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[couchdb] branch feat/access-2022 updated (ee10ea60f -> 1d12525ac)

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    from ee10ea60f feat(access): add access handling to fabric
     new a6e3c655f feat(access): additional test fixes
     new 8ca15ed22 fix: make tests pass again
     new 17ec65823 feat(access): add global off switch
     new 7c6068109 doc(access): leave todo for missing implementation detail
     new 8dbba7afc chore(access): remove old comment
     new 6f60d904a fix(access): use minimal info from prev rev
     new 1d12525ac chore(access): style notes

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Summary of changes:
 rel/overlay/etc/default.ini                        |    4 +
 src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl                       |   25 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_bt_engine.erl                  |   14 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_changes.erl                    |    3 +
 src/couch/src/couch_db.erl                         |   15 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl                 |   21 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_doc.erl                        |    9 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_httpd_auth.erl                 |    4 +-
 src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl      | 1040 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .../test/eunit/couchdb_update_conflicts_tests.erl  |    4 +-
 src/couch_index/src/couch_index_util.erl           |    5 +-
 src/custodian/src/custodian_util.erl               |    3 +-
 src/fabric/src/fabric_doc_update.erl               |   33 +-
 src/mem3/src/mem3_shards.erl                       |    1 +
 test/elixir/test/cookie_auth_test.exs              |    2 +-
 test/elixir/test/security_validation_test.exs      |    2 +-
 test/javascript/tests/security_validation.js       |    2 +-
 17 files changed, 1130 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)


[couchdb] 07/07: chore(access): style notes

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jan pushed a commit to branch feat/access-2022
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commit 1d12525ac4534bf6974e4aa8681d4174502e2759
Author: Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 6 15:39:05 2022 +0200

    chore(access): style notes
---
 src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl | 2 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_httpd_auth.erl | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
index 59de1fb0f..d491c0bbb 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ validate_docs_access(Db, UserCtx, [Docs | DocRest], [OldInfo | OldInfoRest], Doc
             true -> % if valid, then send to DocsListValidated, OldDocsInfo
                     % and store the access context on the new doc
                 [{Client, Doc} | Acc];
-            _Else2 -> % if invalid, then send_result tagged `access`(c.f. `conflict)
+            false -> % if invalid, then send_result tagged `access`(c.f. `conflict)
                       % and don’t add to DLV, nor ODI
                 send_result(Client, Doc, access),
                 Acc
diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_httpd_auth.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_httpd_auth.erl
index eb3a1936f..25d6a8518 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_httpd_auth.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_httpd_auth.erl
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ extract_roles(UserProps) ->
     Roles = couch_util:get_value(<<"roles">>, UserProps, []),
     case lists:member(<<"_admin">>, Roles) of
         true -> Roles;
-        _ -> Roles ++ [<<"_users">>]
+        _ -> [<<"_users">> | Roles]
     end.
 
 default_authentication_handler(Req) ->
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ proxy_auth_user(Req) ->
             Roles =
                 case header_value(Req, XHeaderRoles) of
                     undefined -> [];
-                    Else -> [?l2b(R) || R <- string:tokens(Else, ",")] ++ [<<"_users">>]
+                    Else -> [?l2b(R) || R <- [<<"_users">> | string:tokens(Else, ",")]]
                 end,
             case
                 chttpd_util:get_chttpd_auth_config_boolean(


[couchdb] 04/07: doc(access): leave todo for missing implementation detail

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commit 7c6068109da3c6940ca88abc50bd15fc2ad2b181
Author: Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 6 12:52:17 2022 +0200

    doc(access): leave todo for missing implementation detail
---
 src/couch/src/couch_db.erl | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_db.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_db.erl
index ead703445..dbe659991 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_db.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_db.erl
@@ -811,6 +811,8 @@ validate_access1(true, Db, #doc{meta=Meta}=Doc, Options) ->
                 _False -> validate_access2(Db, Doc)
             end;
         _Else -> % only admins can read conflicted docs in _access dbs
+               % TODO: expand: if leaves agree on _access, then a user should be able
+               %       to proceed normally, only if they disagree should this become admin-only
             case is_admin(Db) of
                 true -> ok;
                 _Else2 -> throw({forbidden, <<"document is in conflict">>})


[couchdb] 03/07: feat(access): add global off switch

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jan pushed a commit to branch feat/access-2022
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commit 17ec65823276c573dd527bd0907763edbc40ae97
Author: Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 6 12:48:36 2022 +0200

    feat(access): add global off switch
---
 rel/overlay/etc/default.ini                   | 4 ++++
 src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl                  | 9 +++++++--
 src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl | 1 +
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rel/overlay/etc/default.ini b/rel/overlay/etc/default.ini
index cefd9e493..6888f6fad 100644
--- a/rel/overlay/etc/default.ini
+++ b/rel/overlay/etc/default.ini
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ authentication_db = _users
 ; max_iterations, password_scheme, password_regexp, proxy_use_secret,
 ; public_fields, secret, users_db_public, cookie_domain, same_site
 
+; Per document access settings
+[per_doc_access]
+;enabled = false
+
 ; CSP (Content Security Policy) Support
 [csp]
 ;utils_enable = true
diff --git a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
index e07b58223..58c801829 100644
--- a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
+++ b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
@@ -2084,9 +2084,14 @@ parse_shards_opt("placement", Req, Default) ->
 parse_shards_opt("access", Req, Value) when is_list(Value) ->
     parse_shards_opt("access", Req, list_to_existing_atom(Value));
 parse_shards_opt("access", _Req, Value) when is_boolean(Value) ->
-    Value;
+    case config:get_boolean("per_doc_access", "enabled", false) of
+        true -> Value;
+        false ->
+            Err = ?l2b(["The `access` is not available on this CouchDB installation."]),
+            throw({bad_request, Err})
+    end;
 parse_shards_opt("access", _Req, _Value) ->
-    Err = ?l2b(["The woopass `access` value should be a boolean."]),
+    Err = ?l2b(["The `access` value should be a boolean."]),
     throw({bad_request, Err});
 
 parse_shards_opt(Param, Req, Default) ->
diff --git a/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl b/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl
index 28f27ea72..1b656499c 100644
--- a/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl
+++ b/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ before_all() ->
     ok = config:set("admins", "a", binary_to_list(Hashed), _Persist=false),
     ok = config:set("couchdb", "uuid", "21ac467c1bc05e9d9e9d2d850bb1108f", _Persist=false),
     ok = config:set("log", "level", "debug", _Persist=false),
+    ok = config:set("per_doc_access", "enabled", "true", _Persist=false),
 
     % cleanup and setup
     {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:delete(url() ++ "/db", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),


[couchdb] 06/07: fix(access): use minimal info from prev rev

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jan pushed a commit to branch feat/access-2022
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb.git

commit 6f60d904a3523365542532ed1c290c945744d421
Author: Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 6 15:35:24 2022 +0200

    fix(access): use minimal info from prev rev
---
 src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
index 58c801829..81505333d 100644
--- a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
+++ b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ db_doc_req(#httpd{method = 'DELETE'} = Req, Db, DocId) ->
         Rev ->
             Body = {[{<<"_rev">>, ?l2b(Rev)}, {<<"_deleted">>, true}]}
     end,
-    Doc = Doc0#doc{revs=Revs,body=Body,deleted=true},
+    Doc = #doc{revs=Revs,body=Body,deleted=true,access=Doc0#doc.access},
     send_updated_doc(Req, Db, DocId, couch_doc_from_req(Req, Db, DocId, Doc));
 db_doc_req(#httpd{method = 'GET', mochi_req = MochiReq} = Req, Db, DocId) ->
     #doc_query_args{


