Updated version and assets for release v24.12.1

Revert "Update german translation"

.env.example.complete

@@ -36,14 +36,10 @@ APP_LANG=en
 # APP_LANG will be used if such a header is not provided.
 APP_AUTO_LANG_PUBLIC=true
 
-# Application timezones
-# The first option is used to determine what timezone is used for date storage.
-# Leaving that as "UTC" is advised.
-# The second option is used to set the timezone which will be used for date
-# formatting and display. This defaults to the "APP_TIMEZONE" value.
+# Application timezone
+# Used where dates are displayed such as on exported content.
 # Valid timezone values can be found here: https://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
 APP_TIMEZONE=UTC
-APP_DISPLAY_TIMEZONE=UTC
 
 # Application theme
 # Used to specific a themes/<APP_THEME> folder where BookStack UI
@@ -60,7 +56,6 @@ APP_PROXIES=null
 
 # Database details
 # Host can contain a port (localhost:3306) or a separate DB_PORT option can be used.
-# An ipv6 address can be used via the square bracket format ([::1]).
 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_PORT=3306
 DB_DATABASE=database_database

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/support_request.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ body:
       label: Log Content
       description: If the issue has produced an error, provide any [BookStack or server log](https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/debugging/) content below.
       placeholder: Be sure to remove any confidential details in your logs
-      render: text
     validations:
       required: false
   - type: textarea

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/z_blank_request.yml

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-name: Blank Request (Maintainers Only)
-description: For maintainers only - Start a blank request
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: "**This blank request option is only for existing official maintainers of the project!** Please instead use a different request option. If you use this your issue will be closed off."
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Description

.github/translators.txt

@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ javadataherian :: Persian
 Ludo-code :: French
 hollsten :: Swedish
 Ngoc Lan Phung (lanpncz) :: Vietnamese
-Worive :: Catalan; French
+Worive :: Catalan
 Илья Скаба (skabailya) :: Russian
 Irjan Olsen (Irch) :: Norwegian Bokmal
 Aleksandar Jovanovic (jovanoviczaleksandar) :: Serbian (Cyrillic)
@@ -461,51 +461,3 @@ Yannis Karlaftis (meliseus) :: Greek
 felixxx :: German Informal
 randi (randi65535) :: Korean
 test65428 :: Greek
-zeronell :: Chinese Simplified
-julien Vinber (julienVinber) :: French
-Hyunwoo Park (oksure) :: Korean
-aram.rafeq.7 (aramrafeq2) :: Kurdish
-Raphael Moreno (RaphaelMoreno) :: Portuguese, Brazilian
-yn (user99) :: Arabic
-Pavel Zlatarov (pzlatarov) :: Bulgarian
-ingelres :: French
-mabdullah :: Arabic
-Skrabák Csaba (kekcsi) :: Hungarian
-Evert Meulie (Evert) :: Norwegian Bokmal
-Jasper Backer (jasperb) :: Dutch
-Alexandar Cavdarovski (ace.200112) :: Swedish
-구닥다리TV (yjj8353) :: Korean
-Onur Oskay (o.oskay) :: Turkish
-Sébastien Merveille (SebastienMerv) :: French
-Maxim Kouznetsov (masya.work) :: Hebrew
-neodvisnost :: Slovenian
-Soubi Agatsuma (bisouya) :: Hebrew
-Ilya Shaulov (ishaulov) :: Russian
-Konstantin Bobkov (b.konstantv) :: Russian
-Ruben Sutter (rubensutter) :: German
-jellium :: French
-Qxlkdr :: Swedish
-Hari (muhhari) :: Indonesian
-仙君御 (xjy) :: Chinese Simplified
-TapioM :: Finnish
-lingb58 :: Chinese Traditional
-Angel Pandey (angel-pandey) :: Nepali
-Supriya Shrestha (supriyashrestha) :: Nepali
-gprabhat :: Nepali
-CellCat :: Chinese Simplified
-Al Desrahim (aldesrahim) :: Indonesian
-ahmad abbaspour (deshneh.dar.diss) :: Persian
-Erjon K. (ekr) :: Albanian
-LiZerui (iamzrli) :: Chinese Traditional
-Ticker (ticker.com) :: Hebrew
-CrazyComputer :: Chinese Simplified
-Firr (FirrV) :: Russian
-João Faro (FaroJoaoFaro) :: Portuguese
-Danilo dos Santos Barbosa (bozochegou) :: Portuguese, Brazilian
-Chris (furesoft) :: German
-Silvia Isern (eiendragon) :: Catalan
-Dennis Kron Pedersen (ahjdp) :: Danish
-iamwhoiamwhoami :: Swedish
-Grogui :: French
-MrCharlesIII :: Arabic
-David Olsen (dawin) :: Danish

.github/workflows/test-migrations.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: ['8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+        php: ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 

.github/workflows/test-php.yml

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     if: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/l10n_development' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: ['8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+        php: ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 

.gitignore

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Homestead.yaml
 .idea
 npm-debug.log
 yarn-error.log
-/public/dist
+/public/dist/*.map
 /public/plugins
-/public/css
-/public/js
+/public/css/*.map
+/public/js/*.map
 /public/bower
 /public/build/
 /public/favicon.ico
@@ -32,4 +32,3 @@ webpack-stats.json
 phpstan.neon
 esbuild-meta.json
 .phpactor.json
-/*.zip

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2015-2025, Dan Brown and the BookStack project contributors.
+Copyright (c) 2015-2024, Dan Brown and the BookStack Project contributors.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

app/Access/ExternalBaseUserProvider.php

@@ -2,26 +2,60 @@
 
 namespace BookStack\Access;
 
-use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\UserProvider;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 
 class ExternalBaseUserProvider implements UserProvider
 {
     /**
-     * Retrieve a user by their unique identifier.
+     * The user model.
+     *
+     * @var string
      */
-    public function retrieveById(mixed $identifier): ?Authenticatable
+    protected $model;
+
+    /**
+     * LdapUserProvider constructor.
+     */
+    public function __construct(string $model)
     {
-        return User::query()->find($identifier);
+        $this->model = $model;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance of the model.
+     *
+     * @return Model
+     */
+    public function createModel()
+    {
+        $class = '\\' . ltrim($this->model, '\\');
+
+        return new $class();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve a user by their unique identifier.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $identifier
+     *
+     * @return Authenticatable|null
+     */
+    public function retrieveById($identifier)
+    {
+        return $this->createModel()->newQuery()->find($identifier);
     }
 
     /**
      * Retrieve a user by their unique identifier and "remember me" token.
      *
+     * @param mixed  $identifier
      * @param string $token
+     *
+     * @return Authenticatable|null
      */
-    public function retrieveByToken(mixed $identifier, $token): null
+    public function retrieveByToken($identifier, $token)
     {
         return null;
     }
@@ -41,25 +75,32 @@ class ExternalBaseUserProvider implements UserProvider
 
     /**
      * Retrieve a user by the given credentials.
+     *
+     * @param array $credentials
+     *
+     * @return Authenticatable|null
      */
-    public function retrieveByCredentials(array $credentials): ?Authenticatable
+    public function retrieveByCredentials(array $credentials)
     {
-        return User::query()
+        // Search current user base by looking up a uid
+        $model = $this->createModel();
+
+        return $model->newQuery()
             ->where('external_auth_id', $credentials['external_auth_id'])
             ->first();
     }
 
     /**
      * Validate a user against the given credentials.
+     *
+     * @param Authenticatable $user
+     * @param array           $credentials
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function validateCredentials(Authenticatable $user, array $credentials): bool
+    public function validateCredentials(Authenticatable $user, array $credentials)
     {
         // Should be done in the guard.
         return false;
     }
-
-    public function rehashPasswordIfRequired(Authenticatable $user, #[\SensitiveParameter] array $credentials, bool $force = false)
-    {
-        // No action to perform, any passwords are external in the auth system
-    }
 }

app/Access/Guards/AsyncExternalBaseSessionGuard.php

@@ -3,18 +3,23 @@
 namespace BookStack\Access\Guards;
 
 /**
- * External Auth Session Guard.
+ * Saml2 Session Guard.
  *
- * The login process for external auth (SAML2/OIDC) is async in nature, meaning it does not fit very well
- * into the default laravel 'Guard' auth flow. Instead, most of the logic is done via the relevant
- * controller and services. This class provides a safer, thin version of SessionGuard.
+ * The saml2 login process is async in nature meaning it does not fit very well
+ * into the default laravel 'Guard' auth flow. Instead most of the logic is done
+ * via the Saml2 controller & Saml2Service. This class provides a safer, thin
+ * version of SessionGuard.
  */
 class AsyncExternalBaseSessionGuard extends ExternalBaseSessionGuard
 {
     /**
      * Validate a user's credentials.
+     *
+     * @param array $credentials
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function validate(array $credentials = []): bool
+    public function validate(array $credentials = [])
     {
         return false;
     }
@@ -22,9 +27,12 @@ class AsyncExternalBaseSessionGuard extends ExternalBaseSessionGuard
     /**
      * Attempt to authenticate a user using the given credentials.
      *
+     * @param array $credentials
      * @param bool  $remember
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function attempt(array $credentials = [], $remember = false): bool
+    public function attempt(array $credentials = [], $remember = false)
     {
         return false;
     }

app/Access/Guards/ExternalBaseSessionGuard.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace BookStack\Access\Guards;
 
 use BookStack\Access\RegistrationService;
 use Illuminate\Auth\GuardHelpers;
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\StatefulGuard;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\UserProvider;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Session\Session;
@@ -24,31 +24,43 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
      * The name of the Guard. Typically "session".
      *
      * Corresponds to guard name in authentication configuration.
+     *
+     * @var string
      */
-    protected readonly string $name;
+    protected $name;
 
     /**
      * The user we last attempted to retrieve.
+     *
+     * @var \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable
      */
-    protected Authenticatable|null $lastAttempted;
+    protected $lastAttempted;
 
     /**
      * The session used by the guard.
+     *
+     * @var \Illuminate\Contracts\Session\Session
      */
-    protected Session $session;
+    protected $session;
 
     /**
      * Indicates if the logout method has been called.
+     *
+     * @var bool
      */
-    protected bool $loggedOut = false;
+    protected $loggedOut = false;
 
     /**
      * Service to handle common registration actions.
+     *
+     * @var RegistrationService
      */
-    protected RegistrationService $registrationService;
+    protected $registrationService;
 
     /**
      * Create a new authentication guard.
+     *
+     * @return void
      */
     public function __construct(string $name, UserProvider $provider, Session $session, RegistrationService $registrationService)
     {
@@ -60,11 +72,13 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
 
     /**
      * Get the currently authenticated user.
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable|null
      */
-    public function user(): Authenticatable|null
+    public function user()
     {
         if ($this->loggedOut) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         // If we've already retrieved the user for the current request we can just
@@ -87,11 +101,13 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
 
     /**
      * Get the ID for the currently authenticated user.
+     *
+     * @return int|null
      */
-    public function id(): int|null
+    public function id()
     {
         if ($this->loggedOut) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         return $this->user()
@@ -101,8 +117,12 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
 
     /**
      * Log a user into the application without sessions or cookies.
+     *
+     * @param array $credentials
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function once(array $credentials = []): bool
+    public function once(array $credentials = [])
     {
         if ($this->validate($credentials)) {
             $this->setUser($this->lastAttempted);
@@ -115,8 +135,12 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
 
     /**
      * Log the given user ID into the application without sessions or cookies.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $id
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable|false
      */
-    public function onceUsingId($id): Authenticatable|false
+    public function onceUsingId($id)
     {
         if (!is_null($user = $this->provider->retrieveById($id))) {
             $this->setUser($user);
@@ -129,26 +153,38 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
 
     /**
      * Validate a user's credentials.
+     *
+     * @param array $credentials
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function validate(array $credentials = []): bool
+    public function validate(array $credentials = [])
     {
         return false;
     }
 
     /**
      * Attempt to authenticate a user using the given credentials.
-     * @param bool $remember
+     *
+     * @param array $credentials
+     * @param bool  $remember
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function attempt(array $credentials = [], $remember = false): bool
+    public function attempt(array $credentials = [], $remember = false)
     {
         return false;
     }
 
     /**
      * Log the given user ID into the application.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $id
      * @param bool  $remember
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable|false
      */
-    public function loginUsingId(mixed $id, $remember = false): Authenticatable|false
+    public function loginUsingId($id, $remember = false)
     {
         // Always return false as to disable this method,
         // Logins should route through LoginService.
@@ -158,9 +194,12 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
     /**
      * Log a user into the application.
      *
-     * @param bool $remember
+     * @param \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable $user
+     * @param bool                                       $remember
+     *
+     * @return void
      */
-    public function login(Authenticatable $user, $remember = false): void
+    public function login(AuthenticatableContract $user, $remember = false)
     {
         $this->updateSession($user->getAuthIdentifier());
 
@@ -169,8 +208,12 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
 
     /**
      * Update the session with the given ID.
+     *
+     * @param string $id
+     *
+     * @return void
      */
-    protected function updateSession(string|int $id): void
+    protected function updateSession($id)
     {
         $this->session->put($this->getName(), $id);
 
@@ -179,8 +222,10 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
 
     /**
      * Log the user out of the application.
+     *
+     * @return void
      */
-    public function logout(): void
+    public function logout()
     {
         $this->clearUserDataFromStorage();
 
@@ -194,48 +239,62 @@ class ExternalBaseSessionGuard implements StatefulGuard
 
     /**
      * Remove the user data from the session and cookies.
+     *
+     * @return void
      */
-    protected function clearUserDataFromStorage(): void
+    protected function clearUserDataFromStorage()
     {
         $this->session->remove($this->getName());
     }
 
     /**
      * Get the last user we attempted to authenticate.
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable
      */
-    public function getLastAttempted(): Authenticatable
+    public function getLastAttempted()
     {
         return $this->lastAttempted;
     }
 
     /**
      * Get a unique identifier for the auth session value.
+     *
+     * @return string
      */
-    public function getName(): string
+    public function getName()
     {
         return 'login_' . $this->name . '_' . sha1(static::class);
     }
 
     /**
      * Determine if the user was authenticated via "remember me" cookie.
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function viaRemember(): bool
+    public function viaRemember()
     {
         return false;
     }
 
     /**
      * Return the currently cached user.
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable|null
      */
-    public function getUser(): Authenticatable|null
+    public function getUser()
     {
         return $this->user;
     }
 
     /**
      * Set the current user.
+     *
+     * @param \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable $user
+     *
+     * @return $this
      */
-    public function setUser(Authenticatable $user): self
+    public function setUser(AuthenticatableContract $user)
     {
         $this->user = $user;
 

app/Access/Guards/LdapSessionGuard.php

@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ class LdapSessionGuard extends ExternalBaseSessionGuard
     /**
      * Validate a user's credentials.
      *
+     * @param array $credentials
+     *
      * @throws LdapException
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function validate(array $credentials = []): bool
+    public function validate(array $credentials = [])
     {
         $userDetails = $this->ldapService->getUserDetails($credentials['username']);
 
