approach this from a different angle, introduce a service user

src/User.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 import type { JwtPayload } from './context'
 import { isNotNil } from './utils'
+import { UserBase, UserType } from './user-base'
 
-export class User {
+export class User extends UserBase {
   public readonly token: string
   public readonly claims: JwtPayload
 
   constructor(claims: JwtPayload, accessToken: string) {
+    super()
     this.claims = claims
     this.token = accessToken
   }
 
+  get userType(): UserType {
+    return 'interactive'
+  }
+
   get email(): string | undefined {
     return (
       this.claims.email ??

src/context.ts

@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import { randomUUID } from 'crypto'
 import type { Request } from 'express'
 import { pick } from 'lodash'
 import { User } from './User'
+import { UserBase } from './user-base'
 
 export interface GraphQLContext<
   TLogger extends Logger = Logger,
   TRequestInfo extends BaseRequestInfo = RequestInfo,
-  TUser = User | undefined,
+  TUser = UserBase | undefined,
 > {
   logger: TLogger
   requestInfo: TRequestInfo
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ export interface BaseRequestInfo extends Record<string, unknown> {
   correlationId?: string
   arrLogId?: string
   clientIp?: string
-  authHeader?: string
 }
 
 export interface LambdaContext {
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ export const createContextFactory = <TContext extends AnyGraphqlContext = GraphQ
       arrLogId: req.headers['x-arr-log-id']?.toString() ?? undefined,
       clientIp: req.headers['x-forwarded-for']?.toString() ?? req.socket.remoteAddress,
       correlationId: req.headers['x-correlation-id']?.toString() ?? undefined,
-      authHeader: req.headers['Authorization']?.toString() ?? undefined,
     }
 
     // add lambda info from the context, if present

src/service-user.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { UserBase, UserType } from './user-base'
+
+export class ServiceUser extends UserBase {
+  public readonly name: string
+
+  constructor(name: string) {
+    super()
+    this.name = name
+  }
+
+  get userType(): UserType {
+    return 'service'
+  }
+}

src/user-base.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export type UserType = 'interactive' | 'service'
+
+export abstract class UserBase {
+  abstract get userType(): UserType
+}