Anonymous users

backend/onyx/auth/noauth_user.py

@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ def load_no_auth_user_preferences(store: KeyValueStore) -> UserPreferences:
         )
 
 
-def fetch_no_auth_user(store: KeyValueStore) -> UserInfo:
+def fetch_no_auth_user(
+    store: KeyValueStore, *, anonymous_user_enabled: bool | None = None
+) -> UserInfo:
     return UserInfo(
         id=NO_AUTH_USER_ID,
         email=NO_AUTH_USER_EMAIL,
         is_active=True,
         is_superuser=False,
         is_verified=True,
-        role=UserRole.ADMIN,
+        role=UserRole.BASIC if anonymous_user_enabled else UserRole.ADMIN,
         preferences=load_no_auth_user_preferences(store),
+        is_anonymous_user=anonymous_user_enabled,
     )

backend/onyx/auth/users.py

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 from onyx.configs.constants import DANSWER_API_KEY_DUMMY_EMAIL_DOMAIN
 from onyx.configs.constants import DANSWER_API_KEY_PREFIX
 from onyx.configs.constants import MilestoneRecordType
+from onyx.configs.constants import OnyxRedisLocks
 from onyx.configs.constants import PASSWORD_SPECIAL_CHARS
 from onyx.configs.constants import UNNAMED_KEY_PLACEHOLDER
 from onyx.db.api_key import fetch_user_for_api_key
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
 from onyx.db.models import OAuthAccount
 from onyx.db.models import User
 from onyx.db.users import get_user_by_email
-from onyx.server.utils import BasicAuthenticationError
+from onyx.redis.redis_pool import get_redis_client
 from onyx.utils.logger import setup_logger
 from onyx.utils.telemetry import create_milestone_and_report
 from onyx.utils.telemetry import optional_telemetry
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@
 logger = setup_logger()
 
 
+class BasicAuthenticationError(HTTPException):
+    def __init__(self, detail: str):
+        super().__init__(status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, detail=detail)
+
+
 def is_user_admin(user: User | None) -> bool:
     if AUTH_TYPE == AuthType.DISABLED:
         return True
@@ -138,6 +144,20 @@ def user_needs_to_be_verified() -> bool:
     return False
 
 
+def anonymous_user_enabled() -> bool:
+    if MULTI_TENANT:
+        return False
+
+    redis_client = get_redis_client(tenant_id=None)
+    value = redis_client.get(OnyxRedisLocks.ANONYMOUS_USER_ENABLED)
+
+    if value is None:
+        return False
+
+    assert isinstance(value, bytes)
+    return int(value.decode("utf-8")) == 1
+
+
 def verify_email_is_invited(email: str) -> None:
     whitelist = get_invited_users()
     if not whitelist:
@@ -690,30 +710,36 @@ async def double_check_user(
     user: User | None,
     optional: bool = DISABLE_AUTH,
     include_expired: bool = False,
+    allow_anonymous_access: bool = False,
 ) -> User | None:
     if optional:
-        return None
+        return user
 
-    if user is None:
-        raise BasicAuthenticationError(
-            detail="Access denied. User is not authenticated.",
-        )
+    if user is not None:
+        # If user attempted to authenticate, verify them, do not default
+        # to anonymous access if it fails.
+        if user_needs_to_be_verified() and not user.is_verified:
+            raise BasicAuthenticationError(
+                detail="Access denied. User is not verified.",
+            )
 
-    if user_needs_to_be_verified() and not user.is_verified:
-        raise BasicAuthenticationError(
-            detail="Access denied. User is not verified.",
-        )
+        if (
+            user.oidc_expiry
+            and user.oidc_expiry < datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+            and not include_expired
+        ):
+            raise BasicAuthenticationError(
+                detail="Access denied. User's OIDC token has expired.",
+            )
 
-    if (
-        user.oidc_expiry
-        and user.oidc_expiry < datetime.now(timezone.utc)
-        and not include_expired
-    ):
-        raise BasicAuthenticationError(
-            detail="Access denied. User's OIDC token has expired.",
-        )
+        return user
 
-    return user
+    if allow_anonymous_access:
+        return None
+
+    raise BasicAuthenticationError(
+        detail="Access denied. User is not authenticated.",
+    )
 
 
 async def current_user_with_expired_token(
@@ -728,6 +754,14 @@ async def current_limited_user(
     return await double_check_user(user)
 
 
+async def current_chat_accesssible_user(
+    user: User | None = Depends(optional_user),
+) -> User | None:
+    return await double_check_user(
+        user, allow_anonymous_access=anonymous_user_enabled()
+    )
+
+
 async def current_user(
     user: User | None = Depends(optional_user),
 ) -> User | None:

backend/onyx/configs/constants.py

@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ class OnyxRedisLocks:
 