@@ -53,13 +57,16 @@ class LdapSessionGuard extends ExternalBaseSessionGuard
     /**
      * Attempt to authenticate a user using the given credentials.
      *
+     * @param array $credentials
      * @param bool  $remember
      *
-     * @throws LdapException
+     * @throws LdapException*@throws \BookStack\Exceptions\JsonDebugException
      * @throws LoginAttemptException
      * @throws JsonDebugException
+     *
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function attempt(array $credentials = [], $remember = false): bool
+    public function attempt(array $credentials = [], $remember = false)
     {
         $username = $credentials['username'];
         $userDetails = $this->ldapService->getUserDetails($username);

app/Access/Ldap.php

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Ldap
      *
      * @return \LDAP\Result|array|false
      */
-    public function search($ldapConnection, string $baseDn, string $filter, array $attributes = [])
+    public function search($ldapConnection, string $baseDn, string $filter, array $attributes = null)
     {
         return ldap_search($ldapConnection, $baseDn, $filter, $attributes);
     }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Ldap
      *
      * @return \LDAP\Result|array|false
      */
-    public function read($ldapConnection, string $baseDn, string $filter, array $attributes = [])
+    public function read($ldapConnection, string $baseDn, string $filter, array $attributes = null)
     {
         return ldap_read($ldapConnection, $baseDn, $filter, $attributes);
     }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Ldap
      *
      * @param resource|\LDAP\Connection   $ldapConnection
      */
-    public function searchAndGetEntries($ldapConnection, string $baseDn, string $filter, array $attributes = []): array|false
+    public function searchAndGetEntries($ldapConnection, string $baseDn, string $filter, array $attributes = null): array|false
     {
         $search = $this->search($ldapConnection, $baseDn, $filter, $attributes);
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class Ldap
      *
      * @param resource|\LDAP\Connection $ldapConnection
      */
-    public function bind($ldapConnection, ?string $bindRdn = null, ?string $bindPassword = null): bool
+    public function bind($ldapConnection, string $bindRdn = null, string $bindPassword = null): bool
     {
         return ldap_bind($ldapConnection, $bindRdn, $bindPassword);
     }

app/Access/LdapService.php

@@ -112,14 +112,10 @@ class LdapService
             return null;
         }
 
-        $nameDefault = $this->getUserResponseProperty($user, 'cn', null);
-        if (is_null($nameDefault)) {
-            $nameDefault = ldap_explode_dn($user['dn'], 1)[0] ?? $user['dn'];
-        }
-
+        $userCn = $this->getUserResponseProperty($user, 'cn', null);
         $formatted = [
             'uid'   => $this->getUserResponseProperty($user, $idAttr, $user['dn']),
-            'name'  => $this->getUserDisplayName($user, $displayNameAttrs, $nameDefault),
+            'name'  => $this->getUserDisplayName($user, $displayNameAttrs, $userCn),
             'dn'    => $user['dn'],
             'email' => $this->getUserResponseProperty($user, $emailAttr, null),
             'avatar' => $thumbnailAttr ? $this->getUserResponseProperty($user, $thumbnailAttr, null) : null,

app/Access/LoginService.php

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use BookStack\Exceptions\LoginAttemptInvalidUserException;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\StoppedAuthenticationException;
 use BookStack\Facades\Activity;
 use BookStack\Facades\Theme;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\Theming\ThemeEvents;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Exception;
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ class LoginService
         Theme::dispatch(ThemeEvents::AUTH_LOGIN, $method, $user);
 
         // Authenticate on all session guards if a likely admin
-        if ($user->can(Permission::UsersManage) && $user->can(Permission::UserRolesManage)) {
+        if ($user->can('users-manage') && $user->can('user-roles-manage')) {
             $guards = ['standard', 'ldap', 'saml2', 'oidc'];
             foreach ($guards as $guard) {
                 auth($guard)->login($user);
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ class LoginService
     {
         $value = session()->get(self::LAST_LOGIN_ATTEMPTED_SESSION_KEY);
         if (!$value) {
-            return ['user_id' => null, 'method' => null, 'remember' => false];
+            return ['user_id' => null, 'method' => null];
         }
 
         [$id, $method, $remember, $time] = explode(':', $value);
@@ -104,18 +103,18 @@ class LoginService
         if ($time < $hourAgo) {
             $this->clearLastLoginAttempted();
 
-            return ['user_id' => null, 'method' => null, 'remember' => false];
+            return ['user_id' => null, 'method' => null];
         }
 
         return ['user_id' => $id, 'method' => $method, 'remember' => boolval($remember)];
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the last login-attempted user.
+     * Set the last login attempted user.
      * Must be only used when credentials are correct and a login could be
-     * achieved, but a secondary factor has stopped the login.
+     * achieved but a secondary factor has stopped the login.
      */
-    protected function setLastLoginAttemptedForUser(User $user, string $method, bool $remember): void
+    protected function setLastLoginAttemptedForUser(User $user, string $method, bool $remember)
     {
         session()->put(
             self::LAST_LOGIN_ATTEMPTED_SESSION_KEY,

app/Access/Oidc/OidcService.php

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use BookStack\Exceptions\UserRegistrationException;
 use BookStack\Facades\Theme;
 use BookStack\Http\HttpRequestService;
 use BookStack\Theming\ThemeEvents;
-use BookStack\Uploads\UserAvatars;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use League\OAuth2\Client\OptionProvider\HttpBasicAuthOptionProvider;
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ class OidcService
         protected RegistrationService $registrationService,
         protected LoginService $loginService,
         protected HttpRequestService $http,
-        protected GroupSyncService $groupService,
-        protected UserAvatars $userAvatars
+        protected GroupSyncService $groupService
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -222,10 +220,6 @@ class OidcService
             throw new OidcException($exception->getMessage());
         }
 
-        if ($this->config()['fetch_avatar'] && !$user->avatar()->exists() && $userDetails->picture) {
-            $this->userAvatars->assignToUserFromUrl($user, $userDetails->picture);
-        }
-
         if ($this->shouldSyncGroups()) {
             $detachExisting = $this->config()['remove_from_groups'];
             $this->groupService->syncUserWithFoundGroups($user, $userDetails->groups ?? [], $detachExisting);

app/Access/Oidc/OidcUserDetails.php

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ class OidcUserDetails
         public ?string $email = null,
         public ?string $name = null,
         public ?array $groups = null,
-        public ?string $picture = null,
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -41,16 +40,15 @@ class OidcUserDetails
         $this->email = $claims->getClaim('email') ?? $this->email;
         $this->name = static::getUserDisplayName($displayNameClaims, $claims) ?? $this->name;
         $this->groups = static::getUserGroups($groupsClaim, $claims) ?? $this->groups;
-        $this->picture = static::getPicture($claims) ?: $this->picture;
     }
 
-    protected static function getUserDisplayName(string $displayNameClaims, ProvidesClaims $claims): string
+    protected static function getUserDisplayName(string $displayNameClaims, ProvidesClaims $token): string
     {
         $displayNameClaimParts = explode('|', $displayNameClaims);
 
         $displayName = [];
         foreach ($displayNameClaimParts as $claim) {
-            $component = $claims->getClaim(trim($claim)) ?? '';
+            $component = $token->getClaim(trim($claim)) ?? '';
             if ($component !== '') {
                 $displayName[] = $component;
             }
@@ -59,13 +57,13 @@ class OidcUserDetails
         return implode(' ', $displayName);
     }
 
-    protected static function getUserGroups(string $groupsClaim, ProvidesClaims $claims): ?array
+    protected static function getUserGroups(string $groupsClaim, ProvidesClaims $token): ?array
     {
         if (empty($groupsClaim)) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        $groupsList = Arr::get($claims->getAllClaims(), $groupsClaim);
+        $groupsList = Arr::get($token->getAllClaims(), $groupsClaim);
         if (!is_array($groupsList)) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -74,14 +72,4 @@ class OidcUserDetails
             return is_string($val);
         }));
     }
-
-    protected static function getPicture(ProvidesClaims $claims): ?string
-    {
-        $picture = $claims->getClaim('picture');
-        if (is_string($picture) && str_starts_with($picture, 'http')) {
-            return $picture;
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
 }

app/Access/Saml2Service.php

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Saml2Service
      * Returns the SAML2 request ID, and the URL to redirect the user to.
      *
      * @throws Error
-     * @return array{url: string, id: ?string}
+     * @returns array{url: string, id: ?string}
      */
     public function logout(User $user): array
     {

app/Access/SocialDriverManager.php

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class SocialDriverManager
 
     /**
      * Gets the names of the active social drivers, keyed by driver id.
-     * @return array<string, string>
+     * @returns array<string, string>
      */
     public function getActive(): array
     {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class SocialDriverManager
         string $driverName,
         array $config,
         string $socialiteHandler,
-        ?callable $configureForRedirect = null
+        callable $configureForRedirect = null
     ) {
         $this->validDrivers[] = $driverName;
         config()->set('services.' . $driverName, $config);

app/Activity/ActivityQueries.php

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Tools\MixedEntityListLoader;
 use BookStack\Permissions\PermissionApplicator;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation;
 
 class ActivityQueries
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ class ActivityQueries
 
         $activity = $query->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
             ->with(['loggable' => function (Relation $query) {
-                /** @var MorphTo<Entity, Activity> $query */
                 $query->withTrashed();
             }, 'user.avatar'])
             ->skip($count * ($page - 1))

app/Activity/ActivityType.php

@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ class ActivityType
     const IMPORT_RUN = 'import_run';
     const IMPORT_DELETE = 'import_delete';
 
-    const SORT_RULE_CREATE = 'sort_rule_create';
-    const SORT_RULE_UPDATE = 'sort_rule_update';
-    const SORT_RULE_DELETE = 'sort_rule_delete';
-
     /**
      * Get all the possible values.
      */

app/Activity/CommentRepo.php

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ namespace BookStack\Activity;
 
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Comment;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
-use BookStack\Exceptions\NotifyException;
-use BookStack\Exceptions\PrettyException;
 use BookStack\Facades\Activity as ActivityService;
 use BookStack\Util\HtmlDescriptionFilter;
 
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ class CommentRepo
     /**
      * Create a new comment on an entity.
      */
-    public function create(Entity $entity, string $html, ?int $parentId, string $contentRef): Comment
+    public function create(Entity $entity, string $html, ?int $parent_id): Comment
     {
         $userId = user()->id;
         $comment = new Comment();
@@ -31,8 +29,7 @@ class CommentRepo
         $comment->created_by = $userId;
         $comment->updated_by = $userId;
         $comment->local_id = $this->getNextLocalId($entity);
-        $comment->parent_id = $parentId;
-        $comment->content_ref = preg_match('/^bkmrk-(.*?):\d+:(\d*-\d*)?$/', $contentRef) === 1 ? $contentRef : '';
+        $comment->parent_id = $parent_id;
 
         $entity->comments()->save($comment);
         ActivityService::add(ActivityType::COMMENT_CREATE, $comment);
@@ -55,41 +52,6 @@ class CommentRepo
         return $comment;
     }
 
-
-    /**
-     * Archive an existing comment.
-     */
-    public function archive(Comment $comment): Comment
-    {
-        if ($comment->parent_id) {
-            throw new NotifyException('Only top-level comments can be archived.', '/', 400);
-        }
-
-        $comment->archived = true;
-        $comment->save();
-
-        ActivityService::add(ActivityType::COMMENT_UPDATE, $comment);
-
-        return $comment;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Un-archive an existing comment.
-     */
-    public function unarchive(Comment $comment): Comment
-    {
-        if ($comment->parent_id) {
-            throw new NotifyException('Only top-level comments can be un-archived.', '/', 400);
-        }
-
-        $comment->archived = false;
-        $comment->save();
-
-        ActivityService::add(ActivityType::COMMENT_UPDATE, $comment);
-
-        return $comment;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Delete a comment from the system.
      */

app/Activity/Controllers/AuditLogApiController.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace BookStack\Activity\Controllers;
 
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Activity;
 use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 
 class AuditLogApiController extends ApiController
 {
@@ -17,8 +16,8 @@ class AuditLogApiController extends ApiController
      */
     public function list()
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::SettingsManage);
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::UsersManage);
+        $this->checkPermission('settings-manage');
+        $this->checkPermission('users-manage');
 
         $query = Activity::query()->with(['user']);
 

app/Activity/Controllers/AuditLogController.php

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ namespace BookStack\Activity\Controllers;
 use BookStack\Activity\ActivityType;
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Activity;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
-use BookStack\Sorting\SortUrl;
 use BookStack\Util\SimpleListOptions;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
@@ -14,8 +12,8 @@ class AuditLogController extends Controller
 {
     public function index(Request $request)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::SettingsManage);
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::UsersManage);
+        $this->checkPermission('settings-manage');
+        $this->checkPermission('users-manage');
 
         $sort = $request->get('sort', 'activity_date');
         $order = $request->get('order', 'desc');
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ class AuditLogController extends Controller
             'filters'       => $filters,
             'listOptions'   => $listOptions,
             'activityTypes' => $types,
-            'filterSortUrl' => new SortUrl('settings/audit', array_filter($request->except('page')))
         ]);
     }
 }

app/Activity/Controllers/CommentController.php

@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
 namespace BookStack\Activity\Controllers;
 
 use BookStack\Activity\CommentRepo;
-use BookStack\Activity\Tools\CommentTree;
-use BookStack\Activity\Tools\CommentTreeNode;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\PageQueries;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ class CommentController extends Controller
         $input = $this->validate($request, [
             'html'      => ['required', 'string'],
             'parent_id' => ['nullable', 'integer'],
-            'content_ref' => ['string'],
         ]);
 
         $page = $this->pageQueries->findVisibleById($pageId);
@@ -43,13 +39,15 @@ class CommentController extends Controller
         }
 
         // Create a new comment.
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::CommentCreateAll);
-        $contentRef = $input['content_ref'] ?? '';
-        $comment = $this->commentRepo->create($page, $input['html'], $input['parent_id'] ?? null, $contentRef);
+        $this->checkPermission('comment-create-all');
+        $comment = $this->commentRepo->create($page, $input['html'], $input['parent_id'] ?? null);
 
         return view('comments.comment-branch', [
             'readOnly' => false,
-            'branch' => new CommentTreeNode($comment, 0, []),
+            'branch' => [
+                'comment' => $comment,
+                'children' => [],
+            ]
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -65,8 +63,8 @@ class CommentController extends Controller
         ]);
 
         $comment = $this->commentRepo->getById($commentId);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageView, $comment->entity);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::CommentUpdate, $comment);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-view', $comment->entity);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('comment-update', $comment);
 
         $comment = $this->commentRepo->update($comment, $input['html']);
 
@@ -76,53 +74,13 @@ class CommentController extends Controller
         ]);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Mark a comment as archived.
-     */
-    public function archive(int $id)
-    {
-        $comment = $this->commentRepo->getById($id);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageView, $comment->entity);
-        if (!userCan(Permission::CommentUpdate, $comment) && !userCan(Permission::CommentDelete, $comment)) {
-            $this->showPermissionError();
-        }
-
-        $this->commentRepo->archive($comment);
-
-        $tree = new CommentTree($comment->entity);
-        return view('comments.comment-branch', [
-            'readOnly' => false,
-            'branch' => $tree->getCommentNodeForId($id),
-        ]);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Unmark a comment as archived.
-     */
-    public function unarchive(int $id)
-    {
-        $comment = $this->commentRepo->getById($id);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageView, $comment->entity);
-        if (!userCan(Permission::CommentUpdate, $comment) && !userCan(Permission::CommentDelete, $comment)) {
-            $this->showPermissionError();
-        }
-
-        $this->commentRepo->unarchive($comment);
-
-        $tree = new CommentTree($comment->entity);
-        return view('comments.comment-branch', [
-            'readOnly' => false,
-            'branch' => $tree->getCommentNodeForId($id),
-        ]);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Delete a comment from the system.
      */
     public function destroy(int $id)
     {
         $comment = $this->commentRepo->getById($id);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::CommentDelete, $comment);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('comment-delete', $comment);
 
         $this->commentRepo->delete($comment);
 

app/Activity/Controllers/WatchController.php

@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ namespace BookStack\Activity\Controllers;
 use BookStack\Activity\Tools\UserEntityWatchOptions;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\MixedEntityRequestHelper;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class WatchController extends Controller
 {
     public function update(Request $request, MixedEntityRequestHelper $entityHelper)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::ReceiveNotifications);
+        $this->checkPermission('receive-notifications');
         $this->preventGuestAccess();
 
         $requestData = $this->validate($request, array_merge([

app/Activity/Controllers/WebhookController.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use BookStack\Activity\ActivityType;
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Webhook;
 use BookStack\Activity\Queries\WebhooksAllPaginatedAndSorted;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\Util\SimpleListOptions;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ class WebhookController extends Controller
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->middleware([
-            Permission::SettingsManage->middleware()
+            'can:settings-manage',
         ]);
     }
 

app/Activity/Models/Comment.php

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ namespace BookStack\Activity\Models;
 
 use BookStack\App\Model;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\HasCreatorAndUpdater;
-use BookStack\Users\Models\OwnableInterface;
-use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use BookStack\Util\HtmlContentFilter;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
@@ -19,15 +17,16 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
  * @property int      $local_id
  * @property string   $entity_type
  * @property int      $entity_id
- * @property string   $content_ref
- * @property bool     $archived
+ * @property int      $created_by
+ * @property int      $updated_by
  */
-class Comment extends Model implements Loggable, OwnableInterface
+class Comment extends Model implements Loggable
 {
     use HasFactory;
     use HasCreatorAndUpdater;
 
     protected $fillable = ['parent_id'];
+    protected $appends = ['created', 'updated'];
 
     /**
      * Get the entity that this comment belongs to.
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ class Comment extends Model implements Loggable, OwnableInterface
 
