Add IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements and IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep — bulk entitlement convergence with provider optimizations

[Copilot]

• Create Invoke-IdleStepPruneEntitlements.ps1 step (remove-only)
• Create Invoke-IdleStepPruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep.ps1 (thin wrapper, forces EnsureKeepEntitlements)
• Both step types registered, exported, metadata catalog entries added
• Delta in step only; ResolveGroup/ResolveEntitlement naming; bulk Entra ID via Graph $batch
• IdLE.Entitlement.Prune advertised on AD, Entra ID, Mock providers (0.9.6)
• Differentiated step reference docs; primary group fix via MemberOf set-difference
• KeepPattern forbidden, Keep/KeepPattern optional, AD EnsureKeep integration tests
• AllowedWithKeys allowlist replaces ForbiddenWithKeys denylist in step metadata validation
• Three code-review items addressed (commit <hash>):
  • Dead code removed: BulkRevokeEntitlements ScriptMethod removed from New-IdleADAdapter.ps1. The method was only on the adapter object and never exposed by the AD provider; the step looks for bulk methods on the provider, not the adapter, so this was unreachable dead code. Confirmed no usages in the codebase.
  • Stale comment fixed: provider.NormalizeEntitlementId → provider.ResolveEntitlement in Invoke-IdleStepPruneEntitlements.ps1 line 208 comment. NormalizeEntitlementId was the old name before it was renamed to ResolveEntitlement in a prior commit.
  • Test assertion added: 'does not re-grant already present Keep entitlements' test now replaces GrantEntitlement with a $script:grantCount counter and asserts $script:grantCount | Should -Be 0 -Because 'CN=LEAVER-RETAIN is already present; GrantEntitlement must not be called'. The $grantCount/$originalGrant variables that were set but never used have been replaced with this working pattern.
• 746 total tests pass, PSScriptAnalyzer clean

Security Summary: No security vulnerabilities introduced or found.

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<issue_title>Add IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements (agent-safe entitlement convergence / bulk removal)</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Problem Statement

In leaver (and some mover) workflows we must remove all entitlements (e.g., group memberships) from an identity except:

• the provider/system default entitlement(s) that must always remain (e.g., AD Domain Users / primary group handling)
• one or more custom “keep” entitlements (allowlist)
• optionally additional “keep” entitlements identified by a pattern (agent-safe, wildcard-based)

With the current step model, IdLE.Step.EnsureEntitlement is intentionally atomic (one entitlement → desired state). Implementing “remove all except …” would require external host logic to:

1. list current entitlements,
2. compute a delta set,
3. emit many EnsureEntitlement -State Absent steps.

This breaks portability and pushes essential lifecycle logic out of IdLE workflows.

Proposed Solution

Introduce a new provider-agnostic step type:

• StepType: IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements
• Purpose: Converge the identity’s entitlements by removing all non-kept entitlements (“prune”), optionally ensuring the explicitly kept entitlements are present.

Capability gating (explicit provider opt-in)

Add a dedicated capability so providers can explicitly opt in:

• Capability: IdLE.Entitlement.Prune

Reason: while prune can be composed from List + Revoke (+ Grant), we explicitly want providers to decide whether they support a bulk destructive operation.

Parameters (agent-safe)

• -Provider (string, required)
• -Identity (Idle identity reference, required)
• -Kind (string, required)
  • entitlement kind, e.g. Group, Role, License (provider-defined)
• -Keep (array, optional)
  • explicit entitlement references to keep (same shape as EnsureEntitlement uses for a single entitlement)
• -KeepPattern (array of string, optional)
  • wildcard patterns only (PowerShell -like semantics), used to keep entitlements matching the pattern
  • patterns must be treated as agent-safe (no regex, no scriptblocks)
• -EnsureKeepEntitlements (switch, optional)
  • if set, ensure entitlements from -Keep are present (grant missing)

Guardrails / Validation

• At least one of -Keep or -KeepPattern must be provided.
• -KeepPattern supports wildcard matching only (e.g. LEAVER-*, CN=LEAVER-*,OU=Groups,DC=...).
• -EnsureKeepEntitlements applies only to explicit -Keep items (patterns cannot be “ensured”).
• Provider must handle “non-removable” entitlements safely (e.g., AD primary group / Domain Users). The step must not fail the whole workflow for these; instead, it should:
  • skip with a structured warning event and continue
  • include the skipped reason in plan/export and result

Provider contract usage

The step is provider-agnostic and uses existing entitlement primitives, plus the new capability flag:

• required provider ops:
  • ListEntitlements(identity, kind)
  • RevokeEntitlement(identity, entitlement, kind)
• conditional provider op (only if -EnsureKeepEntitlements):
  • GrantEntitlement(identity, entitlement, kind)

Planned behavior (idempotent)

1. List current entitlements (for Kind).
2. Build keep-set from:
   • explicit Keep
   • any current entitlements matching any KeepPattern
   • provider/system “always keep” (e.g., AD primary group semantics)
3. Compute remove-set = current − keep-set.
4. Revoke each entitlement in remove-set.
5. If EnsureKeepEntitlements is set:
   • compute missing-set = Keep − current
   • grant each entitlement in missing-set
6. Emit structured events for:
   • plan intent (kept, pruned, ensured)
   • each revoke/grant action
   • skipped items (non-removable, permission denied, etc.)

