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+authors: Andrej Tokarčík (andrej@goteleport.com)
+state: implemented
+---
+
+# RFD 44 - RBAC `where` conditions for session recordings list/read
+
+## What
+
+The `where` condition in RBAC rules for session recordings should be allowed to refer to the session recording as in:
+
+```yaml
+spec:
+  allow:
+    rules:
+    - resources: [session]
+      verbs: [list, read]
+      where: contains(session.participants, user.metadata.name)
+```
+
+For list requests, the condition should become part of the query sent to the backend.
+
+## Why
+
+To be able to provide users with the capability to view recordings of the sessions they have participated in, without having to be granted the privilege to view all session recordings.
+
+## Details
+
+### Subconditions involving `session`
+
+A new identifier `session` for use in `where` clauses is introduced.
+
+For read requests, any occurrence of the identifier refers to the `session.end` event associated with the requested session ID -- the whole `where` condition is then evaluated with this binding. If the condition is satisfied, the read request continues with a query to the backend.
+
+For list requests, the `where` condition cannot be evaluated as is since there is no particular event to bind to the `session` identifier. Instead, the largest admissible subcondition involving `session` shall be extracted and passed to the backend as an additional filtering condition. For example, consider the `where` condition:
+```
+(contains(session.participants, user.metadata.name) && !equals(user.metadata.name, "blocked"))
+  || equals(user.metadata.name, "admin")
+```
+* If `user.metadata.name` is equal to `"admin"`, the largest admissible subcondition would be `true` -- the list query would be performed on the backend with no additional filtering conditions.
+* If `user.metadata.name` is equal to `"blocked"`, the largest admissible subcondition would be `false` -- the whole request would be rejected with `AccessDenied`.
+* Otherwise, the largest admissible subcondition would be `contains(session.participants, user.metadata.name)` -- the list query would be performed on the backend with this additional filtering condition applied.
+
+### API
+
+As it stands, the list of session recordings is obtained by searching (`SearchEvents`) for `session.end` events. This already makes it difficult to follow the principle of least privilege since the call [requires the ability to list all events](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/blob/ab57eab5c059b323e4fb50cf02c1134745a19dd1/lib/auth/auth_with_roles.go#L2998), not only the session-related ones.
+
+The [method `SearchSessionEvents`](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/blob/ab57eab5c059b323e4fb50cf02c1134745a19dd1/lib/events/api.go#L614-L622) appears to have been meant to address this privilege creep: it [checks privileges for `KindSession`](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/blob/ab57eab5c059b323e4fb50cf02c1134745a19dd1/lib/auth/auth_with_roles.go#L3012) instead of `KindEvent`. The Proxy Web UI shall be updated to call `SearchSessionEvents` instead of `SearchEvents` when building lists of session recordings.
+
+Moreover, `SearchSessionEvents` shall be modified to search only for `session.end` events (instead of both `session.start` and `session.end`) and to accept an additional parameter for the `where` subcondition described above.
+
+### Backends
+
+#### DynamoDB
+
+Currently, the fields of an event are stored as a JSON string in the `Fields` attribute. To allow for efficient filtering, the fields should be stored as a proper DynamoDB map instead since DynamoDB allows to refer to map elements inside the filter/condition expressions (e.g. `contains(FieldsMap.participants, :participant)`). This will also enable efficient event-specific queries for any other use case in the future.
+
+The whole event table shall therefore be migrated so that the current `Fields` (DynamoDB string) is converted into a new `FieldsMap` attribute (DynamoDB map).
+
+The received `session`-related subcondition shall be converted into a DynamoDB filter expression.
+
+#### Firestore
+
+The Firestore event table should be migrated to store event fields as a native map type. The schema should be extended with any necessary indexes to allow for backend-side filtering by both the event type and the fields map attributes.
+
+The received `session`-related subcondition shall be converted into a Firestore query object.
+
+#### File log
+
+The event file is processed and the individual entries unmarshaled at the Auth server.
+
+The received `session`-related subcondition shall be converted into a boolean function applicable to the unmarshaled event fields.