From 7ffd3f1bd30fc31ac5f98a7d2fc9392ad62d01dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Malloy <ryan@supported.systems>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:41:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix notebook directory permissions for non-root user

Pre-create /app/notebooks/{user,examples} with correct ownership
before switching to the spicebook user. Without this, the app crashes
with PermissionError when it tries to create these directories at
runtime.
---
 backend/Dockerfile | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 5c679bc..061e541 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install --system .
 
 # Run as non-root
-RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash spicebook
+RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash spicebook && \
+    mkdir -p /app/notebooks/user /app/notebooks/examples && \
+    chown -R spicebook:spicebook /app/notebooks
 USER spicebook
 
 EXPOSE 8000