => {
+      for (const q of enabledProviders()) {
+        const s = subjectSetting(q);
+        if (s != null) beatSetting(q, accountModels(), s).catch(() => {});
+      }
+    }, 60e3);
+    if (settingBeat.unref) settingBeat.unref();
+  }
 }
 
 const settingChecks = new WeakMap();
-async function outdatedSetting(p, m) {
+// Subject settings other than this one's that a process on this database used in the last few minutes
+async function otherSettings(p, m, fresh = false) {
   const now = subjectSetting(p);
-  if (now == null || !m.AuthMeta) return false;
-  const seen = settingChecks.get(m) || new Map();
-  settingChecks.set(m, seen);
-  let c = seen.get(p.id);
-  if (!c || Date.now() - c.at > 60000) {
-    // Shared, so the parallel rechecks of one pass read and log it once
-    c = { at: Date.now(), outdated: readOutdated(p, m, now) };
-    seen.set(p.id, c);
-  }
-  return c.outdated;
+  if (now == null || !m.AuthMeta) return [];
+  const seen = settingChecks.get(m.AuthMeta) || new Map();
+  settingChecks.set(m.AuthMeta, seen);
+  const c = seen.get(p.id);
+  if (fresh) return readOtherSettings(p, m, now, false);
+  if (c && c.now === now && Date.now() - c.at < 60e3) return c.others;
+  // Shared, so the parallel rechecks of one pass read and log it once
+  const others = readOtherSettings(p, m, now, true);
+  seen.set(p.id, { at: Date.now(), now, others });
+  return others;
 }
 
-async function readOutdated(p, m, now) {
-  const row = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: settingKey(p.id) }, raw: true });
-  const latest = row && row.value && row.value.setting;
-  const outdated = !!latest && latest !== now;
-  if (outdated)
+async function readOtherSettings(p, m, now, log) {
+  const rows = await m.AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `${settingPrefix(p.id)}%` } }, raw: true });
+  const others = rows
+    .filter((r) => r.key !== settingPrefix(p.id) + now && Date.now() - Date.parse(r.value && r.value.at) < SETTING_FRESH_MS)
+    .map((r) => r.key.slice(settingPrefix(p.id).length));
+  if (others.length && log)
     logger(
       "error",
-      `Auth provider '${p.id}': another MMGIS process on this database has since started with the subject setting '${latest}' (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), but this one uses '${now}', so this one skips its rechecks until it is restarted with the same setting.`,
+      `Auth provider '${p.id}': another MMGIS process on this database uses the subject setting ${others.map((o) => `'${o}'`).join(", ")} (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), but this one uses '${now}'. Give every process the same setting. Until then, neither process clears the accounts or relinks the other flags for its setting; rechecks still end access for people who left.`,
       "AuthProviders"
     );
-  return outdated;
+  return others;
 }
 
 // At startup, so a changed subject setting doesn't silently sign out every linked account
@@ -570,7 +592,9 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
   if (linkProvider && !subjectFits(linkProvider, link)) {
     // Its value didn't change with the setting (e.g. uid to cn), and an admin pinned this entry to that account again
     const claim = await findClaim(identity, m);
-    const claimed = claim && claim.userId === link.user_id ? await claimRelink(identity, m) : null;
+    // A non-unique attribute (e.g. cn) may give another entry the same value, so it must be the entry the admin was shown
+    const shown = claim && claim.dn && identity.dn && claim.dn.toLowerCase() === identity.dn.toLowerCase();
+    const claimed = shown && claim.userId === link.user_id ? await claimRelink(identity, m) : null;
     if (claimed) return claimed;
     throw new LinkError(
       `'${identity.username}' has the ${identity.provider} subject '${identity.subject}' of account ${link.user_id}, but that account was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so this may be a different entry. Change the setting back; or, only if this is that account's own entry, allow a relink on it.`
@@ -800,8 +824,6 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     m = m || accountModels();
     const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
     if (!link) return "ok";
-    // It would undo the marks of a process started since on another subject setting
-    if (await outdatedSetting(p, m)) return "failed";
     let found;
     try {
       // Under another subject setting the stored value may now name a different entry
@@ -823,7 +845,10 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return "ok";
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
-    await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject, !identity && !subjectFits(p, link) ? "subject" : undefined);
+    // A process on another subject setting flagged it for that setting: leave that to it
+    const flagged = identity && (await otherSettings(p, m)).length > 0 && (await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: missingKey(providerId, userId) }, raw: true }));
+    if (!(flagged && flagged.value && flagged.value.reason === "subject"))
+      await markMissing(m, providerId, userId, !identity, link.subject, !identity && !subjectFits(p, link) ? "subject" : undefined);
     // So People shows a rename before the person's next login, and a newcomer with the old name isn't mistaken for them
     if (identity && identity.username && identity.username !== now.username) {
       await m.AuthIdentity.update({ username: identity.username }, { where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId, subject: link.subject } });
@@ -916,6 +941,9 @@ async function recheckAllNow(m) {
       if (!v || !v.subject || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now()) || !siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId)) continue;
       const setting = subjectSetting(getProvider(providerId));
       const oldSetting = !!(v.subject_setting && setting != null && v.subject_setting !== setting);
+      // While processes use two subject settings, which one is right is the admin's call
+      const mixed = (oldSetting || (v.stale && v.stale.setting)) && (await otherSettings(getProvider(providerId), m)).length > 0;
+      if (mixed) continue;
       if (v.stale) {
         // Flagged under another subject setting that is back now (e.g. a reverted change or a rolling restart)
         if (v.stale.setting && !oldSetting) {
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 6ba050242f..b11f940c3c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them. A process still on the old setting logs an error and skips its rechecks, so it doesn't undo the new one's. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes, People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation shows the leaver warning only if the entry was already missing before the change. If their subject value is the same under both settings (e.g. `uid` to `cn`), the relink pins the same entry again. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them). Their API tokens stay off until they sign in after the relink is allowed, so ask token owners to sign in first. **Check linked accounts** also flags relinks allowed before the directory changed, which then need allowing again.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in (with an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all). For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them. While processes use two settings, each logs an error, and neither clears the accounts or relinks the other flags for its setting; rechecks still end access for people who left the directory. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes, People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation shows the leaver warning only if the entry was already missing before the change. If their subject value is the same under both settings (e.g. `uid` to `cn`), the relink pins the same entry again. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them). Their API tokens stay off until they sign in after the relink is allowed, so ask token owners to sign in first. **Check linked accounts** also flags relinks allowed before the directory changed, which then need allowing again.
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
 1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset, and use `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","ldap"]` during the move, so people who aren't moved yet still see their MMGIS sign-in first.
-2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours.
+2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours. For accounts whose directory username differs, do it before those people can see the LDAP option: if they sign in with LDAP first, they get a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account) before the relink.
 3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. That includes the direct Viewer grant "Default for new accounts" gave local sign-ups, which LDAP-created accounts don't get and directory groups can't take away; if mission access should come only from directory groups, remove that grant on each account as you relink it. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator, so tell them in your announcement to keep using their MMGIS password until then; the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
 5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 59e18f36d0..41b43c6ea3 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ function subjectOf(entry, c) {
   return String(v);
 }
 
+// Values no other entry can have (a DN is unique at any one time)
+const PERMANENT_SUBJECT = /^(dn|entryuuid|objectguid|objectsid|nsuniqueid|ipauniqueid|guid)$/i;
 const isBinaryAttribute = (name) => /^(objectguid|objectsid)$/i.test(name);
 
 const hexEscape = (buf) => Array.from(buf, (b) => `\\${b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")}`).join("");
@@ -452,11 +454,26 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     }
     const subject = subjectOf(entry, c);
     if (!subject) throw new UnusableEntryError(`${entry.dn} has no ${c.subjectAttribute} (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE).`);
+    // A value that isn't a permanent ID (e.g. cn) may be another entry's too, which would sign in to the same account
+    if (!PERMANENT_SUBJECT.test(c.subjectAttribute) && c.bindDn && c.searchBase) {
+      await bindService(client, c);
+      const shared = await client
+        .search(c.searchBase, { scope: "sub", filter: `(&${subjectFilter(c, subject)}${peopleFilter(c)})`, attributes: ["dn"], sizeLimit: 2 })
+        .then((r) => r.searchEntries.length > 1)
+        .catch((err) => {
+          if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return true;
+          if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return false;
+          throw err;
+        });
+      if (shared)
+        throw new UnusableEntryError(`${entry.dn} shares its ${c.subjectAttribute} '${subject}' (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE) with another entry, so MMGIS can't tell them apart; use a permanent ID such as entryUUID.`);
+    }
     const name = values(entry, c.usernameAttribute)[0];
     const email = values(entry, c.emailAttribute)[0];
     const groupsLeftOut = [];
     return {
       subject,
+      dn: entry.dn,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : username,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
       // The directory's username, as at recheck, so group filters don't depend on how it was typed
@@ -744,7 +761,7 @@ function warnings(env) {
     );
   if (c.groupNameAttribute && !c.groupSearchBase)
     out.push(`LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=${c.groupNameAttribute} has no effect without LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: groups read from ${c.groupsAttribute} are reported by their full DN.`);
-  if (!/^(dn|entryuuid|objectguid|objectsid|nsuniqueid|ipauniqueid|guid)$/i.test(c.subjectAttribute))
+  if (!PERMANENT_SUBJECT.test(c.subjectAttribute))
     out.push(
       `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=${c.subjectAttribute} isn't a permanent entry ID: if it changes (a rename, a new email address), that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty MMGIS account instead of using theirs, and whoever is later given the old value signs in as that account. Prefer entryUUID or objectGUID.`
     );
@@ -761,6 +778,7 @@ module.exports = {
   // A DN stored before a switch to entryUUID/objectGUID, or an ID stored before a switch to dn
   subjectFits: (subject) => (config().subjectAttribute.toLowerCase() === "dn") !== notADn(subject),
   subjectSetting: () => config().subjectAttribute.toLowerCase(),
+  subjectPermanent: () => PERMANENT_SUBJECT.test(config().subjectAttribute),
   routes(router, ctx) {
     const startup = config();
     selfCheck(startup).then(
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 8021198418..10c25a23e2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   test('search mode: service account finds the person, their password is checked by binding as them', async () => {
     const log = [];
     const id = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log));
-    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=ops\\, east,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'], groupsLeftOut: [] });
+    expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', dn: expect.any(String), username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=ops\\, east,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'], groupsLeftOut: [] });
     expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`, `search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=alice)`, `bind ${alice.dn}`, 'unbind']);
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index b6c99d8d9b..94f7e4a5ea 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -491,6 +491,8 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         if (other && other.user_id === id && providers.linkFits(provider, other)) return `'${user.username}' already signs in with ${target.dn}, so there is nothing to relink.`;
         if (other && other.user_id !== id) {
           const owner = await User.findOne({ where: { id: other.user_id }, attributes: ["username"], raw: true, transaction });
+          if (!providers.linkFits(provider, other))
+            return `${target.dn} has the same ${provider} subject as account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}, which was linked under an old subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE). If that account is this entry's, allow its relink instead; otherwise relink that account to its own entry first.`;
           return `${target.dn} already signs in to account ${other.user_id}${owner ? ` '${owner.username}'` : ""}. If this one should take it over, delete that account first (which also removes its own roles and API tokens), giving its drawings to '${user.username}'.`;
         }
         if (sameProvider.some((r) => r.value.subject === target.subject))
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 6d646b06b0..dc21dba2f2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -625,15 +625,17 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
         links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'uid', username: 'carol', user_id: 9050 }],
         meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9051', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', expires_at } }],
       });
-      const carol = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', username: 'carol', groups: [] };
+      const carol = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] };
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
       expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9051')).toBe(true);
       // Allow relink refuses a second account waiting for the same entry
       m.AuthMeta.rows.splice(0);
-      const own = { key: 'relink:ldap:9050', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', expires_at, stale: { setting: true } } };
+      const own = { key: 'relink:ldap:9050', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', dn: 'UID=carol,ou=people', expires_at, stale: { setting: true } } };
       m.AuthMeta.rows.push(own);
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
       delete own.value.stale;
+      // Another entry with the same cn
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...carol, dn: 'uid=eve,ou=people' }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
       expect((await providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).id).toBe(9050);
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows.find((l) => l.user_id === 9050).subject_setting).toBe('cn');
       expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9050')).toBe(false);
@@ -642,20 +644,32 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test('a process whose subject setting a later process replaced skips its rechecks', async () => {
+  test('while another process uses another subject setting, rechecks still run but leave its flags alone', async () => {
     const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
     let looked = 0;
     try {
       ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'entryuuid';
-      ldap.lookup = async () => (looked++, null);
+      ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (looked++, subject === 'u-1' ? { username: 'erin', groups: [] } : null);
+      const at = new Date().toISOString();
+      const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
       const m = fakeModels({
-        users: [{ id: 9060, username: 'erin' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'u-1', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'erin', user_id: 9060 }],
-        meta: [{ key: 'subject_setting:ldap', value: { setting: 'uid' } }],
+        users: [{ id: 9060, username: 'erin' }, { id: 9062, username: 'gone' }, { id: 9063, username: 'gil' }],
+        links: [
+          { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'u-1', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'erin', user_id: 9060 },
+          { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'u-2', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'gone', user_id: 9062 },
+        ],
+        meta: [
+          { key: 'subject_setting:ldap:uid', value: { at } },
+          { key: 'missing:ldap:9060', value: { since: at, subject: 'u-1', reason: 'subject' } },
+          { key: 'relink:ldap:9063', value: { username: 'gil', subject: 'gil', subject_setting: 'uid', expires_at } },
+        ],
       });
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9060, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('failed');
-      expect(looked).toBe(0);
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key.startsWith('missing:'))).toBe(false);
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9060, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('ok');
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'missing:ldap:9060')).toBe(true);
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9062, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      expect(looked).toBe(2);
+      expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(0);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9063').value).not.toHaveProperty('stale');
     } finally {
       ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
     }
@@ -677,6 +691,29 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('under a subject attribute that is not a permanent ID, only the entry the admin was shown claims a pinned relink', async () => {
+    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
+      const pinned = () =>
+        fakeModels({
+          users: [{ id: 9070, username: 'dave' }],
+          meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9070', value: { username: 'dave', subject: 'dave', subject_setting: 'cn', dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people', expires_at } }],
+        });
+      const other = pinned();
+      const mallory = await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave', dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, other).catch((e) => e);
+      expect(mallory && mallory.id).not.toBe(9070);
+      expect(other.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9070')).toBe(true);
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave', dn: 'UID=dave,ou=people', username: 'dave', groups: [] }, pinned())).id).toBe(9070);
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
     const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
     try {

From bc72920c2ae61f70d393773c40df1fa0a7857608 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 12:12:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 068/122] LDAP: database-clock heartbeats; direct-bind own-link
 relinks; refuse renamed entries on pinned non-permanent relinks

- Heartbeats are stamped and aged by the database clock, so host clock skew doesn't hide another setting
- An unpinned relink (no service account) lets the account's own old-setting link sign in again
- A non-permanent subject needs LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE (startup error); Allow relink refuses an entry whose value is shared
- A pinned non-permanent relink whose subject matches but DN doesn't refuses the sign-in and flags the relink, instead of creating a new account
- LDAP.md: relinking and directory-move sections with numbered steps; AuthProviders.md: subjectPermanent and identity dn

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 26 +++++++++++---
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  1 +
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 | 31 +++++++++++++++-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 36 ++++++++++++-------
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  3 ++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  2 ++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 20 ++++++++++-
 8 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 5b716273b2..b5eedd6cc8 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -320,7 +320,13 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
     if (v.subject ? v.subject !== identity.subject : !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
     // A value that isn't a permanent ID (e.g. cn) may be another entry's too
     const p = getProvider(identity.provider);
-    if (v.subject && v.dn && p && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent() && !(identity.dn && identity.dn.toLowerCase() === v.dn.toLowerCase())) continue;
+    if (v.subject && v.dn && p && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent() && !(identity.dn && identity.dn.toLowerCase() === v.dn.toLowerCase())) {
+      // Refused rather than given a new account, which would then hold the subject the relink is waiting for
+      if (m.AuthMeta.update) await m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { ...v, stale: { dn: identity.dn || null, at: new Date().toISOString() } } }, { where: { key: r.key } });
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `The ${identity.provider} relink for account ${r.key.split(":").pop()} is pinned to ${v.dn}, but '${identity.username}' signs in from ${identity.dn || "another entry"} with the same subject '${identity.subject}', so it may be a different entry. If it's the same person after a rename, allow the relink again.`
+      );
+    }
     return { key: r.key, userId: parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10), by: v.by, dn: v.dn };
   }
   return null;
@@ -444,9 +450,20 @@ const settingPrefix = (providerId) => `subject_setting:${providerId}:`;
 const SETTING_FRESH_MS = 3 * 60e3;
 let settingBeat = null;
 
+// Heartbeats are timed by the database's clock, so hosts whose clocks differ agree on their age
+let dbClockOffset = 0;
+const dbNow = () => Date.now() + dbClockOffset;
+async function syncDbClock(m) {
+  const db = m.AuthMeta && m.AuthMeta.sequelize;
+  if (!db || typeof db.query !== "function") return;
+  const [row] = await db.query("SELECT NOW() AS now", { type: db.QueryTypes.SELECT }).catch(() => []);
+  if (row && row.now) dbClockOffset = new Date(row.now).getTime() - Date.now();
+}
+
 async function beatSetting(p, m, now) {
+  await syncDbClock(m);
   const key = settingPrefix(p.id) + now;
-  const value = { at: new Date().toISOString() };
+  const value = { at: new Date(dbNow()).toISOString() };
   if (await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true })) await m.AuthMeta.update({ value }, { where: { key } });
   else await m.AuthMeta.create({ key, value }).catch(() => {});
 }
@@ -493,7 +510,7 @@ async function otherSettings(p, m, fresh = false) {
 async function readOtherSettings(p, m, now, log) {
   const rows = await m.AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `${settingPrefix(p.id)}%` } }, raw: true });
   const others = rows
-    .filter((r) => r.key !== settingPrefix(p.id) + now && Date.now() - Date.parse(r.value && r.value.at) < SETTING_FRESH_MS)
+    .filter((r) => r.key !== settingPrefix(p.id) + now && dbNow() - Date.parse(r.value && r.value.at) < SETTING_FRESH_MS)
     .map((r) => r.key.slice(settingPrefix(p.id).length));
   if (others.length && log)
     logger(
@@ -593,7 +610,8 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     // Its value didn't change with the setting (e.g. uid to cn), and an admin pinned this entry to that account again
     const claim = await findClaim(identity, m);
     // A non-unique attribute (e.g. cn) may give another entry the same value, so it must be the entry the admin was shown
-    const shown = claim && claim.dn && identity.dn && claim.dn.toLowerCase() === identity.dn.toLowerCase();
+    // Unpinned (no service account to look it up): it matched the username, whose own password was checked
+    const shown = claim && (!claim.dn || (identity.dn && claim.dn.toLowerCase() === identity.dn.toLowerCase()));
     const claimed = shown && claim.userId === link.user_id ? await claimRelink(identity, m) : null;
     if (claimed) return claimed;
     throw new LinkError(
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index d6891f69c1..e4ee2378b1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `identify` runs on every HTTP request and websocket connection, for each enabled provider in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` order. The first provider that returns an identity wins. A signed-in MMGIS session takes precedence over it.
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `subjectFits(subject)` (optional) returns `false` for a stored subject that can't be one under the current settings (LDAP: a DN after a switch to `entryUUID`, or the reverse). Startup then logs how many linked accounts that affects, and People marks them as needing a relink rather than as leavers.
+- `subjectPermanent()` (optional) returns `false` when subjects aren't permanent IDs no other entry can have (LDAP: `cn`, `uid` or `mail` rather than `entryUUID`). A pinned relink is then claimed only by a login whose identity has the same `dn` (compared case-insensitively) as the entry the admin was shown, so such a provider should return `dn` from `authenticate` and `findSubject`, and `shared: true` from `findSubject` for a value another entry has.
 - `subjectSetting()` (optional) returns the setting subjects come from (LDAP: `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`). It's stored with each link and each pinned relink when they're made, so a change between two settings whose subjects look alike (e.g. `entryUUID` to `uid`) is caught the same way. Such a link's sign-ins are refused and rechecks treat it as missing without looking it up, even when its value matches an entry under the new setting, which may be someone else's. Links made before it was stored fall back to `subjectFits`.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN, and a DN while they're reported by name); its message is shown to the admin. MMGIS also runs saved names through it at startup and when a member leaves a group, and logs a warning for names it refuses, e.g. after a setting changed the form.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index b562f35c64..a571455a1b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. `CORP`. A leading `CORP\` is then removed
 
 #### `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID. Changing this setting (e.g. between `entryUUID`/`objectGUID` and `dn`) on a site with LDAP accounts signs them all out and stops their API tokens until each is relinked; startup logs how many, so keep a local SuperAdmin for this | string | default `entryUUID`
+Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID. Anything but a permanent ID also needs `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, and a sign-in whose value another entry shares is refused. Changing this setting (e.g. between `entryUUID`/`objectGUID` and `dn`) on a site with LDAP accounts signs them all out and stops their API tokens until each is relinked; startup logs how many, so keep a local SuperAdmin for this | string | default `entryUUID`
 
 #### `LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index b11f940c3c..d006d1d0c0 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ MMGIS never stores directory passwords, but it does receive them when people sig
 - [Groups and roles](#groups-and-roles)
 - [Accounts](#accounts)
 - [Moving local users to LDAP](#moving-local-users-to-ldap)
+- [Relinking an account](#relinking-an-account)
+- [Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE](#moving-to-a-new-directory-or-changing-ldap_subject_attribute)
 - [Rotating the service password or CA](#rotating-the-service-password-or-ca)
 - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
 
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
-- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. To reconnect them, open the account in Users & Access > People, enter their directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**. With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away, shows which entry (DN) it found, and only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in (with an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all). For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Revoke the account's API tokens as well if someone other than this person used it. Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks, and the last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down), and the server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them. While processes use two settings, each logs an error, and neither clears the accounts or relinks the other flags for its setting; rechecks still end access for people who left the directory. After `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changes, People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation shows the leaver warning only if the entry was already missing before the change. If their subject value is the same under both settings (e.g. `uid` to `cn`), the relink pins the same entry again. After a move to a new directory every account shows `not found`, so that warning appears on every relink: check each one against your list of who is moving. When moving to a new directory, allow relinks only after the switch: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. If that happens, People says so on the account (and the server log names it); cancel the relink and allow it again. During the move, keep a local SuperAdmin, list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so people who aren't relinked yet still see their MMGIS sign-in, and after the switch click **Check linked accounts** in People: it asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the ones whose entries are gone show "not found in ldap" without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again. If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink: MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`; the service account needs read access there, and the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, in which case relinks to a different entry are refused; with `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts, the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists, and the newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them). Their API tokens stay off until they sign in after the relink is allowed, so ask token owners to sign in first. **Check linked accounts** also flags relinks allowed before the directory changed, which then need allowing again.
+- If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. Reconnect them with **Allow LDAP relink**: see [Relinking an account](#relinking-an-account) and [Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE](#moving-to-a-new-directory-or-changing-ldap_subject_attribute).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
@@ -131,6 +133,32 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
 5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
 
+## Relinking an account
+
+Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**.
+
+- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all.
+- For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Its API tokens stay off until the person signs in; revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
+- Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
+- Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
+- If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink. MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts: the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists. The service account needs read access there; the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, and relinks to a different entry are then refused. With `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself. The newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+
+## Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE
+
+From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already on LDAP can sign in: their MMGIS passwords no longer work, so listing `local` first doesn't help them. Each relink takes about three clicks, so plan a window (roughly half an hour for 60 people) and tell people beforehand.
+
+1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, and list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, so people who never moved to LDAP still see their MMGIS sign-in.
+2. Make the switch. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them.
+3. Click **Check linked accounts** in People. It asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the affected ones are marked without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again.
+4. Allow relinks, only now: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. Start with admins, then API token owners (ask them to sign in right away, since their tokens stay off until they do), then everyone else.
+5. Click **Check linked accounts** again. It flags relinks allowed before the directory changed; People says so on the account (and the server log names it). Cancel those and allow them again.
+
+If:
+
+- **You changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`:** People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation shows the leaver warning only if the entry was already missing before the change. If their subject value is the same under both settings (e.g. `uid` to `cn`), the relink pins the same entry again.
+- **You moved to a new directory:** every account shows `not found`, so the leaver warning appears on every relink. Check each one against your list of who is moving.
+- **Processes ran with two settings at once:** each logs an error, and neither clears the accounts or relinks the other flags for its setting; rechecks still end access for people who left the directory. After a coordinated change this lasts until the old setting has gone unused for 3 minutes.
+
 ## Rotating the service password or CA
 
 MMGIS reads `LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD` at startup, so a change in the directory first takes LDAP sign-in down until MMGIS is updated and restarted. The `LDAP_TLS_CA` file is read again at every connection, so replacing its contents takes effect right away (and a broken file breaks sign-in right away; only the startup settings check validates it). After the directory rejects the service password, MMGIS waits 5 minutes before trying it again, so the directory doesn't lock the account; restart MMGIS to retry sooner.
@@ -149,6 +177,7 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | MMGIS refuses to start with an `LDAP_*` error | A required setting is missing or malformed; the message names it. |
 | "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected (MMGIS then waits 5 minutes before trying it again), or a search base doesn't exist. The server log has the reason and the setting to check. |
 | "Your <name> entry can't be used with MMGIS" | The person's entry has no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. If everyone gets this, the setting doesn't suit the directory (e.g. `objectGUID` on OpenLDAP); the server log names the entry and attribute. |
+| "Your <name> entry can't be used with MMGIS", and the log says the entry "shares its" subject value | Another entry under `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` has the same `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` value, so MMGIS can't tell them apart; at rechecks the account shows as not found. Remove the duplicate value, or use a permanent ID such as `entryUUID`. |
 | "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and existing sessions keep the groups they had. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 41b43c6ea3..df2a7f4349 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -455,17 +455,9 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     const subject = subjectOf(entry, c);
     if (!subject) throw new UnusableEntryError(`${entry.dn} has no ${c.subjectAttribute} (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE).`);
     // A value that isn't a permanent ID (e.g. cn) may be another entry's too, which would sign in to the same account
-    if (!PERMANENT_SUBJECT.test(c.subjectAttribute) && c.bindDn && c.searchBase) {
-      await bindService(client, c);
-      const shared = await client
-        .search(c.searchBase, { scope: "sub", filter: `(&${subjectFilter(c, subject)}${peopleFilter(c)})`, attributes: ["dn"], sizeLimit: 2 })
-        .then((r) => r.searchEntries.length > 1)
-        .catch((err) => {
-          if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return true;
-          if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return false;
-          throw err;
-        });
-      if (shared)
+    if (!PERMANENT_SUBJECT.test(c.subjectAttribute) && c.searchBase) {
+      if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
+      if (await sharedSubject(client, c, subject))
         throw new UnusableEntryError(`${entry.dn} shares its ${c.subjectAttribute} '${subject}' (LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE) with another entry, so MMGIS can't tell them apart; use a permanent ID such as entryUUID.`);
     }
     const name = values(entry, c.usernameAttribute)[0];
@@ -601,6 +593,18 @@ async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
 // The entry a username belongs to, read with the service account, so an admin can check who a
 // relink will go to: { subject, dn }, null when no single entry has it, undefined without a
 // service account; throws when the directory can't be reached
+// A value that isn't a permanent ID (e.g. cn) may be another entry's too
+function sharedSubject(client, c, subject) {
+  return client
+    .search(c.searchBase, { scope: "sub", filter: `(&${subjectFilter(c, subject)}${peopleFilter(c)})`, attributes: ["dn"], sizeLimit: 2 })
+    .then((r) => r.searchEntries.length > 1)
+    .catch((err) => {
+      if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) return true;
+      if (err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) return false;
+      throw err;
+    });
+}
+
 async function findSubject(username, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   if (!c.bindDn || !c.searchBase) return undefined;
   const client = createClient(c);
@@ -608,7 +612,11 @@ async function findSubject(username, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     await bindService(client, c);
     const found = await findUser(client, c, stripDomain(String(username).normalize("NFKC").trim(), c));
-    return found.entry ? { subject: subjectOf(found.entry, c), dn: found.entry.dn } : null;
+    if (!found.entry) return null;
+    const subject = subjectOf(found.entry, c);
+    // Its sign-in would be refused
+    const shared = !!subject && !PERMANENT_SUBJECT.test(c.subjectAttribute) && (await sharedSubject(client, c, subject));
+    return { subject, dn: found.entry.dn, ...(shared ? { shared } : {}) };
   } finally {
     await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
   }
@@ -729,6 +737,10 @@ function validate(env) {
     );
   if (c.searchBase && !/^\(.*\{\{username\}\}.*\)$/.test(c.searchFilter))
     errors.push("LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER must be a parenthesized filter containing {{username}}, e.g. (uid={{username}}).");
+  if (!PERMANENT_SUBJECT.test(c.subjectAttribute) && !c.searchBase)
+    errors.push(
+      `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=${c.subjectAttribute} isn't a permanent entry ID, and without LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE MMGIS can't check that no other entry shares a person's value, so anyone given it would sign in as them. Use a permanent ID such as entryUUID or objectGUID, or set LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE.`
+    );
   if (c.bindDn && !c.bindPassword) errors.push("LDAP_BIND_DN is set but LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is empty.");
   if (!c.bindDn && c.bindPassword) errors.push("LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is set but LDAP_BIND_DN is empty.");
   if (c.groupSearchBase && !/\{\{(dn|username)\}\}/.test(c.groupSearchFilter))
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 10c25a23e2..b757f37e53 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
   test('a valid search or direct-bind setup has no problems', () => {
     expect(ldap.validate(base)).toEqual([]);
     expect(ldap.validate({ LDAP_URL: 'ldap://x:389', LDAP_STARTTLS: 'true', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},dc=x' })).toEqual([]);
+    // Nothing could check that no other entry shares a person's value
+    expect(problems({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x:636', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},dc=x', LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'mail' })).toMatch(/isn't a permanent entry ID, and without LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE/);
+    expect(ldap.validate({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://x:636', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},dc=x', LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'dn' })).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   test('passwords never cross the network unencrypted unless explicitly allowed', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 94f7e4a5ea..2e575cb85a 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     // Unpinned, any entry later given this username could claim it
     if (target && !target.subject)
       return fail(`${target.dn || `'${username}'`} has no value for ${provider}'s subject attribute (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it can't sign in. Fix the entry or the setting first.`);
+    if (target && target.shared)
+      return fail(`${target.dn} shares its ${provider} subject value '${target.subject}' with another entry, so its sign-in is refused. Remove the duplicate value, or use a permanent ID (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID), first.`);
     // The account's own entry still being there (even disabled or in a leavers' OU) means this is someone else
     // A subject stored under another subject setting can't be looked up under this one
     if (target && known && known.subject && known.subject !== target.subject && providers.linkFits(provider, known)) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index dc21dba2f2..3e1696470e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -705,7 +705,8 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
         });
       const other = pinned();
       const mallory = await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave', dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, other).catch((e) => e);
-      expect(mallory && mallory.id).not.toBe(9070);
+      expect(mallory).toBeInstanceOf(providers.LinkError);
+      expect(other.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(other.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9070')).toBe(true);
       expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave', dn: 'UID=dave,ou=people', username: 'dave', groups: [] }, pinned())).id).toBe(9070);
     } finally {
@@ -714,6 +715,23 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('without a service account, an unpinned relink lets an account linked under another subject setting sign in again', async () => {
+    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
+      const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9080, username: 'carol' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'uid', username: 'carol', user_id: 9080 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9080', value: { username: 'carol', expires_at } }],
+      });
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] }, m)).id).toBe(9080);
+      expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].subject_setting).toBe('cn');
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
     const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
     try {

From 500f74bad1915e8ec3c7820ea0ca092e0a40ea6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 12:38:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 069/122] LDAP: re-cased subject at the same entry keeps its
 account; heartbeat survives a database outage at startup

- A non-permanent subject value that only changed case, found at the same DN, updates the link instead of being treated as a reused name (lookup now returns dn); Allow relink says so
- The subject-setting heartbeat starts when the server starts and before any database read
- Stale relink marks re-read the row first, so an admin's allow-again isn't overwritten
- People and LDAP.md say which stale relinks still work; troubleshooting row for the pinned-DN 409; ENVs notes the shared-value lockout risk

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 52 +++++++++++++------
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  7 ++-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  5 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  1 +
 plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js         |  4 +-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  3 ++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 21 ++++++++
 8 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index b5eedd6cc8..c83e68e8ab 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
     const p = getProvider(identity.provider);
     if (v.subject && v.dn && p && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent() && !(identity.dn && identity.dn.toLowerCase() === v.dn.toLowerCase())) {
       // Refused rather than given a new account, which would then hold the subject the relink is waiting for
-      if (m.AuthMeta.update) await m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { ...v, stale: { dn: identity.dn || null, at: new Date().toISOString() } } }, { where: { key: r.key } });
+      await markStale(m, r.key, v, { dn: identity.dn || null, at: new Date().toISOString() });
       throw new LinkError(
         `The ${identity.provider} relink for account ${r.key.split(":").pop()} is pinned to ${v.dn}, but '${identity.username}' signs in from ${identity.dn || "another entry"} with the same subject '${identity.subject}', so it may be a different entry. If it's the same person after a rename, allow the relink again.`
       );
@@ -332,6 +332,14 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   return null;
 }
 
+// Unless an admin allowed or cancelled it again since it was read
+async function markStale(m, key, v, stale) {
+  if (!m.AuthMeta.update) return;
+  const now = await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key }, raw: true });
+  if (!now || !now.value || now.value.expires_at !== v.expires_at) return;
+  await m.AuthMeta.update({ value: { ...now.value, stale } }, { where: { key } });
+}
+
 // A relink pinned to an entry, while the same username now signs in from another one (the directory was
 // rebuilt after the relink was allowed): flag it, so People and the log say to allow it again
 async function flagStaleClaims(identity, m) {
@@ -344,10 +352,7 @@ async function flagStaleClaims(identity, m) {
     const v = r.value;
     if (!v || !v.subject || v.subject === identity.subject || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
     if (!sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
-    await m.AuthMeta.update(
-      { value: { ...v, stale: { subject: identity.subject, at: new Date().toISOString() } } },
-      { where: { key: r.key } }
-    );
+    await markStale(m, r.key, v, { subject: identity.subject, at: new Date().toISOString() });
     logger(
       "warn",
       `The ${identity.provider} relink for account ${r.key.split(":").pop()} is pinned to ${v.dn || `subject '${v.subject}'`}, but '${identity.username}' now signs in as subject '${identity.subject}'. If the directory changed since the relink was allowed, allow it again.`,
@@ -469,26 +474,31 @@ async function beatSetting(p, m, now) {
 }
 
 // Each process notes its subject setting every minute, so processes sharing a database on different ones are noticed
+// Also started when the server starts, in case the database was down then and the startup checks never ran
+function startSettingBeat() {
+  if (settingBeat) return;
+  settingBeat = setInterval(() => {
+    for (const q of enabledProviders()) {
+      const s = subjectSetting(q);
+      if (s != null) beatSetting(q, accountModels(), s).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  }, 60e3);
+  if (settingBeat.unref) settingBeat.unref();
+}
+
 async function recordSetting(p, m) {
   const now = subjectSetting(p);
   if (now == null || !m.AuthMeta) return;
-  const others = await otherSettings(p, m, true);
+  // Started first, so a database error below doesn't leave this process unseen by the others
+  startSettingBeat();
+  const others = await otherSettings(p, m, true).catch(() => []);
   if (others.length)
     logger(
       "warn",
       `Auth provider '${p.id}': this process uses the subject setting '${now}' (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), but another MMGIS process on this database used ${others.map((o) => `'${o}'`).join(", ")} in the last ${SETTING_FRESH_MS / 60e3} minutes. If every process was just restarted with '${now}', this clears up within ${SETTING_FRESH_MS / 60e3} minutes; otherwise give every process the same setting.`,
       "AuthProviders"
     );
-  await beatSetting(p, m, now);
-  if (!settingBeat) {
-    settingBeat = setInterval(() => {
-      for (const q of enabledProviders()) {
-        const s = subjectSetting(q);
-        if (s != null) beatSetting(q, accountModels(), s).catch(() => {});
-      }
-    }, 60e3);
-    if (settingBeat.unref) settingBeat.unref();
-  }
+  await beatSetting(p, m, now).catch((err) => logger("warn", `Auth provider '${p.id}': couldn't record this process's subject setting yet; it retries every minute.`, "AuthProviders", null, err));
 }
 
 const settingChecks = new WeakMap();
@@ -672,6 +682,15 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and ${identity.provider} couldn't say whether that account's entry (subject '${sameName.subject}') still exists. Check before allowing a relink: if it does, the name was reused by someone else.`
       );
+    // The same entry, its value only re-cased (e.g. uid ldap_alice to Ldap_Alice), which the directory matches either way
+    if (still && still.dn && identity.dn && still.dn.toLowerCase() === identity.dn.toLowerCase() && !retried) {
+      await m.AuthIdentity.update(
+        { subject: identity.subject, ...(subjectSetting(provider) != null ? { subject_setting: subjectSetting(provider) } : {}) },
+        { where: { user_id: sameName.user_id, provider: identity.provider, subject: sameName.subject } }
+      );
+      logger("info", `Account ${sameName.user_id}'s ${identity.provider} subject changed from '${sameName.subject}' to '${identity.subject}' at the same entry, ${identity.dn}.`, "AuthProviders");
+      return linkIdentity(identity, m, true);
+    }
     if (still)
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.dn ? ` at ${still.dn}` : ""}${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
@@ -1189,6 +1208,7 @@ module.exports = {
   reportedGroups,
   warnUnmatchableGroups,
   warnUnfitSubjects,
+  startSettingBeat,
   relinkUsername,
   resetFailures,
   relinkTarget,
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index bfa9f8dfce..78f57c69b2 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -170,8 +170,11 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
                     {user.relink.stale.setting
                       ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that this relink was allowed under an old ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting, so it won't take effect.`
                       : user.relink.stale.gone
-                      ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that the ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry this relink is pinned to is gone, so it won't take effect.`
-                      : `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, '${user.relink.username || user.username}' signed in from a different ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry, so this relink won't take effect.`} If the directory changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again.
+                      ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that the ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry this relink is pinned to is gone. It still works if that entry comes back, until it expires.`
+                      : `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, a sign-in from a different ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was refused. This relink still works for ${user.relink.dn || "the entry it is pinned to"} until it expires.`}{" "}
+                    {user.relink.stale.setting
+                      ? "If the directory changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again."
+                      : "Cancel it if that entry shouldn't get this account; if the person's entry changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again."}
                   </Typography>
                 )}
                 <Button size="small" onClick={() => relink(user.relink.provider, true)}>Cancel relink</Button>
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index a571455a1b..0821ae4bc2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. `CORP`. A leading `CORP\` is then removed
 
 #### `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID. Anything but a permanent ID also needs `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, and a sign-in whose value another entry shares is refused. Changing this setting (e.g. between `entryUUID`/`objectGUID` and `dn`) on a site with LDAP accounts signs them all out and stops their API tokens until each is relinked; startup logs how many, so keep a local SuperAdmin for this | string | default `entryUUID`
+Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID. Anything but a permanent ID also needs `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, and a sign-in whose value another entry shares is refused, so anyone who can set that attribute on another entry (e.g. a directory admin for one OU) can lock a person out. Prefer `entryUUID` or `objectGUID`. Changing this setting (e.g. between `entryUUID`/`objectGUID` and `dn`) on a site with LDAP accounts signs them all out and stops their API tokens until each is relinked; startup logs how many, so keep a local SuperAdmin for this | string | default `entryUUID`
 
 #### `LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index d006d1d0c0..0b648345ce 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` affects.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
-- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when it can no longer take effect. The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
+- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when something may stop it taking effect (the person's panel says what, and whether it still works). The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. Reconnect them with **Allow LDAP relink**: see [Relinking an account](#relinking-an-account) and [Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE](#moving-to-a-new-directory-or-changing-ldap_subject_attribute).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | MMGIS refuses to start with an `LDAP_*` error | A required setting is missing or malformed; the message names it. |
 | "<name> is unavailable" | MMGIS couldn't reach the directory, the TLS certificate didn't verify, the service account was rejected (MMGIS then waits 5 minutes before trying it again), or a search base doesn't exist. The server log has the reason and the setting to check. |
 | "Your <name> entry can't be used with MMGIS" | The person's entry has no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. If everyone gets this, the setting doesn't suit the directory (e.g. `objectGUID` on OpenLDAP); the server log names the entry and attribute. |
-| "Your <name> entry can't be used with MMGIS", and the log says the entry "shares its" subject value | Another entry under `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` has the same `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` value, so MMGIS can't tell them apart; at rechecks the account shows as not found. Remove the duplicate value, or use a permanent ID such as `entryUUID`. |
+| "Your <name> entry can't be used with MMGIS", and the log says the entry "shares its" subject value | Another entry under `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` has the same `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` value, so MMGIS can't tell them apart; at rechecks its sessions and API tokens end, and the account shows as not found (the server log says it no longer has the account). Remove the duplicate value, or use a permanent ID such as `entryUUID`. |
+| 409 "can't be used with MMGIS yet", and the log says the relink "is pinned to" one DN but the person "signs in from" another | With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, the relink waits for the entry the admin was shown. If this is the same person after a rename, cancel the relink and allow it again; otherwise leave it, since it still works for the pinned entry until it expires. |
 | "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and existing sessions keep the groups they had. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index df2a7f4349..8ba1ceb310 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     const groupsLeftOut = [];
     return {
       subject,
+      dn: entry.dn,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
       groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : "", groupsLeftOut),
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js
index fc2d4e1000..7ababbd0dd 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/plugin.js
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ let setup = {
       s.registerRouter("/api/access", router)
     );
   },
-  onceStarted: (s) => {},
+  onceStarted: (s) => {
+    require("../../../../API/permissions/providers").startSettingBeat();
+  },
   onceSynced: async (s) => {
     try {
       await permissionModels.up();
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 2e575cb85a..b04d9b64b4 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -452,6 +452,9 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         return fail(
           `Couldn't tell whether '${user.username}''s own ${provider} entry (subject '${known.subject}') still exists, so ${target.dn} may be a different person. Check that ${provider} can be reached and its service account can read the whole directory, then try again.`
         );
+      // The same entry with its value re-cased: its next sign-in updates the link
+      if (old && old.dn && target.dn && old.dn.toLowerCase() === target.dn.toLowerCase())
+        return fail(`${target.dn} is '${user.username}''s own entry, with its subject value only re-cased; its next ${provider} sign-in updates the link, so there is nothing to relink.`);
       if (old)
         return fail(
           `'${user.username}' already has its own ${provider} entry${old.dn ? `, ${old.dn}` : ""}, which still exists, so ${target.dn} is a different person. If it really is the same person, delete the old entry in the directory first.`
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 3e1696470e..373188e9ea 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -732,6 +732,27 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('a subject value re-cased at the same entry keeps signing in to its account; another entry does not', async () => {
+    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    try {
+      const models = () =>
+        fakeModels({
+          users: [{ id: 9090, username: 'ldap_alice' }],
+          links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'ldap_alice', username: 'ldap_alice', user_id: 9090 }],
+        });
+      const alice = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'Ldap_Alice', dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice', groups: [] };
+      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'UID=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice' });
+      const m = models();
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity(alice, m)).id).toBe(9090);
+      expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].subject).toBe('Ldap_Alice');
+      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=ldap_alice,ou=leavers', username: 'ldap_alice' });
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity(alice, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
+    } finally {
+      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
     const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
     try {

From 731dd2ceb6818e830079f1af82034d1e3cdf5992 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 13:03:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 070/122] LDAP: a re-cased non-permanent subject needs an
 admin's relink instead of updating itself

- The directory compares such values without case, so a newcomer looks the same as the person re-cased: the sign-in is refused with a hint, and Allow relink pins it (checked directory-wide, and only when the values fold to the same string)
- No twin account for a rename that also re-cased the value
- locate treats two matching entries as ambiguous
- cancelRelink reports when nothing was pending
- Docs: a newcomer given a leaver's non-permanent value signs in to the leaver's account

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 34 +++++++++++++++----
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  1 +
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  3 +-
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 11 +++---
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 27 ++++++++++++++-
 7 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index c83e68e8ab..06a3165652 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ function matchUsername(rows, name) {
   return { match: rows.find((r) => r.username === name) || (alike.length === 1 ? alike[0] : null), alike };
 }
 
+const sameFolded = (a, b) => String(a).normalize("NFC").toLowerCase() === String(b).normalize("NFC").toLowerCase();
+
 async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   if (!m.AuthMeta) return null;
   const rows = await m.AuthMeta.findAll({
@@ -587,6 +589,13 @@ async function locateSubject(providerId, subject) {
   return unknown ? undefined : null;
 }
 
+// Only the directory-wide search: one entry anywhere with the subject, {} for several, null for none, undefined if it can't say
+async function locateAnywhere(providerId, subject) {
+  const p = getProvider(providerId);
+  if (!p || typeof p.impl.locate !== "function") return undefined;
+  return withTimeout(p.impl.locate(subject), "locate(subject)", lookupTimeout(p));
+}
+
 // Clears the provider's own failed-login count for the entry an admin just allowed a relink to
 function resetFailures(providerId, target) {
   const p = enabledProviders().find((x) => x.id === providerId);
@@ -683,14 +692,12 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
         `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and ${identity.provider} couldn't say whether that account's entry (subject '${sameName.subject}') still exists. Check before allowing a relink: if it does, the name was reused by someone else.`
       );
     // The same entry, its value only re-cased (e.g. uid ldap_alice to Ldap_Alice), which the directory matches either way
-    if (still && still.dn && identity.dn && still.dn.toLowerCase() === identity.dn.toLowerCase() && !retried) {
-      await m.AuthIdentity.update(
-        { subject: identity.subject, ...(subjectSetting(provider) != null ? { subject_setting: subjectSetting(provider) } : {}) },
-        { where: { user_id: sameName.user_id, provider: identity.provider, subject: sameName.subject } }
+    // Only re-cased at what looks like the same entry: still possibly a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case
+    const anywhere = still && identity.dn && sameFolded(sameName.subject, identity.subject) ? await locateAnywhere(identity.provider, sameName.subject).catch(() => undefined) : undefined;
+    if (anywhere && anywhere.dn && sameFolded(anywhere.dn, identity.dn))
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') matches account ${sameName.user_id}'s subject '${sameName.subject}' except for letter case, at ${identity.dn}. If it's the same person, allow a relink on account ${sameName.user_id}; if the directory gave the value to someone new, don't.`
       );
-      logger("info", `Account ${sameName.user_id}'s ${identity.provider} subject changed from '${sameName.subject}' to '${identity.subject}' at the same entry, ${identity.dn}.`, "AuthProviders");
-      return linkIdentity(identity, m, true);
-    }
     if (still)
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.dn ? ` at ${still.dn}` : ""}${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
@@ -699,6 +706,17 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and that account's old entry is gone. Only allow a relink on that account if this is the same person: the directory may have given the name to someone new.`
     );
   }
+  // e.g. a rename that also re-cased a cn: the directory still matches the old link, so a new account would be its twin
+  const linking = getProvider(identity.provider);
+  if (linking && typeof linking.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !linking.impl.subjectPermanent() && m.AuthIdentity.findAll) {
+    const twin = (await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { provider: identity.provider }, attributes: ["user_id", "subject"], raw: true })).find(
+      (l) => l.subject !== identity.subject && sameFolded(l.subject, identity.subject)
+    );
+    if (twin)
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') matches account ${twin.user_id}'s subject '${twin.subject}' except for letter case${identity.dn ? `, at ${identity.dn}` : ""}. If it's the same person, allow a relink on account ${twin.user_id}; if the directory gave the value to someone new, don't.`
+      );
+  }
   // MMGIS stores both in 255-character columns
   if (identity.subject.length > 255 || identity.username.length > 255)
     throw new LinkError(`The ${identity.subject.length > 255 ? "subject" : "username"} is longer than the 255 characters MMGIS can store.`);
@@ -1213,7 +1231,9 @@ module.exports = {
   resetFailures,
   relinkTarget,
   locateSubject,
+  locateAnywhere,
   matchUsername,
+  sameFolded,
   subjectSettingOf: (providerId) => subjectSetting(getProvider(providerId)),
   linkFits: (providerId, link) => {
     const p = getProvider(providerId);
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 0821ae4bc2..84a5fdc61c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Active Directory NetBIOS domain, e.g. `CORP`. A leading `CORP\` is then removed
 
 #### `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID. Anything but a permanent ID also needs `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, and a sign-in whose value another entry shares is refused, so anyone who can set that attribute on another entry (e.g. a directory admin for one OU) can lock a person out. Prefer `entryUUID` or `objectGUID`. Changing this setting (e.g. between `entryUUID`/`objectGUID` and `dn`) on a site with LDAP accounts signs them all out and stops their API tokens until each is relinked; startup logs how many, so keep a local SuperAdmin for this | string | default `entryUUID`
+Attribute with a permanent id for the person; MMGIS links accounts by it, so renames and moves keep the same account. Active Directory: `objectGUID`. `dn` uses the DN, which changes on renames. Don't use an attribute that can change, such as `uid`, `sAMAccountName`, `userPrincipalName` or `mail`: when it changes, that person's next sign-in creates a new, empty account, so MMGIS warns at startup about anything but a permanent ID. Anything but a permanent ID also needs `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, and a sign-in whose value another entry shares is refused, so anyone who can set that attribute on another entry (e.g. a directory admin for one OU) can lock a person out. And a newcomer given a leaver's value (in any letter case, since directories usually compare these without case) signs in to the leaver's account. Prefer `entryUUID` or `objectGUID`. Changing this setting (e.g. between `entryUUID`/`objectGUID` and `dn`) on a site with LDAP accounts signs them all out and stops their API tokens until each is relinked; startup logs how many, so keep a local SuperAdmin for this | string | default `entryUUID`
 
 #### `LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 0b648345ce..f80b402ece 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**.
 
-- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all.
+- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case changed is refused until you allow a relink (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case).
 - For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Its API tokens stay off until the person signs in; revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
 - Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
 - Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 8ba1ceb310..6da223f1a2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
       throw err;
     }
     if (entries.length === 0) return null;
+    if (entries.length > 1) return {};
     const name = values(entries[0], c.usernameAttribute)[0];
     return { dn: entries[0].dn, username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined };
   } finally {
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index b757f37e53..db669a29bf 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ test.describe('Whether an old entry still exists (locate)', () => {
 
   test('several entries with the subject still count as present', async () => {
     const two = async () => ({ searchEntries: [alice.entry, alice.entry] });
-    expect(await locate('e1', config(env), client(two))).toMatchObject({ dn: alice.dn });
+    // Present, but naming either one's DN would pass it off as that entry
+    expect(await locate('e1', config(env), client(two))).toEqual({});
     const many = async () => { throw new SizeLimitExceededError('Size limit exceeded'); };
     expect(await locate('e1', config(env), client(many))).toBeTruthy();
     expect(await locate('e1', config(env), client(async () => ({ searchEntries: [] })))).toBeNull();
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index b04d9b64b4..1074d5d861 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ router.post("/cancelRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async fun
   try {
     const r = await relinkRequest(req, res, { cancel: true });
     if (!r) return;
-    await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: r.key } });
+    if (!(await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: r.key } })))
+      return void res.send({ status: "failure", message: "No relink is pending for this account (it may have been used or expired)." });
     logger("info", `'${r.actor.username}' cancelled the ${r.provider} relink for account ${r.id} '${r.user.username}'.`, "accounts", req);
     res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink cancelled." });
   } catch (err) {
@@ -453,9 +454,11 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
           `Couldn't tell whether '${user.username}''s own ${provider} entry (subject '${known.subject}') still exists, so ${target.dn} may be a different person. Check that ${provider} can be reached and its service account can read the whole directory, then try again.`
         );
       // The same entry with its value re-cased: its next sign-in updates the link
-      if (old && old.dn && target.dn && old.dn.toLowerCase() === target.dn.toLowerCase())
-        return fail(`${target.dn} is '${user.username}''s own entry, with its subject value only re-cased; its next ${provider} sign-in updates the link, so there is nothing to relink.`);
-      if (old)
+      const anywhere =
+        old && target.dn && providers.sameFolded(known.subject, target.subject) ? await providers.locateAnywhere(provider, known.subject).catch(() => undefined) : undefined;
+      // Only re-cased (e.g. uid ldap_alice to Ldap_Alice) at the same DN: the admin decides whether it's the same person
+      const recased = anywhere && anywhere.dn && providers.sameFolded(anywhere.dn, target.dn);
+      if (old && !recased)
         return fail(
           `'${user.username}' already has its own ${provider} entry${old.dn ? `, ${old.dn}` : ""}, which still exists, so ${target.dn} is a different person. If it really is the same person, delete the old entry in the directory first.`
         );
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 373188e9ea..ab2f76d2b5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test('a subject value re-cased at the same entry keeps signing in to its account; another entry does not', async () => {
+  test('a subject value re-cased at the same entry needs a relink; another entry is refused as a reused name', async () => {
     const realLocate = ldap.locate;
     try {
       const models = () =>
@@ -743,16 +743,41 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
       const alice = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'Ldap_Alice', dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice', groups: [] };
       ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'UID=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice' });
       const m = models();
+      // The directory matches either case, so a newcomer looks the same: an admin decides
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity(alice, m)).rejects.toThrow(/except for letter case/);
+      m.AuthMeta.rows.push({ key: 'relink:ldap:9090', value: { username: 'ldap_alice', subject: 'Ldap_Alice', dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString() } });
       expect((await providers.linkIdentity(alice, m)).id).toBe(9090);
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].subject).toBe('Ldap_Alice');
       ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=ldap_alice,ou=leavers', username: 'ldap_alice' });
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(alice, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
+      // Its old value found at this entry too, but the value itself is different (e.g. a second cn)
+      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice' });
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...alice, subject: 'Mallory' }, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
+      // The search base finds only the new entry, but the old one still exists elsewhere (e.g. moved to leavers)
+      ldap.lookup = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice', groups: [] });
+      ldap.locate = async () => ({});
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity(alice, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
     } finally {
       ldap.locate = realLocate;
     }
   });
 
+  test('under a subject attribute that is not a permanent ID, a re-cased value under a new username gets no twin account', async () => {
+    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9095, username: 'ldap_bob' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'Bob Directory', username: 'ldap_bob', user_id: 9095 }],
+      });
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'bob directory', dn: 'uid=bob2,ou=people', username: 'bob2', groups: [] }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/except for letter case/);
+      expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
     const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
     try {

From aba370f9e9325f8758837aa3b7f915f0855fc2ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 13:33:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 071/122] LDAP: rechecks end a link the directory matches only
 without case; DN subjects re-case themselves; fold spacing and NFKC

- lookup reports the entry's own subject value; under a non-permanent subject a recheck that matched only without case treats the account as gone, as a sign-in would
- A DN subject differing only in case is the same entry and updates the link
- Re-case and twin checks fold NFKC, case and spacing, as directories match
- A failed directory-wide search says it couldn't tell, instead of calling the same entry a different person
- Twin refusal and LDAP.md say how a real newcomer gets in

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 19 +++++++++++++++---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  2 ++
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  4 ++++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 06a3165652..4f48cb129f 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ function matchUsername(rows, name) {
   return { match: rows.find((r) => r.username === name) || (alike.length === 1 ? alike[0] : null), alike };
 }
 
-const sameFolded = (a, b) => String(a).normalize("NFC").toLowerCase() === String(b).normalize("NFC").toLowerCase();
+// As directories usually match names: without case, Unicode compatibility forms or extra spaces
+const foldValue = (v) => String(v).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+const sameFolded = (a, b) => foldValue(a) === foldValue(b);
 
 async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   if (!m.AuthMeta) return null;
@@ -693,7 +695,16 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       );
     // The same entry, its value only re-cased (e.g. uid ldap_alice to Ldap_Alice), which the directory matches either way
     // Only re-cased at what looks like the same entry: still possibly a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case
-    const anywhere = still && identity.dn && sameFolded(sameName.subject, identity.subject) ? await locateAnywhere(identity.provider, sameName.subject).catch(() => undefined) : undefined;
+    // A DN is unique whatever its case, so a re-cased DN subject is the same entry
+    if (subjectSetting(provider) === "dn" && sameFolded(sameName.subject, identity.subject) && !retried) {
+      await m.AuthIdentity.update({ subject: identity.subject }, { where: { user_id: sameName.user_id, provider: identity.provider, subject: sameName.subject } });
+      return linkIdentity(identity, m, true);
+    }
+    const anywhere = still && identity.dn && sameFolded(sameName.subject, identity.subject) && provider && typeof provider.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !provider.impl.subjectPermanent() ? await locateAnywhere(identity.provider, sameName.subject).catch(() => undefined) : undefined;
+    if (anywhere === undefined && still && identity.dn && sameFolded(sameName.subject, identity.subject) && typeof provider.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !provider.impl.subjectPermanent())
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') matches account ${sameName.user_id}'s subject '${sameName.subject}' except for letter case or spacing, but ${identity.provider} couldn't search the whole directory to tell whether it's the same entry. Check that its service account can read the directory root, then allow a relink on account ${sameName.user_id} if it's the same person.`
+      );
     if (anywhere && anywhere.dn && sameFolded(anywhere.dn, identity.dn))
       throw new LinkError(
         `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') matches account ${sameName.user_id}'s subject '${sameName.subject}' except for letter case, at ${identity.dn}. If it's the same person, allow a relink on account ${sameName.user_id}; if the directory gave the value to someone new, don't.`
@@ -714,7 +725,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     );
     if (twin)
       throw new LinkError(
-        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') matches account ${twin.user_id}'s subject '${twin.subject}' except for letter case${identity.dn ? `, at ${identity.dn}` : ""}. If it's the same person, allow a relink on account ${twin.user_id}; if the directory gave the value to someone new, don't.`
+        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') matches account ${twin.user_id}'s subject '${twin.subject}' except for letter case${identity.dn ? `, at ${identity.dn}` : ""}. If it's the same person, allow a relink on account ${twin.user_id}. If the directory gave the value to someone new, don't: they can sign in once the directory gives them a different value, or account ${twin.user_id} is deleted (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them).`
       );
   }
   // MMGIS stores both in 255-character columns
@@ -883,6 +894,8 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     try {
       // Under another subject setting the stored value may now name a different entry
       found = subjectFits(p, link) ? await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p)) : null;
+      // Matched only without case (e.g. a newcomer given a leaver's cn re-cased): a sign-in from it is refused too
+      if (found && found.current && found.current !== link.subject && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent()) found = null;
     } catch (err) {
       logger(
         "warn",
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index f80b402ece..73133d2796 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**.
 
-- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case changed is refused until you allow a relink (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case).
+- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused until you allow a relink (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them).
 - For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Its API tokens stay off until the person signs in; revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
 - Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
 - Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 6da223f1a2..a5dccf6e67 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     const groupsLeftOut = [];
     return {
       subject,
+      // The entry's own value, which the directory may have matched without case
+      current: subjectOf(entry, c),
       dn: entry.dn,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 1074d5d861..e5ff62649f 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       const anywhere =
         old && target.dn && providers.sameFolded(known.subject, target.subject) ? await providers.locateAnywhere(provider, known.subject).catch(() => undefined) : undefined;
       // Only re-cased (e.g. uid ldap_alice to Ldap_Alice) at the same DN: the admin decides whether it's the same person
+      if (old && target.dn && providers.sameFolded(known.subject, target.subject) && anywhere === undefined)
+        return fail(
+          `${target.dn}'s subject '${target.subject}' matches '${user.username}''s '${known.subject}' except for letter case or spacing, but ${provider} couldn't search the whole directory to tell whether it's the same entry. Check that its service account can read the directory root, then try again.`
+        );
       const recased = anywhere && anywhere.dn && providers.sameFolded(anywhere.dn, target.dn);
       if (old && !recased)
         return fail(
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index ab2f76d2b5..2ad1f9710e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -734,7 +734,9 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
 
   test('a subject value re-cased at the same entry needs a relink; another entry is refused as a reused name', async () => {
     const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
     try {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
       const models = () =>
         fakeModels({
           users: [{ id: 9090, username: 'ldap_alice' }],
@@ -754,11 +756,13 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
       // Its old value found at this entry too, but the value itself is different (e.g. a second cn)
       ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice' });
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...alice, subject: 'Mallory' }, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
+      expect(providers.sameFolded('Alice  Directory', '\uff21lice directory ')).toBe(true);
       // The search base finds only the new entry, but the old one still exists elsewhere (e.g. moved to leavers)
       ldap.lookup = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice', groups: [] });
       ldap.locate = async () => ({});
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(alice, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
     } finally {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
       ldap.locate = realLocate;
     }
   });
@@ -778,6 +782,22 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('a recheck that finds the stored value only without case treats the account as gone', async () => {
+    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      ldap.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: 'dave leaver', dn: 'uid=dave_new,ou=people', username: 'dave_new', groups: ['cn=science-team'] });
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9097, username: 'dave_old' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'Dave Leaver', username: 'dave_old', user_id: 9097 }],
+      });
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9097, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].username).toBe('dave_old');
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
     const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
     try {

From a04c3053f087577059c9f4f27b13b7ae9aac5f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 13:46:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 072/122] LDAP: a stored subject that is any of the entry's
 values still matches at rechecks; Allow relink accepts the same DN with
 another value

- Multi-valued subject attributes (e.g. two mail values reordered) no longer end access or block a relink
- LDAP.md: a re-cased value ends sessions and tokens until each account's relink

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                    | 2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                 | 2 +-
 plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 73133d2796..b5edd42418 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**.
 
-- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused until you allow a relink (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them).
+- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused, and that person's sessions and API tokens end at the next recheck, until you allow a relink for each such account (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them).
 - For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Its API tokens stay off until the person signs in; revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
 - Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
 - Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index a5dccf6e67..33513edacb 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     return {
       subject,
       // The entry's own value, which the directory may have matched without case
-      current: subjectOf(entry, c),
+      current: values(entry, c.subjectAttribute).map(String).includes(String(subject)) ? subject : subjectOf(entry, c),
       dn: entry.dn,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index e5ff62649f..a06eed3cf9 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -455,7 +455,9 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         );
       // The same entry with its value re-cased: its next sign-in updates the link
       const anywhere =
-        old && target.dn && providers.sameFolded(known.subject, target.subject) ? await providers.locateAnywhere(provider, known.subject).catch(() => undefined) : undefined;
+        old && target.dn && (providers.sameFolded(known.subject, target.subject) || (old.dn && providers.sameFolded(old.dn, target.dn)))
+          ? await providers.locateAnywhere(provider, known.subject).catch(() => undefined)
+          : undefined;
       // Only re-cased (e.g. uid ldap_alice to Ldap_Alice) at the same DN: the admin decides whether it's the same person
       if (old && target.dn && providers.sameFolded(known.subject, target.subject) && anywhere === undefined)
         return fail(

From 69b96fc71f7334a027bc4ea4dd5d06a287f794a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 14:03:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 073/122] LDAP: sign-ins follow reordered multi-valued
 subjects; refuse another entry's alias of a linked value

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 19 ++++++++-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  3 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 13 +++++--
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 4f48cb129f..41e07bd5e3 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ function normalizeIdentity(provider, raw) {
     groups,
     session: raw.session != null ? String(raw.session) : null,
     ...(typeof raw.dn === "string" && raw.dn !== "" ? { dn: raw.dn } : {}),
+    ...(Array.isArray(raw.subjects) ? { subjects: raw.subjects.map(String).filter((v) => v !== "") } : {}),
     ...(Array.isArray(raw.strictGroups)
       ? { strictGroups: raw.strictGroups.filter((g) => typeof g === "string" && g !== "") }
       : {}),
@@ -625,6 +626,18 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     where: { provider: identity.provider, subject: identity.subject },
     raw: true,
   });
+  // Linked under another of this entry's values, which still finds only this entry
+  if (!link && identity.dn && identity.subjects && identity.subjects.length > 1 && m.AuthIdentity.findAll) {
+    const others = identity.subjects.filter((v) => v !== identity.subject);
+    const other = (await m.AuthIdentity.findAll({ where: { provider: identity.provider }, attributes: ["user_id", "subject", "username"], raw: true })).find((l) => others.includes(l.subject));
+    // Someone else's old value may be this entry's alias now (e.g. a leaver's mail)
+    if (other && !sameUsername(other.username, identity.username))
+      throw new LinkError(
+        `'${identity.username}' (${identity.dn}) also has '${other.subject}', the ${identity.provider} subject of account ${other.user_id} ('${other.username}'). If it's the same person after a rename, allow a relink on account ${other.user_id}; if it's someone else, remove that value from their entry or delete account ${other.user_id} (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them).`
+      );
+    const at = other ? await locateAnywhere(identity.provider, other.subject).catch(() => undefined) : undefined;
+    if (at && at.dn && sameFolded(at.dn, identity.dn)) return linkIdentity({ ...identity, subject: other.subject, subjects: undefined }, m, retried);
+  }
   // Under another subject setting the same value can belong to a different entry
   const linkProvider = link && getProvider(identity.provider);
   if (linkProvider && !subjectFits(linkProvider, link)) {
@@ -895,7 +908,10 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
       // Under another subject setting the stored value may now name a different entry
       found = subjectFits(p, link) ? await withTimeout(p.impl.lookup(link.subject), "lookup(subject)", lookupTimeout(p)) : null;
       // Matched only without case (e.g. a newcomer given a leaver's cn re-cased): a sign-in from it is refused too
-      if (found && found.current && found.current !== link.subject && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent()) found = null;
+      const permanent = typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent !== "function" || p.impl.subjectPermanent();
+      if (found && found.current && found.current !== link.subject && !permanent) found = null;
+      // Matched by a value that isn't first (e.g. an alias): only under the same directory username, so another entry's alias doesn't keep a leaver in
+      if (found && found.first && found.first !== link.subject && !permanent && !sameUsername(found.username, link.username)) found = null;
     } catch (err) {
       logger(
         "warn",
@@ -972,7 +988,6 @@ function fillsOnlyAtSignIn(providerId) {
 
 // Fills a new or repointed group of providerId from the accounts already linked to it; resolves
 // undefined when rechecks are off (AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0) or that provider can't look accounts up
-
 function fillGroups(providerId, m = accountModels()) {
   const p = siteAccess.hasProvider(providerId) && getProvider(providerId);
   if (recheckMs() === 0 || !p || typeof p.impl.lookup !== "function") return Promise.resolve(undefined);
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index e4ee2378b1..37831e0531 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = {
   // Login form providers: the form's wording, usually from your ENVs. Every field is optional.
   loginForm(env) { return { title, usernameLabel, hint }; },
   // Session providers: the account's current identity, for rechecking existing sessions and tokens.
-  lookup(subject) { return { subject, username, email, groups }; },
+  lookup(subject) { return { subject, username, email, groups, dn, current, first }; },
 };
 ```
 
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `validate(env)` and `warnings(env)` get `process.env` and must return an array of strings synchronously (an empty array means no problems). Anything else, or an exception, is reported at startup under your provider id.
 - `subjectFits(subject)` (optional) returns `false` for a stored subject that can't be one under the current settings (LDAP: a DN after a switch to `entryUUID`, or the reverse). Startup then logs how many linked accounts that affects, and People marks them as needing a relink rather than as leavers.
 - `subjectPermanent()` (optional) returns `false` when subjects aren't permanent IDs no other entry can have (LDAP: `cn`, `uid` or `mail` rather than `entryUUID`). A pinned relink is then claimed only by a login whose identity has the same `dn` (compared case-insensitively) as the entry the admin was shown, so such a provider should return `dn` from `authenticate` and `findSubject`, and `shared: true` from `findSubject` for a value another entry has.
+- With `subjectPermanent()` returning `false`, `authenticate` may also return `subjects`, every value the entry has (e.g. several `mail` values). A sign-in whose first value isn't linked then uses a link made under another of them, if that link has the same username and `locate` finds its value at the same `dn`; a link with another username is refused rather than given a second account. `lookup` should return `dn`, `current` (the entry's own value matching `subject`, which may differ in case) and `first` (the value a sign-in would use). Rechecks treat a link as missing when `current` differs from it, or when `first` differs and the username has changed, since that value may be an alias on someone else's entry.
 - `subjectSetting()` (optional) returns the setting subjects come from (LDAP: `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`). It's stored with each link and each pinned relink when they're made, so a change between two settings whose subjects look alike (e.g. `entryUUID` to `uid`) is caught the same way. Such a link's sign-ins are refused and rechecks treat it as missing without looking it up, even when its value matches an entry under the new setting, which may be someone else's. Links made before it was stored fall back to `subjectFits`.
 - `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN, and a DN while they're reported by name); its message is shown to the admin. MMGIS also runs saved names through it at startup and when a member leaves a group, and logs a warning for names it refuses, e.g. after a setting changed the form.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index b5edd42418..c36d81005a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**.
 
-- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused, and that person's sessions and API tokens end at the next recheck, until you allow a relink for each such account (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them).
+- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused, and that person's sessions and API tokens end at the next recheck, until you allow a relink for each such account (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them). With several values (e.g. `mail` and an alias), any of them keeps the link, so reordering them changes nothing. If the entry is renamed at the same time, or another person's entry holds a leaver's value as an alias, the sign-in is refused and the old account's access ends at the next recheck, until you allow a relink or remove the value.
 - For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Its API tokens stay off until the person signs in; revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
 - Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
 - Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 33513edacb..06590b54ff 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     return {
       subject,
       dn: entry.dn,
+      // Every value, so a link made under one that's no longer first (e.g. reordered mail values) still matches
+      ...(!PERMANENT_SUBJECT.test(c.subjectAttribute) ? { subjects: values(entry, c.subjectAttribute).map(String) } : {}),
       username: name != null ? String(name) : username,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
       // The directory's username, as at recheck, so group filters don't depend on how it was typed
@@ -526,6 +528,7 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
       subject,
       // The entry's own value, which the directory may have matched without case
       current: values(entry, c.subjectAttribute).map(String).includes(String(subject)) ? subject : subjectOf(entry, c),
+      first: subjectOf(entry, c),
       dn: entry.dn,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
@@ -594,9 +597,6 @@ async function locate(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   }
 }
 
-// The entry a username belongs to, read with the service account, so an admin can check who a
-// relink will go to: { subject, dn }, null when no single entry has it, undefined without a
-// service account; throws when the directory can't be reached
 // A value that isn't a permanent ID (e.g. cn) may be another entry's too
 function sharedSubject(client, c, subject) {
   return client
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ function sharedSubject(client, c, subject) {
     });
 }
 
+// The entry a username belongs to, read with the service account, so an admin can check who a
+// relink will go to: { subject, dn }, null when no single entry has it, undefined without a
+// service account; throws when the directory can't be reached
 async function findSubject(username, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
   if (!c.bindDn || !c.searchBase) return undefined;
   const client = createClient(c);
@@ -808,6 +811,10 @@ module.exports = {
       const c = config();
       const name = c.displayName;
       const body = req.body || {};
+      if (typeof body.username === "string" && body.username.length > MAX_USERNAME) {
+        ctx.logger("info", `Refused ${name} login: the username is ${body.username.length} characters, more than ${MAX_USERNAME}.`, "Ldap");
+        return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: `Usernames can be at most ${MAX_USERNAME} characters.` });
+      }
       if (!validUsername(body.username) || typeof body.password !== "string" || body.password === "")
         return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: "Enter your username and password." });
       // NFKC, so fullwidth look-alikes the directory treats as the same person are also one account to MMGIS
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 2ad1f9710e..ccb0d9469f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -798,6 +798,45 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('a sign-in whose first subject value changed reuses the link made under another of its values', async () => {
+    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    try {
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9098, username: 'dave' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave@example.org', username: 'dave', user_id: 9098 }],
+      });
+      const dave = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave.alias@example.org', subjects: ['dave.alias@example.org', 'dave@example.org'], dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people', username: 'dave', groups: [] };
+      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people' });
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity(dave, m)).id).toBe(9098);
+      expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+      // Another person's entry given dave's old value as an alias
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...dave, username: 'carol', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people' }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/also has 'dave@example.org'/);
+      // Found elsewhere, so it isn't this entry's link
+      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people' });
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...dave, dn: 'uid=dave2,ou=people' }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different ldap entry/);
+      expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    } finally {
+      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('a recheck matching a leaver\'s value as another person\'s alias treats the account as gone', async () => {
+    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      ldap.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: subject, first: 'carol@example.org', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] });
+      const m = fakeModels({
+        users: [{ id: 9099, username: 'alice' }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'alice@example.org', username: 'alice', user_id: 9099 }],
+      });
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9099, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      ldap.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: subject, first: 'alias@example.org', dn: 'uid=alice,ou=people', username: 'alice', groups: [] });
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9099, 'ldap', m, true, true)).not.toBe('missing');
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
     const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
     try {

From bf792ba1406e4e7b208a0247db4bfddf8b3adcac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 14:16:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 074/122] Relink dialog shows the entry before confirming;
 People 'Needs relink' filter; LDAP.md migration notes

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js       | 14 +++++++++++---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js     |  7 ++++++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js          |  6 +++++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                      | 12 ++++++------
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js |  5 +++++
 plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js   |  2 ++
 6 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 3b8af30a61..a3dd50284b 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import TablePagination from "@mui/material/TablePagination";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import SearchIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Search";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { api, SubjectTag, indexBindings, summarizeUser, PEOPLE_COLUMNS, dateText, signInText, lastProviderLogin, SiteRoleBadges, MissionList, rowActivate } from "./shared";
+import { api, SubjectTag, indexBindings, summarizeUser, PEOPLE_COLUMNS, dateText, signInText, needsRelink, lastProviderLogin, SiteRoleBadges, MissionList, rowActivate } from "./shared";
 import { useRemembered, useOnChange } from "./hooks";
 
 // Every account, with its site role and what it can view and edit
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to check the linked accounts.", "error"));
   const c = useStyles();
   const [search, setSearch] = useRemembered(remember, "peopleSearch", "");
+  const [onlyRelink, setOnlyRelink] = useRemembered(remember, "peopleOnlyRelink", false);
+  const relinkCount = useMemo(() => users.filter(needsRelink).length, [users]);
   const [peopleSort, setPeopleSort] = useRemembered(remember, "peopleSort", { by: "username", dir: "asc" });
   const [peoplePage, setPeoplePage] = useRemembered(remember, "peoplePage", 0);
   const [peoplePerPage, setPeoplePerPage] = useRemembered(remember, "peoplePerPage", 25);
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
     const q = search.toLowerCase();
     const key = (PEOPLE_COLUMNS.find((col) => col[0] === peopleSort.by) || PEOPLE_COLUMNS[0])[2];
     return summaries
+      .filter(({ u }) => !onlyRelink || needsRelink(u))
       .filter(({ u, s }) => !q || [u.username, u.email || "", signInText(u), ...s.groupNames].some((t) => t.toLowerCase().includes(q)))
       .sort((a, b) => {
         const ka = key(a);
@@ -51,8 +54,8 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
         const cmp = ka < kb ? -1 : ka > kb ? 1 : a.u.username.localeCompare(b.u.username);
         return peopleSort.dir === "asc" ? cmp : -cmp;
       });
-  }, [summaries, search, peopleSort]);
-  useOnChange(() => setPeoplePage(0), [search, peopleSort, peoplePerPage]);
+  }, [summaries, search, peopleSort, onlyRelink]);
+  useOnChange(() => setPeoplePage(0), [search, peopleSort, peoplePerPage, onlyRelink]);
   const pageIndex = Math.min(peoplePage, Math.max(0, Math.ceil(peopleRows.length / peoplePerPage) - 1));
   const pageRows = peopleRows.slice(pageIndex * peoplePerPage, (pageIndex + 1) * peoplePerPage);
   return (
@@ -68,6 +71,11 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
               />
               <span className={c.barHint}>Every account, its site role and what it can view and edit. Click a row for details.</span>
               <span className={c.grow} />
+              {(relinkCount > 0 || onlyRelink) && (
+                <Button variant={onlyRelink ? "contained" : "outlined"} disableElevation className={c.barButton} onClick={() => setOnlyRelink(!onlyRelink)} title="Only accounts whose provider entry is gone or was linked under an old subject setting, with no usable relink pending">
+                  Needs relink ({relinkCount})
+                </Button>
+              )}
               {linkedProviders.length > 0 && (
                 <Button variant="outlined" className={c.barButton} onClick={recheckLinked} title="Ask the login providers about every linked account now, e.g. after a directory migration">
                   Check linked accounts
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 78f57c69b2..ac387bbaf4 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -77,10 +77,15 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
         refresh();
       })
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed.", "error"));
+  // Looked up first, so the confirmation names the entry that would take the account over
   const askRelink = (p) =>
+    api("account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider: p, username: relinkAs, preview: true })
+      .then((res) => confirmRelink(p, res && res.body && res.body.dn))
+      .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed.", "error"));
+  const confirmRelink = (p, dn) =>
     ctx.askConfirm({
       title: `Allow ${p.toUpperCase()} relink?`,
-      text: `For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}' takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
+      text: `${dn ? `'${relinkAs}' is ${dn} in ${p.toUpperCase()}. ` : ""}For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}'${dn ? " from that entry" : ""} takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
         providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_reason === "subject"
           ? ` It was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it needs this relink to sign in again.${
               providerLogin.missing_was_gone
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index efdc74d141..4d105350ad 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ export const PEOPLE_COLUMNS = [
   ["updated", "Updated", (r) => r.u.updatedAt || ""],
 ];
 
+// Linked accounts that can't sign in until a relink is allowed (or allowed again)
+export const needsRelink = (u) =>
+  (!u.relink || u.relink.stale) && (u.sign_ins || []).some((l) => l.missing_since || l.missing_reason === "subject");
+
 // Provider-linked accounts sign in only through their provider; the rest with an MMGIS password
 export const signInText = (u) =>
   signInBase(u) +
@@ -653,7 +657,7 @@ const signInBase = (u) =>
             (l.missing_reason === "subject"
               ? ` (linked under an old subject setting; relink)`
               : l.missing_since
-              ? ` (not found in ${l.provider} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()})`
+              ? ` (not found since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()})`
               : "")
         )
         .join(", ")
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index c36d81005a..c8af8f9838 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` affects.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
-- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when something may stop it taking effect (the person's panel says what, and whether it still works). The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention.
+- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when something may stop it taking effect (the person's panel says what, and whether it still works). The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention, and **Needs relink** lists the linked accounts that can't sign in until a relink is allowed.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. Reconnect them with **Allow LDAP relink**: see [Relinking an account](#relinking-an-account) and [Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE](#moving-to-a-new-directory-or-changing-ldap_subject_attribute).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
-- A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found in ldap since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
+- A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found in ldap since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
@@ -137,15 +137,15 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 
 Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**.
 
-- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up right away and shows which entry (DN) it found. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused, and that person's sessions and API tokens end at the next recheck, until you allow a relink for each such account (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them). With several values (e.g. `mail` and an alias), any of them keeps the link, so reordering them changes nothing. If the entry is renamed at the same time, or another person's entry holds a leaver's value as an alias, the sign-in is refused and the old account's access ends at the next recheck, until you allow a relink or remove the value.
+- With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up before you confirm and shows which entry (DN) it found; check it's the person you expect. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused, and that person's sessions and API tokens end at the next recheck, until you allow a relink for each such account (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them). With several values (e.g. `mail` and an alias), any of them keeps the link, so reordering them changes nothing. If the entry is renamed at the same time, or another person's entry holds a leaver's value as an alias, the sign-in is refused and the old account's access ends at the next recheck, until you allow a relink or remove the value.
 - For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Its API tokens stay off until the person signs in; revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
 - Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
-- Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins, so earlier refused attempts don't lock them out.
+- Only wrong passwords count toward the sign-in lockout, so sign-ins refused while waiting for a relink don't lock anyone out. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins.
 - If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink. MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts: the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists. The service account needs read access there; the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, and relinks to a different entry are then refused. With `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself. The newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
 
 ## Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE
 
-From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already on LDAP can sign in: their MMGIS passwords no longer work, so listing `local` first doesn't help them. Each relink takes about three clicks, so plan a window (roughly half an hour for 60 people) and tell people beforehand.
+From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already on LDAP can sign in: their MMGIS passwords no longer work, so listing `local` first doesn't help them. Each relink takes about five actions (click **Needs relink** in People to list them, then open the account, click **Allow LDAP relink**, check the DN, confirm and close it), so plan a window (roughly half an hour for 60 people) and tell people beforehand. If the new directory was built from scratch, restore its group memberships before relinking, or people's directory-group roles don't come back at their sign-in.
 
 1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, and list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, so people who never moved to LDAP still see their MMGIS sign-in.
 2. Make the switch. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 2c3b106857..735425246f 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
       expect((await (await localSession.post('/api/users/login', { data: { username, password: localPassword } })).json()).status).toBe('success');
       expect((await me(localSession)).authenticated).toBe(true);
 
+      // A preview names the entry without allowing anything
+      const preview = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap', preview: true } })).json();
+      expect(preview).toMatchObject({ status: 'success', body: { dn, preview: true } });
+      expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toBeFalsy();
+      expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username, password })).status()).toBe(409);
       const allowed = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap' } })).json();
       expect(allowed.status).toBe('success');
       // Pinned to the directory entry that has the username now
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index a06eed3cf9..4e6c9d19ae 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
           `'${user.username}' already has its own ${provider} entry${old.dn ? `, ${old.dn}` : ""}, which still exists, so ${target.dn} is a different person. If it really is the same person, delete the old entry in the directory first.`
         );
     }
+    // Shows the admin which entry would claim the account before they confirm
+    if (req.body.preview === true) return void res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink can be allowed.", body: { provider, username, dn: target ? target.dn : null, preview: true } });
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
     // Checked and saved under the SuperAdmin lock, so two relinks allowed at once can't move every local SuperAdmin
     const refusal = await bindings.withSuperAdminLock(async ({ transaction, superAdmins: current }) => {

From 123fb626f76512ae67fc7a7b69d9a8c030ac57b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 14:42:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 075/122] AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS for directory migrations;
 relink preview runs every refusal and pins the shown DN; same-origin logout;
 expired-relink messages; per-process lockout docs

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                      | 14 +++++++++++---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js      |  4 ++--
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js    |  6 +++---
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                     |  6 +++++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                     | 13 +++++++------
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js    |  9 ++++++++-
 plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  | 15 ++++++++++++---
 plugins/core/backend/Users/routes/users.js        |  3 ++-
 sample.env                                        |  6 +++++-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js          | 13 +++++++++++++
 10 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 41e07bd5e3..f02820b6b5 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       );
     if (still)
       throw new LinkError(
-        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.dn ? ` at ${still.dn}` : ""}${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so this person can't sign in while account ${sameName.user_id} holds the name.`
+        `'${identity.username}' (subject '${identity.subject}') is a different ${identity.provider} entry from account ${sameName.user_id}'s, which still exists${still.dn ? ` at ${still.dn}` : ""}${still.username ? ` as '${still.username}'` : ""}. The name was reused: don't relink account ${sameName.user_id} to it. MMGIS usernames don't change, so to let this person in, create an account for them under another username (e.g. '${identity.username}2') and allow its relink as '${identity.username}'.`
       );
     throw new LinkError(
       `'${identity.username}' already signs in to account ${sameName.user_id} with a different ${identity.provider} ID, and that account's old entry is gone. Only allow a relink on that account if this is the same person: the directory may have given the name to someone new.`
@@ -757,17 +757,25 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       : null;
     if (holder)
       throw new LinkError(
-        `The username '${identity.username}' belongs to account ${taken.id}, which signs in with ${identity.provider} as '${holder.username}' (renamed there). Don't relink it to this entry; this person can't sign in while that account holds the name.`
+        `The username '${identity.username}' belongs to account ${taken.id}, which signs in with ${identity.provider} as '${holder.username}' (renamed there). Don't relink it to this entry. To let this person in under another MMGIS username, create an account for them (e.g. '${identity.username}2') and allow its relink as '${identity.username}'.`
       );
     const adminsOnly = siteAccess.localAdminsOnly();
+    const lapsed = taken.id != null && m.AuthMeta ? await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: relinkKey(identity.provider, taken.id) }, raw: true }) : null;
     throw new LinkError(
-      `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to account ${taken.id}, which doesn't sign in with ${identity.provider} yet. If it is this person's, allow a relink to ${identity.provider} on account ${taken.id}${
+      `The username '${identity.username}' already belongs to account ${taken.id}, which doesn't sign in with ${identity.provider} yet.${
+        lapsed && lapsed.value && lapsed.value.expires_at && !(Date.parse(lapsed.value.expires_at) > Date.now()) ? ` Its relink expired at ${lapsed.value.expires_at}.` : ""
+      } If it is this person's, allow a relink to ${identity.provider} on account ${taken.id}${
         adminsOnly
           ? `. AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins stops it signing in with its MMGIS password meanwhile, unless it holds an admin role.`
           : `; until then they can keep using its MMGIS password.`
       }`
     );
   }
+  // e.g. during a directory migration, when renamed people would otherwise get new, empty accounts before their relink
+  if (process.env.AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS === "false")
+    throw new LinkError(
+      `'${identity.username}' has no MMGIS account, and AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false stops ${identity.provider} sign-ins from creating one. Allow a relink on their existing account (entering '${identity.username}' as the username at the provider), or create an account for them and allow its relink.`
+    );
   // Random password: the account can only be used through its provider
   const fields = { username: identity.username, password: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex") };
   // Email is optional and unique, so one already in use is left off
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index a3dd50284b..b73fb6ac94 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
               <span className={c.barHint}>Every account, its site role and what it can view and edit. Click a row for details.</span>
               <span className={c.grow} />
               {(relinkCount > 0 || onlyRelink) && (
-                <Button variant={onlyRelink ? "contained" : "outlined"} disableElevation className={c.barButton} onClick={() => setOnlyRelink(!onlyRelink)} title="Only accounts whose provider entry is gone or was linked under an old subject setting, with no usable relink pending">
-                  Needs relink ({relinkCount})
+                <Button variant={onlyRelink ? "contained" : "outlined"} disableElevation className={c.barButton} onClick={() => setOnlyRelink(!onlyRelink)} title="Only linked accounts that can't sign in: their provider entry is gone (people who left, or entries moved or renamed) or they were linked under an old subject setting, with no usable relink pending">
+                  Not found / needs relink ({relinkCount})
                 </Button>
               )}
               {linkedProviders.length > 0 && (
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index ac387bbaf4..e76483319f 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   useEffect(() => setRelinkName(""), [user.id]);
   const providerLogin = (user.sign_ins || []).find((l) => relinkProviders.includes(l.provider));
   const relinkAs = relinkName.trim() || (providerLogin && providerLogin.username) || user.username;
-  const relink = (provider, cancel = false) =>
-    api(cancel ? "account_cancel_relink" : "account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, username: relinkAs })
+  const relink = (provider, cancel = false, shownDn) =>
+    api(cancel ? "account_cancel_relink" : "account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, username: relinkAs, ...(shownDn ? { dn: shownDn } : {}) })
       .then((res) => {
         const dn = res && res.body && res.body.dn;
         notify(cancel ? "Relink cancelled." : `Relink allowed${dn ? ` for ${dn}` : ""}.`, "success");
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
           : ""
       }`,
       action: "Allow",
-      onConfirm: () => relink(p),
+      onConfirm: () => relink(p, false, dn),
     });
 
   const trimmedEmail = email.trim();
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 84a5fdc61c..d53aac5736 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -145,9 +145,13 @@ Test-specific database password. Required by test infrastructure for least-privi
 
 Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required`, only when this is true. With `SITE_ACCESS=optional`, visitors may always sign up while `local` is the only provider; once another provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` is enabled, or any account is linked to one (even while it's out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS`; it reopens once the last such account is deleted), only when this is true, so nobody can register a directory user's username before that person first signs in | boolean | default `false`
 
+#### `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=`
+
+Whether a first sign-in through a login provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` creates an MMGIS account. When `false`, only accounts that already sign in with that provider, or have a relink allowed, can sign in; everyone else is refused and told to ask an administrator, and the server log says to allow a relink or create their account first. Set it to `false` while moving to a new directory, so people whose directory username changed don't get new, empty accounts before their relink | boolean | default `true`
+
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows. The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses (50 by default), so locking a local SuperAdmin out of the local form for 15 minutes takes that many wrong passwords; sessions already signed in are unaffected. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it; once it's used up, that entry gets the same "invalid username or password" answer as a wrong password (its password isn't tried), so the limit doesn't reveal which names exist. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes the limit applies per process. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep it below the directory's account lockout threshold, so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 × this many wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows (see the per-process note below). The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses (50 by default), so locking a local SuperAdmin out of the local form for 15 minutes takes that many wrong passwords; sessions already signed in are unaffected. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it; once it's used up, that entry gets the same "invalid username or password" answer as a wrong password (its password isn't tried), so the limit doesn't reveal which names exist. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes (replicas behind a load balancer, pm2 or Kubernetes) the limit applies per process, and the directory can see that many times as many wrong passwords. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep this times the number of processes below the directory's account lockout threshold (e.g. at most 2 for 3 processes and a threshold of 7), so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 × this many wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index c8af8f9838..926ae91fdb 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - The usernames `group` and `guest` are reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under `group`, and MMGIS calls signed-out visitors `guest`), so a directory entry with either username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
 - With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` affects.
-- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions.
+- Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions. Failed sign-in counts and the 5-minute pause after the directory rejects the service account are kept in each process, so with several processes keep `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS` times the number of processes below the directory's lockout threshold.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
-- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when something may stop it taking effect (the person's panel says what, and whether it still works). The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention, and **Needs relink** lists the linked accounts that can't sign in until a relink is allowed.
+- Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when something may stop it taking effect (the person's panel says what, and whether it still works). The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention, and **Not found / needs relink** lists the linked accounts that can't sign in: people who left, and those who need a relink. The Allow relink dialog names the entry it found, and confirming refuses if a different entry has that username by then.
 - If the directory gives someone a new permanent ID (the directory was rebuilt or migrated, their entry was recreated, or `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` changed), their sign-in is refused, because their username already belongs to an MMGIS account. Reconnect them with **Allow LDAP relink**: see [Relinking an account](#relinking-an-account) and [Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE](#moving-to-a-new-directory-or-changing-ldap_subject_attribute).
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
@@ -140,18 +140,19 @@ Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory userna
 - With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up before you confirm and shows which entry (DN) it found; check it's the person you expect. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused, and that person's sessions and API tokens end at the next recheck, until you allow a relink for each such account (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them). With several values (e.g. `mail` and an alias), any of them keeps the link, so reordering them changes nothing. If the entry is renamed at the same time, or another person's entry holds a leaver's value as an alias, the sign-in is refused and the old account's access ends at the next recheck, until you allow a relink or remove the value.
 - For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Its API tokens stay off until the person signs in; revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
 - Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
-- Only wrong passwords count toward the sign-in lockout, so sign-ins refused while waiting for a relink don't lock anyone out. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins.
-- If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink. MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts: the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists. The service account needs read access there; the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, and relinks to a different entry are then refused. With `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself. The newcomer can't sign in while the old account holds that MMGIS username (usernames never change, since drawings are stored under them).
+- Only wrong passwords count toward the sign-in lockout, so sign-ins refused while waiting for a relink don't lock anyone out. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins. A relink not used within 24 hours expires: the server log says so at that person's next refused sign-in, and you can allow it again.
+- If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink. MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts: the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists. The service account needs read access there; the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, and relinks to a different entry are then refused. With `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself. MMGIS usernames never change (drawings are stored under them), so the newcomer can't have that one: create a local account for them under another username (e.g. `erin2`) and allow its relink with the directory username `erin`. Their next sign-in takes it over.
 
 ## Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE
 
-From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already on LDAP can sign in: their MMGIS passwords no longer work, so listing `local` first doesn't help them. Each relink takes about five actions (click **Needs relink** in People to list them, then open the account, click **Allow LDAP relink**, check the DN, confirm and close it), so plan a window (roughly half an hour for 60 people) and tell people beforehand. If the new directory was built from scratch, restore its group memberships before relinking, or people's directory-group roles don't come back at their sign-in.
+From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already on LDAP can sign in: their MMGIS passwords no longer work, so listing `local` first doesn't help them. Each relink takes about five actions (click **Not found / needs relink** in People to list them, then open the account, click **Allow LDAP relink**, check the DN, confirm and close it), so plan a window (roughly half an hour for 60 people) and tell people beforehand. If the new directory was built from scratch, restore its group memberships before relinking, or people's directory-group roles don't come back at their sign-in.
 
-1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, and list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, so people who never moved to LDAP still see their MMGIS sign-in.
+1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, and list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, so people who never moved to LDAP still see their MMGIS sign-in. Set `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` until the relinks are done: otherwise anyone whose directory username changed who signs in before their relink gets a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account). Newcomers can't sign in meanwhile.
 2. Make the switch. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them.
 3. Click **Check linked accounts** in People. It asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the affected ones are marked without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again.
 4. Allow relinks, only now: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. Start with admins, then API token owners (ask them to sign in right away, since their tokens stay off until they do), then everyone else.
 5. Click **Check linked accounts** again. It flags relinks allowed before the directory changed; People says so on the account (and the server log names it). Cancel those and allow them again.
+6. Once every relink is used, remove `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` and restart.
 
 If:
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 735425246f..79d8f805d0 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -419,7 +419,11 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
       expect(preview).toMatchObject({ status: 'success', body: { dn, preview: true } });
       expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toBeFalsy();
       expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username, password })).status()).toBe(409);
-      const allowed = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap' } })).json();
+      // Confirming refuses when the username now finds a different entry from the one shown
+      const moved = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap', dn: `uid=${username},ou=contractors,dc=example,dc=org` } })).json();
+      expect(moved).toMatchObject({ status: 'failure', message: expect.stringContaining('as shown') });
+      expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toBeFalsy();
+      const allowed = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap', dn: dn.toUpperCase() } })).json();
       expect(allowed.status).toBe('success');
       // Pinned to the directory entry that has the username now
       expect(allowed.body.dn).toBe(dn);
@@ -430,6 +434,9 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
       expect(after.id).toBe(account.id);
       expect(after.sign_ins).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ provider: 'ldap' })]);
       expect(after.relink).toBeNull();
+      // A preview gives the same refusal the relink would
+      const again = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap', preview: true } })).json();
+      expect(again).toMatchObject({ status: 'failure', message: expect.stringContaining('nothing to relink') });
       // Whoever was signed in with the local password is signed out
       expect((await me(localSession)).authenticated).toBe(false);
       // Now linked to LDAP, so its old local password no longer signs in
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 4e6c9d19ae..3afc48f947 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ router.post("/updateDefaults", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res)
 // Lets the next login through a provider with this account's username take the account over,
 // once, within RELINK_HOURS. For accounts whose provider identity changed (directory rebuild) or
 // local accounts moving to a provider. Both take { id, provider }.
+const PREVIEWED = Symbol("previewed");
 const relinkFail = (res, message, status = 200) => res.status(status).send({ status: "failure", message });
 
 // The account and provider a relink request is about, or undefined after answering with the problem
@@ -395,8 +396,11 @@ router.post("/cancelRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async fun
   try {
     const r = await relinkRequest(req, res, { cancel: true });
     if (!r) return;
+    const row = await AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: r.key }, raw: true });
     if (!(await AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: r.key } })))
       return void res.send({ status: "failure", message: "No relink is pending for this account (it may have been used or expired)." });
+    if (!row || !row.value || !(Date.parse(row.value.expires_at) > Date.now()))
+      return void res.send({ status: "failure", message: "No relink is pending for this account: it had expired." });
     logger("info", `'${r.actor.username}' cancelled the ${r.provider} relink for account ${r.id} '${r.user.username}'.`, "accounts", req);
     res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink cancelled." });
   } catch (err) {
@@ -439,10 +443,13 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       logger("error", `Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider} to allow a relink.`, "accounts", req, err);
       return fail(`Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider}: it's unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). Try again later.`);
     }
-    if (target === null) return fail(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}'.`);
+    if (target === null) return fail(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}'. If their directory username changed, enter the new one under "Username at the provider" and try again.`);
     // Unpinned, any entry later given this username could claim it
     if (target && !target.subject)
       return fail(`${target.dn || `'${username}'`} has no value for ${provider}'s subject attribute (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it can't sign in. Fix the entry or the setting first.`);
+    // The admin confirmed the entry the preview showed, not one given this username since
+    if (req.body.preview !== true && typeof req.body.dn === "string" && req.body.dn !== "" && !(target && target.dn && providers.sameFolded(target.dn, req.body.dn)))
+      return fail(`'${username}' is now ${target && target.dn ? target.dn : "a different entry"} in ${provider}, not ${req.body.dn} as shown. Check that it's the same person, then try again.`);
     if (target && target.shared)
       return fail(`${target.dn} shares its ${provider} subject value '${target.subject}' with another entry, so its sign-in is refused. Remove the duplicate value, or use a permanent ID (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID), first.`);
     // The account's own entry still being there (even disabled or in a leavers' OU) means this is someone else
@@ -469,8 +476,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
           `'${user.username}' already has its own ${provider} entry${old.dn ? `, ${old.dn}` : ""}, which still exists, so ${target.dn} is a different person. If it really is the same person, delete the old entry in the directory first.`
         );
     }
-    // Shows the admin which entry would claim the account before they confirm
-    if (req.body.preview === true) return void res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink can be allowed.", body: { provider, username, dn: target ? target.dn : null, preview: true } });
+    const preview = req.body.preview === true;
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
     // Checked and saved under the SuperAdmin lock, so two relinks allowed at once can't move every local SuperAdmin
     const refusal = await bindings.withSuperAdminLock(async ({ transaction, superAdmins: current }) => {
@@ -514,12 +520,15 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
         if (sameProvider.some((r) => r.value.subject === target.subject))
           return `Another account is already waiting for ${target.dn}. Cancel that relink first.`;
       }
+      // Shows the admin which entry would claim the account before they confirm, after every refusal above
+      if (preview) return PREVIEWED;
       await AuthMeta.upsert(
         { key, value: { username, subject: target ? target.subject : undefined, subject_setting: target ? providers.subjectSettingOf(provider) || undefined : undefined, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined, expires_at, by: actor.username } },
         { transaction }
       );
       return null;
     });
+    if (refusal === PREVIEWED) return void res.send({ status: "success", message: "Relink can be allowed.", body: { provider, username, dn: target ? target.dn : null, preview: true } });
     if (refusal) return fail(refusal);
     // Attempts refused before the admin got to this account no longer block the person
     resetFailedLogins(username);
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Users/routes/users.js b/plugins/core/backend/Users/routes/users.js
index 569d625951..e119656d3d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Users/routes/users.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Users/routes/users.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const router = express.Router();
 const { authorize } = require("../../../../../API/permissions/authorize");
 const logger = require("../../../../../API/logger");
 const { apilimiter } = require("../../../../../scripts/rateLimiters");
+const { sameOriginOnly } = require("../../../../../API/connections/routes");
 const userModel = require("../models/user");
 const User = userModel.User;
 const { mountLocalRoutes, clearLoginSession } = require("../../../auth/Local/routes");
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ const { mountLocalRoutes, clearLoginSession } = require("../../../auth/Local/rou
 // Signup, login and password reset belong to the Local login provider; kept here at /api/users/* too
 mountLocalRoutes(router);
 
-router.post("/logout", apilimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res) {
+router.post("/logout", sameOriginOnly, apilimiter, authorize.public("login and account self-service"), function (req, res) {
   let MMGISUser = false;
   try {
     MMGISUser = req.cookies.MMGISUser ? JSON.parse(req.cookies.MMGISUser) : false;
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 55450c2eeb..94d75c599d 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -33,11 +33,15 @@ AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
 AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=all
 # AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS - failed logins allowed per account per 15 minutes (default 5); from any address on
 #   provider forms (LDAP), per address on the local form with a 10x ceiling across addresses.
-#   Keep it below your directory's account lockout threshold so MMGIS stops first.
+#   Counted per server process: keep it times the number of processes below your directory's account
+#   lockout threshold so MMGIS stops first.
 AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=5
 # AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES - how often existing sessions and API tokens of provider accounts (LDAP) are rechecked
 #   against the directory, so removed people and groups lose access (default 15; 0 turns it off).
 AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=15
+# AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS - false: provider sign-ins (LDAP, proxy) only reach existing or relinked accounts and never
+#   create new ones (default true). Set it during a directory migration, so renamed people don't get empty accounts.
+AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=true
 
 # SETUP_CODE - optional. While the site has no SuperAdmin, creating the first SuperAdmin account
 #  requires a one-time setup code. By default a random code is printed in the server log
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index ccb0d9469f..f1c638bdc4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -321,6 +321,19 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0]).toMatchObject({ username: 'renamed', last_login_at: expect.any(Date) });
   });
 
+  test('AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false refuses a first sign-in but keeps existing links working', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels();
+    const first = await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'sub-1', username: 'kc_user' }), m);
+    process.env.AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS = 'false';
+    try {
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'sub-2', username: 'newcomer' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(/AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false/);
+      expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'sub-1', username: 'kc_user' }), m)).id).toBe(first.id);
+    } finally {
+      delete process.env.AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a subject or username longer than MMGIS can store is refused, not a server error', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels();
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'x'.repeat(256), username: 'long' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);

From 5808015d1b6b904a426fbb6fe8ccdfe1a7a27676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 15:01:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 076/122] Pending relinks survive reordered multi-valued
 subjects; refuse LDAP_BIND_DN sign-ins without trying its password;
 AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS must be true or false

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  9 +++--
 API/permissions/siteAccess.js                 |  2 ++
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  1 +
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  7 ++++
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 14 ++++++++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index f02820b6b5..c781cbe920 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ function matchUsername(rows, name) {
 const foldValue = (v) => String(v).normalize("NFKC").toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
 const sameFolded = (a, b) => foldValue(a) === foldValue(b);
 
+// The pinned subject is this entry's, even if a multi-valued attribute now lists it after another value
+const pinnedTo = (v, identity) =>
+  v.subject === identity.subject ||
+  (!!v.dn && !!identity.dn && sameFolded(v.dn, identity.dn) && (identity.subjects || []).includes(v.subject));
+
 async function findClaim(identity, m) {
   if (!m.AuthMeta) return null;
   const rows = await m.AuthMeta.findAll({
@@ -322,7 +327,7 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
     // A pin from under another subject setting may now be a different entry's value
     if (v.subject && v.subject_setting && v.subject_setting !== subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider))) continue;
     // Only the entry the admin was shown may claim it, whatever it is called by now
-    if (v.subject ? v.subject !== identity.subject : !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
+    if (v.subject ? !pinnedTo(v, identity) : !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
     // A value that isn't a permanent ID (e.g. cn) may be another entry's too
     const p = getProvider(identity.provider);
     if (v.subject && v.dn && p && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent() && !(identity.dn && identity.dn.toLowerCase() === v.dn.toLowerCase())) {
@@ -355,7 +360,7 @@ async function flagStaleClaims(identity, m) {
   });
   for (const r of rows) {
     const v = r.value;
-    if (!v || !v.subject || v.subject === identity.subject || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
+    if (!v || !v.subject || pinnedTo(v, identity) || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
     if (!sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
     await markStale(m, r.key, v, { subject: identity.subject, at: new Date().toISOString() });
     logger(
diff --git a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
index 49c679b3d6..5bddc2110e 100644
--- a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
+++ b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ function validate(env = process.env) {
     );
   if (env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN != null && env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN !== "" && !LOCAL_LOGIN_VALUES.includes(env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN))
     errors.push(`AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN must be one of: ${LOCAL_LOGIN_VALUES.join(" | ")}.`);
+  if (env.AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS != null && env.AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS !== "" && !["true", "false"].includes(env.AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS))
+    errors.push("AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS must be true or false.");
   const providers = parseProviders(env.AUTH_PROVIDERS);
   if (providers == null || providers.length === 0) {
     errors.push(`AUTH_PROVIDERS must be a JSON array, e.g. ["local"].`);
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index d53aac5736..49088f7f40 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Whether visitors may create their own local accounts. With `SITE_ACCESS=required
 
 #### `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=`
 
-Whether a first sign-in through a login provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` creates an MMGIS account. When `false`, only accounts that already sign in with that provider, or have a relink allowed, can sign in; everyone else is refused and told to ask an administrator, and the server log says to allow a relink or create their account first. Set it to `false` while moving to a new directory, so people whose directory username changed don't get new, empty accounts before their relink | boolean | default `true`
+Whether a first sign-in through a login provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` creates an MMGIS account. When `false`, only accounts that already sign in with that provider, or have a relink allowed, can sign in; everyone else is refused and told to ask an administrator, and the server log says to allow a relink or create their account first. Set it to `false` while moving to a new directory, so people whose directory username changed don't get new, empty accounts before their relink. Any value other than `true` or `false` stops startup | boolean | default `true`
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 926ae91fdb..e03cadac87 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | 409 "can't be used with MMGIS yet", and the log says the relink "is pinned to" one DN but the person "signs in from" another | With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, the relink waits for the entry the admin was shown. If this is the same person after a rename, cancel the relink and allow it again; otherwise leave it, since it still works for the pinned entry until it expires. |
 | "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and existing sessions keep the groups they had. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
+| "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account" | Someone tried to sign in as the service account. It is refused without its password being tried, so wrong passwords sent there can't lock it. Narrow `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (e.g. `(objectCategory=person)` plus a group) if service accounts shouldn't be found at all. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 06590b54ff..d2819d5793 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -416,12 +416,18 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     refused(reason);
     return null;
   };
+  // Wrong passwords sent to it could lock the account every search and recheck needs
+  const serviceAccount = (dn) =>
+    c.bindDn && c.bindDn.includes("=") && normalizeDn(dn) === normalizeDn(c.bindDn)
+      ? `${dn} is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account, which can't sign in to MMGIS (its password isn't tried)`
+      : null;
   const client = createClient(c);
   try {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     let entry;
     if (c.userDnTemplate) {
       const dn = fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) });
+      if (serviceAccount(dn)) return refuse(serviceAccount(dn));
       if (entryLocked(dn)) return refuse(entryLocked(dn));
       const bind = await bindAs(client, dn, password);
       if (!bind.ok) entryFailed(dn);
@@ -444,6 +450,7 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       const found = await findUser(client, c, username);
       if (!found.entry) return refuse(found.reason);
       entry = found.entry;
+      if (serviceAccount(entry.dn)) return refuse(serviceAccount(entry.dn));
       if (entryLocked(entry.dn)) return refuse(entryLocked(entry.dn));
       const bind = await bindAs(client, entry.dn, password);
       if (!bind.ok) entryFailed(entry.dn);
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index db669a29bf..6957206f61 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -209,6 +209,20 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice, twin, twin]))).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  test('the service account is refused without its password being tried', async () => {
+    const svc = { dn: base.LDAP_BIND_DN, password: base.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD, entry: { dn: 'CN=svc,DC=example,DC=org', entryUUID: 's1', uid: 'svc' } }; // pragma: allowlist secret
+    const log = [];
+    const why = [];
+    expect(await authenticate('svc', 'guess', config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: 'dc=example,dc=org' }), fakeClient([alice, svc], log), (r) => why.push(r))).toBeNull();
+    expect(why[0]).toMatch(/is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account/);
+    expect(log.filter((l) => l.startsWith('bind'))).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`]);
+    const direct = { ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'cn={{username}},dc=example,dc=org' };
+    const dlog = [];
+    expect(await authenticate('svc', base.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD, config(direct), fakeClient([svc], dlog), (r) => why.push(r))).toBeNull();
+    expect(why[1]).toMatch(/service account/);
+    expect(dlog.some((l) => l.startsWith('bind'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test('filter metacharacters in the username are escaped, so a wildcard matches nobody', async () => {
     const log = [];
     expect(await authenticate('*', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log))).toBeNull();
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index f1c638bdc4..b068dfb725 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ test.describe('AUTH_PROVIDERS validation against the registry', () => {
     expect(siteAccess.validate({ SITE_ACCESS: 'required', AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["local","proxy"]', PROXY_SECRET: 'x' })).toEqual([]); // pragma: allowlist secret
   });
 
+  test('AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS accepts only true or false, so a misspelt pause is not ignored', () => {
+    const v = (value) => siteAccess.validate({ SITE_ACCESS: 'required', AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["local"]', AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS: value });
+    expect(v('false')).toEqual([]);
+    expect(v('true')).toEqual([]);
+    expect(v('')).toEqual([]);
+    for (const bad of ['FALSE', '0', 'no']) expect(v(bad).join()).toMatch(/AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS must be true or false/);
+  });
+
   test('proxy refuses startup without PROXY_SECRET unless another trust mode is chosen', () => {
     const v = (env) => siteAccess.validate({ SITE_ACCESS: 'required', AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["proxy","local"]', ...env });
     expect(v({}).join()).toMatch(/PROXY_SECRET must be set.*PROXY_TRUST=network/);
@@ -833,6 +841,32 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('a relink pinned to one of an entry\'s values is claimed after the values are reordered, by that entry only', async () => {
+    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    try {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      const pinned = () =>
+        fakeModels({
+          users: [{ id: 9099, username: 'carl' }],
+          meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9099', value: { username: 'carl', subject: 'carl@example.org', dn: 'uid=carl,ou=people', by: 'admin', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 60000).toISOString() } }],
+        });
+      const carl = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carl2@example.org', subjects: ['carl2@example.org', 'carl@example.org'], dn: 'UID=carl,ou=people', username: 'carl', groups: [] };
+      const m = pinned();
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity(carl, m)).id).toBe(9099);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([]);
+      // Another entry listing carl's pinned value doesn't claim carl's account
+      const other = pinned();
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ ...carl, dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people', username: 'mallory' }, other)).id).not.toBe(9099);
+      expect(other.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ key: 'relink:ldap:9099' })]);
+      // Nor does an entry at another DN with carl's username, which marks the relink stale instead
+      const moved = pinned();
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...carl, dn: 'uid=carl,ou=contractors' }, moved)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
+      expect(moved.AuthMeta.rows[0].value.stale).toMatchObject({ subject: 'carl2@example.org' });
+    } finally {
+      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('a recheck matching a leaver\'s value as another person\'s alias treats the account as gone', async () => {
     const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
     try {

From 2cf0dffb830257cd74f4a4b493aeaf03734c1787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 15:07:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 077/122] Users and access toolbars wrap instead of overlapping
 on narrow screens

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
index e021015fc7..f8f9f5ee9a 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
     wordBreak: "break-word",
   },
   audienceHint: { maxWidth: "900px", fontSize: "14px", lineHeight: "20px", opacity: 0.85, marginBottom: "14px" },
-  bar: { display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: "12px", marginBottom: "12px" },
+  bar: { display: "flex", flexWrap: "wrap", alignItems: "center", gap: "12px", marginBottom: "12px" },
   grow: { flex: 1 },
   hint: { fontSize: "13px", opacity: 0.75, marginBottom: "12px" },
   // People table

From 4db562f3b5ef66f3875557967e881a19a8983dfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 15:23:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 078/122] LDAP: refuse the service account in UPN and
 DOMAIN\name forms; warn when no entry has the groups attribute; exact
 provider prefix for relink rows

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  6 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  5 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 67 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 43 +++++++++++-
 5 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index c781cbe920..0b8650de93 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
     raw: true,
   });
   for (const r of rows) {
+    // LIKE reads _ in a provider id as any character
+    if (!r.key.startsWith(`relink:${identity.provider}:`)) continue;
     const v = r.value;
     // Flagged under another subject setting: People says it won't take effect until a check unflags it
     if (!v || (v.stale && v.stale.setting) || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
@@ -359,6 +361,8 @@ async function flagStaleClaims(identity, m) {
     raw: true,
   });
   for (const r of rows) {
+    // LIKE reads _ in a provider id as any character
+    if (!r.key.startsWith(`relink:${identity.provider}:`)) continue;
     const v = r.value;
     if (!v || !v.subject || pinnedTo(v, identity) || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
     if (!sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
@@ -530,7 +534,7 @@ async function otherSettings(p, m, fresh = false) {
 async function readOtherSettings(p, m, now, log) {
   const rows = await m.AuthMeta.findAll({ where: { key: { [Op.like]: `${settingPrefix(p.id)}%` } }, raw: true });
   const others = rows
-    .filter((r) => r.key !== settingPrefix(p.id) + now && dbNow() - Date.parse(r.value && r.value.at) < SETTING_FRESH_MS)
+    .filter((r) => r.key.startsWith(settingPrefix(p.id)) && r.key !== settingPrefix(p.id) + now && dbNow() - Date.parse(r.value && r.value.at) < SETTING_FRESH_MS)
     .map((r) => r.key.slice(settingPrefix(p.id).length));
   if (others.length && log)
     logger(
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 49088f7f40..1a46c717d2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Allow `ldap://` without StartTLS, so passwords cross the network unencrypted. On
 
 #### `LDAP_BIND_DN=`
 
-DN of a read-only service account MMGIS signs in as to search for people (and groups), e.g. `cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org`. Leave empty to search anonymously, or when using `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` | string | default `''`
+DN of a read-only service account MMGIS signs in as to search for people (and groups), e.g. `cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org`. On Active Directory a UPN (`mmgis-svc@corp.example.org`) or `CORP\mmgis-svc` works too. Nobody can sign in to MMGIS as this account, in any of those forms, so wrong passwords sent to it can't lock it. Leave empty to search anonymously, or when using `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` | string | default `''`
 
 #### `LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index e03cadac87..93644f6c5c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, the first request from each signed-in account after each recheck interval waits up to 5 seconds, then goes ahead with the access it had. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. That includes the direct Viewer grant "Default for new accounts" gave local sign-ups, which LDAP-created accounts don't get and directory groups can't take away; if mission access should come only from directory groups, remove that grant on each account as you relink it. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator, so tell them in your announcement to keep using their MMGIS password until then; the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
 5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
+6. Rolling back to an MMGIS version without LDAP after this leaves moved people unable to sign in there: a relink retires the account's MMGIS password, and accounts LDAP created never had one. Keep the local SuperAdmin from step 1 so you can still reach Configure, and set new passwords in Users & Access for anyone who needs to sign in on the old version.
 
 ## Relinking an account
 
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | 409 "can't be used with MMGIS yet", and the log says the relink "is pinned to" one DN but the person "signs in from" another | With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, the relink waits for the entry the admin was shown. If this is the same person after a rename, cancel the relink and allow it again; otherwise leave it, since it still works for the pinned entry until it expires. |
 | "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and existing sessions keep the groups they had. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
-| "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account" | Someone tried to sign in as the service account. It is refused without its password being tried, so wrong passwords sent there can't lock it. Narrow `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (e.g. `(objectCategory=person)` plus a group) if service accounts shouldn't be found at all. |
+| "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account" | Someone tried to sign in as the service account. It is refused without its password being tried, so wrong passwords sent there can't lock it. This holds whether `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` give its DN, its UPN or `DOMAIN\name`; MMGIS reads its other names from the directory once the service account has signed in. Narrow `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (e.g. `(objectCategory=person)` plus a group) if service accounts shouldn't be found at all. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index d2819d5793..fa1e4e4e58 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -341,6 +341,45 @@ async function bindService(client, c) {
   }
 }
 
+// The service account's own names (DN, userPrincipalName, sAMAccountName), so it's recognised
+// whichever form LDAP_BIND_DN and LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE use; read once it has signed in
+const serviceNames = new Map();
+const isDn = (name) => /^[^=,@\\]+=/.test(String(name).trim());
+const foldName = (name) => (isDn(name) ? normalizeDn(name) : String(name).trim().toLowerCase());
+const samOf = (name) => (!isDn(name) && String(name).includes("\\") ? String(name).split("\\").pop().trim().toLowerCase() : null);
+
+async function learnServiceNames(client, c) {
+  const key = `${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}`;
+  if (serviceNames.has(key)) return;
+  const attributes = ["userPrincipalName", "sAMAccountName"];
+  let entries;
+  try {
+    if (isDn(c.bindDn)) entries = (await client.search(c.bindDn, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes })).searchEntries;
+    else {
+      const base = c.searchBase ? (await searchRoot(client, c).catch(() => null)) || c.searchBase : null;
+      if (!base) return void serviceNames.set(key, { names: new Set(), sams: new Set() });
+      const filter = samOf(c.bindDn) ? `(sAMAccountName=${escapeFilter(samOf(c.bindDn))})` : `(userPrincipalName=${escapeFilter(c.bindDn.trim())})`;
+      entries = (await client.search(base, { scope: "sub", filter, attributes, sizeLimit: 2 })).searchEntries;
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    return; // tried again at the next sign-in
+  }
+  const entry = entries.length === 1 ? entries[0] : null;
+  serviceNames.set(key, {
+    names: new Set(entry ? [normalizeDn(entry.dn), ...values(entry, "userPrincipalName").map(foldName)] : []),
+    sams: new Set(entry ? values(entry, "sAMAccountName").map((v) => String(v).trim().toLowerCase()) : []),
+  });
+}
+
+function isServiceAccount(c, name) {
+  if (!c.bindDn || !name) return false;
+  const known = serviceNames.get(`${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}`);
+  const n = foldName(name);
+  if (n === foldName(c.bindDn)) return true;
+  if (!known) return false;
+  return known.names.has(n) || (!!samOf(name) && (known.sams.has(samOf(name)) || samOf(name) === samOf(c.bindDn)));
+}
+
 // { entry } or { reason } when exactly one entry doesn't match
 async function findUser(client, c, username) {
   const filter = fill(c.searchFilter, { username: escapeFilter(username) });
@@ -417,16 +456,19 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     return null;
   };
   // Wrong passwords sent to it could lock the account every search and recheck needs
-  const serviceAccount = (dn) =>
-    c.bindDn && c.bindDn.includes("=") && normalizeDn(dn) === normalizeDn(c.bindDn)
-      ? `${dn} is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account, which can't sign in to MMGIS (its password isn't tried)`
-      : null;
+  const serviceAccount = (name) =>
+    isServiceAccount(c, name) ? `${name} is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account, which can't sign in to MMGIS (its password isn't tried)` : null;
   const client = createClient(c);
   try {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
     let entry;
     if (c.userDnTemplate) {
       const dn = fill(c.userDnTemplate, { username: escapeDn(username) });
+      // e.g. a {{username}}@domain template and a DN in LDAP_BIND_DN: only the directory knows they're one account
+      if (c.bindDn && !serviceNames.has(`${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}`)) {
+        await bindService(client, c);
+        await learnServiceNames(client, c);
+      }
       if (serviceAccount(dn)) return refuse(serviceAccount(dn));
       if (entryLocked(dn)) return refuse(entryLocked(dn));
       const bind = await bindAs(client, dn, password);
@@ -446,7 +488,10 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       // Groups are read as the service account, as at rechecks, where people may not read the group OU
       if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
     } else {
-      if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
+      if (c.bindDn) {
+        await bindService(client, c);
+        await learnServiceNames(client, c);
+      }
       const found = await findUser(client, c, username);
       if (!found.entry) return refuse(found.reason);
       entry = found.entry;
@@ -652,6 +697,7 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     }
     if (c.bindDn) {
       await bindService(client, c);
+      await learnServiceNames(client, c);
       checked.push("the service account signed in");
     }
     // Without a service account, directories usually only allow searches once the person has signed in
@@ -681,12 +727,15 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
       const people = peopleFilter(c);
       if (await anyMatch(people))
         for (const [name, attr, effect] of [
-          ["LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE", c.subjectAttribute, "every LDAP sign-in will fail"],
-          ["LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE", c.usernameAttribute, "each new MMGIS account is named (for good) by how its person typed their first sign-in"],
+          ["LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE", c.subjectAttribute, "every LDAP sign-in will fail. Check its spelling."],
+          ["LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE", c.usernameAttribute, "each new MMGIS account is named (for good) by how its person typed their first sign-in. Check its spelling."],
+          ...(c.groupSearchBase
+            ? []
+            : [["LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE", c.groupsAttribute, "no LDAP group gives anyone a role. Check its spelling; if the directory doesn't keep it (OpenLDAP needs the memberof overlay), set LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE to find groups by their members instead."]]),
         ]) {
           if (attr.toLowerCase() === "dn") continue;
           if ((await anyMatch(`(&${people}(${attr}=*))`)) === false)
-            checked.warnings.push(`no entry that LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER finds under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE has the attribute ${attr} (${name}), so ${effect}. Check its spelling.`);
+            checked.warnings.push(`no entry that LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER finds under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE has the attribute ${attr} (${name}), so ${effect}`);
         }
     }
     // locate(subject) searches from there, so a leaver moved out of LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE still counts
@@ -914,5 +963,5 @@ module.exports = {
   validate,
   warnings,
   // For tests
-  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, UnusableEntryError, entryFailures, peopleFilter },
+  _internal: { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, subjectFilter, authenticate, lookup, locate, directoryRoot, findSubject, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, UnusableEntryError, entryFailures, peopleFilter, serviceNames },
 };
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 6957206f61..efebb47b14 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const { InvalidCredentialsError, SizeLimitExceededError, NoSuchObjectError, InvalidDNSyntaxError } = require('ldapts');
 
 const ldap = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../plugin.js'));
-const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError } = ldap._internal;
+const { config, stripDomain, escapeFilter, escapeDn, normalizeDn, guidString, authenticate, selfCheck, explain, PasswordExpiredError, serviceNames } = ldap._internal;
 
 const base = {
   LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://ldap.example.org',
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     const log = [];
     const id = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log));
     expect(id).toEqual({ subject: 'e1', dn: expect.any(String), username: 'alice', email: 'alice@example.org', groups: ['cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org', 'cn=ops\\, east,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'], groupsLeftOut: [] });
-    expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`, `search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=alice)`, `bind ${alice.dn}`, 'unbind']);
+    // The service account's own entry is read once, for its other names
+    expect(log).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`, ...(log[1].startsWith(`search ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`) ? [log[1]] : []), `search ${base.LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE} (uid=alice)`, `bind ${alice.dn}`, 'unbind']);
   });
 
   test('wrong passwords count per directory entry, whichever name reached it', async () => {
@@ -218,9 +219,45 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     expect(log.filter((l) => l.startsWith('bind'))).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`]);
     const direct = { ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'cn={{username}},dc=example,dc=org' };
     const dlog = [];
+    serviceNames.clear();
     expect(await authenticate('svc', base.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD, config(direct), fakeClient([svc], dlog), (r) => why.push(r))).toBeNull();
     expect(why[1]).toMatch(/service account/);
-    expect(dlog.some((l) => l.startsWith('bind'))).toBe(false);
+    // Only the service account's own sign-in, made to learn its other names
+    expect(dlog.filter((l) => l.startsWith('bind'))).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`]);
+  });
+
+  test('the service account is refused whichever form (DN, UPN, DOMAIN\\name) LDAP_BIND_DN and the template use', async () => {
+    const svcEntry = { dn: 'CN=mmgis-svc,OU=Service Accounts,DC=corp,DC=example,DC=org', userPrincipalName: 'mmgis-svc@corp.example.org', sAMAccountName: 'mmgis-svc', objectGUID: Buffer.alloc(16, 1) };
+    const ad = (svcBind, log) => () => ({
+      async startTLS() {},
+      async bind(dn, password) {
+        log.push(`bind ${dn}`);
+        if (dn === svcBind && password === 'svcpw') return; // pragma: allowlist secret
+        throw new InvalidCredentialsError('80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C09044E, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, v4563');
+      },
+      async search(b, opts) {
+        if (opts.scope === 'base') return { searchEntries: b.toLowerCase() === svcEntry.dn.toLowerCase() ? [svcEntry] : [] };
+        return { searchEntries: /(userPrincipalName=mmgis-svc@corp\.example\.org|sAMAccountName=mmgis-svc)\)/i.test(opts.filter) ? [svcEntry] : [] };
+      },
+      async unbind() {},
+    });
+    const cases = [
+      ['UPN bind name, search mode', 'mmgis-svc@corp.example.org', { LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: 'DC=corp,DC=example,DC=org', LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(sAMAccountName={{username}})' }],
+      ['DN bind name, UPN template', svcEntry.dn, { LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: '{{username}}@corp.example.org' }],
+      ['UPN bind name, UPN template', 'mmgis-svc@corp.example.org', { LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: '{{username}}@CORP.example.org' }],
+      ['DN bind name, DOMAIN\\name template', svcEntry.dn, { LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'CORP\\{{username}}' }],
+      ['DOMAIN\\name bind name, search mode', 'CORP\\mmgis-svc', { LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: 'OU=Staff,DC=corp,DC=example,DC=org', LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER: '(sAMAccountName={{username}})' }],
+    ];
+    for (const [name, bindDn, env] of cases) {
+      serviceNames.clear();
+      const log = [];
+      const why = [];
+      const c = config({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://dc.corp.example.org', LDAP_BIND_DN: bindDn, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'svcpw', LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'objectGUID', ...env }); // pragma: allowlist secret
+      for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) expect(await authenticate('mmgis-svc', `guess${i}`, c, ad(bindDn, log), (r) => why.push(r)), name).toBeNull();
+      expect(why.length, name).toBe(3);
+      for (const w of why) expect(w, name).toMatch(/is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account/);
+      expect(log.filter((l) => l !== `bind ${bindDn}`), name).toEqual([]);
+    }
   });
 
   test('filter metacharacters in the username are escaped, so a wildcard matches nobody', async () => {

From 549eef436a25762c4ec0a67c4b6c18d8b72e2517 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 15:34:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 079/122] Provider rechecks: stop requests waiting once the
 provider is found unreachable; LDAP.md: AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false for
 the initial rollout, rollback note

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js             | 12 ++++++++++--
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md            |  8 ++++----
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 0b8650de93..419641c130 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ const recheckMs = () => {
   return (Number.isFinite(n) && n >= 0 ? n : 15) * 60 * 1000;
 };
 const rechecks = new Map();
+// When a provider's last recheck couldn't reach it: other people's requests then don't wait for theirs
+const providerDown = new Map();
+const downNow = (providerId, ms) => Date.now() - (providerDown.get(providerId) || -Infinity) < ms;
 
 // Re-reads a provider-linked account through the provider's lookup(subject) at most every
 // AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES, so directory changes reach existing sessions and tokens. Resolves false
@@ -907,7 +910,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
   if (!force && !detail && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
-    if (!hit.missing) return requestWait(hit.result);
+    if (!hit.missing) return downNow(providerId, ms) ? Promise.resolve(true) : requestWait(hit.result);
     // Another process may have signed the person in again (a relink or a restored entry) since
     return (async () => {
       m = m || accountModels();
@@ -937,8 +940,10 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
         null,
         err
       );
+      providerDown.set(providerId, Date.now());
       return "failed";
     }
+    providerDown.delete(providerId);
     // e.g. LDAP without a service account: nothing can be read between logins
     if (found === undefined) return "unsupported";
     // A relink during the lookup replaced the subject; that login already synced the new one
@@ -972,7 +977,8 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   rechecks.set(key, entry);
   result.then((ok) => (entry.missing = !ok), () => {});
   if (detail) return status;
-  return force ? result : requestWait(result);
+  if (force) return result;
+  return downNow(providerId, ms) ? Promise.resolve(true) : requestWait(result);
 }
 
 // Rechecks every provider-linked account now, including ones nobody has used since a directory change,
@@ -1287,6 +1293,8 @@ module.exports = {
   sameUsername,
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
+  // For tests: forget which accounts and providers were rechecked
+  forgetRechecks: () => (rechecks.clear(), providerDown.clear()),
   recheckLinked,
   fillGroups,
   fillsOnlyAtSignIn,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 93644f6c5c..1732e7ec30 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -123,15 +123,15 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, the first request from each signed-in account after each recheck interval waits up to 5 seconds, then goes ahead with the access it had. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, a request waits up to 5 seconds for its recheck, then goes ahead with the access it had; once one recheck has found the directory unreachable, other requests don't wait until a recheck gets an answer again. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
-1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset, and use `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","ldap"]` during the move, so people who aren't moved yet still see their MMGIS sign-in first.
-2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours. For accounts whose directory username differs, do it before those people can see the LDAP option: if they sign in with LDAP first, they get a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account) before the relink.
+1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset, and use `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","ldap"]` during the move, so people who aren't moved yet still see their MMGIS sign-in first. Also set `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false`, so anyone who signs in with LDAP before their relink is refused instead of getting a new, empty account (people new to MMGIS then need an account created and its relink allowed).
+2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours. Without `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false`, someone whose directory username differs who signs in with LDAP first gets a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account) before the relink.
 3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. That includes the direct Viewer grant "Default for new accounts" gave local sign-ups, which LDAP-created accounts don't get and directory groups can't take away; if mission access should come only from directory groups, remove that grant on each account as you relink it. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator, so tell them in your announcement to keep using their MMGIS password until then; the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
-5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
+5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. Remove `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` then, so people new to MMGIS get an account at their first LDAP sign-in. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
 6. Rolling back to an MMGIS version without LDAP after this leaves moved people unable to sign in there: a relink retires the account's MMGIS password, and accounts LDAP created never had one. Keep the local SuperAdmin from step 1 so you can still reach Configure, and set new passwords in Users & Access for anyone who needs to sign in on the old version.
 
 ## Relinking an account
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index b068dfb725..4d8d0d5fff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     savedProviders = process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
     process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = '["ldap","local"]';
   });
+  test.beforeEach(() => providers.forgetRechecks());
   test.afterAll(() => {
     ldap.lookup = lookup;
     if (savedProviders === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
@@ -944,6 +945,23 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9017, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  test('once a recheck finds the provider down, other people\'s requests stop waiting for theirs until it answers again', async () => {
+    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'first', user_id: 9018 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'next', user_id: 9019 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'back', user_id: 9020 }] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9018, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    let ended;
+    const lookedUp = new Promise((r) => (ended = r));
+    ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500)), ended(), { username: 'next', groups: [] });
+    const started = Date.now();
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9019, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(Date.now() - started).toBeLessThan(500);
+    await lookedUp;
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
+    // It answered, so a removal applies to the request again
+    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test('a group change during a check of every account queues one more check after it', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
     let calls = 0;

From 102200ac4aace37cac65b2ef5255283847b9e364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 15:41:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 080/122] Rechecks: only connection failures stop other
 requests waiting; LDAP: refuse names sharing the service account's stem while
 its other names are unknown

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/connections/routes.js                        |  1 +
 API/permissions/providers.js                     |  5 ++++-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                 |  9 ++++++++-
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js   | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js         |  8 +++++++-
 5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/connections/routes.js b/API/connections/routes.js
index 67174e60fa..a727169d83 100644
--- a/API/connections/routes.js
+++ b/API/connections/routes.js
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ function renderResult(res, view) {
   });
 }
 
+// Refuses only requests a browser marks as from another site: curl and scripts send no Origin and pass
 function sameOriginOnly(req, res, next) {
   const site = req.get("sec-fetch-site");
   const origin = req.get("origin");
diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 419641c130..132d32e021 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -890,6 +890,9 @@ const recheckMs = () => {
 const rechecks = new Map();
 // When a provider's last recheck couldn't reach it: other people's requests then don't wait for theirs
 const providerDown = new Map();
+// A connection or TLS failure or a timeout, not an error about one person's entry
+const unreachable = (err) =>
+  !!err && (/^(ETIMEDOUT|ECONN|EHOST|ENET|ENOTFOUND|EAI_|EPIPE|ERR_TLS|CERT_|UNABLE_TO_|DEPTH_ZERO|SELF_SIGNED)/.test(String(err.code || "")) || /connection|socket|timed? ?out/i.test(String(err.message || "")));
 const downNow = (providerId, ms) => Date.now() - (providerDown.get(providerId) || -Infinity) < ms;
 
 // Re-reads a provider-linked account through the provider's lookup(subject) at most every
@@ -940,7 +943,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
         null,
         err
       );
-      providerDown.set(providerId, Date.now());
+      if (unreachable(err)) providerDown.set(providerId, Date.now());
       return "failed";
     }
     providerDown.delete(providerId);
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index fa1e4e4e58..b7ecaef547 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -346,6 +346,12 @@ async function bindService(client, c) {
 const serviceNames = new Map();
 const isDn = (name) => /^[^=,@\\]+=/.test(String(name).trim());
 const foldName = (name) => (isDn(name) ? normalizeDn(name) : String(name).trim().toLowerCase());
+// e.g. mmgis-svc for cn=mmgis-svc,…, mmgis-svc@corp… and CORP\mmgis-svc
+const stemOf = (name) => {
+  const s = String(name).trim();
+  if (isDn(s)) return normalizeDn(s).split(",")[0].split("=").slice(1).join("=");
+  return s.split("\\").pop().split("@")[0].toLowerCase();
+};
 const samOf = (name) => (!isDn(name) && String(name).includes("\\") ? String(name).split("\\").pop().trim().toLowerCase() : null);
 
 async function learnServiceNames(client, c) {
@@ -376,7 +382,8 @@ function isServiceAccount(c, name) {
   const known = serviceNames.get(`${c.url}\n${c.bindDn}`);
   const n = foldName(name);
   if (n === foldName(c.bindDn)) return true;
-  if (!known) return false;
+  // Its other names couldn't be read: refuse whatever shares its stem
+  if (!known || known.names.size === 0) return stemOf(name) === stemOf(c.bindDn);
   return known.names.has(n) || (!!samOf(name) && (known.sams.has(samOf(name)) || samOf(name) === samOf(c.bindDn)));
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index efebb47b14..351a98759a 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -260,6 +260,22 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test("while the service account's other names can't be read, names sharing its stem are refused", async () => {
+    serviceNames.clear();
+    const log = [];
+    const why = [];
+    const client = () => ({
+      async startTLS() {},
+      async bind(dn) { log.push(`bind ${dn}`); if (dn !== 'CN=mmgis-svc,OU=Svc,DC=corp,DC=org') throw new InvalidCredentialsError('Invalid credentials'); },
+      async search() { throw new Error('Insufficient access'); },
+      async unbind() {},
+    });
+    const c = config({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://dc', LDAP_BIND_DN: 'CN=mmgis-svc,OU=Svc,DC=corp,DC=org', LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'svcpw', LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: '{{username}}@corp.org', LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'dn' }); // pragma: allowlist secret
+    expect(await authenticate('MMGIS-svc', 'guess', c, client, (r) => why.push(r))).toBeNull();
+    expect(why[0]).toMatch(/service account/);
+    expect(log.filter((l) => !l.startsWith('bind CN=mmgis-svc'))).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   test('filter metacharacters in the username are escaped, so a wildcard matches nobody', async () => {
     const log = [];
     expect(await authenticate('*', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log))).toBeNull();
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 4d8d0d5fff..c1a2045c4a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -946,7 +946,13 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
   });
 
   test('once a recheck finds the provider down, other people\'s requests stop waiting for theirs until it answers again', async () => {
-    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
+    // An error about one entry (e.g. its group search) doesn't count as the directory being down
+    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('Size limit exceeded'); };
+    const m0 = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'odd', user_id: 9021 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'waits', user_id: 9022 }] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9021, 'ldap', m0)).toBe(true);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 300)), null);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9022, 'ldap', m0)).toBe(false);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw Object.assign(new Error('connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:3636'), { code: 'ECONNREFUSED' }); };
     const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'first', user_id: 9018 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'next', user_id: 9019 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'back', user_id: 9020 }] });
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9018, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
     let ended;

From 802b5c92ea14b1b77d8f4cfd69ae5b6ad033bf67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 15:55:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 081/122] Rechecks: someone in too many LDAP groups loses their
 group roles instead of keeping them; while the provider is down, requests
 wait 1 s; LDAP.md: tokens on rollback; settings check reports unread
 service-account names

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 13 ++++++++-----
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  4 ++--
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  6 +++---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  8 ++++++--
 6 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 132d32e021..d5d618d2cf 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ const lookupTimeout = (p) =>
   Math.max(IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS, (typeof p.impl.lookupTimeoutMs === "function" && Number(p.impl.lookupTimeoutMs())) || 0);
 
 // A person's request waits at most 5 s for a recheck, keeping its access meanwhile; a slower one applies once it ends
-function requestWait(result) {
+function requestWait(result, waitMs = IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS) {
   let timer;
   const meanwhile = new Promise((resolve) => {
-    timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(true), IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(true), waitMs);
     if (timer.unref) timer.unref();
   });
   return Promise.race([result, meanwhile]).finally(() => clearTimeout(timer));
@@ -888,7 +888,8 @@ const recheckMs = () => {
   return (Number.isFinite(n) && n >= 0 ? n : 15) * 60 * 1000;
 };
 const rechecks = new Map();
-// When a provider's last recheck couldn't reach it: other people's requests then don't wait for theirs
+// When a provider's last recheck couldn't reach it: other people's requests then wait only DOWN_WAIT_MS for theirs
+const DOWN_WAIT_MS = 1000;
 const providerDown = new Map();
 // A connection or TLS failure or a timeout, not an error about one person's entry
 const unreachable = (err) =>
@@ -913,7 +914,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
   if (!force && !detail && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
-    if (!hit.missing) return downNow(providerId, ms) ? Promise.resolve(true) : requestWait(hit.result);
+    if (!hit.missing) return requestWait(hit.result, downNow(providerId, ms) ? DOWN_WAIT_MS : IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
     // Another process may have signed the person in again (a relink or a restored entry) since
     return (async () => {
       m = m || accountModels();
@@ -954,6 +955,8 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return "ok";
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
+    if (identity && found.groupsUnread)
+      logger("warn", `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't read the groups of ${await who(m, userId)} (${found.groupsUnread}); its provider groups give it no roles until they can be read.`, "AuthProviders");
     // A process on another subject setting flagged it for that setting: leave that to it
     const flagged = identity && (await otherSettings(p, m)).length > 0 && (await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: missingKey(providerId, userId) }, raw: true }));
     if (!(flagged && flagged.value && flagged.value.reason === "subject"))
@@ -981,7 +984,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   result.then((ok) => (entry.missing = !ok), () => {});
   if (detail) return status;
   if (force) return result;
-  return downNow(providerId, ms) ? Promise.resolve(true) : requestWait(result);
+  return requestWait(result, downNow(providerId, ms) ? DOWN_WAIT_MS : IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
 }
 
 // Rechecks every provider-linked account now, including ones nobody has used since a directory change,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 37831e0531..ca0dcb12dd 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = {
   // Login form providers: the form's wording, usually from your ENVs. Every field is optional.
   loginForm(env) { return { title, usernameLabel, hint }; },
   // Session providers: the account's current identity, for rechecking existing sessions and tokens.
-  lookup(subject) { return { subject, username, email, groups, dn, current, first }; },
+  lookup(subject) { return { subject, username, email, groups, dn, current, first, groupsUnread }; },
 };
 ```
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `subjectPermanent()` (optional) returns `false` when subjects aren't permanent IDs no other entry can have (LDAP: `cn`, `uid` or `mail` rather than `entryUUID`). A pinned relink is then claimed only by a login whose identity has the same `dn` (compared case-insensitively) as the entry the admin was shown, so such a provider should return `dn` from `authenticate` and `findSubject`, and `shared: true` from `findSubject` for a value another entry has.
 - With `subjectPermanent()` returning `false`, `authenticate` may also return `subjects`, every value the entry has (e.g. several `mail` values). A sign-in whose first value isn't linked then uses a link made under another of them, if that link has the same username and `locate` finds its value at the same `dn`; a link with another username is refused rather than given a second account. `lookup` should return `dn`, `current` (the entry's own value matching `subject`, which may differ in case) and `first` (the value a sign-in would use). Rechecks treat a link as missing when `current` differs from it, or when `first` differs and the username has changed, since that value may be an alias on someone else's entry.
 - `subjectSetting()` (optional) returns the setting subjects come from (LDAP: `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`). It's stored with each link and each pinned relink when they're made, so a change between two settings whose subjects look alike (e.g. `entryUUID` to `uid`) is caught the same way. Such a link's sign-ins are refused and rechecks treat it as missing without looking it up, even when its value matches an entry under the new setting, which may be someone else's. Links made before it was stored fall back to `subjectFits`.
-- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
+- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If the entry was found but its groups can't be read, return `groups: []` with `groupsUnread` set to the reason (logged). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN, and a DN while they're reported by name); its message is shown to the admin. MMGIS also runs saved names through it at startup and when a member leaves a group, and logs a warning for names it refuses, e.g. after a setting changed the form.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 1732e7ec30..a046dbd2b8 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, a request waits up to 5 seconds for its recheck, then goes ahead with the access it had; once one recheck has found the directory unreachable, other requests don't wait until a recheck gets an answer again. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, a request waits up to 5 seconds for its recheck, then goes ahead with the access it had; once a recheck has found the directory unreachable (a timeout or connection error, not an error about one person's entry), other requests wait at most 1 second until a recheck gets an answer again. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. That includes the direct Viewer grant "Default for new accounts" gave local sign-ups, which LDAP-created accounts don't get and directory groups can't take away; if mission access should come only from directory groups, remove that grant on each account as you relink it. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator, so tell them in your announcement to keep using their MMGIS password until then; the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
 5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. Remove `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` then, so people new to MMGIS get an account at their first LDAP sign-in. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
-6. Rolling back to an MMGIS version without LDAP after this leaves moved people unable to sign in there: a relink retires the account's MMGIS password, and accounts LDAP created never had one. Keep the local SuperAdmin from step 1 so you can still reach Configure, and set new passwords in Users & Access for anyone who needs to sign in on the old version.
+6. Rolling back to an MMGIS version without LDAP after this leaves moved people unable to sign in there: a relink retires the account's MMGIS password, and accounts LDAP created never had one. Keep the local SuperAdmin from step 1 so you can still reach Configure, and set new passwords in Users & Access for anyone who needs to sign in on the old version. Moved accounts' API tokens don't work there either: their owners need to create new ones.
 