     /**
      * Get the parent comment this is in reply to (if existing).
-     * @return BelongsTo<Comment, $this>
      */
     public function parent(): BelongsTo
     {
@@ -56,6 +54,22 @@ class Comment extends Model implements Loggable, OwnableInterface
         return $this->updated_at->timestamp > $this->created_at->timestamp;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get created date as a relative diff.
+     */
+    public function getCreatedAttribute(): string
+    {
+        return $this->created_at->diffForHumans();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get updated date as a relative diff.
+     */
+    public function getUpdatedAttribute(): string
+    {
+        return $this->updated_at->diffForHumans();
+    }
+
     public function logDescriptor(): string
     {
         return "Comment #{$this->local_id} (ID: {$this->id}) for {$this->entity_type} (ID: {$this->entity_id})";

app/Activity/Models/Tag.php

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
  * @property int    $id
  * @property string $name
  * @property string $value
- * @property int    $entity_id
- * @property string $entity_type
  * @property int    $order
  */
 class Tag extends Model

app/Activity/Notifications/Handlers/BaseNotificationHandler.php

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ namespace BookStack\Activity\Notifications\Handlers;
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Loggable;
 use BookStack\Activity\Notifications\Messages\BaseActivityNotification;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\Permissions\PermissionApplicator;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ abstract class BaseNotificationHandler implements NotificationHandler
             }
 
             // Prevent sending of the user does not have notification permissions
-            if (!$user->can(Permission::ReceiveNotifications)) {
+            if (!$user->can('receive-notifications')) {
                 continue;
             }
 

app/Activity/Notifications/Handlers/PageUpdateNotificationHandler.php

@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ class PageUpdateNotificationHandler extends BaseNotificationHandler
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Detail for page update notifications must be a page");
         }
 
-        // Get the last update from activity
-        /** @var ?Activity $lastUpdate */
+        // Get last update from activity
         $lastUpdate = $detail->activity()
             ->where('type', '=', ActivityType::PAGE_UPDATE)
             ->where('id', '!=', $activity->id)

app/Activity/Tools/CommentTree.php

@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ namespace BookStack\Activity\Tools;
 
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Comment;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 
 class CommentTree
 {
     /**
      * The built nested tree structure array.
-     * @var CommentTreeNode[]
+     * @var array{comment: Comment, depth: int, children: array}[]
      */
     protected array $tree;
     protected array $comments;
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class CommentTree
 
     public function empty(): bool
     {
-        return count($this->getActive()) === 0;
+        return count($this->tree) === 0;
     }
 
     public function count(): int
@@ -37,41 +36,15 @@ class CommentTree
         return count($this->comments);
     }
 
-    public function getActive(): array
+    public function get(): array
     {
-        return array_filter($this->tree, fn (CommentTreeNode $node) => !$node->comment->archived);
-    }
-
-    public function activeThreadCount(): int
-    {
-        return count($this->getActive());
-    }
-
-    public function getArchived(): array
-    {
-        return array_filter($this->tree, fn (CommentTreeNode $node) => $node->comment->archived);
-    }
-
-    public function archivedThreadCount(): int
-    {
-        return count($this->getArchived());
-    }
-
-    public function getCommentNodeForId(int $commentId): ?CommentTreeNode
-    {
-        foreach ($this->tree as $node) {
-            if ($node->comment->id === $commentId) {
-                return $node;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return null;
+        return $this->tree;
     }
 
     public function canUpdateAny(): bool
     {
         foreach ($this->comments as $comment) {
-            if (userCan(Permission::CommentUpdate, $comment)) {
+            if (userCan('comment-update', $comment)) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
@@ -81,7 +54,6 @@ class CommentTree
 
     /**
      * @param Comment[] $comments
-     * @return CommentTreeNode[]
      */
     protected function createTree(array $comments): array
     {
@@ -105,22 +77,26 @@ class CommentTree
 
         $tree = [];
         foreach ($childMap[0] ?? [] as $childId) {
-            $tree[] = $this->createTreeNodeForId($childId, 0, $byId, $childMap);
+            $tree[] = $this->createTreeForId($childId, 0, $byId, $childMap);
         }
 
         return $tree;
     }
 
-    protected function createTreeNodeForId(int $id, int $depth, array &$byId, array &$childMap): CommentTreeNode
+    protected function createTreeForId(int $id, int $depth, array &$byId, array &$childMap): array
     {
         $childIds = $childMap[$id] ?? [];
         $children = [];
 
         foreach ($childIds as $childId) {
-            $children[] = $this->createTreeNodeForId($childId, $depth + 1, $byId, $childMap);
+            $children[] = $this->createTreeForId($childId, $depth + 1, $byId, $childMap);
         }
 
-        return new CommentTreeNode($byId[$id], $depth, $children);
+        return [
+            'comment' => $byId[$id],
+            'depth' => $depth,
+            'children' => $children,
+        ];
     }
 
     protected function loadComments(): array

app/Activity/Tools/CommentTreeNode.php

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace BookStack\Activity\Tools;
-
-use BookStack\Activity\Models\Comment;
-
-class CommentTreeNode
-{
-    public Comment $comment;
-    public int $depth;
-
-    /**
-     * @var CommentTreeNode[]
-     */
-    public array $children;
-
-    public function __construct(Comment $comment, int $depth, array $children)
-    {
-        $this->comment = $comment;
-        $this->depth = $depth;
-        $this->children = $children;
-    }
-}

app/Activity/Tools/TagClassGenerator.php

@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@
 namespace BookStack\Activity\Tools;
 
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Tag;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\BookChild;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 
 class TagClassGenerator
 {
-    public function __construct(
-        protected Entity $entity
-    ) {
+    protected array $tags;
+
+    /**
+     * @param Tag[] $tags
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $tags)
+    {
+        $this->tags = $tags;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -21,23 +22,14 @@ class TagClassGenerator
     public function generate(): array
     {
         $classes = [];
-        $tags = $this->entity->tags->all();
 
-        foreach ($tags as $tag) {
-             array_push($classes, ...$this->generateClassesForTag($tag));
-        }
-
-        if ($this->entity instanceof BookChild && userCan(Permission::BookView, $this->entity->book)) {
-            $bookTags = $this->entity->book->tags;
-            foreach ($bookTags as $bookTag) {
-                 array_push($classes, ...$this->generateClassesForTag($bookTag, 'book-'));
-            }
-        }
-
-        if ($this->entity instanceof Page && $this->entity->chapter && userCan(Permission::ChapterView, $this->entity->chapter)) {
-            $chapterTags = $this->entity->chapter->tags;
-            foreach ($chapterTags as $chapterTag) {
-                 array_push($classes, ...$this->generateClassesForTag($chapterTag, 'chapter-'));
+        foreach ($this->tags as $tag) {
+            $name = $this->normalizeTagClassString($tag->name);
+            $value = $this->normalizeTagClassString($tag->value);
+            $classes[] = 'tag-name-' . $name;
+            if ($value) {
+                $classes[] = 'tag-value-' . $value;
+                $classes[] = 'tag-pair-' . $name . '-' . $value;
             }
         }
 
@@ -49,22 +41,6 @@ class TagClassGenerator
         return implode(' ', $this->generate());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return string[]
-     */
-    protected function generateClassesForTag(Tag $tag, string $prefix = ''): array
-    {
-        $classes = [];
-        $name = $this->normalizeTagClassString($tag->name);
-        $value = $this->normalizeTagClassString($tag->value);
-        $classes[] = "{$prefix}tag-name-{$name}";
-        if ($value) {
-            $classes[] = "{$prefix}tag-value-{$value}";
-            $classes[] = "{$prefix}tag-pair-{$name}-{$value}";
-        }
-        return $classes;
-    }
-
     protected function normalizeTagClassString(string $value): string
     {
         $value = str_replace(' ', '', strtolower($value));

app/Activity/Tools/UserEntityWatchOptions.php

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use BookStack\Activity\WatchLevels;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\BookChild;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ class UserEntityWatchOptions
 
     public function canWatch(): bool
     {
-        return $this->user->can(Permission::ReceiveNotifications) && !$this->user->isGuest();
+        return $this->user->can('receive-notifications') && !$this->user->isGuest();
     }
 
     public function getWatchLevel(): string

app/Activity/Tools/WebhookFormatter.php

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class WebhookFormatter
         }
 
         if ($this->detail instanceof Model) {
-            $data['related_item'] = $this->formatModel($this->detail);
+            $data['related_item'] = $this->formatModel();
         }
 
         return $data;
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ class WebhookFormatter
         );
     }
 
-    protected function formatModel(Model $model): array
+    protected function formatModel(): array
     {
+        /** @var Model $model */
+        $model = $this->detail;
         $model->unsetRelations();
 
         foreach ($this->modelFormatters as $formatter) {

app/Activity/WatchLevels.php

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class WatchLevels
 
     /**
      * Get all the possible values as an option_name => value array.
-     * @return array<string, int>
+     * @returns array<string, int>
      */
     public static function all(): array
     {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class WatchLevels
 
     /**
      * Get the watch options suited for the given entity.
-     * @return array<string, int>
+     * @returns array<string, int>
      */
     public static function allSuitedFor(Entity $entity): array
     {

app/Api/ApiDocsGenerator.php

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace BookStack\Api;
 
-use BookStack\App\AppVersion;
 use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException;
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ class ApiDocsGenerator
      */
     public static function generateConsideringCache(): Collection
     {
-        $appVersion = AppVersion::get();
+        $appVersion = trim(file_get_contents(base_path('version')));
         $cacheKey = 'api-docs::' . $appVersion;
         $isProduction = config('app.env') === 'production';
         $cacheVal = $isProduction ? Cache::get($cacheKey) : null;

app/Api/ApiTokenGuard.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace BookStack\Api;
 
 use BookStack\Access\LoginService;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\ApiAuthException;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use Illuminate\Auth\GuardHelpers;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ class ApiTokenGuard implements Guard
             throw new ApiAuthException(trans('errors.api_user_token_expired'), 403);
         }
 
-        if (!$token->user->can(Permission::AccessApi)) {
+        if (!$token->user->can('access-api')) {
             throw new ApiAuthException(trans('errors.api_user_no_api_permission'), 403);
         }
     }

app/Api/UserApiTokenController.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace BookStack\Api;
 
 use BookStack\Activity\ActivityType;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
@@ -17,8 +16,8 @@ class UserApiTokenController extends Controller
      */
     public function create(Request $request, int $userId)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::AccessApi);
-        $this->checkPermissionOrCurrentUser(Permission::UsersManage, $userId);
+        $this->checkPermission('access-api');
+        $this->checkPermissionOrCurrentUser('users-manage', $userId);
         $this->updateContext($request);
 
         $user = User::query()->findOrFail($userId);
@@ -36,8 +35,8 @@ class UserApiTokenController extends Controller
      */
     public function store(Request $request, int $userId)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::AccessApi);
-        $this->checkPermissionOrCurrentUser(Permission::UsersManage, $userId);
+        $this->checkPermission('access-api');
+        $this->checkPermissionOrCurrentUser('users-manage', $userId);
 
         $this->validate($request, [
             'name'       => ['required', 'max:250'],
@@ -144,8 +143,8 @@ class UserApiTokenController extends Controller
      */
     protected function checkPermissionAndFetchUserToken(int $userId, int $tokenId): array
     {
-        $this->checkPermissionOr(Permission::UsersManage, function () use ($userId) {
-            return $userId === user()->id && userCan(Permission::AccessApi);
+        $this->checkPermissionOr('users-manage', function () use ($userId) {
+            return $userId === user()->id && userCan('access-api');
         });
 
         $user = User::query()->findOrFail($userId);

app/App/AppVersion.php

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace BookStack\App;
-
-class AppVersion
-{
-    protected static string $version = '';
-
-    /**
-     * Get the application's version number from its top-level `version` text file.
-     */
-    public static function get(): string
-    {
-        if (!empty(static::$version)) {
-            return static::$version;
-        }
-
-        $versionFile = base_path('version');
-        $version = trim(file_get_contents($versionFile));
-        static::$version = $version;
-
-        return $version;
-    }
-}

app/App/Model.php

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Model extends EloquentModel
 {
     /**
      * Provides public access to get the raw attribute value from the model.
-     * Used in areas where no mutations are required, but performance is critical.
+     * Used in areas where no mutations are required but performance is critical.
      *
      * @return mixed
      */

app/App/Providers/AuthServiceProvider.php

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ class AuthServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function register(): void
     {
-        Auth::provider('external-users', function () {
-            return new ExternalBaseUserProvider();
+        Auth::provider('external-users', function ($app, array $config) {
+            return new ExternalBaseUserProvider($config['model']);
         });
 
         // Bind and provide the default system user as a singleton to the app instance when needed.

app/App/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     /**
      * The event listener mappings for the application.
      *
-     * @var array<class-string, array<int, string>>
+     * @var array<class-string, array<int, class-string>>
      */
     protected $listen = [
         SocialiteWasCalled::class => [
@@ -42,12 +42,4 @@ class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     {
         return false;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Overrides the registration of Laravel's default email verification system
-     */
-    protected function configureEmailVerification(): void
-    {
-        //
-    }
 }

app/App/Providers/ViewTweaksServiceProvider.php

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace BookStack\App\Providers;
 
 use BookStack\Entities\BreadcrumbsViewComposer;
-use BookStack\Util\DateFormatter;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
@@ -11,15 +10,6 @@ use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
 class ViewTweaksServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
-    public function register()
-    {
-        $this->app->singleton(DateFormatter::class, function ($app) {
-            return new DateFormatter(
-                $app['config']->get('app.display_timezone'),
-            );
-        });
-    }
-
     /**
      * Bootstrap services.
      */
@@ -31,9 +21,6 @@ class ViewTweaksServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         // View Composers
         View::composer('entities.breadcrumbs', BreadcrumbsViewComposer::class);
 
-        // View Globals
-        View::share('dates', $this->app->make(DateFormatter::class));
-
         // Custom blade view directives
         Blade::directive('icon', function ($expression) {
             return "<?php echo (new \BookStack\Util\SvgIcon($expression))->toHtml(); ?>";

app/App/Sluggable.php

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ namespace BookStack\App;
 /**
  * Assigned to models that can have slugs.
  * Must have the below properties.
+ *
+ * @property int    $id
+ * @property string $name
  */
-interface SluggableInterface
+interface Sluggable
 {
     /**
      * Regenerate the slug for this model.

app/App/SystemApiController.php

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace BookStack\App;
-
-use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
-use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
-
-class SystemApiController extends ApiController
-{
-    /**
-     * Read details regarding the BookStack instance.
-     * Some details may be null where not set, like the app logo for example.
-     */
-    public function read(): JsonResponse
-    {
-        $logoSetting = setting('app-logo', '');
-        if ($logoSetting === 'none') {
-            $logo = null;
-        } else {
-            $logo = $logoSetting ? url($logoSetting) : url('/logo.png');
-        }
-
-        return response()->json([
-            'version' => AppVersion::get(),
-            'instance_id' => setting('instance-id'),
-            'app_name' => setting('app-name'),
-            'app_logo' => $logo,
-            'base_url' => url('/'),
-        ]);
-    }
-}

app/App/helpers.php

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-use BookStack\App\AppVersion;
 use BookStack\App\Model;
-use BookStack\Facades\Theme;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\Permissions\PermissionApplicator;
 use BookStack\Settings\SettingService;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
@@ -15,7 +12,12 @@ use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
  */
 function versioned_asset(string $file = ''): string
 {
-    $version = AppVersion::get();
+    static $version = null;
+
+    if (is_null($version)) {
+        $versionFile = base_path('version');
+        $version = trim(file_get_contents($versionFile));
+    }
 
     $additional = '';
     if (config('app.env') === 'development') {
@@ -40,9 +42,9 @@ function user(): User
  * Check if the current user has a permission. If an ownable element
  * is passed in the jointPermissions are checked against that particular item.
  */
-function userCan(string|Permission $permission, ?Model $ownable = null): bool
+function userCan(string $permission, Model $ownable = null): bool
 {
-    if (is_null($ownable)) {
+    if ($ownable === null) {
         return user()->can($permission);
     }
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ function userCan(string|Permission $permission, ?Model $ownable = null): bool
  * Check if the current user can perform the given action on any items in the system.
  * Can be provided the class name of an entity to filter ability to that specific entity type.
  */
-function userCanOnAny(string|Permission $action, string $entityClass = ''): bool
+function userCanOnAny(string $action, string $entityClass = ''): bool
 {
     $permissions = app()->make(PermissionApplicator::class);
 
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ function userCanOnAny(string|Permission $action, string $entityClass = ''): bool
  *
  * @return mixed|SettingService
  */
-function setting(?string $key = null, mixed $default = null): mixed
+function setting(string $key = null, $default = null)
 {
     $settingService = app()->make(SettingService::class);
 
