Remove the ability for users to create new news articles

Users should still be able to edit existing documents. We want to reduce publishing news articles to zero, so that we can eventually retire content publisher.
alphagov · Sep 4, 2023 · ecab0b1 · ecab0b1
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diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   MANAGING_EDITOR_PERMISSION = "managing_editor".freeze
   ACCESS_LIMIT_OVERRIDE_PERMISSION = "access_limit_override".freeze
   MANAGE_LIVE_HISTORY_MODE = "manage_live_history_mode".freeze
+  CREATE_NEW_DOCUMENT_PERMISSION = "create_new_document".freeze
 
   def can_access?(edition)
     return true unless edition.access_limit

diff --git a/app/views/documents/index.html.erb b/app/views/documents/index.html.erb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <% content_for :title, t("documents.index.title") %>
 
-<% content_for :title_side, render("govuk_publishing_components/components/button", {
-  text: "Create new document",
-  href: new_document_path,
-  margin_bottom: true,
-  data_attributes: { gtm: "new-document" }
-}) %>
+<% if current_user.has_permission?(User::CREATE_NEW_DOCUMENT_PERMISSION) %>
+  <% content_for :title_side, render("govuk_publishing_components/components/button", {
+    text: "Create new document",
+    href: new_document_path,
+    margin_bottom: true,
+    data_attributes: { gtm: "new-document" }
+  }) %>
+<% end %>
 
 <div class="govuk-grid-row">
   <div class="govuk-grid-column-one-quarter">

diff --git a/spec/features/formats/news_article_spec.rb b/spec/features/formats/news_article_spec.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
   include TopicsHelper
 
   scenario do
+    when_i_have_the_create_new_document_permission
     when_i_choose_this_document_type
     and_i_fill_in_the_form_fields
     then_the_document_should_be_previewable
   end
 
+  def when_i_have_the_create_new_document_permission
+    current_user.update(permissions: [User::CREATE_NEW_DOCUMENT_PERMISSION])
+  end
+
   def when_i_choose_this_document_type
     visit root_path
     click_on "Create new document"

diff --git a/spec/features/workflow/create_document_spec.rb b/spec/features/workflow/create_document_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 RSpec.feature "Create a document" do
   scenario do
+    when_i_have_the_create_new_document_permission
     given_i_am_on_the_home_page
     when_i_click_to_create_a_document
     and_i_select_a_supertype
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@
     and_i_see_the_timeline_entry
   end
 
+  def when_i_have_the_create_new_document_permission
+    current_user.update(permissions: [User::CREATE_NEW_DOCUMENT_PERMISSION])
+  end
+
   def given_i_am_on_the_home_page
     visit root_path
   end