Approve the token permissions and confirm the target dates
S01, standing in for S05 (ADR-0002), approves the minimum Gitea and GitHub token permissions, recorded with the evidence from the Gitea source and the GitHub documentation; they are still not tested with a minimal token on the instance. Confirm the target dates of MIL-001 to MIL-006 and PP-001 (RC-026 to RC-032), update TM-001 and regenerate the Credentials wiki page with its translations. Task: MIL-002#4
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## Minimum permissions
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These come from the Gitea and GitHub documentation and the API calls the
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workflow makes. They have **not been confirmed with a minimal token on this
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instance yet**; S05 should confirm them when the tokens are created.
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These were checked on 2026-10-10 against the Gitea source (the route
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definitions in `routers/api/v1/api.go`, `main` branch) and the GitHub page
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"Permissions required for fine-grained personal access tokens", for every API
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call the workflows make. S01, standing in for S05 (ADR-0002), approved them on
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2026-10-10. They have **not been tested on this instance with a token that
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holds only these permissions**; the checks at the end of this section are the
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way to do that.
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**Gitea token** (a personal access token of a user, not a deploy key; deploy
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keys do not work for the REST API):
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- scope `read:repository`
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- the user must be allowed to read the repository's push mirrors, which
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Gitea limits to repository administrators
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- scope `read:repository`: every `/repos/...` route needs the repository
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scope, and the calls below only read
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- the user must be an administrator of the repository: the `push_mirrors`
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routes require repository administration in addition to the token scope
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Calls made: `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}` and `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/push_mirrors`.
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- Resource owner: the owner of the mirror repository
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- Repository access: only the mirror repository
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- Repository permission: **Administration: Read and write** (no other permission)
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- Repository permission: **Administration: Read and write** (no other
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permission); it is needed for `PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}` and
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`PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics`. `Metadata: Read` is added automatically
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and covers `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}`.
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- Set an expiry date
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Calls made: `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}`, `PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}` (description)
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and `PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics`.
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**Gitea token for the wiki** (see "Wiki publishing secret" below): scope
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`write:repository`, because writing a page (`POST`, `PATCH`, `DELETE` under
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`/repos/{owner}/{repo}/wiki`) needs the repository scope with write access, and
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the user needs write access to the repository's wiki. Listing and reading
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pages needs only the read scope.
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**Testing the permissions on the instance (optional)**
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1. In the Gitea settings of the user, the token stored as `TOKEN_FOR_GITEA`
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lists only `read:repository`, the user is an administrator of the
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repository, and a run still ends with `Preflight passed`.
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2. The GitHub token lists only the mirror repository and
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`Administration: Read and write` (plus the automatic `Metadata: Read`), and
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a run ends with `Preflight passed` and `Synced description and topics`.
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3. A throwaway token that lacks one of these permissions makes the run fail
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with `[permissions]` (or HTTP 403 for Gitea) and names the category,
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without printing the token.
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Format of `PAT_FOR_GITHUB`: only the token string (for example
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`github_pat_...`), as clear text. The workflow only checks that it is not empty;
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GitHub rejects a wrong value (HTTP 401).
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