Let API clients resolve user ids to names (#1894)

Archives, the queue and statistics report ownership as a numeric
created_by_id, and statistics accept it as a filter, but nothing let an
API key discover whose id was whose -- the only user listing returns
emails, roles, group membership and full permission sets, so it is
administrative and rejects keys.

Add GET /users/slim returning id + username only, gated on a new
users:read_slim permission mapped to can_read_status. That grants no
data a key could not already reach: for API-keyed requests the
permission deps return None as current_user, so the stats:filter_by_user
guard short-circuits and ?created_by_id=N is already honoured for every
N. What was missing was the ability to address the filter, not
permission to use it. The full listing stays unmapped = admin-only.

Also fix /auth/me, which answered an API key with a synthetic
administrator: id 0, role admin, is_admin true and every permission in
the enum. A key cannot reach an administrative route at all, so clients
building their UI from that response rendered actions that 403 on use.
It now reports the key owner's identity, is_admin false, and the
permissions the key's scopes actually admit. Ownerless legacy keys keep
id 0 but no longer claim admin.

---

Source user names from the slim listing where only names are needed (#1894)

Stats filter-by-user, the Archives print log filter, the File Manager
username autocomplete, the camera-token owner column and the Finance
member picker all render nothing but a username, but all of them read
the full user listing, which is gated on the admin-level users:read.
An operator granted stats:filter_by_user but not users:read got an
empty filter with no indication why.

Point them at /users/slim under a separate react-query key, since the
full listing shares the 'users' key and the two shapes would clobber
each other in the cache.

backend/app/api/routes/auth.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from backend.app.core.auth import (
     RequirePermissionIfAuthEnabled,
     _is_token_fresh,
     _validate_api_key,
+    apikey_effective_permissions,
     authenticate_user,
     authenticate_user_by_email,
     create_access_token,
@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@ from backend.app.core.auth import (
     get_user_by_email,
     get_user_by_username,
     is_jti_revoked,
+    resolve_apikey_owner,
     resolve_session_max_minutes,
     revoke_jti,
     security,
 )
 from backend.app.core.database import async_session, get_db
 from backend.app.core.oidc_env import env_bool
-from backend.app.core.permissions import ALL_PERMISSIONS
 from backend.app.models.auth_ephemeral import AuthEphemeralToken, AuthRateLimitEvent, EventType, TokenType
 from backend.app.models.group import Group
 from backend.app.models.settings import Settings
@@ -89,17 +90,47 @@ def _user_to_response(user: User) -> UserResponse:
     )
 
 
-def _api_key_to_user_response(api_key) -> UserResponse:
-    """Create a synthetic admin UserResponse for a valid API key."""
+async def _api_key_to_user_response(db: AsyncSession, api_key) -> UserResponse:
+    """Describe a valid API key as the identity it actually carries (#1894).
+
+    Until 0.2.5 this returned a synthetic admin: ``id=0``, ``role="admin"``,
+    ``is_admin=True`` and every permission in the enum. That was wrong in both
+    directions. A key cannot perform administrative operations at all --
+    ``_check_apikey_permissions`` denies every permission that is not in the
+    scope allowlist -- so a client that builds its UI from this response (which
+    is exactly what a native client does) rendered admin actions that 403 on
+    use, and had no way to learn the id its own prints are filed under.
+
+    Now: identity comes from the key's owner, and ``permissions`` is the set the
+    key can genuinely exercise. ``is_admin`` is always False because no key can
+    reach an administrative route regardless of who owns it.
+
+    Legacy keys predating per-user ownership (``user_id IS NULL``) have no
+    identity to report, so they keep ``id=0`` and the ``api-key:`` username --
+    but they stop claiming admin. ``created_at`` describes the credential in
+    both branches, unchanged.
+    """
+    # Same resolution the permission gate uses, so what is reported here and
+    # what is enforced there cannot drift -- including the 403 when the owner
+    # has been deactivated, which makes the key dead rather than anonymous.
+    owner = await resolve_apikey_owner(db, api_key)
     return UserResponse(
-        id=0,
-        username=f"api-key:{api_key.key_prefix}",
+        id=owner.id if owner else 0,
+        username=owner.username if owner else f"api-key:{api_key.key_prefix}",
+        # Withheld on purpose: the owner's email is not needed to resolve
+        # identity, and this response is reachable by anyone holding the key.
         email=None,
-        role="admin",
+        # Deprecated free-text field; "user" is the existing value meaning
+        # "not an admin". Inventing an "api_key" role here would put a third
+        # value into a field callers compare against string literals.
+        role="user",
         is_active=True,
-        is_admin=True,
+        is_admin=False,
+        auth_source=getattr(owner, "auth_source", "local") if owner else "local",
+        # The key is not a group member -- listing the owner's groups would
+        # imply capabilities the key does not inherit.
         groups=[],
-        permissions=sorted(ALL_PERMISSIONS),
+        permissions=apikey_effective_permissions(api_key, owner),
         created_at=api_key.created_at.isoformat(),
     )
 
@@ -637,8 +668,9 @@ async def get_current_user_info(
     """Get current user information.
 
     Accepts JWT tokens (via Authorization: Bearer header) and API keys
-    (via X-API-Key header or Authorization: Bearer bb_xxx).
-    API keys return a synthetic admin user with all permissions.
+    (via X-API-Key header or Authorization: Bearer bb_xxx). API keys report
+    their owner's identity and the permissions the key can actually exercise
+    -- see ``_api_key_to_user_response``.
     """
     import jwt
     from jwt.exceptions import PyJWTError as JWTError
@@ -647,7 +679,7 @@ async def get_current_user_info(
     if x_api_key:
         api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, x_api_key)
         if api_key:
-            return _api_key_to_user_response(api_key)
+            return await _api_key_to_user_response(db, api_key)
 
     # Check for Bearer token (could be JWT or API key)
     if credentials is not None:
@@ -656,7 +688,7 @@ async def get_current_user_info(
         if token.startswith("bb_"):
             api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, token)
             if api_key:
-                return _api_key_to_user_response(api_key)
+                return await _api_key_to_user_response(db, api_key)
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
                 detail="Invalid API key",

backend/app/api/routes/groups.py

@@ -28,8 +28,19 @@ from backend.app.schemas.group import (
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/groups", tags=["groups"])
 
