diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 3aa7188..7fb2ba3 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ The product is not complete until the global exit criteria at the end of this fi
 
 ## Priority Bugs
 
-- Vault root view bug:
-  update gRPC/API-facing datastore reads and writes to use logical `VaultRoot`
-  paths while keeping authorization on canonical `Vault` paths.
 - Vault root view bug:
   add API-token path translation helpers so token editing, approval prompts, and
   audit/resource display stop leaking the physical `keepass` root.
diff --git a/internal/api/server.go b/internal/api/server.go
index 2d5fc7f..5aba80b 100644
--- a/internal/api/server.go
+++ b/internal/api/server.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (s *Server) FindBrowserLogins(ctx context.Context, req *keepassgov1.FindBro
 			},
 			score:    score,
 			resource: resource,
-			decision: apitokens.Evaluate(token, apitokens.OperationListEntries, resource),
+			decision: evaluateAuthorization(model, token, apitokens.OperationListEntries, resource),
 		})
 	}
 	slices.SortFunc(matches, func(a, b rankedBrowserMatch) int {
@@ -1220,7 +1220,8 @@ func (s *Server) authorizeTemplateRequest(ctx context.Context, op apitokens.Oper
 }
 
 func (s *Server) authorizeResourceRequest(ctx context.Context, token apitokens.Token, op apitokens.Operation, resource apitokens.Resource) (apitokens.Token, error) {
-	switch apitokens.Evaluate(token, op, resource) {
+	model, _ := s.snapshotModel()
+	switch evaluateAuthorization(model, token, op, resource) {
 	case apitokens.DecisionAllow:
 		return token, nil
 	case apitokens.DecisionDeny:
@@ -1337,6 +1338,42 @@ func hasPolicyRule(rules []apitokens.PolicyRule, target apitokens.PolicyRule) bo
 	return false
 }
 
+func evaluateAuthorization(model vault.Model, token apitokens.Token, op apitokens.Operation, resource apitokens.Resource) apitokens.Decision {
+	return apitokens.Evaluate(canonicalizeTokenForAuthorization(model, token), op, canonicalizeAuthorizationResource(model, resource))
+}
+
+func canonicalizeTokenForAuthorization(model vault.Model, token apitokens.Token) apitokens.Token {
+	token.Policies = append([]apitokens.PolicyRule(nil), token.Policies...)
+	for i := range token.Policies {
+		token.Policies[i].Resource = canonicalizeAuthorizationResource(model, token.Policies[i].Resource)
+	}
+	return token
+}
+
+func canonicalizeAuthorizationResource(model vault.Model, resource apitokens.Resource) apitokens.Resource {
+	resource.Path = canonicalAuthorizationPath(model, resource.Path)
+	return resource
+}
+
+func canonicalAuthorizationPath(model vault.Model, path []string) []string {
+	if len(path) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if path[0] == vaultview.KeepassRoot {
+		return append([]string(nil), path...)
+	}
+	if path[0] == "Root" {
+		if len(path) > 1 && (path[1] == "Templates" || path[1] == "API Tokens") {
+			return append([]string(nil), path...)
+		}
+		return vaultview.VaultRoot(model).ToPhysicalPath(path[1:])
+	}
+	if path[0] == "Templates" || path[0] == "API Tokens" {
+		return append([]string(nil), path...)
+	}
+	return vaultview.VaultRoot(model).ToPhysicalPath(path)
+}
+
 func copyOperation(target string) apitokens.Operation {
 	switch clipboard.Target(target) {
 	case clipboard.TargetUsername:
diff --git a/internal/api/server_test.go b/internal/api/server_test.go
index 4d55fce..08b9cfb 100644
--- a/internal/api/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/server_test.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func TestVaultServiceFindsBrowserLoginsWithinAuthorizedGroupScope(t *testing.T)
 				Path:     []string{"keepass", "Joe", "Internet"},
 			},
 			testAPITokenEntry(t,
-				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListEntries, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"keepass", "Joe", "codex"}}},
+				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListEntries, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"Root", "Joe", "codex"}}},
 			),
 		},
 	})
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func TestVaultServiceListEntriesHidesSingleInternalVaultRoot(t *testing.T) {
 				Path:     []string{"keepass", "Joe", "codex"},
 			},
 			testAPITokenEntry(t,
-				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListEntries, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"keepass", "Joe", "codex"}}},
+				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListEntries, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"Root", "Joe", "codex"}}},
 			),
 		},
 		Groups: [][]string{
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func TestVaultServiceListEntriesHidesSingleInternalVaultRootWhenRecycleBinExists
 				Path:     []string{"keepass", "Joe", "codex"},
 			},
 			testAPITokenEntry(t,
-				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListEntries, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"keepass", "Joe", "codex"}}},
+				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListEntries, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"Root", "Joe", "codex"}}},
 			),
 		},
 		Groups: [][]string{
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func TestVaultServiceListGroupsHidesSingleInternalVaultRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	client, _, cleanup := newTestClientForModel(t, vault.Model{
 		Entries: []vault.Entry{
 			testAPITokenEntry(t,
-				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListGroups, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"keepass"}}},
+				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListGroups, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"Root"}}},
 			),
 		},
 		Groups: [][]string{
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ func TestVaultServiceListGroupsHidesSingleInternalVaultRootWhenRecycleBinExists(
 	client, _, cleanup := newTestClientForModel(t, vault.Model{
 		Entries: []vault.Entry{
 			testAPITokenEntry(t,
-				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListGroups, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"keepass"}}},
+				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListGroups, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"Root"}}},
 			),
 		},
 		Groups: [][]string{
@@ -1387,8 +1387,8 @@ func TestVaultServiceUpsertsNewEntryWithinAuthorizedGroupScope(t *testing.T) {
 	client, _, cleanup := newTestClientForModel(t, vault.Model{
 		Entries: []vault.Entry{
 			testAPITokenEntry(t,
-				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationMutateEntry, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"keepass", "Joe", "codex"}}},
-				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListEntries, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"keepass", "Joe", "codex"}}},
+				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationMutateEntry, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"Root", "Joe", "codex"}}},
+				apitokens.PolicyRule{Effect: apitokens.EffectAllow, Operation: apitokens.OperationListEntries, Resource: apitokens.Resource{Kind: apitokens.ResourceGroup, Path: []string{"Root", "Joe", "codex"}}},
 			),
 		},
 		Groups: [][]string{