[couchdb] 01/07: feat(access): additional test fixes

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jan pushed a commit to branch feat/access-2022
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commit a6e3c655fcbcbb5616430b19bfb6e6ab8be480c9
Author: Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Mon Jun 27 11:14:49 2022 +0200

    feat(access): additional test fixes
---
 test/elixir/test/cookie_auth_test.exs         | 2 +-
 test/elixir/test/security_validation_test.exs | 2 +-
 test/javascript/tests/security_validation.js  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/elixir/test/cookie_auth_test.exs b/test/elixir/test/cookie_auth_test.exs
index 6e42963f0..223a778fb 100644
--- a/test/elixir/test/cookie_auth_test.exs
+++ b/test/elixir/test/cookie_auth_test.exs
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ defmodule CookieAuthTest do
     session = login("jchris", "funnybone")
     info = Couch.Session.info(session)
     assert info["userCtx"]["name"] == "jchris"
-    assert Enum.empty?(info["userCtx"]["roles"])
+    assert info["userCtx"]["roles"] == ["_users"]
 
     jason_user_doc =
       jason_user_doc
diff --git a/test/elixir/test/security_validation_test.exs b/test/elixir/test/security_validation_test.exs
index adc282a9e..2bb87fd83 100644
--- a/test/elixir/test/security_validation_test.exs
+++ b/test/elixir/test/security_validation_test.exs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ defmodule SecurityValidationTest do
     headers = @auth_headers[:jerry]
     resp = Couch.get("/_session", headers: headers)
     assert resp.body["userCtx"]["name"] == "jerry"
-    assert resp.body["userCtx"]["roles"] == []
+    assert info["userCtx"]["roles"] == ["_users"]
   end
 
   @tag :with_db
diff --git a/test/javascript/tests/security_validation.js b/test/javascript/tests/security_validation.js
index 365f716e6..b254a17bb 100644
--- a/test/javascript/tests/security_validation.js
+++ b/test/javascript/tests/security_validation.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ couchTests.security_validation = function(debug) {
       var user = JSON.parse(resp.responseText).userCtx;
       T(user.name == "jerry");
       // test that the roles are listed properly
-      TEquals(user.roles, []);
+      TEquals(["_users"], user.roles);
 
 
       // update the document


[couchdb] 05/07: chore(access): remove old comment

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jan pushed a commit to branch feat/access-2022
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commit 8dbba7afc76ca8de6a9a876452705edecc4befa2
Author: Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 6 12:54:23 2022 +0200

    chore(access): remove old comment
---
 src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
index ce01eaeef..59de1fb0f 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
@@ -792,11 +792,6 @@ update_docs_int(Db, DocsList, LocalDocs, MergeConflicts, UserCtx) ->
 % at this point, we already validated this Db is access enabled, so do the checks right away.
 check_access(Db, UserCtx, Access) -> couch_db:check_access(Db#db{user_ctx=UserCtx}, Access).
 
-% TODO: looks like we go into validation here unconditionally and only check in
-%       check_access() whether the Db has_access_enabled(), we should do this
-%       here on the outside. Might be our perf issue.
-%       However, if it is, that means we have to speed this up as it would still
-%       be too slow for when access is enabled.
 validate_docs_access(Db, UserCtx, DocsList, OldDocInfos) ->
     case couch_db:has_access_enabled(Db) of
         true -> validate_docs_access_int(Db, UserCtx, DocsList, OldDocInfos);


[couchdb] 02/07: fix: make tests pass again

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jan pushed a commit to branch feat/access-2022
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commit 8ca15ed229bef51b0bdbfd7196adbb0fb42ac1ae
Author: Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 23 13:57:17 2022 +0200

    fix: make tests pass again
---
 src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl                       |   18 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_bt_engine.erl                  |   14 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_changes.erl                    |    3 +
 src/couch/src/couch_db.erl                         |   13 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl                 |   14 +-
 src/couch/src/couch_doc.erl                        |    9 +-
 src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl      | 1039 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .../test/eunit/couchdb_update_conflicts_tests.erl  |    4 +-
 src/couch_index/src/couch_index_util.erl           |    5 +-
 src/custodian/src/custodian_util.erl               |    3 +-
 src/fabric/src/fabric_doc_update.erl               |   33 +-
 src/mem3/src/mem3_shards.erl                       |    1 +
 12 files changed, 1111 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
index 92affa4ec..e07b58223 100644
--- a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
+++ b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_db.erl
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ parse_shards_opt(Req) ->
     [
         {n, parse_shards_opt("n", Req, config:get_integer("cluster", "n", 3))},
         {q, parse_shards_opt("q", Req, config:get_integer("cluster", "q", 2))},
-        {access, parse_shards_opt_access(chttpd:qs_value(Req, "access", false))},
+        {access, parse_shards_opt("access", Req, chttpd:qs_value(Req, "access", false))},
         {placement,
             parse_shards_opt(
                 "placement", Req, config:get("cluster", "placement")
@@ -2079,7 +2079,18 @@ parse_shards_opt("placement", Req, Default) ->
                     throw({bad_request, Err})
             end
     end;
+
+
+parse_shards_opt("access", Req, Value) when is_list(Value) ->
+    parse_shards_opt("access", Req, list_to_existing_atom(Value));
+parse_shards_opt("access", _Req, Value) when is_boolean(Value) ->
+    Value;
+parse_shards_opt("access", _Req, _Value) ->
+    Err = ?l2b(["The woopass `access` value should be a boolean."]),
+    throw({bad_request, Err});
+
 parse_shards_opt(Param, Req, Default) ->
+    couch_log:error("~n parse_shards_opt Param: ~p, Default: ~p~n", [Param, Default]),
     Val = chttpd:qs_value(Req, Param, Default),
     Err = ?l2b(["The `", Param, "` value should be a positive integer."]),
     case couch_util:validate_positive_int(Val) of
@@ -2087,11 +2098,6 @@ parse_shards_opt(Param, Req, Default) ->
         false -> throw({bad_request, Err})
     end.
 
-parse_shards_opt_access(Value) when is_boolean(Value) ->
-    Value;
-parse_shards_opt_access(_Value) ->
-    Err = ?l2b(["The `access` value should be a boolean."]),
-    throw({bad_request, Err}).
 
 parse_engine_opt(Req) ->
     case chttpd:qs_value(Req, "engine") of
diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_bt_engine.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_bt_engine.erl
index 87154e9ef..422364a80 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_bt_engine.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_bt_engine.erl
@@ -671,7 +671,10 @@ id_tree_split(#full_doc_info{} = Info) ->
 
 id_tree_join(Id, {HighSeq, Deleted, DiskTree}) ->
     % Handle old formats before data_size was added
-    id_tree_join(Id, {HighSeq, Deleted, #size_info{}, DiskTree, []});
+    id_tree_join(Id, {HighSeq, Deleted, #size_info{}, DiskTree});
+
+id_tree_join(Id, {HighSeq, Deleted, Sizes, DiskTree}) ->
+    id_tree_join(Id, {HighSeq, Deleted, Sizes, DiskTree, []});
 id_tree_join(Id, {HighSeq, Deleted, Sizes, DiskTree, Access}) ->
     #full_doc_info{
         id = Id,
@@ -722,7 +725,9 @@ seq_tree_split(#full_doc_info{} = Info) ->
     {Seq, {Id, ?b2i(Del), split_sizes(SizeInfo), disk_tree(Tree), split_access(Access)}}.
 
 seq_tree_join(Seq, {Id, Del, DiskTree}) when is_integer(Del) ->
-    seq_tree_join(Seq, {Id, Del, {0, 0}, DiskTree, []});
+    seq_tree_join(Seq, {Id, Del, {0, 0}, DiskTree});
+seq_tree_join(Seq, {Id, Del, Sizes, DiskTree}) when is_integer(Del) ->
+    seq_tree_join(Seq, {Id, Del, Sizes, DiskTree, []});
 seq_tree_join(Seq, {Id, Del, Sizes, DiskTree, Access}) when is_integer(Del) ->
     #full_doc_info{
         id = Id,
@@ -733,6 +738,8 @@ seq_tree_join(Seq, {Id, Del, Sizes, DiskTree, Access}) when is_integer(Del) ->
         access = join_access(Access)
     };
 seq_tree_join(KeySeq, {Id, RevInfos, DeletedRevInfos}) ->
+    seq_tree_join(KeySeq, {Id, RevInfos, DeletedRevInfos, []});
+seq_tree_join(KeySeq, {Id, RevInfos, DeletedRevInfos, Access}) ->
     % Older versions stored #doc_info records in the seq_tree.
     % Compact to upgrade.
     Revs = lists:map(
@@ -750,7 +757,8 @@ seq_tree_join(KeySeq, {Id, RevInfos, DeletedRevInfos}) ->
     #doc_info{
         id = Id,
         high_seq = KeySeq,
-        revs = Revs ++ DeletedRevs
+        revs = Revs ++ DeletedRevs,
+        access = Access
     }.
 
