Allow instance admins to impersonate users
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component: dashboard
feature: admin dashboard
meta: never-stale
needs visual design
team: webapp
type: feature request
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Problem to solve
For instance admins, it could be useful to impersonate users so that they can see what a user sees. This can be helpful for debugging issues or helping out users by taking actions on behalf of the user.
See also relevant discussion (internal). Cc @svenefftinge @geropl @jankeromnes
User Flow
- An instance admin could go into
/admin, search for a user, open their profile, and click an Impersonate action button. - It should be clear on the user interface when you are impersonating a user.
- During impersonation it should be clear how to stop impersonating a user.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the /admin user-search and profile flow described in the issue, then map how an instance admin would enter and exit impersonation. Done means the profile offers an Impersonate action, the interface clearly indicates impersonation is active, and users can clearly stop it; the issue does not name specific files or tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- authorization, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100