fix(auth): Inherit 'none' Authentication from Folder

[lhardt]

Description

Hi!

This is more of a question to the bruno devs than a PR in itself.
If you find this change worth it, I can bring it to a better state and contribute it.

Problem

Imagine you have a collection for your webapp SystemX, which, for 90% of endpoints, requires Oauth authentication. You then create environments for SystemX, with data from prod, testing, devel, etc, and organize your requests in many subcollections, in the interest of reusing those Environments.

Then, your team creates a subset of endpoints, let's say SystemX Public API, which don't require authentication at all, but still uses the environments (such as for URL, port, etc). Your first instinct would be to set the Public API folder authentication to none, and expect the SystemX Public API endpoints to not have any auth, right?

As per the code right now, setting auth=none in a subcollection has no discernible effect from setting auth=inherit. They are the same option. Notice that this behaviour is inconsistent with how the inheritance text is displayed on the UI. You will read that your endpoints are inheriting auth=none from Public API, but actually they are inheriting auth=Oauth from SystemX.

The workaround is going through each request inside that subcollection and setting auth=none individually.

Fix

Removing that condition should be enough.
I can test it and verify it if you find that this is the behaviour change you want

Screenshots

TBD once agreed that this is a good solution.

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  • Folder-level authentication now correctly applies explicit authentication modes, including “none,” instead of skipping them.

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Walkthrough

The authentication resolver now accepts folder authentication mode none. The nearest folder with any mode other than inherit determines the effective authentication.

Changes

Folder authentication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resolve folder authentication mode packages/bruno-app/src/utils/auth/index.js	The folder-authentication selection no longer skips mode none. The nearest folder with a non-inherit mode can now disable authentication.

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Folder-level auth=none now stops inherited authentication for child endpoints, but nearby documentation still describes the previous behavior and may mislead future maintenance.

Poem

A folder sets auth to none,
Inherited credentials are gone.
The nearest mode now applies,
A small condition clarifies,
And endpoints resolve as designed.

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packages/bruno-app/src/utils/auth/index.js (1)

34-34: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Update the stale authentication comment.

Line 34 now treats none as an effective folder mode, but the comment on Line 29 still says to skip none. Change the comment to state that only inherit is skipped.

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In `@packages/bruno-app/src/utils/auth/index.js` at line 34, Update the comment
immediately above the folderAuth mode condition to state that only the inherit
mode is skipped, matching the behavior of the folderAuth check and no longer
claiming that none is skipped.

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In `@packages/bruno-app/src/utils/auth/index.js`:
- Line 34: Update the comment immediately above the folderAuth mode condition to
state that only the inherit mode is skipped, matching the behavior of the
folderAuth check and no longer claiming that none is skipped.

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