From 24982177b1598d3664852b84de84069c17f0c1c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Turley <mike.turley@alum.cs.umass.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:46:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add comment for doServiceRequestWithGatingResource

Signed-off-by: Mike Turley <mike.turley@alum.cs.umass.edu>
---
 backend/src/utils/proxy.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/src/utils/proxy.ts b/backend/src/utils/proxy.ts
index 44045018e6..b3f61c457a 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/proxy.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/proxy.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ export const proxyService =
           done();
         };
 
+        // If `model` is passed, we first check if the user has permission to get a resource with that model and the given namespace/name.
+        // We can use this to only proxy for users that can access some resource that manages the service.
         const doServiceRequestWithGatingResource = async () => {
           try {
             // Retreive the gating resource by name and namespace