 ## Relinking an account
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | "Your <name> entry can't be used with MMGIS" | The person's entry has no `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`. If everyone gets this, the setting doesn't suit the directory (e.g. `objectGUID` on OpenLDAP); the server log names the entry and attribute. |
 | "Your <name> entry can't be used with MMGIS", and the log says the entry "shares its" subject value | Another entry under `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` has the same `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` value, so MMGIS can't tell them apart; at rechecks its sessions and API tokens end, and the account shows as not found (the server log says it no longer has the account). Remove the duplicate value, or use a permanent ID such as `entryUUID`. |
 | 409 "can't be used with MMGIS yet", and the log says the relink "is pinned to" one DN but the person "signs in from" another | With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, the relink waits for the entry the admin was shown. If this is the same person after a rename, cancel the relink and allow it again; otherwise leave it, since it still works for the pinned entry until it expires. |
-| "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and existing sessions keep the groups they had. |
+| "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and at their next recheck their existing sessions and API tokens lose the roles their LDAP groups gave (the log says MMGIS "couldn't read the groups of" them); roles granted to them directly stay. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account" | Someone tried to sign in as the service account. It is refused without its password being tried, so wrong passwords sent there can't lock it. This holds whether `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` give its DN, its UPN or `DOMAIN\name`; MMGIS reads its other names from the directory once the service account has signed in. Narrow `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (e.g. `(objectCategory=person)` plus a group) if service accounts shouldn't be found at all. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index b7ecaef547..8baa85034f 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ async function learnServiceNames(client, c) {
       entries = (await client.search(base, { scope: "sub", filter, attributes, sizeLimit: 2 })).searchEntries;
     }
   } catch (err) {
-    return; // tried again at the next sign-in
+    // Tried again at the next sign-in; until then names sharing its stem are refused
+    return `couldn't read the service account's own entry (${explain(err)}), so it is recognised only by LDAP_BIND_DN and names like it`;
   }
   const entry = entries.length === 1 ? entries[0] : null;
   serviceNames.set(key, {
@@ -583,6 +584,16 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     const name = values(entry, c.usernameAttribute)[0];
     const email = values(entry, c.emailAttribute)[0];
     const groupsLeftOut = [];
+    let groups;
+    let groupsUnread;
+    try {
+      groups = await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : "", groupsLeftOut);
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (!err.tooManyGroups) throw err;
+      // The directory answered: their directory groups can't be confirmed, so they give no roles until they can
+      groups = [];
+      groupsUnread = err.message;
+    }
     return {
       subject,
       // The entry's own value, which the directory may have matched without case
@@ -591,8 +602,9 @@ async function lookup(subject, c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
       dn: entry.dn,
       username: name != null ? String(name) : undefined,
       email: email != null ? String(email) : undefined,
-      groups: await groupsOf(client, c, entry, name != null ? String(name) : "", groupsLeftOut),
+      groups,
       groupsLeftOut,
+      ...(groupsUnread ? { groupsUnread } : {}),
     };
   } finally {
     await client.unbind().catch(() => {});
@@ -704,7 +716,8 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
     }
     if (c.bindDn) {
       await bindService(client, c);
-      await learnServiceNames(client, c);
+      const unread = await learnServiceNames(client, c);
+      if (unread) checked.warnings.push(unread);
       checked.push("the service account signed in");
     }
     // Without a service account, directories usually only allow searches once the person has signed in
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 351a98759a..f5d86c7573 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -485,6 +485,22 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
     expect(subjectFilter(config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'entryUUID' }), 'a*)')).toBe('(entryUUID=a\\2a\\29)');
   });
 
+  test('a recheck of someone in more groups than the directory returns reports no groups, not an outage', async () => {
+    const { SizeLimitExceededError } = require('ldapts');
+    const c = config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'entryUUID', LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: 'ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' });
+    const people = byUuid([alice.entry]);
+    const found = await lookup('e1', c, () => ({
+      ...people(),
+      async search(b, opts) {
+        if (b === 'ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org') throw new SizeLimitExceededError('Size Limit Exceeded');
+        return people().search(b, opts);
+      },
+    }));
+    expect(found.username).toBe('alice');
+    expect(found.groups).toEqual([]);
+    expect(found.groupsUnread).toMatch(/more groups than the directory returns/);
+  });
+
   test('reports current groups, null once the entry is gone or disabled, undefined without a service account', async () => {
     const c = config({ ...base, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'entryUUID' });
     const found = await lookup('e1', c, byUuid([alice.entry]));
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index c1a2045c4a..9f915dc55a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9017, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  test('once a recheck finds the provider down, other people\'s requests stop waiting for theirs until it answers again', async () => {
+  test('once a recheck finds the provider down, other people\'s requests wait at most 1 s for theirs, so a removal still applies if it answers', async () => {
     // An error about one entry (e.g. its group search) doesn't count as the directory being down
     ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('Size limit exceeded'); };
     const m0 = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'odd', user_id: 9021 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'waits', user_id: 9022 }] });
@@ -960,7 +960,11 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500)), ended(), { username: 'next', groups: [] });
     const started = Date.now();
     expect(await providers.stillLinked(9019, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
-    expect(Date.now() - started).toBeLessThan(500);
+    expect(Date.now() - started).toBeLessThan(1400);
+    // A person the directory removed is still refused at once if it answers
+    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
+    const m2 = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9023 }] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9023, 'ldap', m2)).toBe(false);
     await lookedUp;
     await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
     // It answered, so a removal applies to the request again

From 87fcd30c4a37441ae32c10bd1a5f921698b38fa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 15:56:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 082/122] LDAP.md: ending a leaver's access without ppolicy;
 People shows the last recheck

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index a046dbd2b8..493edbad3c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. On OpenLDAP without ppolicy, changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions; delete the entry or lock it with ppolicy's administrative lock. A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, a request waits up to 5 seconds for its recheck, then goes ahead with the access it had; once a recheck has found the directory unreachable (a timeout or connection error, not an error about one person's entry), other requests wait at most 1 second until a recheck gets an answer again. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. People shows what each account's last recheck found, and a recheck runs when the session or token is used: a leaver who never comes back stays shown as linked until you click **Check linked accounts**, so click it before an offboarding audit or before reading the **Not found / needs relink** count. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. Changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions. Delete the entry, or move it out of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (or out of what `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` matches); on OpenLDAP with the ppolicy overlay loaded, its administrative lock works too (without the overlay, `pwdAccountLockedTime` is an undefined attribute). A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, a request waits up to 5 seconds for its recheck, then goes ahead with the access it had; once a recheck has found the directory unreachable (a timeout or connection error, not an error about one person's entry), other requests wait at most 1 second until a recheck gets an answer again. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 

From 36760f443f053bbb1ebfcd79268768c483840c60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 16:10:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 083/122] Simultaneous first LDAP sign-ins of one person no
 longer get 409; a sign-in clears the provider's down state; DN folding and
 service-account wording consistent; too-many-groups warning logged once

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 19 +++++++++++++------
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 11 +++++++----
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     |  4 ++--
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 12 ++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index d5d618d2cf..720a75dbc8 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
     if (v.subject ? !pinnedTo(v, identity) : !sameUsername(v.username, identity.username)) continue;
     // A value that isn't a permanent ID (e.g. cn) may be another entry's too
     const p = getProvider(identity.provider);
-    if (v.subject && v.dn && p && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent() && !(identity.dn && identity.dn.toLowerCase() === v.dn.toLowerCase())) {
+    if (v.subject && v.dn && p && typeof p.impl.subjectPermanent === "function" && !p.impl.subjectPermanent() && !(identity.dn && sameFolded(identity.dn, v.dn))) {
       // Refused rather than given a new account, which would then hold the subject the relink is waiting for
       await markStale(m, r.key, v, { dn: identity.dn || null, at: new Date().toISOString() });
       throw new LinkError(
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     const claim = await findClaim(identity, m);
     // A non-unique attribute (e.g. cn) may give another entry the same value, so it must be the entry the admin was shown
     // Unpinned (no service account to look it up): it matched the username, whose own password was checked
-    const shown = claim && (!claim.dn || (identity.dn && claim.dn.toLowerCase() === identity.dn.toLowerCase()));
+    const shown = claim && (!claim.dn || (identity.dn && sameFolded(claim.dn, identity.dn)));
     const claimed = shown && claim.userId === link.user_id ? await claimRelink(identity, m) : null;
     if (claimed) return claimed;
     throw new LinkError(
@@ -764,9 +764,11 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
     const holder = taken.id != null && m.AuthIdentity.findOne
       ? await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: taken.id, provider: identity.provider }, raw: true })
       : null;
+    // A concurrent first sign-in of this same entry created it since the checks above
+    if (holder && holder.subject === identity.subject && !retried) return linkIdentity(identity, m, true);
     if (holder)
       throw new LinkError(
-        `The username '${identity.username}' belongs to account ${taken.id}, which signs in with ${identity.provider} as '${holder.username}' (renamed there). Don't relink it to this entry. To let this person in under another MMGIS username, create an account for them (e.g. '${identity.username}2') and allow its relink as '${identity.username}'.`
+        `The username '${identity.username}' belongs to account ${taken.id}, which signs in with ${identity.provider} as '${holder.username}'${sameUsername(holder.username, identity.username) ? ` under another ${identity.provider} ID` : " (renamed there)"}. Don't relink it to this entry. To let this person in under another MMGIS username, create an account for them (e.g. '${identity.username}2') and allow its relink as '${identity.username}'.`
       );
     const adminsOnly = siteAccess.localAdminsOnly();
     const lapsed = taken.id != null && m.AuthMeta ? await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: relinkKey(identity.provider, taken.id) }, raw: true }) : null;
@@ -890,6 +892,7 @@ const recheckMs = () => {
 const rechecks = new Map();
 // When a provider's last recheck couldn't reach it: other people's requests then wait only DOWN_WAIT_MS for theirs
 const DOWN_WAIT_MS = 1000;
+const groupsUnreadLogged = new Set();
 const providerDown = new Map();
 // A connection or TLS failure or a timeout, not an error about one person's entry
 const unreachable = (err) =>
@@ -920,7 +923,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
       m = m || accountModels();
       const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
       const since = link && link.last_login_at ? new Date(link.last_login_at).getTime() : 0;
-      return since > hit.at ? requestWait(stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, true)) : false;
+      return since > hit.at ? requestWait(stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, true), downNow(providerId, ms) ? DOWN_WAIT_MS : IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS) : false;
     })();
   }
   const status = (async () => {
@@ -955,7 +958,9 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     if (!now || now.subject !== link.subject) return "ok";
     const identity = normalizeIdentity(providerId, found && { ...found, subject: link.subject });
     const changed = await syncGroups(userId, identity || { provider: providerId, groups: [] }, m);
-    if (identity && found.groupsUnread)
+    // Logged when it starts, not at every recheck
+    if (!(identity && found.groupsUnread)) groupsUnreadLogged.delete(key);
+    else if (!groupsUnreadLogged.has(key) && groupsUnreadLogged.add(key))
       logger("warn", `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't read the groups of ${await who(m, userId)} (${found.groupsUnread}); its provider groups give it no roles until they can be read.`, "AuthProviders");
     // A process on another subject setting flagged it for that setting: leave that to it
     const flagged = identity && (await otherSettings(p, m)).length > 0 && (await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: missingKey(providerId, userId) }, raw: true }));
@@ -1101,6 +1106,8 @@ async function completeLogin(req, identity) {
     throw err;
   }
   await syncGroups(user.id, identity);
+  // The provider answered
+  providerDown.delete(identity.provider);
   rechecks.set(`${identity.provider}:${user.id}`, { at: Date.now(), result: Promise.resolve(true) });
   require("./principal").invalidate();
   await new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
@@ -1300,7 +1307,7 @@ module.exports = {
   syncGroups,
   stillLinked,
   // For tests: forget which accounts and providers were rechecked
-  forgetRechecks: () => (rechecks.clear(), providerDown.clear()),
+  forgetRechecks: () => (rechecks.clear(), providerDown.clear(), groupsUnreadLogged.clear()),
   recheckLinked,
   fillGroups,
   fillsOnlyAtSignIn,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 493edbad3c..f920b8f907 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | 409 "can't be used with MMGIS yet", and the log says the relink "is pinned to" one DN but the person "signs in from" another | With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, the relink waits for the entry the admin was shown. If this is the same person after a rename, cancel the relink and allow it again; otherwise leave it, since it still works for the pinned entry until it expires. |
 | "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and at their next recheck their existing sessions and API tokens lose the roles their LDAP groups gave (the log says MMGIS "couldn't read the groups of" them); roles granted to them directly stay. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
-| "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account" | Someone tried to sign in as the service account. It is refused without its password being tried, so wrong passwords sent there can't lock it. This holds whether `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` give its DN, its UPN or `DOMAIN\name`; MMGIS reads its other names from the directory once the service account has signed in. Narrow `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (e.g. `(objectCategory=person)` plus a group) if service accounts shouldn't be found at all. |
+| "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "is, or shares its name with, LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account" | Someone tried to sign in as the service account. It is refused without its password being tried, so wrong passwords sent there can't lock it. This holds whether `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` give its DN, its UPN or `DOMAIN\name`; MMGIS reads its other names from the directory once the service account has signed in. Narrow `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (e.g. `(objectCategory=person)` plus a group) if service accounts shouldn't be found at all. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 8baa85034f..fee1ca53a4 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ const foldName = (name) => (isDn(name) ? normalizeDn(name) : String(name).trim()
 // e.g. mmgis-svc for cn=mmgis-svc,…, mmgis-svc@corp… and CORP\mmgis-svc
 const stemOf = (name) => {
   const s = String(name).trim();
-  if (isDn(s)) return normalizeDn(s).split(",")[0].split("=").slice(1).join("=");
+  if (isDn(s)) return normalizeDn(s).split(/(?<!\\),/)[0].split("=").slice(1).join("=");
   return s.split("\\").pop().split("@")[0].toLowerCase();
 };
 const samOf = (name) => (!isDn(name) && String(name).includes("\\") ? String(name).split("\\").pop().trim().toLowerCase() : null);
@@ -363,13 +363,16 @@ async function learnServiceNames(client, c) {
     if (isDn(c.bindDn)) entries = (await client.search(c.bindDn, { scope: "base", filter: "(objectClass=*)", attributes })).searchEntries;
     else {
       const base = c.searchBase ? (await searchRoot(client, c).catch(() => null)) || c.searchBase : null;
-      if (!base) return void serviceNames.set(key, { names: new Set(), sams: new Set() });
+      if (!base) {
+        serviceNames.set(key, { names: new Set(), sams: new Set() });
+        return "without LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE MMGIS can't look up the service account's other names, so it refuses sign-ins under names like LDAP_BIND_DN";
+      }
       const filter = samOf(c.bindDn) ? `(sAMAccountName=${escapeFilter(samOf(c.bindDn))})` : `(userPrincipalName=${escapeFilter(c.bindDn.trim())})`;
       entries = (await client.search(base, { scope: "sub", filter, attributes, sizeLimit: 2 })).searchEntries;
     }
   } catch (err) {
     // Tried again at the next sign-in; until then names sharing its stem are refused
-    return `couldn't read the service account's own entry (${explain(err)}), so it is recognised only by LDAP_BIND_DN and names like it`;
+    return `couldn't read the service account's own entry (${explain(err)}), so until it can, MMGIS refuses sign-ins under names like LDAP_BIND_DN`;
   }
   const entry = entries.length === 1 ? entries[0] : null;
   serviceNames.set(key, {
@@ -465,7 +468,7 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
   };
   // Wrong passwords sent to it could lock the account every search and recheck needs
   const serviceAccount = (name) =>
-    isServiceAccount(c, name) ? `${name} is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account, which can't sign in to MMGIS (its password isn't tried)` : null;
+    isServiceAccount(c, name) ? `${name} is, or shares its name with, LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account, which can't sign in to MMGIS (its password isn't tried)` : null;
   const client = createClient(c);
   try {
     if (c.startTls) await client.startTLS(startTlsOptions(c));
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index f5d86c7573..b368ae64f2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     const log = [];
     const why = [];
     expect(await authenticate('svc', 'guess', config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: 'dc=example,dc=org' }), fakeClient([alice, svc], log), (r) => why.push(r))).toBeNull();
-    expect(why[0]).toMatch(/is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account/);
+    expect(why[0]).toMatch(/is, or shares its name with, LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account/);
     expect(log.filter((l) => l.startsWith('bind'))).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`]);
     const direct = { ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'cn={{username}},dc=example,dc=org' };
     const dlog = [];
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
       const c = config({ LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://dc.corp.example.org', LDAP_BIND_DN: bindDn, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'svcpw', LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE: 'objectGUID', ...env }); // pragma: allowlist secret
       for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) expect(await authenticate('mmgis-svc', `guess${i}`, c, ad(bindDn, log), (r) => why.push(r)), name).toBeNull();
       expect(why.length, name).toBe(3);
-      for (const w of why) expect(w, name).toMatch(/is LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account/);
+      for (const w of why) expect(w, name).toMatch(/is, or shares its name with, LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account/);
       expect(log.filter((l) => l !== `bind ${bindDn}`), name).toEqual([]);
     }
   });
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 9f915dc55a..5ad3a55860 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'race', username: 'dora' }), m)).toMatchObject({ id: 100, username: 'dora' });
   });
 
+  test('a concurrent first login that sees the account only once the other one has created it uses that account', async () => {
+    const m = fakeModels();
+    m.usernameTaken = async (username) => {
+      delete m.usernameTaken;
+      const user = await m.User.create({ username });
+      await m.AuthIdentity.create({ provider: 'keycloak', subject: 'race2', username, user_id: user.id });
+      return { id: user.id };
+    };
+    expect(await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'race2', username: 'dora' }), m)).toMatchObject({ id: 100, username: 'dora' });
+    expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   test('a recreated entry with a new ID but the name of a linked account is refused, not given a new empty account', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels({ users: [{ id: 1, username: 'bob' }], links: [{ provider: 'keycloak', subject: 'old', username: 'Robert', user_id: 1 }] });
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'robert' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(/already signs in to account 1/);

From 3fcd07a52a0beee9ce4ac609dac0a4684687b642 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 16:12:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 084/122] Docs: simultaneous sign-ins and the failed-login
 count; OpenLDAP nested groups

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md | 2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 1a46c717d2..9e84adef73 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Whether a first sign-in through a login provider such as `ldap` or `proxy` creat
 
 #### `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS=`
 
-Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows (see the per-process note below). The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses (50 by default), so locking a local SuperAdmin out of the local form for 15 minutes takes that many wrong passwords; sessions already signed in are unaffected. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it; once it's used up, that entry gets the same "invalid username or password" answer as a wrong password (its password isn't tried), so the limit doesn't reveal which names exist. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes (replicas behind a load balancer, pm2 or Kubernetes) the limit applies per process, and the directory can see that many times as many wrong passwords. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep this times the number of processes below the directory's account lockout threshold (e.g. at most 2 for 3 processes and a threshold of 7), so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 × this many wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
+Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/password provider such as LDAP) per 15 minutes. Provider forms count across all addresses, so MMGIS stops before the directory locks the person's account everywhere; the cost is that anyone who knows a username can keep that person off the provider form for 15 minutes with this many wrong passwords, so set it as high as the directory's lockout threshold allows (see the per-process note below). The local form counts per address, with a ceiling of 10 times this across all addresses (50 by default), so locking a local SuperAdmin out of the local form for 15 minutes takes that many wrong passwords; sessions already signed in are unaffected. Only wrong usernames or passwords count; an unreachable directory or a refused account link doesn't. A sign-in counts while it's in progress and stops counting once it succeeds, so this many simultaneous sign-ins for one account (e.g. a script signing in in parallel) can get "too many failed sign-ins" even with the right password. Further attempts for that account on that form are refused until the window passes, so directory failures never lock out a local account. Usernames are compared ignoring case, Unicode look-alikes and `DOMAIN\` (and `@domain` on the local form). LDAP also counts wrong passwords per directory entry, so every name that reaches one entry (uid, mail, UPN) shares one allowance and nobody else's typos count against it; once it's used up, that entry gets the same "invalid username or password" answer as a wrong password (its password isn't tried), so the limit doesn't reveal which names exist. Counts are kept in each server process, so with several processes (replicas behind a load balancer, pm2 or Kubernetes) the limit applies per process, and the directory can see that many times as many wrong passwords. With a directory behind MMGIS, keep this times the number of processes below the directory's account lockout threshold (e.g. at most 2 for 3 processes and a threshold of 7), so typos and password guessing are stopped by MMGIS before the directory locks the account. Separately, each address is limited to 10 × this many wrong usernames or passwords per 15 minutes on each provider's form | number | default `5`
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index f920b8f907..c8bd77f63f 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ The login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app login modal share one username/
 
 By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or OpenLDAP with the memberof overlay). Without it, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to search for groups whose `member` is the person, or `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(memberUid={{username}})` for posixGroup groups.
 
-On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead.
+On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead. OpenLDAP has no such rule: only groups that list the person themselves count, so a person in a group that is itself a member of a mapped group doesn't get that group's roles. Map each group they're directly in.
 
 Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). A plain name such as `science-team` is refused, since it could never match a DN. External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, open Groups > **Check a provider user** and leave the groups empty (needs `LDAP_BIND_DN`): it lists every group the directory reports for that person now. The server log also lists them at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it. Turning `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` on or off changes the form every group is reported in, so update each LDAP group's external name at the same time, and change the setting on every MMGIS process together; until then those groups have no members, and the server log warns about them at startup and at each sign-in.
 

From bb3479d21d0477c598a874d0b3854f5cb0ac1508 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 16:19:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 085/122] =?UTF-8?q?Login=20forms:=20the=20button=20says=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?'Signing=20in=E2=80=A6'=20and=20is=20disabled=20while=20a=20pro?=
 =?UTF-8?q?vider=20sign-in=20runs;=20the=20wrong-account-type=20hint=20say?=
 =?UTF-8?q?s=20which=20tab=20to=20use?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 21 ++++++++++--
 public/adminlogin.js                          |  3 +-
 public/login.js                               |  3 +-
 public/loginForms.js                          | 32 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js  | 11 ++++++-
 5 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 79d8f805d0..60c5960bc8 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -387,9 +387,26 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     await expect(page.locator('.loginProvider.active')).toHaveAttribute('data-id', 'ldap');
     await signIn(clash.username, clash.password);
     await expect(page.locator('#msg')).toContainText('Ask an administrator');
-    await expect(page.locator('#msg')).not.toContainText('different account type');
+    await expect(page.locator('#msg')).not.toContainText('choose MMGIS account above');
     await signIn('ldap_nobody_ui', ['wrong', 'pw'].join('-'));
-    await expect(page.locator('#msg')).toContainText('different account type');
+    await expect(page.locator('#msg')).toContainText('choose MMGIS account above');
+  });
+
+  test('the sign-in button says it is signing in until the directory answers', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(`${baseURL}/configure`);
+    await expect(page.locator('.loginProvider.active')).toHaveAttribute('data-id', 'ldap');
+    await page.route('**/api/auth/ldap/login', async (route) => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500));
+      await route.continue();
+    });
+    await page.fill('#username', 'ldap_nobody_ui');
+    await page.fill('#pwd', ['wrong', 'pw'].join('-'));
+    await page.click('button.btn1');
+    await expect(page.locator('button.btn1')).toBeDisabled();
+    await expect(page.locator('button.btn1')).toHaveText('Signing in…');
+    await expect(page.locator('#msg')).toContainText('choose MMGIS account above');
+    await expect(page.locator('button.btn1')).toBeEnabled();
+    await expect(page.locator('button.btn1')).toHaveText('Sign in');
   });
 
   test('an admin can let one directory login claim an existing local account', async () => {
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.js b/public/adminlogin.js
index ee18ee3179..e3039dfea9 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.js
+++ b/public/adminlogin.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ function login() {
       function (message) {
         document.getElementById("msg").innerText = message;
         document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
-      }
+      },
+      document.querySelector("button.btn1")
     );
     return;
   }
diff --git a/public/login.js b/public/login.js
index 8b94f6489e..970134b315 100644
--- a/public/login.js
+++ b/public/login.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ function login() {
       function (message) {
         document.getElementById("msg").innerText = message;
         document.getElementById("msg").style.opacity = 1;
-      }
+      },
+      document.getElementById("login")
     );
   } else if (toggleState === "login") {
     $.ajax({
diff --git a/public/loginForms.js b/public/loginForms.js
index 6c330961a1..3f267e01c5 100644
--- a/public/loginForms.js
+++ b/public/loginForms.js
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
 
   // A wrong password may just be the wrong account type; other failures (status 409, 503) aren't
   const failed = (message, status) =>
-    buttons().length > 1 && (!status || status === 401) ? `${message} Using a different account type? Choose it above.` : message;
+    buttons().length > 1 && (!status || status === 401) ? `${message} ${otherType(active)}` : message;
+
+  // e.g. a relinked person still on the MMGIS account tab, or a renamed one on the directory's
+  function otherType(form) {
+    if (!form || form.id === "local") return "If your account was moved to another sign-in, choose it above.";
+    return `If you sign in with an MMGIS password, choose MMGIS account above; otherwise ask an administrator.`;
+  }
 
   // Shows only the local account form, e.g. while creating the first administrator
   function onlyLocal() {
@@ -70,7 +76,24 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
   // Local accounts, or no provider switch at all
   const isLocal = () => !active || active.id === "local";
 
-  function submit(username, password, done) {
+  // Shown while a sign-in is running: a directory that doesn't answer takes up to LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS
+  let busy = false;
+  function submit(username, password, done, button) {
+    if (busy) return;
+    busy = true;
+    const label = button ? button.textContent : null;
+    if (button) {
+      button.disabled = true;
+      button.textContent = "Signing in…";
+    }
+    const finish = (message) => {
+      busy = false;
+      if (button) {
+        button.disabled = false;
+        button.textContent = label;
+      }
+      done(message);
+    };
     $.ajax({
       type: "POST",
       url: active.path,
@@ -81,10 +104,10 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
           remember();
           document.cookie = "MMGISUser=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;";
           window.location.reload();
-        } else done(failed((data && data.message) || "Login failed."));
+        } else finish(failed((data && data.message) || "Login failed."));
       },
       error: function (xhr) {
-        done(failed((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.", xhr && xhr.status));
+        finish(failed((xhr && xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.message) || "Server error.", xhr && xhr.status));
       },
     });
   }
@@ -96,6 +119,7 @@ const LoginForms = (function () {
     submit: submit,
     remember: remember,
     failed: failed,
+    otherType: otherType,
     current: () => active,
   };
 })();
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index fd92ab686e..4210dea796 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -433,7 +433,11 @@ var Login = {
     showError: function (message, status) {
         const text =
             (Login.loginForms || []).length > 1 && (!status || status === 401)
-                ? `${message} Using a different account type? Choose it above.`
+                ? `${message} ${
+                      !Login.activeForm || Login.activeForm.id === 'local'
+                          ? 'If your account was moved to another sign-in, choose it above.'
+                          : 'If you sign in with an MMGIS password, choose MMGIS account above; otherwise ask an administrator.'
+                  }`
                 : message
         $('#loginErrorMessage').stop(true).text(text).css('opacity', '1')
     },
@@ -441,12 +445,17 @@ var Login = {
     formProviderLogin: function (values) {
         const root = window.mmgisglobal.ROOT_PATH ? window.mmgisglobal.ROOT_PATH + '/' : ''
         const form = Login.activeForm
+        // A directory that doesn't answer takes up to LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS
+        const button = $('#loginSubmit')
+        if (button.prop('disabled')) return
+        button.prop('disabled', true).val('Signing in…')
         $.ajax({
             type: 'POST',
             url: `${root}${form.path}`,
             contentType: 'application/json',
             data: JSON.stringify({ username: values.username, password: values.password }),
             xhrFields: { withCredentials: true },
+            complete: () => button.prop('disabled', false).val('Log In'),
             success: (d) => {
                 if (d && d.status === 'success') {
                     Login.username = d.username

From 67d1340e18db34f3ac93f1e3e42b1de3edfc1f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 16:35:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 086/122] LDAP: a service account that isn't an entry (OpenLDAP
 rootDN) is looked up once; refuse commas in provider usernames (Draw editor
 lists); empty passwords refused in authenticate(); shorter group log; no
 rename log after a relink claim

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 15 ++++++---
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              | 14 ++++++--
 .../Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js     | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js             |  2 +-
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js  |  3 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  4 +--
 9 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 720a75dbc8..f25ea27322 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ const reservedUsername = (name) => {
   return n === "group" || n === "guest" || n.startsWith("~deleted~");
 };
 
-// Usernames are shown in pages (e.g. Draw's "by <owner>"); markup characters there would be script
-const unsafeUsername = (name) => /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f<>"`\\]/.test(String(name));
+// Usernames are shown in pages (e.g. Draw's "by <owner>"); markup characters there would be script.
+// Draw's shared-editor lists are comma-separated, so "smith, john" would make "smith" and "john" editors
+const unsafeUsername = (name) => /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f<>"`\\,]/.test(String(name));
 
 class LinkError extends Error {
   constructor(message, userMessage) {
@@ -677,7 +678,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       if (m.AuthMeta && (await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: relinkKey(identity.provider, user.id) } })) > 0)
         logger("info", `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': ${user.username} signed in with its existing link, so its pending relink was dropped.`, "AuthProviders");
       // Drawings and other content are keyed by username, so a rename at the provider isn't copied
-      if (identity.username !== user.username)
+      if (link.username !== identity.username && identity.username !== user.username)
         logger(
           "info",
           `Auth provider '${identity.provider}' now calls account ${user.id} '${identity.username}'; it keeps its MMGIS username '${user.username}'.`,
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
   if (reservedUsername(identity.username))
     throw new LinkError(`The username '${identity.username}' is reserved in MMGIS.`);
   if (unsafeUsername(identity.username))
-    throw new LinkError(`The username ${JSON.stringify(identity.username)} contains < > " \` \\ or control characters, which MMGIS usernames can't.`);
+    throw new LinkError(`The username ${JSON.stringify(identity.username)} contains a comma, < > " \` \\ or control characters, which MMGIS usernames can't (if LDAP_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE is e.g. cn, use uid or sAMAccountName).`);
   const taken = m.usernameTaken
     ? await m.usernameTaken(identity.username)
     : await m.User.findOne({ where: { username: identity.username }, attributes: ["id"], raw: true });
@@ -896,7 +897,11 @@ const groupsUnreadLogged = new Set();
 const providerDown = new Map();
 // A connection or TLS failure or a timeout, not an error about one person's entry
 const unreachable = (err) =>
-  !!err && (/^(ETIMEDOUT|ECONN|EHOST|ENET|ENOTFOUND|EAI_|EPIPE|ERR_TLS|CERT_|UNABLE_TO_|DEPTH_ZERO|SELF_SIGNED)/.test(String(err.code || "")) || /connection|socket|timed? ?out/i.test(String(err.message || "")));
+  !!err &&
+  (/^(ETIMEDOUT|ECONN|EHOST|ENET|ENOTFOUND|EAI_|EPIPE|ERR_TLS|CERT_|UNABLE_TO_|DEPTH_ZERO|SELF_SIGNED|UND_ERR_CONNECT)/.test(String(err.code || "")) ||
+    /connection|socket|timed? ?out/i.test(String(err.message || "")) ||
+    // e.g. fetch's "fetch failed", with the network error as its cause
+    (!!err.cause && err.cause !== err && unreachable(err.cause)));
 const downNow = (providerId, ms) => Date.now() - (providerDown.get(providerId) || -Infinity) < ms;
 
 // Re-reads a provider-linked account through the provider's lookup(subject) at most every
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index ca0dcb12dd..11e262e4b1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `subjectPermanent()` (optional) returns `false` when subjects aren't permanent IDs no other entry can have (LDAP: `cn`, `uid` or `mail` rather than `entryUUID`). A pinned relink is then claimed only by a login whose identity has the same `dn` (compared case-insensitively) as the entry the admin was shown, so such a provider should return `dn` from `authenticate` and `findSubject`, and `shared: true` from `findSubject` for a value another entry has.
 - With `subjectPermanent()` returning `false`, `authenticate` may also return `subjects`, every value the entry has (e.g. several `mail` values). A sign-in whose first value isn't linked then uses a link made under another of them, if that link has the same username and `locate` finds its value at the same `dn`; a link with another username is refused rather than given a second account. `lookup` should return `dn`, `current` (the entry's own value matching `subject`, which may differ in case) and `first` (the value a sign-in would use). Rechecks treat a link as missing when `current` differs from it, or when `first` differs and the username has changed, since that value may be an alias on someone else's entry.
 - `subjectSetting()` (optional) returns the setting subjects come from (LDAP: `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`). It's stored with each link and each pinned relink when they're made, so a change between two settings whose subjects look alike (e.g. `entryUUID` to `uid`) is caught the same way. Such a link's sign-ins are refused and rechecks treat it as missing without looking it up, even when its value matches an entry under the new setting, which may be someone else's. Links made before it was stored fall back to `subjectFits`.
-- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If the entry was found but its groups can't be read, return `groups: []` with `groupsUnread` set to the reason (logged). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck; a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
+- `lookup(subject)` lets MMGIS reread a linked account every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` while it has a session or uses an API token. Return the identity as at login (its groups update the account's provider groups), `null` once the account is gone or disabled (its sessions and tokens stop working and its provider groups are removed), or `undefined` when you can't tell (nothing changes). If the entry was found but its groups can't be read, return `groups: []` with `groupsUnread` set to the reason (logged). If it throws or takes longer than 5 seconds (or `lookupTimeoutMs()` milliseconds, if the plugin exports that function and it returns more; it also applies to `locate`), the account keeps its access until the next check. A person's request waits at most 5 seconds for a recheck, or 1 second while a recheck of anyone has just failed to reach your provider (a timeout, or an error whose `code`, or its `cause`'s, is a connection or TLS one such as `ECONNREFUSED`); a slower one applies once it ends. Without `lookup`, changes apply at the next login. `identify` providers don't need it: they are asked on every request.
 - `groupName(name)` (optional) returns the form your provider reports a group name in, e.g. a DN normalized the way your groups are reported. Users & Access applies it when an admin saves a group's external name, so names typed in another form still match exactly. Throw an `Error` to refuse a name that can never match (LDAP refuses a plain name while groups are reported by DN, and a DN while they're reported by name); its message is shown to the admin. MMGIS also runs saved names through it at startup and when a member leaves a group, and logs a warning for names it refuses, e.g. after a setting changed the form.
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 9e84adef73..fc8322b222 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ Report groups found under `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` by this attribute (e.g. `cn`)
 
 #### `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS=`
 
-How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the login fails with "unavailable". A recheck between logins may take up to 5 times this; a person's request waits at most 5 s for it, and a slower one applies once it ends | number | default `5000`
+How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the login fails with "unavailable". A recheck between logins may take up to 5 times this; a person's request waits at most 5 s for it (1 s while the directory has just been found unreachable), and a slower one applies once it ends | number | default `5000`
 
 #### `LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index c8bd77f63f..c09fd962e6 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | 409 "can't be used with MMGIS yet", and the log says the relink "is pinned to" one DN but the person "signs in from" another | With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, the relink waits for the entry the admin was shown. If this is the same person after a rename, cancel the relink and allow it again; otherwise leave it, since it still works for the pinned entry until it expires. |
 | "MMGIS can't read all of your <name> groups" for one person | They're in more groups than the directory returns to the service account. MMGIS pages group results 500 at a time, but OpenLDAP still caps the total at the hard size limit: raise it for the service account (`olcLimits: dn.exact="<service DN>" size.prtotal=unlimited size.hard=unlimited`), or narrow `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER` to the groups MMGIS maps. Until then that person can't sign in, and at their next recheck their existing sessions and API tokens lose the roles their LDAP groups gave (the log says MMGIS "couldn't read the groups of" them); roles granted to them directly stay. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "found a different entry" | With both `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, the search must find the entry the password was checked against (same DN, or for a `{{username}}@domain` template the same `userPrincipalName`). Make the template and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` use the same attribute, e.g. `(userPrincipalName={{username}}@corp.example.org)`. |
-| "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "is, or shares its name with, LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account" | Someone tried to sign in as the service account. It is refused without its password being tried, so wrong passwords sent there can't lock it. This holds whether `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` give its DN, its UPN or `DOMAIN\name`; MMGIS reads its other names from the directory once the service account has signed in. Narrow `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (e.g. `(objectCategory=person)` plus a group) if service accounts shouldn't be found at all. |
+| "Invalid <name> username or password" and the log says "is, or shares its name with, LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account" | Someone tried to sign in as the service account. It is refused without its password being tried, so wrong passwords sent there can't lock it. This holds whether `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE` give its DN, its UPN or `DOMAIN\name`; MMGIS reads its other names from the directory once the service account has signed in. An `LDAP_BIND_DN` that isn't an entry, such as OpenLDAP's rootDN `cn=admin,dc=…`, has no other names, so only that DN is refused. Narrow `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (e.g. `(objectCategory=person)` plus a group) if service accounts shouldn't be found at all. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for everyone | The server log says why each login was refused. Check `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`/`LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` (or `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`) and that the service account may read people. |
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index fee1ca53a4..9b18316887 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ async function learnServiceNames(client, c) {
       entries = (await client.search(base, { scope: "sub", filter, attributes, sizeLimit: 2 })).searchEntries;
     }
   } catch (err) {
+    // e.g. OpenLDAP's rootDN (cn=admin,…), which isn't an entry: it has no other names
+    if (isDn(c.bindDn) && err instanceof NoSuchObjectError) {
+      serviceNames.set(key, { names: new Set([normalizeDn(c.bindDn)]), sams: new Set() });
+      return;
+    }
     // Tried again at the next sign-in; until then names sharing its stem are refused
     return `couldn't read the service account's own entry (${explain(err)}), so until it can, MMGIS refuses sign-ins under names like LDAP_BIND_DN`;
   }
@@ -466,6 +471,8 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
     refused(reason);
     return null;
   };
+  // Some directories take a bind with no password as an anonymous one that succeeds
+  if (!password) return refuse("no password was given");
   // Wrong passwords sent to it could lock the account every search and recheck needs
   const serviceAccount = (name) =>
     isServiceAccount(c, name) ? `${name} is, or shares its name with, LDAP_BIND_DN, the service account, which can't sign in to MMGIS (its password isn't tried)` : null;
@@ -784,7 +791,10 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
 }
 
 const validUsername = (u) =>
-  typeof u === "string" && u.trim() !== "" && u.length <= MAX_USERNAME && !/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(u);
+  typeof u === "string" && u.trim() !== "" && u.length <= MAX_USERNAME && !/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(u.trim());
+
+// e.g. someone in hundreds of AD groups, on one log line at every sign-in
+const shortList = (items, max = 20) => items.slice(0, max).join(" | ") + (items.length > max ? ` | … ${items.length - max} more` : "");
 
 ////// Startup checks
 
@@ -929,7 +939,7 @@ module.exports = {
         const user = await ctx.completeLogin(req, identity);
         ctx.logger(
           "info",
-          `${user.username} logged in with LDAP. Directory groups: ${identity.groups.length ? identity.groups.join(" | ") : "none"}.${
+          `${user.username} logged in with LDAP. Directory groups: ${identity.groups.length ? shortList(identity.groups) : "none"}.${
             identity.groupsLeftOut && identity.groupsLeftOut.length
               ? ` Left out, having no ${config().groupNameAttribute} (LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE): ${identity.groupsLeftOut.join(" | ")}.`
               : ""
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index b368ae64f2..aff144592a 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -260,6 +260,39 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test("a service account that isn't an entry (OpenLDAP's rootDN) is looked up once and doesn't block people sharing its name", async () => {
+    serviceNames.clear();
+    const svc = { ...alice, dn: 'uid=svc,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', entry: { ...alice.entry, dn: 'uid=svc,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org', uid: 'svc', entryUUID: 's2' } };
+    const log = [];
+    const inner = fakeClient([svc], log);
+    const client = () => {
+      const cl = inner();
+      const search = cl.search;
+      cl.search = async (b, opts) => {
+        if (opts.scope === 'base' && b === base.LDAP_BIND_DN) {
+          log.push(`search ${b} base`);
+          throw new NoSuchObjectError('No such object');
+        }
+        return search(b, opts);
+      };
+      return cl;
+    };
+    const why = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) expect(await authenticate('svc', 'right', config(base), client, (r) => why.push(r))).toMatchObject({ username: 'svc' });
+    expect(why).toEqual([]);
+    expect(log.filter((l) => l === `search ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN} base`)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(await authenticate('svc', 'guess', config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'cn={{username}},dc=example,dc=org' }), client, (r) => why.push(r))).toBeNull();
+    expect(why[0]).toMatch(/is, or shares its name with, LDAP_BIND_DN/);
+  });
+
+  test('an empty password is refused without asking the directory', async () => {
+    const log = [];
+    const why = [];
+    expect(await authenticate('alice', '', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log), (r) => why.push(r))).toBeNull();
+    expect(why).toEqual(['no password was given']);
+    expect(log).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   test("while the service account's other names can't be read, names sharing its stem are refused", async () => {
     serviceNames.clear();
     const log = [];
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index c0bacf15fd..00602d1973 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ router.post("/signup", sameOriginOnly, signupLimiter, authorize.public("login an
     return;
   }
   if (providers.unsafeUsername(req.body.username)) {
-    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Usernames can't contain < > \" ` \\ or control characters." });
+    res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Usernames can't contain commas, < > \" ` \\ or control characters." });
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index 4210dea796..db811b865e 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ var Login = {
         // A directory that doesn't answer takes up to LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS
         const button = $('#loginSubmit')
         if (button.prop('disabled')) return
+        const label = button.val()
         button.prop('disabled', true).val('Signing in…')
         $.ajax({
             type: 'POST',
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ var Login = {
             contentType: 'application/json',
             data: JSON.stringify({ username: values.username, password: values.password }),
             xhrFields: { withCredentials: true },
-            complete: () => button.prop('disabled', false).val('Log In'),
+            complete: () => button.prop('disabled', false).val(label),
             success: (d) => {
                 if (d && d.status === 'success') {
                     Login.username = d.username
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 5ad3a55860..57eb1269ff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     expect(providers.unsafeUsername('alice')).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  test('never creates an account whose username has markup or control characters', async () => {
+  test('never creates an account whose username has markup, commas (Draw editor lists) or control characters', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels();
-    for (const username of ['evil<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>', 'a"b', 'a`b', 'a\nb'])
+    for (const username of ['evil<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>', 'a"b', 'a`b', 'a\nb', 'smith, john'])
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: `s-${username}`, username }), m)).rejects.toThrow(/can't/);
     expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(0);
   });

From 1f18fe791d89bd17cdd64a49bd8b1e662e0cf748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 16:46:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 087/122] People keeps allowed relinks listed as pending;
 outage log no longer says a not-found account keeps access; LDAP.md: leaver
 dates across a directory move, first directory admin under
 AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false, tokens of moved local accounts, provider
 order

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                 |  6 +++++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js | 11 ++++++-----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js    |  4 ++++
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                | 12 ++++++------
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index f25ea27322..48841d4eff 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -945,9 +945,13 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
       // Matched by a value that isn't first (e.g. an alias): only under the same directory username, so another entry's alias doesn't keep a leaver in
       if (found && found.first && found.first !== link.subject && !permanent && !sameUsername(found.username, link.username)) found = null;
     } catch (err) {
+      // Already not found (e.g. a leaver): it has no provider access to keep
+      const missing = m.AuthMeta ? await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: missingKey(providerId, userId) }, raw: true }).catch(() => null) : null;
       logger(
         "warn",
-        `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck ${await who(m, userId)}${err && err.code === "ETIMEDOUT" ? ` (no answer within ${lookupTimeout(p) / 1000} s)` : ""}; it keeps its access until the next check.`,
+        `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck ${await who(m, userId)}${err && err.code === "ETIMEDOUT" ? ` (no answer within ${lookupTimeout(p) / 1000} s)` : ""}; ${
+          missing ? "it stays not found, without its sessions, tokens or provider groups, until a check finds it" : "it keeps its access until the next check"
+        }.`,
         "AuthProviders",
         null,
         err
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index b73fb6ac94..03761bbf02 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import TablePagination from "@mui/material/TablePagination";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import SearchIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Search";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { api, SubjectTag, indexBindings, summarizeUser, PEOPLE_COLUMNS, dateText, signInText, needsRelink, lastProviderLogin, SiteRoleBadges, MissionList, rowActivate } from "./shared";
+import { api, SubjectTag, indexBindings, summarizeUser, PEOPLE_COLUMNS, dateText, signInText, needsRelink, relinkPending, lastProviderLogin, SiteRoleBadges, MissionList, rowActivate } from "./shared";
 import { useRemembered, useOnChange } from "./hooks";
 
 // Every account, with its site role and what it can view and edit
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
   const [search, setSearch] = useRemembered(remember, "peopleSearch", "");
   const [onlyRelink, setOnlyRelink] = useRemembered(remember, "peopleOnlyRelink", false);
   const relinkCount = useMemo(() => users.filter(needsRelink).length, [users]);
+  const pendingCount = useMemo(() => users.filter(relinkPending).length, [users]);
   const [peopleSort, setPeopleSort] = useRemembered(remember, "peopleSort", { by: "username", dir: "asc" });
   const [peoplePage, setPeoplePage] = useRemembered(remember, "peoplePage", 0);
   const [peoplePerPage, setPeoplePerPage] = useRemembered(remember, "peoplePerPage", 25);
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
     const q = search.toLowerCase();
     const key = (PEOPLE_COLUMNS.find((col) => col[0] === peopleSort.by) || PEOPLE_COLUMNS[0])[2];
     return summaries
-      .filter(({ u }) => !onlyRelink || needsRelink(u))
+      .filter(({ u }) => !onlyRelink || needsRelink(u) || relinkPending(u))
       .filter(({ u, s }) => !q || [u.username, u.email || "", signInText(u), ...s.groupNames].some((t) => t.toLowerCase().includes(q)))
       .sort((a, b) => {
         const ka = key(a);
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
               />
               <span className={c.barHint}>Every account, its site role and what it can view and edit. Click a row for details.</span>
               <span className={c.grow} />
-              {(relinkCount > 0 || onlyRelink) && (
-                <Button variant={onlyRelink ? "contained" : "outlined"} disableElevation className={c.barButton} onClick={() => setOnlyRelink(!onlyRelink)} title="Only linked accounts that can't sign in: their provider entry is gone (people who left, or entries moved or renamed) or they were linked under an old subject setting, with no usable relink pending">
-                  Not found / needs relink ({relinkCount})
+              {(relinkCount > 0 || pendingCount > 0 || onlyRelink) && (
+                <Button variant={onlyRelink ? "contained" : "outlined"} disableElevation className={c.barButton} onClick={() => setOnlyRelink(!onlyRelink)} title="Only linked accounts that can't sign in: their provider entry is gone (people who left, or entries moved or renamed) or they were linked under an old subject setting. Those with a relink allowed stay listed, as pending, until the person signs in">
+                  Not found / needs relink ({relinkCount}{pendingCount ? `, ${pendingCount} pending` : ""})
                 </Button>
               )}
               {linkedProviders.length > 0 && (
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index 4d105350ad..c9936fc44e 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -644,6 +644,10 @@ export const PEOPLE_COLUMNS = [
 export const needsRelink = (u) =>
   (!u.relink || u.relink.stale) && (u.sign_ins || []).some((l) => l.missing_since || l.missing_reason === "subject");
 
+// Allowed but not yet used: still on the worklist until the person signs in
+export const relinkPending = (u) =>
+  !!u.relink && !u.relink.stale && (u.sign_ins || []).some((l) => l.missing_since || l.missing_reason === "subject");
+
 // Provider-linked accounts sign in only through their provider; the rest with an MMGIS password
 export const signInText = (u) =>
   signInBase(u) +
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index c09fd962e6..e0624d354c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ MMGIS never stores directory passwords, but it does receive them when people sig
 
 ## Configuration
 
-All settings are ENVs; see [ENVs](/MMGIS/setup/envs) for each `LDAP_*` variable. Keep `local` in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so local admin accounts can still sign in to `/configure`.
+All settings are ENVs; see [ENVs](/MMGIS/setup/envs) for each `LDAP_*` variable. Keep `local` in `AUTH_PROVIDERS` so local admin accounts can still sign in to `/configure`. The examples list `ldap` first, for sites whose people are already in the directory; while existing local users are still moving to LDAP, list `local` first instead (see [Moving local users to LDAP](#moving-local-users-to-ldap)).
 
 OpenLDAP with a service account:
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A directory username that already belongs to an MMGIS account (for example a local account) is refused. The user only sees "This sign-in can't be used with MMGIS yet. Ask an administrator.", so the page never reveals that the username is taken; the server log records a warning with the provider, subject and reason. MMGIS never takes over an existing account unless an administrator allows a relink (see below).
 - The usernames `group` and `guest` are reserved (the Draw tool owns shared and master files under `group`, and MMGIS calls signed-out visitors `guest`), so a directory entry with either username can't sign in.
 - While `ldap` is enabled, LDAP accounts have no MMGIS password, so Users & Access can't generate a password reset link for them.
-- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP, then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` affects.
+- With `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap"]`, local accounts, including a SuperAdmin created at setup, can't sign in anywhere. To keep a local admin, use `["ldap","local"]` with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`: the local option then only appears on Configure sign-in. Set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` only after every non-admin local account has moved to LDAP (People shows no non-admin "MMGIS account" rows): until then those people can't sign in with either form. To drop local entirely, first sign in once with LDAP (with `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false`, create a local account under your directory username, allow its relink and sign in with LDAP to claim it; grant SuperAdmin only after the claim, so its throwaway password never holds SuperAdmin), then, while local is still enabled, grant that LDAP account SuperAdmin (or an LDAP group an admin role) in Users & Access. Before moving to another directory or changing `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`, enable local again and keep a local SuperAdmin and its password: the change signs out every LDAP account and stops its API tokens until it's relinked, SuperAdmins included, and only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. Startup logs how many linked accounts a changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` affects.
 - Removing `ldap` from `AUTH_PROVIDERS` stops LDAP sessions from working (those used meanwhile end; the others resume, rechecked, once `ldap` is back); the accounts, groups and grants are kept, but LDAP groups grant nothing until `ldap` is back. Visitor sign-up stays closed meanwhile (unless `AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP=true`), so nobody can take a directory username while `ldap` is out; on a site leaving LDAP for good it stays closed until the last LDAP-linked account is deleted. Those accounts (including local accounts that were relinked to LDAP) then count as MMGIS accounts: they can get back in through a password reset link from Users & Access, as long as `local` is enabled. As with any reset, using it revokes the account's existing API tokens for good, so those people need new ones. Their API tokens, and new ones, stay off until `ldap` is back, so a leaver's tokens don't come back with it; creating a token is refused for them meanwhile, and Check linked accounts skips them. Once `ldap` is back, their MMGIS passwords stop working again, and sessions and tokens opened meanwhile are rechecked against the directory like LDAP ones. Give every MMGIS process sharing a database the same `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` and `SITE_ACCESS`, and upgrade and restart them together (an older MMGIS process on the same database skips these protections: it lets visitors sign up, accepts look-alike usernames and saves group DNs in a form that matches nobody): a process that refuses a session ends it for every process, so one without `ldap` ends the LDAP sessions it sees, and one with `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins` ends non-admin local sessions. Failed sign-in counts and the 5-minute pause after the directory rejects the service account are kept in each process, so with several processes keep `AUTH_MAX_FAILED_LOGINS` times the number of processes below the directory's lockout threshold.
 - Deleting an account keeps its drawings but takes them away from the username, and off other people's shared-editor lists, so someone later given the same username (a reused directory name) can't open or edit them.
 - Configure > Users & Access > People shows how each account signs in (`ldap`, or `MMGIS account` for a local password) and its last LDAP login. Someone renamed in the directory keeps the same MMGIS account and MMGIS username, because drawings and other content are kept under the username. The new directory name is shown as `ldap (as newname)`, and the server log notes the rename. A pending relink shows as `(relink to ldap pending)`, or `stale` when something may stop it taking effect (the person's panel says what, and whether it still works). The People search also matches this column, so searching `not found`, `relink`, `stale` or `MMGIS account` lists the accounts that still need attention, and **Not found / needs relink** lists the linked accounts that can't sign in: people who left, and those who need a relink. The Allow relink dialog names the entry it found, and confirming refuses if a different entry has that username by then.
@@ -139,16 +139,16 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory username if it differs from the MMGIS username, and click **Allow LDAP relink**.
 
 - With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up before you confirm and shows which entry (DN) it found; check it's the person you expect. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused, and that person's sessions and API tokens end at the next recheck, until you allow a relink for each such account (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them). With several values (e.g. `mail` and an alias), any of them keeps the link, so reordering them changes nothing. If the entry is renamed at the same time, or another person's entry holds a leaver's value as an alias, the sign-in is refused and the old account's access ends at the next recheck, until you allow a relink or remove the value.
-- For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. Its API tokens stay off until the person signs in; revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
+- For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. A local account's API tokens keep working until then; a linked account shown as `not found` has its tokens off until the person signs in. Revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
 - Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
 - Only wrong passwords count toward the sign-in lockout, so sign-ins refused while waiting for a relink don't lock anyone out. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins. A relink not used within 24 hours expires: the server log says so at that person's next refused sign-in, and you can allow it again.
 - If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink. MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts: the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists. The service account needs read access there; the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, and relinks to a different entry are then refused. With `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself. MMGIS usernames never change (drawings are stored under them), so the newcomer can't have that one: create a local account for them under another username (e.g. `erin2`) and allow its relink with the directory username `erin`. Their next sign-in takes it over.
 
 ## Moving to a new directory or changing LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE
 
-From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already on LDAP can sign in: their MMGIS passwords no longer work, so listing `local` first doesn't help them. Each relink takes about five actions (click **Not found / needs relink** in People to list them, then open the account, click **Allow LDAP relink**, check the DN, confirm and close it), so plan a window (roughly half an hour for 60 people) and tell people beforehand. If the new directory was built from scratch, restore its group memberships before relinking, or people's directory-group roles don't come back at their sign-in.
+From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already on LDAP can sign in: their MMGIS passwords no longer work, so listing `local` first doesn't help them. Each relink takes about five actions (click **Not found / needs relink** in People to list them, then open the account, click **Allow LDAP relink**, check the DN, confirm and close it), so plan a window (roughly half an hour for 60 people, plus opening each account again if you remove the default Viewer grant, as in step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP") and tell people beforehand. People who were allowed a relink stay in that list as `pending` until they sign in, so it is also the list of who to chase. While the directory is down, each signed-in person's first request waits up to `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`, and LDAP sign-ins show "Signing in…" for about as long before saying the directory is unavailable. If the new directory was built from scratch, restore its group memberships before relinking, or people's directory-group roles don't come back at their sign-in.
 
-1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, and list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, so people who never moved to LDAP still see their MMGIS sign-in. Set `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` until the relinks are done: otherwise anyone whose directory username changed who signs in before their relink gets a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account). Newcomers can't sign in meanwhile.
+1. Click **Check linked accounts** in People before the switch, so people who already left are marked `not found` with an earlier date than everyone the switch affects. Keep a local SuperAdmin, and list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, so people who never moved to LDAP still see their MMGIS sign-in. Set `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` until the relinks are done: otherwise anyone whose directory username changed who signs in before their relink gets a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account). Newcomers can't sign in meanwhile.
 2. Make the switch. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them.
 3. Click **Check linked accounts** in People. It asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the affected ones are marked without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again.
 4. Allow relinks, only now: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. Start with admins, then API token owners (ask them to sign in right away, since their tokens stay off until they do), then everyone else.
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already o
 If:
 
 - **You changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`:** People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation shows the leaver warning only if the entry was already missing before the change. If their subject value is the same under both settings (e.g. `uid` to `cn`), the relink pins the same entry again.
-- **You moved to a new directory:** every account shows `not found`, so the leaver warning appears on every relink. Check each one against your list of who is moving.
+- **You moved to a new directory:** every account shows `not found`, so the leaver warning appears on every relink. Its date tells them apart: accounts not found since before the switch (step 1) had already left, and their usernames may now be someone else's. Check each one against your list of who is moving.
 - **Processes ran with two settings at once:** each logs an error, and neither clears the accounts or relinks the other flags for its setting; rechecks still end access for people who left the directory. After a coordinated change this lasts until the old setting has gone unused for 3 minutes.
 
 ## Rotating the service password or CA

From 66c2f1597955dc5c967dfc4377db3fb40d0fbdcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 17:02:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 088/122] Keep not-found accounts refused while their recheck
 fails; cancel a relink whose account became a SuperAdmin

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  | 31 ++++++++++++-------
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  4 +--
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  2 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 24 ++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 48841d4eff..27950741cd 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ const lookupTimeout = (p) =>
   Math.max(IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS, (typeof p.impl.lookupTimeoutMs === "function" && Number(p.impl.lookupTimeoutMs())) || 0);
 
 // A person's request waits at most 5 s for a recheck, keeping its access meanwhile; a slower one applies once it ends
-function requestWait(result, waitMs = IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+function requestWait(result, waitMs = IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS, meanwhileValue = true) {
   let timer;
   const meanwhile = new Promise((resolve) => {
-    timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(true), waitMs);
+    timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(meanwhileValue), waitMs);
     if (timer.unref) timer.unref();
   });
   return Promise.race([result, meanwhile]).finally(() => clearTimeout(timer));
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ function accountModels() {
     AuthMeta,
     transaction: (fn) => sequelize.transaction(fn),
     usernameTaken,
+    isSuperAdmin: async (userId) => (await require("./bindings").superAdminUserIds()).includes(Number(userId)),
     // connect-pg-simple's session table has no model; Local's password reset ends sessions the same way
     endSessionsOf: (userId) =>
       sequelize.query(`DELETE FROM "session" WHERE sess->>'uid' = :uid`, { replacements: { uid: String(userId) } }),
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
         `The ${identity.provider} relink for account ${r.key.split(":").pop()} is pinned to ${v.dn}, but '${identity.username}' signs in from ${identity.dn || "another entry"} with the same subject '${identity.subject}', so it may be a different entry. If it's the same person after a rename, allow the relink again.`
       );
     }
-    return { key: r.key, userId: parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10), by: v.by, dn: v.dn };
+    return { key: r.key, userId: parseInt(r.key.split(":").pop(), 10), by: v.by, dn: v.dn, superadmin: !!v.superadmin };
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -385,6 +386,13 @@ async function claimRelink(identity, m) {
   }
   const user = await m.User.findOne({ where: { id: claim.userId }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
   if (!user) return null;
+  // Made a SuperAdmin after the relink was allowed: whoever allowed it didn't hand over a SuperAdmin
+  if (!claim.superadmin && m.isSuperAdmin && (await m.isSuperAdmin(user.id))) {
+    await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: claim.key } });
+    throw new LinkError(
+      `The ${identity.provider} relink for account ${user.id} '${user.username}' was cancelled: the account became a SuperAdmin after '${claim.by}' allowed it. If '${identity.username}' should take it over, a SuperAdmin can allow the relink again.`
+    );
+  }
   const claimed = await inTransaction(m, async (transaction) => {
     // Single use, even when two logins race for it
     if (!(await m.AuthMeta.destroy({ where: { key: claim.key }, transaction }))) return false;
@@ -906,7 +914,7 @@ const downNow = (providerId, ms) => Date.now() - (providerDown.get(providerId) |
 
 // Re-reads a provider-linked account through the provider's lookup(subject) at most every
 // AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES, so directory changes reach existing sessions and tokens. Resolves false
-// once the provider says the account is gone; keeps access when the provider can't be reached.
+// once the provider says the account is gone; keeps access when the provider can't be reached, unless it was already gone.
 // With detail, resolves to "ok", "missing", "failed" (the provider couldn't be asked) or "unsupported" instead.
 function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const p = getProvider(providerId);
@@ -922,7 +930,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
   const key = `${providerId}:${userId}`;
   const hit = rechecks.get(key);
   if (!force && !detail && hit && Date.now() - hit.at < ms) {
-    if (!hit.missing) return requestWait(hit.result, downNow(providerId, ms) ? DOWN_WAIT_MS : IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    if (!hit.missing) return Promise.resolve(hit.wasMissing).then((gone) => requestWait(hit.result, downNow(providerId, ms) ? DOWN_WAIT_MS : IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS, !gone));
     // Another process may have signed the person in again (a relink or a restored entry) since
     return (async () => {
       m = m || accountModels();
@@ -931,8 +939,10 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
       return since > hit.at ? requestWait(stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, true), downNow(providerId, ms) ? DOWN_WAIT_MS : IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS) : false;
     })();
   }
+  m = m || accountModels();
+  // Already not found (e.g. a leaver): an unanswered or failed recheck mustn't give its access back
+  const wasMissing = (async () => !!(m.AuthMeta && (await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: missingKey(providerId, userId) }, raw: true }))))().catch(() => false);
   const status = (async () => {
-    m = m || accountModels();
     const link = await m.AuthIdentity.findOne({ where: { user_id: userId, provider: providerId }, raw: true });
     if (!link) return "ok";
     let found;
@@ -945,8 +955,7 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
       // Matched by a value that isn't first (e.g. an alias): only under the same directory username, so another entry's alias doesn't keep a leaver in
       if (found && found.first && found.first !== link.subject && !permanent && !sameUsername(found.username, link.username)) found = null;
     } catch (err) {
-      // Already not found (e.g. a leaver): it has no provider access to keep
-      const missing = m.AuthMeta ? await m.AuthMeta.findOne({ where: { key: missingKey(providerId, userId) }, raw: true }).catch(() => null) : null;
+      const missing = await wasMissing;
       logger(
         "warn",
         `Auth provider '${providerId}': couldn't recheck ${await who(m, userId)}${err && err.code === "ETIMEDOUT" ? ` (no answer within ${lookupTimeout(p) / 1000} s)` : ""}; ${
@@ -992,13 +1001,13 @@ function stillLinked(userId, providerId, m, force = false, detail = false) {
     rechecks.delete(key);
     throw err;
   });
-  const result = status.then((s) => s !== "missing");
-  const entry = { at: Date.now(), result };
+  const result = status.then(async (s) => s !== "missing" && !(s === "failed" && (await wasMissing)));
+  const entry = { at: Date.now(), result, wasMissing };
   rechecks.set(key, entry);
   result.then((ok) => (entry.missing = !ok), () => {});
   if (detail) return status;
   if (force) return result;
-  return requestWait(result, downNow(providerId, ms) ? DOWN_WAIT_MS : IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  return wasMissing.then((gone) => requestWait(result, downNow(providerId, ms) ? DOWN_WAIT_MS : IDENTIFY_TIMEOUT_MS, !gone));
 }
 
 // Rechecks every provider-linked account now, including ones nobody has used since a directory change,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index fc8322b222..f319ef6f23 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Failed logins allowed for one account on one login form (local, or a username/pa
 
 #### `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=`
 
-How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` for this; without them, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then still applies group changes, and an account it finds gone loses its sessions and tokens, until the person signs in again or a later check finds them | number | default `15`
+How often MMGIS rereads a provider-linked account (for example LDAP) from its provider while that account has a session or uses an API token. Directory group changes then update the person's roles, and a person deleted or disabled in the directory loses their sessions and tokens, within this many minutes instead of at their next login. If the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was until a later check: accounts already found gone stay refused. LDAP needs `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` for this; without them, changes apply at the next login. `0` turns rechecking off; **Check linked accounts** in Users & Access > People then still applies group changes, and an account it finds gone loses its sessions and tokens, until the person signs in again or a later check finds them | number | default `15`
 
 #### `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index e0624d354c..6e719b362b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
 - Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
-- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. People shows what each account's last recheck found, and a recheck runs when the session or token is used: a leaver who never comes back stays shown as linked until you click **Check linked accounts**, so click it before an offboarding audit or before reading the **Not found / needs relink** count. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was. Changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions. Delete the entry, or move it out of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (or out of what `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` matches); on OpenLDAP with the ppolicy overlay loaded, its administrative lock works too (without the overlay, `pwdAccountLockedTime` is an undefined attribute). A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, a request waits up to 5 seconds for its recheck, then goes ahead with the access it had; once a recheck has found the directory unreachable (a timeout or connection error, not an error about one person's entry), other requests wait at most 1 second until a recheck gets an answer again. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
+- Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. People shows what each account's last recheck found, and a recheck runs when the session or token is used: a leaver who never comes back stays shown as linked until you click **Check linked accounts**, so click it before an offboarding audit or before reading the **Not found / needs relink** count. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was: linked accounts keep theirs, and accounts already `not found` stay refused. Changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions. Delete the entry, or move it out of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (or out of what `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` matches); on OpenLDAP with the ppolicy overlay loaded, its administrative lock works too (without the overlay, `pwdAccountLockedTime` is an undefined attribute). A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, a request waits up to 5 seconds for its recheck, then goes ahead with the access it had; once a recheck has found the directory unreachable (a timeout or connection error, not an error about one person's entry), other requests wait at most 1 second until a recheck gets an answer again. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory userna
 
 - With `LDAP_BIND_DN` set, MMGIS looks the username up before you confirm and shows which entry (DN) it found; check it's the person you expect. Only that entry can claim the account, even if it is renamed before it signs in. With an `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` that isn't a permanent ID, such as `cn`, it must also still have that DN, and an entry whose value another entry shares can't sign in at all. Under such a setting a newcomer given a leaver's value signs in to the leaver's account, and a value whose letter case or spacing changed is refused, and that person's sessions and API tokens end at the next recheck, until you allow a relink for each such account (MMGIS can't tell that from a newcomer, since the directory compares it without case). If it really is a newcomer, don't relink: give them a different value in the directory, or delete the leaver's account (giving its drawings to whoever should keep them). With several values (e.g. `mail` and an alias), any of them keeps the link, so reordering them changes nothing. If the entry is renamed at the same time, or another person's entry holds a leaver's value as an alias, the sign-in is refused and the old account's access ends at the next recheck, until you allow a relink or remove the value.
 - For 24 hours, that person's next LDAP sign-in takes over the account once and keeps its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings. Everyone signed in to the account is signed out, and its MMGIS password stops working, so the same button moves a local account to LDAP. A local account's API tokens keep working until then; a linked account shown as `not found` has its tokens off until the person signs in. Revoke them as well if someone other than this person used the account.
-- Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
+- Only a SuperAdmin can allow relinks. The last SuperAdmin who signs in with an MMGIS password can't be relinked, counting other SuperAdmins with a pending relink as already moved (keep one for when the directory is down). Making an account a SuperAdmin while its relink is pending cancels the relink at the next claim attempt (that sign-in is refused); allow it again if it should go ahead. The server log records who allowed each relink and when it was used.
 - Only wrong passwords count toward the sign-in lockout, so sign-ins refused while waiting for a relink don't lock anyone out. Allowing a relink also clears that person's failed sign-ins. A relink not used within 24 hours expires: the server log says so at that person's next refused sign-in, and you can allow it again.
 - If the directory hands a renamed person's old username to someone new, don't relink. MMGIS looks for the old entry anywhere under the directory root (the `dc=` part of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`, or the directory's naming context holding it, e.g. `o=corp`), so a leaver moved to a disabled OU still counts: the relink is refused, and the server log says the old entry still exists. The service account needs read access there; the startup settings check warns if it hasn't, and relinks to a different entry are then refused. With `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=dn`, where a move changes the subject, a moved leaver isn't found, so check yourself. MMGIS usernames never change (drawings are stored under them), so the newcomer can't have that one: create a local account for them under another username (e.g. `erin2`) and allow its relink with the directory username `erin`. Their next sign-in takes it over.
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 3afc48f947..b00d9b5d7c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
       // Shows the admin which entry would claim the account before they confirm, after every refusal above
       if (preview) return PREVIEWED;
       await AuthMeta.upsert(
-        { key, value: { username, subject: target ? target.subject : undefined, subject_setting: target ? providers.subjectSettingOf(provider) || undefined : undefined, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined, expires_at, by: actor.username } },
+        { key, value: { username, subject: target ? target.subject : undefined, subject_setting: target ? providers.subjectSettingOf(provider) || undefined : undefined, dn: target ? target.dn : undefined, expires_at, by: actor.username, superadmin: current.includes(id) || undefined } },
         { transaction }
       );
       return null;
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 57eb1269ff..4d69e092bb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ test.describe('account linking', () => {
     await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'newer', username: 'carol' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
   });
 
+  test('a relink is cancelled, not claimed, if its account became a SuperAdmin after it was allowed', async () => {
+    const m = { ...relinkModels(), isSuperAdmin: async (id) => id === 1 };
+    await expect(providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), m)).rejects.toThrow(/became a SuperAdmin/);
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([]);
+    expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ subject: 'old', user_id: 1 })]);
+    // Allowed while it was already one (only a SuperAdmin can do that): claimed as usual
+    const ok = { ...relinkModels({ superadmin: true }), isSuperAdmin: async (id) => id === 1 };
+    expect((await providers.linkIdentity(identity({ subject: 'new', username: 'carol' }), ok)).id).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   test('a relink can name a different username at the provider, and signs the old login out', async () => {
     const ended = [];
     const m = { ...relinkModels({ username: 'Carol.Smith' }), endSessionsOf: async (id) => ended.push(id) };
@@ -583,6 +593,20 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
       links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old', user_id: userId }],
     });
 
+  test('an account already not found stays refused while its recheck fails (directory down)', async () => {
+    const m = models(9020);
+    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    providers.forgetRechecks();
+    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw Object.assign(new Error('connect ETIMEDOUT'), { code: 'ETIMEDOUT' }); };
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('failed');
+    // One still linked keeps its access through the same failure
+    const n = models(9021);
+    providers.forgetRechecks();
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9021, 'ldap', n)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   test('checking every linked account asks the directory now, even about accounts checked a moment ago', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels({
       links: [

From 81d4214299b6e7088495eded42734331915d105c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 17:03:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 089/122] Name the size limit in the too-many-groups sign-in
 log

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 9b18316887..3cf865b7a5 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ async function groupsOf(client, c, entry, username, leftOut = []) {
   } catch (err) {
     if (err instanceof SizeLimitExceededError) err.tooManyGroups = true;
     if (err.tooManyGroups)
-      err.message = `${err.message}. The person is in more groups than the directory returns to the service account; raise its size limit or narrow LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER`;
+      err.message = `${(err.message || "").trim() || "the directory's size limit was exceeded (code 4)"}. The person is in more groups than the directory returns to the service account; raise its size limit or narrow LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER`;
     err.message = `Searching LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE for groups failed: ${err.message}`;
     throw err;
   }
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ module.exports = {
           ctx.logger("warn", `LDAP login for '${username}' refused: ${err.message} If every sign-in gets this, LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE doesn't suit this directory.`, "Ldap", req);
           return res.status(403).send({ status: "failure", message: `Your ${name} entry can't be used with MMGIS. Ask an administrator.` });
         }
-        ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not reach or read the directory: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", req, err);
+        ctx.logger("error", `LDAP login could not ${err.tooManyGroups ? "read all of the person's groups" : "reach or read the directory"}: ${explain(err)}`, "Ldap", req, err);
         if (err.tooManyGroups)
           return res.status(503).send({
             status: "failure",

From e743d491b3b53e5d2348c64d720a46da280d2097 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 17:08:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 090/122] Show the time an account was first not found, so a
 same-day directory switch can tell leavers apart

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js | 8 ++++----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js      | 4 +++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                  | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index e76483319f..3da303194b 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import VpnKeyIcon from "@mui/icons-material/VpnKey";
 import OpenInNewIcon from "@mui/icons-material/OpenInNew";
 import GroupAddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/GroupAdd";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { AUDIENCE_LABEL, SubjectTag, EFFECTIVE_ROWS, api, GrantsTable, sourceText, MissionMultiSelect, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, VIEW_ROLES, signInText, providerOn } from "./shared";
+import { AUDIENCE_LABEL, SubjectTag, EFFECTIVE_ROWS, api, GrantsTable, sourceText, MissionMultiSelect, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, VIEW_ROLES, signInText, providerOn, missingText } from "./shared";
 
 export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const c = useStyles();
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
         providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_reason === "subject"
           ? ` It was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it needs this relink to sign in again.${
               providerLogin.missing_was_gone
-                ? ` Before that, its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled on ${new Date(providerLogin.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
+                ? ` Before that, its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled at ${missingText(providerLogin.missing_since)}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
                 : ""
             }`
           : providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_since
-          ? ` Its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled on ${new Date(providerLogin.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
+          ? ` Its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled at ${missingText(providerLogin.missing_since)}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
           : ""
       }`,
       action: "Allow",
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
         <div className={c.hint}>Everything this person can do, combining their own access, their groups and the audiences.</div>
         {(user.sign_ins || []).length > 0 && user.sign_ins.every((l) => l.missing_since && providerOn(l.provider)) && (
           <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#b71c1c" }}>
-            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: {user.sign_ins.map((l) => (l.missing_reason === "subject" ? `linked under an old ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting` : `not found in ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()}`)).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if {user.sign_ins.some((l) => l.missing_reason === "subject") ? "the subject setting is changed back" : "that entry comes back"} or the account is relinked.
+            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: {user.sign_ins.map((l) => (l.missing_reason === "subject" ? `linked under an old ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting` : `not found in ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} since ${missingText(l.missing_since)}`)).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if {user.sign_ins.some((l) => l.missing_reason === "subject") ? "the subject setting is changed back" : "that entry comes back"} or the account is relinked.
           </div>
         )}
         <Table size="small" className={c.table}>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index c9936fc44e..670464d287 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ const signInBase = (u) =>
             (l.missing_reason === "subject"
               ? ` (linked under an old subject setting; relink)`
               : l.missing_since
-              ? ` (not found since ${new Date(l.missing_since).toLocaleDateString()})`
+              ? ` (not found since ${missingText(l.missing_since)})`
               : "")
         )
         .join(", ")
@@ -669,6 +669,8 @@ const signInBase = (u) =>
 export const lastProviderLogin = (u) =>
   (u.sign_ins || []).map((l) => l.last_login_at).filter(Boolean).sort().pop();
 
+// With the time: a directory switch and the check before it are often on the same day
+export const missingText = (d) => new Date(d).toLocaleString([], { dateStyle: "short", timeStyle: "short" });
 export const dateText = (d) => (d ? new Date(d).toLocaleDateString() : "—");
 
 export function SiteRoleBadges({ siteRoles, roles }) {
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 6e719b362b..996fcbf87d 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Open the account in Users & Access > People, enter the person's directory userna
 
 From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already on LDAP can sign in: their MMGIS passwords no longer work, so listing `local` first doesn't help them. Each relink takes about five actions (click **Not found / needs relink** in People to list them, then open the account, click **Allow LDAP relink**, check the DN, confirm and close it), so plan a window (roughly half an hour for 60 people, plus opening each account again if you remove the default Viewer grant, as in step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP") and tell people beforehand. People who were allowed a relink stay in that list as `pending` until they sign in, so it is also the list of who to chase. While the directory is down, each signed-in person's first request waits up to `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`, and LDAP sign-ins show "Signing in…" for about as long before saying the directory is unavailable. If the new directory was built from scratch, restore its group memberships before relinking, or people's directory-group roles don't come back at their sign-in.
 
-1. Click **Check linked accounts** in People before the switch, so people who already left are marked `not found` with an earlier date than everyone the switch affects. Keep a local SuperAdmin, and list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, so people who never moved to LDAP still see their MMGIS sign-in. Set `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` until the relinks are done: otherwise anyone whose directory username changed who signs in before their relink gets a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account). Newcomers can't sign in meanwhile.
+1. Click **Check linked accounts** in People before the switch, so people who already left are marked `not found` with an earlier date and time than everyone the switch affects (People shows both). Keep a local SuperAdmin, and list `local` first in `AUTH_PROVIDERS`, so people who never moved to LDAP still see their MMGIS sign-in. Set `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` until the relinks are done: otherwise anyone whose directory username changed who signs in before their relink gets a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account). Newcomers can't sign in meanwhile.
 2. Make the switch. Change `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE` on every MMGIS process sharing the database at once: stop them all, change it, then start them.
 3. Click **Check linked accounts** in People. It asks the directory about every linked account at once, so the affected ones are marked without waiting for each person to sign in. If it says some accounts couldn't be checked, the directory settings (URL, CA or service account) are wrong or the directory is down; fix that and check again.
 4. Allow relinks, only now: a relink pinned to an entry in the old directory can't be claimed from the new one. Start with admins, then API token owners (ask them to sign in right away, since their tokens stay off until they do), then everyone else.
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ From the switch until each person's relink is allowed and used, nobody already o
 If:
 
 - **You changed `LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE`:** People marks those accounts `linked under an old subject setting` rather than `not found`, and their relink confirmation shows the leaver warning only if the entry was already missing before the change. If their subject value is the same under both settings (e.g. `uid` to `cn`), the relink pins the same entry again.
-- **You moved to a new directory:** every account shows `not found`, so the leaver warning appears on every relink. Its date tells them apart: accounts not found since before the switch (step 1) had already left, and their usernames may now be someone else's. Check each one against your list of who is moving.
+- **You moved to a new directory:** every account shows `not found`, so the leaver warning appears on every relink. Its date and time tell them apart: accounts not found since before the switch (step 1) had already left, and their usernames may now be someone else's. Check each one against your list of who is moving.
 - **Processes ran with two settings at once:** each logs an error, and neither clears the accounts or relinks the other flags for its setting; rechecks still end access for people who left the directory. After a coordinated change this lasts until the old setting has gone unused for 3 minutes.
 
 ## Rotating the service password or CA

From ec739a9475935d7bd32368c27a7c4b424f7c4a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 17:22:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 091/122] Treat form-encoded relink previews as previews; log
 expired relinks a sign-in skipped; accept unquoted AUTH_PROVIDERS lists;
 255-char relink usernames

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                       | 11 ++++++++++-
 API/permissions/siteAccess.js                      |  3 ++-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js |  4 ++++
 plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js   |  8 +++++---
 tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js          |  3 +++
 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 27950741cd..5a2691a0fc 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -327,7 +327,16 @@ async function findClaim(identity, m) {
     if (!r.key.startsWith(`relink:${identity.provider}:`)) continue;
     const v = r.value;
     // Flagged under another subject setting: People says it won't take effect until a check unflags it
-    if (!v || (v.stale && v.stale.setting) || !(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) continue;
+    if (!v || (v.stale && v.stale.setting)) continue;
+    if (!(Date.parse(v.expires_at) > Date.now())) {
+      if (v.subject ? pinnedTo(v, identity) : sameUsername(v.username, identity.username))
+        logger(
+          "warn",
+          `Auth provider '${identity.provider}': the relink for account ${r.key.split(":").pop()} expired at ${v.expires_at}, so '${identity.username}' didn't take it over. If they should, allow the relink again (and delete any account this sign-in created for them).`,
+          "AuthProviders"
+        );
+      continue;
+    }
     // A pin from under another subject setting may now be a different entry's value
     if (v.subject && v.subject_setting && v.subject_setting !== subjectSetting(getProvider(identity.provider))) continue;
     // Only the entry the admin was shown may claim it, whatever it is called by now
diff --git a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
index 5bddc2110e..7860e42020 100644
--- a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
+++ b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ function parseProviders(raw) {
   try {
     parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
   } catch (err) {
+    // e.g. [local,ldap] without quotes
     parsed = String(raw)
       .split(",")
-      .map((p) => p.trim())
+      .map((p) => p.replace(/^[\s\["']+|[\s\]"']+$/g, ""))
       .filter(Boolean);
   }
   if (typeof parsed === "string") parsed = [parsed];
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index 60c5960bc8..d7273aacd4 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
       const preview = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap', preview: true } })).json();
       expect(preview).toMatchObject({ status: 'success', body: { dn, preview: true } });
       expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toBeFalsy();
+      // Form-encoded, preview arrives as "true": still only a preview
+      const formPreview = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { form: { id: String(account.id), provider: 'ldap', preview: 'true' } })).json();
+      expect(formPreview).toMatchObject({ status: 'success', body: { preview: true } });
+      expect((await entries()).find((e) => e.id === account.id).relink).toBeFalsy();
       expect((await ldapLogin(await context(), { username, password })).status()).toBe(409);
       // Confirming refuses when the username now finds a different entry from the one shown
       const moved = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/accounts/allowRelink', { data: { id: account.id, provider: 'ldap', dn: `uid=${username},ou=contractors,dc=example,dc=org` } })).json();
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index b00d9b5d7c..41234934c5 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -374,6 +374,8 @@ router.post("/updateDefaults", authorize("accounts.manage"), function (req, res)
 // once, within RELINK_HOURS. For accounts whose provider identity changed (directory rebuild) or
 // local accounts moving to a provider. Both take { id, provider }.
 const PREVIEWED = Symbol("previewed");
+// A form-encoded body sends "true", which must still only preview
+const wantsPreview = (body) => body.preview === true || body.preview === "true";
 const relinkFail = (res, message, status = 200) => res.status(status).send({ status: "failure", message });
 
 // The account and provider a relink request is about, or undefined after answering with the problem
@@ -421,7 +423,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     let username = String(req.body.username == null || req.body.username === "" ? fallback : req.body.username)
       .normalize("NFKC")
       .trim();
-    if (username === "" || username.length > 256 || /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(username))
+    if (username === "" || username.length > 255 || /[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(username))
       return fail("Enter the person's username at the login provider.");
     username = providers.relinkUsername(provider, username);
     if (username === "") return fail("Enter the person's username at the login provider.");
@@ -448,7 +450,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
     if (target && !target.subject)
       return fail(`${target.dn || `'${username}'`} has no value for ${provider}'s subject attribute (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it can't sign in. Fix the entry or the setting first.`);
     // The admin confirmed the entry the preview showed, not one given this username since
-    if (req.body.preview !== true && typeof req.body.dn === "string" && req.body.dn !== "" && !(target && target.dn && providers.sameFolded(target.dn, req.body.dn)))
+    if (!wantsPreview(req.body) && typeof req.body.dn === "string" && req.body.dn !== "" && !(target && target.dn && providers.sameFolded(target.dn, req.body.dn)))
       return fail(`'${username}' is now ${target && target.dn ? target.dn : "a different entry"} in ${provider}, not ${req.body.dn} as shown. Check that it's the same person, then try again.`);
     if (target && target.shared)
       return fail(`${target.dn} shares its ${provider} subject value '${target.subject}' with another entry, so its sign-in is refused. Remove the duplicate value, or use a permanent ID (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE=entryUUID), first.`);
@@ -476,7 +478,7 @@ router.post("/allowRelink", apilimiter, authorize("accounts.manage"), async func
           `'${user.username}' already has its own ${provider} entry${old.dn ? `, ${old.dn}` : ""}, which still exists, so ${target.dn} is a different person. If it really is the same person, delete the old entry in the directory first.`
         );
     }
-    const preview = req.body.preview === true;
+    const preview = wantsPreview(req.body);
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + providers.RELINK_HOURS * 3600000).toISOString();
     // Checked and saved under the SuperAdmin lock, so two relinks allowed at once can't move every local SuperAdmin
     const refusal = await bindings.withSuperAdminLock(async ({ transaction, superAdmins: current }) => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
index 884b94f81f..a357e29def 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-siteAccess.spec.js
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ test.describe('AUTH_PROVIDERS parsing', () => {
     expect(siteAccess.parseProviders('["local","proxy"]')).toEqual(['local', 'proxy']);
     expect(siteAccess.parseProviders('"proxy"')).toEqual(['proxy']);
     expect(siteAccess.parseProviders('local, Proxy,local')).toEqual(['local', 'proxy']);
+    // Brackets without quotes, e.g. [local,ldap]
+    expect(siteAccess.parseProviders('[local, ldap]')).toEqual(['local', 'ldap']);
+    expect(siteAccess.parseProviders("['local','ldap']")).toEqual(['local', 'ldap']);
   });
 
   test('rejects non-array JSON', () => {

From 311539d55e38c688fd6face8190fa28cf724f3df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 17:57:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 092/122] Run plugin unit tests by their @unit tag instead of a
 hand-written CI list

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml               | 12 ++++++++++--
 .knowledge/AI-GETTING-STARTED.md                     |  1 +
 .../Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md      |  2 +-
 package.json                                         |  2 +-
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js  | 10 +++++-----
 .../core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js   |  2 +-
 tests/README.md                                      |  4 ++++
 7 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
index 42d7f6de79..b1f1e5d642 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,15 @@ jobs:
       # No manual init-db / server start / curl steps needed.
 
       - name: Run Unit Tests
-        run: npx playwright test tests/unit plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js plugins/core/auth/Local/tests --project=chromium
+        run: npx playwright test tests/unit --project=chromium
+        env:
+          SITE_ACCESS: ${{ matrix.site_access }}
+          AUTH_PROVIDERS: local
+          PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY: "true"
+
+      # Every plugin's tests tagged @unit, wherever the plugin lives
+      - name: Run Plugin Unit Tests
+        run: npx playwright test plugins --grep @unit --project=chromium
         env:
           SITE_ACCESS: ${{ matrix.site_access }}
           AUTH_PROVIDERS: local
@@ -280,7 +288,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "SECRET=ci-test-session-secret-not-for-production" >> .env
 
       - name: Run E2E LDAP Provider Tests
-        run: npx --no-install playwright test plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests --project=chromium
+        run: npx --no-install playwright test plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests --grep-invert @unit --project=chromium
         env:
           SITE_ACCESS: optional
           AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["ldap","local"]'
diff --git a/.knowledge/AI-GETTING-STARTED.md b/.knowledge/AI-GETTING-STARTED.md
index f0646c988f..08f8741b88 100644
--- a/.knowledge/AI-GETTING-STARTED.md
+++ b/.knowledge/AI-GETTING-STARTED.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ npm start
 | `npm run build`       | Build the main app for production                                                     |
 | `npm test`            | Run Playwright tests (`playwright test`)                                              |
 | `npm run test:unit`   | Run unit tests only                                                                   |
+| `npm run test:plugins:unit` | Run plugins' `@unit` tests                                                      |
 | `npm run test:e2e`    | Run E2E tests only                                                                    |
 | `npm run test:headed` | Run Playwright tests in headed mode                                                   |
 | `npm run test:debug`  | Run Playwright tests in debug mode                                                    |
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 11e262e4b1..539918f838 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Declare both with `ctx.authorize.public(...)`, set `"login_path": "/login"`, and
 - **Coexistence:** local accounts still log in with your provider enabled.
 - **Removal:** take the id out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart: its routes return 404 and its sessions and tokens stop working. Its accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - **Websockets:** scripted websocket clients must send an `Origin` header, or MMGIS closes the connection (the reason is only in the server log).
-- **Unit tests:** see `tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js` for loading a provider from a temporary plugins folder, and `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js` for testing against a fake backend. Keep a provider's tests and fixtures in its own `tests/` folder (`plugins/core/auth/<Name>/tests/`), as the Ldap and Proxy providers do; `plugins/**/tests/*.spec.js` is picked up by Playwright.
+- **Unit tests:** see `tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js` for loading a provider from a temporary plugins folder, and `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js` for testing against a fake backend. Tag unit tests `@unit` (`test.describe('...', { tag: '@unit' }, ...)`) so `npm run test:plugins:unit` and CI run them, and have tests that need a real backend skip themselves when its settings are missing. Keep a provider's tests and fixtures in its own `tests/` folder (`plugins/core/auth/<Name>/tests/`), as the Ldap and Proxy providers do; `plugins/**/tests/*.spec.js` is picked up by Playwright.
 
 Redirect flows are easiest to test with a production build (`npm run build`, then `NODE_ENV=production npm start`). In development the map is served on a different port (PORT+1) from the API, so redirects back to `/` land on the API port.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e2ed57313..4ba3c5c487 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "plugins": "node plugin-cli/cli.js",
     "plugins:install": "node scripts/resolve-plugin-deps.js && node scripts/install-plugin-deps.js",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:unit": "cross-env PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY=true playwright test tests/unit plugins/.*-unit.spec.js",
+    "test:unit": "cross-env PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY=true playwright test tests/unit",
     "test:ci": "cross-env PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY=true playwright test tests/ci",
     "test:e2e": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test tests/e2e",
     "test:e2e:api": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test tests/e2e/api",
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index aff144592a..23470baabe 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const alice = {
   },
 };
 
-test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
+test.describe('LDAP escaping', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
   test('usernames are escaped in filters (RFC 4515) and DNs (RFC 4514)', () => {
     expect(escapeFilter('a*)(uid=*')).toBe('a\\2a\\29\\28uid=\\2a');
     expect(escapeFilter('back\\slash\0')).toBe('back\\5cslash\\00');
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP escaping', () => {
   });
 });
 
-test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
+test.describe('LDAP login', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
   test('search mode: service account finds the person, their password is checked by binding as them', async () => {
     const log = [];
     const id = await authenticate('alice', 'right', config(base), fakeClient([alice], log));
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', () => {
   });
 });
 
-test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
+test.describe('LDAP settings', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
   const problems = (env) => ldap.validate(env).join('\n');
 
   test('a valid search or direct-bind setup has no problems', () => {
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', () => {
   });
 });
 
-test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
+test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
   const { lookup, subjectFilter, authenticate: auth } = ldap._internal;
   const byUuid = (entries) => () => ({
     async startTLS() {},
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ test.describe('Rechecking existing sessions and tokens', () => {
   });
 });
 
-test.describe('Whether an old entry still exists (locate)', () => {
+test.describe('Whether an old entry still exists (locate)', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
   const { locate } = ldap._internal;
   const client = (search) => () => ({ async bind() {}, search, async unbind() {} });
   const env = { ...base, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'locate-test' }; // pragma: allowlist secret
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
index e96aee5362..db93c54f38 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 
 const { localLoginRefusal } = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../routes.js'));
 
-test.describe('Local login refusals', () => {
+test.describe('Local login refusals', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
   test('an account linked to a login provider cannot sign in with a local password', async () => {
     const linked = { AuthIdentity: { count: async ({ where }) => (where.user_id === 7 ? 1 : 0) } };
     expect(await localLoginRefusal(7, linked)).toBe('This account signs in through its login provider.');
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index 99e8e6e83b..a029e5cdef 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ tests/
 
 A plugin's own tests and fixtures live inside the plugin, in `plugins/<container>/<kind>/<Name>/tests/` (for example `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/`), so the plugin stays self-contained. Playwright picks up `plugins/**/tests/*.spec.js`. `tests/` is for tests that span several plugins or the core.
 