 
+# Permissions whose derived label would misdescribe what is being granted.
+# The derived form for USERS_READ_SLIM is "Read Slim Users", which reads as a
+# property of the users rather than of the response -- and an admin ticking a
+# box in the group editor has nothing else to go on (#1894).
+_PERMISSION_LABEL_OVERRIDES: dict[Permission, str] = {
+    Permission.USERS_READ_SLIM: "List User Names (id + username only)",
+}
+
+
 def _permission_label(perm: Permission) -> str:
     """Convert permission enum to human-readable label."""
+    if perm in _PERMISSION_LABEL_OVERRIDES:
+        return _PERMISSION_LABEL_OVERRIDES[perm]
     # e.g., "printers:read" -> "Read Printers"
     parts = perm.value.split(":")
     if len(parts) == 2:

backend/app/api/routes/users.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from backend.app.core.auth import (
     ALGORITHM,
     SECRET_KEY,
     RequireAdminIfAuthEnabled,
+    RequireAnyPermissionIfAuthEnabled,
     RequirePermissionIfAuthEnabled,
     get_current_user_optional,
     get_password_hash,
@@ -34,7 +35,14 @@ from backend.app.models.settings import Settings
 from backend.app.models.user import User
 from backend.app.models.user_otp_code import UserOTPCode
 from backend.app.models.user_totp import UserTOTP
-from backend.app.schemas.auth import ChangePasswordRequest, GroupBrief, UserCreate, UserResponse, UserUpdate
+from backend.app.schemas.auth import (
+    ChangePasswordRequest,
+    GroupBrief,
+    UserCreate,
+    UserResponse,
+    UserSlim,
+    UserUpdate,
+)
 from backend.app.services.email_service import (
     create_welcome_email_from_template,
     generate_secure_password,
@@ -190,6 +198,31 @@ async def create_user(
     return _user_to_response(new_user)
 
 
+@router.get("/slim", response_model=list[UserSlim])
+async def list_users_slim(
+    _: User | None = RequireAnyPermissionIfAuthEnabled(Permission.USERS_READ_SLIM, Permission.USERS_READ),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """List users as ``{id, username}`` only (#1894).
+
+    Exists so an API key -- or a group that should not see emails, roles and
+    permission sets -- can turn the ``created_by_id`` values it already gets
+    back from archives, stats and the queue into names.
+
+    ``USERS_READ`` is accepted alongside ``USERS_READ_SLIM`` because it is
+    strictly broader; groups that already hold it keep working without a
+    permission backfill. For API keys only the slim permission resolves (the
+    full one is unmapped = administrative), so a key reaches this and not the
+    listing above.
+
+    Declared before ``/{user_id}`` on purpose: FastAPI matches in declaration
+    order, and the reverse order would parse "slim" as the int path parameter
+    and answer 422.
+    """
+    result = await db.execute(select(User.id, User.username).order_by(User.username))
+    return [UserSlim(id=row.id, username=row.username) for row in result.all()]
+
+
 @router.get("/{user_id}", response_model=UserResponse)
 async def get_user(
     user_id: int,

backend/app/api/routes/webhook.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
-from backend.app.core.auth import check_permission, check_printer_access, get_api_key
+from backend.app.core.auth import check_printer_access, check_webhook_permission, get_api_key
 from backend.app.core.database import get_db
 from backend.app.models.api_key import APIKey
 from backend.app.models.archive import PrintArchive
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async def webhook_add_to_queue(
 
     Requires 'can_queue' permission.
     """
-    check_permission(api_key, "queue")
+    await check_webhook_permission(db, api_key, "queue")
     check_printer_access(api_key, data.printer_id)
 
     # Verify archive exists
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ async def webhook_start_print(
 
     Requires 'can_control_printer' permission.
     """
-    check_permission(api_key, "control_printer")
+    await check_webhook_permission(db, api_key, "control_printer")
     check_printer_access(api_key, printer_id)
 
     # Get printer
@@ -191,12 +191,13 @@ async def webhook_start_print(
 async def webhook_stop_print(
     printer_id: int,
     api_key: APIKey = Depends(get_api_key),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
     """Stop the current print on a printer.
 
     Requires 'can_control_printer' permission.
     """
-    check_permission(api_key, "control_printer")
+    await check_webhook_permission(db, api_key, "control_printer")
     check_printer_access(api_key, printer_id)
 
     status = printer_manager.get_status(printer_id)
@@ -222,12 +223,13 @@ async def webhook_stop_print(
 async def webhook_cancel_print(
     printer_id: int,
     api_key: APIKey = Depends(get_api_key),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
     """Cancel the current print on a printer.
 
     Requires 'can_control_printer' permission.
     """
-    check_permission(api_key, "control_printer")
+    await check_webhook_permission(db, api_key, "control_printer")
     check_printer_access(api_key, printer_id)
 
     status = printer_manager.get_status(printer_id)
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ async def webhook_get_printer_status(
 
     Requires 'can_read_status' permission.
     """
-    check_permission(api_key, "read_status")
+    await check_webhook_permission(db, api_key, "read_status")
     check_printer_access(api_key, printer_id)
 
     # Get printer
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@ async def webhook_get_queue_status(
 
     Requires 'can_read_status' permission.
     """
-    check_permission(api_key, "read_status")
+    await check_webhook_permission(db, api_key, "read_status")
 
     # Get printers
     if printer_id:

backend/app/core/auth.py

@@ -49,8 +49,15 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # The denylist is retained for documentation / drift-detection only — its
 # entries also satisfy "not in the allowlist", so they fail closed regardless.
 #
+# #1894 follow-on: the allowlist is a ceiling, not a grant. A key is also
+# narrowed to what its owner may do, so a user who can create keys cannot mint
+# themselves authority they do not have, and deactivating a user disables their
+# keys. Legacy ownerless keys (``user_id IS NULL``) have no owner to narrow
+# against and remain governed by the scope flags alone.
+#
 # Mapping rationale (see wiki/features/api-keys.md):
 #   can_read_status       → every ``*_READ`` + camera + stats + system + websocket
+#                           + the slim id/username user listing (NOT ``users:read``)
 #   can_queue             → queue write ops + archive reprint
 #   can_control_printer   → physical printer + smart-plug control
 #   can_manage_library    → library upload/own + MakerWorld import (separate
@@ -94,6 +101,14 @@ _APIKEY_SCOPE_BY_PERMISSION: dict[Permission, str] = {
     Permission.PRINTER_SENSOR_HISTORY_READ: "can_read_status",
     Permission.STATS_READ: "can_read_status",
     Permission.STATS_FILTER_BY_USER: "can_read_status",
+    # USERS_READ_SLIM grants no data an API key could not already reach (#1894):
+    # for API-keyed requests the permission deps return None as ``current_user``,
+    # so ``_validate_user_filter_permission`` in routes/archives.py short-circuits
+    # and ``?created_by_id=N`` is already honoured for every N. Without a way to
+    # discover the ids, that filter is only addressable by brute force. The slim
+    # listing makes it usable; the full USERS_READ listing (emails, roles, group
+    # membership, permission sets) stays unmapped = admin-only.
+    Permission.USERS_READ_SLIM: "can_read_status",
     Permission.SYSTEM_READ: "can_read_status",
     # SETTINGS_READ stays allowed via read-status so SpoolBuddy kiosks keep
     # working (they need the UI-language setting via API key).
@@ -293,13 +308,89 @@ def _resolve_apikey_scope(perm_string: str) -> str | None:
     return _APIKEY_SCOPE_BY_PERMISSION.get(perm)
 
