Opened this based on https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHDHSUPP-250.

Problem Statement:

Currently, Red Hat Developer Hub (RHDH) only supports static `enabled: true/false` configuration for sidebar menu items in the `dynamicPlugins.frontend.<package_name>.menuItems` configuration. This approach either shows menu items to all users or hides them from everyone, but does not provide the ability to conditionally show/hide menu items based on individual user permissions or roles.

Current Limitation:

dynamicPlugins:
  frontend:
     my-plugin:
        menuItems:
           - text:"My Plugin"
             enabled: true # Static boolean - affects ALL users

Expected Behavior

Users should be able to configure menu items with permission-based visibility similar to how upstream Backstage handles route-level permissions.

Additional details

• RBAC and BulkImport plugins already use permissions in their exported SidebarItem components but that is not directly being used in RHDH
• Dynamic plugins can contribute custom SidebarItem components through `dynamicRoutes` configuration
• Upstream Backstage supports `RequirePermission` component for route-level access control