@@ -86,10 +88,43 @@ function setting(?string $key = null, mixed $default = null): mixed
  */
 function theme_path(string $path = ''): ?string
 {
-    $theme = Theme::getTheme();
+    $theme = config('view.theme');
+
     if (!$theme) {
         return null;
     }
 
     return base_path('themes/' . $theme . ($path ? DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path : $path));
 }
+
+/**
+ * Generate a URL with multiple parameters for sorting purposes.
+ * Works out the logic to set the correct sorting direction
+ * Discards empty parameters and allows overriding.
+ */
+function sortUrl(string $path, array $data, array $overrideData = []): string
+{
+    $queryStringSections = [];
+    $queryData = array_merge($data, $overrideData);
+
+    // Change sorting direction is already sorted on current attribute
+    if (isset($overrideData['sort']) && $overrideData['sort'] === $data['sort']) {
+        $queryData['order'] = ($data['order'] === 'asc') ? 'desc' : 'asc';
+    } elseif (isset($overrideData['sort'])) {
+        $queryData['order'] = 'asc';
+    }
+
+    foreach ($queryData as $name => $value) {
+        $trimmedVal = trim($value);
+        if ($trimmedVal === '') {
+            continue;
+        }
+        $queryStringSections[] = urlencode($name) . '=' . urlencode($trimmedVal);
+    }
+
+    if (count($queryStringSections) === 0) {
+        return url($path);
+    }
+
+    return url($path . '?' . implode('&', $queryStringSections));
+}

app/Config/app.php

@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ return [
     // A list of the sources/hostnames that can be reached by application SSR calls.
     // This is used wherever users can provide URLs/hosts in-platform, like for webhooks.
     // Host-specific functionality (usually controlled via other options) like auth
-    // or user avatars, for example, won't use this list.
-    // Space separated if multiple. Can use '*' as a wildcard.
+    // or user avatars for example, won't use this list.
+    // Space seperated if multiple. Can use '*' as a wildcard.
     // Values will be compared prefix-matched, case-insensitive, against called SSR urls.
     // Defaults to allow all hosts.
     'ssr_hosts' => env('ALLOWED_SSR_HOSTS', '*'),
@@ -80,10 +80,8 @@ return [
     // Integer value between 0 (IP hidden) to 4 (Full IP usage)
     'ip_address_precision' => env('IP_ADDRESS_PRECISION', 4),
 
-    // Application timezone for stored date/time values.
+    // Application timezone for back-end date functions.
     'timezone' => env('APP_TIMEZONE', 'UTC'),
-    // Application timezone for displayed date/time values in the UI.
-    'display_timezone' => env('APP_DISPLAY_TIMEZONE', env('APP_TIMEZONE', 'UTC')),
 
     // Default locale to use
     // A default variant is also stored since Laravel can overwrite

app/Config/broadcasting.php

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Broadcasting configuration options.
+ *
+ * Changes to these config files are not supported by BookStack and may break upon updates.
+ * Configuration should be altered via the `.env` file or environment variables.
+ * Do not edit this file unless you're happy to maintain any changes yourself.
+ */
+
+return [
+
+    // Default Broadcaster
+    // This option controls the default broadcaster that will be used by the
+    // framework when an event needs to be broadcast. This can be set to
+    // any of the connections defined in the "connections" array below.
+    'default' => 'null',
+
+    // Broadcast Connections
+    // Here you may define all of the broadcast connections that will be used
+    // to broadcast events to other systems or over websockets. Samples of
+    // each available type of connection are provided inside this array.
+    'connections' => [
+
+        // Default options removed since we don't use broadcasting.
+
+        'log' => [
+            'driver' => 'log',
+        ],
+
+        'null' => [
+            'driver' => 'null',
+        ],
+
+    ],
+
+];

app/Config/cache.php

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ return [
     // Available caches stores
     'stores' => [
 
+        'apc' => [
+            'driver' => 'apc',
+        ],
+
         'array' => [
             'driver'    => 'array',
             'serialize' => false,
@@ -45,7 +49,6 @@ return [
             'table'           => 'cache',
             'connection'      => null,
             'lock_connection' => null,
-            'lock_table'      => null,
         ],
 
         'file' => [
@@ -85,6 +88,6 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'prefix' => env('CACHE_PREFIX', 'bookstack_cache_'),
+    'prefix' => env('CACHE_PREFIX', Str::slug(env('APP_NAME', 'laravel'), '_') . '_cache_'),
 
 ];

app/Config/database.php

@@ -40,16 +40,12 @@ if (env('REDIS_SERVERS', false)) {
 
 // MYSQL
 // Split out port from host if set
-$mysqlHost = env('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
-$mysqlHostExploded = explode(':', $mysqlHost);
-$mysqlPort = env('DB_PORT', 3306);
-$mysqlHostIpv6 = str_starts_with($mysqlHost, '[');
-if ($mysqlHostIpv6 && str_contains($mysqlHost, ']:')) {
-    $mysqlHost = implode(':', array_slice($mysqlHostExploded, 0, -1));
-    $mysqlPort = intval(end($mysqlHostExploded));
-} else if (!$mysqlHostIpv6 && count($mysqlHostExploded) > 1) {
-    $mysqlHost = $mysqlHostExploded[0];
-    $mysqlPort = intval($mysqlHostExploded[1]);
+$mysql_host = env('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
+$mysql_host_exploded = explode(':', $mysql_host);
+$mysql_port = env('DB_PORT', 3306);
+if (count($mysql_host_exploded) > 1) {
+    $mysql_host = $mysql_host_exploded[0];
+    $mysql_port = intval($mysql_host_exploded[1]);
 }
 
 return [
@@ -65,17 +61,17 @@ return [
         'mysql' => [
             'driver'         => 'mysql',
             'url'            => env('DATABASE_URL'),
-            'host'           => $mysqlHost,
+            'host'           => $mysql_host,
             'database'       => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
             'username'       => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
             'password'       => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
             'unix_socket'    => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
-            'port'           => $mysqlPort,
+            'port'           => $mysql_port,
             'charset'        => 'utf8mb4',
             'collation'      => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
             // Prefixes are only semi-supported and may be unstable
             // since they are not tested as part of our automated test suite.
-            // If used, the prefix should not be changed; otherwise you will likely receive errors.
+            // If used, the prefix should not be changed otherwise you will likely receive errors.
             'prefix'         => env('DB_TABLE_PREFIX', ''),
             'prefix_indexes' => true,
             'strict'         => false,
@@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ return [
             'database'       => 'bookstack-test',
             'username'       => env('MYSQL_USER', 'bookstack-test'),
             'password'       => env('MYSQL_PASSWORD', 'bookstack-test'),
-            'port'           => $mysqlPort,
+            'port'           => $mysql_port,
             'charset'        => 'utf8mb4',
             'collation'      => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
             'prefix'         => '',
@@ -103,7 +99,9 @@ return [
     ],
 
     // Migration Repository Table
-    // This table keeps track of all the migrations that have already run for the application.
+    // This table keeps track of all the migrations that have already run for
+    // your application. Using this information, we can determine which of
+    // the migrations on disk haven't actually been run in the database.
     'migrations' => 'migrations',
 
     // Redis configuration to use if set

app/Config/exports.php

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ return [
          * @var array
          */
         'allowed_protocols' => [
-            "data://" => ["rules" => []],
             'file://'  => ['rules' => []],
             'http://'  => ['rules' => []],
             'https://' => ['rules' => []],

app/Config/filesystems.php

@@ -32,22 +32,20 @@ return [
         'local' => [
             'driver'     => 'local',
             'root'       => public_path(),
-            'serve'      => false,
+            'visibility' => 'public',
             'throw'      => true,
-            'directory_visibility' => 'public',
         ],
 
         'local_secure_attachments' => [
             'driver' => 'local',
             'root'   => storage_path('uploads/files/'),
-            'serve'  => false,
             'throw'  => true,
         ],
 
         'local_secure_images' => [
             'driver'     => 'local',
             'root'       => storage_path('uploads/images/'),
-            'serve'      => false,
+            'visibility' => 'public',
             'throw'      => true,
         ],
 

app/Config/mail.php

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 // Configured mail encryption method.
 // STARTTLS should still be attempted, but tls/ssl forces TLS usage.
 $mailEncryption = env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION', null);
-$mailPort = intval(env('MAIL_PORT', 587));
 
 return [
 
@@ -34,13 +33,13 @@ return [
             'transport' => 'smtp',
             'scheme' => null,
             'host' => env('MAIL_HOST', 'smtp.mailgun.org'),
-            'port' => $mailPort,
+            'port' => env('MAIL_PORT', 587),
             'username' => env('MAIL_USERNAME'),
             'password' => env('MAIL_PASSWORD'),
             'verify_peer' => env('MAIL_VERIFY_SSL', true),
             'timeout' => null,
-            'local_domain' => null,
-            'require_tls' => ($mailEncryption === 'tls' || $mailEncryption === 'ssl' || $mailPort === 465),
+            'local_domain' => env('MAIL_EHLO_DOMAIN'),
+            'tls_required' => ($mailEncryption === 'tls' || $mailEncryption === 'ssl'),
         ],
 
         'sendmail' => [
@@ -65,4 +64,12 @@ return [
             ],
         ],
     ],
+
+    // Email markdown configuration
+    'markdown' => [
+        'theme' => 'default',
+        'paths' => [
+            resource_path('views/vendor/mail'),
+        ],
+    ],
 ];

app/Config/oidc.php

@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ return [
     // Multiple values can be provided comma seperated.
     'additional_scopes' => env('OIDC_ADDITIONAL_SCOPES', null),
 
-    // Enable fetching of the user's avatar from the 'picture' claim on login.
-    // Will only be fetched if the user doesn't already have an avatar image assigned.
-    // This can be a security risk due to performing server-side fetching (with up to 3 redirects) of
-    // data from external URLs. Only enable if you trust the OIDC auth provider to provide safe URLs for user images.
-    'fetch_avatar' => env('OIDC_FETCH_AVATAR', false),
-
     // Group sync options
     // Enable syncing, upon login, of OIDC groups to BookStack roles
     'user_to_groups' => env('OIDC_USER_TO_GROUPS', false),

app/Config/queue.php

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ return [
 
         'database' => [
             'driver'       => 'database',
-            'connection'   => null,
             'table'        => 'jobs',
             'queue'        => 'default',
             'retry_after'  => 90,

app/Console/Commands/AssignSortRuleCommand.php

@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace BookStack\Console\Commands;
-
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\Book;
-use BookStack\Sorting\BookSorter;
-use BookStack\Sorting\SortRule;
-use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-
-class AssignSortRuleCommand extends Command
-{
-    /**
-     * The name and signature of the console command.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $signature = 'bookstack:assign-sort-rule
-                            {sort-rule=0: ID of the sort rule to apply}
-                            {--all-books : Apply to all books in the system}
-                            {--books-without-sort : Apply to only books without a sort rule already assigned}
-                            {--books-with-sort= : Apply to only books with the sort rule of given id}';
-
-    /**
-     * The console command description.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $description = 'Assign a sort rule to content in the system';
-
-    /**
-     * Execute the console command.
-     */
-    public function handle(BookSorter $sorter): int
-    {
-        $sortRuleId = intval($this->argument('sort-rule')) ?? 0;
-        if ($sortRuleId === 0) {
-            return $this->listSortRules();
-        }
-
-        $rule = SortRule::query()->find($sortRuleId);
-        if ($this->option('all-books')) {
-            $query = Book::query();
-        } else if ($this->option('books-without-sort')) {
-            $query = Book::query()->whereNull('sort_rule_id');
-        } else if ($this->option('books-with-sort')) {
-            $sortId = intval($this->option('books-with-sort')) ?: 0;
-            if (!$sortId) {
-                $this->error("Provided --books-with-sort option value is invalid");
-                return 1;
-            }
-            $query = Book::query()->where('sort_rule_id', $sortId);
-        } else {
-            $this->error("No option provided to specify target. Run with the -h option to see all available options.");
-            return 1;
-        }
-
-        if (!$rule) {
-            $this->error("Sort rule of provided id {$sortRuleId} not found!");
-            return 1;
-        }
-
-        $count = $query->clone()->count();
-        $this->warn("This will apply sort rule [{$rule->id}: {$rule->name}] to {$count} book(s) and run the sort on each.");
-        $confirmed = $this->confirm("Are you sure you want to continue?");
-
-        if (!$confirmed) {
-            return 1;
-        }
-
-        $processed = 0;
-        $query->chunkById(10, function ($books) use ($rule, $sorter, $count, &$processed) {
-            $max = min($count, ($processed + 10));
-            $this->info("Applying to {$processed}-{$max} of {$count} books");
-            foreach ($books as $book) {
-                $book->sort_rule_id = $rule->id;
-                $book->save();
-                $sorter->runBookAutoSort($book);
-            }
-            $processed = $max;
-        });
-
-        $this->info("Sort applied to {$processed} book(s)!");
-
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    protected function listSortRules(): int
-    {
-
-        $rules = SortRule::query()->orderBy('id', 'asc')->get();
-        $this->error("Sort rule ID required!");
-        $this->warn("\nAvailable sort rules:");
-        foreach ($rules as $rule) {
-            $this->info("{$rule->id}: {$rule->name}");
-        }
-
-        return 1;
-    }
-}

app/Console/Commands/CreateAdminCommand.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Rules\Password;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rules\Unique;
 
 class CreateAdminCommand extends Command
 {
@@ -20,9 +21,7 @@ class CreateAdminCommand extends Command
                             {--email= : The email address for the new admin user}
                             {--name= : The name of the new admin user}
                             {--password= : The password to assign to the new admin user}
-                            {--external-auth-id= : The external authentication system id for the new admin user (SAML2/LDAP/OIDC)}
-                            {--generate-password : Generate a random password for the new admin user}
-                            {--initial : Indicate if this should set/update the details of the initial admin user}';
+                            {--external-auth-id= : The external authentication system id for the new admin user (SAML2/LDAP/OIDC)}';
 
     /**
      * The console command description.
@@ -36,12 +35,26 @@ class CreateAdminCommand extends Command
      */
     public function handle(UserRepo $userRepo): int
     {
-        $initialAdminOnly = $this->option('initial');
-        $shouldGeneratePassword = $this->option('generate-password');
-        $details = $this->gatherDetails($shouldGeneratePassword, $initialAdminOnly);
+        $details = $this->snakeCaseOptions();
+
+        if (empty($details['email'])) {
+            $details['email'] = $this->ask('Please specify an email address for the new admin user');
+        }
+
+        if (empty($details['name'])) {
+            $details['name'] = $this->ask('Please specify a name for the new admin user');
+        }
+
+        if (empty($details['password'])) {
+            if (empty($details['external_auth_id'])) {
+                $details['password'] = $this->ask('Please specify a password for the new admin user (8 characters min)');
+            } else {
+                $details['password'] = Str::random(32);
+            }
+        }
 
         $validator = Validator::make($details, [
-            'email'            => ['required', 'email', 'min:5'],
+            'email'            => ['required', 'email', 'min:5', new Unique('users', 'email')],
             'name'             => ['required', 'min:2'],
             'password'         => ['required_without:external_auth_id', Password::default()],
             'external_auth_id' => ['required_without:password'],
@@ -55,101 +68,16 @@ class CreateAdminCommand extends Command
             return 1;
         }
 
-        $adminRole = Role::getSystemRole('admin');
-
-        if ($initialAdminOnly) {
-            $handled = $this->handleInitialAdminIfExists($userRepo, $details, $shouldGeneratePassword, $adminRole);
-            if ($handled !== null) {
-                return $handled;
-            }
-        }
-
-        $emailUsed = $userRepo->getByEmail($details['email']) !== null;
-        if ($emailUsed) {
-            $this->error("Could not create admin account.");
-            $this->error("An account with the email address \"{$details['email']}\" already exists.");
-            return 1;
-        }
-
         $user = $userRepo->createWithoutActivity($validator->validated());
-        $user->attachRole($adminRole);
+        $user->attachRole(Role::getSystemRole('admin'));
         $user->email_confirmed = true;
         $user->save();
 