 
-def _check_apikey_permissions(api_key: APIKey, perm_strings: list[str], *, require_any: bool = False) -> None:
+def apikey_effective_permissions(api_key: APIKey, owner: User | None = None) -> list[str]:
+    """Return the permissions ``api_key`` can actually exercise, sorted.
+
+    This is the exact set ``_check_apikey_permissions`` will let through: every
+    mapped permission whose scope flag is True on the key, further narrowed to
+    what ``owner`` may do. Unmapped permissions are administrative and never
+    resolve for a key, so they are absent.
+
+    ``owner=None`` means a legacy ownerless key, where the scope flags are the
+    whole of the key's authority -- not "skip the owner check". Callers holding
+    an owned key must pass the owner, or ``/auth/me`` will over-report and drift
+    from the gate, which is the defect #1894 was about.
+    """
+    return sorted(
+        perm.value
+        for perm, scope_attr in _APIKEY_SCOPE_BY_PERMISSION.items()
+        if getattr(api_key, scope_attr, False) and (owner is None or owner.has_permission(perm.value))
+    )
+
+
+async def resolve_apikey_owner(db: AsyncSession, api_key: APIKey) -> User | None:
+    """Load the owner of ``api_key`` for an authorization decision.
+
+    Distinct from ``_user_from_api_key``, which answers "who is this, if
+    anyone" and returns None for both the legacy and the broken case. Here
+    those two must not be conflated:
+
+    - ``user_id IS NULL`` -- a key predating per-user ownership. There is no
+      owner to narrow against, so the scope flags stand alone. Returns None.
+    - ``user_id`` set but the row is missing or deactivated -- the key's
+      authority came from a user who no longer has any. Raises 403 rather than
+      returning None, because returning None here would fail open: deactivating
+      a user would leave their keys working with full scope authority.
+
+    Groups are eager-loaded because ``has_permission`` walks them, and a lazy
+    load inside the permission check would raise MissingGreenlet.
+    """
+    if api_key.user_id is None:
+        return None
+    result = await db.execute(select(User).where(User.id == api_key.user_id).options(selectinload(User.groups)))
+    owner = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if owner is None or not owner.is_active:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+            detail="API key owner is deactivated or no longer exists",
+        )
+    return owner
+
+
+async def authorize_api_key(
+    db: AsyncSession,
+    api_key: APIKey,
+    perm_strings: list[str],
+    *,
+    require_any: bool = False,
+) -> None:
+    """Resolve the key's owner and run the full permission gate. Raises 403."""
+    owner = await resolve_apikey_owner(db, api_key)
+    _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, perm_strings, owner=owner, require_any=require_any)
+
+
+def _check_apikey_permissions(
+    api_key: APIKey,
+    perm_strings: list[str],
+    *,
+    owner: User | None = None,
+    require_any: bool = False,
+) -> None:
     """Raise 403 unless ``api_key`` is allowed to use ``perm_strings``.
 
     Allowlist semantics: every requested permission MUST be present in
     ``_APIKEY_SCOPE_BY_PERMISSION`` AND its scope flag must be True on
     ``api_key``. Unmapped permissions = administrative = 403.
 
+    A key must not out-rank the user it belongs to, so when ``owner`` is given
+    the permission must additionally be one the owner holds. Scope flags are
+    chosen at creation time by whoever holds ``api_keys:create``; that is
+    admin-only in the default groups, but a custom group can grant it, and
+    without this check such a user could mint themselves a key with
+    ``can_control_printer`` and act through it beyond their own permissions.
+    ``owner=None`` is only correct for legacy ownerless keys -- see
+    ``resolve_apikey_owner``.
+
     By default ALL requested permissions must pass (mirrors
     ``require_permission`` / ``require_permission_if_auth_enabled``).
     When ``require_any=True``, only one needs to pass (mirrors
@@ -327,6 +418,11 @@ def _check_apikey_permissions(api_key: APIKey, perm_strings: list[str], *, requi
                 status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
                 detail=f"API key does not have '{scope_attr}' permission",
             )
+        elif owner is not None and not owner.has_permission(perm_str):
+            failure = HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+                detail=f"API key owner does not have '{perm_str}' permission",
+            )
         else:
             failure = None
 
@@ -384,6 +480,12 @@ def require_energy_cost_update():
                         detail="Invalid API key",
                         headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
                     )
+                # Fails closed if the owner has been deactivated. The scope
+                # flag itself is not narrowed against the owner's permissions
+                # the way the general gate is: this door exists precisely
+                # because no user permission maps to it (SETTINGS_UPDATE stays
+                # denied for keys even when the owner is an administrator).
+                await resolve_apikey_owner(db, api_key)
                 if not api_key.can_update_energy_cost:
                     raise HTTPException(
                         status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
@@ -1133,10 +1235,14 @@ async def require_auth_if_enabled(
         if not auth_enabled:
             return None
 
-        # Check for API key first (X-API-Key header)
+        # Check for API key first (X-API-Key header). The owner is resolved
+        # purely for its side effect: a key whose owner has been deactivated
+        # must be dead everywhere, not just on the permission-gated routes.
+        # There is no permission to check here -- this dep is auth-only.
         if x_api_key:
             api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, x_api_key)
             if api_key:
+                await resolve_apikey_owner(db, api_key)
                 return None  # API key valid, allow access
 
         # Check for Bearer token (could be JWT or API key)
@@ -1146,6 +1252,7 @@ async def require_auth_if_enabled(
             if token.startswith("bb_"):
                 api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, token)
                 if api_key:
+                    await resolve_apikey_owner(db, api_key)
                     return None  # API key valid, allow access
                 raise HTTPException(
                     status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
@@ -1424,6 +1531,35 @@ def check_permission(api_key: APIKey, permission: str) -> None:
         )
 
 
+# The coarse webhook permission names predate the Permission enum. Each maps to
+# the enum member that best represents it, so the owner can be held to the same
+# standard here as on the modern routes.
+_WEBHOOK_PERMISSION_EQUIVALENT: dict[str, Permission] = {
+    "queue": Permission.QUEUE_CREATE,
+    "control_printer": Permission.PRINTERS_CONTROL,
+    "read_status": Permission.PRINTERS_READ,
+}
+
+
+async def check_webhook_permission(db: AsyncSession, api_key: APIKey, permission: str) -> None:
+    """``check_permission`` plus the owner checks the modern routes apply.
+
+    ``/webhook/*`` reaches its scope flags through ``check_permission`` rather
+    than ``_check_apikey_permissions``, so it does not pick up the owner
+    narrowing automatically. Without this it would be the way around the gate:
+    the same key that is refused printer control on ``/printers/{id}/print/stop``
+    could stop the print through ``/webhook/printer/{id}/stop``.
+    """
+    check_permission(api_key, permission)
+    owner = await resolve_apikey_owner(db, api_key)
+    equivalent = _WEBHOOK_PERMISSION_EQUIVALENT.get(permission)
+    if owner is not None and equivalent is not None and not owner.has_permission(equivalent.value):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+            detail=f"API key owner does not have '{equivalent.value}' permission",
+        )
+
+
 def check_printer_access(api_key: APIKey, printer_id: int) -> None:
     """Check if API key has access to the specified printer.
 
