fix: AccessDeniedError leads to HTTP 500 instead of error 403 (#2595)

Resolves access control error visibility issues where 500 errors were
returned instead of proper 403 responses with actionable error messages.

• Enhance AccessDeniedError with detailed context and improve exception
handling
• Enhanced AccessDeniedError class to include user, action, and resource
context
  - Added constructor parameters for action, resource, and user
- Generate detailed error messages showing user principal, attributes,
and attempted resource
- Backward compatible with existing usage (falls back to generic
message)

• Updated exception handling in server.py
  - Import AccessDeniedError from access_control module
  - Return proper 403 status codes with detailed error messages
- Separate handling for PermissionError (generic) vs AccessDeniedError
(detailed)

• Enhanced error context at raise sites
- Updated routing_tables/common.py to pass action, resource, and user
context
- Updated agents persistence to include context in access denied errors
  - Provides better debugging information for access control issues

• Added comprehensive unit tests
  - Created tests/unit/server/test_server.py with 13 test cases
  - Covers AccessDeniedError with and without context
- Tests all exception types (ValidationError, BadRequestError,
AuthenticationRequiredError, etc.)
  - Validates proper HTTP status codes and error message formats


# What does this PR do?
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## Test Plan

```
server:
  port: 8321
    access_policy:
    - permit:
        principal: admin
        actions: [create, read, delete]
        when: user with admin in groups
    - permit:
        actions: [read]
        when: user with system:authenticated in roles
```
then:

```
curl --request POST --url http://localhost:8321/v1/vector-dbs \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer your-bearer" \
  --data '{
    "vector_db_id": "my_demo_vector_db",
    "embedding_model": "ibm-granite/granite-embedding-125m-english",
    "embedding_dimension": 768,
    "provider_id": "milvus"
  }'
 
```

depending if user is in group admin or not, you should get the
`AccessDeniedError`. Before this PR, this was leading to an error 500
and `Traceback` displayed in the logs.
After the PR, logs display a simpler error (unless DEBUG logging is set)
and a 403 Forbidden error is returned on the HTTP side.

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Signed-off-by: Akram Ben Aissi <<akram.benaissi@gmail.com>>
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@ -106,4 +106,26 @@ def is_action_allowed(
class AccessDeniedError(RuntimeError):
pass
def __init__(self, action: str | None = None, resource: ProtectedResource | None = None, user: User | None = None):
self.action = action
self.resource = resource
self.user = user
message = _build_access_denied_message(action, resource, user)
super().__init__(message)
def _build_access_denied_message(action: str | None, resource: ProtectedResource | None, user: User | None) -> str:
"""Build detailed error message for access denied scenarios."""
if action and resource and user:
resource_info = f"{resource.type}::{resource.identifier}"
user_info = f"'{user.principal}'"
if user.attributes:
attrs = ", ".join([f"{k}={v}" for k, v in user.attributes.items()])
user_info += f" (attributes: {attrs})"
message = f"User {user_info} cannot perform action '{action}' on resource '{resource_info}'"
else:
message = "Insufficient permissions"
return message