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+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { BASE_PATH } from '../../../../utils/base_constants';
+import { ADMIN_AUTH } from '../../../../utils/commands';
+import workspaceTestUser from '../../../../fixtures/dashboard/opensearch_dashboards/workspace/workspaceTestUser.json';
+import workspaceTestRole from '../../../../fixtures/dashboard/opensearch_dashboards/workspace/workspaceTestRole.json';
+import workspaceTestRoleMapping from '../../../../fixtures/dashboard/opensearch_dashboards/workspace/workspaceTestRoleMapping.json';
+import { WORKSPACE_API_PREFIX } from '../../../../utils/dashboards/workspace-plugin/constants';
+
+let noPermissionWorkspaceName = 'acl_no_permission_workspace';
+let readOnlyWorkspaceName = 'acl_readonly_workspace';
+let libraryWriteWorkspaceName = 'acl_library_write_workspace';
+let ownerWorkspaceName = 'acl_owner_workspace';
+
+let noPermissionWorkspaceId = '';
+let readOnlyWorkspaceId = '';
+let libraryWriteWorkspaceId = '';
+let ownerWorkspaceId = '';
+let datasourceId = '';
+
+const getPolicy = (permission, userName) => ({
+  [permission]: {
+    users: [userName],
+  },
+});
+
+const NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME = 'workspace-acl-test';
+const WORKSPACE_TEST_ROLE_NAME = 'workspace-acl-test-role';
+
+const ACLPolicyMap = {
+  [noPermissionWorkspaceName]: {},
+  [readOnlyWorkspaceName]: {
+    ...getPolicy('read', NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME),
+    ...getPolicy('library_read', NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME),
+  },
+  [libraryWriteWorkspaceName]: {
+    ...getPolicy('read', NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME),
+    ...getPolicy('library_write', NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME),
+  },
+  [ownerWorkspaceName]: {
+    ...getPolicy('write', NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME),
+    ...getPolicy('library_write', NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME),
+  },
+};
+
+const setupWorkspace = (workspaceName, datasourceId) => {
+  return cy
+    .createWorkspace({
+      name: workspaceName,
+      settings: {
+        ...(datasourceId ? { dataSources: [datasourceId] } : {}),
+        permissions: ACLPolicyMap[workspaceName],
+      },
+    })
+    .then((value) => {
+      // load sample data
+      cy.loadSampleDataForWorkspace('ecommerce', value, datasourceId);
+      cy.wrap(value);
+    });
+};
+
+if (
+  Cypress.env('WORKSPACE_ENABLED') &&
+  Cypress.env('SAVED_OBJECTS_PERMISSION_ENABLED') &&
+  Cypress.env('SECURITY_ENABLED')
+) {
+  describe('Workspace ACL', () => {
+    const originalUser = ADMIN_AUTH.username;
+    const originalPassword = ADMIN_AUTH.password;
+    before(() => {
+      cy.deleteWorkspaceByName(noPermissionWorkspaceName);
+      cy.deleteWorkspaceByName(readOnlyWorkspaceName);
+      cy.deleteWorkspaceByName(libraryWriteWorkspaceName);
+      cy.deleteWorkspaceByName(ownerWorkspaceName);
+
+      cy.createInternalUser(NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME, workspaceTestUser);
+      cy.createRole(WORKSPACE_TEST_ROLE_NAME, workspaceTestRole);
+      cy.createRoleMapping(WORKSPACE_TEST_ROLE_NAME, workspaceTestRoleMapping);
+
+      if (Cypress.env('DATASOURCE_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED')) {
+        cy.createDataSourceNoAuth().then((result) => {
+          datasourceId = result[0];
+          expect(datasourceId).to.be.a('string').that.is.not.empty;
+          setupWorkspace(noPermissionWorkspaceName, datasourceId).then(
+            (value) => (noPermissionWorkspaceId = value)
+          );
+          setupWorkspace(readOnlyWorkspaceName, datasourceId).then(
+            (value) => (readOnlyWorkspaceId = value)
+          );
+          setupWorkspace(libraryWriteWorkspaceName, datasourceId).then(
+            (value) => (libraryWriteWorkspaceId = value)
+          );
+          setupWorkspace(ownerWorkspaceName, datasourceId).then(
+            (value) => (ownerWorkspaceId = value)
+          );
+        });
+      } else {
+        setupWorkspace(noPermissionWorkspaceName, datasourceId).then(
+          (value) => (noPermissionWorkspaceId = value)
+        );
+        setupWorkspace(readOnlyWorkspaceName, datasourceId).then(
+          (value) => (readOnlyWorkspaceId = value)
+        );
+        setupWorkspace(libraryWriteWorkspaceName, datasourceId).then(
+          (value) => (libraryWriteWorkspaceId = value)
+        );
+        setupWorkspace(ownerWorkspaceName, datasourceId).then(
+          (value) => (ownerWorkspaceId = value)
+        );
+      }
+    });
+
+    after(() => {
+      cy.deleteWorkspaceByName(noPermissionWorkspaceName);
+      cy.deleteWorkspaceByName(readOnlyWorkspaceName);
+      cy.deleteWorkspaceByName(libraryWriteWorkspaceName);
+      cy.deleteWorkspaceByName(ownerWorkspaceName);
+      readOnlyWorkspaceId = '';
+      libraryWriteWorkspaceId = '';
+