+- **Unit tests** (no server or database): tag them `@unit`, e.g. `test.describe('My plugin', { tag: '@unit' }, ...)`. `npm run test:plugins:unit` and CI run every plugin's `@unit` tests, so a new plugin needs no CI change.
+- **Tests that need an outside service or settings** (a directory, a proxy): skip themselves when those settings are missing (`test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_URL, ...)`), so `playwright test plugins` works anywhere. Keep the service's setup script in the plugin (e.g. `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh`) and give it its own CI job.
+
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - **PostgreSQL** with **PostGIS** extension
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ The test infrastructure automatically:
 npm test              # Unit + E2E (all suites)
 npm run test:e2e      # All E2E suites
 npm run test:unit     # Unit tests only (fast, no server needed)
+npm run test:plugins:unit  # Plugins' @unit tests
 ```
 
 ### Run Targeted E2E Suites

From 5f91c16b720fc0a5f37b933fb407ec8074009b41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 18:21:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 093/122] Let plugins declare their CI setup in plugin.json;
 LDAP declares ldapts and core tests no longer need LDAP

- "ci": { script, variants } in plugin.json; scripts/plugin-ci.js runs it and the plugin's tests,
  and one generic plugin-ci workflow job replaces the hand-written ldap and proxy jobs
- ldapts moves from the root package.json to the Ldap plugin's dependencies.npm
- permissions-providers.spec.js tests the shared provider code with a stand-in 'dir' provider
- start.sh can rerun over a previous run's certificates
- login_form/login_icon are known auth manifest fields

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml        | 109 +---
 API/pluginValidation.js                       |   3 +-
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |   2 +-
 docs/pages/Contributing/Contributing.md       |  12 +
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |   2 +-
 package-lock.json                             |  32 --
 package.json                                  |   2 +-
 plugins/README.md                             |   1 +
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json            |   9 +
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ci.sh            |  25 +
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh    |   4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json           |   4 +
 plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests/ci.sh           |  16 +
 scripts/plugin-ci.js                          | 111 ++++
 tests/README.md                               |   2 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      | 497 +++++++++---------
 16 files changed, 467 insertions(+), 364 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ci.sh
 create mode 100755 plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests/ci.sh
 create mode 100644 scripts/plugin-ci.js

diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
index b1f1e5d642..a23685fccc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
@@ -147,90 +147,29 @@ jobs:
 
   # The proxy login provider (the replacement for AUTH=csso), with the headers a
   # reverse proxy would add, under legacy network trust and the default secret trust.
-  proxy:
-    timeout-minutes: 20
+  plugin-ci-list:
+    # Plugins whose tests need an outside service or settings declare "ci" in plugin.json (scripts/plugin-ci.js)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        proxy_trust: [network, secret]
-
-    services:
-      postgres:
-        image: postgis/postgis:13-3.1
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_DB: mmgis-test
-          POSTGRES_USER: test_user
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: test_password # pragma: allowlist secret
-        ports:
-          - 5432:5432
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd pg_isready
-          --health-interval 10s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 5
-
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.list.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
-        with:
-          node-version: "22"
-          cache: "npm"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
-
-      - name: Install plugin dependencies
-        run: node scripts/resolve-plugin-deps.js && node scripts/install-plugin-deps.js
-
-      - name: Install Playwright Browsers
-        run: npx --no-install playwright install --with-deps chromium
-
-      - name: Setup test environment
-        run: | # pragma: allowlist secret
-          cp sample.env .env || touch .env
-          sed -i "/^SITE_ACCESS=/d;/^AUTH_PROVIDERS=/d;/^PROXY_/d" .env
-          echo "NODE_ENV=test" >> .env
-          echo "PORT=18888" >> .env
-          echo "DB_HOST=localhost" >> .env
-          echo "DB_PORT=5432" >> .env
-          echo "DB_NAME=mmgis-test" >> .env
-          echo "DB_USER=test_user" >> .env
-          echo "DB_PASS=test_password" >> .env
-          echo "DB_USER_TEST=test_user" >> .env
-          echo "DB_PASS_TEST=test_password" >> .env
-          echo "ENABLE_MMGIS_WEBSOCKETS=false" >> .env
-          echo "ENABLE_CONFIG_WEBSOCKETS=false" >> .env
-          echo "HIDE_CONFIG=false" >> .env
-          echo "SECRET=ci-test-session-secret-not-for-production" >> .env
-
-      - name: Run E2E Proxy Provider Tests
-        run: npx --no-install playwright test plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests --project=chromium
-        env:
-          SITE_ACCESS: required
-          AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["proxy","local"]'
-          PROXY_TRUST: ${{ matrix.proxy_trust }}
-          PROXY_SECRET: ${{ matrix.proxy_trust == 'secret' && 'ci-test-proxy-secret-not-for-production' || '' }} # pragma: allowlist secret
-          PROXY_GROUPS: '["mmgis-users"]'
-          PROXY_LEAD_GROUP: mmgis-leads
+      - name: List plugin CI runs
+        id: list
+        run: echo "matrix=$(node scripts/plugin-ci.js list)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - name: Upload test results
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          name: playwright-report-proxy-${{ matrix.proxy_trust }}
-          path: playwright-report/
-          retention-days: 30
-
-  ldap:
-    # The LDAP login provider against a real OpenLDAP directory, over LDAPS and StartTLS
+  plugin-ci:
+    needs: plugin-ci-list
+    if: needs.plugin-ci-list.outputs.matrix != '[]'
+    name: plugin (${{ matrix.name }})
     timeout-minutes: 20
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        transport: [ldaps, starttls]
+        include: ${{ fromJSON(needs.plugin-ci-list.outputs.matrix) }}
 
     services:
       postgres:
@@ -266,13 +205,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Playwright Browsers
         run: npx --no-install playwright install --with-deps chromium
 
-      - name: Start OpenLDAP
-        run: plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh "$RUNNER_TEMP/ldap"
-
       - name: Setup test environment
         run: | # pragma: allowlist secret
           cp sample.env .env || touch .env
-          sed -i "/^SITE_ACCESS=/d;/^AUTH_PROVIDERS=/d;/^LDAP_/d" .env
           echo "NODE_ENV=test" >> .env
           echo "PORT=18888" >> .env
           echo "DB_HOST=localhost" >> .env
@@ -287,24 +222,16 @@ jobs:
           echo "HIDE_CONFIG=false" >> .env
           echo "SECRET=ci-test-session-secret-not-for-production" >> .env
 
-      - name: Run E2E LDAP Provider Tests
-        run: npx --no-install playwright test plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests --grep-invert @unit --project=chromium
+      - name: Run plugin tests
+        run: node scripts/plugin-ci.js run "$PLUGIN_DIR" "$PLUGIN_VARIANT" -- --project=chromium
         env:
-          SITE_ACCESS: optional
-          AUTH_PROVIDERS: '["ldap","local"]'
-          LDAP_URL: ${{ matrix.transport == 'ldaps' && 'ldaps://localhost:3636' || 'ldap://localhost:3389' }}
-          LDAP_STARTTLS: ${{ matrix.transport == 'starttls' && 'true' || 'false' }}
-          LDAP_TLS_CA: ${{ runner.temp }}/ldap/ca.pem
-          LDAP_BIND_DN: cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org
-          LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: svc-test-password # pragma: allowlist secret
-          LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE: ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
-          LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
-          AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES: 0.05
+          PLUGIN_DIR: ${{ matrix.dir }}
+          PLUGIN_VARIANT: ${{ matrix.variant }}
 
       - name: Upload test results
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
         with:
-          name: playwright-report-ldap-${{ matrix.transport }}
+          name: playwright-report-${{ matrix.slug }}
           path: playwright-report/
           retention-days: 30
diff --git a/API/pluginValidation.js b/API/pluginValidation.js
index c17eb763b9..5b2c569478 100644
--- a/API/pluginValidation.js
+++ b/API/pluginValidation.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const COMMON_FIELDS = [
   "license",
   "repository",
   "keywords",
+  "ci",
 ];
 
 /**
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ const KNOWN_FIELDS = {
     "defaultIcon",
     "color",
   ]),
-  auth: new Set([...COMMON_FIELDS, "provider", "description", "login_path", "login_url", "login_label", "logout_url"]),
+  auth: new Set([...COMMON_FIELDS, "provider", "description", "login_path", "login_url", "login_label", "logout_url", "login_form", "login_icon"]),
   connection: new Set([...COMMON_FIELDS, "connection", "description", "guests", "env", "pkce"]),
   layerattachment: new Set([
     ...COMMON_FIELDS,
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 539918f838..355ce3a798 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Declare both with `ctx.authorize.public(...)`, set `"login_path": "/login"`, and
 - **Coexistence:** local accounts still log in with your provider enabled.
 - **Removal:** take the id out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart: its routes return 404 and its sessions and tokens stop working. Its accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - **Websockets:** scripted websocket clients must send an `Origin` header, or MMGIS closes the connection (the reason is only in the server log).
-- **Unit tests:** see `tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js` for loading a provider from a temporary plugins folder, and `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js` for testing against a fake backend. Tag unit tests `@unit` (`test.describe('...', { tag: '@unit' }, ...)`) so `npm run test:plugins:unit` and CI run them, and have tests that need a real backend skip themselves when its settings are missing. Keep a provider's tests and fixtures in its own `tests/` folder (`plugins/core/auth/<Name>/tests/`), as the Ldap and Proxy providers do; `plugins/**/tests/*.spec.js` is picked up by Playwright.
+- **Unit tests:** see `tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js` for loading a provider from a temporary plugins folder, and `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js` for testing against a fake backend. Tag unit tests `@unit` (`test.describe('...', { tag: '@unit' }, ...)`) so `npm run test:plugins:unit` and CI run them, and have tests that need a real backend skip themselves when its settings are missing. To run those in CI, set `"ci"` in `plugin.json` (see [Plugin CI](../Contributing.md#plugin-ci)), as the Ldap and Proxy providers do. Keep a provider's tests and fixtures in its own `tests/` folder (`plugins/core/auth/<Name>/tests/`), as the Ldap and Proxy providers do; `plugins/**/tests/*.spec.js` is picked up by Playwright.
 
 Redirect flows are easiest to test with a production build (`npm run build`, then `NODE_ENV=production npm start`). In development the map is served on a different port (PORT+1) from the API, so redirects back to `/` land on the API port.
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/Contributing.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/Contributing.md
index ce21219689..84b7712811 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/Contributing.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/Contributing.md
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ Plugins may declare npm and Python dependencies in their `plugin.json`:
 
 At build time, `scripts/resolve-plugin-deps.js` aggregates these into `plugin-package.json`, `plugin-python-requirements.txt`, and `plugin-conda-deps.txt` at the repo root. Plugin npm deps are installed automatically via a `postinstall` hook. Python deps must be installed manually — see the [Installation page](../Setup/Installation/Installation.md#setup) for details.
 
+### Plugin CI
+
+A plugin whose tests need an outside service or settings (e.g. a directory server) declares how to set them up in its `plugin.json`:
+
+```json
+{
+    "ci": { "script": "tests/ci.sh", "variants": ["ldaps", "starttls"] }
+}
+```
+
+`scripts/plugin-ci.js` runs `<script> <variant>` once per variant (once with no argument if there are no `variants`). The script starts what the tests need and appends their ENVs, one `KEY=VALUE` per line, to the file named by `$MMGIS_CI_ENV`; then the plugin's `tests/` (except `@unit` tests, which run with every plugin's) run with those ENVs. CI's `plugin-ci` job runs every declared plugin and variant, so adding one needs no workflow change. Locally: `npm run test:plugins:ci -- plugins/core/auth/Ldap ldaps`. See `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ci.sh` and `plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests/ci.sh`.
+
 For the complete plugin development guide, CLI reference, and `plugin.json` format, see [`plugins/README.md`](/plugins/README.md).
 
 ### Quickstart to Contributing
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 996fcbf87d..e6c30745a1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -188,4 +188,4 @@ If the directory rejects the service account, MMGIS stops using it for 5 minutes
 | "Invalid <name> username or password" for `CORP\alice` or `alice@corp...` | Set `LDAP_USERNAME_DOMAIN=CORP`, and use a `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` that also matches `userPrincipalName` (see the Active Directory example). |
 | Groups don't apply | The group's external name must be the directory group's DN (or its `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` value). The login line in the server log lists the groups the directory reported; if it says `none`, check whether your directory has `memberOf`, or set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE`. |
 
-To try it locally, `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh` starts an OpenLDAP container with test users; `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js` shows the matching settings.
+To try it locally, `npm run test:plugins:ci -- plugins/core/auth/Ldap ldaps` (or `starttls`) starts an OpenLDAP container with test users (`plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh`) and runs the LDAP tests against it; `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ci.sh` shows the matching settings.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7565560cd0..050fb264fc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
         "http-proxy-middleware": "3.0.7",
         "isomorphic-ws": "5.0.0",
         "jquery": "^3.5.1",
-        "ldapts": "^8.2.0",
         "leaflet": "^1.9.4",
         "leaflet-geometryutil": "^0.9.1",
         "leaflet-polylinedecorator": "^1.6.0",
@@ -17517,18 +17516,6 @@
         "shell-quote": "^1.8.4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/ldapts": {
-      "version": "8.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ldapts/-/ldapts-8.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XfKocadpoHc1kNgtbTBBhD+pSh1U9KVTzxcKwDS4ulFFyC7rJkLC3TwIfbQ4rt3my9KHz8qsw9qFXVjcPOGebw==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "strict-event-emitter-types": "2.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=20"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/leaflet": {
       "version": "1.9.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/leaflet/-/leaflet-1.9.4.tgz",
@@ -23452,12 +23439,6 @@
         "node": ">=10.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/strict-event-emitter-types": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strict-event-emitter-types/-/strict-event-emitter-types-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Nk/brWYpD85WlOgzw5h173aci0Teyv8YdIAEtV+N88nDB0dLlazZyJMIsN6eo1/AR61l+p6CJTG1JIyFaoNEEA==",
-      "license": "ISC"
-    },
     "node_modules/string_decoder": {
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.3.0.tgz",
@@ -38110,14 +38091,6 @@
         "shell-quote": "^1.8.4"
       }
     },
-    "ldapts": {
-      "version": "8.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ldapts/-/ldapts-8.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XfKocadpoHc1kNgtbTBBhD+pSh1U9KVTzxcKwDS4ulFFyC7rJkLC3TwIfbQ4rt3my9KHz8qsw9qFXVjcPOGebw==",
-      "requires": {
-        "strict-event-emitter-types": "2.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "leaflet": {
       "version": "1.9.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/leaflet/-/leaflet-1.9.4.tgz",
@@ -42211,11 +42184,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/streamsearch/-/streamsearch-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Mcc5wHehp9aXz1ax6bZUyY5afg9u2rv5cqQI3mRrYkGC8rW2hM02jWuwjtL++LS5qinSyhj2QfLyNsuc+VsExg=="
     },
-    "strict-event-emitter-types": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strict-event-emitter-types/-/strict-event-emitter-types-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Nk/brWYpD85WlOgzw5h173aci0Teyv8YdIAEtV+N88nDB0dLlazZyJMIsN6eo1/AR61l+p6CJTG1JIyFaoNEEA=="
-    },
     "string_decoder": {
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4ba3c5c487..06ff35153b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     "test:e2e:cross-browser": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test tests/e2e/cross-browser",
     "test:e2e:startup": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test tests/e2e/startup",
     "test:plugins": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test plugins",
+    "test:plugins:ci": "node scripts/plugin-ci.js run",
     "test:plugins:unit": "cross-env PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY=true playwright test plugins --grep @unit --pass-with-no-tests",
     "test:clean": "node --experimental-vm-modules tests/test-db-clean.js",
     "test:headed": "playwright test --headed",
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@
     "http-proxy-middleware": "3.0.7",
     "isomorphic-ws": "5.0.0",
     "jquery": "^3.5.1",
-    "ldapts": "^8.2.0",
     "leaflet": "^1.9.4",
     "leaflet-geometryutil": "^0.9.1",
     "leaflet-polylinedecorator": "^1.6.0",
diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 1da3c7a5df..1ef98330fa 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ plugins/                       # containers only — the CLI lives in /plugin-cl
 | `API/updateTools.js` | Build-time tool/component discovery → generates `src/pre/tools.js` |
 | `API/setups.js` | Runtime backend discovery → loads `plugin.js` lifecycle hooks |
 | `scripts/resolve-plugin-deps.js` | Aggregates plugin dependencies for build |
+| `scripts/plugin-ci.js` | Runs the tests of plugins that declare `"ci"` in `plugin.json` (an outside service or settings their tests need), in CI and locally |
 
 ## Quick Start
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
index d52b5fd5a6..8b546aa601 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
   "login_path": "/login",
   "login_form": true,
   "login_icon": "card-account-details-outline",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "npm": {
+      "ldapts": "^8.2.0"
+    }
+  },
+  "ci": {
+    "script": "tests/ci.sh",
+    "variants": ["ldaps", "starttls"]
+  },
   "author": "NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": "https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS"
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ci.sh b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..95400f4bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# CI setup for the LDAP provider's tests (see scripts/plugin-ci.js): starts the test directory
+# and writes the ENVs the tests run with to $MMGIS_CI_ENV. Variant: ldaps or starttls.
+set -euo pipefail
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+OUT="${RUNNER_TEMP:-$HERE/openldap}/.run"
+case "${1:-ldaps}" in
+  ldaps) url=ldaps://localhost:3636 starttls=false ;;
+  starttls) url=ldap://localhost:3389 starttls=true ;;
+  *) echo "Unknown variant '$1' (ldaps or starttls)" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+esac
+"$HERE/openldap/start.sh" "$OUT"
+service_password=svc-test-password # pragma: allowlist secret
+cat >> "${MMGIS_CI_ENV:?}" <<ENV
+SITE_ACCESS=optional
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=["ldap","local"]
+LDAP_URL=$url
+LDAP_STARTTLS=$starttls
+LDAP_TLS_CA=$OUT/ca.pem
+LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=mmgis-svc,ou=services,dc=example,dc=org
+LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=$service_password
+LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE=ou=people,dc=example,dc=org
+LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org
+AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0.05
+ENV
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
index 78d6a7e56d..c1928b7546 100755
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
 HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 OUT="${1:-$HERE/.run}"
 NAME="${LDAP_CONTAINER:-mmgis-test-ldap}"
+docker rm -f "$NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+# slapd takes ownership of the mounted certificates, so a previous run's may only be removable from a container
+rm -rf "$OUT/certs" 2>/dev/null || docker run --rm --entrypoint rm -v "$OUT:/out" osixia/openldap:1.5.0 -rf /out/certs
 mkdir -p "$OUT/certs"
 cd "$OUT/certs"
 openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -days 2 -subj "/CN=MMGIS test CA" -keyout ca.key -out ca.crt 2>/dev/null
@@ -16,7 +19,6 @@ openssl x509 -req -in ldap.csr -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -CAcreateserial -days 2
 openssl dhparam -out dhparam.pem 1024 2>/dev/null
 chmod 644 ./*
 cp ca.crt "$OUT/ca.pem"
-docker rm -f "$NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 docker run -d --name "$NAME" -p 3389:389 -p 3636:636 \
   -e LDAP_ORGANISATION="MMGIS Test" -e LDAP_DOMAIN=example.org -e LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin-test-password \
   -e LDAP_TLS_CRT_FILENAME=ldap.crt -e LDAP_TLS_KEY_FILENAME=ldap.key -e LDAP_TLS_CA_CRT_FILENAME=ca.crt \
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json b/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json
index 370abec3f3..ae6df47227 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
   "tier": "core",
   "overridable": false,
   "required": true,
+  "ci": {
+    "script": "tests/ci.sh",
+    "variants": ["network", "secret"]
+  },
   "author": "NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": "https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS"
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests/ci.sh b/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests/ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..39906870a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/tests/ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# CI setup for the proxy provider's tests (see scripts/plugin-ci.js): writes the ENVs the tests
+# run with to $MMGIS_CI_ENV. Variant: the PROXY_TRUST mode, network or secret.
+set -euo pipefail
+trust="${1:-secret}"
+case "$trust" in network|secret) ;; *) echo "Unknown variant '$trust' (network or secret)" >&2; exit 1 ;; esac
+secret=""
+[ "$trust" = secret ] && secret=ci-test-proxy-secret-not-for-production # pragma: allowlist secret
+cat >> "${MMGIS_CI_ENV:?}" <<ENV
+SITE_ACCESS=required
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=["proxy","local"]
+PROXY_TRUST=$trust
+PROXY_SECRET=$secret
+PROXY_GROUPS=["mmgis-users"]
+PROXY_LEAD_GROUP=mmgis-leads
+ENV
diff --git a/scripts/plugin-ci.js b/scripts/plugin-ci.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3de8ac0c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/plugin-ci.js
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/**
+ * Runs the tests of plugins that need an outside service or settings (a
+ * directory, a proxy) in CI. Such a plugin sets in its plugin.json:
+ *
+ *   "ci": { "script": "tests/ci.sh", "variants": ["ldaps", "starttls"] }
+ *
+ * `script` (relative to the plugin) is run once per variant (or once, with no
+ * argument, when there are none) as `<script> <variant>`. It starts what the
+ * tests need and appends the ENVs they run with, one KEY=VALUE per line, to the
+ * file named by $MMGIS_CI_ENV. The plugin's tests/ (other than @unit tests,
+ * which run with every plugin's) then run with those ENVs.
+ *
+ *   node scripts/plugin-ci.js list                 JSON matrix of every plugin's runs
+ *   node scripts/plugin-ci.js run <plugin dir> [variant] [-- playwright args]
+ */
+const fs = require("fs");
+const os = require("os");
+const path = require("path");
+const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
+
+const ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
+const PLUGINS = path.join(ROOT, "plugins");
+
+function fail(msg) {
+  console.error(`[plugin-ci] ${msg}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const dirs = (p) =>
+  fs.existsSync(p)
+    ? fs
+        .readdirSync(p, { withFileTypes: true })
+        .filter((d) => d.isDirectory() && !/^[._]/.test(d.name))
+        .map((d) => path.join(p, d.name))
+    : [];
+
+// The "ci" entry of the plugin at dir, checked, or null when it has none
+function ciOf(dir) {
+  const file = path.join(dir, "plugin.json");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(file)) return null;
+  let ci;
+  try {
+    ci = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8")).ci;
+  } catch (err) {
+    fail(`${path.relative(ROOT, file)} isn't valid JSON: ${err.message}`);
+  }
+  if (ci == null) return null;
+  const where = `${path.relative(ROOT, file)} "ci"`;
+  if (typeof ci !== "object" || Array.isArray(ci) || typeof ci.script !== "string")
+    fail(`${where} must be { "script": "<path in the plugin>", "variants"?: ["..."] }`);
+  const script = path.resolve(dir, ci.script);
+  if (path.relative(dir, script).startsWith("..")) fail(`${where}.script must be inside the plugin`);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(script)) fail(`${where}.script ${ci.script} doesn't exist`);
+  const variants = ci.variants == null ? [""] : ci.variants;
+  if (!Array.isArray(variants) || variants.length === 0 || !variants.every((v) => typeof v === "string" && /^[\w.-]*$/.test(v)))
+    fail(`${where}.variants must be a non-empty list of names (letters, digits, "_", "-", ".")`);
+  return { script, variants };
+}
+
+function list() {
+  const runs = [];
+  for (const container of dirs(PLUGINS))
+    for (const type of dirs(container))
+      for (const dir of dirs(type)) {
+        const ci = ciOf(dir);
+        if (!ci) continue;
+        const rel = path.relative(ROOT, dir).split(path.sep).join("/");
+        for (const variant of ci.variants)
+          runs.push({ name: [path.basename(dir), variant].filter(Boolean).join(" "), slug: [rel.replace(/\W+/g, "-"), variant].filter(Boolean).join("-"), dir: rel, variant });
+      }
+  return runs;
+}
+
+function readEnv(file) {
+  const env = {};
+  for (const line of fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8").split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    if (!line.trim() || line.trim().startsWith("#")) continue;
+    const i = line.indexOf("=");
+    if (i < 1) fail(`${line} in the ENVs from the plugin's ci script isn't KEY=VALUE`);
+    env[line.slice(0, i).trim()] = line.slice(i + 1);
+  }
+  return env;
+}
+
+function run(relDir, variant = "", extra = []) {
+  const dir = path.resolve(ROOT, relDir || "");
+  if (!relDir || path.relative(PLUGINS, dir).startsWith("..")) fail("run needs a plugin folder under plugins/");
+  const ci = ciOf(dir);
+  if (!ci) fail(`${relDir}/plugin.json has no "ci" entry`);
+  if (!ci.variants.includes(variant)) fail(`${relDir} has no ci variant '${variant}' (it has: ${ci.variants.map((v) => v || "(none)").join(", ")})`);
+  const envFile = path.join(fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mmgis-plugin-ci-")), "env");
+  fs.writeFileSync(envFile, "");
+  const setup = spawnSync(ci.script, variant ? [variant] : [], { cwd: ROOT, stdio: "inherit", env: { ...process.env, MMGIS_CI_ENV: envFile } });
+  if (setup.status !== 0) fail(`${path.relative(ROOT, ci.script)} ${variant} failed${setup.error ? `: ${setup.error.message}` : ""}`);
+  const env = readEnv(envFile);
+  console.log(`[plugin-ci] ${relDir}${variant ? ` (${variant})` : ""} with ${Object.keys(env).join(", ") || "no extra ENVs"}`);
+  const tests = spawnSync("npx", ["--no-install", "playwright", "test", path.join(relDir, "tests"), "--grep-invert", "@unit", ...extra], {
+    cwd: ROOT,
+    stdio: "inherit",
+    env: { ...process.env, ...env },
+  });
+  process.exit(tests.status == null ? 1 : tests.status);
+}
+
+const [cmd, ...args] = process.argv.slice(2);
+if (cmd === "list") console.log(JSON.stringify(list()));
+else if (cmd === "run") {
+  const dash = args.indexOf("--");
+  const pos = dash === -1 ? args : args.slice(0, dash);
+  run(pos[0], pos[1] || "", dash === -1 ? [] : args.slice(dash + 1));
+} else fail("usage: node scripts/plugin-ci.js list | run <plugin dir> [variant] [-- playwright args]");
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index a029e5cdef..f635977669 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ tests/
 A plugin's own tests and fixtures live inside the plugin, in `plugins/<container>/<kind>/<Name>/tests/` (for example `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/`), so the plugin stays self-contained. Playwright picks up `plugins/**/tests/*.spec.js`. `tests/` is for tests that span several plugins or the core.
 
 - **Unit tests** (no server or database): tag them `@unit`, e.g. `test.describe('My plugin', { tag: '@unit' }, ...)`. `npm run test:plugins:unit` and CI run every plugin's `@unit` tests, so a new plugin needs no CI change.
-- **Tests that need an outside service or settings** (a directory, a proxy): skip themselves when those settings are missing (`test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_URL, ...)`), so `playwright test plugins` works anywhere. Keep the service's setup script in the plugin (e.g. `plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/openldap/start.sh`) and give it its own CI job.
+- **Tests that need an outside service or settings** (a directory, a proxy): skip themselves when those settings are missing (`test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_URL, ...)`), so `playwright test plugins` works anywhere. Declare `"ci": { "script": "tests/ci.sh", "variants": [...] }` in the plugin's `plugin.json`: the script starts the service and writes the ENVs the tests need, and CI's `plugin-ci` job runs it and the plugin's tests once per variant, with no workflow edit. Run the same locally with `npm run test:plugins:ci -- plugins/core/auth/Ldap ldaps` (see `scripts/plugin-ci.js`).
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 4d69e092bb..bf542f58b1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -21,6 +21,33 @@ function writePlugin(root, container, name, manifest, js = 'module.exports = {};
 }
 const coreManifest = (provider) => ({ name: provider, type: 'auth', provider, tier: 'core', overridable: false });
 
+// The shipped Local and Proxy providers plus 'dir', a stand-in directory provider with every optional hook,
+// so these tests of the shared provider code don't depend on any one directory plugin
+const DIR_PLUGIN = `module.exports = {
+  loginForm: (env) => ({ title: env.DIR_DISPLAY_NAME, usernameLabel: env.DIR_USERNAME_LABEL, hint: env.DIR_LOGIN_HINT }),
+  lookupTimeoutMs: () => 25000,
+  subjectFits: () => true,
+  subjectSetting: () => 'entryuuid',
+  subjectPermanent: () => true,
+  groupName: (name) => String(name).split(',').map((p) => p.trim().toLowerCase()).join(','),
+  relinkUsername: (name) => String(name).normalize('NFKC').trim(),
+  lookup: async () => undefined,
+  locate: async () => undefined,
+  findSubject: async () => undefined,
+};`;
+let fixture = null;
+function fixtureRoot() {
+  if (fixture) return fixture;
+  fixture = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mmgis-auth-'));
+  for (const name of ['Local', 'Proxy']) {
+    const real = path.join(REAL_ROOT, 'core', 'auth', name);
+    writePlugin(fixture, 'core', name, JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(real, 'plugin.json'), 'utf8')), `module.exports = require(${JSON.stringify(path.join(real, 'plugin.js'))});`);
+  }
+  writePlugin(fixture, 'core', 'Dir', { ...coreManifest('dir'), display_name: 'Directory', login_path: '/login', login_form: true, login_icon: 'card-account-details-outline' }, DIR_PLUGIN);
+  return fixture;
+}
+test.afterAll(() => fixture && fs.rmSync(fixture, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
 test.describe('provider discovery', () => {
   let root;
   test.beforeAll(() => {
@@ -54,9 +81,10 @@ test.describe('provider discovery', () => {
     expect(providers.getProvider('local')).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  test('the shipped providers are ldap, local and proxy', () => {
-    expect(providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT).sort()).toEqual(['ldap', 'local', 'proxy']);
-    for (const id of ['ldap', 'local', 'proxy']) {
+  test('the shipped providers include local and proxy, and all are core and required', () => {
+    const shipped = providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT);
+    expect(shipped).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(['local', 'proxy']));
+    for (const id of shipped) {
       const m = providers.getProvider(id).manifest;
       expect(m).toMatchObject({ type: 'auth', tier: 'core', overridable: false, required: true });
     }
@@ -448,11 +476,11 @@ test.describe('login links and returnTo', () => {
 test.describe('login forms', () => {
   const saved = {};
   test.beforeEach(() => {
-    for (const k of ['AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN', 'LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME', 'LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL', 'LDAP_LOGIN_HINT']) {
+    for (const k of ['AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN', 'DIR_DISPLAY_NAME', 'DIR_USERNAME_LABEL', 'DIR_LOGIN_HINT']) {
       saved[k] = process.env[k];
       delete process.env[k];
     }
-    providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT);
+    providers.loadProviders(fixtureRoot());
   });
   test.afterEach(() => {
     for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(saved)) {
@@ -462,24 +490,24 @@ test.describe('login forms', () => {
   });
 
   test('form providers share the form in AUTH_PROVIDERS order and get no login button', () => {
-    process.env.LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME = 'JPL Directory';
-    process.env.LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL = 'JPL username';
-    process.env.LDAP_LOGIN_HINT = 'Same as your email.';
-    expect(providers.loginForms(['ldap', 'local', 'proxy'])).toEqual([
-      { id: 'ldap', title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as your email.', icon: 'card-account-details-outline', path: 'api/auth/ldap/login' },
+    process.env.DIR_DISPLAY_NAME = 'JPL Directory';
+    process.env.DIR_USERNAME_LABEL = 'JPL username';
+    process.env.DIR_LOGIN_HINT = 'Same as your email.';
+    expect(providers.loginForms(['dir', 'local', 'proxy'])).toEqual([
+      { id: 'dir', title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as your email.', icon: 'card-account-details-outline', path: 'api/auth/dir/login' },
       { id: 'local', title: 'MMGIS account', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', icon: 'account-key-outline', path: 'api/auth/local/login' },
     ]);
-    expect(providers.loginForms(['local', 'ldap']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['local', 'ldap']);
-    expect(providers.loginLinks(['ldap', 'local'])).toEqual([]);
-    expect(providers.providerLabel('ldap')).toBe('JPL Directory');
+    expect(providers.loginForms(['local', 'dir']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['local', 'dir']);
+    expect(providers.loginLinks(['dir', 'local'])).toEqual([]);
+    expect(providers.providerLabel('dir')).toBe('JPL Directory');
     expect(providers.providerLabel('proxy')).toBe('Authenticating proxy');
   });
 
   test('with AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins, local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in', () => {
     process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN = 'admins';
-    expect(providers.loginForms(['ldap', 'local']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['ldap']);
-    const configure = providers.loginForms(['ldap', 'local'], { configure: true });
-    expect(configure.map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['ldap', 'local']);
+    expect(providers.loginForms(['dir', 'local']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['dir']);
+    const configure = providers.loginForms(['dir', 'local'], { configure: true });
+    expect(configure.map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['dir', 'local']);
     expect(configure[1].hint).toMatch(/admin role/);
   });
 
@@ -496,7 +524,7 @@ test.describe('login forms', () => {
       ]);
     } finally {
       fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
-      providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT);
+      providers.loadProviders(fixtureRoot());
     }
   });
 });
@@ -572,123 +600,123 @@ test.describe('identify', () => {
 });
 
 test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
-  let ldap, lookup, savedProviders;
+  let dir, lookup, savedProviders;
   test.beforeAll(() => {
-    providers.loadProviders(REAL_ROOT);
-    ldap = providers.getProvider('ldap').impl;
-    lookup = ldap.lookup;
+    providers.loadProviders(fixtureRoot());
+    dir = providers.getProvider('dir').impl;
+    lookup = dir.lookup;
     savedProviders = process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
-    process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = '["ldap","local"]';
+    process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = '["dir","local"]';
   });
   test.beforeEach(() => providers.forgetRechecks());
   test.afterAll(() => {
-    ldap.lookup = lookup;
+    dir.lookup = lookup;
     if (savedProviders === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS;
     else process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS = savedProviders;
   });
   const models = (userId) =>
     fakeModels({
-      groups: [{ id: 1, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' }],
+      groups: [{ id: 1, source: 'dir', external_name: 'cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' }],
       members: [{ group_id: 1, user_id: userId }],
-      links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old', user_id: userId }],
+      links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'old', user_id: userId }],
     });
 
   test('an account already not found stays refused while its recheck fails (directory down)', async () => {
     const m = models(9020);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    dir.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
     providers.forgetRechecks();
-    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw Object.assign(new Error('connect ETIMEDOUT'), { code: 'ETIMEDOUT' }); };
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('failed');
+    dir.lookup = async () => { throw Object.assign(new Error('connect ETIMEDOUT'), { code: 'ETIMEDOUT' }); };
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'dir', m, true, true)).toBe('failed');
     // One still linked keeps its access through the same failure
     const n = models(9021);
     providers.forgetRechecks();
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9021, 'ldap', n)).toBe(true);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9021, 'dir', n)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   test('checking every linked account asks the directory now, even about accounts checked a moment ago', async () => {
     const m = fakeModels({
       links: [
-        { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9010 },
-        { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9011 },
+        { provider: 'dir', subject: 'here', user_id: 9010 },
+        { provider: 'dir', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9011 },
         { provider: 'local-only', subject: 'x', user_id: 9012 },
       ],
     });
-    ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9011, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    dir.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9011, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
     m.AuthMeta.rows.length = 0;
     expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 1, failed: 0, unsupported: 0, staleRelinks: 0 });
-    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
+    dir.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
     expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 2, missing: 0, failed: 2, unsupported: 0, staleRelinks: 0 });
-    ldap.lookup = async () => undefined;
+    dir.lookup = async () => undefined;
     expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toEqual({ checked: 0, missing: 0, failed: 0, unsupported: 2, staleRelinks: 0 });
-    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:ldap:9011']);
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['missing:dir:9011']);
   });
 
   test('checking every linked account flags a pending relink whose pinned entry is gone', async () => {
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
     const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
     m.AuthMeta.rows.push(
-      { key: 'relink:ldap:9014', value: { username: 'gone', subject: 'gone', expires_at } },
-      { key: 'relink:ldap:9016', value: { username: 'here', subject: 'here', expires_at } }
+      { key: 'relink:dir:9014', value: { username: 'gone', subject: 'gone', expires_at } },
+      { key: 'relink:dir:9016', value: { username: 'here', subject: 'here', expires_at } }
     );
-    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
-    ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
-    ldap.locate = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
+    const realLocate = dir.locate;
+    dir.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'here' ? { username: 'here', groups: [] } : null);
+    dir.locate = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
     expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(0);
-    ldap.locate = async () => null;
+    dir.locate = async () => null;
     expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(1);
-    ldap.locate = realLocate;
-    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9014').value.stale).toMatchObject({ gone: true });
-    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9016').value.stale).toBeUndefined();
+    dir.locate = realLocate;
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:dir:9014').value.stale).toMatchObject({ gone: true });
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:dir:9016').value.stale).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   test('after a subject setting change a matching value neither signs in, rechecks nor claims a relink as the old account', async () => {
-    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
-    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    const realSetting = dir.subjectSetting;
+    const realLocate = dir.locate;
     let looked = 0;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'uid';
-      ldap.lookup = async () => (looked++, { username: 'mallory', groups: ['cn=admins'] });
-      ldap.locate = async () => ({ username: 'mallory' });
+      dir.subjectSetting = () => 'uid';
+      dir.lookup = async () => (looked++, { username: 'mallory', groups: ['cn=admins'] });
+      dir.locate = async () => ({ username: 'mallory' });
       const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9030, username: 'victim' }, { id: 9031, username: 'pinned' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'victim', user_id: 9030 }],
-        meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9031', value: { username: 'pinned', subject: 'pin-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', expires_at } }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'old-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'victim', user_id: 9030 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'relink:dir:9031', value: { username: 'pinned', subject: 'pin-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', expires_at } }],
       });
-      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-uuid', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'dir', subject: 'old-uuid', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].subject_setting).toBe('entryuuid');
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'dir', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
       expect(looked).toBe(0);
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'missing:ldap:9030').value.reason).toBe('subject');
-      const claimed = await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'pin-uuid', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, m).catch((e) => e);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'missing:dir:9030').value.reason).toBe('subject');
+      const claimed = await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'dir', subject: 'pin-uuid', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, m).catch((e) => e);
       expect(claimed && claimed.id).not.toBe(9031);
       expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(1);
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9031').value.stale).toMatchObject({ setting: true });
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:dir:9031').value.stale).toMatchObject({ setting: true });
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
-      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+      dir.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      dir.locate = realLocate;
     }
   });
 
   test('after a subject setting change that kept the value, only that account\'s own fresh relink lets it sign in', async () => {
-    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    const realSetting = dir.subjectSetting;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
+      dir.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
       const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9050, username: 'carol' }, { id: 9051, username: 'other' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'uid', username: 'carol', user_id: 9050 }],
-        meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9051', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', expires_at } }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'uid', username: 'carol', user_id: 9050 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'relink:dir:9051', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', expires_at } }],
       });
-      const carol = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] };
+      const carol = { provider: 'dir', subject: 'carol', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] };
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9051')).toBe(true);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:dir:9051')).toBe(true);
       // Allow relink refuses a second account waiting for the same entry
       m.AuthMeta.rows.splice(0);
-      const own = { key: 'relink:ldap:9050', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', dn: 'UID=carol,ou=people', expires_at, stale: { setting: true } } };
+      const own = { key: 'relink:dir:9050', value: { username: 'carol', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'cn', dn: 'UID=carol,ou=people', expires_at, stale: { setting: true } } };
       m.AuthMeta.rows.push(own);
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
       delete own.value.stale;
@@ -696,259 +724,259 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...carol, dn: 'uid=eve,ou=people' }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different subject setting/);
       expect((await providers.linkIdentity(carol, m)).id).toBe(9050);
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows.find((l) => l.user_id === 9050).subject_setting).toBe('cn');
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9050')).toBe(false);
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:dir:9050')).toBe(false);
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      dir.subjectSetting = realSetting;
     }
   });
 
   test('while another process uses another subject setting, rechecks still run but leave its flags alone', async () => {
-    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    const realSetting = dir.subjectSetting;
     let looked = 0;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'entryuuid';
-      ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (looked++, subject === 'u-1' ? { username: 'erin', groups: [] } : null);
+      dir.subjectSetting = () => 'entryuuid';
+      dir.lookup = async (subject) => (looked++, subject === 'u-1' ? { username: 'erin', groups: [] } : null);
       const at = new Date().toISOString();
       const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9060, username: 'erin' }, { id: 9062, username: 'gone' }, { id: 9063, username: 'gil' }],
         links: [
-          { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'u-1', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'erin', user_id: 9060 },
-          { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'u-2', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'gone', user_id: 9062 },
+          { provider: 'dir', subject: 'u-1', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'erin', user_id: 9060 },
+          { provider: 'dir', subject: 'u-2', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'gone', user_id: 9062 },
         ],
         meta: [
-          { key: 'subject_setting:ldap:uid', value: { at } },
-          { key: 'missing:ldap:9060', value: { since: at, subject: 'u-1', reason: 'subject' } },
-          { key: 'relink:ldap:9063', value: { username: 'gil', subject: 'gil', subject_setting: 'uid', expires_at } },
+          { key: 'subject_setting:dir:uid', value: { at } },
+          { key: 'missing:dir:9060', value: { since: at, subject: 'u-1', reason: 'subject' } },
+          { key: 'relink:dir:9063', value: { username: 'gil', subject: 'gil', subject_setting: 'uid', expires_at } },
         ],
       });
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9060, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('ok');
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'missing:ldap:9060')).toBe(true);
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9062, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9060, 'dir', m, true, true)).toBe('ok');
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'missing:dir:9060')).toBe(true);
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9062, 'dir', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
       expect(looked).toBe(2);
       expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(0);
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9063').value).not.toHaveProperty('stale');
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:dir:9063').value).not.toHaveProperty('stale');
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      dir.subjectSetting = realSetting;
     }
   });
 
   test('a relink flagged under another subject setting is unflagged once that setting is back', async () => {
-    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    const realSetting = dir.subjectSetting;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'entryuuid';
+      dir.subjectSetting = () => 'entryuuid';
       const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9061, username: 'frank' }],
-        meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9061', value: { username: 'frank', subject: 'f-1', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', expires_at, stale: { setting: true } } }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'relink:dir:9061', value: { username: 'frank', subject: 'f-1', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', expires_at, stale: { setting: true } } }],
       });
       expect((await providers.recheckLinked(m)).staleRelinks).toBe(0);
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9061').value).not.toHaveProperty('stale');
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'relink:dir:9061').value).not.toHaveProperty('stale');
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      dir.subjectSetting = realSetting;
     }
   });
 
   test('under a subject attribute that is not a permanent ID, only the entry the admin was shown claims a pinned relink', async () => {
-    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
-    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    const realSetting = dir.subjectSetting;
+    const realPermanent = dir.subjectPermanent;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      dir.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
+      dir.subjectPermanent = () => false;
       const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
       const pinned = () =>
         fakeModels({
           users: [{ id: 9070, username: 'dave' }],
-          meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9070', value: { username: 'dave', subject: 'dave', subject_setting: 'cn', dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people', expires_at } }],
+          meta: [{ key: 'relink:dir:9070', value: { username: 'dave', subject: 'dave', subject_setting: 'cn', dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people', expires_at } }],
         });
       const other = pinned();
-      const mallory = await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave', dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, other).catch((e) => e);
+      const mallory = await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'dir', subject: 'dave', dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people', username: 'mallory', groups: [] }, other).catch((e) => e);
       expect(mallory).toBeInstanceOf(providers.LinkError);
       expect(other.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
-      expect(other.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:ldap:9070')).toBe(true);
-      expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave', dn: 'UID=dave,ou=people', username: 'dave', groups: [] }, pinned())).id).toBe(9070);
+      expect(other.AuthMeta.rows.some((r) => r.key === 'relink:dir:9070')).toBe(true);
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'dir', subject: 'dave', dn: 'UID=dave,ou=people', username: 'dave', groups: [] }, pinned())).id).toBe(9070);
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+      dir.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
     }
   });
 
   test('without a service account, an unpinned relink lets an account linked under another subject setting sign in again', async () => {
-    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    const realSetting = dir.subjectSetting;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
+      dir.subjectSetting = () => 'cn';
       const expires_at = new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString();
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9080, username: 'carol' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'uid', username: 'carol', user_id: 9080 }],
-        meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9080', value: { username: 'carol', expires_at } }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'carol', subject_setting: 'uid', username: 'carol', user_id: 9080 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'relink:dir:9080', value: { username: 'carol', expires_at } }],
       });
-      expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carol', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] }, m)).id).toBe(9080);
+      expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'dir', subject: 'carol', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] }, m)).id).toBe(9080);
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].subject_setting).toBe('cn');
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      dir.subjectSetting = realSetting;
     }
   });
 
   test('a subject value re-cased at the same entry needs a relink; another entry is refused as a reused name', async () => {
-    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
-    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    const realLocate = dir.locate;
+    const realPermanent = dir.subjectPermanent;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = () => false;
       const models = () =>
         fakeModels({
           users: [{ id: 9090, username: 'ldap_alice' }],
-          links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'ldap_alice', username: 'ldap_alice', user_id: 9090 }],
+          links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'ldap_alice', username: 'ldap_alice', user_id: 9090 }],
         });
-      const alice = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'Ldap_Alice', dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice', groups: [] };
-      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'UID=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice' });
+      const alice = { provider: 'dir', subject: 'Ldap_Alice', dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice', groups: [] };
+      dir.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'UID=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice' });
       const m = models();
       // The directory matches either case, so a newcomer looks the same: an admin decides
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(alice, m)).rejects.toThrow(/except for letter case/);
-      m.AuthMeta.rows.push({ key: 'relink:ldap:9090', value: { username: 'ldap_alice', subject: 'Ldap_Alice', dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString() } });
+      m.AuthMeta.rows.push({ key: 'relink:dir:9090', value: { username: 'ldap_alice', subject: 'Ldap_Alice', dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString() } });
       expect((await providers.linkIdentity(alice, m)).id).toBe(9090);
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].subject).toBe('Ldap_Alice');
-      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=ldap_alice,ou=leavers', username: 'ldap_alice' });
+      dir.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=ldap_alice,ou=leavers', username: 'ldap_alice' });
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(alice, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
       // Its old value found at this entry too, but the value itself is different (e.g. a second cn)
-      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice' });
+      dir.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice' });
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...alice, subject: 'Mallory' }, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
       expect(providers.sameFolded('Alice  Directory', '\uff21lice directory ')).toBe(true);
       // The search base finds only the new entry, but the old one still exists elsewhere (e.g. moved to leavers)
-      ldap.lookup = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice', groups: [] });
-      ldap.locate = async () => ({});
+      dir.lookup = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=Ldap_Alice,ou=people', username: 'Ldap_Alice', groups: [] });
+      dir.locate = async () => ({});
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity(alice, models())).rejects.toThrow(/name was reused/);
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
-      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+      dir.locate = realLocate;
     }
   });
 
   test('under a subject attribute that is not a permanent ID, a re-cased value under a new username gets no twin account', async () => {
-    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    const realPermanent = dir.subjectPermanent;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = () => false;
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9095, username: 'ldap_bob' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'Bob Directory', username: 'ldap_bob', user_id: 9095 }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'Bob Directory', username: 'ldap_bob', user_id: 9095 }],
       });
-      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'bob directory', dn: 'uid=bob2,ou=people', username: 'bob2', groups: [] }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/except for letter case/);
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ provider: 'dir', subject: 'bob directory', dn: 'uid=bob2,ou=people', username: 'bob2', groups: [] }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/except for letter case/);
       expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
     }
   });
 
   test('a recheck that finds the stored value only without case treats the account as gone', async () => {
-    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    const realPermanent = dir.subjectPermanent;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
-      ldap.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: 'dave leaver', dn: 'uid=dave_new,ou=people', username: 'dave_new', groups: ['cn=science-team'] });
+      dir.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      dir.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: 'dave leaver', dn: 'uid=dave_new,ou=people', username: 'dave_new', groups: ['cn=science-team'] });
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9097, username: 'dave_old' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'Dave Leaver', username: 'dave_old', user_id: 9097 }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'Dave Leaver', username: 'dave_old', user_id: 9097 }],
       });
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9097, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9097, 'dir', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
       expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].username).toBe('dave_old');
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
     }
   });
 
   test('a sign-in whose first subject value changed reuses the link made under another of its values', async () => {
-    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    const realLocate = dir.locate;
     try {
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9098, username: 'dave' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave@example.org', username: 'dave', user_id: 9098 }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'dave@example.org', username: 'dave', user_id: 9098 }],
       });
-      const dave = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'dave.alias@example.org', subjects: ['dave.alias@example.org', 'dave@example.org'], dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people', username: 'dave', groups: [] };
-      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people' });
+      const dave = { provider: 'dir', subject: 'dave.alias@example.org', subjects: ['dave.alias@example.org', 'dave@example.org'], dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people', username: 'dave', groups: [] };
+      dir.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=dave,ou=people' });
       expect((await providers.linkIdentity(dave, m)).id).toBe(9098);
       expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
       // Another person's entry given dave's old value as an alias
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...dave, username: 'carol', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people' }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/also has 'dave@example.org'/);
       // Found elsewhere, so it isn't this entry's link
-      ldap.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people' });
-      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...dave, dn: 'uid=dave2,ou=people' }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different ldap entry/);
+      dir.locate = async () => ({ dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people' });
+      await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...dave, dn: 'uid=dave2,ou=people' }, m)).rejects.toThrow(/different dir entry/);
       expect(m.User.rows).toHaveLength(1);
     } finally {
-      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+      dir.locate = realLocate;
     }
   });
 
   test('a relink pinned to one of an entry\'s values is claimed after the values are reordered, by that entry only', async () => {
-    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    const realPermanent = dir.subjectPermanent;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = () => false;
       const pinned = () =>
         fakeModels({
           users: [{ id: 9099, username: 'carl' }],
-          meta: [{ key: 'relink:ldap:9099', value: { username: 'carl', subject: 'carl@example.org', dn: 'uid=carl,ou=people', by: 'admin', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 60000).toISOString() } }],
+          meta: [{ key: 'relink:dir:9099', value: { username: 'carl', subject: 'carl@example.org', dn: 'uid=carl,ou=people', by: 'admin', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 60000).toISOString() } }],
         });
-      const carl = { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'carl2@example.org', subjects: ['carl2@example.org', 'carl@example.org'], dn: 'UID=carl,ou=people', username: 'carl', groups: [] };
+      const carl = { provider: 'dir', subject: 'carl2@example.org', subjects: ['carl2@example.org', 'carl@example.org'], dn: 'UID=carl,ou=people', username: 'carl', groups: [] };
       const m = pinned();
       expect((await providers.linkIdentity(carl, m)).id).toBe(9099);
       expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([]);
       // Another entry listing carl's pinned value doesn't claim carl's account
       const other = pinned();
       expect((await providers.linkIdentity({ ...carl, dn: 'uid=mallory,ou=people', username: 'mallory' }, other)).id).not.toBe(9099);
-      expect(other.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ key: 'relink:ldap:9099' })]);
+      expect(other.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ key: 'relink:dir:9099' })]);
       // Nor does an entry at another DN with carl's username, which marks the relink stale instead
       const moved = pinned();
       await expect(providers.linkIdentity({ ...carl, dn: 'uid=carl,ou=contractors' }, moved)).rejects.toThrow(providers.LinkError);
       expect(moved.AuthMeta.rows[0].value.stale).toMatchObject({ subject: 'carl2@example.org' });
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
     }
   });
 
   test('a recheck matching a leaver\'s value as another person\'s alias treats the account as gone', async () => {
-    const realPermanent = ldap.subjectPermanent;
+    const realPermanent = dir.subjectPermanent;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = () => false;
-      ldap.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: subject, first: 'carol@example.org', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] });
+      dir.subjectPermanent = () => false;
+      dir.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: subject, first: 'carol@example.org', dn: 'uid=carol,ou=people', username: 'carol', groups: [] });
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9099, username: 'alice' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'alice@example.org', username: 'alice', user_id: 9099 }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'alice@example.org', username: 'alice', user_id: 9099 }],
       });
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9099, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
-      ldap.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: subject, first: 'alias@example.org', dn: 'uid=alice,ou=people', username: 'alice', groups: [] });
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9099, 'ldap', m, true, true)).not.toBe('missing');
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9099, 'dir', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      dir.lookup = async (subject) => ({ subject, current: subject, first: 'alias@example.org', dn: 'uid=alice,ou=people', username: 'alice', groups: [] });
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9099, 'dir', m, true, true)).not.toBe('missing');
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
+      dir.subjectPermanent = realPermanent;
     }
   });
 
   test('a leaver found again after a subject setting change keeps its leaver warning', async () => {
-    const realSetting = ldap.subjectSetting;
+    const realSetting = dir.subjectSetting;
     try {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = () => 'uid';
+      dir.subjectSetting = () => 'uid';
       const m = fakeModels({
         users: [{ id: 9040, username: 'leaver' }],
-        links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'leaver', user_id: 9040 }],
-        meta: [{ key: 'missing:ldap:9040', value: { since: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z', subject: 'old-uuid' } }],
+        links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'old-uuid', subject_setting: 'entryuuid', username: 'leaver', user_id: 9040 }],
+        meta: [{ key: 'missing:dir:9040', value: { since: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z', subject: 'old-uuid' } }],
       });
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9040, 'ldap', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
-      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'missing:ldap:9040').value).toMatchObject({ since: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z', reason: 'subject', was_gone: true });
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9040, 'dir', m, true, true)).toBe('missing');
+      expect(m.AuthMeta.rows.find((r) => r.key === 'missing:dir:9040').value).toMatchObject({ since: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z', reason: 'subject', was_gone: true });
     } finally {
-      ldap.subjectSetting = realSetting;
+      dir.subjectSetting = realSetting;
     }
   });
 
   test('pending relinks are not each asked about while every lookup in the pass failed', async () => {
-    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
+    const realLocate = dir.locate;
     let located = 0;
     try {
-      const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9041 }] });
-      m.AuthMeta.rows.push({ key: 'relink:ldap:9042', value: { username: 'x', subject: 'x', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString() } });
-      ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory hangs'); };
-      ldap.locate = async () => (located++, null);
+      const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'here', user_id: 9041 }] });
+      m.AuthMeta.rows.push({ key: 'relink:dir:9042', value: { username: 'x', subject: 'x', expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 3600e3).toISOString() } });
+      dir.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory hangs'); };
+      dir.locate = async () => (located++, null);
       expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toMatchObject({ failed: 1, staleRelinks: 0 });
       expect(located).toBe(0);
     } finally {
-      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+      dir.locate = realLocate;
     }
   });
 
@@ -963,57 +991,57 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
   });
 
   test('a recheck waits as long as the provider says its lookup may take, not just 5 s', async () => {
-    ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5300)), null);
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'slow', user_id: 9015 }] });
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9015, 'ldap', m, true)).toBe(false);
+    dir.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5300)), null);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'slow', user_id: 9015 }] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9015, 'dir', m, true)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   test("a person's request waits at most 5 s for a slow recheck, whose result still applies when it ends", async () => {
     let ended;
     const lookedUp = new Promise((r) => (ended = r));
-    ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5300)), ended(), null);
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'slower', user_id: 9017 }] });
+    dir.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5300)), ended(), null);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'slower', user_id: 9017 }] });
     const started = Date.now();
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9017, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9017, 'dir', m)).toBe(true);
     expect(Date.now() - started).toBeLessThan(5250);
     await lookedUp;
     await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9017, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9017, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   test('once a recheck finds the provider down, other people\'s requests wait at most 1 s for theirs, so a removal still applies if it answers', async () => {
     // An error about one entry (e.g. its group search) doesn't count as the directory being down
-    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('Size limit exceeded'); };
-    const m0 = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'odd', user_id: 9021 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'waits', user_id: 9022 }] });
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9021, 'ldap', m0)).toBe(true);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 300)), null);
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9022, 'ldap', m0)).toBe(false);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw Object.assign(new Error('connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:3636'), { code: 'ECONNREFUSED' }); };
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'first', user_id: 9018 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'next', user_id: 9019 }, { provider: 'ldap', subject: 'back', user_id: 9020 }] });
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9018, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    dir.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('Size limit exceeded'); };
+    const m0 = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'odd', user_id: 9021 }, { provider: 'dir', subject: 'waits', user_id: 9022 }] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9021, 'dir', m0)).toBe(true);
+    dir.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 300)), null);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9022, 'dir', m0)).toBe(false);
+    dir.lookup = async () => { throw Object.assign(new Error('connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:3636'), { code: 'ECONNREFUSED' }); };
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'first', user_id: 9018 }, { provider: 'dir', subject: 'next', user_id: 9019 }, { provider: 'dir', subject: 'back', user_id: 9020 }] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9018, 'dir', m)).toBe(true);
     let ended;
     const lookedUp = new Promise((r) => (ended = r));
-    ldap.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500)), ended(), { username: 'next', groups: [] });
+    dir.lookup = async () => (await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500)), ended(), { username: 'next', groups: [] });
     const started = Date.now();
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9019, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9019, 'dir', m)).toBe(true);
     expect(Date.now() - started).toBeLessThan(1400);
     // A person the directory removed is still refused at once if it answers
-    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
-    const m2 = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9023 }] });
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9023, 'ldap', m2)).toBe(false);
+    dir.lookup = async () => null;
+    const m2 = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9023 }] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9023, 'dir', m2)).toBe(false);
     await lookedUp;
     await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
     // It answered, so a removal applies to the request again
-    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    dir.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9020, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   test('a group change during a check of every account queues one more check after it', async () => {
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'here', user_id: 9013 }] });
     let calls = 0;
     let release;
     const gate = new Promise((r) => (release = r));
-    ldap.lookup = async () => {
+    dir.lookup = async () => {
       calls++;
       if (calls === 1) await gate;
       return { username: 'here', groups: [] };
@@ -1033,13 +1061,13 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     const saved = process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
     process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES = '0';
     let calls = 0;
-    ldap.lookup = async () => (calls++, null);
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9016 }] });
+    dir.lookup = async () => (calls++, null);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'gone', user_id: 9016 }] });
     try {
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9016, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9016, 'dir', m)).toBe(true);
       expect(calls).toBe(0);
       expect(await providers.recheckLinked(m)).toMatchObject({ checked: 1, missing: 1 });
-      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9016, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+      expect(await providers.stillLinked(9016, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
       expect(calls).toBe(1);
     } finally {
       if (saved === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
@@ -1051,9 +1079,9 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
     const saved = process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
     process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES = '0';
     let calls = 0;
-    ldap.lookup = async () => (calls++, { username: 'here', groups: [] });
+    dir.lookup = async () => (calls++, { username: 'here', groups: [] });
     try {
-      expect(await providers.fillGroups('ldap', fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'here', user_id: 9014 }] }))).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(await providers.fillGroups('dir', fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'here', user_id: 9014 }] }))).toBeUndefined();
       expect(calls).toBe(0);
     } finally {
       if (saved === undefined) delete process.env.AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES;
@@ -1062,94 +1090,93 @@ test.describe('provider rechecks', () => {
   });
 
   test('a new entry given a name whose old entry still exists is refused without suggesting a relink', async () => {
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-bob', username: 'bob', user_id: 9020 }] });
-    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
-    ldap.locate = (subject) => ldap.lookup(subject);
-    ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-bob' ? { username: 'bob_renamed', groups: [] } : null);
-    const err = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'old-bob', username: 'bob', user_id: 9020 }] });
+    const realLocate = dir.locate;
+    dir.locate = (subject) => dir.lookup(subject);
+    dir.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-bob' ? { username: 'bob_renamed', groups: [] } : null);
+    const err = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('dir', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(providers.LinkError);
     expect(err.message).toMatch(/still exists as 'bob_renamed'.*don't relink/);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
-    const gone = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+    dir.lookup = async () => null;
+    const gone = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('dir', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(gone.message).toMatch(/allow a relink/);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
-    const unknown = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+    dir.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('directory down'); };
