Decide who's allowed to do what - shippingszn launch readiness

Most apps have at least two kinds of users — regular users and admins (you). Some have more (free vs. paid, owners vs. members, etc.). Access control is the rules that say “this person can do this, but not that.” Without it, a curious user can stumble into pages or actions they shouldn't have.

The classic disaster: a regular user discovers /admin still works for them, deletes a few records to see what happens, and now you have angry users and no backups. Or, more quietly: paid features accidentally available to free users, costing you revenue.

Owner verification required: Role-based access boundaries (admin can do X but user cannot) need a runtime test with two real accounts. Code review alone misses bugs in auth-middleware ordering.

The Launch Fix Kit keeps scan-specific findings, file and line evidence, AI-builder punch-list tasks, and verification steps tied to the paid report.

Make a list: what types of users does your app have? (Owner, admin, member, guest, free, paid.)
For each sensitive action (edit, delete, view billing, invite), write down who is allowed.
Enforce those rules on the backend, not just by hiding buttons on the frontend.
Default to no access — only grant what someone explicitly needs.
Try to break it: log in as a regular user and try to access admin URLs directly. Try to access another user's data by changing IDs. If anything works that shouldn't, fix it.

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