 seq_tree_reduce(reduce, DocInfos) ->
diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_changes.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_changes.erl
index 089cda975..22685ba4a 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_changes.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_changes.erl
@@ -688,10 +688,13 @@ maybe_get_changes_doc(_Value, _Acc) ->
     [].
 
 load_doc(Db, Value, Opts, DocOpts, Filter) ->
+    %couch_log:error("~ncouch_changes:load_doc(): Value: ~p~n", [Value]),
     case couch_index_util:load_doc(Db, Value, Opts) of
         null ->
+            %couch_log:error("~ncouch_changes:load_doc(): null~n", []),
             [{doc, null}];
         Doc ->
+            %couch_log:error("~ncouch_changes:load_doc(): Doc: ~p~n", [Doc]),
             [{doc, doc_to_json(Doc, DocOpts, Filter)}]
     end.
 
diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_db.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_db.erl
index cbe427faa..ead703445 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_db.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_db.erl
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ validate_access3(_) -> throw({forbidden, <<"can't touch this">>}).
 check_access(Db, #doc{access=Access}) ->
     check_access(Db, Access);
 check_access(Db, Access) ->
+    %couch_log:notice("~n Db.user_ctx: ~p, Access: ~p ~n", [Db#db.user_ctx, Access]),
     #user_ctx{
         name=UserName,
         roles=UserRoles
@@ -2037,17 +2038,19 @@ open_doc_int(Db, <<?LOCAL_DOC_PREFIX, _/binary>> = Id, Options) ->
     end;
 open_doc_int(Db, #doc_info{id = Id, revs = [RevInfo | _], access = Access} = DocInfo, Options) ->
     #rev_info{deleted = IsDeleted, rev = {Pos, RevId}, body_sp = Bp} = RevInfo,
-    Doc = make_doc(Db, Id, IsDeleted, Bp, {Pos, [RevId], Access}),
-    apply_open_options(
-        {ok, Doc#doc{meta = doc_meta_info(DocInfo, [], Options)}}, Options, Access
+    Doc = make_doc(Db, Id, IsDeleted, Bp, {Pos, [RevId]}, Access),
+    apply_open_options(Db,
+        {ok, Doc#doc{meta = doc_meta_info(DocInfo, [], Options)}},
+        Options
     );
 open_doc_int(Db, #full_doc_info{id = Id, rev_tree = RevTree, access = Access} = FullDocInfo, Options) ->
     #doc_info{revs = [#rev_info{deleted = IsDeleted, rev = Rev, body_sp = Bp} | _]} =
         DocInfo = couch_doc:to_doc_info(FullDocInfo),
     {[{_, RevPath}], []} = couch_key_tree:get(RevTree, [Rev]),
     Doc = make_doc(Db, Id, IsDeleted, Bp, RevPath, Access),
-    apply_open_options(
-        {ok, Doc#doc{meta = doc_meta_info(DocInfo, RevTree, Options)}}, Options, Access
+    apply_open_options(Db,
+        {ok, Doc#doc{meta = doc_meta_info(DocInfo, RevTree, Options)}},
+        Options
     );
 open_doc_int(Db, Id, Options) ->
     case get_full_doc_info(Db, Id) of
diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
index e61934e51..ce01eaeef 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_db_updater.erl
@@ -736,7 +736,14 @@ update_docs_int(Db, DocsList, LocalDocs, MergeConflicts, UserCtx) ->
     %.  if invalid, then send_result tagged `access`(c.f. `conflict)
     %.    and don’t add to DLV, nor ODI
 
+    %couch_log:notice("~nDb: ~p, UserCtx: ~p~n", [Db, UserCtx]),
+
+
     { DocsListValidated, OldDocInfosValidated } = validate_docs_access(Db, UserCtx, DocsList, OldDocInfos),
+
+    %couch_log:notice("~nDocsListValidated: ~p, OldDocInfosValidated: ~p~n", [DocsListValidated, OldDocInfosValidated]),
+
+    
     {ok, AccOut} = merge_rev_trees(DocsListValidated, OldDocInfosValidated, AccIn),
     #merge_acc{
         add_infos = NewFullDocInfos,
@@ -799,14 +806,17 @@ validate_docs_access(Db, UserCtx, DocsList, OldDocInfos) ->
 validate_docs_access_int(Db, UserCtx, DocsList, OldDocInfos) ->
     validate_docs_access(Db, UserCtx, DocsList, OldDocInfos, [], []).
 
-validate_docs_access(_Db, UserCtx, [], [], DocsListValidated, OldDocInfosValidated) ->
+validate_docs_access(_Db, _UserCtx, [], [], DocsListValidated, OldDocInfosValidated) ->
     { lists:reverse(DocsListValidated), lists:reverse(OldDocInfosValidated) };
 validate_docs_access(Db, UserCtx, [Docs | DocRest], [OldInfo | OldInfoRest], DocsListValidated, OldDocInfosValidated) ->
     % loop over Docs as {Client,  NewDoc}
     %   validate Doc
     %   if valid, then put back in Docs
     %   if not, then send_result and skip
+    %couch_log:notice("~nvalidate_docs_access() UserCtx: ~p, Docs: ~p, OldInfo: ~p~n", [UserCtx, Docs, OldInfo]),
     NewDocs = lists:foldl(fun({ Client, Doc }, Acc) ->
+        %couch_log:notice("~nvalidate_docs_access lists:foldl() Doc: ~p Doc#doc.access: ~p~n", [Doc, Doc#doc.access]),
+
         % check if we are allowed to update the doc, skip when new doc
         OldDocMatchesAccess = case OldInfo#full_doc_info.rev_tree of
             [] -> true;
@@ -814,6 +824,8 @@ validate_docs_access(Db, UserCtx, [Docs | DocRest], [OldInfo | OldInfoRest], Doc
         end,
 