@@ -1481,7 +1617,7 @@ def require_permission(*permissions: str | Permission):
             if x_api_key:
                 api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, x_api_key)
                 if api_key:
-                    _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, perm_strings)
+                    await authorize_api_key(db, api_key, perm_strings)
                     return None  # API key valid, allow access
 
             credentials_exception = HTTPException(
@@ -1498,7 +1634,7 @@ def require_permission(*permissions: str | Permission):
             if token.startswith("bb_"):
                 api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, token)
                 if api_key:
-                    _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, perm_strings)
+                    await authorize_api_key(db, api_key, perm_strings)
                     return None  # API key valid, allow access
                 raise HTTPException(
                     status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
@@ -1571,7 +1707,7 @@ def require_permission_if_auth_enabled(*permissions: str | Permission):
             if x_api_key:
                 api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, x_api_key)
                 if api_key:
-                    _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, perm_strings)
+                    await authorize_api_key(db, api_key, perm_strings)
                     return None  # API key valid, allow access
 
             # Check for Bearer token (could be JWT or API key)
@@ -1581,7 +1717,7 @@ def require_permission_if_auth_enabled(*permissions: str | Permission):
                 if token.startswith("bb_"):
                     api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, token)
                     if api_key:
-                        _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, perm_strings)
+                        await authorize_api_key(db, api_key, perm_strings)
                         return None  # API key valid, allow access
                     raise HTTPException(
                         status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
@@ -1674,7 +1810,7 @@ def require_any_permission_if_auth_enabled(*permissions: str | Permission):
                     # GHSA-r2qv-8222-hqg3: previously returned None unconditionally,
                     # letting any valid API key satisfy admin "any-of" route
                     # dependencies. require_any → at-least-one must pass the scope check.
-                    _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, perm_strings, require_any=True)
+                    await authorize_api_key(db, api_key, perm_strings, require_any=True)
                     return None
 
             if credentials is not None:
@@ -1682,7 +1818,7 @@ def require_any_permission_if_auth_enabled(*permissions: str | Permission):
                 if token.startswith("bb_"):
                     api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, token)
                     if api_key:
-                        _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, perm_strings, require_any=True)
+                        await authorize_api_key(db, api_key, perm_strings, require_any=True)
                         return None
                     raise HTTPException(
                         status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
@@ -1873,7 +2009,7 @@ def require_ownership_permission(
             if x_api_key:
                 api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, x_api_key)
                 if api_key:
-                    _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, [all_perm])
+                    await authorize_api_key(db, api_key, [all_perm])
                     return None, True
 
             # Check for Bearer token (could be JWT or API key)
@@ -1883,7 +2019,7 @@ def require_ownership_permission(
                 if token.startswith("bb_"):
                     api_key = await _validate_api_key(db, token)
                     if api_key:
-                        _check_apikey_permissions(api_key, [all_perm])
+                        await authorize_api_key(db, api_key, [all_perm])
                         return None, True
                     raise HTTPException(
                         status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,

backend/app/core/permissions.py

@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ class Permission(StrEnum):
 
     # Users (admin-level)
     USERS_READ = "users:read"
+    # Narrow read: id + username only, no emails/roles/groups/permissions (#1894).
+    # Exists so an id -> name mapping can be resolved without handing out the
+    # full user objects. Pairs with STATS_FILTER_BY_USER, which is useless
+    # without a way to discover the ids it filters on.
+    USERS_READ_SLIM = "users:read_slim"
     USERS_CREATE = "users:create"
     USERS_UPDATE = "users:update"
     USERS_DELETE = "users:delete"
@@ -346,6 +351,7 @@ PERMISSION_CATEGORIES = {
     ],
     "User Management": [
         Permission.USERS_READ,
+        Permission.USERS_READ_SLIM,
         Permission.USERS_CREATE,
         Permission.USERS_UPDATE,
         Permission.USERS_DELETE,

backend/app/schemas/auth.py

@@ -93,6 +93,22 @@ class UserResponse(BaseModel):
         from_attributes = True
 
 
+class UserSlim(BaseModel):
+    """Just enough to resolve a user id to a display name (#1894).
+
+    Deliberately narrower than ``UserResponse``: no email, role, auth source,
+    group membership or permission set. Adding a field here widens what every
+    ``can_read_status`` API key can read about every account, so treat this
+    shape as the contract rather than a starting point.
+    """
+
+    id: int
+    username: str
+
+    class Config:
+        from_attributes = True
+
+
 class LDAPSearchResultResponse(BaseModel):
     """One match from GET /auth/ldap/search — surfaced in the admin UI."""
 

