# Multi-Tenant Application Security Cheat Sheet — Thread-safe tenant context

> current_tenant: ContextVar[Optional[str]] = ContextVar('current_tenant', default=None) class TenantContext: def init(self, tenant_id: str, user_id: str, roles: list): self.tenant_id = tenant_id self.user_id = user_id self.roles = roles self.is_validated = True class TenantMiddleware: """Extract and

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current_tenant: ContextVar[Optional[str]] = ContextVar('current_tenant', default=None)

class TenantContext: def init(self, tenant_id: str, user_id: str, roles: list): self.tenant_id = tenant_id self.user_id = user_id self.roles = roles self.is_validated = True

class TenantMiddleware: """Extract and validate tenant context from authenticated session."""

def require_tenant(func): """Decorator ensuring tenant context is present.""" @wraps(func) async def wrapper(args, kwargs): ctx = current_tenant.get() if not ctx or not ctx.is_validated: raise SecurityException("Tenant context required") return await func(args, kwargs) return wrapper

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