         NewDocMatchesAccess = check_access(Db, UserCtx, Doc#doc.access),
+        %couch_log:notice("~nvalidate_docs_access lists:foldl() OldDocMatchesAccess: ~p, NewDocMatchesAccess: ~p, andalso: ~p~n", [OldDocMatchesAccess, NewDocMatchesAccess, OldDocMatchesAccess andalso NewDocMatchesAccess]),
+
         case OldDocMatchesAccess andalso NewDocMatchesAccess of
             true -> % if valid, then send to DocsListValidated, OldDocsInfo
                     % and store the access context on the new doc
diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_doc.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_doc.erl
index 087f4d09b..9f30c1979 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_doc.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_doc.erl
@@ -351,13 +351,8 @@ transfer_fields([{<<"_conflicts">>, _} | Rest], Doc, DbName) ->
     transfer_fields(Rest, Doc, DbName);
 transfer_fields([{<<"_deleted_conflicts">>, _} | Rest], Doc, DbName) ->
     transfer_fields(Rest, Doc, DbName);
-% special field for per doc access control, for future compatibility
-transfer_fields(
-    [{<<"_access">>, _} = Field | Rest],
-    #doc{body = Fields} = Doc,
-    DbName
-) ->
-    transfer_fields(Rest, Doc#doc{body = [Field | Fields]}, DbName);
+transfer_fields([{<<"_access">>, Access} = Field | Rest], Doc, DbName) ->
+    transfer_fields(Rest, Doc#doc{access = Access}, DbName);
 % special fields for replication documents
 transfer_fields(
     [{<<"_replication_state">>, _} = Field | Rest],
diff --git a/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl b/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl
index e69de29bb..28f27ea72 100644
--- a/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl
+++ b/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_access_tests.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,1039 @@
+% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+% use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+% the License at
+%
+%   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%
+% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+% WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+% License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+% the License.
+
+-module(couchdb_access_tests).
+
+-include_lib("couch/include/couch_eunit.hrl").
+
+-define(CONTENT_JSON, {"Content-Type", "application/json"}).
+-define(ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, [?CONTENT_JSON, {basic_auth, {"a", "a"}}]).
+-define(USERX_REQ_HEADERS, [?CONTENT_JSON, {basic_auth, {"x", "x"}}]).
+-define(USERY_REQ_HEADERS, [?CONTENT_JSON, {basic_auth, {"y", "y"}}]).
+-define(SECURITY_OBJECT, {[
+ {<<"members">>,{[{<<"roles">>,[<<"_admin">>, <<"_users">>]}]}},
+ {<<"admins">>, {[{<<"roles">>,[<<"_admin">>]}]}}
+]}).
+
+url() ->
+    Addr = config:get("httpd", "bind_address", "127.0.0.1"),
+    lists:concat(["http://", Addr, ":", port()]).
+
+before_each(_) ->
+    R = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db?q=1&n=1&access=true", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+    %?debugFmt("~nRequest: ~p~n", [R]),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = R,
+    {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db/_security", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+    url().
+
+after_each(_, Url) ->
+    {ok, 200, _, _} = test_request:delete(Url ++ "/db", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    {_, _, _, _} = test_request:delete(Url ++ "/db2", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    {_, _, _, _} = test_request:delete(Url ++ "/db3", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ok.
+
+before_all() ->
+    Couch = test_util:start_couch([chttpd, couch_replicator]),
+    Hashed = couch_passwords:hash_admin_password("a"),
+    ok = config:set("admins", "a", binary_to_list(Hashed), _Persist=false),
+    ok = config:set("couchdb", "uuid", "21ac467c1bc05e9d9e9d2d850bb1108f", _Persist=false),
+    ok = config:set("log", "level", "debug", _Persist=false),
+
+    % cleanup and setup
+    {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:delete(url() ++ "/db", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    % {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db?q=1&n=1&access=true", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+
+    % create users
+    UserDbUrl = url() ++ "/_users?q=1&n=1",
+    {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:delete(UserDbUrl, ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(UserDbUrl, ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+
+    UserXDocUrl = url() ++ "/_users/org.couchdb.user:x",
+    UserXDocBody = "{ \"name\":\"x\", \"roles\": [], \"password\":\"x\", \"type\": \"user\" }",
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(UserXDocUrl, ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, UserXDocBody),
+
+    UserYDocUrl = url() ++ "/_users/org.couchdb.user:y",
+    UserYDocBody = "{ \"name\":\"y\", \"roles\": [], \"password\":\"y\", \"type\": \"user\" }",
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(UserYDocUrl, ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, UserYDocBody),
+    Couch.
+
+after_all(_) ->
+    UserDbUrl = url() ++ "/_users",
+    {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:delete(UserDbUrl, ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+    ok = test_util:stop_couch(done).
+
+access_test_() ->
+    Tests = [
+        % Doc creation
+        fun should_not_let_anonymous_user_create_doc/2,
+        fun should_let_admin_create_doc_with_access/2,
+        fun should_let_admin_create_doc_without_access/2,
+        fun should_let_user_create_doc_for_themselves/2,
+        fun should_not_let_user_create_doc_for_someone_else/2,
+        fun should_let_user_create_access_ddoc/2,
+        fun access_ddoc_should_have_no_effects/2,
+
+        % Doc updates
+        fun users_with_access_can_update_doc/2,
+        fun users_without_access_can_not_update_doc/2,
+        fun users_with_access_can_not_change_access/2,
+        fun users_with_access_can_not_remove_access/2,
+
+        % Doc reads
+        fun should_let_admin_read_doc_with_access/2,
+        fun user_with_access_can_read_doc/2,
+        fun user_without_access_can_not_read_doc/2,
+        fun user_can_not_read_doc_without_access/2,
+        fun admin_with_access_can_read_conflicted_doc/2,
+        fun user_with_access_can_not_read_conflicted_doc/2,
+
+        % Doc deletes
+        fun should_let_admin_delete_doc_with_access/2,
+        fun should_let_user_delete_doc_for_themselves/2,
+        fun should_not_let_user_delete_doc_for_someone_else/2,
+
+        % _all_docs with include_docs
+        fun should_let_admin_fetch_all_docs/2,
+        fun should_let_user_fetch_their_own_all_docs/2,
+
+
+        % _changes
+        fun should_let_admin_fetch_changes/2,
+        fun should_let_user_fetch_their_own_changes/2,
+
+        % views
+        fun should_not_allow_admin_access_ddoc_view_request/2,
+        fun should_not_allow_user_access_ddoc_view_request/2,
+        fun should_allow_admin_users_access_ddoc_view_request/2,
+        fun should_allow_user_users_access_ddoc_view_request/2,
+
+        % replication
+        fun should_allow_admin_to_replicate_from_access_to_access/2,
+        fun should_allow_admin_to_replicate_from_no_access_to_access/2,
+        fun should_allow_admin_to_replicate_from_access_to_no_access/2,
+        fun should_allow_admin_to_replicate_from_no_access_to_no_access/2,
+        %
+        fun should_allow_user_to_replicate_from_access_to_access/2,
+        fun should_allow_user_to_replicate_from_access_to_no_access/2,
+        fun should_allow_user_to_replicate_from_no_access_to_access/2,
+        fun should_allow_user_to_replicate_from_no_access_to_no_access/2,
+
+        % _revs_diff for docs you don’t have access to
+        fun should_not_allow_user_to_revs_diff_other_docs/2
+
+
+        % TODO: create test db with role and not _users in _security.members
+        % and make sure a user in that group can access while a user not
+        % in that group cant
+        % % potential future feature
+        % % fun should_let_user_fetch_their_own_all_docs_plus_users_ddocs/2%,
+    ],
+    {
+        "Access tests",
+        {
+            setup,
+            fun before_all/0, fun after_all/1,
+            [
+                make_test_cases(clustered, Tests)
+            ]
+        }
+    }.
+
+make_test_cases(Mod, Funs) ->
+    {
+        lists:flatten(io_lib:format("~s", [Mod])),
+        {foreachx, fun before_each/1, fun after_each/2, [{Mod, Fun} || Fun <- Funs]}
+    }.
+
+% Doc creation
+ % http://127.0.0.1:64903/db/a?revs=true&open_revs=%5B%221-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5%22%5D&latest=true
+
+% should_do_the_thing(_PortType, Url) ->
+%   ?_test(begin
+%       {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+%           ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+%       {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/a?revs=true&open_revs=%5B%221-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5%22%5D&latest=true",
+%           ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+%       ?assertEqual(200, Code)
+%   end).
+%
+
+should_not_let_anonymous_user_create_doc(_PortType, Url) ->
+    % TODO: debugging leftover
+    % BulkDocsBody = {[
+    %   {<<"docs">>, [
+    %       {[{<<"_id">>, <<"a">>}]},
+    %       {[{<<"_id">>, <<"a">>}]},
+    %       {[{<<"_id">>, <<"b">>}]},
+    %       {[{<<"_id">>, <<"c">>}]}
+    %   ]}
+    % ]},
+    % Resp = test_request:post(Url ++ "/db/_bulk_docs", ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(BulkDocsBody)),
+    % ?debugFmt("~nResp: ~p~n", [Resp]),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a", "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(401, Code).
+
+should_let_admin_create_doc_with_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(201, Code).
+
+should_let_admin_create_doc_without_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(201, Code).
+
+should_let_user_create_doc_for_themselves(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(201, Code).
+
+should_not_let_user_create_doc_for_someone_else(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+        ?USERY_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(403, Code).
+
+should_let_user_create_access_ddoc(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/dx",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(201, Code).
+
+access_ddoc_should_have_no_effects(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        Ddoc = "{ \"_access\":[\"x\"], \"validate_doc_update\": \"function(newDoc, oldDoc, userCtx) { throw({unauthorized: 'throw error'})}\",   \"views\": {     \"foo\": {       \"map\": \"function(doc) { emit(doc._id) }\"     }   },   \"shows\": {     \"boo\": \"function() {}\"   },   \"lists\": {    \"hoo\": \"function() {}\"   },   \"update\": {     \"goo\": \"function() {}\"   },   \"filters\": {     \"loo\": \"function() {}\"   }   }",
+        {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/dx",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, Ddoc),
+        ?assertEqual(201, Code),
+        {ok, Code1, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        ?assertEqual(201, Code1),
+        {ok, Code2, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_design/dx/_view/foo",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+        ?assertEqual(404, Code2),
+        {ok, Code3, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_design/dx/_show/boo/b",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+        ?assertEqual(404, Code3),
+        {ok, Code4, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_design/dx/_list/hoo/foo",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+        ?assertEqual(404, Code4),
+        {ok, Code5, _, _} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/db/_design/dx/_update/goo",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        ?assertEqual(404, Code5),
+        {ok, Code6, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_changes?filter=dx/loo",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+        ?assertEqual(404, Code6),
+        {ok, Code7, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_changes?filter=_view&view=dx/foo",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+        ?assertEqual(404, Code7)
+    end).
+
+% Doc updates
+
+users_with_access_can_update_doc(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, _, _, Body} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+    Rev = couch_util:get_value(<<"rev">>, Json),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS,
+        "{\"a\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"],\"_rev\":\"" ++ binary_to_list(Rev) ++ "\"}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(201, Code).
+
+users_without_access_can_not_update_doc(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, _, _, Body} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+    Rev = couch_util:get_value(<<"rev">>, Json),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERY_REQ_HEADERS,
+        "{\"a\":2,\"_access\":[\"y\"],\"_rev\":\"" ++ binary_to_list(Rev) ++ "\"}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(403, Code).
+
+users_with_access_can_not_change_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, _, _, Body} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+    Rev = couch_util:get_value(<<"rev">>, Json),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS,
+        "{\"a\":2,\"_access\":[\"y\"],\"_rev\":\"" ++ binary_to_list(Rev) ++ "\"}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(403, Code).
+
+users_with_access_can_not_remove_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, _, _, Body} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+    Rev = couch_util:get_value(<<"rev">>, Json),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS,
+        "{\"a\":2,\"_rev\":\"" ++ binary_to_list(Rev) ++ "\"}"),
+    ?_assertEqual(403, Code).
+
+% Doc reads
+
+should_let_admin_read_doc_with_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(200, Code).
+
+user_with_access_can_read_doc(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(200, Code).
+
+user_with_access_can_not_read_conflicted_doc(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"_id\":\"f1\",\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a?new_edits=false",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"_id\":\"f1\",\"_rev\":\"7-XYZ\",\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(403, Code).
+
+admin_with_access_can_read_conflicted_doc(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"_id\":\"a\",\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a?new_edits=false",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"_id\":\"a\",\"_rev\":\"7-XYZ\",\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(200, Code).
+
+user_without_access_can_not_read_doc(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERY_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(403, Code).
+
+user_can_not_read_doc_without_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1}"),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(403, Code).
+
+% Doc deletes
+
+should_let_admin_delete_doc_with_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:delete(Url ++ "/db/a?rev=1-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(200, Code).
+
+should_let_user_delete_doc_for_themselves(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:delete(Url ++ "/db/a?rev=1-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(200, Code).
+
+should_not_let_user_delete_doc_for_someone_else(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:delete(Url ++ "/db/a?rev=1-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5",
+        ?USERY_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(403, Code).
+
+% _all_docs with include_docs
+
+should_let_admin_fetch_all_docs(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/d",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"d\":4,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+    {ok, 200, _, Body} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+    ?_assertEqual(4, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json)).
+
+should_let_user_fetch_their_own_all_docs(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/d",
+            ?USERY_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"d\":4,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+        {ok, 200, _, Body} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+        Rows = proplists:get_value(<<"rows">>, Json),
+        ?assertEqual([{[{<<"id">>,<<"a">>},
+               {<<"key">>,<<"a">>},
+               {<<"value">>,<<"1-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5">>},
+               {<<"doc">>,
+                {[{<<"_id">>,<<"a">>},
+                  {<<"_rev">>,<<"1-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5">>},
+                  {<<"a">>,1},
+                  {<<"_access">>,[<<"x">>]}]}}]},
+             {[{<<"id">>,<<"b">>},
+               {<<"key">>,<<"b">>},
+               {<<"value">>,<<"1-d33fb05384fa65a8081da2046595de0f">>},
+               {<<"doc">>,
+                {[{<<"_id">>,<<"b">>},
+                  {<<"_rev">>,<<"1-d33fb05384fa65a8081da2046595de0f">>},
+                  {<<"b">>,2},
+                  {<<"_access">>,[<<"x">>]}]}}]}], Rows),
+        ?assertEqual(2, length(Rows)),
+        ?assertEqual(4, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json)),
+
+        {ok, 200, _, Body1} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?USERY_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json1} = jiffy:decode(Body1),
+        ?assertEqual( [{<<"total_rows">>,4},
+            {<<"offset">>,2},
+            {<<"rows">>,
+                [{[{<<"id">>,<<"c">>},
+                 {<<"key">>,<<"c">>},
+                 {<<"value">>,<<"1-92aef5b0e4a3f4db0aba1320869bc95d">>},
+                 {<<"doc">>,
+                  {[{<<"_id">>,<<"c">>},
+                    {<<"_rev">>,<<"1-92aef5b0e4a3f4db0aba1320869bc95d">>},
+                    {<<"c">>,3},
+                    {<<"_access">>,[<<"y">>]}]}}]},
+                {[{<<"id">>,<<"d">>},
+                 {<<"key">>,<<"d">>},
+                 {<<"value">>,<<"1-ae984f6550038b1ed1565ac4b6cd8c5d">>},
+                 {<<"doc">>,
+                  {[{<<"_id">>,<<"d">>},
+                    {<<"_rev">>,<<"1-ae984f6550038b1ed1565ac4b6cd8c5d">>},
+                    {<<"d">>,4},
+                    {<<"_access">>,[<<"y">>]}]}}]}]}], Json1)
+    end).
+
+
+% _changes
+
+should_let_admin_fetch_changes(_PortType, Url) ->
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+    {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/d",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"d\":4,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+    {ok, 200, _, Body} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_changes",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+    AmountOfDocs = length(proplists:get_value(<<"results">>, Json)),
+    ?_assertEqual(4, AmountOfDocs).
+
+should_let_user_fetch_their_own_changes(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/d",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"d\":4,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+        {ok, 200, _, Body} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_changes",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+        ?assertMatch([{<<"results">>,
+               [{[{<<"seq">>,
+                   <<"2-", _/binary>>},
+                  {<<"id">>,<<"a">>},
+                  {<<"changes">>,
+                   [{[{<<"rev">>,<<"1-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5">>}]}]}]},
+                {[{<<"seq">>,
+                   <<"3-", _/binary>>},
+                  {<<"id">>,<<"b">>},
+                  {<<"changes">>,
+                   [{[{<<"rev">>,<<"1-d33fb05384fa65a8081da2046595de0f">>}]}]}]}]},
+              {<<"last_seq">>,
+               <<"3-", _/binary>>},
+              {<<"pending">>,2}], Json),
+        AmountOfDocs = length(proplists:get_value(<<"results">>, Json)),
+        ?assertEqual(2, AmountOfDocs)
+    end).
+
+% views
+
+should_not_allow_admin_access_ddoc_view_request(_PortType, Url) ->
+    DDoc = "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"],\"views\":{\"foo\":{\"map\":\"function() {}\"}}}",
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, DDoc),
+    ?assertEqual(201, Code),
+    {ok, Code1, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_design/a/_view/foo",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(404, Code1).
+
+should_not_allow_user_access_ddoc_view_request(_PortType, Url) ->
+    DDoc = "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"],\"views\":{\"foo\":{\"map\":\"function() {}\"}}}",
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, DDoc),
+    ?assertEqual(201, Code),
+    {ok, Code1, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_design/a/_view/foo",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(404, Code1).
+
+should_allow_admin_users_access_ddoc_view_request(_PortType, Url) ->
+    DDoc = "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"_users\"],\"views\":{\"foo\":{\"map\":\"function() {}\"}}}",
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, DDoc),
+    ?assertEqual(201, Code),
+    {ok, Code1, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_design/a/_view/foo",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(200, Code1).
+
+should_allow_user_users_access_ddoc_view_request(_PortType, Url) ->
+    DDoc = "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"_users\"],\"views\":{\"foo\":{\"map\":\"function() {}\"}}}",
+    {ok, Code, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/a",
+        ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, DDoc),
+    ?assertEqual(201, Code),
+    {ok, Code1, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_design/a/_view/foo",
+        ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+    ?_assertEqual(200, Code1).
+
+% replication
+
+should_allow_admin_to_replicate_from_access_to_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        % create target db
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2?q=1&n=1&access=true",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        % create source docs
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+