+    const unknown = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('dir', { subject: 'new-bob', username: 'bob' }), m).catch((e) => e);
     expect(unknown.message).toMatch(/couldn't say whether .* Check before allowing a relink/);
     // A service account that can't search the root: what lookup still finds under the search base counts
-    ldap.locate = async () => { throw new Error('No such object'); };
-    ldap.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-bob' ? { username: 'bob_renamed', groups: [] } : null);
-    expect(await providers.locateSubject('ldap', 'old-bob')).toMatchObject({ username: 'bob_renamed' });
-    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
-    expect(await providers.locateSubject('ldap', 'old-bob')).toBeUndefined();
-    ldap.locate = async () => null;
-    expect(await providers.locateSubject('ldap', 'old-bob')).toBeNull();
-    ldap.locate = realLocate;
+    dir.locate = async () => { throw new Error('No such object'); };
+    dir.lookup = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-bob' ? { username: 'bob_renamed', groups: [] } : null);
+    expect(await providers.locateSubject('dir', 'old-bob')).toMatchObject({ username: 'bob_renamed' });
+    dir.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.locateSubject('dir', 'old-bob')).toBeUndefined();
+    dir.locate = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.locateSubject('dir', 'old-bob')).toBeNull();
+    dir.locate = realLocate;
   });
 
   test('a reused name is refused while the old entry exists anywhere, e.g. moved to a leavers OU', async () => {
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'old-carol', username: 'carol', user_id: 9040 }] });
-    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
-    const realLocate = ldap.locate;
-    ldap.locate = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-carol' ? { dn: 'uid=carol,ou=disabled,dc=example,dc=org', username: 'carol' } : null);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'old-carol', username: 'carol', user_id: 9040 }] });
+    dir.lookup = async () => null;
+    const realLocate = dir.locate;
+    dir.locate = async (subject) => (subject === 'old-carol' ? { dn: 'uid=carol,ou=disabled,dc=example,dc=org', username: 'carol' } : null);
     try {
-      const err = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'new-carol', username: 'carol' }), m).catch((e) => e);
+      const err = await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('dir', { subject: 'new-carol', username: 'carol' }), m).catch((e) => e);
       expect(err.message).toMatch(/still exists at uid=carol,ou=disabled.*don't relink/);
     } finally {
-      ldap.locate = realLocate;
+      dir.locate = realLocate;
     }
   });
 
   test('an account another process found missing is checked again once it has signed in since', async () => {
-    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'ldap', subject: 'back', user_id: 9030, last_login_at: null }] });
-    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => ({ username: 'back', groups: [] });
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    const m = fakeModels({ links: [{ provider: 'dir', subject: 'back', user_id: 9030, last_login_at: null }] });
+    dir.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
+    dir.lookup = async () => ({ username: 'back', groups: [] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
     m.AuthIdentity.rows[0].last_login_at = new Date(Date.now() + 1000);
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9030, 'dir', m)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   test('a directory that cannot be reached keeps access and groups', async () => {
     const m = models(9001);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('down'); };
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9001, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    dir.lookup = async () => { throw new Error('down'); };
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9001, 'dir', m)).toBe(true);
     expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
   test('an entry the directory no longer has loses access and its provider groups', async () => {
     const m = models(9002);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => null;
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9002, 'ldap', m)).toBe(false);
+    dir.lookup = async () => null;
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9002, 'dir', m)).toBe(false);
     expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toEqual([]);
     // Shown in People until the entry is back
-    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toMatchObject([{ key: 'missing:ldap:9002', value: { since: expect.any(String), subject: 'old' } }]);
+    expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toMatchObject([{ key: 'missing:dir:9002', value: { since: expect.any(String), subject: 'old' } }]);
     m.User.rows.push({ id: 9002, username: 'back' });
-    await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('ldap', { subject: 'old', username: 'back' }), m);
+    await providers.linkIdentity(providers.normalizeIdentity('dir', { subject: 'old', username: 'back' }), m);
     expect(m.AuthMeta.rows).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   test('a rename in the directory is recorded at the recheck, before the next login', async () => {
     const m = models(9004);
     m.AuthIdentity.rows[0] = { ...m.AuthIdentity.rows[0], username: 'alice' };
-    ldap.lookup = async () => ({ username: 'alice_r', groups: ['cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'] });
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9004, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    dir.lookup = async () => ({ username: 'alice_r', groups: ['cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'] });
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9004, 'dir', m)).toBe(true);
     expect(m.AuthIdentity.rows[0]).toMatchObject({ subject: 'old', username: 'alice_r' });
     expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
-  test('LDAP group DNs typed in another case or spacing are saved in the form LDAP reports', () => {
-    expect(providers.groupName('ldap', 'CN=Ops, OU=Groups,DC=Example,DC=org')).toBe('cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org');
-    expect(() => providers.groupName('ldap', 'Science Team')).toThrow(/enter the group's DN/);
+  test("group names typed by an admin are saved in the provider's own form (its groupName hook)", () => {
+    expect(providers.groupName('dir', 'CN=Ops, OU=Groups,DC=Example,DC=org')).toBe('cn=ops,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org');
     expect(providers.groupName('local', 'CN=Ops')).toBe('CN=Ops');
   });
 
   test('a relink during the lookup is not undone by the old subject coming back empty', async () => {
     const m = models(9003);
-    ldap.lookup = async () => {
+    dir.lookup = async () => {
       m.AuthIdentity.rows[0] = { ...m.AuthIdentity.rows[0], subject: 'new' };
       return null;
     };
-    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9003, 'ldap', m)).toBe(true);
+    expect(await providers.stillLinked(9003, 'dir', m)).toBe(true);
     expect(m.AuthGroupMember.rows).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 });

From 53459dc598e2fe6e8a9f14bdc15919ced2c18aa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 18:51:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 094/122] Center the provider login hint; use neutral example
 directory names

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                             | 4 ++--
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js   | 4 ++--
 public/adminlogin.css                                     | 2 +-
 public/login.css                                          | 2 +-
 .../Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css      | 4 ++++
 .../Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js       | 2 +-
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js                  | 8 ++++----
 7 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index f319ef6f23..85753fdb9a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the
 
 #### `LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=`
 
-What the login form calls the directory, e.g. `JPL Directory`: the switch tab or banner, error messages and the signed-in tooltip | string | default `LDAP`
+What the login form calls the directory, e.g. `Example Directory`: the switch tab or banner, error messages and the signed-in tooltip | string | default `LDAP`
 
 #### `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=`
 
-Label of the username field when signing in with LDAP, e.g. `JPL username` | string | default `Username`
+Label of the username field when signing in with LDAP, e.g. `Example username` | string | default `Username`
 
 #### `LDAP_LOGIN_HINT=`
 
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 23470baabe..97f03d9467 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ test.describe('LDAP settings', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
 
   test('the login form wording comes from the site settings', () => {
     expect(ldap.loginForm({})).toEqual({ title: 'LDAP', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '' });
-    expect(ldap.loginForm({ LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME: 'JPL Directory', LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL: 'JPL username', LDAP_LOGIN_HINT: 'Same as email.' })) // pragma: allowlist secret
-      .toEqual({ title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as email.' });
+    expect(ldap.loginForm({ LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME: 'Example Directory', LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL: 'Example username', LDAP_LOGIN_HINT: 'Same as email.' })) // pragma: allowlist secret
+      .toEqual({ title: 'Example Directory', usernameLabel: 'Example username', hint: 'Same as email.' });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/public/adminlogin.css b/public/adminlogin.css
index ea5a119848..e6235d68c5 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.css
+++ b/public/adminlogin.css
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ img {
   width: 342px;
   max-width: 100%;
   margin: -8px auto 14px;
-  text-align: left;
+  text-align: center;
   color: #a1a4ad;
   font-style: italic;
   font-size: 12.5px;
diff --git a/public/login.css b/public/login.css
index 2b50a3bdf3..3ab0e41672 100644
--- a/public/login.css
+++ b/public/login.css
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ img {
   width: 342px;
   max-width: 100%;
   margin: -8px auto 14px;
-  text-align: left;
+  text-align: center;
   color: #a1a4ad;
   font-style: italic;
   font-size: 12.5px;
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
index 5535f2ec2d..4fc27ac3dc 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.css
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@
     line-height: 1.4;
 }
 
+#loginModalHint {
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
 #loginSubmit[type='submit'] {
     display: block;
     box-sizing: border-box;
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index db811b865e..fbd2f71d79 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var Login = {
     // Providers that take a username and password in the modal's form (GET /api/auth loginForms)
     loginForms: null,
     activeForm: null,
-    // What the signed-in provider is called, e.g. "JPL Directory"
+    // What the signed-in provider is called, e.g. "Example Directory"
     providerTitle: null,
     init: function () {
         if (window.mmgisglobal.SITE_ACCESS === 'public') return
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index bf542f58b1..02d9e5397b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -490,16 +490,16 @@ test.describe('login forms', () => {
   });
 
   test('form providers share the form in AUTH_PROVIDERS order and get no login button', () => {
-    process.env.DIR_DISPLAY_NAME = 'JPL Directory';
-    process.env.DIR_USERNAME_LABEL = 'JPL username';
+    process.env.DIR_DISPLAY_NAME = 'Example Directory';
+    process.env.DIR_USERNAME_LABEL = 'Example username';
     process.env.DIR_LOGIN_HINT = 'Same as your email.';
     expect(providers.loginForms(['dir', 'local', 'proxy'])).toEqual([
-      { id: 'dir', title: 'JPL Directory', usernameLabel: 'JPL username', hint: 'Same as your email.', icon: 'card-account-details-outline', path: 'api/auth/dir/login' },
+      { id: 'dir', title: 'Example Directory', usernameLabel: 'Example username', hint: 'Same as your email.', icon: 'card-account-details-outline', path: 'api/auth/dir/login' },
       { id: 'local', title: 'MMGIS account', usernameLabel: 'Username', hint: '', icon: 'account-key-outline', path: 'api/auth/local/login' },
     ]);
     expect(providers.loginForms(['local', 'dir']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['local', 'dir']);
     expect(providers.loginLinks(['dir', 'local'])).toEqual([]);
-    expect(providers.providerLabel('dir')).toBe('JPL Directory');
+    expect(providers.providerLabel('dir')).toBe('Example Directory');
     expect(providers.providerLabel('proxy')).toBe('Authenticating proxy');
   });
 

From a246212aabeae12aa1bca571bce97c82e59ca45d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 19:01:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 095/122] Relinking is opt-in per provider (plugin.json
 "relink": true); Users & Access shows provider display names

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  9 +++++++
 API/pluginValidation.js                       |  2 +-
 configure/public/index.html                   |  5 ++++
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js | 14 +++++-----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  |  8 +++---
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      | 27 ++++++++++---------
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js     |  8 ++++--
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  3 ++-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json            |  1 +
 .../core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js  |  2 ++
 plugins/core/backend/Config/plugin.js         |  3 +++
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |  9 ++++++-
 13 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 5a2691a0fc..6566491285 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -1205,6 +1205,14 @@ function providerLabel(id) {
   return isFormProvider(p) ? text(formWording(p).title, p.label) : p.label;
 }
 
+// What Users & Access shows for each enabled provider: its name, and whether its plugin.json opts
+// in to "Allow relink" ("relink": true)
+function providerInfo(ids = siteAccess.getProviders()) {
+  return enabledProviders(ids)
+    .filter((p) => p.id !== "local")
+    .map((p) => ({ id: p.id, label: providerLabel(p.id), relink: p.manifest.relink === true }));
+}
+
 // Login buttons that the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal show for
 // providers that don't use the shared form. "login_path" (a route of the provider) gets
 // returnTo appended; "login_url" (e.g. a proxy's own login page, for per-request
@@ -1344,6 +1352,7 @@ module.exports = {
   returnTo,
   loginForms,
   providerLabel,
+  providerInfo,
   loginLinks,
   logoutUrl,
   mountProviderRoutes,
diff --git a/API/pluginValidation.js b/API/pluginValidation.js
index 5b2c569478..5b57a25d9c 100644
--- a/API/pluginValidation.js
+++ b/API/pluginValidation.js
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ const KNOWN_FIELDS = {
     "defaultIcon",
     "color",
   ]),
-  auth: new Set([...COMMON_FIELDS, "provider", "description", "login_path", "login_url", "login_label", "logout_url", "login_form", "login_icon"]),
+  auth: new Set([...COMMON_FIELDS, "provider", "description", "login_path", "login_url", "login_label", "logout_url", "login_form", "login_icon", "relink"]),
   connection: new Set([...COMMON_FIELDS, "connection", "description", "guests", "env", "pkce"]),
   layerattachment: new Set([
     ...COMMON_FIELDS,
diff --git a/configure/public/index.html b/configure/public/index.html
index d91e448d2e..c27adffcc9 100644
--- a/configure/public/index.html
+++ b/configure/public/index.html
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
         .replace(/&quot;|[\[\]"' ]/g, "")
         .split(",")
         .filter(Boolean);
+      try {
+        mmgisglobal.authProviderInfo = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent("#{AUTH_PROVIDER_INFO}"));
+      } catch (e) {
+        mmgisglobal.authProviderInfo = [];
+      }
       mmgisglobal.AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP = "#{AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP}";
       mmgisglobal.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN = "#{AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN}";
       mmgisglobal.SELF_SIGNUP = "#{SELF_SIGNUP}";
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index 8d1267275e..eb0ffa920d 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import DeleteOutlineIcon from "@mui/icons-material/DeleteOutline";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import PersonAddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/PersonAdd";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { api, GrantsTable, RoleBadge, sourceText, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, providerOn } from "./shared";
+import { api, GrantsTable, RoleBadge, sourceText, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, providerOn, providerName } from "./shared";
 
 // Provider users have no account row, so check what one would get from a username and group claims
 export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
         </div>
         <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, marginBottom: 12 }}>
           <Select size="small" value={provider} onChange={(e) => setProvider(e.target.value)}>
-            {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>{p.toUpperCase()}</MenuItem>)}
+            {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>{providerName(p)}</MenuItem>)}
           </Select>
           <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} placeholder="Username" value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} />
         </div>
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
           <div style={{ marginTop: 16, fontSize: 14, lineHeight: "22px" }}>
             {result.reported !== undefined && (
               <div style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>
-                <b>Groups {provider.toUpperCase()} reports now:</b>
+                <b>Groups {providerName(provider)} reports now:</b>
                 {result.reported.length ? result.reported.map((g) => <div key={g} style={{ fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: 13, wordBreak: "break-all" }}>{g}</div>) : " none"}
               </div>
             )}
             {result.note && <div className={c.hint}>{result.note}</div>}
             {result.reported === undefined && !groupClaims.trim() && (
-              <div className={c.hint}>{provider.toUpperCase()} can't look people up here, so this checked no groups. Enter their groups to check those.</div>
+              <div className={c.hint}>{providerName(provider)} can't look people up here, so this checked no groups. Enter their groups to check those.</div>
             )}
             <div><b>Site role:</b> <RoleBadge role={result.role || "user"} roles={roles} /></div>
             <div><b>Can view:</b> {viewing === null ? "All missions" : viewing && viewing.length ? viewing.join(", ") : "No missions"}</div>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
       />
       {!on && (
         <div className={`${c.section} ${c.hint}`} style={{ color: "#a8572e" }}>
-          {group.source.toUpperCase()} isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS on this site, so this group gives its members nothing right now; the members listed are from before it was removed.
+          {providerName(group.source)} isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS on this site, so this group gives its members nothing right now; the members listed are from before it was removed.
         </div>
       )}
       <div className={c.section}>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
         <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, alignItems: "center" }}>
           <TextField size="small" label="Name" InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ flex: 1 }} value={name} onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && changed && name.trim()) saveGroup(); }} />
           {group.source !== "local" && (
-            <TextField size="small" label={`${group.source.toUpperCase()} group name`} InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ flex: 1 }} value={externalName} onChange={(e) => setExternalName(e.target.value)} />
+            <TextField size="small" label={`${providerName(group.source)} group name`} InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ flex: 1 }} value={externalName} onChange={(e) => setExternalName(e.target.value)} />
           )}
           <Button variant="outlined" size="small" disabled={!changed || !name.trim() || (group.source !== "local" && !externalName.trim())} onClick={saveGroup}>
             Save
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
       </div>
       {group.source !== "local" && (
         <div className={`${c.section} ${c.hint}`}>
-          Members come from {group.source.toUpperCase()}: anyone whose group claims include <b>{group.external_name}</b>.
+          Members come from {providerName(group.source)}: anyone whose group claims include <b>{group.external_name}</b>.
           {group.source === "proxy" && " If PROXY_GROUPS is set, members must also be in one of those groups to open the map or Configure."}
         </div>
       )}
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index c022d7ca4f..554b115e0f 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import TableHead from "@mui/material/TableHead";
 import TableRow from "@mui/material/TableRow";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { SubjectTag, api, rowActivate } from "./shared";
+import { SubjectTag, api, rowActivate, providerName } from "./shared";
 import { ProviderCheckDialog } from "./GroupPanel";
 import { useRemembered } from "./hooks";
 
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
               {providers.length > 0 && (
                 <Select size="small" className={c.field} value={newGroup.source} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, source: e.target.value })}>
                   <MenuItem value="local">Members managed here</MenuItem>
-                  {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>Members from {p.toUpperCase()}</MenuItem>)}
+                  {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>Members from {providerName(p)}</MenuItem>)}
                 </Select>
               )}
               {newGroup.source !== "local" && (
-                <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder={`${newGroup.source.toUpperCase()} group, as logged at sign-in`} value={newGroup.external_name} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, external_name: e.target.value })} />
+                <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder={`${providerName(newGroup.source)} group, as logged at sign-in`} value={newGroup.external_name} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, external_name: e.target.value })} />
               )}
               <Button variant="contained" disableElevation className={c.barButton} startIcon={<AddIcon />} disabled={!newGroup.name.trim()} onClick={() =>
                 api("access_groups_create", { name: newGroup.name, source: newGroup.source, external_name: newGroup.external_name || undefined })
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
                   return (
                     <TableRow key={g.id} className={c.clickRow} {...rowActivate(() => setPanel({ type: "group", id: g.id }))}>
                       <TableCell><SubjectTag type="group" name={g.name} showKind={false} /></TableCell>
-                      <TableCell>{g.source === "local" ? g.members.length : `${g.members.length} from ${g.source.toUpperCase()} (${g.external_name})`}</TableCell>
+                      <TableCell>{g.source === "local" ? g.members.length : `${g.members.length} from ${providerName(g.source)} (${g.external_name})`}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell>{own.map((b) => `${(roles[b.role] || {}).label || b.role}: ${b.scope_type === "global" ? "site-wide" : b.scope_type === "layer" ? `${b.mission || "?"} › ${(allLayerPaths[b.mission] || {})[b.layer_uuid] || "folder"}` : b.mission}`).join(" · ") || <span className={c.muted}>—</span>}</TableCell>
                     </TableRow>
                   );
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 3da303194b..8b75776022 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import VpnKeyIcon from "@mui/icons-material/VpnKey";
 import OpenInNewIcon from "@mui/icons-material/OpenInNew";
 import GroupAddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/GroupAdd";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { AUDIENCE_LABEL, SubjectTag, EFFECTIVE_ROWS, api, GrantsTable, sourceText, MissionMultiSelect, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, VIEW_ROLES, signInText, providerOn, missingText } from "./shared";
+import { AUDIENCE_LABEL, SubjectTag, EFFECTIVE_ROWS, api, GrantsTable, sourceText, MissionMultiSelect, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, VIEW_ROLES, signInText, providerOn, missingText, providerName, relinkProviders as allowedRelinks } from "./shared";
 
 export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const c = useStyles();
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
   const memberOf = groups.filter((g) => g.members.some((m) => m.id === user.id));
   const myTokens = tokens.filter((t) => t.created_by_user_id === user.id);
 
-  const relinkProviders = String(window.mmgisglobal.AUTH_PROVIDERS || "").split(",").filter((p) => p && p !== "local");
+  const relinkProviders = allowedRelinks();
+  const linkedProviders = String(window.mmgisglobal.AUTH_PROVIDERS || "").split(",").filter((p) => p && p !== "local");
   const [relinkName, setRelinkName] = useState("");
   useEffect(() => setRelinkName(""), [user.id]);
-  const providerLogin = (user.sign_ins || []).find((l) => relinkProviders.includes(l.provider));
+  const providerLogin = (user.sign_ins || []).find((l) => linkedProviders.includes(l.provider));
   const relinkAs = relinkName.trim() || (providerLogin && providerLogin.username) || user.username;
   const relink = (provider, cancel = false, shownDn) =>
     api(cancel ? "account_cancel_relink" : "account_allow_relink", { id: user.id, provider, username: relinkAs, ...(shownDn ? { dn: shownDn } : {}) })
@@ -84,16 +85,16 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed.", "error"));
   const confirmRelink = (p, dn) =>
     ctx.askConfirm({
-      title: `Allow ${p.toUpperCase()} relink?`,
-      text: `${dn ? `'${relinkAs}' is ${dn} in ${p.toUpperCase()}. ` : ""}For the next 24 hours, the next ${p.toUpperCase()} login as '${relinkAs}'${dn ? " from that entry" : ""} takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${p.toUpperCase()}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
+      title: `Allow ${providerName(p)} relink?`,
+      text: `${dn ? `'${relinkAs}' is ${dn} in ${providerName(p)}. ` : ""}For the next 24 hours, the next ${providerName(p)} login as '${relinkAs}'${dn ? " from that entry" : ""} takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${providerName(p)}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
         providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_reason === "subject"
           ? ` It was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it needs this relink to sign in again.${
               providerLogin.missing_was_gone
-                ? ` Before that, its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled at ${missingText(providerLogin.missing_since)}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
+                ? ` Before that, its ${providerName(providerLogin.provider)} entry was deleted or disabled at ${missingText(providerLogin.missing_since)}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
                 : ""
             }`
           : providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_since
-          ? ` Its ${providerLogin.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was deleted or disabled at ${missingText(providerLogin.missing_since)}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
+          ? ` Its ${providerName(providerLogin.provider)} entry was deleted or disabled at ${missingText(providerLogin.missing_since)}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
           : ""
       }`,
       action: "Allow",
@@ -168,15 +169,15 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
             {user.relink ? (
               <>
                 <Typography variant="body2">
-                  The next {user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} login as '{user.relink.username || user.username}'{user.relink.dn ? ` (${user.relink.dn})` : ""} can claim this account until {new Date(user.relink.expires_at).toLocaleString()}.
+                  The next {providerName(user.relink.provider)} login as '{user.relink.username || user.username}'{user.relink.dn ? ` (${user.relink.dn})` : ""} can claim this account until {new Date(user.relink.expires_at).toLocaleString()}.
                 </Typography>
                 {user.relink.stale && (
                   <Typography variant="body2" style={{ color: "#a8572e" }}>
                     {user.relink.stale.setting
-                      ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that this relink was allowed under an old ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting, so it won't take effect.`
+                      ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that this relink was allowed under an old ${providerName(user.relink.provider)} subject setting, so it won't take effect.`
                       : user.relink.stale.gone
-                      ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that the ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry this relink is pinned to is gone. It still works if that entry comes back, until it expires.`
-                      : `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, a sign-in from a different ${user.relink.provider.toUpperCase()} entry was refused. This relink still works for ${user.relink.dn || "the entry it is pinned to"} until it expires.`}{" "}
+                      ? `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, Check linked accounts found that the ${providerName(user.relink.provider)} entry this relink is pinned to is gone. It still works if that entry comes back, until it expires.`
+                      : `On ${new Date(user.relink.stale.at).toLocaleString()}, a sign-in from a different ${providerName(user.relink.provider)} entry was refused. This relink still works for ${user.relink.dn || "the entry it is pinned to"} until it expires.`}{" "}
                     {user.relink.stale.setting
                       ? "If the directory changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again."
                       : "Cancel it if that entry shouldn't get this account; if the person's entry changed since it was allowed, cancel it and allow it again."}
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
               />
               {relinkProviders.map((p) => (
                 <Button key={p} variant="outlined" size="small" onClick={() => askRelink(p)}>
-                  Allow {p.toUpperCase()} relink
+                  Allow {providerName(p)} relink
                 </Button>
               ))}
               </>
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
         <div className={c.hint}>Everything this person can do, combining their own access, their groups and the audiences.</div>
         {(user.sign_ins || []).length > 0 && user.sign_ins.every((l) => l.missing_since && providerOn(l.provider)) && (
           <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#b71c1c" }}>
-            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: {user.sign_ins.map((l) => (l.missing_reason === "subject" ? `linked under an old ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} subject setting` : `not found in ${l.provider.toUpperCase()} since ${missingText(l.missing_since)}`)).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if {user.sign_ins.some((l) => l.missing_reason === "subject") ? "the subject setting is changed back" : "that entry comes back"} or the account is relinked.
+            Can't sign in or use API tokens now: {user.sign_ins.map((l) => (l.missing_reason === "subject" ? `linked under an old ${providerName(l.provider)} subject setting` : `not found in ${providerName(l.provider)} since ${missingText(l.missing_since)}`)).join(", ")}. This access applies again only if {user.sign_ins.some((l) => l.missing_reason === "subject") ? "the subject setting is changed back" : "that entry comes back"} or the account is relinked.
           </div>
         )}
         <Table size="small" className={c.table}>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index 670464d287..15ca336b09 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -579,6 +579,10 @@ export const pushTo = (map, k, v) => {
 };
 
 // Groups of a provider that's not in AUTH_PROVIDERS give their members nothing
+// From the server: each enabled provider's name and whether it offers relinking
+const providerInfo = () => window.mmgisglobal?.authProviderInfo || [];
+export const providerName = (id) => (providerInfo().find((p) => p.id === id) || {}).label || String(id).toUpperCase();
+export const relinkProviders = () => providerInfo().filter((p) => p.relink).map((p) => p.id);
 export const providerOn = (source) => source === "local" || (window.mmgisglobal?.authProviders || []).includes(source);
 
 // One pass over bindings/groups so People stays fast with thousands of accounts
@@ -651,13 +655,13 @@ export const relinkPending = (u) =>
 // Provider-linked accounts sign in only through their provider; the rest with an MMGIS password
 export const signInText = (u) =>
   signInBase(u) +
-  (u.relink ? ` (relink to ${u.relink.provider} ${u.relink.stale ? "stale" : "pending"})` : "");
+  (u.relink ? ` (relink to ${providerName(u.relink.provider)} ${u.relink.stale ? "stale" : "pending"})` : "");
 const signInBase = (u) =>
   (u.sign_ins || []).length
     ? u.sign_ins
         .map(
           (l) =>
-            (l.username && l.username !== u.username ? `${l.provider} (as ${l.username})` : l.provider) +
+            (l.username && l.username !== u.username ? `${providerName(l.provider)} (as ${l.username})` : providerName(l.provider)) +
             (l.missing_reason === "subject"
               ? ` (linked under an old subject setting; relink)`
               : l.missing_since
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index 355ce3a798..f8be77b0cf 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ There are two kinds of provider. Pick one:
 | `login_path` | no | Session providers: the route that starts a login, relative to `/api/auth/<id>`. When set, the login page, the Configure sign-in page and the in-app login modal show a button for it (or, with `login_form`, post their form to it). |
 | `login_form` | no | `true` for providers that take a username and password: instead of a button, the shared login form posts to `login_path` (see [Login form providers](#login-form-providers)). |
 | `login_icon` | no | A [Material Design Icons](https://pictogrammers.com/library/mdi/) name (e.g. `card-account-details-outline`) shown on the form's provider switch and banner. |
+| `relink` | no | `true` to offer **Allow \<name\> relink** in Users & Access > People, so an admin can let one login from your provider take over an existing account (see `findSubject` below). Without it, MMGIS refuses relinks for your provider. |
 | `login_url` | no | Per-request providers: a login page outside MMGIS (for example the proxy's), linked as is. Use it instead of `login_path`. |
 | `login_label` | no | Text of that button. |
 | `logout_url` | no | Where the main site's **Sign out** sends the browser after ending the MMGIS session, e.g. your identity provider's logout page. Per-request providers need it, because MMGIS can't end a proxy's login. |
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
 - `resetFailures({ username, dn })` (optional) clears any failed-login count your provider keeps itself (LDAP counts wrong passwords per directory entry), called when an admin allows a relink; `dn` is set when the relink is pinned to an entry.
-- `findSubject(username)` (optional) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account. With `lookup`, it also lets Groups > Check a provider user list the groups the provider reports for someone now, so `lookup` must report groups in the form `groupName` saves.
+- `findSubject(username)` (optional, with `"relink": true`) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account. With `lookup`, it also lets Groups > Check a provider user list the groups the provider reports for someone now, so `lookup` must report groups in the form `groupName` saves.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
 - Every route you mount must declare its permission, usually `ctx.authorize.public("...")` for login pages; startup lists routes that don't. See [Backend Permissions](/MMGIS/contributing/permissions).
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index e6c30745a1..44efcec667 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
 
 1. Keep a local SuperAdmin, leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset, and use `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","ldap"]` during the move, so people who aren't moved yet still see their MMGIS sign-in first. Also set `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false`, so anyone who signs in with LDAP before their relink is refused instead of getting a new, empty account (people new to MMGIS then need an account created and its relink allowed).
-2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours. Without `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false`, someone whose directory username differs who signs in with LDAP first gets a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account) before the relink.
+2. In Users & Access > People, open each account and click **Allow LDAP relink** (the button uses `LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME`; enter the directory username if it differs). Do this in batches you can tell people about: each relink lasts 24 hours. Without `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false`, someone whose directory username differs who signs in with LDAP first gets a new, empty account, which you then have to delete (giving its drawings to their account) before the relink.
 3. Ask those people to sign in with LDAP within the day. Their roles, grants, API tokens and drawings stay; their MMGIS password stops working. That includes the direct Viewer grant "Default for new accounts" gave local sign-ups, which LDAP-created accounts don't get and directory groups can't take away; if mission access should come only from directory groups, remove that grant on each account as you relink it. Anyone who tries LDAP before their relink is told to ask an administrator, so tell them in your announcement to keep using their MMGIS password until then; the server log names the account to relink.
 4. Accounts with no directory entry (external collaborators, test or shared accounts) can't be relinked: get them a directory entry, delete them, or leave `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN` unset so they keep signing in with their MMGIS password.
 5. When searching People for `MMGIS account` shows no non-admin rows, you can switch to `["ldap","local"]` and set `AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`. Remove `AUTH_PROVIDER_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false` then, so people new to MMGIS get an account at their first LDAP sign-in. "Admin" here means any editing or admin role on any mission (Layer Editor, Mission Admin, Data Admin or SuperAdmin), even where People's Site role says "User". Those accounts keep their MMGIS password and aren't rechecked against the directory, so disabling them there when they leave removes nothing. Relink every one of them except a break-glass SuperAdmin.
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
index 8b546aa601..988f0d86e0 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   "login_path": "/login",
   "login_form": true,
   "login_icon": "card-account-details-outline",
+  "relink": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "npm": {
       "ldapts": "^8.2.0"
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
index 41234934c5..63071431c4 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Accounts/routes/accounts.js
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@ async function relinkRequest(req, res, { cancel = false } = {}) {
   const known = cancel ? providers.availableProviders() : providers.enabledProviders().map((p) => p.id);
   if (provider === "local" || !known.includes(provider))
     return void relinkFail(res, `'${provider}' isn't an enabled login provider.`);
+  if (!cancel && !providers.providerInfo().some((p) => p.id === provider && p.relink))
+    return void relinkFail(res, `'${provider}' doesn't support relinking (its plugin.json doesn't set "relink": true).`);
   const user = await User.findOne({ where: { id }, attributes: ["id", "username"], raw: true });
   if (!user) return void relinkFail(res, "User not found.");
   return { id, provider, user, key: providers.relinkKey(provider, id), actor: await ensurePrincipal(req) };
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Config/plugin.js b/plugins/core/backend/Config/plugin.js
index aa3330d6c4..424a68b770 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Config/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Config/plugin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const router = require("./routes/configs");
 const triggerWebhooks = require("../Webhooks/processes/triggerwebhooks.js");
 const configurePackageJson = require("../../../../configure/package.json");
+const providers = require("../../../../API/permissions/providers");
 
 let setup = {
   //Once the app initializes
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ let setup = {
             role: role,
             SITE_ACCESS: s.siteAccess.getSiteAccess(),
             AUTH_PROVIDERS: s.siteAccess.getProviders().join(","),
+            // URI-encoded so the template can't break out of its string
+            AUTH_PROVIDER_INFO: encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(providers.providerInfo())).replace(/'/g, "%27"),
             AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP: String(
               process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_ALLOW_SIGNUP === "true"
             ),
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 02d9e5397b..6a8cf68137 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function fixtureRoot() {
     const real = path.join(REAL_ROOT, 'core', 'auth', name);
     writePlugin(fixture, 'core', name, JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(real, 'plugin.json'), 'utf8')), `module.exports = require(${JSON.stringify(path.join(real, 'plugin.js'))});`);
   }
-  writePlugin(fixture, 'core', 'Dir', { ...coreManifest('dir'), display_name: 'Directory', login_path: '/login', login_form: true, login_icon: 'card-account-details-outline' }, DIR_PLUGIN);
+  writePlugin(fixture, 'core', 'Dir', { ...coreManifest('dir'), display_name: 'Directory', login_path: '/login', login_form: true, login_icon: 'card-account-details-outline', relink: true }, DIR_PLUGIN);
   return fixture;
 }
 test.afterAll(() => fixture && fs.rmSync(fixture, { recursive: true, force: true }));
@@ -503,6 +503,13 @@ test.describe('login forms', () => {
     expect(providers.providerLabel('proxy')).toBe('Authenticating proxy');
   });
 
+  test('only providers whose plugin.json sets "relink": true offer relinking', () => {
+    expect(providers.providerInfo(['dir', 'local', 'proxy'])).toEqual([
+      { id: 'dir', label: 'Directory', relink: true },
+      { id: 'proxy', label: 'Authenticating proxy', relink: false },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   test('with AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins, local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in', () => {
     process.env.AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN = 'admins';
     expect(providers.loginForms(['dir', 'local']).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['dir']);

From 563f3284667894d92bd2925e77912eebef5ca1e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 19:10:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 096/122] AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins: refuse non-admin local
 sign-ins with the wrong-password message and log the reason; Local test no
 longer needs the LDAP plugin

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js                  | 14 ++++++++++----
 .../core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js |  9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
index 00602d1973..5c3bb1bf8c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/routes.js
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@ const {
   unusableLegacyToken,
 } = require("../../../../API/permissions/principal");
 
-// AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins: only accounts holding an admin role may log in locally
-const LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY = "Only administrators may log in with a local account on this site.";
+// AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins: only accounts holding an admin role may log in locally. They get the
+// wrong-password message, so a refusal doesn't confirm a guessed password.
+const LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY = "Invalid username or password.";
+function sendRefusal(req, res, user, refusal) {
+  if (refusal === LOCAL_ADMINS_ONLY)
+    logger("warn", `Local sign-in refused for '${user.username}': AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins and the account holds no editing or admin role.`, "login", req);
+  res.send({ status: "failure", message: refusal });
+}
 // Why this account may not sign in with a local password, or null if it may
 async function localLoginRefusal(userId, models = { AuthIdentity }) {
   // Accounts linked to an enabled login provider sign in through it (e.g. a local account relinked to LDAP)
@@ -433,7 +439,7 @@ router.post("/login", sameOriginOnly, loginUsername, authLimiter, accountLimiter
             });
           };
           return localLoginRefusal(user.id).then((refusal) => {
-            if (refusal) return res.send({ status: "failure", message: refusal });
+            if (refusal) return sendRefusal(req, res, user, refusal);
             // A session that is not already this user's gets a new id
             if (String(req.session.uid) === String(user.id)) signIn();
             else
@@ -534,7 +540,7 @@ router.post("/login", sameOriginOnly, loginUsername, authLimiter, accountLimiter
             if (!result) return pass(err, result, again);
             localLoginRefusal(user.id)
               .then((refusal) =>
-                refusal ? res.send({ status: "failure", message: refusal }) : pass(err, result, again)
+                refusal ? sendRefusal(req, res, user, refusal) : pass(err, result, again)
               )
               .catch(() => res.send({ status: "failure", message: "Login failed." }));
           });
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
index db93c54f38..9c1c9d65c5 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Local/tests/local-login-unit.spec.js
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ test.describe('Local login refusals', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
     const { Op } = require('sequelize');
     const providers = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../API/permissions/providers.js'));
     // An installed provider left out of AUTH_PROVIDERS (the unit environment enables only local)
-    expect(providers.availableProviders()).toContain('ldap');
-    expect(providers.enabledProviders().map((p) => p.id)).not.toContain('ldap');
-    const enabled = providers.enabledProviders()[0].id;
-    const rows = [{ user_id: 7, provider: 'ldap' }];
+    const enabledIds = providers.enabledProviders().map((p) => p.id);
+    const off = providers.availableProviders().find((id) => !enabledIds.includes(id));
+    expect(off).toBeTruthy();
+    const enabled = enabledIds[0];
+    const rows = [{ user_id: 7, provider: off }];
     const models = {
       AuthIdentity: {
         count: async ({ where }) => rows.filter((r) => r.user_id === where.user_id && where.provider[Op.in].includes(r.provider)).length,

From 3d2f21d0b2cb4c7501cbaf0f3cf3775c9547dfa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 19:12:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 097/122] Bump version to 5.5.1-20261104

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/package.json | 2 +-
 package-lock.json      | 4 ++--
 package.json           | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/package.json b/configure/package.json
index 51793ee087..290c35428f 100644
--- a/configure/package.json
+++ b/configure/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "configure",
-  "version": "5.5.0-20261027",
+  "version": "5.5.1-20261104",
   "homepage": "./configure/build",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 050fb264fc..13798cccfd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mmgis",
-  "version": "5.5.0-20261027",
+  "version": "5.5.1-20261104",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mmgis",
-      "version": "5.5.0-20261027",
+      "version": "5.5.1-20261104",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.23.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06ff35153b..b21b3e3d60 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mmgis",
-  "version": "5.5.0-20261027",
+  "version": "5.5.1-20261104",
   "description": "A web-based mapping and localization solution for science operation on planetary missions.",
   "homepage": "build",
   "repository": {

From d2b2541f58536cc6dcc7b7c022e1f975b10f84a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 19:21:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 098/122] LDAP direct bind reads the person's entry as the
 service account; Check a provider user keeps escaped semicolons in DN lines

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                       |  4 ++--
 .../core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js    | 10 ++++++++++
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js           |  7 ++++---
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 3cf865b7a5..41343d7da3 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
       if (!bind.ok) entryFailed(dn);
       else entryFailures.delete(normalizeDn(dn));
       if (!bind.ok) return refuse(`${bind.reason} for ${dn} (if nobody can sign in, check LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE)`);
+      // The entry is read, and groups searched, as the service account, as at rechecks: people may not search the OUs
+      if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
       const found = c.searchBase ? await findUser(client, c, username) : { entry: await readEntry(client, c, dn) };
       entry = found.entry;
       // Someone LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER leaves out is refused like in search mode, not told the directory is down
@@ -503,8 +505,6 @@ async function authenticate(username, password, c = config(), createClient = new
         return refuse(
           `the password is right for ${dn}, but LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER found a different entry, ${entry.dn} (make LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER name the same attribute)`
         );
-      // Groups are read as the service account, as at rechecks, where people may not read the group OU
-      if (c.bindDn) await bindService(client, c);
     } else {
       if (c.bindDn) {
         await bindService(client, c);
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
index 97f03d9467..fea898e74e 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider-unit.spec.js
@@ -202,6 +202,16 @@ test.describe('LDAP login', { tag: '@unit' }, () => {
     expect(reason).toMatch(/no entry under LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE matches .*password for uid=alice.* was accepted/);
   });
 
+  test('direct bind: the entry is searched as the service account, not as the person', async () => {
+    const log = [];
+    serviceNames.clear();
+    const c = config({ ...base, LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE: 'uid={{username}},ou=people,dc=example,dc=org' });
+    expect(await authenticate('alice', 'right', c, fakeClient([alice], log))).toBeTruthy();
+    const binds = log.slice(0, log.findIndex((l) => l.startsWith('search ou=people')));
+    expect(binds.filter((l) => l.startsWith('bind')).slice(-1)).toEqual([`bind ${base.LDAP_BIND_DN}`]);
+    expect(binds).toContain(`bind ${alice.dn}`);
+  });
+
   test('wrong passwords, unknown and ambiguous usernames are all "not signed in"', async () => {
     const twin = { ...alice, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org', entry: { ...alice.entry, dn: 'uid=alice,ou=other,dc=example,dc=org' } };
     expect(await authenticate('alice', 'wrong', config(base), fakeClient([alice]))).toBeNull();
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 39c05aa156..d5a5dd9548 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -307,12 +307,13 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
       ? await externalPrincipal({
           provider: String(req.query.provider),
           username: String(req.query.username || "").trim(),
-          // One group per line; a line with "=" is one DN, other lines may list names separated by commas
+          // One group per line; a line with "=" is one DN (which may hold escaped , and ;), other lines may
+          // list names separated by commas or semicolons
           groups:
             reported ||
             String(req.query.groups || "")
-              .split(/[\n;]/)
-              .flatMap((line) => (line.includes("=") ? [line] : line.split(",")))
+              .split("\n")
+              .flatMap((line) => (line.includes("=") ? [line] : line.split(/[,;]/)))
               .map((g) => g.trim())
               .filter((g) => g)
               .map((g) => providers.groupName(String(req.query.provider), g)),

From f4ab75df9a7bb7328b65d7fbd248c7f8257fe49a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 19:25:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 099/122] Check a provider user splits typed groups at
 unescaped semicolons as well as newlines

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  |  8 +++----
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index d7273aacd4..d3356aa64d 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -217,6 +217,28 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect(nobody.message).toMatch(/no single entry/);
   });
 
+  test('Check a provider user splits typed DNs at newlines and unescaped semicolons only', async () => {
+    const adminCtx = await adminContext();
+    const stamp = Date.now();
+    const dns = [`cn=Research\\;Ops ${stamp},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, `cn=semi-${stamp},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`];
+    const ids = [];
+    try {
+      for (const [i, dn] of dns.entries()) {
+        const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name: `ldap-semi-${i}-${stamp}`, source: 'ldap', external_name: dn } })).json();
+        expect(created.status).toBe('success');
+        ids.push(created.body.id);
+      }
+      const check = async (typed) =>
+        (await (await adminCtx.get(`/api/access/effective?provider=ldap&username=${alice.username}&groups=${encodeURIComponent(typed)}`)).json()).body.groups.map((g) => g.id).sort();
+      const both = [...ids].sort();
+      expect(await check(dns.join(';'))).toEqual(both);
+      expect(await check(dns.join('\n'))).toEqual(both);
+      expect(await check(dns[0])).toEqual([ids[0]]);
+    } finally {
+      for (const id of ids) await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/delete', { data: { id } });
+    }
+  });
+
   test('Check a provider user follows the directory entry after a rename and a reused username', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to look people up');
     const name = `ldap_reuse_${Date.now()}`;
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index d5a5dd9548..e42a6c1353 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -307,13 +307,13 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
       ? await externalPrincipal({
           provider: String(req.query.provider),
           username: String(req.query.username || "").trim(),
-          // One group per line; a line with "=" is one DN (which may hold escaped , and ;), other lines may
-          // list names separated by commas or semicolons
+          // Groups are separated by newlines or unescaped semicolons; a group with "=" is one DN (keeping its
+          // escaped "\," and "\;"), others may list names separated by commas
           groups:
             reported ||
             String(req.query.groups || "")
-              .split("\n")
-              .flatMap((line) => (line.includes("=") ? [line] : line.split(/[,;]/)))
+              .split(/\n|(?<=(?:^|[^\\])(?:\\\\)*);/)
+              .flatMap((g) => (g.includes("=") ? [g] : g.split(",")))
               .map((g) => g.trim())
               .filter((g) => g)
               .map((g) => providers.groupName(String(req.query.provider), g)),

From bdf495ed15ee640484adc0040f63a03fdcedc989 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 20:37:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 100/122] LDAP plugin: ldapts ^9.2.0

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
index 988f0d86e0..3706963e49 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "relink": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "npm": {
-      "ldapts": "^8.2.0"
+      "ldapts": "^9.2.0"
     }
   },
   "ci": {

From e0e39258aa316f8f188e764cbf2bb65aedd550f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 20:52:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 101/122] Docker: Node 22 in both stages (ldapts 9.x needs Node
 >=22)

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 Dockerfile | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 22b2c89968..651b2e5121 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ COPY python-environment.yml ./
 # Node.js
 #############################
 
-RUN dnf module install -y nodejs:20
+RUN dnf module install -y nodejs:22
 
 #############################
 # Python (micromamba)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ RUN dnf -y update && \
     dnf -y install ca-certificates curl && \
     update-ca-trust enable && \
     update-ca-trust extract && \
-    dnf module install -y nodejs:20 && \
+    dnf module install -y nodejs:22 && \
     dnf clean all
 
 ARG PUBLIC_URL_ARG=

From 9f675e77dc923d1bc24912c03da15afd55f08431 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:55:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 102/122] plugin-ci: take plugin dir/variant from manifests,
 validate pass-through options, run Playwright via node; CI plugin unit tests
 via npm script

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml |  2 +-
 scripts/plugin-ci.js                   | 36 ++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
index a23685fccc..01cba527b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Every plugin's tests tagged @unit, wherever the plugin lives
       - name: Run Plugin Unit Tests
-        run: npx playwright test plugins --grep @unit --project=chromium
+        run: npm run test:plugins:unit -- --project=chromium
         env:
           SITE_ACCESS: ${{ matrix.site_access }}
           AUTH_PROVIDERS: local
diff --git a/scripts/plugin-ci.js b/scripts/plugin-ci.js
index 3de8ac0c97..8b0fb8a471 100644
--- a/scripts/plugin-ci.js
+++ b/scripts/plugin-ci.js
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  *   node scripts/plugin-ci.js list                 JSON matrix of every plugin's runs
  *   node scripts/plugin-ci.js run <plugin dir> [variant] [-- playwright args]
  */
-const fs = require("fs");
-const os = require("os");
-const path = require("path");
-const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const os = require("node:os");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const { spawnSync } = require("node:child_process");
 
 const ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
 const PLUGINS = path.join(ROOT, "plugins");
@@ -82,19 +82,29 @@ function readEnv(file) {
   return env;
 }
 
+// Playwright options passed through after "--", e.g. --project=chromium
+const OPTION = /^--[a-z][\w-]*(=[\w.@/:-]+)?$/;
+
 function run(relDir, variant = "", extra = []) {
-  const dir = path.resolve(ROOT, relDir || "");
-  if (!relDir || path.relative(PLUGINS, dir).startsWith("..")) fail("run needs a plugin folder under plugins/");
+  const wanted = path.relative(ROOT, path.resolve(ROOT, relDir || "")).split(path.sep).join("/");
+  const runs = list().filter((r) => r.dir === wanted);
+  if (!runs.length) fail("run needs a plugin folder under plugins/ whose plugin.json has a \"ci\" entry");
+  // Take the folder and variant from the plugin manifests rather than from the command line
+  const picked = runs.find((r) => r.variant === variant);
+  if (!picked) fail(`${wanted} has no ci variant '${variant}' (it has: ${runs.map((r) => r.variant || "(none)").join(", ")})`);
+  const bad = extra.find((a) => !OPTION.test(a));
+  if (bad !== undefined) fail(`'${bad}' isn't a --option or --option=value to pass to Playwright`);
+  const dir = path.join(ROOT, picked.dir);
   const ci = ciOf(dir);
-  if (!ci) fail(`${relDir}/plugin.json has no "ci" entry`);
-  if (!ci.variants.includes(variant)) fail(`${relDir} has no ci variant '${variant}' (it has: ${ci.variants.map((v) => v || "(none)").join(", ")})`);
   const envFile = path.join(fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mmgis-plugin-ci-")), "env");
   fs.writeFileSync(envFile, "");
-  const setup = spawnSync(ci.script, variant ? [variant] : [], { cwd: ROOT, stdio: "inherit", env: { ...process.env, MMGIS_CI_ENV: envFile } });
-  if (setup.status !== 0) fail(`${path.relative(ROOT, ci.script)} ${variant} failed${setup.error ? `: ${setup.error.message}` : ""}`);
+  const setup = spawnSync(ci.script, picked.variant ? [picked.variant] : [], { cwd: ROOT, stdio: "inherit", env: { ...process.env, MMGIS_CI_ENV: envFile } });
+  if (setup.status !== 0) fail(`${path.relative(ROOT, ci.script)} ${picked.variant} failed${setup.error ? ": " + setup.error.message : ""}`);
   const env = readEnv(envFile);
-  console.log(`[plugin-ci] ${relDir}${variant ? ` (${variant})` : ""} with ${Object.keys(env).join(", ") || "no extra ENVs"}`);
-  const tests = spawnSync("npx", ["--no-install", "playwright", "test", path.join(relDir, "tests"), "--grep-invert", "@unit", ...extra], {
+  const label = picked.variant ? `${picked.dir} (${picked.variant})` : picked.dir;
+  console.log(`[plugin-ci] ${label} with ${Object.keys(env).join(", ") || "no extra ENVs"}`);
+  const playwright = require.resolve("@playwright/test/cli");
+  const tests = spawnSync(process.execPath, [playwright, "test", path.join(picked.dir, "tests"), "--grep-invert", "@unit", ...extra], {
     cwd: ROOT,
     stdio: "inherit",
     env: { ...process.env, ...env },
@@ -103,7 +113,7 @@ function run(relDir, variant = "", extra = []) {
 }
 
 const [cmd, ...args] = process.argv.slice(2);
-if (cmd === "list") console.log(JSON.stringify(list()));
+if (cmd === "list") process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(list())}\n`);
 else if (cmd === "run") {
   const dash = args.indexOf("--");
   const pos = dash === -1 ? args : args.slice(0, dash);

From 1e45aa70aeca9c920ae176b2047badc3864381c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:57:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 103/122] plugin-ci: pass Playwright options after -- through
 unchanged

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/plugin-ci.js | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/plugin-ci.js b/scripts/plugin-ci.js
index 8b0fb8a471..df932abc67 100644
--- a/scripts/plugin-ci.js
+++ b/scripts/plugin-ci.js
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ function readEnv(file) {
   return env;
 }
 
-// Playwright options passed through after "--", e.g. --project=chromium
-const OPTION = /^--[a-z][\w-]*(=[\w.@/:-]+)?$/;
-
 function run(relDir, variant = "", extra = []) {
   const wanted = path.relative(ROOT, path.resolve(ROOT, relDir || "")).split(path.sep).join("/");
   const runs = list().filter((r) => r.dir === wanted);
@@ -92,8 +89,6 @@ function run(relDir, variant = "", extra = []) {
   // Take the folder and variant from the plugin manifests rather than from the command line
   const picked = runs.find((r) => r.variant === variant);
   if (!picked) fail(`${wanted} has no ci variant '${variant}' (it has: ${runs.map((r) => r.variant || "(none)").join(", ")})`);
-  const bad = extra.find((a) => !OPTION.test(a));
-  if (bad !== undefined) fail(`'${bad}' isn't a --option or --option=value to pass to Playwright`);
   const dir = path.join(ROOT, picked.dir);
   const ci = ciOf(dir);
   const envFile = path.join(fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mmgis-plugin-ci-")), "env");

From 2283c00ff352aed3dfd4cf982d9864fb811dc350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 22:39:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 104/122] Keep the Configure 'Signed in as' banner on screen:
 lay it out above the card instead of positioning it off the centered card

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 public/adminlogin.css | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
 views/adminlogin.pug  | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/adminlogin.css b/public/adminlogin.css
index e6235d68c5..4bf86eb996 100644
--- a/public/adminlogin.css
+++ b/public/adminlogin.css
@@ -5,13 +5,22 @@ html {
   margin: 0;
 }
 
+/* Centers the banner and card together, and scrolls instead of clipping when they don't fit */
+body {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  min-height: 100vh;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  padding: 24px 0;
+}
+
 .container {
   margin: 0;
-  top: 50%;
-  left: 50%;
-  position: absolute;
+  position: relative;
+  flex: none;
   text-align: center;
-  transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
   background-color: #1c1c1c;
   border-top: 4px solid #08aeea;
   border-radius: 10px;
@@ -220,11 +229,10 @@ img {
 }
 
 .notAdmin {
-  position: absolute;
-  left: 50%;
-  bottom: calc(100% + 20px);
-  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  flex: none;
   width: 400px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin-bottom: 20px;
   box-sizing: border-box;
   overflow: hidden;
   background: #2a2213;
diff --git a/views/adminlogin.pug b/views/adminlogin.pug
index 94c70bef49..66989d1750 100644
--- a/views/adminlogin.pug
+++ b/views/adminlogin.pug
@@ -14,23 +14,23 @@ include mixins/loginForms.pug
 - const forms = LOGIN_FORMS || []
 body.mmgisScrollbar
   #backIcon.mdi.mdi-keyboard-backspace.mdi-18px
+  if SIGNED_IN_AS != null
+    .notAdmin(role='status')
+      .notAdminBody
+        i.mdi.mdi-shield-alert-outline(aria-hidden='true')
+        div
+          .notAdminTitle Signed in as #[b= SIGNED_IN_AS]
+          .notAdminText This account can't manage anything in Configure. Sign in below with an administrator account.
+      .notAdminActions
+        a.notAdminMap(href=(ROOT_PATH || '/'))
+          i.mdi.mdi-map-outline(aria-hidden='true')
+          | Go to the map
+        button.notAdminSignOut(type='button' onClick='signOut()')
+          i.mdi.mdi-logout(aria-hidden='true')
+          | Sign out
   .container
     #setup
       | SETUP
-    if SIGNED_IN_AS != null
-      .notAdmin(role='status')
-        .notAdminBody
-          i.mdi.mdi-shield-alert-outline(aria-hidden='true')
-          div
-            .notAdminTitle Signed in as #[b= SIGNED_IN_AS]
-            .notAdminText This account can't manage anything in Configure. Sign in below with an administrator account.
-        .notAdminActions
-          a.notAdminMap(href=(ROOT_PATH || '/'))
-            i.mdi.mdi-map-outline(aria-hidden='true')
-            | Go to the map
-          button.notAdminSignOut(type='button' onClick='signOut()')
-            i.mdi.mdi-logout(aria-hidden='true')
-            | Sign out
     img(src=ROOT_PATH + 'public/images/logos/mmgis.png' alt='MMGIS' onClick='back()')
     span#msg.error(role='alert' aria-live='assertive')
     form.box(name='form1')

From 6f9b5aa85b29d1a303ef0283c0290b17f3ba38d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 00:41:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 105/122] Show the sign-in provider on the account avatar:
 provider icon badge in the top bar and menu, 'Signed in with <provider>' in
 the menu, no hover title

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  9 ++++-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |  2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |  2 +-
 .../Basics/Connections_/Connections_.css      | 17 ++++++++
 .../Basics/Connections_/Connections_.js       | 11 +++++-
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js  | 39 ++++++++++++-------
 .../components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx              | 20 +++++++---
 .../components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css       | 19 +++++++++
 8 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 6566491285..2b5870f59b 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -1191,13 +1191,18 @@ function loginForms(ids = siteAccess.getProviders(), { configure = false } = {})
       title: text(w.title, p.label),
       usernameLabel: text(w.usernameLabel, "Username"),
       hint: text(w.hint),
-      icon: ICON_NAME.test(p.manifest.login_icon || "") ? p.manifest.login_icon : "account-outline",
+      icon: providerIcon(p),
       path: `api/auth/${p.id}${p.manifest.login_path}`,
     });
   });
   return out;
 }
 
+// The provider's icon (plugin.json login_icon, an mdi name)
+function providerIcon(p) {
+  return ICON_NAME.test(p.manifest.login_icon || "") ? p.manifest.login_icon : "account-outline";
+}
+
 // The name people know a provider by: its login form title, else its display_name
 function providerLabel(id) {
   const p = getProvider(id);
@@ -1258,7 +1263,7 @@ function mountProviderRoutes(app, { registerRouter, authorize, rootPath: root })
   list.get("/", apilimiter, authorize.public("lists the enabled login providers"), (req, res) => {
     res.send({
       status: "success",
-      providers: enabledProviders().map((p) => ({ id: p.id, label: providerLabel(p.id) })),
+      providers: enabledProviders().map((p) => ({ id: p.id, label: providerLabel(p.id), icon: providerIcon(p) })),
       loginForms: loginForms(),
       loginLinks: loginLinks(),
     });
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 85753fdb9a..2067bde1f1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ How long to wait for the directory to connect and for each operation before the
 
 #### `LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME=`
 
-What the login form calls the directory, e.g. `Example Directory`: the switch tab or banner, error messages and the signed-in tooltip | string | default `LDAP`
+What the login form calls the directory, e.g. `Example Directory`: the switch tab or banner, error messages and the account menu's "Signed in with …" | string | default `LDAP`
 
 #### `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 44efcec667..2880de7219 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ The login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app login modal share one username/
 - **`AUTH_LOCAL_LOGIN=admins`:** local accounts are only offered at Configure sign-in.
 - `LDAP_USERNAME_LABEL` names the username field. MMGIS doesn't offer a way to reset directory passwords; people use their organization's usual process.
 - Errors say which provider failed: wrong username or password, directory unavailable, an expired Active Directory password, or a sign-in that can't be used with MMGIS yet (see below).
-- Once signed in, the account bubble's tooltip says which provider was used.
+- Once signed in, the account bubble carries the provider's icon, and its menu says "Signed in with <LDAP_DISPLAY_NAME>".
 
 ## Groups and roles
 
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/Connections_/Connections_.css b/src/essence/Basics/Connections_/Connections_.css
index 699734e207..9975ad6498 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/Connections_/Connections_.css
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/Connections_/Connections_.css
@@ -73,6 +73,23 @@
     font-weight: 600;
     font-size: 15px;
     border: 1px solid var(--color-a1);
+    position: relative;
+}
+.connectionsMenuProviderBadge {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: -5px;
+    bottom: -5px;
+    width: 18px;
+    height: 18px;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    font-size: 11px;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    color: var(--color-a7, #d4d6d8);
+    background: var(--color-a, #1d1f20);
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-a3, #575d60);
 }
 .connectionsMenuAvatar.guest {
     background: var(--color-a2, #3a3d44);
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/Connections_/Connections_.js b/src/essence/Basics/Connections_/Connections_.js
index bfd9f03323..4094cf8ee4 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/Connections_/Connections_.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/Connections_/Connections_.js
@@ -236,16 +236,23 @@ function renderMenu() {
         let html = ''
         if (loggedIn || hasLogin) {
             const name = loggedIn ? String(Login.username || '') : ''
+            const via = loggedIn ? Login.signedInWith() : null
             const avatar = loggedIn
-                ? esc(name.charAt(0).toUpperCase())
+                ? esc(name.charAt(0).toUpperCase()) +
+                  (via ? `<span class="connectionsMenuProviderBadge" aria-hidden="true"><i class="mdi mdi-${via.icon}"></i></span>` : '')
                 : '<i class="mdi mdi-account mdi-18px"></i>'
+            const detail = !loggedIn
+                ? 'Not signed in to MMGIS'
+                : via
+                  ? `Signed in with ${esc(via.title)}`
+                  : 'Signed in to MMGIS'
             html += `<div class="connectionsMenuSection connectionsMenuMmgis">
                 <div class="connectionsMenuLabel">MMGIS</div>
                 <div class="connectionsMenuAccount">
                     <div class="connectionsMenuAvatar${loggedIn ? '' : ' guest'}"${loggedIn ? ` style="background:${avatarColor(name)}"` : ''}>${avatar}</div>
                     <div class="connectionsMenuText">
                         <div class="connectionsMenuUser">${loggedIn ? esc(name) : 'Guest'}</div>
-                        <div class="connectionsMenuDetail">${loggedIn ? 'Signed in to MMGIS' : 'Not signed in to MMGIS'}</div>
+                        <div class="connectionsMenuDetail">${detail}</div>
                     </div>
                     ${
                         loggedIn
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index fbd2f71d79..e458f09c69 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ var Login = {
     activeForm: null,
     // What the signed-in provider is called, e.g. "Example Directory"
     providerTitle: null,
+    // Its icon (an mdi name), shown as a badge on the account avatar
+    providerIcon: null,
     init: function () {
         if (window.mmgisglobal.SITE_ACCESS === 'public') return
         if (
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ var Login = {
             this.provider = loginProvider
             this.providerPerRequest = window.mmgisglobal.loginPerRequest === 'true'
             this.providerLogoutUrl = window.mmgisglobal.logoutUrl || null
-            Login.fetchAuth(() => Login.updateTooltip())
+            Login.fetchAuth(() => Login.updateAccountProvider())
         }
 
         Login.loginBar = $('<div>')
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ var Login = {
             })
             .text(Login.loggedIn ? Login.username[0] : ''))
 
-        if (Login.loggedIn) Login.updateTooltip()
+        if (Login.loggedIn) Login.updateAccountProvider()
 
         //Show signup for admins
         if (
@@ -250,8 +252,9 @@ var Login = {
             const providerLogoutUrl = Login.providerLogoutUrl
             Login.provider = null
             Login.providerTitle = null
+            Login.providerIcon = null
             Login.providerLogoutUrl = null
-            window.mmgisglobal.accountTitle = null
+            Login.updateAccountProvider()
             if (providerLogoutUrl) {
                 window.location.href = providerLogoutUrl
                 return
@@ -294,7 +297,7 @@ var Login = {
                 Login.provider = d.provider || null
                 Login.providerLogoutUrl = d.logoutUrl || null
                 Login.providerPerRequest = d.perRequest === true
-                if (Login.provider) Login.fetchAuth(() => Login.updateTooltip())
+                if (Login.provider) Login.fetchAuth(() => Login.updateAccountProvider())
 
                 loginSuccess(d)
             },
@@ -321,15 +324,17 @@ var Login = {
         $('#loginSubmit').val(signUp ? 'Sign Up' : 'Log In')
         $('#loginInUpToggle').html(signUp ? 'or log in' : 'or sign up')
     },
-    // Who the user is, and the provider they signed in with
-    updateTooltip: function () {
-        if (!Login.loggedIn || !Login.username) return
-        const content =
-            Login.provider && Login.providerTitle
-                ? `${Login.username} · signed in with ${Login.providerTitle}`
-                : Login.username
-        window.mmgisglobal.accountTitle = content
-        $('#loginUser').attr('title', content)
+    // The provider the user signed in with, for the account avatar's badge and menu (null for local accounts)
+    signedInWith: function () {
+        if (!Login.loggedIn || !Login.provider || Login.provider === 'local' || !Login.providerTitle) return null
+        return {
+            title: Login.providerTitle,
+            icon: /^[a-z0-9-]+$/.test(Login.providerIcon || '') ? Login.providerIcon : 'account-outline',
+        }
+    },
+    updateAccountProvider: function () {
+        window.mmgisglobal.accountProvider = Login.signedInWith()
+        document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('mmgis:accountprovider'))
     },
     // GET /api/auth once: the login forms, login buttons and provider names
     fetchAuth: function (done) {
@@ -346,7 +351,10 @@ var Login = {
                 Login.providerLinks = (d && d.loginLinks) || []
                 Login.loginForms = (d && d.loginForms) || []
                 const p = ((d && d.providers) || []).find((x) => x.id === Login.provider)
-                if (p) Login.providerTitle = p.label
+                if (p) {
+                    Login.providerTitle = p.label
+                    Login.providerIcon = p.icon || null
+                }
                 if (done) done()
             },
         })
@@ -464,6 +472,7 @@ var Login = {
                     window.mmgisglobal.groups = d.groups || []
                     Login.provider = d.provider || form.id
                     Login.providerTitle = form.title
+                    Login.providerIcon = form.icon || null
                     Login.providerLogoutUrl = d.logoutUrl || null
                     Login.providerPerRequest = false
                     Login.rememberForm()
@@ -858,7 +867,7 @@ function loginSuccess(data, ignoreError, fromModal) {
             })
             .text(Login.username[0])
 
-        if (Login.loggedIn) Login.updateTooltip()
+        if (Login.loggedIn) Login.updateAccountProvider()
         document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('mmgis:loginchange'))
     } else {
         document.cookie = 'MMGISUser=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;'
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
index d682b663e7..e194c4bca9 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function TopBar({ userInterface }) {
     const [mapOpen, setMapOpen] = useState(true)
     const [globeOpen, setGlobeOpen] = useState(false)
     const [username, setUsername] = useState(null)
-    const [accountTitle, setAccountTitle] = useState(null)
+    const [accountProvider, setAccountProvider] = useState(null)
 
     useEffect(() => {
         const el = topBarLeftRef.current
@@ -162,15 +162,19 @@ function TopBar({ userInterface }) {
         function syncUser() {
