US Patent 10949559 Repository-based privilege escalation for workflows

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for improved control of workflow execution. Embodiments include receiving, by an execution engine, a request from a user to execute a workflow that is stored in a repository. The workflow may be an operation that is associated with an operation privilege level, and a user privilege level of the user may be a lower privilege level than the operation privilege level. Embodiments include determining a repository privilege level associated with the repository by accessing repository privilege data in a file stored on the repository. Embodiments include escalating the user privilege level to the repository privilege level. Embodiments include executing the workflow, based on the request from the user, at the repository privilege level. Embodiments include restoring the user privilege level to the lower privilege level.