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docs(authz): clarify daemon parsing semantics

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Signed-off-by: mickael emirkanian <mickael.emirkanian@docker.com>
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@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ The Engine's authorization middleware fails closed: when a plugin returns an err
the request is denied and the error is surfaced to the client. Plugins should also fail closed: if the plugin
cannot confidently evaluate a request, it should return an error or `Allow: false`.
> [!WARNING]
> Because the plugin receives the [**raw** request body](#authzpluginauthzreq) from the daemon, it must
> apply the same decoding semantics as the daemon to be sure it evaluates the request the daemon will
> act on. The daemon decodes JSON with Go's [`encoding/json.Unmarshal`](https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/json#Unmarshal).
>
> The same requirement applies to the response body. Plugins that depend on `ResponseBody`
> inspection for redaction or content-filtering should restrict their policies to endpoints
> whose response is produced as a single write (typical of REST-style API responses). For
> commands whose responses are streamed or are likely to exceed the [buffer](#response-body-size-and-partial-buffering) through multiple
> writes, do not rely on `ResponseBody` for security-relevant decisions; perform the filtering
> in a separate layer in front of the daemon.
### Response body size and partial buffering
The internal buffer that holds the response body between the daemon's HTTP
@@ -111,15 +123,6 @@ is the practical effect of this 64 KiB threshold combined with the
is immediately drained to the client and is therefore no longer available
for plugin inspection by the time the handler returns.
> [!NOTE]
> Plugins that depend on `ResponseBody` inspection for redaction or
> content-filtering should restrict their policies to endpoints whose
> response is produced as a single write (typical of REST-style API
> responses). For commands whose responses are streamed or are likely to
> exceed the buffer through multiple writes, do not rely on `ResponseBody`
> for security-relevant decisions; perform the filtering in a separate
> layer in front of the daemon.
During request/response processing, some authorization flows might
need to do additional queries to the Docker daemon. To complete such flows,
plugins can call the daemon API similar to a regular user. To enable these