     SLACK_BOT_LOCK = "da_lock:slack_bot"
     SLACK_BOT_HEARTBEAT_PREFIX = "da_heartbeat:slack_bot"
+    ANONYMOUS_USER_ENABLED = "anonymous_user_enabled"
 
 
 class OnyxRedisSignals:

backend/onyx/server/auth_check.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from starlette.routing import BaseRoute
 
 from onyx.auth.users import current_admin_user
+from onyx.auth.users import current_chat_accesssible_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_curator_or_admin_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_limited_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_user
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ def check_router_auth(
                     or depends_fn == current_curator_or_admin_user
                     or depends_fn == api_key_dep
                     or depends_fn == current_user_with_expired_token
+                    or depends_fn == current_chat_accesssible_user
                     or depends_fn == control_plane_dep
                     or depends_fn == current_cloud_superuser
                 ):

backend/onyx/server/documents/connector.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from onyx.auth.users import current_admin_user
+from onyx.auth.users import current_chat_accesssible_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_curator_or_admin_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_user
 from onyx.background.celery.celery_utils import get_deletion_attempt_snapshot
@@ -1055,7 +1056,7 @@ class BasicCCPairInfo(BaseModel):
 
 @router.get("/connector-status")
 def get_basic_connector_indexing_status(
-    _: User = Depends(current_user),
+    _: User = Depends(current_chat_accesssible_user),
     db_session: Session = Depends(get_session),
 ) -> list[BasicCCPairInfo]:
     cc_pairs = get_connector_credential_pairs(db_session)

backend/onyx/server/features/persona/api.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from onyx.auth.users import current_admin_user
+from onyx.auth.users import current_chat_accesssible_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_curator_or_admin_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_limited_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_user
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ def get_image_generation_tool(
 
 @basic_router.get("")
 def list_personas(
-    user: User | None = Depends(current_user),
+    user: User | None = Depends(current_chat_accesssible_user),
     db_session: Session = Depends(get_session),
     include_deleted: bool = False,
     persona_ids: list[int] = Query(None),

backend/onyx/server/manage/get_state.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter
 
 from onyx import __version__
+from onyx.auth.users import anonymous_user_enabled
 from onyx.auth.users import user_needs_to_be_verified
 from onyx.configs.app_configs import AUTH_TYPE
 from onyx.server.manage.models import AuthTypeResponse
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ def healthcheck() -> StatusResponse:
 @router.get("/auth/type")
 def get_auth_type() -> AuthTypeResponse:
     return AuthTypeResponse(
-        auth_type=AUTH_TYPE, requires_verification=user_needs_to_be_verified()
+        auth_type=AUTH_TYPE,
+        requires_verification=user_needs_to_be_verified(),
+        anonymous_user_enabled=anonymous_user_enabled(),
     )
 
 

backend/onyx/server/manage/llm/api.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from onyx.auth.users import current_admin_user
-from onyx.auth.users import current_user
+from onyx.auth.users import current_chat_accesssible_user
 from onyx.db.engine import get_session
 from onyx.db.llm import fetch_existing_llm_providers
 from onyx.db.llm import fetch_provider
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def set_provider_as_default(
 
 @basic_router.get("/provider")
 def list_llm_provider_basics(
-    user: User | None = Depends(current_user),
+    user: User | None = Depends(current_chat_accesssible_user),
     db_session: Session = Depends(get_session),
 ) -> list[LLMProviderDescriptor]:
     return [

backend/onyx/server/manage/models.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class AuthTypeResponse(BaseModel):
     # specifies whether the current auth setup requires
     # users to have verified emails
     requires_verification: bool
+    anonymous_user_enabled: bool | None = None
 
 
 class UserPreferences(BaseModel):
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ class UserInfo(BaseModel):
     current_token_expiry_length: int | None = None
     is_cloud_superuser: bool = False
     organization_name: str | None = None
+    is_anonymous_user: bool | None = None
 
     @classmethod
     def from_model(
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ def from_model(
         expiry_length: int | None = None,
         is_cloud_superuser: bool = False,
         organization_name: str | None = None,
+        is_anonymous_user: bool | None = None,
     ) -> "UserInfo":
         return cls(
             id=str(user.id),
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ def from_model(
             current_token_created_at=current_token_created_at,
             current_token_expiry_length=expiry_length,
             is_cloud_superuser=is_cloud_superuser,
+            is_anonymous_user=is_anonymous_user,
         )
 
