chore(docs): use more restrictive RLS policies for storage in example projects (#46172)

## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

YES

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

docs update

## What is the current behavior?

Storage RLS polices unintentionally allow list access to buckets
potentially setting a bad example for people starting a new project.

## What is the new behavior?

Use more restrictive RLS polices that only allow the intended operations


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Documentation**
* Updated Supabase Storage access-control policies and examples across
docs and starter projects.
* Tightened avatar image access rules to require explicit operation
checks for public reads.
* Clarified guidance and added explanatory comments in migration and
README examples to illustrate the updated access patterns.

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Co-authored-by: Chris Chinchilla <chris.ward@supabase.io>
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LennyandChris Chinchilla authored and GitHub committed 2026-05-29 11:47:01 +02:00
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@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ create policy "Users can update own profile." on profiles
insert into storage.buckets (id, name)
values ('avatars', 'avatars');
-- Set up access controls for storage
-- Set up access controls for storage. Allows downloading object with public key
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage/security/access-control#policy-examples for more details.
create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible." on storage.objects
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars');
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars' and storage.allow_any_operation(array['object.get_authenticated_info', 'object.get_authenticated']));
create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar." on storage.objects
for insert with check (bucket_id = 'avatars');
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ insert into
values
('avatars', 'avatars');
-- Set up access controls for storage. Allows downloading object with public key
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage/security/access-control#policy-examples for more details.
create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible." on storage.objects for
select
using (bucket_id = 'avatars');
using (bucket_id = 'avatars' and storage.allow_any_operation(array['object.get_authenticated_info', 'object.get_authenticated']));
create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar." on storage.objects for insert
with
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ create trigger on_auth_user_created
insert into storage.buckets (id, name)
values ('avatars', 'avatars');
-- Set up access controls for storage.
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage#policy-examples for more details.
-- Set up access controls for storage. Allows downloading object with public key
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage/security/access-control#policy-examples for more details.
create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible." on storage.objects
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars');
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars' and storage.allow_any_operation(array['object.get_authenticated_info', 'object.get_authenticated']));
create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar." on storage.objects
for insert with check (bucket_id = 'avatars');
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ create trigger on_auth_user_created
insert into storage.buckets (id, name)
values ('avatars', 'avatars');
-- Set up access controls for storage.
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage#policy-examples for more details.
-- Set up access controls for storage. Allows downloading object with public key
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage/security/access-control#policy-examples for more details.
create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible." on storage.objects
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars');
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars' and storage.allow_any_operation(array['object.get_authenticated_info', 'object.get_authenticated']));
create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar." on storage.objects
for insert with check (bucket_id = 'avatars');
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ create trigger on_auth_user_created
insert into storage.buckets (id, name)
values ('avatars', 'avatars');
-- Set up access controls for storage.
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage#policy-examples for more details.
-- Set up access controls for storage. Allows downloading object with public key
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage/security/access-control#policy-examples for more details.
create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible." on storage.objects
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars');
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars' and storage.allow_any_operation(array['object.get_authenticated_info', 'object.get_authenticated']));
create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar." on storage.objects
for insert with check (bucket_id = 'avatars');
@@ -116,9 +116,11 @@ insert into
values
('avatars', 'avatars');
-- Set up access controls for storage. Allows downloading object with public key
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage/security/access-control#policy-examples for more details.
create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible." on storage.objects for
select
using (bucket_id = 'avatars');
using (bucket_id = 'avatars' and storage.allow_any_operation(array['object.get_authenticated_info', 'object.get_authenticated']));
create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar." on storage.objects for insert
with
@@ -114,9 +114,11 @@ insert into
values
('avatars', 'avatars');
-- Set up access controls for storage. Allows downloading object with public key
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage/security/access-control#policy-examples for more details.
create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible." on storage.objects for
select
using (bucket_id = 'avatars');
using (bucket_id = 'avatars' and storage.allow_any_operation(array['object.get_authenticated_info', 'object.get_authenticated']));
create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar." on storage.objects for insert
with
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ create trigger on_auth_user_created
insert into storage.buckets (id, name)
values ('avatars', 'avatars');
-- Set up access controls for storage.
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage#policy-examples for more details.
-- Set up access controls for storage. Allows downloading object with public key
-- See https://supabase.com/docs/guides/storage/security/access-control#policy-examples for more details.
create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible." on storage.objects
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars');
for select using (bucket_id = 'avatars' and storage.allow_any_operation(array['object.get_authenticated_info', 'object.get_authenticated']));
create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar." on storage.objects
for insert with check (bucket_id = 'avatars');