Establish tiered CODEOWNERS for enterprise-access

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Replaces the flat single-rule CODEOWNERS (all teams on everything) with a three-tier ownership model aligned to the contractor access rollout policy.

Ownership tiers

• Catch-all (*) — @edx/enterprise-titans only; backstop for any path not matched below
• Application code (/enterprise_access/) — Titans + @edx/enterprise-sunrise-maintainers + @edx/enterprise-lakshy-maintainers; uses trusted maintainer subteams so only designated engineers (not the full contractor team) can satisfy CODEOWNERS review
• Docs & markup (/docs/, *.md, *.rst) — Titans + full @edx/enterprise-sunrise + @edx/enterprise-lakshy; lower-risk content where broader contractor participation is acceptable

# Catch-all: only Titans can approve/merge anything not matched below.
* @edx/enterprise-titans

# Application code: Titans + trusted maintainer subteams from each contractor.
/enterprise_access/ @edx/enterprise-titans @edx/enterprise-sunrise-maintainers @edx/enterprise-lakshy-maintainers

# Docs, markdown, and RST files: Titans + full contractor teams.
/docs/ @edx/enterprise-titans @edx/enterprise-sunrise @edx/enterprise-lakshy
*.md @edx/enterprise-titans @edx/enterprise-sunrise @edx/enterprise-lakshy
*.rst @edx/enterprise-titans @edx/enterprise-sunrise @edx/enterprise-lakshy

Note: @edx/enterprise-markhors (present in the old file) has been removed; confirm this team is no longer required before merging.

Original prompt

Problem / Goal

Establish a .github/CODEOWNERS file for edx/enterprise-access to enforce tiered code review and merge permissions for contractor subteams, following the finalized company access model:

• Catch-all: Only @edx/enterprise-titans.
• Application code: @edx/enterprise-titans, @edx/enterprise-sunrise-maintainers, @edx/enterprise-lakshy-maintainers.
• Docs/tests/markdown: All three full teams, including titans and both contractors.

Requirements

• Place CODEOWNERS: .github/CODEOWNERS (creating directory/file if needed).
• Use these patterns, confirmed against the repo layout:
  • * @edx/enterprise-titans
  • /enterprise_access/ @edx/enterprise-titans @edx/enterprise-sunrise-maintainers @edx/enterprise-lakshy-maintainers (assuming main code is in enterprise_access/)
  • /docs/ @edx/enterprise-titans @edx/enterprise-sunrise @edx/enterprise-lakshy
  • *.md @edx/enterprise-titans @edx/enterprise-sunrise @edx/enterprise-lakshy
  • *.rst @edx/enterprise-titans @edx/enterprise-sunrise @edx/enterprise-lakshy
• Add comments to separate sections (and a summary at top if desired).
• Double-check main code directory; if app does NOT use enterprise_access, use the correct Python package dir.
• The repo's default branch is main.
• Reference this rollout policy in the PR description.

Acceptance criteria

• No unused team or path references
• Obeys GitHub CODEOWNERS syntax and priority rules

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Below is a Claude-ready implementation plan you can paste into Claude (or use as a task brief). It includes: team definitions, repo list + URLs, the policy intent, the exact CODEOWNERS templates to create, and the branch protection / permissions checklist.

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Implementation Plan: Phased Merge Autonomy for Enterprise Repos (Claude Task Brief)

Date: 2026-04-01
Goal: Gradually delegate PR review + merge autonomy to contractor teams while keeping a “master” team with full approval/merge authority across all enterprise repos.

1) Organizations in scope

• GitHub org: openedx
• GitHub org: edx

2) Teams (existing)

These teams already exist and must be used as the starting point:

2.1 Master / can do everything

• Team: enterprise-titans
• Intended behavior:
  • Can approve and merge anything in all listed repos
  • Acts as ultimate override / backstop

2.2 Newly onboard teams (can open PRs)

• Team: enterprise-sunrise
• Team: enterprise-lakshy

2.3 Ownership by domain

• enterprise-lakshy owns:
  • Reporting
  • Admin portal
• enterprise-sunrise owns:
  • Integrations
  • Checkout

IMPORTANT DECISION REQUIRED DURING IMPLEMENTATION
If you need “trusted engineers only” to be able to satisfy CODEOWNERS approvals within Sunrise/Lakshy domains, create two new sub-teams and use them in CODEOWNERS instead of the full contractor teams:

• enterprise-lakshy-maintainers (trusted Lakshy engineers only)
• enterprise-sunrise-maintainers (trusted Sunrise engineers only)

If these teams are not created, then any member of enterprise-sunrise/enterprise-lakshy (with sufficient repo permission) could satisfy CODEOWNERS review for their owned areas.

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3) Repositories in scope (high priority for CODEOWNERS)

Microservices / Backend Services

Repo	URL	Notes
openedx/enterprise-catalog	https://github.com/openedx/enterprise-catalog	Core service
openedx/edx-enterprise	https://github.com/openedx/edx-enterprise	LMS plugin
openedx/enterprise-access	https://github.com/openedx/enterprise-access	Access policies
openedx/enterprise-subsidy	https://github.com/openedx/enterprise-subsidy	Subsidy transactions
openedx/enterprise-integrated-channels	https://github.com/openedx/enterprise-integrated-channels	Sunrise-owned integrations
openedx/edx-enterprise-data	https://github.com/openedx/edx-enterprise-data	Lakshy-owned reporting
openedx/course-discovery	https://github.com/openedx/course-discovery	Shared source of truth
openedx/edx-enterprise-subsidy-client	https://github.com/openedx/edx-enterprise-subsidy-client	Shared client lib

Frontend Applications

Repo	URL	Notes
openedx/frontend-app-admin-portal	https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-admin-portal	Lakshy-owned admin portal
openedx/frontend-app-learner-portal-enterprise	https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-learner-portal-enterprise	Learner portal
openedx/frontend-app-enterprise-public-catalog	https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-enterprise-public-catalog	Public catalog
openedx/frontend-enterprise	https://github.com/openedx/frontend-enterprise	Shared frontend lib
edx/frontend-app-enterprise-checkout	https://github.com/edx/frontend-app-enterprise-checkout	*...

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