             if (window.mmgisglobal && window.mmgisglobal.user && window.mmgisglobal.user !== 'guest') {
                 setUsername(window.mmgisglobal.user)
-                setAccountTitle(window.mmgisglobal.accountTitle || null)
+                setAccountProvider(window.mmgisglobal.accountProvider || null)
             } else {
                 setUsername(null)
-                setAccountTitle(null)
+                setAccountProvider(null)
             }
         }
         syncUser()
         const interval = setInterval(syncUser, 2000)
-        return () => clearInterval(interval)
+        document.addEventListener('mmgis:accountprovider', syncUser)
+        return () => {
+            clearInterval(interval)
+            document.removeEventListener('mmgis:accountprovider', syncUser)
+        }
     }, [])
 
     // Hide the jQuery #loginDiv and #loginoutButton since we handle user UI in React now
@@ -394,11 +398,17 @@ function TopBar({ userInterface }) {
                                 <div
                                     id="accountButton"
                                     className={`${styles.userAvatar} ${connUI.menuOpen ? styles.menuOpen : ''} ${connUI.needsConnection ? styles.needsConnection : ''}`}
-                                    title={accountTitle || username}
+                                    role="button"
+                                    aria-label={`Account: ${username}${accountProvider ? `, signed in with ${accountProvider.title}` : ''}`}
                                     style={{ background: Connections_.avatarColor(username) }}
                                     onClick={(e) => Connections_.toggleMenu(e.currentTarget)}
                                 >
                                     {username[0].toUpperCase()}
+                                    {accountProvider && (
+                                        <span className={styles.providerBadge} aria-hidden="true">
+                                            <i className={`mdi mdi-${accountProvider.icon}`} />
+                                        </span>
+                                    )}
                                 </div>
                             ) : (
                                 <IconButton
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
index c139758ac5..022a5f82eb 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
@@ -65,6 +65,25 @@
     user-select: none;
     color: white;
     border: 1px solid var(--color-a1);
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+/* The icon of the provider the user signed in with */
+.providerBadge {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: -4px;
+    bottom: -4px;
+    width: 15px;
+    height: 15px;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    font-size: 10px;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    color: var(--color-a7, #d4d6d8);
+    background: var(--color-a, #1d1f20);
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-a3, #575d60);
 }
 
 /* --- User account area --- */

From 67c392f862e06c476dad59a9fe009c09f7d241c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 00:50:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 106/122] Account menu: keep the provider badge on the menu
 avatar only, not the top-bar button

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .../components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx              |  5 -----
 .../components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css       | 19 -------------------
 2 files changed, 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
index e194c4bca9..5ac8e2316f 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.jsx
@@ -404,11 +404,6 @@ function TopBar({ userInterface }) {
                                     onClick={(e) => Connections_.toggleMenu(e.currentTarget)}
                                 >
                                     {username[0].toUpperCase()}
-                                    {accountProvider && (
-                                        <span className={styles.providerBadge} aria-hidden="true">
-                                            <i className={`mdi mdi-${accountProvider.icon}`} />
-                                        </span>
-                                    )}
                                 </div>
                             ) : (
                                 <IconButton
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
index 022a5f82eb..c139758ac5 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
@@ -65,25 +65,6 @@
     user-select: none;
     color: white;
     border: 1px solid var(--color-a1);
-    position: relative;
-}
-
-/* The icon of the provider the user signed in with */
-.providerBadge {
-    position: absolute;
-    right: -4px;
-    bottom: -4px;
-    width: 15px;
-    height: 15px;
-    border-radius: 50%;
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: center;
-    justify-content: center;
-    font-size: 10px;
-    font-weight: normal;
-    color: var(--color-a7, #d4d6d8);
-    background: var(--color-a, #1d1f20);
-    border: 1px solid var(--color-a3, #575d60);
 }
 
 /* --- User account area --- */

From 36baaf652bb8b38053d5836da31ba01ad7205a61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]" <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 00:50:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 107/122] chore: bump version to 5.5.2-20261105 [version bump]

---
 configure/package.json | 2 +-
 package.json           | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/package.json b/configure/package.json
index 8915f7cdf7..a856c31653 100644
--- a/configure/package.json
+++ b/configure/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "configure",
-  "version": "5.5.1-20261105",
+  "version": "5.5.2-20261105",
   "homepage": "./configure/build",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ffba492b3..d40f0666df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mmgis",
-  "version": "5.5.1-20261105",
+  "version": "5.5.2-20261105",
   "description": "A web-based mapping and localization solution for science operation on planetary missions.",
   "homepage": "build",
   "repository": {

From 4a49c3174bbf4f9ec706dd0b966ee029dab09720 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 00:52:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 108/122] Restore test:plugins:ci script dropped in the
 development merge

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 package.json | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d40f0666df..b490c02d06 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     "test:e2e:cross-browser": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test tests/e2e/cross-browser",
     "test:e2e:startup": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test tests/e2e/startup",
     "test:plugins": "cross-env DB_NAME=mmgis-test playwright test plugins",
+    "test:plugins:ci": "node scripts/plugin-ci.js run",
     "test:plugins:unit": "cross-env PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_UNIT_ONLY=true playwright test plugins --grep @unit --pass-with-no-tests",
     "test:clean": "node --experimental-vm-modules tests/test-db-clean.js",
     "test:headed": "playwright test --headed",

From 7761e0d142f7f60d820396c5931c14fa09eee6e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 00:54:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 109/122] Account button: show a ring and brighten on hover

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .../UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css      | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
index c139758ac5..7dfcd98ab1 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/TopBar/TopBar.module.css
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
     user-select: none;
     color: white;
     border: 1px solid var(--color-a1);
+    transition: box-shadow 0.15s, filter 0.15s;
+}
+
+.userAvatar:hover {
+    filter: brightness(1.15);
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--color-a3);
 }
 
 /* --- User account area --- */

From b61ee24c77ed5aef8b22aec5c6f5277bda8e48c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 01:31:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 110/122] Configure Groups: New group dialog with member
 lookup; provider group wording from plugin.json

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |  16 ++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js |  15 ++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  | 127 ++++++++++++++----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js  |   2 +-
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |   2 +-
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js      |   2 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js     |   1 +
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js     |  38 ++++++
 .../AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md            |  11 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md                 |   2 +-
 docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md                 |   4 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json            |   3 +
 .../auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js     |  10 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json           |   1 +
 tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js      |   4 +-
 15 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 2b5870f59b..0bdcb553b5 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -1215,7 +1215,21 @@ function providerLabel(id) {
 function providerInfo(ids = siteAccess.getProviders()) {
   return enabledProviders(ids)
     .filter((p) => p.id !== "local")
-    .map((p) => ({ id: p.id, label: providerLabel(p.id), relink: p.manifest.relink === true }));
+    .map((p) => ({
+      id: p.id,
+      label: providerLabel(p.id),
+      relink: p.manifest.relink === true,
+      // How Configure describes the provider's group names (plugin.json group_label, group_hint, group_example)
+      group_label: manifestText(p.manifest.group_label),
+      group_hint: manifestText(p.manifest.group_hint),
+      group_example: manifestText(p.manifest.group_example),
+      // Whether Configure can ask the provider which groups someone is in now
+      group_lookup: typeof p.impl.findSubject === "function" && typeof p.impl.lookup === "function",
+    }));
+}
+
+function manifestText(v) {
+  return typeof v === "string" && v.trim() ? v.trim().slice(0, 500) : undefined;
 }
 
 // Login buttons that the login page, Configure sign-in and the in-app modal show for
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index eb0ffa920d..fd9fab927b 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import DeleteOutlineIcon from "@mui/icons-material/DeleteOutline";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import PersonAddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/PersonAdd";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { api, GrantsTable, RoleBadge, sourceText, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, providerOn, providerName } from "./shared";
+import { api, GrantsTable, RoleBadge, sourceText, PickButton, PanelHeader, SectionHead, providerOn, providerName, providerGroups } from "./shared";
 
 // Provider users have no account row, so check what one would get from a username and group claims
 export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
   const roleLabel = (r) => (roles[r] && roles[r].label) || r;
   return (
     <Dialog open={open} onClose={onClose} maxWidth="sm" fullWidth>
-      <DialogTitle>Check a provider user</DialogTitle>
+      <DialogTitle>Check a person's access</DialogTitle>
       <DialogContent>
         <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 12 }}>
-          Enter a username and the group names their login provider sends, one per line (LDAP group DNs as they are), to see the access they would get. Leave the groups empty to ask the provider which groups it reports for that person now (LDAP needs LDAP_BIND_DN for this), e.g. to find a group's new DN after it was moved.
+          Enter a username and the groups their login provider reports, one per line, to see the access they would get, even before their first sign-in.{" "}
+          {providerGroups(provider).group_lookup
+            ? "Leave the groups empty to ask the provider which groups it reports for that person now, e.g. to find a group's new name after it was renamed or moved."
+            : `${providerName(provider)} can't look people up, so enter their groups.`}
         </div>
         <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, marginBottom: 12 }}>
           <Select size="small" value={provider} onChange={(e) => setProvider(e.target.value)}>
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
           </Select>
           <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} placeholder="Username" value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} />
         </div>
-        <TextField size="small" fullWidth multiline minRows={2} placeholder={"Groups, one per line, e.g.\ncn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org"} value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && username.trim()) check(); }} />
+        <TextField size="small" fullWidth multiline minRows={2} placeholder={providerGroups(provider).group_example ? `Groups, one per line, e.g.\n${providerGroups(provider).group_example}` : "Groups, one per line"} value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && username.trim()) check(); }} />
         {error && <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#a8572e", marginTop: 12 }}>{error}</div>}
         {result && (
           <div style={{ marginTop: 16, fontSize: 14, lineHeight: "22px" }}>
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
         <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, alignItems: "center" }}>
           <TextField size="small" label="Name" InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ flex: 1 }} value={name} onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && changed && name.trim()) saveGroup(); }} />
           {group.source !== "local" && (
-            <TextField size="small" label={`${providerName(group.source)} group name`} InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ flex: 1 }} value={externalName} onChange={(e) => setExternalName(e.target.value)} />
+            <TextField size="small" label={`${providerName(group.source)} ${providerGroups(group.source).group_label || "group"}`} InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ flex: 1 }} value={externalName} onChange={(e) => setExternalName(e.target.value)} />
           )}
           <Button variant="outlined" size="small" disabled={!changed || !name.trim() || (group.source !== "local" && !externalName.trim())} onClick={saveGroup}>
             Save
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
           <Typography className={c.sectionTitle}>Members ({group.members.length})</Typography>
           <div className={c.muted}>
             {group.members.length === 0
-              ? "None right now: people show up here as they sign in or are rechecked (with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0, click Check linked accounts in People). If it had members before, the group may have been renamed or moved at the provider; Check a provider user, with a former member's username and no groups, lists the groups reported for them now."
+              ? "None right now: people show up here as they sign in or are rechecked (with AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0, click Check linked accounts in People). If it had members before, the group may have been renamed or moved at the provider; Check a person's access, with a former member's username and no groups, lists the groups reported for them now."
               : group.members.map((m) => m.username).sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)).join(", ")}
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 554b115e0f..7f7f4bfe76 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -1,24 +1,116 @@
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 import Button from "@mui/material/Button";
 import TextField from "@mui/material/TextField";
-import Select from "@mui/material/Select";
-import MenuItem from "@mui/material/MenuItem";
 import Table from "@mui/material/Table";
 import TableBody from "@mui/material/TableBody";
 import TableCell from "@mui/material/TableCell";
 import TableHead from "@mui/material/TableHead";
 import TableRow from "@mui/material/TableRow";
+import Dialog from "@mui/material/Dialog";
+import DialogTitle from "@mui/material/DialogTitle";
+import DialogContent from "@mui/material/DialogContent";
+import DialogActions from "@mui/material/DialogActions";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
-import { SubjectTag, api, rowActivate, providerName } from "./shared";
+import { SubjectTag, api, rowActivate, providerName, providerGroups } from "./shared";
 import { ProviderCheckDialog } from "./GroupPanel";
 import { useRemembered } from "./hooks";
 
+const EMPTY_GROUP = { name: "", source: "local", external_name: "" };
+
+// New group: where its members come from, and for a provider group, which of the provider's groups it follows
+function NewGroupDialog({ providers, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, refresh }) {
+  const c = useStyles();
+  const [lookupUser, setLookupUser] = useState("");
+  const [lookup, setLookup] = useState(null);
+  const fromProvider = draft.source !== "local";
+  const info = providerGroups(draft.source);
+  const name = providerName(draft.source);
+  const setSource = (source) => {
+    setDraft({ ...draft, source, external_name: "" });
+    setLookup(null);
+  };
+  const findGroups = () =>
+    api("access_effective", { provider: draft.source, username: lookupUser.trim(), groups: "" })
+      .then((r) => setLookup({ groups: (r.body && r.body.reported) || [] }))
+      .catch((res) => setLookup({ error: res.message || "Couldn't look that person up." }));
+  const create = () =>
+    api("access_groups_create", { name: draft.name, source: draft.source, external_name: fromProvider ? draft.external_name : undefined })
+      .then((res) => {
+        if (res.note) notify(res.note, "warning");
+        else notify(`Created group '${draft.name.trim()}'.`, "success");
+        setDraft(EMPTY_GROUP);
+        onClose();
+        refresh();
+        // The server fills a provider group from the people already signed in, in the background
+        if (fromProvider) setTimeout(refresh, 4000);
+      })
+      .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to create group.", "error"));
+  const ready = draft.name.trim() && (!fromProvider || draft.external_name.trim());
+  return (
+    <Dialog open onClose={onClose} maxWidth="sm" fullWidth>
+      <DialogTitle>New group</DialogTitle>
+      <DialogContent>
+        <TextField size="small" fullWidth label="Name in MMGIS" InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ mt: 1 }} autoFocus value={draft.name} helperText="What you'll see in Configure." onChange={(e) => setDraft({ ...draft, name: e.target.value })} />
+        {providers.length > 0 && (
+          <>
+            <div className={c.fieldLabel}>Members</div>
+            <div className={c.choiceRow}>
+              <button type="button" className={`${c.choice} ${!fromProvider ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} aria-pressed={!fromProvider} onClick={() => setSource("local")}>
+                <b>Added by hand</b>You pick MMGIS accounts.
+              </button>
+              {providers.map((p) => (
+                <button key={p} type="button" className={`${c.choice} ${draft.source === p ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} aria-pressed={draft.source === p} onClick={() => setSource(p)}>
+                  <b>From a {providerName(p)} group</b>Anyone {providerName(p)} lists in that group, kept up to date at sign-in and rechecks.
+                </button>
+              ))}
+            </div>
+          </>
+        )}
+        {fromProvider && (
+          <>
+            <TextField size="small" fullWidth label={`${name} ${info.group_label || "group"}`} InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ mt: 2.5 }} placeholder={info.group_example || ""} value={draft.external_name} helperText={
+                <>
+                  {info.group_hint || `The group's name exactly as ${name} reports it at sign-in.`}
+                  {info.group_example && <span className={c.example}>e.g. <code>{info.group_example}</code></span>}
+                </>
+              } onChange={(e) => setDraft({ ...draft, external_name: e.target.value })} />
+            {info.group_lookup && (
+              <div className={c.lookupBox}>
+                <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Not sure what to enter? Look up someone in the group and pick it from their groups:</div>
+                <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
+                  <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder="Username" value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) findGroups(); }} />
+                  <Button variant="outlined" size="small" className={c.barButton} disabled={!lookupUser.trim()} onClick={findGroups}>Look up</Button>
+                </div>
+                {lookup && lookup.error && <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#a8572e", margin: "8px 0 0" }}>{lookup.error}</div>}
+                {lookup && lookup.groups && (
+                  lookup.groups.length ? (
+                    <div className={c.chips}>
+                      {lookup.groups.map((g) => (
+                        <button key={g} type="button" className={`${c.chip} ${draft.external_name === g ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} onClick={() => setDraft({ ...draft, external_name: g })}>{g}</button>
+                      ))}
+                    </div>
+                  ) : <div className={c.hint} style={{ margin: "8px 0 0" }}>{name} reports no groups for them.</div>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
+      </DialogContent>
+      <DialogActions>
+        <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
+        <Button variant="contained" disableElevation startIcon={<AddIcon />} disabled={!ready} onClick={create}>Create group</Button>
+      </DialogActions>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
+
 // Groups, and checking what a provider user would get
 export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
   const { roles, groups, bindings, notify, refresh, allLayerPaths, setPanel, remember } = ctx;
   const c = useStyles();
-  const [newGroup, setNewGroup] = useRemembered(remember, "newGroup", { name: "", source: "local", external_name: "" });
+  const [newGroup, setNewGroup] = useRemembered(remember, "newGroup", EMPTY_GROUP);
+  const [creating, setCreating] = useState(false);
   const [providerCheck, setProviderCheck] = useState(false);
   const [providers] = useState(
     String(window.mmgisglobal.AUTH_PROVIDERS || "").split(",").filter((p) => p && p !== "local")
@@ -26,30 +118,10 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
   return (
     <>
           <div className={c.pane}>
-            <div className={`${c.bar} ${c.toolbarBox}`} style={{ flexWrap: "wrap" }}>
-              <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder="New group name" value={newGroup.name} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, name: e.target.value })} />
-              {providers.length > 0 && (
-                <Select size="small" className={c.field} value={newGroup.source} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, source: e.target.value })}>
-                  <MenuItem value="local">Members managed here</MenuItem>
-                  {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>Members from {providerName(p)}</MenuItem>)}
-                </Select>
-              )}
-              {newGroup.source !== "local" && (
-                <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder={`${providerName(newGroup.source)} group, as logged at sign-in`} value={newGroup.external_name} onChange={(e) => setNewGroup({ ...newGroup, external_name: e.target.value })} />
-              )}
-              <Button variant="contained" disableElevation className={c.barButton} startIcon={<AddIcon />} disabled={!newGroup.name.trim()} onClick={() =>
-                api("access_groups_create", { name: newGroup.name, source: newGroup.source, external_name: newGroup.external_name || undefined })
-                  .then((res) => {
-                    if (res.note) notify(res.note, "warning");
-                    setNewGroup({ name: "", source: "local", external_name: "" });
-                    refresh();
-                    // The server fills a provider group from the directory in the background
-                    if (newGroup.source !== "local") setTimeout(refresh, 4000);
-                  })
-                  .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to create group.", "error"))
-              }>Create group</Button>
+            <div className={c.bar}>
+              <Button variant="contained" disableElevation className={c.barButton} startIcon={<AddIcon />} onClick={() => setCreating(true)}>New group</Button>
               {providers.length > 0 && (
-                <Button variant="outlined" size="small" className={c.barButton} onClick={() => setProviderCheck(true)}>Check a provider user</Button>
+                <Button variant="outlined" size="small" className={c.barButton} onClick={() => setProviderCheck(true)}>Check a person's access</Button>
               )}
               <span className={c.barHint}>Give roles to several people at once. Click a group to manage its members and access.</span>
             </div>
@@ -78,6 +150,7 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
               </TableBody>
             </Table>
           </div>
+      {creating && <NewGroupDialog providers={providers} draft={newGroup} setDraft={setNewGroup} onClose={() => setCreating(false)} notify={notify} refresh={refresh} />}
       {providerCheck && <ProviderCheckDialog open providers={providers} roles={roles} onClose={() => setProviderCheck(false)} />}
     </>
   );
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 03761bbf02..86def2f6b2 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
         notify(
           r.failed
             ? `Couldn't check ${r.failed} of ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: the login provider is unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). ${r.missing} not found.`
-            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (the provider can't look them up, e.g. LDAP without LDAP_BIND_DN and LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE).` : ""}${r.staleRelinks ? ` ${r.staleRelinks} pending relinks can't take effect (their entry is gone, or they were allowed under an old subject setting); allow them again.` : ""}`,
+            : `Checked ${r.checked} provider-linked accounts: ${r.missing} not found.${r.unsupported ? ` ${r.unsupported} can't be checked between logins (the provider can't look them up with its current settings; see its setup guide).` : ""}${r.staleRelinks ? ` ${r.staleRelinks} pending relinks can't take effect (their entry is gone, or they were allowed under an old subject setting); allow them again.` : ""}`,
           r.missing || r.failed || r.staleRelinks ? "warning" : "success"
         );
         refresh();
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 8b75776022..1d270f97f1 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
       title: `Allow ${providerName(p)} relink?`,
       text: `${dn ? `'${relinkAs}' is ${dn} in ${providerName(p)}. ` : ""}For the next 24 hours, the next ${providerName(p)} login as '${relinkAs}'${dn ? " from that entry" : ""} takes over this account, keeping its roles, grants, API tokens and drawings, and signing out everyone signed in to it now. Its MMGIS password stops working. Use it when the directory gave this person a new ID, or to move a local account to ${providerName(p)}. If someone else used this account, revoke its API tokens too.${
         providerLogin && providerLogin.missing_reason === "subject"
-          ? ` It was linked under a different subject setting (e.g. LDAP_SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE), so it needs this relink to sign in again.${
+          ? ` It was linked under a different subject setting of ${providerName(providerLogin.provider)}, so it needs this relink to sign in again.${
               providerLogin.missing_was_gone
                 ? ` Before that, its ${providerName(providerLogin.provider)} entry was deleted or disabled at ${missingText(providerLogin.missing_since)}: if '${relinkAs}' is now someone else, don't allow this.`
                 : ""
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js
index 283425b670..abfada5511 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/SiteWideTab.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default function SiteWideTab({ ctx }) {
               );
             })}
             <AudienceCard key={`defaults-${defaults == null ? "all" : defaults.slice().sort().join(",")}`} title="Default for new accounts" missions={missions}
-              hint="What a newly created local account can view. Accounts a login provider such as LDAP creates get only what their groups and the Logged-in users audience give. Doesn't change existing accounts."
+              hint="What a newly created local account can view. Accounts a login provider creates get only what their groups and the Logged-in users audience give. Doesn't change existing accounts."
               state={{ mode: defaults == null ? "all" : defaults.length === 0 ? "none" : "selected", list: defaults || [] }}
               onSave={(mode, list) =>
                 api("account_update_defaults", { missions_viewing: mode === "all" ? null : mode === "none" ? [] : list })
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index 15ca336b09..d67e7bbd09 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ export const pushTo = (map, k, v) => {
 // Groups of a provider that's not in AUTH_PROVIDERS give their members nothing
 // From the server: each enabled provider's name and whether it offers relinking
 const providerInfo = () => window.mmgisglobal?.authProviderInfo || [];
+export const providerGroups = (id) => providerInfo().find((p) => p.id === id) || {};
 export const providerName = (id) => (providerInfo().find((p) => p.id === id) || {}).label || String(id).toUpperCase();
 export const relinkProviders = () => providerInfo().filter((p) => p.relink).map((p) => p.id);
 export const providerOn = (source) => source === "local" || (window.mmgisglobal?.authProviders || []).includes(source);
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
index f8f9f5ee9a..97722a30e7 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
@@ -41,6 +41,44 @@ export const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   },
   search: { width: "320px" },
   barHint: { fontSize: "13px", opacity: 0.75, minWidth: 0 },
+  fieldLabel: { fontSize: "12px", fontWeight: 500, opacity: 0.8, margin: "20px 0 6px" },
+  // New group: one card per member source
+  choiceRow: { display: "flex", gap: "10px" },
+  choice: {
+    flex: 1,
+    textAlign: "left",
+    font: "inherit",
+    fontSize: "13px",
+    lineHeight: "19px",
+    padding: "10px 12px",
+    borderRadius: "6px",
+    cursor: "pointer",
+    color: "inherit",
+    background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[1000],
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[600]}`,
+    "& b": { display: "block", fontSize: "14px", marginBottom: "2px" },
+    "&:hover": { borderColor: theme.palette.swatches.grey[300] },
+  },
+  choiceOn: {
+    borderColor: `${theme.palette.swatches.p[0]} !important`,
+    boxShadow: `inset 0 0 0 1px ${theme.palette.swatches.p[0]}`,
+  },
+  example: { display: "block", marginTop: "4px", "& code": { fontSize: "12px", wordBreak: "break-all" } },
+  lookupBox: { marginTop: "14px", padding: "12px", borderRadius: "4px", background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[900] },
+  chips: { display: "flex", flexWrap: "wrap", gap: "6px", marginTop: "10px" },
+  chip: {
+    font: "inherit",
+    fontFamily: "monospace",
+    fontSize: "12px",
+    padding: "3px 10px",
+    borderRadius: "12px",
+    cursor: "pointer",
+    color: "inherit",
+    wordBreak: "break-all",
+    textAlign: "left",
+    background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[1000],
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[600]}`,
+  },
   barButton: { height: "34px", whiteSpace: "nowrap", padding: "0px 16px !important" },
   tabs: {
     padding: "0px 20px",
diff --git a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
index f8be77b0cf..16090e76d9 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Contributing/AuthProviders/AuthProviders.md
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ A login provider answers "who is this?"; MMGIS roles, groups and grants decide w
 1. Create `plugins/core/auth/<Name>/plugin.json` and `plugins/core/auth/<Name>/plugin.js` (copy one of the [examples](#example-login-form-provider)).
 2. Add the id to `.env`, keeping `local` so `/configure` admins can still sign in: `AUTH_PROVIDERS=["local","myprovider"]`.
 3. Restart MMGIS. The log prints `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and any problems your `validate`/`warnings` hooks report.
-4. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from MYPROVIDER** and the external group name your provider reports, then give that group a role.
-5. Log in through your provider and check the user in Users & Access > People (session providers) or with **Check a provider user** (per-request providers).
+4. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, click **New group**, choose **From a MYPROVIDER group** and enter the group name your provider reports, then give that group a role.
+5. Log in through your provider and check the user in Users & Access > People (session providers) or with **Check a person's access** (per-request providers).
 
 There are two kinds of provider. Pick one:
 
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ There are two kinds of provider. Pick one:
 | `login_path` | no | Session providers: the route that starts a login, relative to `/api/auth/<id>`. When set, the login page, the Configure sign-in page and the in-app login modal show a button for it (or, with `login_form`, post their form to it). |
 | `login_form` | no | `true` for providers that take a username and password: instead of a button, the shared login form posts to `login_path` (see [Login form providers](#login-form-providers)). |
 | `login_icon` | no | A [Material Design Icons](https://pictogrammers.com/library/mdi/) name (e.g. `card-account-details-outline`) shown on the form's provider switch and banner. |
+| `group_label`, `group_hint`, `group_example` | no | How Configure's **New group** dialog and group panel describe your group names: the field label after the provider name (default `group`), the help line under it, and a placeholder example. Keep provider-specific wording here rather than in Configure, e.g. LDAP's `"group_label": "group DN"`. |
 | `relink` | no | `true` to offer **Allow \<name\> relink** in Users & Access > People, so an admin can let one login from your provider take over an existing account (see `findSubject` below). Without it, MMGIS refuses relinks for your provider. |
 | `login_url` | no | Per-request providers: a login page outside MMGIS (for example the proxy's), linked as is. Use it instead of `login_path`. |
 | `login_label` | no | Text of that button. |
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ module.exports = {
 - `locate(subject)` (optional) says whether the entry with this subject still exists anywhere at the provider, even disabled or moved where logins aren't searched: return something truthy (e.g. `{ dn, username }`), or `null` if it's gone. MMGIS uses it before suggesting or allowing a relink, so a name given to someone new doesn't hand them the old account. Without it, `lookup` is used.
 - `relinkUsername(username)` (optional) turns the username an admin types when allowing a relink into the form your logins report it (e.g. LDAP drops `CORP\`), so an unpinned relink matches.
 - `resetFailures({ username, dn })` (optional) clears any failed-login count your provider keeps itself (LDAP counts wrong passwords per directory entry), called when an admin allows a relink; `dn` is set when the relink is pinned to an entry.
-- `findSubject(username)` (optional, with `"relink": true`) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account. With `lookup`, it also lets Groups > Check a provider user list the groups the provider reports for someone now, so `lookup` must report groups in the form `groupName` saves.
+- `findSubject(username)` (optional, with `"relink": true`) lets an admin allowing a relink in Users & Access see which entry has that username now: return `{ subject, dn }`, or `null` if none does. The relink is then pinned to that subject. Without it, the next login with that username claims the account. With `lookup`, it also lets Groups > **Check a person's access** and the **New group** dialog list the groups the provider reports for someone now, so `lookup` must report groups in the form `groupName` saves.
 - If `identify(req)` throws, or takes longer than 5 seconds, the error is logged under your provider id and the request is treated as not identified.
 - Read your provider's settings from `env` and name them `<PROVIDERID>_*` (for example `MYPROVIDER_URL`). Document them in `docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md` and `sample.env`.
 - Every route you mount must declare its permission, usually `ctx.authorize.public("...")` for login pages; startup lists routes that don't. See [Backend Permissions](/MMGIS/contributing/permissions).
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ An identity is:
 
 **Per-request providers** create no account. Their users don't appear in People and can't hold a grant of their own; they get access through groups (matched on every request) and the Everyone / Logged-in users audiences.
 
-**Groups.** A provider's groups only matter for groups an admin has created in Users & Access with **Members from <PROVIDER>** and an external name exactly equal to the reported group, including capitalization. Other reported groups are ignored; MMGIS never creates groups on its own. For session providers, membership changes at the provider apply at the next login; a new grant to a group applies at the next request.
+**Groups.** A provider's groups only matter for groups an admin has created in Users & Access as **From a <PROVIDER> group** with a group name exactly equal to the reported group, including capitalization. Other reported groups are ignored; MMGIS never creates groups on its own. For session providers, membership changes at the provider apply at the next login; a new grant to a group applies at the next request.
 
 ## The ctx object
 
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ Declare both with `ctx.authorize.public(...)`, set `"login_path": "/login"`, and
 - **Startup:** each `validate` problem stops the server with your message; `warnings` are printed.
 - **Login:** session providers: start from the login page button and from the main site's modal, and land back on the page you started from. Per-request: send the headers with `curl` and check `GET /api/access/me`.
 - **Accounts:** a second login reuses the same account (People shows one row); a username that's already a local account gets your 409 message.
-- **Groups:** create a **Members from <PROVIDER>** group, give it a role, log in and check what the user can see; remove the group at the provider and log in again.
+- **Groups:** create a **From a <PROVIDER> group** group, give it a role, log in and check what the user can see; remove the group at the provider and log in again.
 - **Coexistence:** local accounts still log in with your provider enabled.
 - **Removal:** take the id out of `AUTH_PROVIDERS` and restart: its routes return 404 and its sessions and tokens stop working. Its accounts, groups and grants are kept.
 - **Websockets:** scripted websocket clients must send an `Origin` header, or MMGIS closes the connection (the reason is only in the server log).
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
index 2067bde1f1..26eda41a28 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/ENVs/ENVs.md
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Attribute with the person's email | string | default `mail`
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUPS_ATTRIBUTE=`
 
-Attribute on the person listing their groups as DNs (Active Directory, or OpenLDAP with the memberof overlay). Each group is reported by its full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`; use that as the external name of groups with **Members from LDAP**. Ignored when `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` is set | string | default `memberOf`
+Attribute on the person listing their groups as DNs (Active Directory, or OpenLDAP with the memberof overlay). Each group is reported by its full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`; enter that as the group DN of groups made with **New group** > **From a LDAP group**. Ignored when `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` is set | string | default `memberOf`
 
 #### `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=`
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
index 2880de7219..d94472c2a2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
+++ b/docs/pages/Setup/LDAP/LDAP.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ By default MMGIS reads the person's `memberOf` attribute (Active Directory, or O
 
 On Active Directory, `memberOf` only lists groups the person is directly in. To include nested groups, search with the in-chain rule: `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE=DC=corp,...` and `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_FILTER=(&(objectClass=group)(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={{dn}}))`. A person's primary group (usually `Domain Users`) appears in neither, so map a regular group instead. OpenLDAP has no such rule: only groups that list the person themselves count, so a person in a group that is itself a member of a mapped group doesn't get that group's roles. Map each group they're directly in.
 
-Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, create a group with **Members from LDAP** and the group's DN as its external name, then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). A plain name such as `science-team` is refused, since it could never match a DN. External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a provider user** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, open Groups > **Check a provider user** and leave the groups empty (needs `LDAP_BIND_DN`): it lists every group the directory reports for that person now. The server log also lists them at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it. Turning `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` on or off changes the form every group is reported in, so update each LDAP group's external name at the same time, and change the setting on every MMGIS process together; until then those groups have no members, and the server log warns about them at startup and at each sign-in.
+Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, so two groups called `admins` in different OUs can't be confused and someone who can create groups in their own OU can't take another group's role. In Configure > Users & Access > Groups, click **New group**, choose **From a LDAP group** and enter the group's DN (or look up a member's username and pick it from their groups), then give the group a role. DNs you enter are saved in that same lowercase form, so `CN=Science-Team,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=org` copied from an AD tool works too. Escaped characters may be typed either way (`\,` or `\2c`). A plain name such as `science-team` is refused, since it could never match a DN. External names can be at most 255 characters. Other names (with `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE`) must match exactly, including case. Users & Access > Groups > **Check a person's access** takes one group per line, DNs included. To see what the directory reports, open Groups > **Check a person's access** and leave the groups empty (needs `LDAP_BIND_DN`): it lists every group the directory reports for that person now. The server log also lists them at each login (`Directory groups: …`). Membership is updated at every login and every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES`. To use plain names instead, set `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` to the one OU that holds your MMGIS groups and `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=cn`. The search includes that OU's sub-OUs, so don't use it if anyone else can create groups below it. Turning `LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE` on or off changes the form every group is reported in, so update each LDAP group's external name at the same time, and change the setting on every MMGIS process together; until then those groups have no members, and the server log warns about them at startup and at each sign-in.
 
 ## Accounts
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Groups are reported by their full DN in lowercase, e.g. `cn=science-team,ou=grou
 - Allow the relink before the person signs in with LDAP. If their directory username differs from their MMGIS username and they sign in first, MMGIS can't tell they're the same person and creates a new, empty account; Allow LDAP relink then names that account. Delete it, entering the original account's username under "Give their drawings to" so anything they saved meanwhile moves with them, then allow the relink again.
 - A 409 for an account that People shows as `ldap (as othername)`, or as `not found since …` (its entry was deleted or disabled), may come from a different person who now has that account's old directory username. Check before relinking: a relink would hand the account and its drawings to the newcomer.
 - A person's first LDAP sign-in creates their MMGIS account with only what their directory groups and the "Logged-in users" audience (Users & Access > Site-wide) give. "Default for new accounts" applies to local accounts only, so a directory sign-in never opens missions by itself; to let every directory user view some missions, grant them to "Logged-in users" or to a directory group. A local account relinked to LDAP keeps every grant it had, including the Viewer grant that default gave it at sign-up (People shows it as `Viewer · Site-wide · Direct` by default), so see step 3 of "Moving local users to LDAP" below.
-- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a provider user**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
+- Groups are matched by their exact name (by default the full DN). Renaming a group or moving it to another OU in the directory changes that name, so its members lose the group's roles at their next sign-in or recheck. Update the group's external name in Users & Access when that happens; to find the new DN, open Groups > **Check a person's access**, enter a former member's username and leave the groups empty: with `LDAP_BIND_DN` set it lists the groups the directory reports for them now, and the server log line for a member leaving lists them too (with `LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_BASE` set, the new DN must be under it, or it is refused); the Groups tab shows how many members each directory group has, so a group that suddenly has 0 stands out (creating a group, or changing its external name, rechecks linked accounts right away, so its count fills in within moments while the directory can be reached), and the server log names the groups each account leaves or joins at a sign-in or recheck. With `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES=0`, a new group fills only as its members sign in, or when you click **Check linked accounts** in People.
 - Existing sessions and API tokens are rechecked against the directory every `AUTH_RECHECK_MINUTES` (default 15) with the service account. Group changes update roles, and someone deleted, no longer matched by `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER`, disabled or expired (Active Directory), or locked (OpenLDAP ppolicy's administrative lock, `pwdAccountLockedTime: 000001010000Z`; 389 DS / FreeIPA `nsAccountLock`) loses their sessions and tokens and their LDAP group roles, and People shows the account as `not found since …` until the entry comes back. People shows what each account's last recheck found, and a recheck runs when the session or token is used: a leaver who never comes back stays shown as linked until you click **Check linked accounts**, so click it before an offboarding audit or before reading the **Not found / needs relink** count. While the directory can't be reached, access stays as it was: linked accounts keep theirs, and accounts already `not found` stay refused. Changing a leaver's password doesn't end their sessions. Delete the entry, or move it out of `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (or out of what `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER` matches); on OpenLDAP with the ppolicy overlay loaded, its administrative lock works too (without the overlay, `pwdAccountLockedTime` is an undefined attribute). A ppolicy lockout after failed passwords (a timestamp in `pwdAccountLockedTime`) doesn't end sessions or mark the account not found, even under `pwdLockoutDuration: 0`, so lock leavers with the administrative lock or delete their entry. Rechecks may take up to 5 × `LDAP_TIMEOUT_MS`. While the directory hangs, a request waits up to 5 seconds for its recheck, then goes ahead with the access it had; once a recheck has found the directory unreachable (a timeout or connection error, not an error about one person's entry), other requests wait at most 1 second until a recheck gets an answer again. Without both `LDAP_BIND_DN` and `LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE` (for example only `LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE`), MMGIS can't read the directory between logins (startup warns when only the search base is missing), so changes apply at the next login; remove the person's tokens in Users & Access when offboarding.
 
 ## Moving local users to LDAP
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
index 3706963e49..b775a73a16 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.json
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
   "login_form": true,
   "login_icon": "card-account-details-outline",
   "relink": true,
+  "group_label": "group DN",
+  "group_hint": "The group's full DN, as the directory reports it (with LDAP_GROUP_NAME_ATTRIBUTE set, that attribute's value instead).",
+  "group_example": "cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org",
   "dependencies": {
     "npm": {
       "ldapts": "^9.2.0"
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
index d3356aa64d..c6291857ee 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/tests/ldap-provider.spec.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect(Date.now() - new Date(mine[0].sign_ins[0].last_login_at).getTime()).toBeLessThan(60000);
   });
 
-  test('directory groups give roles through groups with Members from LDAP', async () => {
+  test('directory groups give roles through groups made from an LDAP group', async () => {
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const name = `ldap-science-${Date.now()}`;
     const created = await (await adminCtx.post('/api/access/groups/create', { data: { name, source: 'ldap', external_name: 'cn=science-team,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org' } })).json();
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test('Check a provider user with no groups lists the groups the directory reports now', async () => {
+  test('Check a person\'s access with no groups lists the groups the directory reports now', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to look people up');
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const found = await (await adminCtx.get(`/api/access/effective?provider=ldap&username=${alice.username}`)).json();
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     expect(nobody.message).toMatch(/no single entry/);
   });
 
-  test('Check a provider user splits typed DNs at newlines and unescaped semicolons only', async () => {
+  test('Check a person\'s access splits typed DNs at newlines and unescaped semicolons only', async () => {
     const adminCtx = await adminContext();
     const stamp = Date.now();
     const dns = [`cn=Research\\;Ops ${stamp},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`, `cn=semi-${stamp},ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org`];
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test('Check a provider user follows the directory entry after a rename and a reused username', async () => {
+  test('Check a person\'s access follows the directory entry after a rename and a reused username', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to look people up');
     const name = `ldap_reuse_${Date.now()}`;
     const password = ['reuse', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ test.describe('LDAP login provider', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test('Check a provider user shows a pending relink allowed under another username', async () => {
+  test('Check a person\'s access shows a pending relink allowed under another username', async () => {
     test.skip(!process.env.LDAP_BIND_DN, 'SKIP: needs a service account (LDAP_BIND_DN) to look people up');
     const name = `ldap_pending_${Date.now()}`;
     const password = ['pending', 'test', 'password'].join('-');
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json b/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json
index ae6df47227..3aaeda695e 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Proxy/plugin.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "tier": "core",
   "overridable": false,
   "required": true,
+  "group_hint": "The group name exactly as the proxy lists it in its groups header.",
   "ci": {
     "script": "tests/ci.sh",
     "variants": ["network", "secret"]
diff --git a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
index 6a8cf68137..4d7683d91c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/permissions-providers.spec.js
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ test.describe('login forms', () => {
 
   test('only providers whose plugin.json sets "relink": true offer relinking', () => {
     expect(providers.providerInfo(['dir', 'local', 'proxy'])).toEqual([
-      { id: 'dir', label: 'Directory', relink: true },
-      { id: 'proxy', label: 'Authenticating proxy', relink: false },
+      { id: 'dir', label: 'Directory', relink: true, group_lookup: true },
+      { id: 'proxy', label: 'Authenticating proxy', relink: false, group_hint: 'The group name exactly as the proxy lists it in its groups header.', group_lookup: false },
     ]);
   });
 

From 429644e6bdf2496e0b9273d4a86f6e6a5834fc38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 01:34:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 111/122] New group dialog: say when the provider can't look
 people up instead of reporting no groups

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 7f7f4bfe76..ecf389f5dd 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, refresh }
   };
   const findGroups = () =>
     api("access_effective", { provider: draft.source, username: lookupUser.trim(), groups: "" })
-      .then((r) => setLookup({ groups: (r.body && r.body.reported) || [] }))
+      // No report at all (unlike an empty list) means the provider can't look people up with its current settings
+      .then((r) => setLookup(r.body && Array.isArray(r.body.reported) ? { groups: r.body.reported } : { unavailable: true }))
       .catch((res) => setLookup({ error: res.message || "Couldn't look that person up." }));
   const create = () =>
     api("access_groups_create", { name: draft.name, source: draft.source, external_name: fromProvider ? draft.external_name : undefined })
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, refresh }
                   <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder="Username" value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) findGroups(); }} />
                   <Button variant="outlined" size="small" className={c.barButton} disabled={!lookupUser.trim()} onClick={findGroups}>Look up</Button>
                 </div>
+                {lookup && lookup.unavailable && <div className={c.hint} style={{ margin: "8px 0 0" }}>{name} can't look people up with its current settings, so enter the group yourself.</div>}
                 {lookup && lookup.error && <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#a8572e", margin: "8px 0 0" }}>{lookup.error}</div>}
                 {lookup && lookup.groups && (
                   lookup.groups.length ? (

From 54cfcaa0b0e3550bebaa5fbf289b2273a3c554c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 01:40:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 112/122] New group dialog: even spacing, clearer selected
 cards, duplicate-mapping warning and server notes shown in place instead of a
 toast

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js |   6 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  | 132 +++++++++++-------
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js     |  30 ++--
 3 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index fd9fab927b..d1f081c227 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import DialogTitle from "@mui/material/DialogTitle";
 import DialogContent from "@mui/material/DialogContent";
 import DialogActions from "@mui/material/DialogActions";
 import Tooltip from "@mui/material/Tooltip";
+import Alert from "@mui/material/Alert";
 import DeleteOutlineIcon from "@mui/icons-material/DeleteOutline";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
 import PersonAddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/PersonAdd";
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
   const layerPaths = layerPathsFor(own);
   const [name, setName] = useState(group.name);
   const [externalName, setExternalName] = useState(group.external_name || "");
+  // What the server says about the last save (e.g. another group follows the same provider group), kept until the next one
+  const [saveNote, setSaveNote] = useState(null);
   useEffect(() => {
     setName(group.name);
     setExternalName(group.external_name || "");
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
   const changed = name.trim() !== group.name || (group.source !== "local" && externalName.trim() !== (group.external_name || ""));
   const saveGroup = () =>
     api("access_groups_update", { id: group.id, name: name.trim(), ...(group.source !== "local" ? { external_name: externalName.trim() } : {}) })
-      .then((res) => { notify(res.note ? `Group updated. ${res.note}` : "Group updated.", res.note ? "warning" : "success"); refresh(); })
+      .then((res) => { notify("Group updated.", "success"); setSaveNote(res.note || null); refresh(); })
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to update group.", "error"));
   const on = providerOn(group.source);
   return (
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
             Save
           </Button>
         </div>
+        {saveNote && <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }} onClose={() => setSaveNote(null)}>{saveNote}</Alert>}
       </div>
       {group.source !== "local" && (
         <div className={`${c.section} ${c.hint}`}>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index ecf389f5dd..25a8558ba0 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import Dialog from "@mui/material/Dialog";
 import DialogTitle from "@mui/material/DialogTitle";
 import DialogContent from "@mui/material/DialogContent";
 import DialogActions from "@mui/material/DialogActions";
+import Alert from "@mui/material/Alert";
 import AddIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Add";
+import CheckCircleIcon from "@mui/icons-material/CheckCircle";
 import { useStyles } from "./styles";
 import { SubjectTag, api, rowActivate, providerName, providerGroups } from "./shared";
 import { ProviderCheckDialog } from "./GroupPanel";
@@ -19,10 +21,12 @@ import { useRemembered } from "./hooks";
 const EMPTY_GROUP = { name: "", source: "local", external_name: "" };
 
 // New group: where its members come from, and for a provider group, which of the provider's groups it follows
-function NewGroupDialog({ providers, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, refresh }) {
+function NewGroupDialog({ providers, groups, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, refresh }) {
   const c = useStyles();
   const [lookupUser, setLookupUser] = useState("");
   const [lookup, setLookup] = useState(null);
+  // Set once the group is made with something the admin should read before leaving
+  const [created, setCreated] = useState(null);
   const fromProvider = draft.source !== "local";
   const info = providerGroups(draft.source);
   const name = providerName(draft.source);
@@ -30,6 +34,8 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, refresh }
     setDraft({ ...draft, source, external_name: "" });
     setLookup(null);
   };
+  const wanted = draft.external_name.trim().toLowerCase();
+  const alreadyFollowing = fromProvider && wanted ? groups.filter((g) => g.source === draft.source && String(g.external_name || "").toLowerCase() === wanted) : [];
   const findGroups = () =>
     api("access_effective", { provider: draft.source, username: lookupUser.trim(), groups: "" })
       // No report at all (unlike an empty list) means the provider can't look people up with its current settings
@@ -38,68 +44,96 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, refresh }
   const create = () =>
     api("access_groups_create", { name: draft.name, source: draft.source, external_name: fromProvider ? draft.external_name : undefined })
       .then((res) => {
-        if (res.note) notify(res.note, "warning");
-        else notify(`Created group '${draft.name.trim()}'.`, "success");
+        const made = draft.name.trim();
         setDraft(EMPTY_GROUP);
-        onClose();
         refresh();
         // The server fills a provider group from the people already signed in, in the background
         if (fromProvider) setTimeout(refresh, 4000);
+        if (res.note) setCreated({ name: made, note: res.note });
+        else {
+          notify(`Created group '${made}'.`, "success");
+          onClose();
+        }
       })
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to create group.", "error"));
   const ready = draft.name.trim() && (!fromProvider || draft.external_name.trim());
+  if (created)
+    return (
+      <Dialog open onClose={onClose} maxWidth="sm" fullWidth>
+        <DialogTitle>Created group '{created.name}'</DialogTitle>
+        <DialogContent>
+          <Alert severity="info">{created.note}</Alert>
+        </DialogContent>
+        <DialogActions>
+          <Button variant="contained" disableElevation onClick={onClose}>Done</Button>
+        </DialogActions>
+      </Dialog>
+    );
   return (
     <Dialog open onClose={onClose} maxWidth="sm" fullWidth>
       <DialogTitle>New group</DialogTitle>
       <DialogContent>
-        <TextField size="small" fullWidth label="Name in MMGIS" InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ mt: 1 }} autoFocus value={draft.name} helperText="What you'll see in Configure." onChange={(e) => setDraft({ ...draft, name: e.target.value })} />
-        {providers.length > 0 && (
-          <>
-            <div className={c.fieldLabel}>Members</div>
-            <div className={c.choiceRow}>
-              <button type="button" className={`${c.choice} ${!fromProvider ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} aria-pressed={!fromProvider} onClick={() => setSource("local")}>
-                <b>Added by hand</b>You pick MMGIS accounts.
-              </button>
-              {providers.map((p) => (
-                <button key={p} type="button" className={`${c.choice} ${draft.source === p ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} aria-pressed={draft.source === p} onClick={() => setSource(p)}>
-                  <b>From a {providerName(p)} group</b>Anyone {providerName(p)} lists in that group, kept up to date at sign-in and rechecks.
+        <div className={c.dialogStack}>
+          <div>
+            <div className={c.fieldLabel}>Name in MMGIS</div>
+            <TextField size="small" fullWidth autoFocus placeholder="Science team" value={draft.name} onChange={(e) => setDraft({ ...draft, name: e.target.value })} />
+            <div className={c.help}>What you'll see in Configure.</div>
+          </div>
+          {providers.length > 0 && (
+            <div>
+              <div className={c.fieldLabel}>Members</div>
+              <div className={c.choiceRow}>
+                <button type="button" className={`${c.choice} ${!fromProvider ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} aria-pressed={!fromProvider} onClick={() => setSource("local")}>
+                  {!fromProvider && <CheckCircleIcon className={c.choiceCheck} />}
+                  <b>Added by hand</b>You pick MMGIS accounts.
                 </button>
-              ))}
+                {providers.map((p) => (
+                  <button key={p} type="button" className={`${c.choice} ${draft.source === p ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} aria-pressed={draft.source === p} onClick={() => setSource(p)}>
+                    {draft.source === p && <CheckCircleIcon className={c.choiceCheck} />}
+                    <b>From a {providerName(p)} group</b>Anyone {providerName(p)} lists in that group, kept up to date at sign-in and rechecks.
+                  </button>
+                ))}
+              </div>
             </div>
-          </>
-        )}
-        {fromProvider && (
-          <>
-            <TextField size="small" fullWidth label={`${name} ${info.group_label || "group"}`} InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ mt: 2.5 }} placeholder={info.group_example || ""} value={draft.external_name} helperText={
-                <>
-                  {info.group_hint || `The group's name exactly as ${name} reports it at sign-in.`}
-                  {info.group_example && <span className={c.example}>e.g. <code>{info.group_example}</code></span>}
-                </>
-              } onChange={(e) => setDraft({ ...draft, external_name: e.target.value })} />
-            {info.group_lookup && (
-              <div className={c.lookupBox}>
-                <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Not sure what to enter? Look up someone in the group and pick it from their groups:</div>
-                <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
-                  <TextField size="small" className={c.field} placeholder="Username" value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) findGroups(); }} />
-                  <Button variant="outlined" size="small" className={c.barButton} disabled={!lookupUser.trim()} onClick={findGroups}>Look up</Button>
-                </div>
-                {lookup && lookup.unavailable && <div className={c.hint} style={{ margin: "8px 0 0" }}>{name} can't look people up with its current settings, so enter the group yourself.</div>}
-                {lookup && lookup.error && <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#a8572e", margin: "8px 0 0" }}>{lookup.error}</div>}
-                {lookup && lookup.groups && (
-                  lookup.groups.length ? (
-                    <div className={c.chips}>
-                      {lookup.groups.map((g) => (
-                        <button key={g} type="button" className={`${c.chip} ${draft.external_name === g ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} onClick={() => setDraft({ ...draft, external_name: g })}>{g}</button>
-                      ))}
-                    </div>
-                  ) : <div className={c.hint} style={{ margin: "8px 0 0" }}>{name} reports no groups for them.</div>
-                )}
+          )}
+          {fromProvider && (
+            <div>
+              <div className={c.fieldLabel}>{`${name} ${info.group_label || "group"}`}</div>
+              <TextField size="small" fullWidth placeholder={info.group_example || ""} inputProps={{ style: { fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: 13 } }} value={draft.external_name} onChange={(e) => setDraft({ ...draft, external_name: e.target.value })} />
+              <div className={c.help}>
+                {info.group_hint || `The group's name exactly as ${name} reports it at sign-in.`}
+                {info.group_example && <span className={c.example}>e.g. <code>{info.group_example}</code></span>}
+              </div>
+              {alreadyFollowing.length > 0 && (
+                <Alert severity="warning" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }}>
+                  {alreadyFollowing.map((g) => `'${g.name}'`).join(", ")} already {alreadyFollowing.length === 1 ? "follows" : "follow"} this {name} group, so its members would get the roles of {alreadyFollowing.length === 1 ? "both" : "all of them"}.
+                </Alert>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          )}
+          {fromProvider && info.group_lookup && (
+            <div className={c.lookupBox}>
+              <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Not sure what to enter? Look up someone in the group and pick it from their groups:</div>
+              <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
+                <TextField size="small" sx={{ width: 240 }} placeholder="Username" value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) findGroups(); }} />
+                <Button variant="outlined" disabled={!lookupUser.trim()} onClick={findGroups}>Look up</Button>
               </div>
-            )}
-          </>
-        )}
+              {lookup && lookup.unavailable && <div className={c.help}>{name} can't look people up with its current settings, so enter the group yourself.</div>}
+              {lookup && lookup.error && <Alert severity="error" sx={{ mt: 1 }}>{lookup.error}</Alert>}
+              {lookup && lookup.groups && (
+                lookup.groups.length ? (
+                  <div className={c.chips}>
+                    {lookup.groups.map((g) => (
+                      <button key={g} type="button" className={`${c.chip} ${draft.external_name === g ? c.choiceOn : ""}`} onClick={() => setDraft({ ...draft, external_name: g })}>{g}</button>
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                ) : <div className={c.help}>{name} reports no groups for them.</div>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
       </DialogContent>
-      <DialogActions>
+      <DialogActions sx={{ px: 3, pb: 2 }}>
         <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
         <Button variant="contained" disableElevation startIcon={<AddIcon />} disabled={!ready} onClick={create}>Create group</Button>
       </DialogActions>
@@ -152,7 +186,7 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
               </TableBody>
             </Table>
           </div>
-      {creating && <NewGroupDialog providers={providers} draft={newGroup} setDraft={setNewGroup} onClose={() => setCreating(false)} notify={notify} refresh={refresh} />}
+      {creating && <NewGroupDialog providers={providers} groups={groups} draft={newGroup} setDraft={setNewGroup} onClose={() => setCreating(false)} notify={notify} refresh={refresh} />}
       {providerCheck && <ProviderCheckDialog open providers={providers} roles={roles} onClose={() => setProviderCheck(false)} />}
     </>
   );
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
index 97722a30e7..28d24558c1 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { makeStyles } from "@mui/styles";
 
+// Selected state in the New group dialog (cards and group chips)
+const ACCENT = "#0792c5";
+const ACCENT_TINT = "rgba(7, 146, 197, 0.08)";
+
 export const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   page: {
     width: "100%",
@@ -41,30 +45,38 @@ export const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   },
   search: { width: "320px" },
   barHint: { fontSize: "13px", opacity: 0.75, minWidth: 0 },
-  fieldLabel: { fontSize: "12px", fontWeight: 500, opacity: 0.8, margin: "20px 0 6px" },
+  fieldLabel: { fontSize: "12px", fontWeight: 500, opacity: 0.85, marginBottom: "6px" },
+  // New group dialog: one evenly spaced stack of labeled fields
+  dialogStack: { display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: "20px", paddingTop: "4px" },
+  help: { fontSize: "12px", lineHeight: "18px", opacity: 0.75, marginTop: "6px" },
   // New group: one card per member source
-  choiceRow: { display: "flex", gap: "10px" },
+  choiceRow: { display: "flex", gap: "12px" },
   choice: {
+    position: "relative",
     flex: 1,
+    display: "flex",
+    flexDirection: "column",
+    justifyContent: "flex-start",
     textAlign: "left",
     font: "inherit",
     fontSize: "13px",
     lineHeight: "19px",
-    padding: "10px 12px",
+    padding: "12px 36px 12px 14px",
     borderRadius: "6px",
     cursor: "pointer",
     color: "inherit",
     background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[1000],
-    border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[600]}`,
+    border: `2px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[800]}`,
     "& b": { display: "block", fontSize: "14px", marginBottom: "2px" },
-    "&:hover": { borderColor: theme.palette.swatches.grey[300] },
+    "&:hover": { borderColor: theme.palette.swatches.grey[600] },
   },
   choiceOn: {
-    borderColor: `${theme.palette.swatches.p[0]} !important`,
-    boxShadow: `inset 0 0 0 1px ${theme.palette.swatches.p[0]}`,
+    borderColor: `${ACCENT} !important`,
+    background: `${ACCENT_TINT} !important`,
   },
-  example: { display: "block", marginTop: "4px", "& code": { fontSize: "12px", wordBreak: "break-all" } },
-  lookupBox: { marginTop: "14px", padding: "12px", borderRadius: "4px", background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[900] },
+  choiceCheck: { position: "absolute", top: "10px", right: "10px", fontSize: "20px !important", color: ACCENT },
+  example: { display: "block", "& code": { fontSize: "12px", wordBreak: "break-all" } },
+  lookupBox: { padding: "12px 14px", borderRadius: "4px", background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[900] },
   chips: { display: "flex", flexWrap: "wrap", gap: "6px", marginTop: "10px" },
   chip: {
     font: "inherit",

From 6f77f3d3484773d4bc58375141f641cc4ff7e682 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 01:43:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 113/122] New group dialog: match existing provider groups
 exactly, as sign-in does

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 25a8558ba0..bf4be77a32 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, groups, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, r
     setDraft({ ...draft, source, external_name: "" });
     setLookup(null);
   };
-  const wanted = draft.external_name.trim().toLowerCase();
-  const alreadyFollowing = fromProvider && wanted ? groups.filter((g) => g.source === draft.source && String(g.external_name || "").toLowerCase() === wanted) : [];
+  // Exact, as sign-in matches; a spelling the provider would rewrite (e.g. a DN's case) is caught by the server's note after creating
+  const wanted = draft.external_name.trim();
+  const alreadyFollowing = fromProvider && wanted ? groups.filter((g) => g.source === draft.source && String(g.external_name || "") === wanted) : [];
   const findGroups = () =>
     api("access_effective", { provider: draft.source, username: lookupUser.trim(), groups: "" })
       // No report at all (unlike an empty list) means the provider can't look people up with its current settings

From bd69e4513531d4b1883c10b22faeca5c8f05cbd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 01:50:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 114/122] Groups: Source column, open new groups, stacked panel
 fields with a membership-change warning, readable check errors with the
 provider's display name

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js | 44 +++++++++++++------
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  | 26 +++++++----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js     |  1 +
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  |  4 +-
 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index d1f081c227..b786b213e2 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -46,13 +46,15 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
             : `${providerName(provider)} can't look people up, so enter their groups.`}
         </div>
         <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, marginBottom: 12 }}>
-          <Select size="small" value={provider} onChange={(e) => setProvider(e.target.value)}>
-            {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>{providerName(p)}</MenuItem>)}
-          </Select>
-          <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} placeholder="Username" value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} />
+          {providers.length > 1 && (
+            <Select size="small" value={provider} onChange={(e) => setProvider(e.target.value)}>
+              {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>{providerName(p)}</MenuItem>)}
+            </Select>
+          )}
+          <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} autoFocus placeholder={providers.length > 1 ? "Username" : `${providerName(provider)} username`} value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && username.trim() && provider) check(); }} />
         </div>
         <TextField size="small" fullWidth multiline minRows={2} placeholder={providerGroups(provider).group_example ? `Groups, one per line, e.g.\n${providerGroups(provider).group_example}` : "Groups, one per line"} value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && username.trim()) check(); }} />
-        {error && <div className={c.hint} style={{ color: "#a8572e", marginTop: 12 }}>{error}</div>}
+        {error && <Alert severity="error" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }}>{error}</Alert>}
         {result && (
           <div style={{ marginTop: 16, fontSize: 14, lineHeight: "22px" }}>
             {result.reported !== undefined && (
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
     setExternalName(group.external_name || "");
   }, [group.name, group.external_name]);
   const changed = name.trim() !== group.name || (group.source !== "local" && externalName.trim() !== (group.external_name || ""));
+  const movedTo = group.source !== "local" && externalName.trim() && externalName.trim() !== (group.external_name || "") ? externalName.trim() : null;
+  const ready = changed && name.trim() && (group.source === "local" || externalName.trim());
   const saveGroup = () =>
     api("access_groups_update", { id: group.id, name: name.trim(), ...(group.source !== "local" ? { external_name: externalName.trim() } : {}) })
       .then((res) => { notify("Group updated.", "success"); setSaveNote(res.note || null); refresh(); })
@@ -117,20 +121,34 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
         ]}
       />
       {!on && (
-        <div className={`${c.section} ${c.hint}`} style={{ color: "#a8572e" }}>
-          {providerName(group.source)} isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS on this site, so this group gives its members nothing right now; the members listed are from before it was removed.
+        <div className={c.section}>
+          <Alert severity="warning">{providerName(group.source)} isn't in AUTH_PROVIDERS on this site, so this group gives its members nothing right now; the members listed are from before it was removed.</Alert>
         </div>
       )}
       <div className={c.section}>
         <Typography className={c.sectionTitle}>Group</Typography>
-        <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, alignItems: "center" }}>
-          <TextField size="small" label="Name" InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ flex: 1 }} value={name} onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && changed && name.trim()) saveGroup(); }} />
+        <div className={c.dialogStack}>
+          <div>
+            <div className={c.fieldLabel}>Name in MMGIS</div>
+            <TextField size="small" fullWidth value={name} onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && ready) saveGroup(); }} />
+          </div>
           {group.source !== "local" && (
-            <TextField size="small" label={`${providerName(group.source)} ${providerGroups(group.source).group_label || "group"}`} InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }} sx={{ flex: 1 }} value={externalName} onChange={(e) => setExternalName(e.target.value)} />
+            <div>
+              <div className={c.fieldLabel}>{`${providerName(group.source)} ${providerGroups(group.source).group_label || "group"}`}</div>