+        % replicate
+        AdminUrl = string:replace(Url, "http://", "http://a:a@"),
+        EJRequestBody = {[
+          {<<"source">>, list_to_binary(AdminUrl ++ "/db")},
+          {<<"target">>, list_to_binary(AdminUrl ++ "/db2")}
+        ]},
+        {ok, ResponseCode, _, ResponseBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/_replicate",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(EJRequestBody)),
+
+        % assert replication status
+        {EJResponseBody} = jiffy:decode(ResponseBody),
+        ?assertEqual(ResponseCode, 200),
+        ?assertEqual(true, couch_util:get_value(<<"ok">>, EJResponseBody)),
+        [{History}] = couch_util:get_value(<<"history">>, EJResponseBody),
+
+        MissingChecked = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_checked">>, History),
+        MissingFound = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_found">>, History),
+        DocsReard = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_read">>, History),
+        DocsWritten = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_written">>, History),
+        DocWriteFailures = couch_util:get_value(<<"doc_write_failures">>, History),
+     
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingChecked),
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingFound),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsReard),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsWritten),
+        ?assertEqual(0, DocWriteFailures),
+      
+        % assert docs in target db
+        {ok, 200, _, ADBody} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db2/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(ADBody),
+        ?assertEqual(3, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json))
+    end).
+
+should_allow_admin_to_replicate_from_no_access_to_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        % create target db
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2?q=1&n=1",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        % create source docs
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+
+        % replicate
+        AdminUrl = string:replace(Url, "http://", "http://a:a@"),
+        EJRequestBody = {[
+          {<<"source">>, list_to_binary(AdminUrl ++ "/db2")},
+          {<<"target">>, list_to_binary(AdminUrl ++ "/db")}
+        ]},
+        {ok, ResponseCode, _, ResponseBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/_replicate",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(EJRequestBody)),
+
+        % assert replication status
+        {EJResponseBody} = jiffy:decode(ResponseBody),
+        ?assertEqual(ResponseCode, 200),
+        ?assertEqual(true, couch_util:get_value(<<"ok">>, EJResponseBody)),
+        [{History}] = couch_util:get_value(<<"history">>, EJResponseBody),
+
+        MissingChecked = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_checked">>, History),
+        MissingFound = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_found">>, History),
+        DocsReard = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_read">>, History),
+        DocsWritten = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_written">>, History),
+        DocWriteFailures = couch_util:get_value(<<"doc_write_failures">>, History),
+     
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingChecked),
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingFound),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsReard),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsWritten),
+        ?assertEqual(0, DocWriteFailures),
+      
+        % assert docs in target db
+        {ok, 200, _, ADBody} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(ADBody),
+        ?assertEqual(3, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json))
+    end).
+
+should_allow_admin_to_replicate_from_access_to_no_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        % create target db
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2?q=1&n=1",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        % create source docs
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+
+        % replicate
+        AdminUrl = string:replace(Url, "http://", "http://a:a@"),
+        EJRequestBody = {[
+          {<<"source">>, list_to_binary(AdminUrl ++ "/db")},
+          {<<"target">>, list_to_binary(AdminUrl ++ "/db2")}
+        ]},
+        {ok, ResponseCode, _, ResponseBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/_replicate",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(EJRequestBody)),
+
+        % assert replication status
+        {EJResponseBody} = jiffy:decode(ResponseBody),
+        ?assertEqual(ResponseCode, 200),
+        ?assertEqual(true, couch_util:get_value(<<"ok">>, EJResponseBody)),
+        [{History}] = couch_util:get_value(<<"history">>, EJResponseBody),
+
+        MissingChecked = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_checked">>, History),
+        MissingFound = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_found">>, History),
+        DocsReard = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_read">>, History),
+        DocsWritten = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_written">>, History),
+        DocWriteFailures = couch_util:get_value(<<"doc_write_failures">>, History),
+     
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingChecked),
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingFound),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsReard),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsWritten),
+        ?assertEqual(0, DocWriteFailures),
+      
+        % assert docs in target db
+        {ok, 200, _, ADBody} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db2/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(ADBody),
+        ?assertEqual(3, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json))
+    end).
+
+should_allow_admin_to_replicate_from_no_access_to_no_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        % create source and target dbs
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2?q=1&n=1",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db3?q=1&n=1",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db3/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        % create source docs
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+
+        % replicate
+        AdminUrl = string:replace(Url, "http://", "http://a:a@"),
+        EJRequestBody = {[
+          {<<"source">>, list_to_binary(AdminUrl ++ "/db2")},
+          {<<"target">>, list_to_binary(AdminUrl ++ "/db3")}
+        ]},
+        {ok, ResponseCode, _, ResponseBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/_replicate",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(EJRequestBody)),
+
+        % assert replication status
+        {EJResponseBody} = jiffy:decode(ResponseBody),
+        ?assertEqual(ResponseCode, 200),
+        ?assertEqual(true, couch_util:get_value(<<"ok">>, EJResponseBody)),
+        [{History}] = couch_util:get_value(<<"history">>, EJResponseBody),
+
+        MissingChecked = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_checked">>, History),
+        MissingFound = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_found">>, History),
+        DocsReard = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_read">>, History),
+        DocsWritten = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_written">>, History),
+        DocWriteFailures = couch_util:get_value(<<"doc_write_failures">>, History),
+     
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingChecked),
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingFound),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsReard),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsWritten),
+        ?assertEqual(0, DocWriteFailures),
+      
+        % assert docs in target db
+        {ok, 200, _, ADBody} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db3/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(ADBody),
+        ?assertEqual(3, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json))
+    end).
+
+should_allow_user_to_replicate_from_access_to_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        % create source and target dbs
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2?q=1&n=1&access=true",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        % create source docs
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+
+        % replicate
+        UserXUrl = string:replace(Url, "http://", "http://x:x@"),
+        EJRequestBody = {[
+          {<<"source">>, list_to_binary(UserXUrl ++ "/db")},
+          {<<"target">>, list_to_binary(UserXUrl ++ "/db2")}
+        ]},
+        {ok, ResponseCode, _, ResponseBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/_replicate",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(EJRequestBody)),
+        % ?debugFmt("~nResponseBody: ~p~n", [ResponseBody]),
+
+        % assert replication status
+        {EJResponseBody} = jiffy:decode(ResponseBody),
+        ?assertEqual(ResponseCode, 200),
+        ?assertEqual(true, couch_util:get_value(<<"ok">>, EJResponseBody)),
+
+        [{History}] = couch_util:get_value(<<"history">>, EJResponseBody),
+
+        MissingChecked = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_checked">>, History),
+        MissingFound = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_found">>, History),
+        DocsReard = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_read">>, History),
+        DocsWritten = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_written">>, History),
+        DocWriteFailures = couch_util:get_value(<<"doc_write_failures">>, History),
+     
+        ?assertEqual(2, MissingChecked),
+        ?assertEqual(2, MissingFound),
+        ?assertEqual(2, DocsReard),
+        ?assertEqual(2, DocsWritten),
+        ?assertEqual(0, DocWriteFailures),
+      
+        % assert access in local doc
+        ReplicationId = couch_util:get_value(<<"replication_id">>, EJResponseBody),
+        {ok, 200, _, CheckPoint} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_local/" ++ ReplicationId,
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {EJCheckPoint} = jiffy:decode(CheckPoint),
+        Access = couch_util:get_value(<<"_access">>, EJCheckPoint),
+        ?assertEqual([<<"x">>], Access),
+
+        % make sure others can’t read our local docs
+        {ok, 403, _, _} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_local/" ++ ReplicationId,
+            ?USERY_REQ_HEADERS),
+
+        % assert docs in target db
+        {ok, 200, _, ADBody} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db2/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(ADBody),
+        ?assertEqual(2, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json))
+    end).
+
+should_allow_user_to_replicate_from_access_to_no_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        % create source and target dbs
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2?q=1&n=1",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        % create source docs
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+
+        % replicate
+        UserXUrl = string:replace(Url, "http://", "http://x:x@"),
+        EJRequestBody = {[
+          {<<"source">>, list_to_binary(UserXUrl ++ "/db")},
+          {<<"target">>, list_to_binary(UserXUrl ++ "/db2")}
+        ]},
+        {ok, ResponseCode, _, ResponseBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/_replicate",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(EJRequestBody)),
+
+        % assert replication status
+        {EJResponseBody} = jiffy:decode(ResponseBody),
+        ?assertEqual(ResponseCode, 200),
+        ?assertEqual(true, couch_util:get_value(<<"ok">>, EJResponseBody)),
+        [{History}] = couch_util:get_value(<<"history">>, EJResponseBody),
+
+        MissingChecked = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_checked">>, History),
+        MissingFound = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_found">>, History),
+        DocsReard = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_read">>, History),
+        DocsWritten = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_written">>, History),
+        DocWriteFailures = couch_util:get_value(<<"doc_write_failures">>, History),
+     
+        ?assertEqual(2, MissingChecked),
+        ?assertEqual(2, MissingFound),
+        ?assertEqual(2, DocsReard),
+        ?assertEqual(2, DocsWritten),
+        ?assertEqual(0, DocWriteFailures),
+      
+        % assert docs in target db
+        {ok, 200, _, ADBody} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db2/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(ADBody),
+        ?assertEqual(2, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json))
+    end).
+
+should_allow_user_to_replicate_from_no_access_to_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        % create source and target dbs
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2?q=1&n=1",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        % leave for easier debugging
+        % VduFun = <<"function(newdoc, olddoc, userctx) {if(newdoc._id == \"b\") throw({'forbidden':'fail'})}">>,
+        % DDoc = {[
+        %    {<<"_id">>, <<"_design/vdu">>},
+        %    {<<"validate_doc_update">>, VduFun}
+        % ]},
+        % {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/vdu",
+        %     ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(DDoc)),
+        % create source docs
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+
+
+        % replicate
+        UserXUrl = string:replace(Url, "http://", "http://x:x@"),
+        EJRequestBody = {[
+          {<<"source">>, list_to_binary(UserXUrl ++ "/db2")},
+          {<<"target">>, list_to_binary(UserXUrl ++ "/db")}
+        ]},
+        {ok, ResponseCode, _, ResponseBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/_replicate",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(EJRequestBody)),
+
+        % assert replication status
+        {EJResponseBody} = jiffy:decode(ResponseBody),
+        ?assertEqual(ResponseCode, 200),
+        ?assertEqual(true, couch_util:get_value(<<"ok">>, EJResponseBody)),
+        [{History}] = couch_util:get_value(<<"history">>, EJResponseBody),
+
+        MissingChecked = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_checked">>, History),
+        MissingFound = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_found">>, History),
+        DocsReard = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_read">>, History),
+        DocsWritten = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_written">>, History),
+        DocWriteFailures = couch_util:get_value(<<"doc_write_failures">>, History),
+     
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingChecked),
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingFound),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsReard),
+        ?assertEqual(2, DocsWritten),
+        ?assertEqual(1, DocWriteFailures),
+      
+        % assert docs in target db
+        {ok, 200, _, ADBody} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(ADBody),
+        ?assertEqual(2, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json))
+    end).
+
+should_allow_user_to_replicate_from_no_access_to_no_access(_PortType, Url) ->
+    ?_test(begin
+        % create source and target dbs
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2?q=1&n=1",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db2/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+
+        {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db3?q=1&n=1",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, ""),
+        % set target db security
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(url() ++ "/db3/_security",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(?SECURITY_OBJECT)),
+        % create source docs
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/a",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/b",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+        {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db2/c",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+
+        % replicate
+        UserXUrl = string:replace(Url, "http://", "http://x:x@"),
+        EJRequestBody = {[
+          {<<"source">>, list_to_binary(UserXUrl ++ "/db2")},
+          {<<"target">>, list_to_binary(UserXUrl ++ "/db3")}
+        ]},
+        {ok, ResponseCode, _, ResponseBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/_replicate",
+            ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(EJRequestBody)),
+
+        % assert replication status
+        {EJResponseBody} = jiffy:decode(ResponseBody),
+        ?assertEqual(ResponseCode, 200),
+        ?assertEqual(true, couch_util:get_value(<<"ok">>, EJResponseBody)),
+        [{History}] = couch_util:get_value(<<"history">>, EJResponseBody),
+
+        MissingChecked = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_checked">>, History),
+        MissingFound = couch_util:get_value(<<"missing_found">>, History),
+        DocsReard = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_read">>, History),
+        DocsWritten = couch_util:get_value(<<"docs_written">>, History),
+        DocWriteFailures = couch_util:get_value(<<"doc_write_failures">>, History),
+     
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingChecked),
+        ?assertEqual(3, MissingFound),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsReard),
+        ?assertEqual(3, DocsWritten),
+        ?assertEqual(0, DocWriteFailures),
+      
+        % assert docs in target db
+        {ok, 200, _, ADBody} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db3/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+            ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS),
+        {Json} = jiffy:decode(ADBody),
+        ?assertEqual(3, proplists:get_value(<<"total_rows">>, Json))
+    end).
+
+% revs_diff
+should_not_allow_user_to_revs_diff_other_docs(_PortType, Url) ->
+  ?_test(begin
+      % create test docs
+      {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+      {ok, _, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+      {ok, _, _, V} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+          ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+
+      % nothing missing
+      RevsDiff = {[
+          {<<"a">>, [
+              <<"1-23202479633c2b380f79507a776743d5">>
+          ]}
+      ]},
+      {ok, GoodCode, _, GoodBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/db/_revs_diff",
+          ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(RevsDiff)),
+      EJGoodBody = jiffy:decode(GoodBody),
+      ?assertEqual(200, GoodCode),
+      ?assertEqual({[]}, EJGoodBody),
+
+      % something missing
+      MissingRevsDiff = {[
+          {<<"a">>, [
+              <<"1-missing">>
+          ]}
+      ]},
+      {ok, MissingCode, _, MissingBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/db/_revs_diff",
+          ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(MissingRevsDiff)),
+      EJMissingBody = jiffy:decode(MissingBody),
+      ?assertEqual(200, MissingCode),
+      MissingExpect = {[
+          {<<"a">>, {[
+              {<<"missing">>, [<<"1-missing">>]}
+          ]}}
+      ]},
+      ?assertEqual(MissingExpect, EJMissingBody),
+
+      % other doc
+      OtherRevsDiff = {[
+          {<<"c">>, [
+              <<"1-92aef5b0e4a3f4db0aba1320869bc95d">>
+          ]}
+      ]},
+      {ok, OtherCode, _, OtherBody} = test_request:post(Url ++ "/db/_revs_diff",
+          ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, jiffy:encode(OtherRevsDiff)),
+      EJOtherBody = jiffy:decode(OtherBody),
+      ?assertEqual(200, OtherCode),
+      ?assertEqual({[]}, EJOtherBody)
+  end).
+%% ------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Internal Function Definitions
+%% ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+port() ->
+    integer_to_list(mochiweb_socket_server:get(chttpd, port)).
+
+% Potential future feature:%
+% should_let_user_fetch_their_own_all_docs_plus_users_ddocs(_PortType, Url) ->
+%     {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/a",
+%         ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+%     {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/foo",
+%         ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"_users\"]}"),
+%     {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/bar",
+%         ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"a\":1,\"_access\":[\"houdini\"]}"),
+%     {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/b",
+%         ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+%
+%     % % TODO: add allowing non-admin users adding non-admin ddocs
+%     {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/_design/x",
+%         ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"b\":2,\"_access\":[\"x\"]}"),
+%
+%     {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/c",
+%         ?ADMIN_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"c\":3,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+%     {ok, 201, _, _} = test_request:put(Url ++ "/db/d",
+%         ?USERY_REQ_HEADERS, "{\"d\":4,\"_access\":[\"y\"]}"),
+%     {ok, 200, _, Body} = test_request:get(Url ++ "/db/_all_docs?include_docs=true",
+%         ?USERX_REQ_HEADERS),
+%     {Json} = jiffy:decode(Body),
+%     ?debugFmt("~nHSOIN: ~p~n", [Json]),
+%     ?_assertEqual(3, length(proplists:get_value(<<"rows">>, Json))).
diff --git a/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_update_conflicts_tests.erl b/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_update_conflicts_tests.erl
index d5ca914ab..675194a1f 100644
--- a/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_update_conflicts_tests.erl
+++ b/src/couch/test/eunit/couchdb_update_conflicts_tests.erl
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 -define(i2l(I), integer_to_list(I)).
 -define(DOC_ID, <<"foobar">>).
 -define(LOCAL_DOC_ID, <<"_local/foobar">>).
--define(NUM_CLIENTS, [100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000]).
--define(TIMEOUT, 100000).
+-define(NUM_CLIENTS, [100, 500 ]). % TODO: enable 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000]).
+-define(TIMEOUT, 200000).
 
