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Relation toolbar buttons can now declare permissions, like form fields and list columns (any-match):

comments:
    view:
        toolbarButtons:
            create: Add comment
            delete:
                label: Delete comments   # optional
                permissions: [acme.blog.delete_comments]

• A button whose permissions the user lacks is left out of the toolbar.
• The handlers behind that button abort with 403, so hiding it isn't the only gate: create → onRelationManageCreate, update → onRelationManageUpdate, delete → onRelationManageDelete, add → onRelationManageAdd (multi) + onRelationManagePivotCreate, link → onRelationManageAdd (single), remove → onRelationManageRemove (multi), unlink → onRelationManageRemove (single).
• Buttons without permissions, and string/list toolbarButtons configs, behave as before.

Until now this needed a custom toolbarPartial with manual hasAccess() checks (raised by @mjauvin on Discord).

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• New Features
  • Relation toolbar buttons are shown according to the current user’s configured permissions. Buttons without permission requirements remain available.
  • Relation actions—including creating, updating, deleting, adding, linking, removing, unlinking, and creating pivot records—are restricted by their associated permissions. Unauthorized actions return a 403 response.
• Changes
  • Whole-query selection is disabled in relation view and manage lists.
  • Relation toolbar buttons can be configured with a label; buttons without a configured label use a default label when available.

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Relation toolbar definitions support array labels and configured permissions. The controller omits buttons when the current backend user lacks access. Relation handlers check permissions for create, update, delete, add, link, remove, unlink, and pivot-create actions. Denied actions return HTTP 403. Tests cover toolbar visibility and handler access.

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Possibly related PRs

• wintercms/winter#1554: Adds server-side read-only enforcement to RelationController write paths, which are also covered by this change’s relation-action permission checks.

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review cafd9

Users denied the configured permission may still save changes through an existing pivot form. Close that access gap before merging.

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modules/backend/tests/behaviors/RelationControllerToolbarPermissionsTest.php: 1

49-51: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Do not treat every exception as granted access.

If a granted handler throws an unrelated exception, statusOf() returns null and testHandlerIsAllowedWithTheButtonPermissions() passes. Check for a specific expected post-guard failure, or give the handler a test fixture that lets it complete. Let unexpected exceptions fail the test.

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Update the exception handling in statusOf() so
testHandlerIsAllowedWithTheButtonPermissions() cannot interpret an unrelated
handler failure as granted access. Catch only the specific expected post-guard
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- Line 1446: Update the permission checks in onRelationManageAdd() and the
corresponding remove and pivot-creation flows to check only the toolbar action
matching the relation mode, rather than requiring both add/link or
remove/unlink. Preserve any-match behavior within the selected action’s
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Note: this PR does not add support for providing a named array for the relation buttons.

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🟡 Minor · Align toolbar visibility with the permission checked by the… · RelationController.php:1832-1836

modules/backend/behaviors/RelationController.php:1832-1836
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Align toolbar visibility with the permission checked by the handler.

An explicit array can display add in a single relation or link in a multi relation. The toolbar checks that entry's permission, but the submitted operation checks the active mode's entry. A user can therefore see a button and receive 403 on submission when the two entries use different permissions. The same mismatch exists for remove and unlink. The source supports a displayed-button failure, but not an unauthorized action.

Suggested fix

+            $permissionTypes = [$type];
+            if ($this->viewMode === 'multi') {
+                $permissionTypes[] = [
+                    'link' => 'add',
+                    'unlink' => 'remove',
+                ][$type] ?? $type;
+            }
+            elseif ($this->viewMode === 'single') {
+                $permissionTypes[] = [
+                    'add' => 'link',
+                    'remove' => 'unlink',
+                ][$type] ?? $type;
+            }
+
+            $hasAccess = true;
+            foreach (array_unique($permissionTypes) as $permissionType) {
+                if (!$this->relationUserHasAccess($permissionType)) {
+                    $hasAccess = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!$hasAccess) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
-            if (!$this->relationUserHasAccess($type)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
             $buttonText[$type] = $text;

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Review comment at @modules/backend/behaviors/RelationController.php around lines
1832 - 1836:
Update the toolbar permission check using relationUserHasAccess so each
displayed add/link or remove/unlink button is shown only when access is allowed
for both its explicit type and the corresponding operation checked by the active
viewMode. Keep the existing button behavior unchanged when the permissions
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- Around line 1832-1836: Update the toolbar permission check using
relationUserHasAccess so each displayed add/link or remove/unlink button is
shown only when access is allowed for both its explicit type and the
corresponding operation checked by the active viewMode. Keep the existing button
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Note: this PR does not add support for providing a named array for the relation buttons.

It's there I added a test
28fab80

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@AIC-BV resolve the merge conflicts please

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@AIC-BV resolve the merge conflicts please

Done @LukeTowers

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Major · Check update access before saving an existing pivot record. · RelationController.php:1659-1663

modules/backend/behaviors/RelationController.php:1659-1663
Major · Security & Privacy · Quick win

Check update access before saving an existing pivot record.

onRelationManagePivotUpdate() saves the related model without calling relationUserHasAccess(). Its sibling handlers do: onRelationManageUpdate() checks update, and onRelationManagePivotCreate() checks add. A user without update access can submit the existing-pivot form and change the related record.

Use the update permission here. It matches onRelationManageUpdate(), and an unconfigured update button still allows access. Add the check before the save:

🔒 Suggested fix

     public function onRelationManagePivotUpdate()
     {
         $this->beforeAjax();
         $this->abortIfReadOnly();
+
+        if (!$this->relationUserHasAccess('update')) {
+            abort(403);
+        }
 
         $hydratedModel = $this->pivotWidget->model;

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Review comment at @modules/backend/behaviors/RelationController.php around lines
1659 - 1663:
Add an update-access check in onRelationManagePivotUpdate() before retrieving
save data or saving the existing pivot record. Use
relationUserHasAccess('update') and deny access when it returns false,
preserving the existing behavior that allows access when the update action is
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- Line 1304: Adjust the indentation of the $saveData assignment in the
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Review comments at @modules/backend/behaviors/RelationController.php:
- Around line 1659-1663: Add an update-access check in
onRelationManagePivotUpdate() before retrieving save data or saving the existing
pivot record. Use relationUserHasAccess('update') and deny access when it
returns false, preserving the existing behavior that allows access when the
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	$saveData = $this->manageWidget->getSaveData();
	$saveData = $this->manageWidget->getSaveData();