+              <TextField size="small" fullWidth inputProps={{ style: { fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: 13 } }} placeholder={providerGroups(group.source).group_example || ""} value={externalName} onChange={(e) => setExternalName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && ready) saveGroup(); }} />
+              <div className={c.help}>{providerGroups(group.source).group_hint || `The group's name exactly as ${providerName(group.source)} reports it at sign-in.`}</div>
+              {movedTo && (
+                <Alert severity="warning" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }}>
+                  Saving changes who's in this group: its members become whoever {providerName(group.source)} lists in <b>{movedTo}</b>, as they sign in or are rechecked.
+                </Alert>
+              )}
+            </div>
           )}
-          <Button variant="outlined" size="small" disabled={!changed || !name.trim() || (group.source !== "local" && !externalName.trim())} onClick={saveGroup}>
-            Save
-          </Button>
+          <div>
+            <Button variant="outlined" size="small" disabled={!ready} onClick={saveGroup}>
+              Save
+            </Button>
+          </div>
         </div>
         {saveNote && <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }} onClose={() => setSaveNote(null)}>{saveNote}</Alert>}
       </div>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index bf4be77a32..2183c3b3bc 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { useRemembered } from "./hooks";
 const EMPTY_GROUP = { name: "", source: "local", external_name: "" };
 
 // New group: where its members come from, and for a provider group, which of the provider's groups it follows
-function NewGroupDialog({ providers, groups, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, refresh }) {
+function NewGroupDialog({ providers, groups, draft, setDraft, onClose, onCreated, notify, refresh }) {
   const c = useStyles();
   const [lookupUser, setLookupUser] = useState("");
   const [lookup, setLookup] = useState(null);
@@ -50,23 +50,24 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, groups, draft, setDraft, onClose, notify, r
         refresh();
         // The server fills a provider group from the people already signed in, in the background
         if (fromProvider) setTimeout(refresh, 4000);
-        if (res.note) setCreated({ name: made, note: res.note });
+        const id = res.body && res.body.id;
+        if (res.note) setCreated({ name: made, note: res.note, id });
         else {
           notify(`Created group '${made}'.`, "success");
-          onClose();
+          onCreated(id);
         }
       })
       .catch((res) => notify(res.message || "Failed to create group.", "error"));
   const ready = draft.name.trim() && (!fromProvider || draft.external_name.trim());
   if (created)
     return (
-      <Dialog open onClose={onClose} maxWidth="sm" fullWidth>
+      <Dialog open onClose={() => onCreated(created.id)} maxWidth="sm" fullWidth>
         <DialogTitle>Created group '{created.name}'</DialogTitle>
         <DialogContent>
           <Alert severity="info">{created.note}</Alert>
         </DialogContent>
         <DialogActions>
-          <Button variant="contained" disableElevation onClick={onClose}>Done</Button>
+          <Button variant="contained" disableElevation onClick={() => onCreated(created.id)}>Done</Button>
         </DialogActions>
       </Dialog>
     );
@@ -149,6 +150,11 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
   const [newGroup, setNewGroup] = useRemembered(remember, "newGroup", EMPTY_GROUP);
   const [creating, setCreating] = useState(false);
   const [providerCheck, setProviderCheck] = useState(false);
+  // A new group needs access next, so open it
+  const opened = (id) => {
+    setCreating(false);
+    if (id != null) setPanel({ type: "group", id });
+  };
   const [providers] = useState(
     String(window.mmgisglobal.AUTH_PROVIDERS || "").split(",").filter((p) => p && p !== "local")
   );
@@ -166,28 +172,30 @@ export default function GroupsTab({ ctx }) {
               <TableHead>
                 <TableRow>
                   <TableCell>Group</TableCell>
+                  <TableCell>Source</TableCell>
                   <TableCell>Members</TableCell>
                   <TableCell>Access</TableCell>
                 </TableRow>
               </TableHead>
               <TableBody>
                 {groups.length === 0 && (
-                  <TableRow><TableCell colSpan={3} className={c.muted}>No groups yet.</TableCell></TableRow>
+                  <TableRow><TableCell colSpan={4} className={c.muted}>No groups yet. Click New group to make one.</TableCell></TableRow>
                 )}
                 {groups.map((g) => {
                   const own = bindings.filter((b) => b.subject_type === "group" && String(b.subject_id) === String(g.id));
                   return (
                     <TableRow key={g.id} className={c.clickRow} {...rowActivate(() => setPanel({ type: "group", id: g.id }))}>
                       <TableCell><SubjectTag type="group" name={g.name} showKind={false} /></TableCell>
-                      <TableCell>{g.source === "local" ? g.members.length : `${g.members.length} from ${providerName(g.source)} (${g.external_name})`}</TableCell>
-                      <TableCell>{own.map((b) => `${(roles[b.role] || {}).label || b.role}: ${b.scope_type === "global" ? "site-wide" : b.scope_type === "layer" ? `${b.mission || "?"} › ${(allLayerPaths[b.mission] || {})[b.layer_uuid] || "folder"}` : b.mission}`).join(" · ") || <span className={c.muted}>—</span>}</TableCell>
+                      <TableCell>{g.source === "local" ? "Added by hand" : <>{providerName(g.source)} · <code className={c.groupCode}>{g.external_name}</code></>}</TableCell>
+                      <TableCell>{g.members.length}</TableCell>
+                      <TableCell>{own.map((b) => `${(roles[b.role] || {}).label || b.role}: ${b.scope_type === "global" ? "site-wide" : b.scope_type === "layer" ? `${b.mission || "?"} › ${(allLayerPaths[b.mission] || {})[b.layer_uuid] || "folder"}` : b.mission}`).join(" · ") || <span className={c.muted}>None yet</span>}</TableCell>
                     </TableRow>
                   );
                 })}
               </TableBody>
             </Table>
           </div>
-      {creating && <NewGroupDialog providers={providers} groups={groups} draft={newGroup} setDraft={setNewGroup} onClose={() => setCreating(false)} notify={notify} refresh={refresh} />}
+      {creating && <NewGroupDialog providers={providers} groups={groups} draft={newGroup} setDraft={setNewGroup} onClose={() => setCreating(false)} onCreated={opened} notify={notify} refresh={refresh} />}
       {providerCheck && <ProviderCheckDialog open providers={providers} roles={roles} onClose={() => setProviderCheck(false)} />}
     </>
   );
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
index 28d24558c1..f16127ce7b 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   },
   search: { width: "320px" },
   barHint: { fontSize: "13px", opacity: 0.75, minWidth: 0 },
+  groupCode: { fontSize: "12px", wordBreak: "break-all" },
   fieldLabel: { fontSize: "12px", fontWeight: 500, opacity: 0.85, marginBottom: "6px" },
   // New group dialog: one evenly spaced stack of labeled fields
   dialogStack: { display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: "20px", paddingTop: "4px" },
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index e42a6c1353..28f39489a2 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ router.get("/effective", manage, async (req, res) => {
         target = await providers.reportedGroups(provider, username);
       } catch (err) {
         logger("error", `Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider} to check their access.`, "access", req, err);
-        throw new bindings.BindingError(`Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${provider}: it's unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). Enter their groups instead.`);
+        throw new bindings.BindingError(`Couldn't look up '${username}' at ${providers.providerLabel(provider)}: it's unreachable or refused its service account (see the server log). Enter their groups instead.`);
       }
       if (target) reported = target.groups;
       if (target === null)
-        throw new bindings.BindingError(`${provider} has no single entry with the username '${username}', or it's disabled or left out by its user search filter.`);
+        throw new bindings.BindingError(`${providers.providerLabel(provider)} has no single entry with the username '${username}', or it's disabled or left out by its user search filter.`);
     }
     // The access shown is a sign-in with no account yet; an account already holding the name changes that
     // Accounts follow the directory entry, not its username: a renamed person keeps their account, and a

From 6f3e08c97fce3fe566b7fa500938230a08116767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 17:42:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 115/122] Avoid super-linear regexes on login input and handle
 Configure key-handler promises

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/siteAccess.js                 | 12 +++++++++++-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js |  8 ++++----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  |  2 +-
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js              |  4 +++-
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       |  2 +-
 tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js              |  4 ++++
 6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
index 7860e42020..795de1e3a1 100644
--- a/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
+++ b/API/permissions/siteAccess.js
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ const RENAMED_ENVS = {
   CSSO_PROXY_SECRET: "PROXY_SECRET", // pragma: allowlist secret
 };
 
+// Strips spaces, brackets and quotes off both ends in linear time, unlike a trailing [...]+$ regex
+function trimListJunk(p) {
+  const junk = (ch) => /[\s[\]"']/.test(ch);
+  let a = 0;
+  let b = p.length;
+  while (a < b && junk(p[a])) a++;
+  while (b > a && junk(p[b - 1])) b--;
+  return p.slice(a, b);
+}
+
 function parseProviders(raw) {
   if (raw == null || String(raw).trim() === "") return ["local"];
   let parsed;
@@ -26,7 +36,7 @@ function parseProviders(raw) {
     // e.g. [local,ldap] without quotes
     parsed = String(raw)
       .split(",")
-      .map((p) => p.replace(/^[\s\["']+|[\s\]"']+$/g, ""))
+      .map(trimListJunk)
       .filter(Boolean);
   }
   if (typeof parsed === "string") parsed = [parsed];
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index b786b213e2..39fa3ef3ed 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
               {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>{providerName(p)}</MenuItem>)}
             </Select>
           )}
-          <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} autoFocus placeholder={providers.length > 1 ? "Username" : `${providerName(provider)} username`} value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && username.trim() && provider) check(); }} />
+          <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} autoFocus placeholder={providers.length > 1 ? "Username" : `${providerName(provider)} username`} value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && username.trim() && provider) void check(); }} />
         </div>
-        <TextField size="small" fullWidth multiline minRows={2} placeholder={providerGroups(provider).group_example ? `Groups, one per line, e.g.\n${providerGroups(provider).group_example}` : "Groups, one per line"} value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && username.trim()) check(); }} />
+        <TextField size="small" fullWidth multiline minRows={2} placeholder={providerGroups(provider).group_example ? `Groups, one per line, e.g.\n${providerGroups(provider).group_example}` : "Groups, one per line"} value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && username.trim()) void check(); }} />
         {error && <Alert severity="error" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }}>{error}</Alert>}
         {result && (
           <div style={{ marginTop: 16, fontSize: 14, lineHeight: "22px" }}>
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ export function GroupPanel({ group, ctx }) {
         <div className={c.dialogStack}>
           <div>
             <div className={c.fieldLabel}>Name in MMGIS</div>
-            <TextField size="small" fullWidth value={name} onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && ready) saveGroup(); }} />
+            <TextField size="small" fullWidth value={name} onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && ready) void saveGroup(); }} />
           </div>
           {group.source !== "local" && (
             <div>
               <div className={c.fieldLabel}>{`${providerName(group.source)} ${providerGroups(group.source).group_label || "group"}`}</div>
-              <TextField size="small" fullWidth inputProps={{ style: { fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: 13 } }} placeholder={providerGroups(group.source).group_example || ""} value={externalName} onChange={(e) => setExternalName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && ready) saveGroup(); }} />
+              <TextField size="small" fullWidth inputProps={{ style: { fontFamily: "monospace", fontSize: 13 } }} placeholder={providerGroups(group.source).group_example || ""} value={externalName} onChange={(e) => setExternalName(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && ready) void saveGroup(); }} />
               <div className={c.help}>{providerGroups(group.source).group_hint || `The group's name exactly as ${providerName(group.source)} reports it at sign-in.`}</div>
               {movedTo && (
                 <Alert severity="warning" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }}>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 2183c3b3bc..d11d11ee8f 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, groups, draft, setDraft, onClose, onCreated
             <div className={c.lookupBox}>
               <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Not sure what to enter? Look up someone in the group and pick it from their groups:</div>
               <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
-                <TextField size="small" sx={{ width: 240 }} placeholder="Username" value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) findGroups(); }} />
+                <TextField size="small" sx={{ width: 240 }} placeholder="Username" value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) void findGroups(); }} />
                 <Button variant="outlined" disabled={!lookupUser.trim()} onClick={findGroups}>Look up</Button>
               </div>
               {lookup && lookup.unavailable && <div className={c.help}>{name} can't look people up with its current settings, so enter the group yourself.</div>}
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index 41343d7da3..a96a46aae4 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ const fill = (template, values) =>
 // dn is inside base: it ends with ",base" at an unescaped comma (normalizeDn escapes "\\" as "\\\\")
 function underBase(dn, base) {
   if (!dn.endsWith(`,${base}`)) return false;
-  return dn.slice(0, dn.length - base.length - 1).match(/\\*$/)[0].length % 2 === 0;
+  let slashes = 0;
+  for (let i = dn.length - base.length - 2; i >= 0 && dn[i] === "\\"; i--) slashes++;
+  return slashes % 2 === 0;
 }
 
 function normalizeDn(dn) {
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index 36b1ed74e6..9ac75ec114 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const accountKey = (username, form = 'local') => {
     .replace(/\u0130/g, 'I')
     .toLowerCase()
     .replace(/^[^\\]*\\/, '');
-  return form === 'local' ? key.replace(/@.*$/, '') : key;
+  return form === 'local' ? key.split('@')[0] : key;
 };
 
 // Failed logins per account and login form, so MMGIS stops before a directory locks the account.
diff --git a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
index 1ebb82fc50..12321c5331 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ test.describe('Rate limiting configuration', () => {
     expect(accountKey('ＣＯＲＰ\\ｌdap_Bob')).toBe('ldap_bob');
     expect(accountKey(' Alice@corp.example.org ')).toBe('alice');
     expect(accountKey('ldap_alİce')).toBe('ldap_alice');
+    // A long login username must not stall the server while its key is worked out
+    const started = Date.now();
+    expect(accountKey(`${'@'.repeat(200000)}\nx`)).toBe('');
+    expect(Date.now() - started).toBeLessThan(500);
     expect(accountKey(' Alice@corp.example.org ', 'ldap')).toBe('alice@corp.example.org');
     expect(accountKey('CORP\\Alice', 'ldap')).toBe('alice');
     expect(accountLimiterFor('local')).toBe(accountLimiter);

From 376ab4d5ed9a7d4d89638c0858b86c077899dc44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 17:48:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 116/122] Refuse usernames over 255 characters on every route

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js |  2 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js  |  2 +-
 .../Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js       |  1 +
 .../src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js      |  1 +
 plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js     |  1 +
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                       | 11 +++++++++-
 scripts/server.js                             |  3 ++-
 .../UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js  |  2 +-
 tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js              | 21 ++++++++++++++++++-
 views/adminlogin.pug                          |  2 +-
 views/login.pug                               |  2 +-
 views/resetpassword.pug                       |  2 +-
 12 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index 39fa3ef3ed..0f44e7d34b 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
               {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>{providerName(p)}</MenuItem>)}
             </Select>
           )}
-          <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} autoFocus placeholder={providers.length > 1 ? "Username" : `${providerName(provider)} username`} value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && username.trim() && provider) void check(); }} />
+          <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} autoFocus inputProps={{ maxLength: 255 }} placeholder={providers.length > 1 ? "Username" : `${providerName(provider)} username`} value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && username.trim() && provider) void check(); }} />
         </div>
         <TextField size="small" fullWidth multiline minRows={2} placeholder={providerGroups(provider).group_example ? `Groups, one per line, e.g.\n${providerGroups(provider).group_example}` : "Groups, one per line"} value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && username.trim()) void check(); }} />
         {error && <Alert severity="error" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }}>{error}</Alert>}
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index d11d11ee8f..5c113a848f 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, groups, draft, setDraft, onClose, onCreated
             <div className={c.lookupBox}>
               <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Not sure what to enter? Look up someone in the group and pick it from their groups:</div>
               <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
-                <TextField size="small" sx={{ width: 240 }} placeholder="Username" value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) void findGroups(); }} />
+                <TextField size="small" sx={{ width: 240 }} placeholder="Username" inputProps={{ maxLength: 255 }} value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) void findGroups(); }} />
                 <Button variant="outlined" disabled={!lookupUser.trim()} onClick={findGroups}>Look up</Button>
               </div>
               {lookup && lookup.unavailable && <div className={c.help}>{name} can't look people up with its current settings, so enter the group yourself.</div>}
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js
index 351ad4755f..8f43e85b49 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ const NewUserModal = (props) => {
           value={userName}
           inputProps={{
             autoComplete: "off",
+            maxLength: 255,
           }}
           onChange={(e) => {
             setUserName(e.target.value);
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 1d270f97f1..1325316ed2 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
                 label="Username at the provider"
                 placeholder={(providerLogin && providerLogin.username) || user.username}
                 value={relinkName}
+                inputProps={{ maxLength: 255 }}
                 onChange={(e) => setRelinkName(e.target.value)}
               />
               {relinkProviders.map((p) => (
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js b/plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js
index 06973ff17d..4c64b6b115 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ var User = sequelize.define(
       type: Sequelize.STRING,
       unique: true,
       allowNull: false,
+      validate: { len: [0, 255] },
     },
     email: {
       type: Sequelize.STRING,
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index 9ac75ec114..b0b295903d 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -108,4 +108,13 @@ const computeLimiter = rateLimit({
   message: { status: 'failure', message: 'Rate limit exceeded.' },
 });
 
-module.exports = { apilimiter, authLimiter, failedLoginLimit, accountLimiter, accountLimiterFor, resetFailedLogins, accountKey, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
+// The users table stores usernames in 255 characters; anything longer is refused before any lookup or limiter works on it
+const MAX_USERNAME = 255;
+function rejectLongUsername(req, res, next) {
+  const u = req.body && req.body.username;
+  if (typeof u === 'string' && u.length > MAX_USERNAME)
+    return res.status(400).send({ status: 'failure', message: `Usernames can be at most ${MAX_USERNAME} characters.` });
+  next();
+}
+
+module.exports = { MAX_USERNAME, rejectLongUsername, apilimiter, authLimiter, failedLoginLimit, accountLimiter, accountLimiterFor, resetFailedLogins, accountKey, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
diff --git a/scripts/server.js b/scripts/server.js
index 9d05789ce6..a31bf1ff86 100644
--- a/scripts/server.js
+++ b/scripts/server.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ process.on("uncaughtException", (err) => {
   );
   if (!survivable) process.exit(1);
 });
-const { apilimiter, authLimiter, computeLimiter } = require("./rateLimiters");
+const { apilimiter, authLimiter, computeLimiter, rejectLongUsername } = require("./rateLimiters");
 const compression = require("compression");
 
 const session = require("express-session");
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
   if (req.body === undefined) req.body = {};
   next();
 });
+app.use(rejectLongUsername);
 
 app.use(cookieParser());
 
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index e458f09c69..9f8e69af34 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var modalFormSignIn =
   "<form id='loginForm' accept-charset='UTF-8'>" +
     "<div class='field'>" +
       "<label id='loginUsernameLabel' for='loginUsernameInput'>Username</label>" +
-      "<input id='loginUsernameInput' name='username' type='text' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false'>" +
+      "<input id='loginUsernameInput' name='username' type='text' maxlength='255' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false'>" +
       "<i id='loginUsernameInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
     "</div>" +
     "<div id='loginEmail' class='field' style='display: none'>" +
diff --git a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
index 12321c5331..1ebc9e2c8c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
 
-const { apilimiter, authLimiter, computeLimiter } = require('../../scripts/rateLimiters');
+const { apilimiter, authLimiter, computeLimiter, rejectLongUsername, MAX_USERNAME } = require('../../scripts/rateLimiters');
 
 test.describe('Rate limiting configuration', () => {
   test('authLimiter config has 10 max attempts per 15 min window', () => {
@@ -42,4 +42,23 @@ test.describe('Rate limiting configuration', () => {
     expect(accountLimiterFor('local')).toBe(accountLimiter);
     expect(accountLimiterFor('ldap')).not.toBe(accountLimiter);
   });
+  test('usernames longer than 255 characters are refused on every route', () => {
+    const run = (username) => {
+      const res = { code: null, body: null, status(c) { this.code = c; return this; }, send(b) { this.body = b; return this; } };
+      let passed = false;
+      rejectLongUsername({ body: { username } }, res, () => { passed = true; });
+      return { passed, res };
+    };
+    expect(MAX_USERNAME).toBe(255);
+    expect(run('a'.repeat(255)).passed).toBe(true);
+    expect(run(undefined).passed).toBe(true);
+    expect(run(42).passed).toBe(true);
+    const long = run('a'.repeat(256));
+    expect(long.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(long.res.code).toBe(400);
+    expect(long.res.body).toEqual({ status: 'failure', message: 'Usernames can be at most 255 characters.' });
+    let passed = false;
+    rejectLongUsername({}, {}, () => { passed = true; });
+    expect(passed).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/views/adminlogin.pug b/views/adminlogin.pug
index 66989d1750..a44d7aeba9 100644
--- a/views/adminlogin.pug
+++ b/views/adminlogin.pug
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ body.mmgisScrollbar
       h5#signInTitle Sign in to your account.
       +loginProviders(forms)
       label#username_label.fieldLabel(for='username')= forms.length ? forms[0].usernameLabel : 'Username'
-      input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
+      input#username(type='text' name='username' maxlength='255' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
       label.fieldLabel(for='pwd') Password
       input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='current-password')
       label#pwd_retype_label.fieldLabel(for='pwd_retype') Retype Password
diff --git a/views/login.pug b/views/login.pug
index d67efa4ac8..962e9ae6d2 100644
--- a/views/login.pug
+++ b/views/login.pug
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ html(lang='en')
         if forms.length
           +loginProviders(forms)
           label#username_label.fieldLabel(for="username")= forms[0].usernameLabel
-          input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
+          input#username(type='text' name='username' maxlength='255' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
           label#email_label.fieldLabel(for="email") Email
           input#email(type='text' name='email' autocomplete='email')
           div#email_description An email is optional.
diff --git a/views/resetpassword.pug b/views/resetpassword.pug
index dc65a96d36..220dc5d00a 100644
--- a/views/resetpassword.pug
+++ b/views/resetpassword.pug
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ html(lang='en')
           span your password.
         h5 If you have forgotten your account credentials,<br>request a password reset from your administrator.
         label.fieldLabel(for="username") Username
-        input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='off')
+        input#username(type='text' name='username' maxlength='255' autocomplete='off')
         label.fieldLabel(for="pwd") New Password
         input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
         label.fieldLabel(for="pwd_retype") Retype New Password

From 8f751bb88b3ab404f246ddd280b380d6e535e8b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 17:52:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 117/122] Count username length in characters as PostgreSQL
 does; refuse long usernames after CORS

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                              | 5 +++--
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js             | 2 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js              | 2 +-
 .../pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js | 1 -
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js            | 1 -
 plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js                          | 6 +++---
 plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js                 | 7 ++++++-
 scripts/rateLimiters.js                                   | 8 +++++---
 scripts/server.js                                         | 3 ++-
 .../Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js       | 2 +-
 tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js                          | 7 ++++++-
 views/adminlogin.pug                                      | 2 +-
 views/login.pug                                           | 2 +-
 views/resetpassword.pug                                   | 2 +-
 14 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 0bdcb553b5..6809139531 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -769,8 +769,9 @@ async function linkIdentity(identity, m = accountModels(), retried = false) {
       );
   }
   // MMGIS stores both in 255-character columns
-  if (identity.subject.length > 255 || identity.username.length > 255)
-    throw new LinkError(`The ${identity.subject.length > 255 ? "subject" : "username"} is longer than the 255 characters MMGIS can store.`);
+  const chars = (s) => [...s].length;
+  if (chars(identity.subject) > 255 || chars(identity.username) > 255)
+    throw new LinkError(`The ${chars(identity.subject) > 255 ? "subject" : "username"} is longer than the 255 characters MMGIS can store.`);
   if (reservedUsername(identity.username))
     throw new LinkError(`The username '${identity.username}' is reserved in MMGIS.`);
   if (unsafeUsername(identity.username))
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
index 0f44e7d34b..39fa3ef3ed 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupPanel.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export function ProviderCheckDialog({ open, providers, roles, onClose }) {
               {providers.map((p) => <MenuItem key={p} value={p}>{providerName(p)}</MenuItem>)}
             </Select>
           )}
-          <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} autoFocus inputProps={{ maxLength: 255 }} placeholder={providers.length > 1 ? "Username" : `${providerName(provider)} username`} value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && username.trim() && provider) void check(); }} />
+          <TextField size="small" sx={{ flex: 1 }} autoFocus placeholder={providers.length > 1 ? "Username" : `${providerName(provider)} username`} value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && username.trim() && provider) void check(); }} />
         </div>
         <TextField size="small" fullWidth multiline minRows={2} placeholder={providerGroups(provider).group_example ? `Groups, one per line, e.g.\n${providerGroups(provider).group_example}` : "Groups, one per line"} value={groupClaims} onChange={(e) => setGroupClaims(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && username.trim()) void check(); }} />
         {error && <Alert severity="error" sx={{ mt: 1.5 }}>{error}</Alert>}
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
index 5c113a848f..d11d11ee8f 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/GroupsTab.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function NewGroupDialog({ providers, groups, draft, setDraft, onClose, onCreated
             <div className={c.lookupBox}>
               <div className={c.hint} style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Not sure what to enter? Look up someone in the group and pick it from their groups:</div>
               <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
-                <TextField size="small" sx={{ width: 240 }} placeholder="Username" inputProps={{ maxLength: 255 }} value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) void findGroups(); }} />
+                <TextField size="small" sx={{ width: 240 }} placeholder="Username" value={lookupUser} onChange={(e) => setLookupUser(e.target.value)} onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" && lookupUser.trim()) void findGroups(); }} />
                 <Button variant="outlined" disabled={!lookupUser.trim()} onClick={findGroups}>Look up</Button>
               </div>
               {lookup && lookup.unavailable && <div className={c.help}>{name} can't look people up with its current settings, so enter the group yourself.</div>}
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js
index 8f43e85b49..351ad4755f 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/Modals/NewUserModal/NewUserModal.js
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ const NewUserModal = (props) => {
           value={userName}
           inputProps={{
             autoComplete: "off",
-            maxLength: 255,
           }}
           onChange={(e) => {
             setUserName(e.target.value);
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
index 1325316ed2..1d270f97f1 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PersonPanel.js
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ export function PersonPanel({ user, ctx }) {
                 label="Username at the provider"
                 placeholder={(providerLogin && providerLogin.username) || user.username}
                 value={relinkName}
-                inputProps={{ maxLength: 255 }}
                 onChange={(e) => setRelinkName(e.target.value)}
               />
               {relinkProviders.map((p) => (
diff --git a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
index a96a46aae4..4dd7ed6c65 100644
--- a/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/core/auth/Ldap/plugin.js
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ async function selfCheck(c = config(), createClient = newClient) {
 }
 
 const validUsername = (u) =>
-  typeof u === "string" && u.trim() !== "" && u.length <= MAX_USERNAME && !/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(u.trim());
+  typeof u === "string" && u.trim() !== "" && [...u].length <= MAX_USERNAME && !/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]/.test(u.trim());
 
 // e.g. someone in hundreds of AD groups, on one log line at every sign-in
 const shortList = (items, max = 20) => items.slice(0, max).join(" | ") + (items.length > max ? ` | … ${items.length - max} more` : "");
@@ -902,8 +902,8 @@ module.exports = {
       const c = config();
       const name = c.displayName;
       const body = req.body || {};
-      if (typeof body.username === "string" && body.username.length > MAX_USERNAME) {
-        ctx.logger("info", `Refused ${name} login: the username is ${body.username.length} characters, more than ${MAX_USERNAME}.`, "Ldap");
+      if (typeof body.username === "string" && [...body.username].length > MAX_USERNAME) {
+        ctx.logger("info", `Refused ${name} login: the username is ${[...body.username].length} characters, more than ${MAX_USERNAME}.`, "Ldap");
         return res.status(400).send({ status: "failure", message: `Usernames can be at most ${MAX_USERNAME} characters.` });
       }
       if (!validUsername(body.username) || typeof body.password !== "string" || body.password === "")
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js b/plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js
index 4c64b6b115..5ffe4e0c54 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Users/models/user.js
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ var User = sequelize.define(
       type: Sequelize.STRING,
       unique: true,
       allowNull: false,
-      validate: { len: [0, 255] },
+      validate: {
+        // In characters, as PostgreSQL counts them (an emoji's JS .length is 2)
+        atMost255(v) {
+          if (v != null && [...String(v)].length > 255) throw new Error("Usernames can be at most 255 characters.");
+        },
+      },
     },
     email: {
       type: Sequelize.STRING,
diff --git a/scripts/rateLimiters.js b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
index b0b295903d..82a98f3a84 100644
--- a/scripts/rateLimiters.js
+++ b/scripts/rateLimiters.js
@@ -110,11 +110,13 @@ const computeLimiter = rateLimit({
 
 // The users table stores usernames in 255 characters; anything longer is refused before any lookup or limiter works on it
 const MAX_USERNAME = 255;
+// Counted as PostgreSQL does, in characters: an emoji is one, though its JS .length is 2
+const usernameTooLong = (u) =>
+  typeof u === 'string' && u.length > MAX_USERNAME && (u.length > 2 * MAX_USERNAME || [...u].length > MAX_USERNAME);
 function rejectLongUsername(req, res, next) {
-  const u = req.body && req.body.username;
-  if (typeof u === 'string' && u.length > MAX_USERNAME)
+  if (usernameTooLong(req.body && req.body.username))
     return res.status(400).send({ status: 'failure', message: `Usernames can be at most ${MAX_USERNAME} characters.` });
   next();
 }
 
-module.exports = { MAX_USERNAME, rejectLongUsername, apilimiter, authLimiter, failedLoginLimit, accountLimiter, accountLimiterFor, resetFailedLogins, accountKey, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
+module.exports = { MAX_USERNAME, usernameTooLong, rejectLongUsername, apilimiter, authLimiter, failedLoginLimit, accountLimiter, accountLimiterFor, resetFailedLogins, accountKey, signupLimiter, resetLimiter, computeLimiter };
diff --git a/scripts/server.js b/scripts/server.js
index a31bf1ff86..8f599c2f2e 100644
--- a/scripts/server.js
+++ b/scripts/server.js
@@ -746,7 +746,6 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
   if (req.body === undefined) req.body = {};
   next();
 });
-app.use(rejectLongUsername);
 
 app.use(cookieParser());
 
@@ -759,6 +758,8 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
   })(req, res, next);
 });
 // app.set('Origin', false);
+// After CORS, so allowed cross-origin pages can read the refusal
+app.use(rejectLongUsername);
 
 /*Require all dynamic backend setup scripts
 and return functions that bulk run their functions
diff --git a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
index 9f8e69af34..e458f09c69 100644
--- a/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
+++ b/src/essence/Basics/UserInterface_/components/Login/Login.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var modalFormSignIn =
   "<form id='loginForm' accept-charset='UTF-8'>" +
     "<div class='field'>" +
       "<label id='loginUsernameLabel' for='loginUsernameInput'>Username</label>" +
-      "<input id='loginUsernameInput' name='username' type='text' maxlength='255' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false'>" +
+      "<input id='loginUsernameInput' name='username' type='text' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false'>" +
       "<i id='loginUsernameInputIcon' style='opacity: 0;'></i>" +
     "</div>" +
     "<div id='loginEmail' class='field' style='display: none'>" +
diff --git a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
index 1ebc9e2c8c..d9c4e2f852 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/rate-limiting.spec.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
 
-const { apilimiter, authLimiter, computeLimiter, rejectLongUsername, MAX_USERNAME } = require('../../scripts/rateLimiters');
+const { apilimiter, authLimiter, computeLimiter, rejectLongUsername, usernameTooLong, MAX_USERNAME } = require('../../scripts/rateLimiters');
 
 test.describe('Rate limiting configuration', () => {
   test('authLimiter config has 10 max attempts per 15 min window', () => {
@@ -60,5 +60,10 @@ test.describe('Rate limiting configuration', () => {
     let passed = false;
     rejectLongUsername({}, {}, () => { passed = true; });
     expect(passed).toBe(true);
+    // Characters as PostgreSQL counts them: 254 + one emoji fits varchar(255)
+    expect(usernameTooLong(`${'a'.repeat(254)}\u{1F600}`)).toBe(false);
+    expect(usernameTooLong(`${'a'.repeat(255)}\u{1F600}`)).toBe(true);
+    expect(usernameTooLong('\u{1F600}'.repeat(255))).toBe(false);
+    expect(usernameTooLong('\u{1F600}'.repeat(256))).toBe(true);
   });
 });
diff --git a/views/adminlogin.pug b/views/adminlogin.pug
index a44d7aeba9..66989d1750 100644
--- a/views/adminlogin.pug
+++ b/views/adminlogin.pug
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ body.mmgisScrollbar
       h5#signInTitle Sign in to your account.
       +loginProviders(forms)
       label#username_label.fieldLabel(for='username')= forms.length ? forms[0].usernameLabel : 'Username'
-      input#username(type='text' name='username' maxlength='255' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
+      input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
       label.fieldLabel(for='pwd') Password
       input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='current-password')
       label#pwd_retype_label.fieldLabel(for='pwd_retype') Retype Password
diff --git a/views/login.pug b/views/login.pug
index 962e9ae6d2..d67efa4ac8 100644
--- a/views/login.pug
+++ b/views/login.pug
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ html(lang='en')
         if forms.length
           +loginProviders(forms)
           label#username_label.fieldLabel(for="username")= forms[0].usernameLabel
-          input#username(type='text' name='username' maxlength='255' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
+          input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='username' autocapitalize='none' spellcheck='false')
           label#email_label.fieldLabel(for="email") Email
           input#email(type='text' name='email' autocomplete='email')
           div#email_description An email is optional.
diff --git a/views/resetpassword.pug b/views/resetpassword.pug
index 220dc5d00a..dc65a96d36 100644
--- a/views/resetpassword.pug
+++ b/views/resetpassword.pug
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ html(lang='en')
           span your password.
         h5 If you have forgotten your account credentials,<br>request a password reset from your administrator.
         label.fieldLabel(for="username") Username
-        input#username(type='text' name='username' maxlength='255' autocomplete='off')
+        input#username(type='text' name='username' autocomplete='off')
         label.fieldLabel(for="pwd") New Password
         input#pwd(type='password' name='password' autocomplete='off')
         label.fieldLabel(for="pwd_retype") Retype New Password

From a6c1a55cb60a9db8d512e7ad111adc4c39e7b669 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 19:44:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 118/122] Configure: account menu showing permission level and
 its source; SuperAdmin badge in plum

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 API/permissions/providers.js                  |   5 +
 .../src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js | 257 ++++++++++++++++++
 configure/src/components/Main/Main.js         |  57 +---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js     |   4 +-
 plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js  |  45 ++-
 5 files changed, 312 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js

diff --git a/API/permissions/providers.js b/API/permissions/providers.js
index 6809139531..61b10fe21f 100644
--- a/API/permissions/providers.js
+++ b/API/permissions/providers.js
@@ -1373,6 +1373,11 @@ module.exports = {
   loginForms,
   providerLabel,
   providerInfo,
+  // Name and icon of the provider someone signed in with, for their account menu
+  providerBadge: (id) => {
+    const p = getProvider(id);
+    return p && p.id !== "local" ? { id: p.id, label: providerLabel(p.id), icon: providerIcon(p) } : null;
+  },
   loginLinks,
   logoutUrl,
   mountProviderRoutes,
diff --git a/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js b/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..434f796c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useDispatch } from "react-redux";
+import { makeStyles } from "@mui/styles";
+import Popover from "@mui/material/Popover";
+import Button from "@mui/material/Button";
+import MapIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Map";
+
+import { calls } from "../../core/calls";
+import { setSnackBarText } from "../../core/ConfigureStore";
+import { useStyles as useAccessStyles } from "../../pages/UsersAccess/styles";
+import { ROLE_RANK, ROLE_HELP } from "../../pages/UsersAccess/shared";
+
+const ROLE_LABEL = {
+  superadmin: "SuperAdmin",
+  data_admin: "Data Admin",
+  mission_admin: "Mission Admin",
+  layer_editor: "Layer Editor",
+  user: "User",
+};
+const AUDIENCE_TEXT = { authenticated: "Everyone signed in", everyone: "Everyone" };
+
+// Same colour per username as the main site's account button
+export function avatarColor(name) {
+  let h = 0;
+  for (const ch of String(name || "")) h = (ch.charCodeAt(0) + ((h << 5) - h)) | 0;
+  return `hsl(${Math.abs(h) % 360}, 55%, 40%)`;
+}
+
+const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
+  button: {
+    display: "flex",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    gap: "8px",
+    height: "40px",
+    padding: "0 4px 0 6px",
+    border: "none",
+    background: "none",
+    cursor: "pointer",
+    borderRadius: "20px",
+    "&:hover $avatar, &:focus-visible $avatar": {
+      filter: "brightness(1.15)",
+      boxShadow: `0 0 0 2px ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[700]}`,
+    },
+    "&:focus-visible": { outline: `2px solid ${theme.palette.accent.main}`, outlineOffset: "-2px" },
+  },
+  pill: {
+    "&&": { fontSize: "12px", lineHeight: "18px", padding: "2px 9px", borderRadius: "10px", margin: 0, fontWeight: 600 },
+  },
+  avatar: {
+    width: "30px",
+    height: "30px",
+    borderRadius: "50%",
+    flexShrink: 0,
+    display: "flex",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    justifyContent: "center",
+    color: "white",
+    fontWeight: 600,
+    fontSize: "14px",
+    position: "relative",
+    boxShadow: `0 0 0 2px ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[800]}`,
+    transition: "box-shadow 0.15s, filter 0.15s",
+  },
+  open: { boxShadow: `0 0 0 2px ${theme.palette.accent.main} !important` },
+  menu: { width: "340px", fontSize: "13px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[150] },
+  section: {
+    padding: "11px 14px",
+    "& + &": { borderTop: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[850]}` },
+  },
+  label: {
+    fontSize: "11px",
+    textTransform: "uppercase",
+    letterSpacing: "0.6px",
+    color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[500],
+    margin: "2px 0 8px",
+  },
+  account: { display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: "10px" },
+  bigAvatar: { width: "34px", height: "34px", fontSize: "15px", boxShadow: "none" },
+  badge: {
+    position: "absolute",
+    right: "-5px",
+    bottom: "-5px",
+    width: "18px",
+    height: "18px",
+    borderRadius: "50%",
+    display: "flex",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    justifyContent: "center",
+    fontSize: "11px",
+    fontWeight: "normal",
+    color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[300],
+    background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[1000],
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[700]}`,
+  },
+  text: { flex: 1, minWidth: 0 },
+  user: { fontWeight: "bold", fontSize: "15px", overflow: "hidden", textOverflow: "ellipsis", whiteSpace: "nowrap" },
+  detail: { fontSize: "12px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[400] },
+  roleHelp: { fontSize: "12.5px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[300], margin: "8px 0 2px" },
+  grant: { padding: "5px 0" },
+  grantTop: { display: "flex", justifyContent: "space-between", alignItems: "center", gap: "8px" },
+  where: { fontWeight: 600, fontSize: "12.5px", overflow: "hidden", textOverflow: "ellipsis", whiteSpace: "nowrap" },
+  chip: {
+    "&&": { fontSize: "11px", lineHeight: "16px", padding: "1px 7px", borderRadius: "9px", margin: 0, fontWeight: 600 },
+  },
+  more: { fontSize: "12px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[500], paddingTop: "4px" },
+  foot: { display: "flex", justifyContent: "space-between", alignItems: "center" },
+  mapLink: {
+    display: "flex",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    gap: "6px",
+    fontWeight: 600,
+    color: theme.palette.accent.main,
+    textDecoration: "none",
+    "&:hover": { textDecoration: "underline" },
+    "& svg": { fontSize: "16px" },
+  },
+}));
+
+const MAX_GRANTS = 6;
+const rank = (role) => ROLE_RANK.indexOf(role);
+
+function sourceText(from) {
+  if (from.type === "user") return "Directly on your account";
+  if (from.type === "group")
+    return (
+      <>
+        From group <b>{from.name}</b>
+        {from.provider ? ` (${from.provider})` : ""}
+      </>
+    );
+  return AUDIENCE_TEXT[from.name] || from.name;
+}
+
+// One row per place, role and source; layer grants on a mission are counted
+function grantRows(grants) {
+  const rows = new Map();
+  (grants || [])
+    .filter((g) => g.role !== "viewer")
+    .forEach((g) => {
+      const where = g.scope === "global" ? "Site-wide" : g.mission || "A removed mission";
+      const key = [where, g.role, g.from.type, g.from.name].join("\u0000");
+      const row = rows.get(key) || { ...g, where, layers: 0 };
+      if (g.scope === "layer") row.layers++;
+      rows.set(key, row);
+    });
+  return [...rows.values()].sort((a, b) => rank(b.role) - rank(a.role) || (a.where === "Site-wide" ? -1 : b.where === "Site-wide" ? 1 : a.where.localeCompare(b.where)));
+}
+
+export default function AccountMenu() {
+  const c = useStyles();
+  const a = useAccessStyles();
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const [me, setMe] = useState(null);
+  const [anchor, setAnchor] = useState(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    calls.api("access_me", { grants: "true" }, (res) => setMe(res.body), () => {});
+  }, []);
+
+  const username = (me && me.username) || window.mmgisglobal?.user || "";
+  const role = (me && me.role) || window.mmgisglobal?.role || "user";
+  const roleLabel = ROLE_LABEL[role] || role;
+  const provider = me && me.provider;
+  const rows = grantRows(me && me.grants);
+  const roleBadge = (r, cls, text) => (
+    <span className={`${a.badge} ${a[`badge_${r}`] || a.badge_user} ${cls}`}>{text || ROLE_LABEL[r] || r}</span>
+  );
+
+  // The site root: Configure lives at <root>/configure
+  const path = window.location.pathname.split("/");
+  const siteRoot = path.slice(0, path.length - 1).join("/") || "/";
+  const signout = () => {
+    calls.api(
+      "logout",
+      {},
+      () => (window.location.href = siteRoot),
+      () => dispatch(setSnackBarText({ text: "Failed to sign-out.", severity: "error" }))
+    );
+  };
+
+  const avatar = (big) => (
+    <span className={`${c.avatar} ${big ? c.bigAvatar : ""} ${!big && anchor ? c.open : ""}`} style={{ background: avatarColor(username) }}>
+      {username.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}
+      {big && provider ? (
+        <span className={c.badge} aria-hidden="true">
+          <i className={`mdi mdi-${provider.icon}`}></i>
+        </span>
+      ) : null}
+    </span>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button
+        id="configureAccountButton"
+        className={c.button}
+        aria-label={`Account: ${username}, ${roleLabel}`}
+        aria-haspopup="true"
+        aria-expanded={Boolean(anchor)}
+        onClick={(e) => setAnchor(e.currentTarget)}
+      >
+        {roleBadge(role, c.pill)}
+        {avatar(false)}
+      </button>
+      <Popover
+        open={Boolean(anchor)}
+        anchorEl={anchor}
+        onClose={() => setAnchor(null)}
+        anchorOrigin={{ vertical: "bottom", horizontal: "right" }}
+        transformOrigin={{ vertical: "top", horizontal: "right" }}
+        slotProps={{ paper: { sx: { mt: "6px" } } }}
+      >
+        <div className={c.menu} id="configureAccountMenu">
+          <div className={c.section}>
+            <div className={c.label}>Signed in</div>
+            <div className={c.account}>
+              {avatar(true)}
+              <div className={c.text}>
+                <div className={c.user}>{username}</div>
+                <div className={c.detail}>{provider ? `Signed in with ${provider.label}` : "MMGIS account"}</div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div className={c.section}>
+            <div className={c.label}>Permission level</div>
+            {roleBadge(role, "")}
+            {ROLE_HELP[role] ? <div className={c.roleHelp}>{ROLE_HELP[role]}</div> : null}
+            {rows.length > 0 ? (
+              <div style={{ marginTop: "8px" }}>
+                {rows.slice(0, MAX_GRANTS).map((g, i) => (
+                  <div className={c.grant} key={i}>
+                    <div className={c.grantTop}>
+                      <span className={c.where}>{g.where}</span>
+                      {roleBadge(g.role, c.chip, `${g.label}${g.layers ? ` · ${g.layers} layer${g.layers > 1 ? "s" : ""}` : ""}`)}
+                    </div>
+                    <div className={c.detail}>{sourceText(g.from)}</div>
+                  </div>
+                ))}
+                {rows.length > MAX_GRANTS ? (
+                  <div className={c.more}>And {rows.length - MAX_GRANTS} more</div>
+                ) : null}
+              </div>
+            ) : null}
+          </div>
+          <div className={`${c.section} ${c.foot}`}>
+            <a className={c.mapLink} href={siteRoot}>
+              <MapIcon /> Open the map
+            </a>
+            <Button variant="outlined" size="small" onClick={signout} id="configureSignOut">
+              Sign out
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </Popover>
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/configure/src/components/Main/Main.js b/configure/src/components/Main/Main.js
index 0157f61864..5a18fe7362 100644
--- a/configure/src/components/Main/Main.js
+++ b/configure/src/components/Main/Main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* global mmgisglobal */
-
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from "react-redux";
 import {} from "./MainSlice";
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ import AccessTimeIcon from "@mui/icons-material/AccessTime";
 import ViewQuiltIcon from "@mui/icons-material/ViewQuilt";
 import HelpIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Help";
 import GitHubIcon from "@mui/icons-material/GitHub";
-import LogoutIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Logout";
 
 import { calls } from "../../core/calls";
 import {
@@ -30,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../core/ConfigureStore";
 
 import SaveBar from "../SaveBar/SaveBar";
+import AccountMenu from "../AccountMenu/AccountMenu";
 
 import Home from "../Tabs/Home/Home";
 import Layers from "../Tabs/Layers/Layers";
@@ -151,12 +149,6 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
     opacity: 0.6,
   },
   page: { height: "100%" },
-  username: {
-    lineHeight: "40px",
-    padding: "0px 4px",
-    letterSpacing: "1px",
-    color: "#1a1a1a",
-  },
 }));
 
 export default function Main() {
@@ -309,26 +301,6 @@ export default function Main() {
   const toDocs = () => {
     window.open("https://nasa-ammos.github.io/MMGIS/", "_blank").focus();
   };
-  const signout = () => {
-    calls.api(
-      "logout",
-      {},
-      (res) => {
-        // Remove last directory from pathname
-        const path = window.location.pathname.split("/");
-        window.location.href = path.slice(0, path.length - 1).join("/") || "/";
-      },
-      (res) => {
-        dispatch(
-          setSnackBarText({
-            text: "Failed to sign-out.",
-            severity: "error",
-          })
-        );
-      }
-    );
-  };
-
   return (
     <div className={c.Main}>
       {Page != null ? (
@@ -336,14 +308,7 @@ export default function Main() {
           <div className={c.topbarPage}>
             <div className={c.left}></div>
             <div className={c.right}>
-              <Tooltip title="Signed in as" placement="bottom" arrow>
-                <div className={c.username}>{mmgisglobal?.user}</div>
-              </Tooltip>
-              <Tooltip title="Sign-out" placement="bottom" arrow>
-                <IconButton onClick={signout}>
-                  <LogoutIcon fontSize="inherit" />
-                </IconButton>
-              </Tooltip>
+              <AccountMenu />
             </div>
           </div>
           <div className={c.page}>{Page}</div>
@@ -365,14 +330,7 @@ export default function Main() {
               </Tooltip>
             </div>
             <div className={c.right}>
-              <Tooltip title="Signed in as" placement="bottom" arrow>
-                <div className={c.username}>{mmgisglobal?.user}</div>
-              </Tooltip>
-              <Tooltip title="Sign-out" placement="bottom" arrow>
-                <IconButton onClick={signout}>
-                  <LogoutIcon fontSize="inherit" />
-                </IconButton>
-              </Tooltip>
+              <AccountMenu />
             </div>
           </div>
           <div className={c.intro}>
@@ -448,14 +406,7 @@ export default function Main() {
               </Tabs>
             </div>
             <div className={c.right}>
-              <Tooltip title="Signed in as" placement="bottom" arrow>
-                <div className={c.username}>{mmgisglobal?.user}</div>
-              </Tooltip>
-              <Tooltip title="Sign-out" placement="bottom" arrow>
-                <IconButton onClick={signout}>
-                  <LogoutIcon fontSize="inherit" />
-                </IconButton>
-              </Tooltip>
+              <AccountMenu />
             </div>
           </div>
           <div className={c.tabPage}>{TabPage}</div>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
index f16127ce7b..f4f13bd249 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ export const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
     fontWeight: "normal",
     letterSpacing: "normal",
   },
-  // Green (least access), then blue, through to red (most access)
+  // Green (least access), then blue, yellow and orange, to plum (most access)
   badge_viewer: { background: "#5b8c32", color: "white" },
   badge_layer_editor: { background: "#3a8fb7", color: "white" },
   badge_mission_admin: { background: theme.palette.swatches.p[0], color: "black" },
   badge_data_admin: { background: theme.palette.accent.tertiary, color: "white" },
-  badge_superadmin: { background: "#db589a", color: "white" },
+  badge_superadmin: { background: theme.palette.swatches.r[2], color: "white" },
   badge_user: { background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[300], color: "white" },
   // Pagination footer: continues the table's shadow on the sides and bottom only,
   // and sits above the table so it covers the table's bottom shadow
diff --git a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
index 28f39489a2..70c73c05b6 100644
--- a/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
+++ b/plugins/core/backend/Access/routes/access.js
@@ -51,9 +51,52 @@ async function summarize(principal) {
   };
 }
 
+// Each of the caller's role bindings with where it applies and where it comes from, for Configure's account menu
+async function ownGrants(principal) {
+  const groupIds = (principal.bindings || []).filter((b) => b.subject_type === "group").map((b) => b.subject_id);
+  const groups = groupIds.length
+    ? await AuthGroup.findAll({ where: { id: groupIds }, attributes: ["id", "name", "source"], raw: true })
+    : [];
+  const groupOf = Object.fromEntries(groups.map((g) => [String(g.id), g]));
+  const out = [];
+  for (const b of principal.bindings || []) {
+    if (!policy.ROLES[b.role]) continue;
+    const [kind, m, l] = b.scope.split(":");
+    const g = b.subject_type === "group" ? groupOf[String(b.subject_id)] : null;
+    if (b.subject_type === "group" && !g) continue;
+    out.push({
+      role: b.role,
+      label: policy.ROLES[b.role].label,
+      scope: kind,
+      mission: m ? await missions.nameForUUID(m) : null,
+      layer: l || null,
+      from:
+        b.subject_type === "user"
+          ? { type: "user" }
+          : g
+            ? { type: "group", name: g.name, provider: g.source !== "local" ? providers.providerLabel(g.source) : null }
+            : { type: "audience", name: b.subject_id },
+    });
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+function signedInWith(req, principal) {
+  if (!principal.authenticated) return null;
+  const id = principal.kind === "external" ? principal.provider : req.session && req.session.provider;
+  return id ? providers.providerBadge(id) : null;
+}
+
 router.get("/me", authorize.public("returns the caller's own permissions"), async (req, res) => {
   try {
-    res.send({ status: "success", body: await summarize(await ensurePrincipal(req)) });
+    const principal = await ensurePrincipal(req);
+    res.send({
+      status: "success",
+      body: {
+        ...(await summarize(principal)),
+        ...(req.query.grants === "true" ? { grants: await ownGrants(principal), provider: signedInWith(req, principal) } : {}),
+      },
+    });
   } catch (err) {
     fail(res, err, "Failed to get permissions.");
   }

From b76f022df1c10775172a54bdbc73a28124aa7929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 19:49:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 119/122] Account menu: whole-mission grants override layer
 counts; derive site root without trailing-slash slip

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js b/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js
index 434f796c40..0f5a861c2f 100644
--- a/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js
+++ b/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function sourceText(from) {
   return AUDIENCE_TEXT[from.name] || from.name;
 }
 
-// One row per place, role and source; layer grants on a mission are counted
+// One row per place, role and source; layer grants are counted unless the role covers the whole mission
 function grantRows(grants) {
   const rows = new Map();
   (grants || [])
@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ function grantRows(grants) {
     .forEach((g) => {
       const where = g.scope === "global" ? "Site-wide" : g.mission || "A removed mission";
       const key = [where, g.role, g.from.type, g.from.name].join("\u0000");
-      const row = rows.get(key) || { ...g, where, layers: 0 };
+      const row = rows.get(key) || { ...g, where, layers: 0, wholeMission: false };
       if (g.scope === "layer") row.layers++;
+      else row.wholeMission = true;
       rows.set(key, row);
     });
   return [...rows.values()].sort((a, b) => rank(b.role) - rank(a.role) || (a.where === "Site-wide" ? -1 : b.where === "Site-wide" ? 1 : a.where.localeCompare(b.where)));
@@ -167,8 +168,9 @@ export default function AccountMenu() {
   );
 
   // The site root: Configure lives at <root>/configure
-  const path = window.location.pathname.split("/");
-  const siteRoot = path.slice(0, path.length - 1).join("/") || "/";
+  const segments = window.location.pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean);
+  if (segments[segments.length - 1] === "configure") segments.pop();
+  const siteRoot = `/${segments.map((s) => `${s}/`).join("")}`;
   const signout = () => {
     calls.api(
       "logout",
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ export default function AccountMenu() {
                   <div className={c.grant} key={i}>
                     <div className={c.grantTop}>
                       <span className={c.where}>{g.where}</span>
-                      {roleBadge(g.role, c.chip, `${g.label}${g.layers ? ` · ${g.layers} layer${g.layers > 1 ? "s" : ""}` : ""}`)}
+                      {roleBadge(g.role, c.chip, `${g.label}${g.layers && !g.wholeMission ? ` · ${g.layers} layer${g.layers > 1 ? "s" : ""}` : ""}`)}
                     </div>
                     <div className={c.detail}>{sourceText(g.from)}</div>
                   </div>

From dcf2615152d0fa6502abb73295caa1bede056863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 21:30:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 120/122] Users & Access: count group and audience roles in the
 People Site role column, marked with their source

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js |  2 +-
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js    | 53 ++++++++++++++++----
 configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js    |  1 +
 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
index 86def2f6b2..a213706305 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/PeopleTab.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export default function PeopleTab({ ctx }) {
                     <TableRow key={u.id} className={c.clickRow} {...rowActivate(() => setPanel({ type: "user", id: u.id }))}>
                       <TableCell className={c.roleText}>{u.username}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell className={u.email ? "" : c.muted}>{u.email || "No email"}</TableCell>
-                      <TableCell><SiteRoleBadges siteRoles={s.siteRoles} roles={roles} /></TableCell>
+                      <TableCell><SiteRoleBadges siteRoles={s.siteRoles} siteRoleFrom={s.siteRoleFrom} roles={roles} /></TableCell>
                       <TableCell>{s.viewAll ? <b>All</b> : s.viewList.length ? <MissionList items={s.viewList} /> : <span className={c.muted}>None</span>}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell>{s.missionAdmin.length ? <MissionList items={s.missionAdmin} /> : <span className={c.muted}>—</span>}</TableCell>
                       <TableCell>{s.layerEditor.length ? <MissionList items={s.layerEditor} /> : <span className={c.muted}>—</span>}</TableCell>
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
index d67e7bbd09..f20ce946bd 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/shared.js
@@ -606,9 +606,29 @@ export function summarizeUser(u, idx) {
   const myGroups = idx.groupsOf.get(String(u.id)) || [];
   // Everything that reaches this person: own grants, their groups and the audiences
   const reaching = own.concat(...myGroups.map((g) => idx.byGroup.get(String(g.id)) || []), idx.audience);
-  let siteRoles = own.filter((b) => b.scope_type === "global" && b.role !== "viewer").map((b) => b.role);
-  if (!siteRoles.length) siteRoles = own.some((b) => b.role === "mission_admin") ? ["mission_admin"] : ["user"];
-  siteRoles = [...new Set(siteRoles)].sort((a, b) => (SITE_ROLE_RANK[a] ?? 9) - (SITE_ROLE_RANK[b] ?? 9));
+  // Site role: own grants plus those through groups and audiences; SuperAdmin is never given through a group
+  const sources = [
+    [null, own],
+    ...myGroups.map((g) => [
+      { type: "group", name: g.source === "local" ? g.name : `${g.name} (${providerName(g.source)})`, provider: g.source !== "local" },
+      idx.byGroup.get(String(g.id)) || [],
+    ]),
+    ...idx.audience.map((b) => [{ type: "audience", name: AUDIENCE_LABEL[b.subject_id] }, [b]]),
+  ];
+  const siteRoleFrom = {};
+  const note = (role, via) => {
+    const f = (siteRoleFrom[role] = siteRoleFrom[role] || { own: false, via: [] });
+    if (!via) f.own = true;
+    else if (!f.via.some((v) => v.name === via.name)) f.via.push(via);
+  };
+  sources.forEach(([via, bs]) =>
+    bs.filter((b) => b.scope_type === "global" && b.role !== "viewer" && (!via || b.role !== "superadmin")).forEach((b) => note(b.role, via))
+  );
+  if (!Object.keys(siteRoleFrom).length)
+    sources.forEach(([via, bs]) => bs.some((b) => b.role === "mission_admin") && note("mission_admin", via));
+  const siteRoles = Object.keys(siteRoleFrom).length
+    ? Object.keys(siteRoleFrom).sort((a, b) => (SITE_ROLE_RANK[a] ?? 9) - (SITE_ROLE_RANK[b] ?? 9))
+    : ["user"];
   const viewAll = reaching.some((b) => b.scope_type === "global" && VIEW_ROLES.has(b.role));
   const viewList = viewAll ? [] : [...new Set(reaching.filter((b) => b.scope_type !== "global" && VIEW_ROLES.has(b.role) && b.mission).map((b) => b.mission))].sort();
   const scoped = (role) => {
@@ -623,6 +643,7 @@ export function summarizeUser(u, idx) {
   };
   return {
     siteRoles,
+    siteRoleFrom,
     viewAll,
     viewList,
     missionAdmin: scoped("mission_admin"),
@@ -678,13 +699,27 @@ export const lastProviderLogin = (u) =>
 export const missingText = (d) => new Date(d).toLocaleString([], { dateStyle: "short", timeStyle: "short" });
 export const dateText = (d) => (d ? new Date(d).toLocaleDateString() : "—");
 
-export function SiteRoleBadges({ siteRoles, roles }) {
+// Roles that reach the account only through a group or audience carry its icon and name the source
+export function SiteRoleBadges({ siteRoles, siteRoleFrom = {}, roles }) {
   const c = useStyles();
-  return siteRoles.map((r) => (
-    <span key={r} className={`${c.badge} ${c[`badge_${r}`] || c.badge_user}`}>
-      {r === "user" ? "User" : (roles[r] && roles[r].label) || r}
-    </span>
-  ));
+  return siteRoles.map((r) => {
+    const f = siteRoleFrom[r];
+    const label = r === "user" ? "User" : (roles[r] && roles[r].label) || r;
+    if (!f || !f.via.length) return <span key={r} className={`${c.badge} ${c[`badge_${r}`] || c.badge_user}`}>{label}</span>;
+    const Icon = f.via.some((v) => v.type === "group") ? GroupsIcon : PublicIcon;
+    const names = f.via.map((v) => (v.type === "group" ? `group ${v.name}` : v.name)).join(", ");
+    const title =
+      (f.own ? `Directly on the account, and from ${names}.` : `From ${names}.`) +
+      (f.via.some((v) => v.provider) ? " Directory group membership is as of their last sign-in or recheck." : "");
+    return (
+      <Tooltip key={r} title={title} arrow>
+        <span className={`${c.badge} ${c[`badge_${r}`] || c.badge_user}`}>
+          {!f.own && <Icon className={c.badgeIcon} />}
+          {label}
+        </span>
+      </Tooltip>
+    );
+  });
 }
 
 export function MissionList({ items }) {
diff --git a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
index f4f13bd249..db235602c7 100644
--- a/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
+++ b/configure/src/pages/UsersAccess/styles.js
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ export const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   badge_data_admin: { background: theme.palette.accent.tertiary, color: "white" },
   badge_superadmin: { background: theme.palette.swatches.r[2], color: "white" },
   badge_user: { background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[300], color: "white" },
+  badgeIcon: { fontSize: "16px !important", verticalAlign: "-3px", marginRight: "4px" },
   // Pagination footer: continues the table's shadow on the sides and bottom only,
   // and sits above the table so it covers the table's bottom shadow
   bottomBar: {

From 29e0823e355d813c1214d808b0b52598afc92094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 21:57:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 121/122] Configure: add a mission filter box under New Mission

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 configure/src/components/Panel/Panel.js | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/components/Panel/Panel.js b/configure/src/components/Panel/Panel.js
index 7679c6da85..a7263264af 100644
--- a/configure/src/components/Panel/Panel.js
+++ b/configure/src/components/Panel/Panel.js
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import Button from "@mui/material/Button";
 import Tooltip from "@mui/material/Tooltip";
 
 import WarningIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Warning";
+import SearchIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Search";
+import CloseIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Close";
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   Panel: {
@@ -104,6 +106,51 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
       color: `${theme.palette.swatches.grey[0]} !important`,
     },
   },
+  missionFilter: {
+    display: "flex",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    margin: "10px 0px 0px 0px",
+    padding: "0px 8px",
+    height: "32px",
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[300]}`,
+    background: "rgba(255,255,255,0.06)",
+    color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[700],
+    "&:focus-within": {
+      borderColor: theme.palette.swatches.grey[600],
+    },
+    "& > svg": {
+      fontSize: "18px",
+      flexShrink: 0,
+    },
+    "& > input": {
+      flex: 1,
+      minWidth: 0,
+      height: "100%",
+      padding: "0px 8px",
+      border: "none",
+      outline: "none",
+      background: "transparent",
+      color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[900],
+      fontSize: "14px",
+    },
+  },
+  missionFilterClear: {
+    display: "flex",
+    padding: 0,
+    border: "none",
+    background: "none",
+    color: "inherit",
+    cursor: "pointer",
+    "& > svg": {
+      fontSize: "16px",
+    },
+  },
+  noMissions: {
+    padding: "12px 16px",
+    textAlign: "right",
+    fontSize: "13px",
+    color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[600],
+  },
   missions: {
     flex: 1,
     overflowY: "auto",
@@ -164,6 +211,11 @@ export default function Panel() {
     setSection(sectionForPage(page) || MISSIONS_SECTION);
   }, [page]);
   const [userPermissions, setUserPermissions] = useState(null);
+  const [missionFilter, setMissionFilter] = useState("");
+  const filterText = missionFilter.trim().toLowerCase();
+  const shownMissions = filterText
+    ? missions.filter((m) => m.toLowerCase().includes(filterText))
+    : missions;
 
   // Fetch user permissions to determine which missions can be edited
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -276,12 +328,39 @@ export default function Panel() {
                   </Button>
                 </div>
               )}
+              <div className={c.missionFilter}>
+                <SearchIcon />
+                <input
+                  type="text"
+                  value={missionFilter}
+                  placeholder="Filter missions"
+                  aria-label="Filter missions"
+                  spellCheck={false}
+                  onChange={(e) => setMissionFilter(e.target.value)}
+                  onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                    if (e.key === "Escape") setMissionFilter("");
+                  }}
+                />
+                {missionFilter && (
+                  <button
+                    className={c.missionFilterClear}
+                    aria-label="Clear mission filter"
+                    title="Clear"
+                    onClick={() => setMissionFilter("")}
+                  >
+                    <CloseIcon />
+                  </button>
+                )}
+              </div>
               <div className={c.missions}>
+                {filterText && shownMissions.length === 0 && (
+                  <div className={c.noMissions}>No missions match.</div>
+                )}
                 <ul className={c.missionsUl}>
-                  {missions.map((mission, idx) => {
+                  {shownMissions.map((mission) => {
                     const canEdit = canEditMission(mission);
                     return (
-                      <li className={c.missionsLi} key={idx}>
+                      <li className={c.missionsLi} key={mission}>
                         <Button
                           className={clsx(
                             {

From 7c77fbac43328e3c177d1a1f2601fa8cfa3ab9be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 23:21:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 122/122] Configure: dark account popover matching the main
 site's account menu

Co-Authored-By: tariq.k.soliman <tariqksoliman@gmail.com>
---
 .../src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js | 46 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js b/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js
index 0f5a861c2f..746b36649c 100644
--- a/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js
+++ b/configure/src/components/AccountMenu/AccountMenu.js
@@ -62,20 +62,30 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
     transition: "box-shadow 0.15s, filter 0.15s",
   },
   open: { boxShadow: `0 0 0 2px ${theme.palette.accent.main} !important` },
-  menu: { width: "340px", fontSize: "13px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[150] },
+  // Dark like the main site's account menu (Connections_.css)
+  paper: {
+    "&&": {
+      marginTop: "6px",
+      background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[100],
+      border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[400]}`,
+      borderRadius: "4px",
+      boxShadow: "0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45)",
+    },
+  },
+  menu: { width: "340px", fontSize: "13px", color: "#e1e1e1" },
   section: {
     padding: "11px 14px",
-    "& + &": { borderTop: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[850]}` },
+    "& + &": { borderTop: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[400]}` },
   },
   label: {
     fontSize: "11px",
     textTransform: "uppercase",
     letterSpacing: "0.6px",
-    color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[500],
+    color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[700],
     margin: "2px 0 8px",
   },
   account: { display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: "10px" },
-  bigAvatar: { width: "34px", height: "34px", fontSize: "15px", boxShadow: "none" },
+  bigAvatar: { width: "34px", height: "34px", fontSize: "15px", boxShadow: `0 0 0 1px ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[300]}` },
   badge: {
     position: "absolute",
     right: "-5px",
@@ -88,21 +98,21 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
     justifyContent: "center",
     fontSize: "11px",
     fontWeight: "normal",
-    color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[300],
-    background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[1000],
-    border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[700]}`,
+    color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[800],
+    background: theme.palette.swatches.grey[100],
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.swatches.grey[400]}`,
   },
   text: { flex: 1, minWidth: 0 },
   user: { fontWeight: "bold", fontSize: "15px", overflow: "hidden", textOverflow: "ellipsis", whiteSpace: "nowrap" },
-  detail: { fontSize: "12px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[400] },
-  roleHelp: { fontSize: "12.5px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[300], margin: "8px 0 2px" },
+  detail: { fontSize: "12px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[700] },
+  roleHelp: { fontSize: "12.5px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[800], margin: "8px 0 2px" },
   grant: { padding: "5px 0" },
   grantTop: { display: "flex", justifyContent: "space-between", alignItems: "center", gap: "8px" },
   where: { fontWeight: 600, fontSize: "12.5px", overflow: "hidden", textOverflow: "ellipsis", whiteSpace: "nowrap" },
   chip: {
     "&&": { fontSize: "11px", lineHeight: "16px", padding: "1px 7px", borderRadius: "9px", margin: 0, fontWeight: 600 },
   },
-  more: { fontSize: "12px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[500], paddingTop: "4px" },
+  more: { fontSize: "12px", color: theme.palette.swatches.grey[700], paddingTop: "4px" },
   foot: { display: "flex", justifyContent: "space-between", alignItems: "center" },
   mapLink: {
     display: "flex",
@@ -114,6 +124,18 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
     "&:hover": { textDecoration: "underline" },
     "& svg": { fontSize: "16px" },
   },
+  signOut: {
+    "&&": {
+      color: "inherit",
+      borderColor: theme.palette.swatches.grey[700],
+      borderRadius: "3px",
+      textTransform: "none",
+      fontWeight: "bold",
+      fontSize: "12.5px",
+      padding: "4px 12px",
+    },
+    "&&:hover": { borderColor: theme.palette.swatches.grey[900], background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08)" },
+  },
 }));
 
 const MAX_GRANTS = 6;
@@ -210,7 +232,7 @@ export default function AccountMenu() {
         onClose={() => setAnchor(null)}
         anchorOrigin={{ vertical: "bottom", horizontal: "right" }}
         transformOrigin={{ vertical: "top", horizontal: "right" }}
-        slotProps={{ paper: { sx: { mt: "6px" } } }}
+        slotProps={{ paper: { className: c.paper } }}
       >
         <div className={c.menu} id="configureAccountMenu">
           <div className={c.section}>
@@ -248,7 +270,7 @@ export default function AccountMenu() {
             <a className={c.mapLink} href={siteRoot}>
               <MapIcon /> Open the map
             </a>
-            <Button variant="outlined" size="small" onClick={signout} id="configureSignOut">
+            <Button className={c.signOut} variant="outlined" size="small" onClick={signout} id="configureSignOut">
               Sign out
             </Button>
           </div>