backend/tests/integration/test_api_key_owner_authority_1894.py

@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+"""An API key must not out-rank the user it belongs to (#1894 follow-on).
+
+``_check_apikey_permissions`` gated purely on the scope flags stored on the key
+row and never looked at the owner. Scope flags are chosen at creation time by
+whoever holds ``api_keys:create`` -- admin-only in the default groups, but a
+custom group can grant it -- so a user with, say, queue permissions could mint
+themselves a key with ``can_control_printer`` and stop other people's prints
+through it. Deactivating that user did not help either: their keys kept working
+with full scope authority, because nothing re-checked the owner.
+
+The gate now narrows the scope flags to what the owner may do. Two cases must
+NOT be conflated, and each has a test below:
+
+- ``user_id IS NULL`` -- legacy key from before per-user ownership. No owner
+  exists to narrow against, so the flags stand alone and the key keeps working.
+- ``user_id`` set but the row is gone or deactivated -- the key's authority came
+  from a user who has none. Fails closed.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+from httpx import AsyncClient
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from backend.app.core.auth import generate_api_key, get_password_hash
+from backend.app.models.api_key import APIKey
+from backend.app.models.group import Group
+from backend.app.models.user import User
+
+# A route gated on PRINTERS_READ (can_read_status) and one gated on
+# PRINTERS_CONTROL (can_control_printer). Both scope flags are set on every key
+# built below, so any denial comes from the owner check rather than the flags.
+READ_ROUTE = "/api/v1/printers/"
+CONTROL_ROUTE = "/api/v1/printers/1/print/stop"
+
+
+async def _setup(async_client: AsyncClient) -> None:
+    await async_client.post(
+        "/api/v1/auth/setup",
+        json={"auth_enabled": True, "admin_username": "owneradmin", "admin_password": "OwnerPass1!"},
+    )
+
+
+async def _key_for(db_session, owner: User | None, **scopes) -> str:
+    defaults = {"can_read_status": True, "can_control_printer": True, "can_queue": True}
+    defaults.update(scopes)
+    full_key, key_hash, key_prefix = generate_api_key()
+    db_session.add(
+        APIKey(
+            name=f"key-{owner.username if owner else 'legacy'}",
+            key_hash=key_hash,
+            key_prefix=key_prefix,
+            enabled=True,
+            user_id=owner.id if owner else None,
+            **defaults,
+        )
+    )
+    await db_session.commit()
+    return full_key
+
+
+async def _user(db_session, username: str, permissions: list[str], *, is_active: bool = True) -> User:
+    group = Group(name=f"grp-{username}", description="t", permissions=permissions, is_system=False)
+    db_session.add(group)
+    await db_session.flush()
+    user = User(
+        username=username,
+        password_hash=get_password_hash("Whatever1!"),  # noqa: S106
+        role="user",
+        is_active=is_active,
+        groups=[group],
+    )
+    db_session.add(user)
+    await db_session.commit()
+    return user
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_admin_owned_key_keeps_full_scope_authority(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """The common case must not regress -- almost every key is admin-owned."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    admin = (await db_session.execute(select(User).where(User.username == "owneradmin"))).scalar_one()
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, admin)
+
+    response = await async_client.get(READ_ROUTE, headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_legacy_ownerless_key_still_works(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """No owner to narrow against is not the same as a failed owner lookup."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, None)
+
+    response = await async_client.get(READ_ROUTE, headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_key_cannot_exceed_its_owners_permissions(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """The escalation: control flags ticked, owner who may not control."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "readonly", ["printers:read"])
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+
+    allowed = await async_client.get(READ_ROUTE, headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+    denied = await async_client.post(CONTROL_ROUTE, headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    assert allowed.status_code == 200
+    assert denied.status_code == 403
+    assert "owner does not have" in denied.json()["detail"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_deactivating_the_owner_disables_the_key(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """Previously the key kept working -- nothing re-checked the owner."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "gone", ["printers:read"], is_active=False)
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+
+    response = await async_client.get(READ_ROUTE, headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+    assert "deactivated" in response.json()["detail"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_a_deleted_owner_does_not_fall_back_to_anonymous(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """The dangling-row case fails closed rather than reverting to flags-only.
+
+    CASCADE should prevent this, but "should" is not a gate -- if the row is
+    ever orphaned the key must not silently regain full scope authority.
+    """
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "doomed", ["printers:read"])
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+    api_key = (await db_session.execute(select(APIKey).where(APIKey.user_id == owner.id))).scalar_one()
+    api_key.user_id = 999999  # owner row that does not exist
+    await db_session.commit()
+
+    response = await async_client.get(READ_ROUTE, headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_bearer_path_is_gated_the_same_as_the_header(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """Both credential paths run the same gate; only one was ever tested."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "bearer-readonly", ["printers:read"])
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+
+    denied = await async_client.post(CONTROL_ROUTE, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {key}"})
+
+    assert denied.status_code == 403
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_webhook_routes_are_not_a_way_around_the_owner_check(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """/webhook/* reaches its scope flags by a different route than the rest.
+
+    It gates on ``check_permission``, not ``_check_apikey_permissions``, so it
+    does not inherit the owner narrowing for free. If it is missed, the same key
+    that is refused on /printers/{id}/print/stop simply stops the print here
+    instead, and the whole gate is decorative.
+    """
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "webhook-readonly", ["printers:read"])
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+
+    denied = await async_client.post("/api/v1/webhook/printer/1/stop", headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    assert denied.status_code == 403
+    assert "owner does not have" in denied.json()["detail"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_webhook_still_works_for_a_permitted_owner(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """The narrowing must not simply break every webhook caller."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "webhook-operator", ["printers:read", "printers:control"])
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+
+    response = await async_client.post("/api/v1/webhook/printer/1/stop", headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    # There is no connected printer 1, so the handler itself fails. What
+    # matters is that the request got that far: neither gate rejected it.
+    assert response.status_code != 403
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_webhook_rejects_a_deactivated_owner(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """Fail-closed applies on this path too."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "webhook-gone", ["printers:read", "printers:control"], is_active=False)
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+
+    response = await async_client.post("/api/v1/webhook/printer/1/stop", headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+    assert "deactivated" in response.json()["detail"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_me_reports_the_narrowed_set(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """/auth/me and the gate must agree, including about the owner."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "narrow", ["printers:read"])
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+
+    result = (await async_client.get("/api/v1/auth/me", headers={"X-API-Key": key})).json()
+
+    assert result["id"] == owner.id
+    assert "printers:read" in result["permissions"]
+    # can_control_printer is ticked on the key, but the owner cannot control.
+    assert "printers:control" not in result["permissions"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_me_is_rejected_once_the_owner_is_deactivated(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """A dead key identifies as nothing, rather than as an anonymous key."""
+    await _setup(async_client)
+    owner = await _user(db_session, "me-gone", ["printers:read"], is_active=False)
+    key = await _key_for(db_session, owner)
+
+    response = await async_client.get("/api/v1/auth/me", headers={"X-API-Key": key})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403

backend/tests/integration/test_auth_api.py

@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ class TestAuthMeAPI:
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @pytest.mark.integration
-    async def test_me_with_api_key_bearer(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
-        """Verify /me returns synthetic admin user when using API key via Bearer token."""
+    async def test_me_with_ownerless_api_key_bearer(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+        """A legacy key has no identity to report, but no longer claims admin (#1894)."""
         from backend.app.core.auth import generate_api_key
         from backend.app.models.api_key import APIKey
 
@@ -253,15 +253,18 @@ class TestAuthMeAPI:
         result = response.json()
         assert result["id"] == 0
         assert result["username"].startswith("api-key:")
-        assert result["role"] == "admin"
-        assert result["is_admin"] is True
+        assert result["role"] != "admin"
+        assert result["is_admin"] is False
         assert result["is_active"] is True
+        # can_read_status defaults True, so the scope-derived set is non-empty
+        # -- but it is a set, not "every permission there is".
         assert len(result["permissions"]) > 0
+        assert "users:create" not in result["permissions"]
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @pytest.mark.integration
-    async def test_me_with_api_key_header(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
-        """Verify /me returns synthetic admin user when using X-API-Key header."""
+    async def test_me_with_ownerless_api_key_header(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+        """Same as above via the X-API-Key header rather than Bearer."""
         from backend.app.core.auth import generate_api_key
         from backend.app.models.api_key import APIKey
 