 

backend/onyx/server/manage/users.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from onyx.auth.noauth_user import set_no_auth_user_preferences
 from onyx.auth.schemas import UserRole
 from onyx.auth.schemas import UserStatus
+from onyx.auth.users import anonymous_user_enabled
 from onyx.auth.users import current_admin_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_curator_or_admin_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_user
@@ -522,13 +523,15 @@ def verify_user_logged_in(
     # NOTE: this does not use `current_user` / `current_admin_user` because we don't want
     # to enforce user verification here - the frontend always wants to get the info about
     # the current user regardless of if they are currently verified
-
     if user is None:
         # if auth type is disabled, return a dummy user with preferences from
         # the key-value store
         if AUTH_TYPE == AuthType.DISABLED:
             store = get_kv_store()
             return fetch_no_auth_user(store)
+        if anonymous_user_enabled():
+            store = get_kv_store()
+            return fetch_no_auth_user(store, anonymous_user_enabled=True)
 
         raise BasicAuthenticationError(detail="User Not Authenticated")
     if user.oidc_expiry and user.oidc_expiry < datetime.now(timezone.utc):

backend/onyx/server/query_and_chat/chat_backend.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
+from onyx.auth.users import current_chat_accesssible_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_limited_user
 from onyx.auth.users import current_user
 from onyx.chat.chat_utils import create_chat_chain
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ def update_chat_session_model(
 def get_chat_session(
     session_id: UUID,
     is_shared: bool = False,
-    user: User | None = Depends(current_user),
+    user: User | None = Depends(current_chat_accesssible_user),
     db_session: Session = Depends(get_session),
 ) -> ChatSessionDetailResponse:
     user_id = user.id if user is not None else None
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ def get_chat_session(
 @router.post("/create-chat-session")
 def create_new_chat_session(
     chat_session_creation_request: ChatSessionCreationRequest,
-    user: User | None = Depends(current_user),
+    user: User | None = Depends(current_chat_accesssible_user),
     db_session: Session = Depends(get_session),
 ) -> CreateChatSessionID:
     user_id = user.id if user is not None else None
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ def is_connected_sync() -> bool:
 def handle_new_chat_message(
     chat_message_req: CreateChatMessageRequest,
     request: Request,
-    user: User | None = Depends(current_limited_user),
+    user: User | None = Depends(current_chat_accesssible_user),
     _rate_limit_check: None = Depends(check_token_rate_limits),
     is_connected_func: Callable[[], bool] = Depends(is_connected),
     tenant_id: str = Depends(get_current_tenant_id),

backend/onyx/server/query_and_chat/token_limit.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-from onyx.auth.users import current_user
+from onyx.auth.users import current_chat_accesssible_user
 from onyx.db.engine import get_session_context_manager
 from onyx.db.engine import get_session_with_tenant
 from onyx.db.models import ChatMessage
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 
 def check_token_rate_limits(
-    user: User | None = Depends(current_user),
+    user: User | None = Depends(current_chat_accesssible_user),
 ) -> None:
     # short circuit if no rate limits are set up
     # NOTE: result of `any_rate_limit_exists` is cached, so this call is fast 99% of the time

backend/onyx/server/settings/models.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Settings(BaseModel):
     maximum_chat_retention_days: int | None = None
     gpu_enabled: bool | None = None
     product_gating: GatingType = GatingType.NONE
+    anonymous_user_enabled: bool | None = None
 
 
 class UserSettings(Settings):

backend/onyx/server/settings/store.py

@@ -1,21 +1,38 @@
-from typing import cast
-
 from onyx.configs.constants import KV_SETTINGS_KEY
+from onyx.configs.constants import OnyxRedisLocks
 from onyx.key_value_store.factory import get_kv_store
-from onyx.key_value_store.interface import KvKeyNotFoundError
+from onyx.redis.redis_pool import get_redis_client
 from onyx.server.settings.models import Settings
+from shared_configs.configs import MULTI_TENANT
 
 
 def load_settings() -> Settings:
-    dynamic_config_store = get_kv_store()
-    try:
-        settings = Settings(**cast(dict, dynamic_config_store.load(KV_SETTINGS_KEY)))
-    except KvKeyNotFoundError:
-        settings = Settings()
-        dynamic_config_store.store(KV_SETTINGS_KEY, settings.model_dump())
+    if MULTI_TENANT:
+        # If multi-tenant, anonymous user is always false
+        anonymous_user_enabled = False
+    else:
+        redis_client = get_redis_client(tenant_id=None)
+        value = redis_client.get(OnyxRedisLocks.ANONYMOUS_USER_ENABLED)
+        if value is not None:
+            assert isinstance(value, bytes)
+            anonymous_user_enabled = int(value.decode("utf-8")) == 1
+        else:
+            # Default to False
+            anonymous_user_enabled = False
+            # Optionally store the default back to Redis
+            redis_client.set(OnyxRedisLocks.ANONYMOUS_USER_ENABLED, "0")
 
+    settings = Settings(anonymous_user_enabled=anonymous_user_enabled)
     return settings
 
 
 def store_settings(settings: Settings) -> None:
+    if not MULTI_TENANT and settings.anonymous_user_enabled is not None:
+        # Only non-multi-tenant scenario can set the anonymous user enabled flag
+        redis_client = get_redis_client(tenant_id=None)
+        redis_client.set(
+            OnyxRedisLocks.ANONYMOUS_USER_ENABLED,
+            "1" if settings.anonymous_user_enabled else "0",
+        )
+
     get_kv_store().store(KV_SETTINGS_KEY, settings.model_dump())