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## Permissions
Actions can optionally declare a `visibilityPermission` to control visibility and access through the Backstage permissions framework. When a permission is set, the action is only visible in listings and accessible by users who are authorized.
Actions can optionally declare a `visibilityPermission` to control visibility and access through the Backstage permissions framework. This permission is evaluated without any resource context and is intended for unconditional (non-resource) permissions only. When such a permission is set, the action is only visible in listings and accessible by users who are authorized.
When accessed via the Actions Service or the `/.backstage/actions/v1/...` HTTP endpoints, actions that are denied by the permission policy are filtered from list results and return a `404 Not Found` on invocation, as if they don't exist.
When accessed via the Actions Service or the `/.backstage/actions/v1/...` HTTP endpoints, actions that are not authorized by the permission policy are filtered from list results and return a `404 Not Found` on invocation, as if they don't exist. In particular:
- `ALLOW` decisions make the action visible and invokable.
- `DENY` and `CONDITIONAL` decisions are both treated as not authorized, so the action is hidden from listings and returns `404 Not Found` when invoked.
Because `visibilityPermission` is evaluated without resource context, resource-based or otherwise conditional permissions (that may normally return `CONDITIONAL` decisions) are not supported here and will effectively behave as denied.
Permissions declared on actions are automatically registered with the `PermissionsRegistryService` so they appear in the permission policy system.