-        if ($shouldGeneratePassword) {
-            $this->line($details['password']);
-        } else {
-            $this->info("Admin account with email \"{$user->email}\" successfully created!");
-        }
+        $this->info("Admin account with email \"{$user->email}\" successfully created!");
 
         return 0;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Handle updates to the original admin account if it exists.
-     * Returns an int return status if handled, otherwise returns null if not handled (new user to be created).
-     */
-    protected function handleInitialAdminIfExists(UserRepo $userRepo, array $data, bool $generatePassword, Role $adminRole): int|null
-    {
-        $defaultAdmin = $userRepo->getByEmail('admin@admin.com');
-        if ($defaultAdmin && $defaultAdmin->hasSystemRole('admin')) {
-            if ($defaultAdmin->email !== $data['email'] && $userRepo->getByEmail($data['email']) !== null) {
-                $this->error("Could not create admin account.");
-                $this->error("An account with the email address \"{$data['email']}\" already exists.");
-                return 1;
-            }
-
-            $userRepo->updateWithoutActivity($defaultAdmin, $data, true);
-            if ($generatePassword) {
-                $this->line($data['password']);
-            } else {
-                $this->info("The default admin user has been updated with the provided details!");
-            }
-
-            return 0;
-        } else if ($adminRole->users()->count() > 0) {
-            $this->warn('Non-default admin user already exists. Skipping creation of new admin user.');
-            return 2;
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    protected function gatherDetails(bool $generatePassword, bool $initialAdmin): array
-    {
-        $details = $this->snakeCaseOptions();
-
-        if (empty($details['email'])) {
-            if ($initialAdmin) {
-                $details['email'] = 'admin@example.com';
-            } else {
-                $details['email'] = $this->ask('Please specify an email address for the new admin user');
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (empty($details['name'])) {
-            if ($initialAdmin) {
-                $details['name'] = 'Admin';
-            } else {
-                $details['name'] = $this->ask('Please specify a name for the new admin user');
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (empty($details['password'])) {
-            if (empty($details['external_auth_id'])) {
-                if ($generatePassword) {
-                    $details['password'] = Str::random(32);
-                } else {
-                    $details['password'] = $this->ask('Please specify a password for the new admin user (8 characters min)');
-                }
-            } else {
-                $details['password'] = Str::random(32);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return $details;
-    }
-
     protected function snakeCaseOptions(): array
     {
         $returnOpts = [];

app/Console/Commands/UpdateUrlCommand.php

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class UpdateUrlCommand extends Command
             'page_revisions' => ['html', 'text', 'markdown'],
             'images'      => ['url'],
             'settings'    => ['value'],
-            'comments'    => ['html'],
+            'comments'    => ['html', 'text'],
         ];
 
         foreach ($columnsToUpdateByTable as $table => $columns) {

app/Entities/Controllers/BookApiController.php

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Queries\PageQueries;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\BookRepo;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\BookContents;
 use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ class BookApiController extends ApiController
      */
     public function create(Request $request)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookCreateAll);
+        $this->checkPermission('book-create-all');
         $requestData = $this->validate($request, $this->rules()['create']);
 
         $book = $this->bookRepo->create($requestData);
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ class BookApiController extends ApiController
     public function update(Request $request, string $id)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail(intval($id));
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookUpdate, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-update', $book);
 
         $requestData = $this->validate($request, $this->rules()['update']);
         $book = $this->bookRepo->update($book, $requestData);
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ class BookApiController extends ApiController
     public function delete(string $id)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail(intval($id));
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookDelete, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-delete', $book);
 
         $this->bookRepo->destroy($book);
 

app/Entities/Controllers/BookController.php

@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ use BookStack\Exceptions\ImageUploadException;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
 use BookStack\Facades\Activity;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\References\ReferenceFetcher;
-use BookStack\Util\DatabaseTransaction;
 use BookStack\Util\SimpleListOptions;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
@@ -72,14 +70,14 @@ class BookController extends Controller
     /**
      * Show the form for creating a new book.
      */
-    public function create(?string $shelfSlug = null)
+    public function create(string $shelfSlug = null)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookCreateAll);
+        $this->checkPermission('book-create-all');
 
         $bookshelf = null;
         if ($shelfSlug !== null) {
             $bookshelf = $this->shelfQueries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($shelfSlug);
-            $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfUpdate, $bookshelf);
+            $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-update', $bookshelf);
         }
 
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.books_create'));
@@ -95,9 +93,9 @@ class BookController extends Controller
      * @throws ImageUploadException
      * @throws ValidationException
      */
-    public function store(Request $request, ?string $shelfSlug = null)
+    public function store(Request $request, string $shelfSlug = null)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookCreateAll);
+        $this->checkPermission('book-create-all');
         $validated = $this->validate($request, [
             'name'                => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
             'description_html'    => ['string', 'max:2000'],
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ class BookController extends Controller
         $bookshelf = null;
         if ($shelfSlug !== null) {
             $bookshelf = $this->shelfQueries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($shelfSlug);
-            $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfUpdate, $bookshelf);
+            $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-update', $bookshelf);
         }
 
         $book = $this->bookRepo->create($validated);
@@ -155,7 +153,7 @@ class BookController extends Controller
     public function edit(string $slug)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($slug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookUpdate, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-update', $book);
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.books_edit_named', ['bookName' => $book->getShortName()]));
 
         return view('books.edit', ['book' => $book, 'current' => $book]);
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ class BookController extends Controller
     public function update(Request $request, string $slug)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($slug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookUpdate, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-update', $book);
 
         $validated = $this->validate($request, [
             'name'                => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
@@ -198,7 +196,7 @@ class BookController extends Controller
     public function showDelete(string $bookSlug)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookDelete, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-delete', $book);
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.books_delete_named', ['bookName' => $book->getShortName()]));
 
         return view('books.delete', ['book' => $book, 'current' => $book]);
@@ -212,7 +210,7 @@ class BookController extends Controller
     public function destroy(string $bookSlug)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookDelete, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-delete', $book);
 
         $this->bookRepo->destroy($book);
 
@@ -227,7 +225,7 @@ class BookController extends Controller
     public function showCopy(string $bookSlug)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookView, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-view', $book);
 
         session()->flashInput(['name' => $book->name]);
 
@@ -244,8 +242,8 @@ class BookController extends Controller
     public function copy(Request $request, Cloner $cloner, string $bookSlug)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookView, $book);
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookCreateAll);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-view', $book);
+        $this->checkPermission('book-create-all');
 
         $newName = $request->get('name') ?: $book->name;
         $bookCopy = $cloner->cloneBook($book, $newName);
@@ -260,14 +258,12 @@ class BookController extends Controller
     public function convertToShelf(HierarchyTransformer $transformer, string $bookSlug)
     {
         $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookUpdate, $book);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookDelete, $book);
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookshelfCreateAll);
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookCreateAll);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-update', $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-delete', $book);
+        $this->checkPermission('bookshelf-create-all');
+        $this->checkPermission('book-create-all');
 
-        $shelf = (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($book, $transformer) {
-            return $transformer->transformBookToShelf($book);
-        }))->run();
+        $shelf = $transformer->transformBookToShelf($book);
 
         return redirect($shelf->getUrl());
     }

app/Entities/Controllers/BookSortController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Entities\Controllers;
+
+use BookStack\Activity\ActivityType;
+use BookStack\Entities\Queries\BookQueries;
+use BookStack\Entities\Tools\BookContents;
+use BookStack\Entities\Tools\BookSortMap;
+use BookStack\Facades\Activity;
+use BookStack\Http\Controller;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+class BookSortController extends Controller
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        protected BookQueries $queries,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Shows the view which allows pages to be re-ordered and sorted.
+     */
+    public function show(string $bookSlug)
+    {
+        $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-update', $book);
+
+        $bookChildren = (new BookContents($book))->getTree(false);
+
+        $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.books_sort_named', ['bookName' => $book->getShortName()]));
+
+        return view('books.sort', ['book' => $book, 'current' => $book, 'bookChildren' => $bookChildren]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Shows the sort box for a single book.
+     * Used via AJAX when loading in extra books to a sort.
+     */
+    public function showItem(string $bookSlug)
+    {
+        $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
+        $bookChildren = (new BookContents($book))->getTree();
+
+        return view('books.parts.sort-box', ['book' => $book, 'bookChildren' => $bookChildren]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts a book using a given mapping array.
+     */
+    public function update(Request $request, string $bookSlug)
+    {
+        $book = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('book-update', $book);
+
+        // Return if no map sent
+        if (!$request->filled('sort-tree')) {
+            return redirect($book->getUrl());
+        }
+
+        $sortMap = BookSortMap::fromJson($request->get('sort-tree'));
+        $bookContents = new BookContents($book);
+        $booksInvolved = $bookContents->sortUsingMap($sortMap);
+
+        // Rebuild permissions and add activity for involved books.
+        foreach ($booksInvolved as $bookInvolved) {
+            Activity::add(ActivityType::BOOK_SORT, $bookInvolved);
+        }
+
+        return redirect($book->getUrl());
+    }
+}

app/Entities/Controllers/BookshelfApiController.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Bookshelf;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\BookshelfQueries;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\BookshelfRepo;
 use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsToMany;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ class BookshelfApiController extends ApiController
      */
     public function create(Request $request)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookshelfCreateAll);
+        $this->checkPermission('bookshelf-create-all');
         $requestData = $this->validate($request, $this->rules()['create']);
 
         $bookIds = $request->get('books', []);
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ class BookshelfApiController extends ApiController
     public function update(Request $request, string $id)
     {
         $shelf = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail(intval($id));
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfUpdate, $shelf);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-update', $shelf);
 
         $requestData = $this->validate($request, $this->rules()['update']);
         $bookIds = $request->get('books', null);
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ class BookshelfApiController extends ApiController
     public function delete(string $id)
     {
         $shelf = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail(intval($id));
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfDelete, $shelf);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-delete', $shelf);
 
         $this->bookshelfRepo->destroy($shelf);
 

app/Entities/Controllers/BookshelfController.php

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Tools\ShelfContext;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\ImageUploadException;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\References\ReferenceFetcher;
 use BookStack\Util\SimpleListOptions;
 use Exception;
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ class BookshelfController extends Controller
      */
     public function create()
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookshelfCreateAll);
+        $this->checkPermission('bookshelf-create-all');
         $books = $this->bookQueries->visibleForList()->orderBy('name')->get(['name', 'id', 'slug', 'created_at', 'updated_at']);
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.shelves_create'));
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ class BookshelfController extends Controller
      */
     public function store(Request $request)
     {
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookshelfCreateAll);
+        $this->checkPermission('bookshelf-create-all');
         $validated = $this->validate($request, [
             'name'             => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
             'description_html' => ['string', 'max:2000'],
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ class BookshelfController extends Controller
     public function show(Request $request, ActivityQueries $activities, string $slug)
     {
         $shelf = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($slug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfView, $shelf);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-view', $shelf);
 
         $listOptions = SimpleListOptions::fromRequest($request, 'shelf_books')->withSortOptions([
             'default' => trans('common.sort_default'),
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ class BookshelfController extends Controller
     public function edit(string $slug)
     {
         $shelf = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($slug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfUpdate, $shelf);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-update', $shelf);
 
         $shelfBookIds = $shelf->books()->get(['id'])->pluck('id');
         $books = $this->bookQueries->visibleForList()
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ class BookshelfController extends Controller
     public function update(Request $request, string $slug)
     {
         $shelf = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($slug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfUpdate, $shelf);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-update', $shelf);
         $validated = $this->validate($request, [
             'name'             => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
             'description_html' => ['string', 'max:2000'],
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ class BookshelfController extends Controller
     public function showDelete(string $slug)
     {
         $shelf = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($slug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfDelete, $shelf);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-delete', $shelf);
 
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.shelves_delete_named', ['name' => $shelf->getShortName()]));
 
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ class BookshelfController extends Controller
     public function destroy(string $slug)
     {
         $shelf = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($slug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::BookshelfDelete, $shelf);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('bookshelf-delete', $shelf);
 
         $this->shelfRepo->destroy($shelf);
 

app/Entities/Controllers/ChapterApiController.php

@@ -2,20 +2,19 @@
 
 namespace BookStack\Entities\Controllers;
 
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\Book;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Chapter;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\ChapterQueries;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\EntityQueries;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\ChapterRepo;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\PermissionsException;
 use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use Exception;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class ChapterApiController extends ApiController
 {
-    protected array $rules = [
+    protected $rules = [
         'create' => [
             'book_id'             => ['required', 'integer'],
             'name'                => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ class ChapterApiController extends ApiController
 
         $bookId = $request->get('book_id');
         $book = $this->entityQueries->books->findVisibleByIdOrFail(intval($bookId));
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterCreate, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-create', $book);
 
         $chapter = $this->chapterRepo->create($requestData, $book);
 
@@ -102,10 +101,10 @@ class ChapterApiController extends ApiController
     {
         $requestData = $this->validate($request, $this->rules()['update']);
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail(intval($id));
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterUpdate, $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-update', $chapter);
 
         if ($request->has('book_id') && $chapter->book_id !== intval($requestData['book_id'])) {
-            $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterDelete, $chapter);
+            $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-delete', $chapter);
 
             try {
                 $this->chapterRepo->move($chapter, "book:{$requestData['book_id']}");
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ class ChapterApiController extends ApiController
     public function delete(string $id)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail(intval($id));
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterDelete, $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-delete', $chapter);
 
         $this->chapterRepo->destroy($chapter);
 
@@ -145,10 +144,7 @@ class ChapterApiController extends ApiController
         $chapter->load(['tags']);
         $chapter->makeVisible('description_html');
         $chapter->setAttribute('description_html', $chapter->descriptionHtml());
-
-        /** @var Book $book */
-        $book = $chapter->book()->first();
-        $chapter->setAttribute('book_slug', $book->slug);
+        $chapter->setAttribute('book_slug', $chapter->book()->first()->slug);
 
         return $chapter;
     }

app/Entities/Controllers/ChapterController.php

@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotifyException;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\PermissionsException;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\References\ReferenceFetcher;
-use BookStack\Util\DatabaseTransaction;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 use Throwable;
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function create(string $bookSlug)
     {
         $book = $this->entityQueries->books->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterCreate, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-create', $book);
 
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.chapters_create'));
 
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
         ]);
 
         $book = $this->entityQueries->books->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterCreate, $book);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-create', $book);
 
         $chapter = $this->chapterRepo->create($validated, $book);
 
@@ -78,6 +76,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function show(string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-view', $chapter);
 
         $sidebarTree = (new BookContents($chapter->book))->getTree();
         $pages = $this->entityQueries->pages->visibleForChapterList($chapter->id)->get();
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function edit(string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterUpdate, $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-update', $chapter);
 
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.chapters_edit_named', ['chapterName' => $chapter->getShortName()]));
 
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
         ]);
 
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterUpdate, $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-update', $chapter);
 
         $this->chapterRepo->update($chapter, $validated);
 
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function showDelete(string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterDelete, $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-delete', $chapter);
 
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.chapters_delete_named', ['chapterName' => $chapter->getShortName()]));
 
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function destroy(string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterDelete, $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-delete', $chapter);
 
         $this->chapterRepo->destroy($chapter);
 
@@ -175,8 +174,8 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.chapters_move_named', ['chapterName' => $chapter->getShortName()]));
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterUpdate, $chapter);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterDelete, $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-update', $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-delete', $chapter);
 
         return view('chapters.move', [
             'chapter' => $chapter,
@@ -192,8 +191,8 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function move(Request $request, string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterUpdate, $chapter);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterDelete, $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-update', $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-delete', $chapter);
 
         $entitySelection = $request->get('entity_selection', null);
         if ($entitySelection === null || $entitySelection === '') {
@@ -221,6 +220,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function showCopy(string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-view', $chapter);
 
         session()->flashInput(['name' => $chapter->name]);
 
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function copy(Request $request, Cloner $cloner, string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-view', $chapter);
 
         $entitySelection = $request->get('entity_selection') ?: null;
         $newParentBook = $entitySelection ? $this->entityQueries->findVisibleByStringIdentifier($entitySelection) : $chapter->getParent();
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
             return redirect($chapter->getUrl('/copy'));
         }
 
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterCreate, $newParentBook);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-create', $newParentBook);
 
         $newName = $request->get('name') ?: $chapter->name;
         $chapterCopy = $cloner->cloneChapter($chapter, $newParentBook, $newName);
@@ -264,13 +265,11 @@ class ChapterController extends Controller
     public function convertToBook(HierarchyTransformer $transformer, string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug)
     {
         $chapter = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterUpdate, $chapter);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::ChapterDelete, $chapter);
-        $this->checkPermission(Permission::BookCreateAll);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-update', $chapter);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('chapter-delete', $chapter);
+        $this->checkPermission('book-create-all');
 