@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ class TestAuthMeAPI:
         result = response.json()
         assert result["id"] == 0
         assert result["username"].startswith("api-key:")
-        assert result["is_admin"] is True
+        assert result["is_admin"] is False
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @pytest.mark.integration
@@ -292,6 +295,127 @@ class TestAuthMeAPI:
 
         assert response.status_code == 401
 
+    async def _owned_key(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session, **scopes):
+        """Set up auth and return (owner, full_key) for a key with ``scopes``.
+
+        The owner is given an email and a group explicitly rather than relying
+        on what /auth/setup happens to seed, so the assertions about what /me
+        withholds cannot pass vacuously.
+        """
+        from sqlalchemy import select
+        from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
+
+        from backend.app.core.auth import generate_api_key
+        from backend.app.models.api_key import APIKey
+        from backend.app.models.group import Group
+        from backend.app.models.user import User
+
+        await async_client.post(
+            "/api/v1/auth/setup",
+            json={
+                "auth_enabled": True,
+                "admin_username": "keyowner",
+                "admin_password": "KeyPass1!",
+            },
+        )
+        owner = (
+            await db_session.execute(select(User).where(User.username == "keyowner").options(selectinload(User.groups)))
+        ).scalar_one()
+        owner.email = "keyowner@example.invalid"
+        group = Group(name="key-owner-group", description="t", permissions=["printers:read"], is_system=False)
+        db_session.add(group)
+        await db_session.flush()
+        owner.groups.append(group)
+
+        full_key, key_hash, key_prefix = generate_api_key()
+        db_session.add(
+            APIKey(name="owned", key_hash=key_hash, key_prefix=key_prefix, enabled=True, user_id=owner.id, **scopes)
+        )
+        await db_session.commit()
+        return owner, full_key
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @pytest.mark.integration
+    async def test_me_reports_the_key_owner_not_a_synthetic_admin(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+        """The id is the point of #1894 -- it is what created_by_id filters on."""
+        owner, full_key = await self._owned_key(async_client, db_session)
+
+        response = await async_client.get("/api/v1/auth/me", headers={"X-API-Key": full_key})
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        result = response.json()
+        assert result["id"] == owner.id
+        assert result["username"] == "keyowner"
+        # The owner is an admin; the key still is not, because no key reaches
+        # an administrative route regardless of who owns it.
+        assert result["is_admin"] is False
+        assert result["role"] != "admin"
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @pytest.mark.integration
+    async def test_me_withholds_owner_email_and_groups(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+        """Identity, not the owner's profile -- anyone holding the key sees this."""
+        owner, full_key = await self._owned_key(async_client, db_session)
+        assert owner.email is not None and owner.groups  # the helper made both non-empty
+
+        result = (await async_client.get("/api/v1/auth/me", headers={"X-API-Key": full_key})).json()
+
+        assert result["email"] is None
+        assert result["groups"] == []
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @pytest.mark.integration
+    async def test_me_permissions_track_the_key_scopes_not_the_owner(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+        """A key owned by an admin still reports only what its flags allow."""
+        _, full_key = await self._owned_key(
+            async_client,
+            db_session,
+            can_read_status=True,
+            can_control_printer=False,
+            can_queue=False,
+        )
+
+        perms = (await async_client.get("/api/v1/auth/me", headers={"X-API-Key": full_key})).json()["permissions"]
+
+        assert "printers:read" in perms  # can_read_status
+        assert "printers:control" not in perms  # can_control_printer is off
+        assert "queue:create" not in perms  # can_queue is off
+        assert "users:create" not in perms  # administrative: unmapped for keys
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @pytest.mark.integration
+    async def test_me_permissions_are_exactly_what_the_gate_admits(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+        """/me must not drift from _check_apikey_permissions.
+
+        The whole defect in #1894 was a /me response that described a different
+        credential than the one the gate enforces, so pin them to each other
+        rather than to a hand-written list that can rot. The owner is threaded
+        through both sides for the same reason -- the gate narrows to the
+        owner's permissions, so a check that skipped the owner would stop
+        catching drift the moment the owner is not an administrator.
+        """
+        from fastapi import HTTPException
+        from sqlalchemy import select
+
+        from backend.app.core.auth import _check_apikey_permissions, resolve_apikey_owner
+        from backend.app.core.permissions import ALL_PERMISSIONS
+        from backend.app.models.api_key import APIKey
+
+        _, full_key = await self._owned_key(async_client, db_session, can_read_status=True, can_control_printer=False)
+
+        response = await async_client.get("/api/v1/auth/me", headers={"X-API-Key": full_key})
+        reported = set(response.json()["permissions"])
+
+        key = (await db_session.execute(select(APIKey).where(APIKey.name == "owned"))).scalar_one()
+        owner = await resolve_apikey_owner(db_session, key)
+        for perm in ALL_PERMISSIONS:
+            try:
+                _check_apikey_permissions(key, [perm], owner=owner)
+            except HTTPException:
+                assert perm not in reported, f"/me reports '{perm}' but the gate denies it"
+            else:
+                assert perm in reported, f"the gate admits '{perm}' but /me omits it"
+
 
 class TestUsersAPI:
     """Integration tests for /api/v1/users/ endpoints."""

backend/tests/integration/test_queue_creation_attribution.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, async_sessionmaker
 from backend.app.core.auth import generate_api_key
 from backend.app.core.config import settings as app_settings
 from backend.app.models.api_key import APIKey
+from backend.app.models.group import Group
 from backend.app.models.print_queue import PrintQueueItem
 from backend.app.models.user import User
 
@@ -173,7 +174,14 @@ class TestWebhookQueueAddAttribution:
     async def test_credits_the_key_owner(self, async_client: AsyncClient, db_session, test_engine, printer_and_archive):
         printer, archive = printer_and_archive
 