 start() ->
     test_util:start_couch().
diff --git a/src/couch_index/src/couch_index_util.erl b/src/couch_index/src/couch_index_util.erl
index 3a7d283bf..e7343a565 100644
--- a/src/couch_index/src/couch_index_util.erl
+++ b/src/couch_index/src/couch_index_util.erl
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ index_file(Module, DbName, FileName) ->
 
 load_doc(Db, #doc_info{} = DI, Opts) ->
     Deleted = lists:member(deleted, Opts),
-    case (catch couch_db:open_doc(Db, DI, Opts)) of
+   % MyDoc = ,
+    %{ok, MyDoc2} = MyDoc,
+    %couch_log:error("~ncouch_index_util:load_doc(): Doc: ~p, Deleted ~p~n", [MyDoc2, MyDoc2#doc.deleted]),
+    case catch (couch_db:open_doc(Db, DI, Opts)) of
         {ok, #doc{deleted = false} = Doc} -> Doc;
         {ok, #doc{deleted = true} = Doc} when Deleted -> Doc;
         _Else -> null
diff --git a/src/custodian/src/custodian_util.erl b/src/custodian/src/custodian_util.erl
index 866bcacb1..2a952affb 100644
--- a/src/custodian/src/custodian_util.erl
+++ b/src/custodian/src/custodian_util.erl
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ maintenance_nodes(Nodes) ->
     [N || {N, Mode} <- lists:zip(Nodes, Modes), Mode =:= "true"].
 
