[stub] upstream: add fast path wildcard impersonation check for large number of groups and extra fields
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- Dominant language
- Go
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- 739
- Forks
- 85
- Avg merge
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Description
This would allow us to skip the inline for loop that checks for impersonation permissions.
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Research direction
Start by locating the inline loop that checks impersonation permissions and trace how group counts and extra fields reach it. Done means wildcard impersonation checks have a fast path for large group sets while preserving the existing permission result.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- authentication, authorization, performance
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100