-        owner = User(username="keyowner", password_hash="x", is_active=True)
+        # The owner needs queue:create in their own right: a key is capped by
+        # its owner's permissions (#1894), so a bare account with no groups
+        # cannot queue through a key however its scope flags are set. This test
+        # is about who the row is credited to, not about the gate.
+        group = Group(name="queue-writers", description="t", permissions=["queue:create"], is_system=False)
+        db_session.add(group)
+        await db_session.flush()
+        owner = User(username="keyowner", password_hash="x", is_active=True, groups=[group])
         db_session.add(owner)
         await db_session.commit()
         await db_session.refresh(owner)

backend/tests/integration/test_users_slim_1894.py

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+"""GET /api/v1/users/slim -- the id -> username mapping for API clients (#1894).
+
+An API key could already read global archive stats and filter them by
+``created_by_id`` (for API-keyed requests the permission deps return None as
+``current_user``, so the ``stats:filter_by_user`` guard short-circuits), but
+had no way to discover which id belonged to whom: the full listing is gated on
+``users:read``, which is unmapped in the API-key scope allowlist and therefore
+administrative.
+
+The slim listing closes that gap without handing keys the full user objects.
+These tests pin both halves: that it answers for a key, and that it stays
+narrow while the full listing stays admin-only.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+from httpx import AsyncClient
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from backend.app.core.auth import generate_api_key
+from backend.app.models.api_key import APIKey
+from backend.app.models.group import Group
+from backend.app.models.user import User
+
+
+async def _setup_and_login(async_client: AsyncClient) -> str:
+    await async_client.post(
+        "/api/v1/auth/setup",
+        json={"auth_enabled": True, "admin_username": "slimadmin", "admin_password": "SlimPass1!"},
+    )
+    login = await async_client.post(
+        "/api/v1/auth/login",
+        json={"username": "slimadmin", "password": "SlimPass1!"},
+    )
+    return login.json()["access_token"]
+
+
+async def _add_key(db_session, *, user_id: int | None = None, **scopes) -> str:
+    full_key, key_hash, key_prefix = generate_api_key()
+    db_session.add(
+        APIKey(name="slim-test", key_hash=key_hash, key_prefix=key_prefix, enabled=True, user_id=user_id, **scopes)
+    )
+    await db_session.commit()
+    return full_key
+
+
+async def _add_user(db_session, username: str, **kwargs) -> User:
+    from backend.app.core.auth import get_password_hash
+
+    user = User(
+        username=username,
+        password_hash=get_password_hash("Whatever1!"),
+        email=f"{username}@example.invalid",
+        role="user",
+        is_active=True,
+        **kwargs,
+    )
+    db_session.add(user)
+    await db_session.commit()
+    return user
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_slim_returns_only_id_and_username(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """The response shape is the contract -- no emails, roles, or permissions."""
+    token = await _setup_and_login(async_client)
+    await _add_user(db_session, "bob")
+
+    response = await async_client.get("/api/v1/users/slim", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    rows = response.json()
+    assert rows, "expected at least the admin created by setup"
+    for row in rows:
+        assert set(row) == {"id", "username"}
+    assert "bob" in [row["username"] for row in rows]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_slim_is_reachable_with_an_api_key(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """The point of the issue: a key can resolve the ids it already filters on."""
+    await _setup_and_login(async_client)
+    owner = (await db_session.execute(select(User).where(User.username == "slimadmin"))).scalar_one()
+    full_key = await _add_key(db_session, user_id=owner.id, can_read_status=True)
+
+    header = await async_client.get("/api/v1/users/slim", headers={"X-API-Key": full_key})
+    bearer = await async_client.get("/api/v1/users/slim", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {full_key}"})
+
+    assert header.status_code == 200
+    assert bearer.status_code == 200
+    assert {row["username"] for row in header.json()} == {"slimadmin"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_slim_needs_can_read_status(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """A key without the read scope gets nothing, same as any other read route."""
+    await _setup_and_login(async_client)
+    owner = (await db_session.execute(select(User).where(User.username == "slimadmin"))).scalar_one()
+    full_key = await _add_key(db_session, user_id=owner.id, can_read_status=False)
+
+    response = await async_client.get("/api/v1/users/slim", headers={"X-API-Key": full_key})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_full_listing_stays_admin_only_for_api_keys(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """Regression guard: widening the slim route must not widen the full one.
+
+    ``users:read`` returns emails, group membership and the complete permission
+    set for every account. It has to stay unmapped in the scope allowlist.
+    """
+    await _setup_and_login(async_client)
+    owner = (await db_session.execute(select(User).where(User.username == "slimadmin"))).scalar_one()
+    full_key = await _add_key(db_session, user_id=owner.id, can_read_status=True)
+
+    response = await async_client.get("/api/v1/users", headers={"X-API-Key": full_key})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+    assert "administrative" in response.json()["detail"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_slim_is_not_parsed_as_a_user_id(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """Route ordering. Declared after /{user_id}, "slim" would 422 as an int."""
+    token = await _setup_and_login(async_client)
+
+    response = await async_client.get("/api/v1/users/slim", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
+
+    assert response.status_code != 422
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_a_group_with_only_users_read_still_reaches_slim(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """``users:read`` is strictly broader, so it must pass the any-of gate.
+
+    Without this, every existing custom group holding ``users:read`` would need
+    a permission backfill before the frontend could ever move to this route.
+    """
+    await _setup_and_login(async_client)
+    group = Group(name="readers", description="t", permissions=["users:read"], is_system=False)
+    db_session.add(group)
+    await db_session.flush()
+    await _add_user(db_session, "reader", groups=[group])
+
+    login = await async_client.post(
+        "/api/v1/auth/login",
+        json={"username": "reader", "password": "Whatever1!"},
+    )
+    token = login.json()["access_token"]
+
+    response = await async_client.get("/api/v1/users/slim", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_a_group_with_only_slim_cannot_read_the_full_listing(async_client: AsyncClient, db_session):
+    """The narrow grant has to actually be narrower for JWT users too."""
+    await _setup_and_login(async_client)
+    group = Group(name="slim-only", description="t", permissions=["users:read_slim"], is_system=False)
+    db_session.add(group)
+    await db_session.flush()
+    await _add_user(db_session, "slimonly", groups=[group])
+
+    login = await async_client.post(
+        "/api/v1/auth/login",
+        json={"username": "slimonly", "password": "Whatever1!"},
+    )
+    token = login.json()["access_token"]
+    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
+
+    assert (await async_client.get("/api/v1/users/slim", headers=headers)).status_code == 200
+    assert (await async_client.get("/api/v1/users", headers=headers)).status_code == 403

frontend/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers.ts

@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ export const handlers = [
   http.get('/api/v1/spoolman/spools/linked', () => HttpResponse.json([])),
   http.get('/api/v1/spoolman/spools/unlinked', () => HttpResponse.json([])),
   http.get('/api/v1/users/', () => HttpResponse.json([])),
+  http.get('/api/v1/users/slim', () => HttpResponse.json([])),
 
