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+# Files SSO design — Hub as the OIDC issuer for oCIS
+
+Status: proposed (design pass; not implemented)
+Date: 2026-10-13
+Related: docs/design/2026-10-12-collectives-architecture.md, brand review P0 #2
+(files.occupymedia.cc navy login wall), matrix-sso module (chat SSO, shipped).
+
+## Problem
+
+The Hub's Drive view embeds oCIS web (files.occupymedia.cc). Today:
+
+- No Hub user has an oCIS account. The API reaches oCIS through one shared
+  service account (`FILES_OCID_USER`); the collective Library lives in that
+  account's space.
+- The embedded oCIS web shows its own sign-in screen for a login the user
+  does not have, in ownCloud's default navy/white theme — the single worst
+  brand break measured in the review.
+
+## Decision
+
+The Hub becomes the OIDC identity provider; oCIS trusts it as its external
+issuer. This mirrors what just shipped for chat: the Hub is already the
+identity provider for Matrix (JWT broker). Files becomes the second relying
+party of the same identity, not a third account system.
+
+Rejected alternative: a standalone IdP (Authelia/Authentik/Keycloak). It adds
+a service to run and a second admin surface for one relying party; the Hub
+already holds the session, the RBAC roles, and the username namespace.
+
+## Flow (target state)
+
+1. User opens `/files/drive` in the Hub. Their Hub session cookie proves who
+   they are.
+2. The embedded oCIS web redirects to `https://api.occupymedia.cc/oidc/authorize`
+   (client id `web`, PKCE required).
+3. The Hub is already signed in → no login prompt, no consent screen for this
+   first-party client (auto-approve). A short-lived code returns to oCIS.
+4. oCIS exchanges the code at `/oidc/token`, reads claims
+   (`preferred_username` = Hub username, `email`, `name`), and provisions the
+   oCIS account on first login (oCIS does this natively when
+   `OCIS_OIDC_ISSUER` points at an external issuer).
+5. The user lands in their own drive. The navy wall is gone because there is
+   no wall.
+
+## What the Hub must add
+
+- `apps/api/src/oidc/`: an OIDC provider module —
+  `/.well-known/openid-configuration`, `/oidc/authorize`, `/oidc/token`,
+  `/oidc/userinfo`, `/oidc/jwks`. Signing keys in the existing vault pattern
+  (ES256 or RS256, rotated like DEKs). Session binding to the existing Hub
+  session cookie; codes single-use, ≤60 s TTL, PKCE S256 enforced.
+- Auto-consent policy: client id `web` (the oCIS web app) is first-party and
+  skips the consent screen. Any other client id requires explicit consent —
+  fail closed.
+- Claim mapping: `preferred_username` must equal the Hub username verbatim
+  (same invariant the Matrix SSO module already enforces: Hub usernames are a
+  subset of the localpart grammar, case-folded identity is refused).
+
+## What oCIS must change
+
+- `OCIS_OIDC_ISSUER=https://api.occupymedia.cc/oidc`
+- `WEB_OIDC_CLIENT_ID=web`, scope `openid profile email`
+- oCIS auto-provisions accounts from claims (default behaviour with an
+  external issuer). The `FILES_OCID_USER` service account stays for the
+  Library's WebDAV path.
+
+## Phases
+
+1. **Provider + sign-in** (≈1–2 days): the module above; Drive view switches
+   `authMode` to `"oidc"`; the navy wall disappears.
+2. **Personal drives** (≈1 day): uploaded files land in the user's own drive;
+   the Library keeps serving collective folders from the service account.
+3. **Share-through** (≈1 day, optional): group folders shared into members'
+   drives so the Drive tab also shows collective Library content; only then
+   consider deprecating the Library tab.
+
+## Security notes
+
+- The OIDC provider must never accept the service-account identity for a
+  browser session; tokens are minted only from a live Hub session.
+- Logout: Hub logout revokes the session cookie; oCIS tokens expire on their
+  own TTL (oCIS refresh behaviour is issuer-driven). Single-logout signaling
+  to oCIS is a nice-to-have, not a blocker.
+- The issuer URL must be exactly `https://api.occupymedia.cc/oidc` everywhere
+  (issuer discovery, oCIS config, token audience) — mismatch breaks token
+  validation.