-        $book = (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($chapter, $transformer) {
-            return $transformer->transformChapterToBook($chapter);
-        }))->run();
+        $book = $transformer->transformChapterToBook($chapter);
 
         return redirect($book->getUrl());
     }

app/Entities/Controllers/PageApiController.php

@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Queries\PageQueries;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\PageRepo;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\PermissionsException;
 use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class PageApiController extends ApiController
 {
-    protected array $rules = [
+    protected $rules = [
         'create' => [
             'book_id'    => ['required_without:chapter_id', 'integer'],
             'chapter_id' => ['required_without:book_id', 'integer'],
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ class PageApiController extends ApiController
         } else {
             $parent = $this->entityQueries->books->findVisibleByIdOrFail(intval($request->get('book_id')));
         }
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageCreate, $parent);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-create', $parent);
 
         $draft = $this->pageRepo->getNewDraftPage($parent);
         $this->pageRepo->publishDraft($draft, $request->only(array_keys($this->rules['create'])));
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ class PageApiController extends ApiController
         $requestData = $this->validate($request, $this->rules['update']);
 
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail($id);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
 
         $parent = null;
         if ($request->has('chapter_id')) {
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ class PageApiController extends ApiController
         }
 
         if ($parent && !$parent->matches($page->getParent())) {
-            $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageDelete, $page);
+            $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-delete', $page);
 
             try {
                 $this->pageRepo->move($page, $parent->getType() . ':' . $parent->id);
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ class PageApiController extends ApiController
     public function delete(string $id)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail($id);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageDelete, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-delete', $page);
 
         $this->pageRepo->destroy($page);
 

app/Entities/Controllers/PageController.php

@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Tools\PageContent;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\PageEditActivity;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\PageEditorData;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
-use BookStack\Exceptions\NotifyException;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\PermissionsException;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\References\ReferenceFetcher;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
      *
      * @throws Throwable
      */
-    public function create(string $bookSlug, ?string $chapterSlug = null)
+    public function create(string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug = null)
     {
         if ($chapterSlug) {
             $parent = $this->entityQueries->chapters->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $chapterSlug);
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
             $parent = $this->entityQueries->books->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
         }
 
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageCreate, $parent);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-create', $parent);
 
         // Redirect to draft edit screen if signed in
         if ($this->isSignedIn()) {
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
      *
      * @throws ValidationException
      */
-    public function createAsGuest(Request $request, string $bookSlug, ?string $chapterSlug = null)
+    public function createAsGuest(Request $request, string $bookSlug, string $chapterSlug = null)
     {
         $this->validate($request, [
             'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
             $parent = $this->entityQueries->books->findVisibleBySlugOrFail($bookSlug);
         }
 
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageCreate, $parent);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-create', $parent);
 
         $page = $this->pageRepo->getNewDraftPage($parent);
         $this->pageRepo->publishDraft($page, [
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function editDraft(Request $request, string $bookSlug, int $pageId)
     {
         $draft = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail($pageId);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageCreate, $draft->getParent());
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-create', $draft->getParent());
 
         $editorData = new PageEditorData($draft, $this->entityQueries, $request->query('editor', ''));
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.pages_edit_draft'));
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
             'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
         ]);
         $draftPage = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail($pageId);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageCreate, $draftPage->getParent());
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-create', $draftPage->getParent());
 
         $page = $this->pageRepo->publishDraft($draftPage, $request->all());
 
@@ -149,6 +147,8 @@ class PageController extends Controller
             return redirect($page->getUrl());
         }
 
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-view', $page);
+
         $pageContent = (new PageContent($page));
         $page->html = $pageContent->render();
         $pageNav = $pageContent->getNavigation($page->html);
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function edit(Request $request, string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page, $page->getUrl());
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
 
         $editorData = new PageEditorData($page, $this->entityQueries, $request->query('editor', ''));
         if ($editorData->getWarnings()) {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
             'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
         ]);
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
 
         $this->pageRepo->update($page, $request->all());
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function saveDraft(Request $request, int $pageId)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail($pageId);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
 
         if (!$this->isSignedIn()) {
             return $this->jsonError(trans('errors.guests_cannot_save_drafts'), 500);
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function showDelete(string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageDelete, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-delete', $page);
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.pages_delete_named', ['pageName' => $page->getShortName()]));
         $usedAsTemplate =
             $this->entityQueries->books->start()->where('default_template_id', '=', $page->id)->count() > 0 ||
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function showDeleteDraft(string $bookSlug, int $pageId)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail($pageId);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.pages_delete_draft_named', ['pageName' => $page->getShortName()]));
         $usedAsTemplate =
             $this->entityQueries->books->start()->where('default_template_id', '=', $page->id)->count() > 0 ||
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function destroy(string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageDelete, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-delete', $page);
         $parent = $page->getParent();
 
         $this->pageRepo->destroy($page);
@@ -336,13 +336,13 @@ class PageController extends Controller
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleByIdOrFail($pageId);
         $book = $page->book;
         $chapter = $page->chapter;
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
 
         $this->pageRepo->destroy($page);
 
         $this->showSuccessNotification(trans('entities.pages_delete_draft_success'));
 
-        if ($chapter && userCan(Permission::ChapterView, $chapter)) {
+        if ($chapter && userCan('view', $chapter)) {
             return redirect($chapter->getUrl());
         }
 
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function showMove(string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageDelete, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-delete', $page);
 
         return view('pages.move', [
             'book' => $page->book,
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function move(Request $request, string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageDelete, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-delete', $page);
 
         $entitySelection = $request->get('entity_selection', null);
         if ($entitySelection === null || $entitySelection === '') {
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function showCopy(string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-view', $page);
         session()->flashInput(['name' => $page->name]);
 
         return view('pages.copy', [
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
     public function copy(Request $request, Cloner $cloner, string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug)
     {
         $page = $this->queries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageView, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-view', $page);
 
         $entitySelection = $request->get('entity_selection') ?: null;
         $newParent = $entitySelection ? $this->entityQueries->findVisibleByStringIdentifier($entitySelection) : $page->getParent();
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ class PageController extends Controller
             return redirect($page->getUrl('/copy'));
         }
 
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageCreate, $newParent);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-create', $newParent);
 
         $newName = $request->get('name') ?: $page->name;
         $pageCopy = $cloner->clonePage($page, $newParent, $newName);

app/Entities/Controllers/PageRevisionController.php

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Tools\PageContent;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
 use BookStack\Facades\Activity;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\Util\SimpleListOptions;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Ssddanbrown\HtmlDiff\Diff;
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ class PageRevisionController extends Controller
             ->selectRaw("IF(markdown = '', false, true) as is_markdown")
             ->with(['page.book', 'createdBy'])
             ->reorder('id', $listOptions->getOrder())
+            ->reorder('created_at', $listOptions->getOrder())
             ->paginate(50);
 
         $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.pages_revisions_named', ['pageName' => $page->getShortName()]));
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class PageRevisionController extends Controller
             'revisions'   => $revisions,
             'page'        => $page,
             'listOptions' => $listOptions,
-            'oldestRevisionId' => $page->revisions()->min('id'),
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ class PageRevisionController extends Controller
             throw new NotFoundException();
         }
 
-        $prev = $revision->getPreviousRevision();
+        $prev = $revision->getPrevious();
         $prevContent = $prev->html ?? '';
         $diff = Diff::excecute($prevContent, $revision->html);
 
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ class PageRevisionController extends Controller
     public function restore(string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug, int $revisionId)
     {
         $page = $this->pageQueries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageUpdate, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-update', $page);
 
         $page = $this->pageRepo->restoreRevision($page, $revisionId);
 
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ class PageRevisionController extends Controller
     public function destroy(string $bookSlug, string $pageSlug, int $revId)
     {
         $page = $this->pageQueries->findVisibleBySlugsOrFail($bookSlug, $pageSlug);
-        $this->checkOwnablePermission(Permission::PageDelete, $page);
+        $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-delete', $page);
 
         $revision = $page->revisions()->where('id', '=', $revId)->first();
         if ($revision === null) {

app/Entities/Controllers/RecycleBinApiController.php

@@ -6,20 +6,18 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Book;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\BookChild;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Chapter;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Deletion;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\DeletionRepo;
 use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
+use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 
 class RecycleBinApiController extends ApiController
 {
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->middleware(function ($request, $next) {
-            $this->checkPermission(Permission::SettingsManage);
-            $this->checkPermission(Permission::RestrictionsManageAll);
+            $this->checkPermission('settings-manage');
+            $this->checkPermission('restrictions-manage-all');
 
             return $next($request);
         });
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ class RecycleBinApiController extends ApiController
             'updated_at',
             'deletable_type',
             'deletable_id',
-        ], [$this->listFormatter(...)]);
+        ], [Closure::fromCallable([$this, 'listFormatter'])]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -71,9 +69,10 @@ class RecycleBinApiController extends ApiController
     /**
      * Load some related details for the deletion listing.
      */
-    protected function listFormatter(Deletion $deletion): void
+    protected function listFormatter(Deletion $deletion)
     {
         $deletable = $deletion->deletable;
+        $withTrashedQuery = fn (Builder $query) => $query->withTrashed();
 
         if ($deletable instanceof BookChild) {
             $parent = $deletable->getParent();
@@ -82,19 +81,11 @@ class RecycleBinApiController extends ApiController
         }
 
         if ($deletable instanceof Book || $deletable instanceof Chapter) {
-            $countsToLoad = ['pages' => static::withTrashedQuery(...)];
+            $countsToLoad = ['pages' => $withTrashedQuery];
             if ($deletable instanceof Book) {
-                $countsToLoad['chapters'] = static::withTrashedQuery(...);
+                $countsToLoad['chapters'] = $withTrashedQuery;
             }
             $deletable->loadCount($countsToLoad);
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @param Builder<Chapter|Page> $query
-     */
-    protected static function withTrashedQuery(Builder $query): void
-    {
-        $query->withTrashed();
-    }
 }

app/Entities/Controllers/RecycleBinController.php

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\DeletionRepo;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\TrashCan;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 
 class RecycleBinController extends Controller
 {
@@ -21,8 +20,8 @@ class RecycleBinController extends Controller
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->middleware(function ($request, $next) {
-            $this->checkPermission(Permission::SettingsManage);
-            $this->checkPermission(Permission::RestrictionsManageAll);
+            $this->checkPermission('settings-manage');
+            $this->checkPermission('restrictions-manage-all');
 
             return $next($request);
         });

app/Entities/Models/Book.php

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace BookStack\Entities\Models;
 
-use BookStack\Sorting\SortRule;
 use BookStack\Uploads\Image;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
@@ -17,19 +16,17 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
  * @property string                                   $description
  * @property int                                      $image_id
  * @property ?int                                     $default_template_id
- * @property ?int                                     $sort_rule_id
  * @property Image|null                               $cover
  * @property \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection $chapters
  * @property \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection $pages
  * @property \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection $directPages
  * @property \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection $shelves
  * @property ?Page                                    $defaultTemplate
- * @property ?SortRule                                 $sortRule
  */
-class Book extends Entity implements CoverImageInterface, HtmlDescriptionInterface
+class Book extends Entity implements HasCoverImage
 {
     use HasFactory;
-    use HtmlDescriptionTrait;
+    use HasHtmlDescription;
 
     public float $searchFactor = 1.2;
 
@@ -85,17 +82,8 @@ class Book extends Entity implements CoverImageInterface, HtmlDescriptionInterfa
         return $this->belongsTo(Page::class, 'default_template_id');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the sort set assigned to this book, if existing.
-     */
-    public function sortRule(): BelongsTo
-    {
-        return $this->belongsTo(SortRule::class);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get all pages within this book.
-     * @return HasMany<Page, $this>
      */
     public function pages(): HasMany
     {
@@ -112,7 +100,6 @@ class Book extends Entity implements CoverImageInterface, HtmlDescriptionInterfa
 
     /**
      * Get all chapters within this book.
-     * @return HasMany<Chapter, $this>
      */
     public function chapters(): HasMany
     {

app/Entities/Models/Bookshelf.php

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsToMany;
 
-class Bookshelf extends Entity implements CoverImageInterface, HtmlDescriptionInterface
+class Bookshelf extends Entity implements HasCoverImage
 {
     use HasFactory;
-    use HtmlDescriptionTrait;
+    use HasHtmlDescription;
 
     protected $table = 'bookshelves';
 
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ class Bookshelf extends Entity implements CoverImageInterface, HtmlDescriptionIn
 
     /**
      * Get the cover image of the shelf.
-     * @return BelongsTo<Image, $this>
      */
     public function cover(): BelongsTo
     {

app/Entities/Models/Chapter.php

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
  * @property ?int             $default_template_id
  * @property ?Page            $defaultTemplate
  */
-class Chapter extends BookChild implements HtmlDescriptionInterface
+class Chapter extends BookChild
 {
     use HasFactory;
-    use HtmlDescriptionTrait;
+    use HasHtmlDescription;
 
     public float $searchFactor = 1.2;
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Chapter extends BookChild implements HtmlDescriptionInterface
     /**
      * Get the pages that this chapter contains.
      *
-     * @return HasMany<Page, $this>
+     * @return HasMany<Page>
      */
     public function pages(string $dir = 'ASC'): HasMany
     {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Chapter extends BookChild implements HtmlDescriptionInterface
 
     /**
      * Get the visible pages in this chapter.
-     * @return Collection<Page>
+     * @returns Collection<Page>
      */
     public function getVisiblePages(): Collection
     {

app/Entities/Models/Deletable.php

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphMany;
  * A model that can be deleted in a manner that deletions
  * are tracked to be part of the recycle bin system.
  */
-interface DeletableInterface
+interface Deletable
 {
     public function deletions(): MorphMany;
 }

app/Entities/Models/Deletion.php

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
  * @property int       $deleted_by
  * @property string    $deletable_type
  * @property int       $deletable_id
- * @property DeletableInterface $deletable
+ * @property Deletable $deletable
  */
 class Deletion extends Model implements Loggable
 {

app/Entities/Models/Entity.php

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use BookStack\Activity\Models\View;
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Viewable;
 use BookStack\Activity\Models\Watch;
 use BookStack\App\Model;
-use BookStack\App\SluggableInterface;
+use BookStack\App\Sluggable;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\SlugGenerator;
 use BookStack\Permissions\JointPermissionBuilder;
 use BookStack\Permissions\Models\EntityPermission;
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ use BookStack\References\Reference;
 use BookStack\Search\SearchIndex;
 use BookStack\Search\SearchTerm;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\HasCreatorAndUpdater;
-use BookStack\Users\Models\OwnableInterface;
-use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
+use BookStack\Users\Models\HasOwner;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphMany;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
@@ -44,23 +42,17 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
  * @property Carbon     $deleted_at
  * @property int        $created_by
  * @property int        $updated_by
- * @property int        $owned_by
  * @property Collection $tags
  *
  * @method static Entity|Builder visible()
  * @method static Builder withLastView()
  * @method static Builder withViewCount()
  */
-abstract class Entity extends Model implements
-    SluggableInterface,
-    Favouritable,
-    Viewable,
-    DeletableInterface,
-    OwnableInterface,
-    Loggable
+abstract class Entity extends Model implements Sluggable, Favouritable, Viewable, Deletable, Loggable
 {
     use SoftDeletes;
     use HasCreatorAndUpdater;
+    use HasOwner;
 
     /**
      * @var string - Name of property where the main text content is found
@@ -207,20 +199,6 @@ abstract class Entity extends Model implements
         return $this->morphMany(JointPermission::class, 'entity');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the user who owns this entity.
-     * @return BelongsTo<User, $this>
-     */
-    public function ownedBy(): BelongsTo
-    {
-        return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'owned_by');
-    }
-
-    public function getOwnerFieldName(): string
-    {
-        return 'owned_by';
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get the related delete records for this entity.
      */
@@ -305,14 +283,10 @@ abstract class Entity extends Model implements
     public function getParent(): ?self
     {
         if ($this instanceof Page) {
-            /** @var BelongsTo<Chapter|Book, Page>  $builder */
-            $builder = $this->chapter_id ? $this->chapter() : $this->book();
-            return $builder->withTrashed()->first();
+            return $this->chapter_id ? $this->chapter()->withTrashed()->first() : $this->book()->withTrashed()->first();
         }
         if ($this instanceof Chapter) {
-            /** @var BelongsTo<Book, Page>  $builder */
-            $builder = $this->book();
-            return $builder->withTrashed()->first();
+            return $this->book()->withTrashed()->first();
         }
 
         return null;
@@ -321,7 +295,7 @@ abstract class Entity extends Model implements
     /**
      * Rebuild the permissions for this entity.
      */
-    public function rebuildPermissions(): void
+    public function rebuildPermissions()
     {
         app()->make(JointPermissionBuilder::class)->rebuildForEntity(clone $this);
     }
@@ -329,7 +303,7 @@ abstract class Entity extends Model implements
     /**
      * Index the current entity for search.
      */
-    public function indexForSearch(): void
+    public function indexForSearch()
     {
         app()->make(SearchIndex::class)->indexEntity(clone $this);
     }
@@ -339,7 +313,7 @@ abstract class Entity extends Model implements
      */
     public function refreshSlug(): string
     {
-        $this->slug = app()->make(SlugGenerator::class)->generate($this, $this->name);
+        $this->slug = app()->make(SlugGenerator::class)->generate($this);
 
         return $this->slug;
     }

app/Entities/Models/HasCoverImage.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace BookStack\Entities\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 
-interface CoverImageInterface
+interface HasCoverImage
 {
     /**
      * Get the cover image for this item.