   // Status / object endpoints → minimal disabled-state responses
   http.get('/api/v1/archives/purge/settings', () =>

frontend/src/__tests__/pages/StatsPageUserFilter1894.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/**
+ * The Stats filter-by-user dropdown sources names from the slim listing (#1894).
+ *
+ * `stats:filter_by_user` is a permission an operator can be granted on its own,
+ * but the dropdown used to be populated from the admin-level `users:read`
+ * listing. An operator who had been granted the filter therefore saw an empty
+ * control -- the filter renders only when the user list is non-empty -- and had
+ * no way to tell whether that meant "no users" or "not allowed to look".
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw';
+import { render } from '../utils';
+import { server } from '../mocks/server';
+import { StatsPage } from '../../pages/StatsPage';
+import { setAuthToken } from '../../api/client';
+
+function signInAs(permissions: string[]) {
+  setAuthToken('test-token', 'session');
+  server.use(
+    http.get('*/api/v1/auth/status', () =>
+      HttpResponse.json({ auth_enabled: true, requires_setup: false }),
+    ),
+    http.get('*/api/v1/auth/me', () =>
+      HttpResponse.json({ id: 1, username: 'operator', is_admin: false, permissions }),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  setAuthToken(null);
+});
+
+describe('stats filter-by-user (#1894)', () => {
+  it('populates from /users/slim without the admin-level users:read', async () => {
+    signInAs(['stats:read', 'stats:filter_by_user']);
+    server.use(
+      // The admin listing is exactly what such an operator cannot call.
+      http.get('*/api/v1/users/', () => new HttpResponse(null, { status: 403 })),
+      http.get('*/api/v1/users/slim', () =>
+        HttpResponse.json([
+          { id: 1, username: 'operator' },
+          { id: 2, username: 'colleague' },
+        ]),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    render(<StatsPage />);
+
+    // The control only renders once names have arrived, so its presence is
+    // the assertion -- an empty list leaves it out of the tree entirely.
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText('All Users')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('stays hidden when the user has no filter permission', async () => {
+    signInAs(['stats:read']);
+    server.use(
+      http.get('*/api/v1/users/slim', () =>
+        HttpResponse.json([{ id: 1, username: 'operator' }]),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    render(<StatsPage />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText('Quick Stats')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+    expect(screen.queryByText('All Users')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});

frontend/src/api/client.ts

@@ -3783,7 +3783,7 @@ export type Permission =
   | 'cloud:auth' | 'orca_cloud:auth'
   | 'makerworld:view' | 'makerworld:import'
   | 'api_keys:read' | 'api_keys:create' | 'api_keys:update' | 'api_keys:delete'
-  | 'users:read' | 'users:create' | 'users:update' | 'users:delete'
+  | 'users:read' | 'users:read_slim' | 'users:create' | 'users:update' | 'users:delete'
   | 'groups:read' | 'groups:create' | 'groups:update' | 'groups:delete'
   | 'pipelines:read' | 'pipelines:write' | 'pipelines:run'
   | 'websocket:connect';
@@ -3873,6 +3873,17 @@ export interface UserResponse {
   created_at: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Just enough to label an owner id (#1894). Backed by GET /users/slim, which
+ * is readable with `users:read_slim` as well as the admin-level `users:read`
+ * -- use it anywhere a screen only needs to turn a `created_by_id` into a
+ * name, so operators are not forced into the full listing to get one.
+ */
+export interface UserSlim {
+  id: number;
+  username: string;
+}
+
 export interface UserCreate {
   username: string;
   password?: string;  // Optional when advanced auth is enabled
@@ -4264,6 +4275,7 @@ export const api = {
 
   // Users
   getUsers: () => request<UserResponse[]>('/users/'),
+  getUsersSlim: () => request<UserSlim[]>('/users/slim'),
   getUser: (id: number) => request<UserResponse>(`/users/${id}`),
   createUser: (data: UserCreate) =>
     request<UserResponse>('/users/', {

frontend/src/pages/ArchivesPage.tsx

@@ -2930,9 +2930,10 @@ export function ArchivesPage() {
     queryFn: api.getSettings,
   });
 
+  // Print Log user filter -- names only, so the slim listing is enough (#1894).
   const { data: users } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['users'],
-    queryFn: api.getUsers,
+    queryKey: ['users', 'slim'],
+    queryFn: api.getUsersSlim,
     enabled: viewMode === 'log',
   });
 

frontend/src/pages/CameraTokensPage.tsx

@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ export function CameraTokensSection() {
         // (e.g. permission missing for some reason), the table still renders
         // with the numeric user_id as fallback.
         try {
-          const users = await api.getUsers();
-          setUserIdToName(new Map(users.map((u: { id: number; username: string }) => [u.id, u.username])));
+          const users = await api.getUsersSlim();
+          setUserIdToName(new Map(users.map((u) => [u.id, u.username])));
         } catch {
           setUserIdToName(new Map());
         }

frontend/src/pages/FileManagerPage.tsx

@@ -1305,10 +1305,10 @@ export function FileManagerPage() {
     queryFn: () => api.getLibraryStats(),
   });
 
-  // Get users for the username filter autocomplete
+  // Get users for the username filter autocomplete -- names only (#1894)
   const { data: users } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['users'],
-    queryFn: () => api.getUsers(),
+    queryKey: ['users', 'slim'],
+    queryFn: () => api.getUsersSlim(),
   });
 
   // Get unique file types for filter dropdown

frontend/src/pages/FinancePage.tsx

@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ export function FinancePage() {
   const canUpdateBudgets = hasPermission('cost_centers:modify');
   const canAssignCostCenterUsers = hasPermission('cost_centers:modify');
   const canAdjustWallet = hasPermission('cost_centers:modify');
-  const canReadUsers = hasPermission('users:read');
+  // Finance only ever labels a user or picks one to assign, so the slim
+  // listing suffices -- and a billing operator should not need the admin-level
+  // users:read (emails, roles, permission sets) to staff a cost center (#1894).
+  const canReadUsers = hasPermission('users:read_slim') || hasPermission('users:read');
 
   const canAccessAllCostCenters =
     canReadAllFinance ||
@@ -202,8 +205,8 @@ export function FinancePage() {
   });
 
   const { data: users } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['users'],
-    queryFn: api.getUsers,
+    queryKey: ['users', 'slim'],
+    queryFn: api.getUsersSlim,
     enabled: canReadUsers && (canViewMyCostCenters || canAdjustWallet || canAssignCostCenterUsers),
   });
 

frontend/src/pages/StatsPage.tsx

@@ -1053,9 +1053,12 @@ export function StatsPage() {
     queryFn: api.getSettings,
   });
 
+  // Slim listing (#1894): the filter only needs id + username, and gating it
+  // on the admin-level users:read left the dropdown empty for exactly the
+  // operators who were granted stats:filter_by_user.
   const { data: users } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['users'],
-    queryFn: api.getUsers,
+    queryKey: ['users', 'slim'],
+    queryFn: api.getUsersSlim,
     enabled: canFilterByUser,
   });
 

static/index.html

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
     <!-- Splash screens for iOS -->
     <link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="/img/android-chrome-512x512.png" />
-    <script type="module" crossorigin src="/assets/index-Bh7umAlT.js"></script>
+    <script type="module" crossorigin src="/assets/index-DjNRlhiN.js"></script>
     <link rel="stylesheet" crossorigin href="/assets/index-jOkuIvep.css">
   </head>
   <body>