diff --git a/crates/manager-core/src/authz.rs b/crates/manager-core/src/authz.rs
index 6eb14b0..45b7b1c 100644
--- a/crates/manager-core/src/authz.rs
+++ b/crates/manager-core/src/authz.rs
@@ -458,6 +458,30 @@ pub enum AuthzDenied {
     Repo(#[from] AuthzError),
 }
 
+/// Run [`require`] for a known principal and map the `AuthzDenied` verdict onto
+/// the caller's service-specific error via `forbidden`/`backend`. The single
+/// home for the `Denied → forbidden() / Repo(e) → backend(e)` mapping that
+/// [`script_gate`], [`script_gate_require_principal`], and the stateful services
+/// share.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// `forbidden()` on `AuthzDenied::Denied`; `backend(repo_err.to_string())` on
+/// `AuthzDenied::Repo`.
+pub async fn require_mapped<E>(
+    repo: &dyn AuthzRepo,
+    principal: &Principal,
+    cap: Capability,
+    forbidden: impl FnOnce() -> E,
+    backend: impl FnOnce(String) -> E,
+) -> Result<(), E> {
+    match require(repo, principal, cap).await {
+        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+        Err(AuthzDenied::Denied) => Err(forbidden()),
+        Err(AuthzDenied::Repo(e)) => Err(backend(e.to_string())),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Script-as-gate authz: anonymous public-HTTP scripts skip the check
 /// (`cx.principal` is `None`); authenticated callers must hold `cap`.
 ///
@@ -482,11 +506,7 @@ pub async fn script_gate<E>(
     let Some(principal) = cx.principal.as_ref() else {
         return Ok(());
     };
-    match require(repo, principal, cap).await {
-        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
-        Err(AuthzDenied::Denied) => Err(forbidden()),
-        Err(AuthzDenied::Repo(e)) => Err(backend(e.to_string())),
-    }
+    require_mapped(repo, principal, cap, forbidden, backend).await
 }
 
 /// Like [`script_gate`], but **fails closed on an anonymous principal**: a
@@ -510,11 +530,7 @@ pub async fn script_gate_require_principal<E>(
     let Some(principal) = cx.principal.as_ref() else {
         return Err(forbidden());
     };
-    match require(repo, principal, cap).await {
-        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
-        Err(AuthzDenied::Denied) => Err(forbidden()),
-        Err(AuthzDenied::Repo(e)) => Err(backend(e.to_string())),
-    }
+    require_mapped(repo, principal, cap, forbidden, backend).await
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/crates/manager-core/src/users_service.rs b/crates/manager-core/src/users_service.rs
index 6916f25..51846a7 100644
--- a/crates/manager-core/src/users_service.rs
+++ b/crates/manager-core/src/users_service.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ use crate::app_user_verification_repo::{AppUserVerificationRepo, AppUserVerifica
 use crate::auth::{
     generate_session_token, hash_password, hash_token, verify_password, TIMING_FLAT_DUMMY_HASH,
 };
-use crate::authz::{self, AuthzDenied, AuthzRepo, Capability};
+use crate::authz::{self, AuthzRepo, Capability};
 
 /// Runtime configuration. Defaults match the v1.1.8 brief — overridable
 /// via env vars wired in the picloud binary.
@@ -268,17 +268,18 @@ impl UsersServiceImpl {
             // Public HTTP execution — script-as-gate; not denied here.
             return Ok(());
         };
-        match authz::require(&*self.authz, p, cap).await {
-            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
-            Err(AuthzDenied::Denied) => Err(UsersError::Forbidden),
-            Err(AuthzDenied::Repo(e)) => Err(UsersError::Backend(e.to_string())),
-        }
+        authz::require_mapped(
+            &*self.authz,
+            p,
+            cap,
+            || UsersError::Forbidden,
+            UsersError::Backend,
+        )
+        .await
     }
 
-    /// Compose the public `AppUser` shape from a `AppUserRow`. Roles
-    /// are always empty in commit 4 of v1.1.8; commit 8 (per-app
-    /// roles) replaces this stub with an actual `app_user_roles`
-    /// query.
+    /// Compose the public `AppUser` shape from an `AppUserRow`, with the caller's
+    /// already-resolved per-app `roles` (see [`Self::fetch_roles`]).
     fn to_app_user(row: AppUserRow, roles: Vec<String>) -> AppUser {
         AppUser {
             id: row.id,