+      ADMIN_AUTH.newUser = originalUser;
+      ADMIN_AUTH.newPassword = originalPassword;
+      cy.deleteRoleMapping(WORKSPACE_TEST_ROLE_NAME);
+      cy.deleteInternalUser(NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME);
+      cy.deleteRole(WORKSPACE_TEST_ROLE_NAME);
+    });
+
+    describe('Normal user', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        ADMIN_AUTH.newUser = NONE_DASHBOARDS_ADMIN_USERNAME;
+        ADMIN_AUTH.newPassword = workspaceTestUser.password;
+      });
+
+      it('Normal user should not be able to create workspace', () => {
+        cy.request({
+          method: 'POST',
+          url: `${BASE_PATH}${WORKSPACE_API_PREFIX}`,
+          headers: {
+            'osd-xsrf': true,
+          },
+          body: {
+            attributes: {
+              name: 'test_workspace',
+              features: ['use-case-observability'],
+              description: 'test_description',
+            },
+          },
+          failOnStatusCode: false,
+        }).then((resp) =>
+          cy
+            .wrap(resp.body.error)
+            .should('equal', 'Invalid permission, please contact OSD admin')
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('Normal users should only see the workspaces they have permission with', () => {
+        cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/app/home`);
+        cy.contains(readOnlyWorkspaceName);
+        cy.contains(noPermissionWorkspaceName).should('not.exist');
+      });
+
+      it('Readonly users should not be allowed to update dashboards/visualizations within the workspace', () => {
+        cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/w/${readOnlyWorkspaceId}/app/visualize`);
+        cy.contains(/\[eCommerce\] Markdown/).click();
+        cy.getElementByTestId('visualizeSaveButton').click();
+        cy.getElementByTestId('confirmSaveSavedObjectButton').click();
+        cy.contains('Forbidden');
+      });
+
+      it('Normal users should not be allowed to visit workspace he/she has no permission', () => {
+        cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/w/${noPermissionWorkspaceId}/app/objects`);
+        cy.contains('Invalid saved objects permission');
+      });
+
+      it('Normal users should only see the workspaces he has library_write permission in the target workspaces list of duplicate modal', () => {
+        cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/w/${readOnlyWorkspaceId}/app/objects`);
+        cy.getElementByTestId('savedObjectsTableRowTitle').should('exist');
+        cy.getElementByTestId('duplicateObjects')
+          .click()
+          .getElementByTestId('savedObjectsDuplicateModal')
+          .find('[data-test-subj="comboBoxInput"]')
+          .click();
+
+        cy.contains(libraryWriteWorkspaceName);
+        cy.contains(ownerWorkspaceName);
+        cy.contains(noPermissionWorkspaceName).should('not.exist');
+      });
+
+      it('Users should not be able to update default index pattern / default data source if he/she is not the workspace owner', () => {
+        cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/w/${libraryWriteWorkspaceId}/app/indexPatterns`);
+        cy.contains('opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_ecommerce').click();
+        cy.getElementByTestId('setDefaultIndexPatternButton').click();
+        cy.contains('Unable to update UI setting');
+      });
+
+      it('Normal users should not be able to find objects from other workspaces when inside a workspace', () => {
+        cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/w/${readOnlyWorkspaceId}/app/objects`);
+        cy.getElementByTestId('savedObjectsTableRowTitle').should('exist');
+        cy.getElementByTestId(
+          'savedObjectsTableColumn-workspace_column'
+        ).should('not.exist');
+        cy.contains('opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_ecommerce');
+        // Electron old version may not support search event, so we manually trigger a search event
+        cy.getElementByTestId('savedObjectSearchBar')
+          .type('opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_ecommerce{enter}')
+          .trigger('search');
+        cy.getElementByTestId('savedObjectsTableRowTitle').should(
+          'have.length',
+          1
+        );
+      });
+
+      if (Cypress.env('DATASOURCE_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED')) {
+        it('Normal users should not be able to associate / dissociate data sources from workspace.', () => {
+          cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/w/${ownerWorkspaceId}/app/dataSources`);
+          cy.contains('Data sources');
+          cy.getElementByTestId('workspaceAssociateDataSourceButton').should(
+            'not.exist'
+          );
+          cy.getElementByTestId(
+            'dataSourcesManagement-dataSourceTable-dissociateButton'
+          ).should('not.exist');
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}