app/Entities/Models/HasHtmlDescription.php

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Entities\Models;
+
+use BookStack\Util\HtmlContentFilter;
+
+/**
+ * @property string $description
+ * @property string $description_html
+ */
+trait HasHtmlDescription
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the HTML description for this book.
+     */
+    public function descriptionHtml(): string
+    {
+        $html = $this->description_html ?: '<p>' . nl2br(e($this->description)) . '</p>';
+        return HtmlContentFilter::removeScriptsFromHtmlString($html);
+    }
+}

app/Entities/Models/HtmlDescriptionInterface.php

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace BookStack\Entities\Models;
-
-interface HtmlDescriptionInterface
-{
-    /**
-     * Get the HTML-based description for this item.
-     * By default, the content should be sanitised unless raw is set to true.
-     */
-    public function descriptionHtml(bool $raw = false): string;
-
-    /**
-     * Set the HTML-based description for this item.
-     */
-    public function setDescriptionHtml(string $html, string|null $plaintext = null): void;
-}

app/Entities/Models/HtmlDescriptionTrait.php

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace BookStack\Entities\Models;
-
-use BookStack\Util\HtmlContentFilter;
-
-/**
- * @property string $description
- * @property string $description_html
- */
-trait HtmlDescriptionTrait
-{
-    public function descriptionHtml(bool $raw = false): string
-    {
-        $html = $this->description_html ?: '<p>' . nl2br(e($this->description)) . '</p>';
-        if ($raw) {
-            return $html;
-        }
-
-        return HtmlContentFilter::removeScriptsFromHtmlString($html);
-    }
-
-    public function setDescriptionHtml(string $html, string|null $plaintext = null): void
-    {
-        $this->description_html = $html;
-
-        if ($plaintext !== null) {
-            $this->description = $plaintext;
-        }
-
-        if (empty($html) && !empty($plaintext)) {
-            $this->description_html = $this->descriptionHtml();
-        }
-    }
-}

app/Entities/Models/PageRevision.php

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class PageRevision extends Model implements Loggable
     /**
      * Get the previous revision for the same page if existing.
      */
-    public function getPreviousRevision(): ?PageRevision
+    public function getPrevious(): ?PageRevision
     {
         $id = static::newQuery()->where('page_id', '=', $this->page_id)
             ->where('id', '<', $this->id)

app/Entities/Queries/BookQueries.php

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Book;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 
-/**
- * @implements ProvidesEntityQueries<Book>
- */
 class BookQueries implements ProvidesEntityQueries
 {
     protected static array $listAttributes = [
@@ -16,9 +13,6 @@ class BookQueries implements ProvidesEntityQueries
         'created_at', 'updated_at', 'image_id', 'owned_by',
     ];
 
-    /**
-     * @return Builder<Book>
-     */
     public function start(): Builder
     {
         return Book::query();

app/Entities/Queries/BookshelfQueries.php

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Bookshelf;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 
-/**
- * @implements ProvidesEntityQueries<Bookshelf>
- */
 class BookshelfQueries implements ProvidesEntityQueries
 {
     protected static array $listAttributes = [
@@ -16,9 +13,6 @@ class BookshelfQueries implements ProvidesEntityQueries
         'created_at', 'updated_at', 'image_id', 'owned_by',
     ];
 
-    /**
-     * @return Builder<Bookshelf>
-     */
     public function start(): Builder
     {
         return Bookshelf::query();

app/Entities/Queries/ChapterQueries.php

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Chapter;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 
-/**
- * @implements ProvidesEntityQueries<Chapter>
- */
 class ChapterQueries implements ProvidesEntityQueries
 {
     protected static array $listAttributes = [

app/Entities/Queries/EntityQueries.php

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class EntityQueries
     /**
      * Start a query of visible entities of the given type,
      * suitable for listing display.
-     * @return Builder<Entity>
      */
     public function visibleForList(string $entityType): Builder
     {
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ class EntityQueries
 
     protected function getQueriesForType(string $type): ProvidesEntityQueries
     {
+        /** @var ?ProvidesEntityQueries $queries */
         $queries = match ($type) {
             'page' => $this->pages,
             'chapter' => $this->chapters,

app/Entities/Queries/PageQueries.php

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 
-/**
- * @implements ProvidesEntityQueries<Page>
- */
 class PageQueries implements ProvidesEntityQueries
 {
     protected static array $contentAttributes = [
@@ -21,9 +18,6 @@ class PageQueries implements ProvidesEntityQueries
         'template', 'text', 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'priority', 'owned_by',
     ];
 
-    /**
-     * @return Builder<Page>
-     */
     public function start(): Builder
     {
         return Page::query();
@@ -72,9 +66,6 @@ class PageQueries implements ProvidesEntityQueries
             });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return Builder<Page>
-     */
     public function visibleForList(): Builder
     {
         return $this->start()

app/Entities/Queries/ProvidesEntityQueries.php

@@ -7,32 +7,28 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 
 /**
  * Interface for our classes which provide common queries for our
- * entity objects. Ideally, all queries for entities should run through
+ * entity objects. Ideally all queries for entities should run through
  * these classes.
  * Any added methods should return a builder instances to allow extension
  * via building on the query, unless the method starts with 'find'
  * in which case an entity object should be returned.
  * (nullable unless it's a *OrFail method).
- *
- * @template TModel of Entity
  */
 interface ProvidesEntityQueries
 {
     /**
      * Start a new query for this entity type.
-     * @return Builder<TModel>
      */
     public function start(): Builder;
 
     /**
-     * Find the entity of the given ID or return null if not found.
+     * Find the entity of the given ID, or return null if not found.
      */
     public function findVisibleById(int $id): ?Entity;
 
     /**
      * Start a query for items that are visible, with selection
      * configured for list display of this item.
-     * @return Builder<TModel>
      */
     public function visibleForList(): Builder;
 }

app/Entities/Queries/QueryPopular.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class QueryPopular
     ) {
     }
 
-    public function run(int $count, int $page, array $filterModels): Collection
+    public function run(int $count, int $page, array $filterModels = null): Collection
     {
         $query = $this->permissions
             ->restrictEntityRelationQuery(View::query(), 'views', 'viewable_id', 'viewable_type')
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class QueryPopular
             ->groupBy('viewable_id', 'viewable_type')
             ->orderBy('view_count', 'desc');
 
-        if (!empty($filterModels)) {
+        if ($filterModels) {
             $query->whereIn('viewable_type', $this->entityProvider->getMorphClasses($filterModels));
         }
 

app/Entities/Repos/BaseRepo.php

@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@ namespace BookStack\Entities\Repos;
 
 use BookStack\Activity\TagRepo;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Book;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\BookChild;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Chapter;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\CoverImageInterface;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\HtmlDescriptionInterface;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\HtmlDescriptionTrait;
+use BookStack\Entities\Models\HasCoverImage;
+use BookStack\Entities\Models\HasHtmlDescription;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\PageQueries;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\ImageUploadException;
 use BookStack\References\ReferenceStore;
 use BookStack\References\ReferenceUpdater;
-use BookStack\Sorting\BookSorter;
 use BookStack\Uploads\ImageRepo;
 use BookStack\Util\HtmlDescriptionFilter;
 use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
@@ -27,7 +24,6 @@ class BaseRepo
         protected ReferenceUpdater $referenceUpdater,
         protected ReferenceStore $referenceStore,
         protected PageQueries $pageQueries,
-        protected BookSorter $bookSorter,
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -78,6 +74,7 @@ class BaseRepo
             $entity->touch();
         }
 
+        $entity->rebuildPermissions();
         $entity->indexForSearch();
         $this->referenceStore->updateForEntity($entity);
 
@@ -89,10 +86,12 @@ class BaseRepo
     /**
      * Update the given items' cover image, or clear it.
      *
+     * @param Entity&HasCoverImage $entity
+     *
      * @throws ImageUploadException
      * @throws \Exception
      */
-    public function updateCoverImage(Entity&CoverImageInterface $entity, ?UploadedFile $coverImage, bool $removeImage = false)
+    public function updateCoverImage($entity, ?UploadedFile $coverImage, bool $removeImage = false)
     {
         if ($coverImage) {
             $imageType = $entity->coverImageTypeKey();
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ class BaseRepo
 
         if ($removeImage) {
             $this->imageRepo->destroyImage($entity->cover()->first());
-            $entity->cover()->dissociate();
+            $entity->image_id = 0;
             $entity->save();
         }
     }
@@ -135,31 +134,20 @@ class BaseRepo
         $entity->save();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sort the parent of the given entity, if any auto sort actions are set for it.
-     * Typically ran during create/update/insert events.
-     */
-    public function sortParent(Entity $entity): void
-    {
-        if ($entity instanceof BookChild) {
-            $book = $entity->book;
-            $this->bookSorter->runBookAutoSort($book);
-        }
-    }
-
     protected function updateDescription(Entity $entity, array $input): void
     {
-        if (!($entity instanceof HtmlDescriptionInterface)) {
+        if (!in_array(HasHtmlDescription::class, class_uses($entity))) {
             return;
         }
 
+        /** @var HasHtmlDescription $entity */
         if (isset($input['description_html'])) {
-            $entity->setDescriptionHtml(
-                HtmlDescriptionFilter::filterFromString($input['description_html']),
-                html_entity_decode(strip_tags($input['description_html']))
-            );
+            $entity->description_html = HtmlDescriptionFilter::filterFromString($input['description_html']);
+            $entity->description = html_entity_decode(strip_tags($input['description_html']));
         } else if (isset($input['description'])) {
-            $entity->setDescriptionHtml('', $input['description']);
+            $entity->description = $input['description'];
+            $entity->description_html = '';
+            $entity->description_html = $entity->descriptionHtml();
         }
     }
 }

app/Entities/Repos/BookRepo.php

@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Book;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\TrashCan;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\ImageUploadException;
 use BookStack\Facades\Activity;
-use BookStack\Sorting\SortRule;
 use BookStack\Uploads\ImageRepo;
-use BookStack\Util\DatabaseTransaction;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
 
@@ -29,22 +27,13 @@ class BookRepo
      */
     public function create(array $input): Book
     {
-        return (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($input) {
-            $book = new Book();
+        $book = new Book();
+        $this->baseRepo->create($book, $input);
+        $this->baseRepo->updateCoverImage($book, $input['image'] ?? null);
+        $this->baseRepo->updateDefaultTemplate($book, intval($input['default_template_id'] ?? null));
+        Activity::add(ActivityType::BOOK_CREATE, $book);
 
-            $this->baseRepo->create($book, $input);
-            $this->baseRepo->updateCoverImage($book, $input['image'] ?? null);
-            $this->baseRepo->updateDefaultTemplate($book, intval($input['default_template_id'] ?? null));
-            Activity::add(ActivityType::BOOK_CREATE, $book);
-
-            $defaultBookSortSetting = intval(setting('sorting-book-default', '0'));
-            if ($defaultBookSortSetting && SortRule::query()->find($defaultBookSortSetting)) {
-                $book->sort_rule_id = $defaultBookSortSetting;
-                $book->save();
-            }
-
-            return $book;
-        }))->run();
+        return $book;
     }
 
     /**

app/Entities/Repos/BookshelfRepo.php

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Bookshelf;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\BookQueries;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\TrashCan;
 use BookStack\Facades\Activity;
-use BookStack\Util\DatabaseTransaction;
 use Exception;
 
 class BookshelfRepo
@@ -24,14 +23,13 @@ class BookshelfRepo
      */
     public function create(array $input, array $bookIds): Bookshelf
     {
-        return (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($input, $bookIds) {
-            $shelf = new Bookshelf();
-            $this->baseRepo->create($shelf, $input);
-            $this->baseRepo->updateCoverImage($shelf, $input['image'] ?? null);
-            $this->updateBooks($shelf, $bookIds);
-            Activity::add(ActivityType::BOOKSHELF_CREATE, $shelf);
-            return $shelf;
-        }))->run();
+        $shelf = new Bookshelf();
+        $this->baseRepo->create($shelf, $input);
+        $this->baseRepo->updateCoverImage($shelf, $input['image'] ?? null);
+        $this->updateBooks($shelf, $bookIds);
+        Activity::add(ActivityType::BOOKSHELF_CREATE, $shelf);
+
+        return $shelf;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -56,37 +54,20 @@ class BookshelfRepo
 
     /**
      * Update which books are assigned to this shelf by syncing the given book ids.
-     * Function ensures the managed books are visible to the current user and existing,
-     * and that the user does not alter the assignment of books that are not visible to them.
+     * Function ensures the books are visible to the current user and existing.
      */
-    protected function updateBooks(Bookshelf $shelf, array $bookIds): void
+    protected function updateBooks(Bookshelf $shelf, array $bookIds)
     {
         $numericIDs = collect($bookIds)->map(function ($id) {
             return intval($id);
         });
 
-        $existingBookIds = $shelf->books()->pluck('id')->toArray();
-        $visibleExistingBookIds = $this->bookQueries->visibleForList()
-            ->whereIn('id', $existingBookIds)
-            ->pluck('id')
-            ->toArray();
-        $nonVisibleExistingBookIds = array_values(array_diff($existingBookIds, $visibleExistingBookIds));
-
-        $newIdsToAssign = $this->bookQueries->visibleForList()
+        $syncData = $this->bookQueries->visibleForList()
             ->whereIn('id', $bookIds)
             ->pluck('id')
-            ->toArray();
-
-        $maxNewIndex = max($numericIDs->keys()->toArray() ?: [0]);
-
-        $syncData = [];
-        foreach ($newIdsToAssign as $id) {
-            $syncData[$id] = ['order' => $numericIDs->search($id)];
-        }
-
-        foreach ($nonVisibleExistingBookIds as $index => $id) {
-            $syncData[$id] = ['order' => $maxNewIndex + ($index + 1)];
-        }
+            ->mapWithKeys(function ($bookId) use ($numericIDs) {
+                return [$bookId => ['order' => $numericIDs->search($bookId)]];
+            });
 
         $shelf->books()->sync($syncData);
     }

app/Entities/Repos/ChapterRepo.php

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Tools\TrashCan;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\MoveOperationException;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\PermissionsException;
 use BookStack\Facades\Activity;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
-use BookStack\Util\DatabaseTransaction;
 use Exception;
 
 class ChapterRepo
@@ -29,18 +27,14 @@ class ChapterRepo
      */
     public function create(array $input, Book $parentBook): Chapter
     {
-        return (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($input, $parentBook) {
-            $chapter = new Chapter();
-            $chapter->book_id = $parentBook->id;
-            $chapter->priority = (new BookContents($parentBook))->getLastPriority() + 1;
-            $this->baseRepo->create($chapter, $input);
-            $this->baseRepo->updateDefaultTemplate($chapter, intval($input['default_template_id'] ?? null));
-            Activity::add(ActivityType::CHAPTER_CREATE, $chapter);
+        $chapter = new Chapter();
+        $chapter->book_id = $parentBook->id;
+        $chapter->priority = (new BookContents($parentBook))->getLastPriority() + 1;
+        $this->baseRepo->create($chapter, $input);
+        $this->baseRepo->updateDefaultTemplate($chapter, intval($input['default_template_id'] ?? null));
+        Activity::add(ActivityType::CHAPTER_CREATE, $chapter);
 
-            $this->baseRepo->sortParent($chapter);
-
-            return $chapter;
-        }))->run();
+        return $chapter;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -56,8 +50,6 @@ class ChapterRepo
 
         Activity::add(ActivityType::CHAPTER_UPDATE, $chapter);
 
-        $this->baseRepo->sortParent($chapter);
-
         return $chapter;
     }
 
@@ -88,18 +80,14 @@ class ChapterRepo
             throw new MoveOperationException('Book to move chapter into not found');
         }
 
-        if (!userCan(Permission::ChapterCreate, $parent)) {
+        if (!userCan('chapter-create', $parent)) {
             throw new PermissionsException('User does not have permission to create a chapter within the chosen book');
         }
 
-        return (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($chapter, $parent) {
-            $chapter->changeBook($parent->id);
-            $chapter->rebuildPermissions();
-            Activity::add(ActivityType::CHAPTER_MOVE, $chapter);
+        $chapter->changeBook($parent->id);
+        $chapter->rebuildPermissions();
+        Activity::add(ActivityType::CHAPTER_MOVE, $chapter);
 
-            $this->baseRepo->sortParent($chapter);
-
-            return $parent;
-        }))->run();
+        return $parent;
     }
 }

app/Entities/Repos/PageRepo.php

@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Tools\TrashCan;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\MoveOperationException;
 use BookStack\Exceptions\PermissionsException;
 use BookStack\Facades\Activity;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\References\ReferenceStore;
 use BookStack\References\ReferenceUpdater;
-use BookStack\Util\DatabaseTransaction;
 use Exception;
 
 class PageRepo
@@ -56,17 +54,15 @@ class PageRepo
         }
 
         $defaultTemplate = $page->chapter->defaultTemplate ?? $page->book->defaultTemplate;
-        if ($defaultTemplate && userCan(Permission::PageView, $defaultTemplate)) {
+        if ($defaultTemplate && userCan('view', $defaultTemplate)) {
             $page->forceFill([
                 'html'  => $defaultTemplate->html,
                 'markdown' => $defaultTemplate->markdown,
             ]);
         }
 
-        (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($page) {
-            $page->save();
-            $page->refresh()->rebuildPermissions();
-        }))->run();
+        $page->save();
+        $page->refresh()->rebuildPermissions();
 
         return $page;
     }
@@ -76,29 +72,25 @@ class PageRepo
      */
     public function publishDraft(Page $draft, array $input): Page
     {
-        return (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($draft, $input) {
-            $draft->draft = false;
-            $draft->revision_count = 1;
-            $draft->priority = $this->getNewPriority($draft);
-            $this->updateTemplateStatusAndContentFromInput($draft, $input);
-            $this->baseRepo->update($draft, $input);
-            $draft->rebuildPermissions();
+        $draft->draft = false;
+        $draft->revision_count = 1;
+        $draft->priority = $this->getNewPriority($draft);
+        $this->updateTemplateStatusAndContentFromInput($draft, $input);
+        $this->baseRepo->update($draft, $input);
 
-            $summary = trim($input['summary'] ?? '') ?: trans('entities.pages_initial_revision');
-            $this->revisionRepo->storeNewForPage($draft, $summary);
-            $draft->refresh();
+        $summary = trim($input['summary'] ?? '') ?: trans('entities.pages_initial_revision');
+        $this->revisionRepo->storeNewForPage($draft, $summary);
+        $draft->refresh();
 
-            Activity::add(ActivityType::PAGE_CREATE, $draft);
-            $this->baseRepo->sortParent($draft);
+        Activity::add(ActivityType::PAGE_CREATE, $draft);
 
-            return $draft;
-        }))->run();
+        return $draft;
     }
 
     /**
      * Directly update the content for the given page from the provided input.
      * Used for direct content access in a way that performs required changes
-     * (Search index and reference regen) without performing an official update.
+     * (Search index & reference regen) without performing an official update.
      */
     public function setContentFromInput(Page $page, array $input): void
     {
@@ -123,7 +115,7 @@ class PageRepo
         $page->revision_count++;
         $page->save();
 
-        // Remove all update drafts for this user and page.
+        // Remove all update drafts for this user & page.
         $this->revisionRepo->deleteDraftsForCurrentUser($page);
 
         // Save a revision after updating
@@ -136,14 +128,13 @@ class PageRepo
         }
 
         Activity::add(ActivityType::PAGE_UPDATE, $page);
-        $this->baseRepo->sortParent($page);
 
         return $page;
     }
 
     protected function updateTemplateStatusAndContentFromInput(Page $page, array $input): void
     {
-        if (isset($input['template']) && userCan(Permission::TemplatesManage)) {
+        if (isset($input['template']) && userCan('templates-manage')) {
             $page->template = ($input['template'] === 'true');
         }
 
@@ -166,7 +157,7 @@ class PageRepo
             $pageContent->setNewHTML($input['html'], user());
         }
 
-        if (($newEditor !== $currentEditor || empty($page->editor)) && userCan(Permission::EditorChange)) {
+        if (($newEditor !== $currentEditor || empty($page->editor)) && userCan('editor-change')) {
             $page->editor = $newEditor->value;
         } elseif (empty($page->editor)) {
             $page->editor = $defaultEditor->value;
@@ -252,8 +243,6 @@ class PageRepo
         Activity::add(ActivityType::PAGE_RESTORE, $page);
         Activity::add(ActivityType::REVISION_RESTORE, $revision);
 
-        $this->baseRepo->sortParent($page);
-
         return $page;
     }
 
@@ -272,22 +261,18 @@ class PageRepo
             throw new MoveOperationException('Book or chapter to move page into not found');
         }
 
-        if (!userCan(Permission::PageCreate, $parent)) {
+        if (!userCan('page-create', $parent)) {
             throw new PermissionsException('User does not have permission to create a page within the new parent');
         }
 
-        return (new DatabaseTransaction(function () use ($page, $parent) {
-            $page->chapter_id = ($parent instanceof Chapter) ? $parent->id : null;
-            $newBookId = ($parent instanceof Chapter) ? $parent->book->id : $parent->id;
-            $page->changeBook($newBookId);
-            $page->rebuildPermissions();
+        $page->chapter_id = ($parent instanceof Chapter) ? $parent->id : null;
+        $newBookId = ($parent instanceof Chapter) ? $parent->book->id : $parent->id;
+        $page->changeBook($newBookId);
+        $page->rebuildPermissions();
 
-            Activity::add(ActivityType::PAGE_MOVE, $page);
+        Activity::add(ActivityType::PAGE_MOVE, $page);
 
-            $this->baseRepo->sortParent($page);
-
-            return $parent;
-        }))->run();
+        return $parent;
     }
 
     /**

app/Entities/Repos/RevisionRepo.php

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class RevisionRepo
     /**
      * Store a new revision in the system for the given page.
      */
-    public function storeNewForPage(Page $page, ?string $summary = null): PageRevision
+    public function storeNewForPage(Page $page, string $summary = null): PageRevision
     {
         $revision = new PageRevision();
 

app/Entities/Tools/BookContents.php

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Chapter;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\EntityQueries;
-use BookStack\Sorting\BookSortMap;
-use BookStack\Sorting\BookSortMapItem;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 
 class BookContents
@@ -105,4 +103,211 @@ class BookContents
 
         return $query->where('book_id', '=', $this->book->id)->get();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sort the books content using the given sort map.
+     * Returns a list of books that were involved in the operation.
+     *
+     * @returns Book[]
+     */
+    public function sortUsingMap(BookSortMap $sortMap): array
+    {
+        // Load models into map
+        $modelMap = $this->loadModelsFromSortMap($sortMap);
+
+        // Sort our changes from our map to be chapters first
+        // Since they need to be process to ensure book alignment for child page changes.
+        $sortMapItems = $sortMap->all();
+        usort($sortMapItems, function (BookSortMapItem $itemA, BookSortMapItem $itemB) {
+            $aScore = $itemA->type === 'page' ? 2 : 1;
+            $bScore = $itemB->type === 'page' ? 2 : 1;
+
+            return $aScore - $bScore;
+        });
+
+        // Perform the sort
+        foreach ($sortMapItems as $item) {
+            $this->applySortUpdates($item, $modelMap);
+        }
+
+        /** @var Book[] $booksInvolved */
+        $booksInvolved = array_values(array_filter($modelMap, function (string $key) {
+            return str_starts_with($key, 'book:');
+        }, ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY));
+
+        // Update permissions of books involved
+        foreach ($booksInvolved as $book) {
+            $book->rebuildPermissions();
+        }
+
+        return $booksInvolved;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Using the given sort map item, detect changes for the related model
+     * and update it if required. Changes where permissions are lacking will
+     * be skipped and not throw an error.
+     *
+     * @param array<string, Entity> $modelMap
+     */
+    protected function applySortUpdates(BookSortMapItem $sortMapItem, array $modelMap): void
+    {
+        /** @var BookChild $model */
+        $model = $modelMap[$sortMapItem->type . ':' . $sortMapItem->id] ?? null;
+        if (!$model) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $priorityChanged = $model->priority !== $sortMapItem->sort;
+        $bookChanged = $model->book_id !== $sortMapItem->parentBookId;
+        $chapterChanged = ($model instanceof Page) && $model->chapter_id !== $sortMapItem->parentChapterId;
+
+        // Stop if there's no change
+        if (!$priorityChanged && !$bookChanged && !$chapterChanged) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $currentParentKey = 'book:' . $model->book_id;
+        if ($model instanceof Page && $model->chapter_id) {
+            $currentParentKey = 'chapter:' . $model->chapter_id;
+        }
+
+        $currentParent = $modelMap[$currentParentKey] ?? null;
+        /** @var Book $newBook */
+        $newBook = $modelMap['book:' . $sortMapItem->parentBookId] ?? null;
+        /** @var ?Chapter $newChapter */
+        $newChapter = $sortMapItem->parentChapterId ? ($modelMap['chapter:' . $sortMapItem->parentChapterId] ?? null) : null;
+
+        if (!$this->isSortChangePermissible($sortMapItem, $model, $currentParent, $newBook, $newChapter)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Action the required changes
+        if ($bookChanged) {
+            $model->changeBook($newBook->id);
+        }
+
+        if ($model instanceof Page && $chapterChanged) {
+            $model->chapter_id = $newChapter->id ?? 0;
+        }
+
+        if ($priorityChanged) {
+            $model->priority = $sortMapItem->sort;
+        }
+
+        if ($chapterChanged || $priorityChanged) {
+            $model->save();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the current user has permissions to apply the given sorting change.
+     * Is quite complex since items can gain a different parent change. Acts as a:
+     * - Update of old parent element (Change of content/order).
+     * - Update of sorted/moved element.
+     * - Deletion of element (Relative to parent upon move).
+     * - Creation of element within parent (Upon move to new parent).
+     */
+    protected function isSortChangePermissible(BookSortMapItem $sortMapItem, BookChild $model, ?Entity $currentParent, ?Entity $newBook, ?Entity $newChapter): bool
+    {
+        // Stop if we can't see the current parent or new book.
+        if (!$currentParent || !$newBook) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $hasNewParent = $newBook->id !== $model->book_id || ($model instanceof Page && $model->chapter_id !== ($sortMapItem->parentChapterId ?? 0));
+        if ($model instanceof Chapter) {
+            $hasPermission = userCan('book-update', $currentParent)
+                && userCan('book-update', $newBook)
+                && userCan('chapter-update', $model)
+                && (!$hasNewParent || userCan('chapter-create', $newBook))
+                && (!$hasNewParent || userCan('chapter-delete', $model));
+
+            if (!$hasPermission) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($model instanceof Page) {
+            $parentPermission = ($currentParent instanceof Chapter) ? 'chapter-update' : 'book-update';
+            $hasCurrentParentPermission = userCan($parentPermission, $currentParent);
+
+            // This needs to check if there was an intended chapter location in the original sort map
+            // rather than inferring from the $newChapter since that variable may be null
+            // due to other reasons (Visibility).
+            $newParent = $sortMapItem->parentChapterId ? $newChapter : $newBook;
+            if (!$newParent) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            $hasPageEditPermission = userCan('page-update', $model);
+            $newParentInRightLocation = ($newParent instanceof Book || ($newParent instanceof Chapter && $newParent->book_id === $newBook->id));
+            $newParentPermission = ($newParent instanceof Chapter) ? 'chapter-update' : 'book-update';
+            $hasNewParentPermission = userCan($newParentPermission, $newParent);
+
+            $hasDeletePermissionIfMoving = (!$hasNewParent || userCan('page-delete', $model));
+            $hasCreatePermissionIfMoving = (!$hasNewParent || userCan('page-create', $newParent));
+
+            $hasPermission = $hasCurrentParentPermission
+                && $newParentInRightLocation
+                && $hasNewParentPermission
+                && $hasPageEditPermission
+                && $hasDeletePermissionIfMoving
+                && $hasCreatePermissionIfMoving;
+
+            if (!$hasPermission) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Load models from the database into the given sort map.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, Entity>
+     */
+    protected function loadModelsFromSortMap(BookSortMap $sortMap): array
+    {
+        $modelMap = [];
+        $ids = [
+            'chapter' => [],
+            'page'    => [],
+            'book'    => [],
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($sortMap->all() as $sortMapItem) {
+            $ids[$sortMapItem->type][] = $sortMapItem->id;
+            $ids['book'][] = $sortMapItem->parentBookId;
+            if ($sortMapItem->parentChapterId) {
+                $ids['chapter'][] = $sortMapItem->parentChapterId;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $pages = $this->queries->pages->visibleForList()->whereIn('id', array_unique($ids['page']))->get();
+        /** @var Page $page */
+        foreach ($pages as $page) {
+            $modelMap['page:' . $page->id] = $page;
+            $ids['book'][] = $page->book_id;
+            if ($page->chapter_id) {
+                $ids['chapter'][] = $page->chapter_id;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $chapters = $this->queries->chapters->visibleForList()->whereIn('id', array_unique($ids['chapter']))->get();
+        /** @var Chapter $chapter */
+        foreach ($chapters as $chapter) {
+            $modelMap['chapter:' . $chapter->id] = $chapter;
+            $ids['book'][] = $chapter->book_id;
+        }
+
+        $books = $this->queries->books->visibleForList()->whereIn('id', array_unique($ids['book']))->get();
+        /** @var Book $book */
+        foreach ($books as $book) {
+            $modelMap['book:' . $book->id] = $book;
+        }
+
+        return $modelMap;
+    }
 }

app/Entities/Tools/BookSortMap.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace BookStack\Sorting;
+namespace BookStack\Entities\Tools;
 
 class BookSortMap
 {

app/Entities/Tools/BookSortMapItem.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace BookStack\Sorting;
+namespace BookStack\Entities\Tools;
 
 class BookSortMapItem
 {

app/Entities/Tools/Cloner.php

@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Book;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Bookshelf;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Chapter;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\CoverImageInterface;
+use BookStack\Entities\Models\HasCoverImage;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\BookRepo;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\ChapterRepo;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\PageRepo;
-use BookStack\Permissions\Permission;
 use BookStack\Uploads\Image;
 use BookStack\Uploads\ImageService;
 use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ class Cloner
 
         $copyChapter = $this->chapterRepo->create($chapterDetails, $parent);
 
-        if (userCan(Permission::PageCreate, $copyChapter)) {
+        if (userCan('page-create', $copyChapter)) {
             /** @var Page $page */
             foreach ($original->getVisiblePages() as $page) {
                 $this->clonePage($page, $copyChapter, $page->name);
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ class Cloner
 
     /**
      * Clone the given book.
-     * Clones all child chapters and pages.
+     * Clones all child chapters & pages.
      */
     public function cloneBook(Book $original, string $newName): Book
     {
@@ -75,11 +74,11 @@ class Cloner
         // Clone contents
         $directChildren = $original->getDirectVisibleChildren();
         foreach ($directChildren as $child) {
-            if ($child instanceof Chapter && userCan(Permission::ChapterCreate, $copyBook)) {
+            if ($child instanceof Chapter && userCan('chapter-create', $copyBook)) {
                 $this->cloneChapter($child, $copyBook, $child->name);
             }
 
-            if ($child instanceof Page && !$child->draft && userCan(Permission::PageCreate, $copyBook)) {
+            if ($child instanceof Page && !$child->draft && userCan('page-create', $copyBook)) {
                 $this->clonePage($child, $copyBook, $child->name);
             }
         }
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ class Cloner
         // Clone bookshelf relationships
         /** @var Bookshelf $shelf */
         foreach ($original->shelves as $shelf) {
-            if (userCan(Permission::BookshelfUpdate, $shelf)) {
+            if (userCan('bookshelf-update', $shelf)) {
                 $shelf->appendBook($copyBook);
             }
         }
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ class Cloner
         $inputData['tags'] = $this->entityTagsToInputArray($entity);
 
         // Add a cover to the data if existing on the original entity
-        if ($entity instanceof CoverImageInterface) {
+        if ($entity instanceof HasCoverImage) {
             $cover = $entity->cover()->first();
             if ($cover) {
                 $inputData['image'] = $this->imageToUploadedFile($cover);