feat(react): PermissionProvider and usePermissions using token claims

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Summary

Adds the runtime permission layer on top of resolver: a PermissionProvider that supplies the user's permissions, a usePermissions hook that resolves module permission maps against them, and a PermissionDeniedTooltip for gating disabled controls.

Why

With the resolver in place, components need a way to read the current user's permissions anywhere in the tree and turn them into UI decisions.

The design goal was that components never handle permission strings. A module hook passes its permission map to the hook and gets named booleans back, which keeps scope literals out of the component layer entirely and means the allowAll fallback cannot be forgotten at a call site:

const { createPermissionResolver } = usePermissions();
const permissions = createPermissionResolver(getMemberManagementPermissions, { readOnly });

// then, in the component
{permissions.canAssignRole && <DropdownMenuItem …>Assign role</DropdownMenuItem>}

What

packages/react

• providers/permission-context.tsx — PermissionProvider + PermissionContext. Takes the granted permissions and memoises them into context. No query, no cache, no loading state.
• hooks/my-organization/use-permissions.ts — usePermissions returns { permissions, createPermissionResolver }. createPermissionResolver(resolver, options) applies a module's map to the current permissions and forwards readOnly. Used outside a provider it passes allowAll, so every flag resolves true and consumers that never mount the provider keep working exactly as before.
• components/auth0/shared/permission-denied-tooltip.tsx — wraps a (typically disabled) control with a standardized tooltip, defaulting to common.error.forbidden with a customMessage override. Children are wrapped in a focusable span so the tooltip still fires on disabled elements.
• types/permissions/permissions-types.ts — moved up from types/my-organization/permissions/ to match the core layout, since gating is not a My Organization concern.
• tests/utils/__mocks__/permissions/permission.mocks.ts —permission fixtures for tests and local development. Not shipped: the build only emits index, spa and rwa.

Packages

• packages/core
• packages/react
• examples

Testing

Unit tests cover: the provider (exposes supplied permissions; grants nothing when none are supplied — distinct from the no-provider case); the hook (delegation to the service; exposing provider permissions; resolving a module map; forwarding readOnly; the no-provider allowAll path and that readOnly still wins there); and the tooltip (renders children, standardized + custom messages on hover, no wrapper when disabled).

• This change adds unit test coverage
• Tested for both SPA and RWA flows, all example apps working
• All existing and new tests complete without errors

Checklist

• Breaking change
• Requires docs update
• Backward compatible

Contributing

• I have read the Auth0 general contribution guidelines
• I have read the Auth0 Code of Conduct

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Walkthrough

Adds a prop-driven PermissionProvider, public and internal permission hooks, shared permission types, package exports, permission fixtures, and direct-provider tests. It also updates the denied-tooltip translation key and adds component tests.

Changes

MyOrganization permissions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Permission provider and contract packages/react/src/types/permissions/permissions-types.ts, packages/react/src/providers/permission-context.tsx, packages/react/src/providers/__tests__/permission-context.test.tsx	Defines permission context types. PermissionProvider now accepts permissions through props, defaults to an empty list, and exposes them through context. Tests cover supplied and omitted permissions.
Permission hooks and resolution packages/react/src/hooks/my-organization/shared/services/use-permissions-service.ts, packages/react/src/hooks/my-organization/shared/services/__tests__/use-permissions-service.test.tsx, packages/react/src/hooks/my-organization/use-permissions.ts, packages/react/src/hooks/my-organization/__tests__/use-permissions.test.tsx, packages/react/src/tests/utils/__mocks__/permissions/permission.mocks.ts	Adds permission retrieval and resolution hooks. Tests cover provider permissions, resolver options, unrestricted fallback, and service delegation. Adds member-management permission fixtures.
Public permission exports packages/react/src/index.ts, packages/react/src/public-api.ts	Exports PermissionProvider, relocates the usePermissions export, and re-exports permission types from the top-level permissions directory.

Permission denied tooltip

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Denied-tooltip message behavior packages/react/src/components/auth0/shared/permission-denied-tooltip.tsx, packages/react/src/components/auth0/shared/__tests__/permission-denied-tooltip.test.tsx	Changes the default translation key to error.forbidden. Tests cover default and custom messages, hover behavior, child rendering, and disabled triggers.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 203aa

The PR adds provider-backed permission resolution and denied-control tooltips, but callers can currently force permissions to appear granted inside provider context, potentially exposing controls for ungranted actions. The exported component typing may also break consumers using supported React versions. These bounded correctness and compatibility issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PermissionProvider
  participant PermissionContext
  participant usePermissionsService
  participant usePermissions
  PermissionProvider->>PermissionContext: provide permissions
  usePermissions->>usePermissionsService: request permission result
  usePermissionsService->>PermissionContext: read permissions
  PermissionContext-->>usePermissionsService: return permissions or empty list
  usePermissionsService-->>usePermissions: return permissions and bound resolver

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/react/src/hooks/my-organization/shared/services/use-permissions.ts`:
- Around line 27-46: Separate the public permission hook from its internal
implementation: move the logic from usePermissions in
packages/react/src/hooks/my-organization/shared/services/use-permissions.ts into
use-permissions-service.ts, add the public use-permissions.ts wrapper under
hooks/my-organization, and have it delegate to the service. Update imports in
packages/react/src/providers/__tests__/permission-context.test.tsx and
packages/react/src/hooks/my-organization/shared/services/__tests__/use-permissions.test.tsx
to use the wrapper, and export that wrapper from packages/react/src/index.ts.

In `@packages/react/src/providers/permission-context.tsx`:
- Around line 33-35: Move the PermissionProviderProps interface from
permission-context.tsx into
types/my-organization/permissions/permissions-types.ts, export it there, and
import it in the PermissionProvider implementation. Keep the interface shape
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• packages/react/src/hooks/my-organization/shared/services/use-permissions.ts
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- Line 41: Update the permission-denied tooltip test assertion to query the
element with role “tooltip” using its accessible name instead of
getAllByText('error.forbidden'), ensuring the assertion targets the tooltip
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In `@packages/react/src/providers/permission-context.tsx`:
- Around line 22-31: Remove the `@internal` JSDoc tag from the PermissionProvider
documentation so the exported public API remains visible in generated
documentation; preserve the existing description, `@param` tags, and `@returns` tag.
- Around line 33-37: Update the exported PermissionProvider return type and
other exported component return types using React.JSX.Element to
React.ReactElement, preserving the existing component behavior and avoiding a
React type-version minimum change.

In `@packages/react/src/types/permissions/permissions-types.ts`:
- Around line 25-28: Update createPermissionResolver in permissions-types.ts to
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