 load_shards(Db, #full_doc_info{id = Id} = FDI) ->
-    case couch_db:open_doc(Db, FDI, [ejson_body]) of
+    Doc = couch_db:open_doc(Db, FDI, [ejson_body]),
+    case Doc of
         {ok, #doc{body = {Props}}} ->
             mem3_util:build_shards(Id, Props);
         {not_found, _} ->
diff --git a/src/fabric/src/fabric_doc_update.erl b/src/fabric/src/fabric_doc_update.erl
index e7783e3a5..139eb995c 100644
--- a/src/fabric/src/fabric_doc_update.erl
+++ b/src/fabric/src/fabric_doc_update.erl
@@ -410,9 +410,9 @@ doc_update1() ->
     {ok, StW5_2} = handle_message({rexi_EXIT, nil}, SB1, StW5_1),
     {ok, StW5_3} = handle_message({rexi_EXIT, nil}, SA2, StW5_2),
     {stop, ReplyW5} = handle_message({rexi_EXIT, nil}, SB2, StW5_3),
+
     ?assertEqual(
-        % TODO: we had to flip this, it might point to a missing, or overzealous
-        %       lists:reverse() in our implementation.
+        % TODO: find out why we had to swap this
         {error, [{Doc2,{error,internal_server_error}},{Doc1,{accepted,"A"}}]},
         ReplyW5
     ).
@@ -444,9 +444,7 @@ doc_update2() ->
         handle_message({rexi_EXIT, 1}, lists:nth(3, Shards), Acc2),
 
