feat: email-first login with allow-check and access forward

backend/app/auth/api.py

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from .schemas import (
     AccessRequestRead,
     AdminBootstrapRequest,
     MagicConsumeRequest,
+    MagicRequestRead,
+    MagicRequestRequest,
     MeRead,
     MessageRead,
 )
@@ -120,6 +122,26 @@ def reject_request(
     return _read_request(request)
 
 
+@auth_router.post("/magic/request", response_model=MagicRequestRead)
+def request_magic(
+    data: MagicRequestRequest,
+    session: Session = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Email-first login: allowed emails get a magic link mailed.
+
+    403 means "not allowed" — the frontend forwards those to /access.
+    The token travels by mail only, never in the response.
+    """
+    try:
+        user, token = service.request_magic_link(session, data.email)
+    except service.ForbiddenError as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail=str(exc)) from exc
+    except service.RateLimitedError as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=429, detail=str(exc)) from exc
+    email_sent = mail.send_magic_link(user.email, mail.magic_link(token))
+    return MagicRequestRead(message="login link sent", email_sent=email_sent)
+
+
 @auth_router.post("/magic/consume", response_model=MeRead)
 def consume_magic(
     data: MagicConsumeRequest,

backend/app/auth/schemas.py

@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ class MagicConsumeRequest(BaseModel):
     token: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=200)
 
 
+class MagicRequestRequest(BaseModel):
+    email: str = Field(min_length=3, max_length=320)
+
+
+class MagicRequestRead(BaseModel):
+    message: str
+    email_sent: bool
+
+
 class MeRead(BaseModel):
     id: UUID
     email: str

backend/app/auth/service.py

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ SESSION_TTL = timedelta(days=30)
 
 # Public request endpoint: at most this many requests per email per hour.
 REQUESTS_PER_EMAIL_PER_HOUR = 5
+# Same for magic-link requests (email bombing / token spam protection).
+MAGIC_LINKS_PER_EMAIL_PER_HOUR = 5
 
 
 class AuthError(Exception):
@@ -164,6 +166,39 @@ def issue_magic_token(session: Session, user: User) -> str:
     return token
 
 
+def recent_token_count(session: Session, user: User, hours: int = 1) -> int:
+    since = utcnow() - timedelta(hours=hours)
+    return session.exec(
+        select(func.count())
+        .select_from(MagicLinkToken)
+        .where(
+            MagicLinkToken.user_id == user.id,
+            MagicLinkToken.created_at >= since,
+        )
+    ).one()
+
+
+def request_magic_link(session: Session, email: str) -> tuple[User, str]:
+    """Self-service login link for an allowed email.
+
+    Allowed = approved before (has a User row) or listed in ADMIN_EMAILS
+    (admin user is created on first request). Anything else raises
+    ForbiddenError — the frontend forwards those to the access form.
+    Note: 403-vs-200 distinguishes registered emails by design here.
+    """
+    email = normalize_email(email)
+    user = get_user_by_email(session, email)
+    if user is None:
+        if not is_admin_email(email):
+            raise ForbiddenError("email is not allowed to log in")
+        user = _get_or_create_user(session, "", email)
+        session.commit()
+        session.refresh(user)
+    if recent_token_count(session, user) >= MAGIC_LINKS_PER_EMAIL_PER_HOUR:
+        raise RateLimitedError("too many login links, try again later")
+    return user, issue_magic_token(session, user)
+
+
 def approve_access_request(
     session: Session, request_id: UUID, decided_by: str
 ) -> tuple[AccessRequest, User, str]: