diff --git a/cloudfile_ext/v2/ACL_CONTRACT.md b/cloudfile_ext/v2/ACL_CONTRACT.md
index 80db656bf8..7324be088b 100644
--- a/cloudfile_ext/v2/ACL_CONTRACT.md
+++ b/cloudfile_ext/v2/ACL_CONTRACT.md
@@ -118,6 +118,24 @@ check. Repo API tokens cannot impersonate current users on protected repos.
 Whether a repo is protected is answered from the same library rule snapshot
 (a virtual repo also checks its origin; an over-budget library is protected).
 
+### Native write entries consume the same share root
+
+The exception above is not only a Hub-side shape. Native upload links, mkdir,
+rename, move, delete and seafdav all gate on C's
+`seafile_check_permission_by_path`, whose native library answer for a
+non-member is "none". C therefore asks this same authority, once, at the exact
+path, when -- and only when -- the library gate denied (an RPC *failure* is
+propagated, never retried as a share question). The answer is `r`/`rw` for that
+path; the library root and every unshared path stay denied, `admin` is never
+producible, and the Go/C final publication checks are unchanged.
+
+`/cloudfile/acl/check/` carries the level in `permissions`, aligned with
+`checks`, because a second `action=write` probe would double the round trip on
+every share-root write. A caller that ignores the field, or an older Hub that
+does not send it, keeps the *deny* reading: not "assume rw". The seam is
+registered only where the V2 managed schema exists and an internal Hub channel
+is configured; elsewhere a stock CE denial is byte-identical to before.
+
 ### Paged CE directory listing
 
 `GET api/v2.1/repos/<repo_id>/dir/?p=...&start=0&limit=200[&if_dir_id=<dir object id>]`
diff --git a/cloudfile_ext/v2/acl_http.py b/cloudfile_ext/v2/acl_http.py
index 181f189048..0be51d3e24 100644
--- a/cloudfile_ext/v2/acl_http.py
+++ b/cloudfile_ext/v2/acl_http.py
@@ -206,13 +206,21 @@ def post(self, request):
             if not isinstance(checks, list) or not 1 <= len(checks) <= 4096:
                 raise ValueError()
             authority = Authority(data['username'])
+            permissions = []
             for check in checks:
                 if set(check) != {'path', 'kind', 'action'} or check['action'] not in ('read', 'write'):
                     raise ValueError()
                 decision = authority.effective(data['repo_id'], check['path'], check['kind'])
                 if not (decision.can_read if check['action'] == 'read' else decision.can_write):
                     raise PermissionError()
-            return response({'allowed': True, 'contract': 'cf-acl-v1'})
+                permissions.append(decision.permission)
+            # `permissions` is aligned with `checks` and carries the V2 level,
+            # not just the batch verdict. Native C asks here for a single path
+            # when it has no library grant at all, and it needs to know whether
+            # the qualified share root is r or rw: probing again with
+            # action=write would double the round trip for every write.
+            return response({'allowed': True, 'contract': 'cf-acl-v1',
+                             'permissions': permissions})
         except Exception as error:
             return failure(error)
 
diff --git a/cloudfile_ext/v2/tests/test_acl_http.py b/cloudfile_ext/v2/tests/test_acl_http.py
index 0aae51bc0d..9b0beb6210 100644
--- a/cloudfile_ext/v2/tests/test_acl_http.py
+++ b/cloudfile_ext/v2/tests/test_acl_http.py
@@ -200,6 +200,31 @@ def test_native_proof_must_be_internal_short_lived_and_current(self):
             authority.return_value.effective.return_value = Decision('invisible','/shared',True)
             self.assertEqual(self.native(good).status_code,403)
 
+    def test_native_answer_carries_the_level_not_only_the_verdict(self):
+        # Native C has no library grant at a share root, so it needs the V2
+        # level (r vs rw) out of this one call: probing again with
+        # action=write would double the round trip on every upload.
+        claims = dict(is_internal=True, exp=int(time.time()) + 60)
+        checks = [dict(path='/shared', kind='dir', action='read'),
+                  dict(path='/shared/file', kind='file', action='write')]
+        with patch('cloudfile_ext.v2.acl_http.Authority') as authority:
+            # One read-only directory grant and one writable file grant:
+            # the read check may return r, while a write check must be rw.
+            authority.return_value.effective.side_effect = [Decision('r', '/shared', True),
+                                                            Decision('rw', '/shared', True)]
+            result = self.native(claims, dict(username='native', repo_id=RID, checks=checks))
+            self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+            self.assertEqual(result.data['permissions'], ['r', 'rw'])
+            self.assertTrue(result.data['allowed'])
+            self.assertEqual(result.data['contract'], 'cf-acl-v1')
+            # Denial still answers 403 and never leaks a partial level list.
+            authority.return_value.effective.side_effect = None
+            authority.return_value.effective.return_value = Decision('r', '/shared', True)
+            denied = self.native(claims, dict(username='native', repo_id=RID, checks=[
+                dict(path='/shared/file', kind='file', action='write')]))
+            self.assertEqual(denied.status_code, 403)
+            self.assertNotIn('permissions', denied.data)
+
     def test_native_missing_subject_adapter_and_unknown_checks_fail_closed(self):
         with patch('cloudfile_ext.v2.acl_http.Authority',side_effect=ACLUnavailable()):
             self.assertEqual(self.native(dict(is_internal=True,exp=int(time.time())+60)).status_code,503)