     ?assertEqual(
-        % TODO: we had to flip this, it might point to a missing, or overzealous
-        %       lists:reverse() in our implementation.
-        ?assertEqual({accepted, [{Doc2,{accepted,Doc1}}, {Doc1,{accepted,Doc2}}]},
+        {accepted, [{Doc2,{accepted,Doc2}}, {Doc1,{accepted,Doc1}}]},
         Reply
     ).
 
@@ -475,10 +473,7 @@ doc_update3() ->
 
     {stop, Reply} =
         handle_message({ok, [{ok, Doc1}, {ok, Doc2}]}, lists:nth(3, Shards), Acc2),
-
-    % TODO: we had to flip this, it might point to a missing, or overzealous
-    %       lists:reverse() in our implementation.
-    ?assertEqual({ok, [{Doc2, {ok,Doc1}},{Doc1, {ok, Doc2}}]},Reply).
+    ?assertEqual({ok, [{Doc2, {ok,Doc2}},{Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}]},Reply).
 
 handle_all_dbs_active() ->
     Doc1 = #doc{revs = {1, [<<"foo">>]}},
@@ -506,7 +501,7 @@ handle_all_dbs_active() ->
     {stop, Reply} =
         handle_message({ok, [{ok, Doc1}, {ok, Doc2}]}, lists:nth(3, Shards), Acc2),
 
-    ?assertEqual({ok, [{Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}, {Doc2, {ok, Doc2}}]}, Reply).
+    ?assertEqual({ok, [{Doc2, {ok, Doc2}}, {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}]}, Reply).
 
 handle_two_all_dbs_actives() ->
     Doc1 = #doc{revs = {1, [<<"foo">>]}},
@@ -535,7 +530,7 @@ handle_two_all_dbs_actives() ->
         handle_message({error, all_dbs_active}, lists:nth(3, Shards), Acc2),
 
     ?assertEqual(
-        {accepted, [{Doc1, {accepted, Doc1}}, {Doc2, {accepted, Doc2}}]},
+        {accepted, [{Doc2, {accepted, Doc2}}, {Doc1, {accepted, Doc1}}]},
         Reply
     ).
 
@@ -570,8 +565,8 @@ one_forbid() ->
 
     ?assertEqual(
         {ok, [
-            {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}},
-            {Doc2, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}}
+            {Doc2, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}},
+            {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}
         ]},
         Reply
     ).
@@ -609,8 +604,8 @@ two_forbid() ->
 
     ?assertEqual(
         {ok, [
-            {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}},
-            {Doc2, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}}
+            {Doc2, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}},
+            {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}
         ]},
         Reply
     ).
@@ -647,7 +642,7 @@ extend_tree_forbid() ->
     {stop, Reply} =
         handle_message({ok, [{ok, Doc1}, {ok, Doc2}]}, lists:nth(3, Shards), Acc2),
 
-    ?assertEqual({ok, [{Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}, {Doc2, {ok, Doc2}}]}, Reply).
+    ?assertEqual({ok, [{Doc2, {ok, Doc2}}, {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}]}, Reply).
 
 other_errors_one_forbid() ->
     Doc1 = #doc{revs = {1, [<<"foo">>]}},
@@ -677,7 +672,7 @@ other_errors_one_forbid() ->
         handle_message(
             {ok, [{ok, Doc1}, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}]}, lists:nth(3, Shards), Acc2
         ),
-    ?assertEqual({error, [{Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}, {Doc2, {Doc2, {error, <<"foo">>}}}]}, Reply).
+    ?assertEqual({error, [{Doc2, {Doc2, {error, <<"foo">>}}}, {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}]}, Reply).
 
 one_error_two_forbid() ->
     Doc1 = #doc{revs = {1, [<<"foo">>]}},
@@ -710,7 +705,7 @@ one_error_two_forbid() ->
             {ok, [{ok, Doc1}, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}]}, lists:nth(3, Shards), Acc2
         ),
     ?assertEqual(
-        {error, [{Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}, {Doc2, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}}]}, Reply
+        {error, [{Doc2, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}}, {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}]}, Reply
     ).
 
 one_success_two_forbid() ->
@@ -744,7 +739,7 @@ one_success_two_forbid() ->
             {ok, [{ok, Doc1}, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}]}, lists:nth(3, Shards), Acc2
         ),
     ?assertEqual(
-        {error, [{Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}, {Doc2, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}}]}, Reply
+        {error, [{Doc2, {Doc2, {forbidden, <<"not allowed">>}}}, {Doc1, {ok, Doc1}}]}, Reply
     ).
 
 % needed for testing to avoid having to start the mem3 application
diff --git a/src/mem3/src/mem3_shards.erl b/src/mem3/src/mem3_shards.erl
index 8bbc92411..a37ae3996 100644
--- a/src/mem3/src/mem3_shards.erl
+++ b/src/mem3/src/mem3_shards.erl
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ changes_callback({stop, EndSeq}, _) ->
 changes_callback({change, {Change}, _}, _) ->
     DbName = couch_util:get_value(<<"id">>, Change),
     Seq = couch_util:get_value(<<"seq">>, Change),
+    %couch_log:error("~nChange: ~p~n", [Change]),
     case DbName of
         <<"_design/", _/binary>> ->
             ok;