Alternatives Considered

A) Extend IdLE.Step.EnsureEntitlement with -RemoveAllExcept / -KeepPattern

Rejected. It blurs semantics of an atomic step, increases risk of accidental destructive behavior, complicates validation/modes, and makes docs harder (“EnsureEntitlement sometimes means prune”).

B) Host-only delta computation (build many EnsureEntitlement steps externally)

Rejected. Breaks portability: the core lifecycle semantics live outside IdLE workflows and differs per host.

C) Provider-specific step (e.g., AD-only prune group memberships)

Rejected (for now). We want a generic capability and step. Providers can opt in/out via capability.

Impact

• Backwards compatibility: No breaking changes. New step + new capability only.
• Existing workflows: Unaffected unless users adopt the new step.
• Provider implementations: Providers can ignore this until they opt-in by exposing IdLE.Entitlement.Prune and implementing the required primitives consistently.

Additional Context

Primary example (AD Leaver)

Remove all group memberships excep...

• Fixes Add IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements (agent-safe entitlement convergence / bulk removal) #236

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[blindzero]

@copilot I am missing the changed providers for Entra and AD implementing this capability into dedicated adapters.
We must make sure in these adapters, that provider specific "Id"-type-detection and mapping to parameters is done in the same way as for other adapters as well.

[Copilot]

@copilot I am missing the changed providers for Entra and AD implementing this capability into dedicated adapters.
We must make sure in these adapters, that provider specific "Id"-type-detection and m...

Done in cff2fd7. Both AD and Entra ID adapters now have a dedicated PruneGroupMemberships method (list → delta → bulk-remove loop with skip-on-error, same pattern as AddGroupMember/RemoveGroupMember). Both providers have a PruneEntitlements method that normalizes Keep item IDs via NormalizeGroupId (provider-specific: DNs for AD, objectIds/displayNames for Entra ID) before delegating to adapter.PruneGroupMemberships. The step prefers the provider method when available and falls back to the generic ListEntitlements+RevokeEntitlement loop for providers that don't implement it.

[blindzero]

@copilot make sure that all providers implementing the step support their specific way of alternative group id input (like we support already for user ids). Keep it consistent and place the part at same locations.
Also make sure that determining which groups to keep or to remove or to ensure is deterministic and only decided at one step. If using different providers, I would recommend the Step / Capability not the providers to avoid drift in behavior of different providers.

[Copilot]

@copilot make sure that all providers implementing the step support their specific way of alternative group id input (like we support already for user ids). Keep it consistent and place the part at sa...

Done in 2ebe95c. The delta computation (keep/remove/ensure decision) now lives only in the step — provider.PruneEntitlements has been removed from both providers. Providers expose a NormalizeEntitlementId(kind, entitlement, authSession) method: the step calls it on each Keep item to resolve non-canonical IDs (e.g., sAMAccountName/GUID for AD; displayName for Entra ID) to the canonical form returned by ListEntitlements, then does the comparison itself. Each provider's ID-type detection is consistent with how user IDs are resolved (NormalizeGroupId → NormalizeEntitlementId wrapper).

[blindzero]

@copilot # PR #237 – Agent Instructions (PruneEntitlements)

Copy/paste this comment into PR #237

1) Architecture: where the delta lives

• Compute deltas in the Step, not in Providers.
• Providers must remain IO adapters: ListEntitlements, GrantEntitlement, RevokeEntitlement (bulk optimization optional later).

2) Runtime data flow (must match this)

Inside Invoke-IdleStepPruneEntitlements:

1. Normalize inputs (Keep, KeepPattern, EnsureKeepEntitlements) and enforce guardrails:

   • Fail fast if neither Keep nor KeepPattern is specified.

2. Read current state exactly once:

   • current = Provider.ListEntitlements(identityKey, kind, authSession)

3. Compute sets in the Step:

   • toKeep = current filtered by Keep/KeepPattern rules
   • toDelete = current - toKeep
   • toEnsure = keepItems - current only when EnsureKeepEntitlements is true

4. Execute:

   • Revoke toDelete
   • Grant toEnsure only when EnsureKeepEntitlements is true

3) Provider idempotency + performance (critical)

• Remove any additional ListEntitlements calls inside provider Grant/Revoke.
• Providers must be write-idempotent:
  • Grant: “already present” → no-op
  • Revoke: “not present” → no-op
• Implement provider-specific error handling (no domain logic in provider).

4) Capabilities: avoid over-restricting remove-only workflows

• We cannot express conditional required capabilities with static step metadata.
• Implement two StepTypes:
  1. IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements (remove-only) requires List + Revoke
  2. IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep (ensure keep present) requires List + Revoke + Grant

Parameter rules:

• Allow Keep and KeepPattern simultaneously.
• Switch name is -EnsureKeepEntitlements (as decided).

5) Definition of Done

• Unit tests cover:
  • Keep only, KeepPattern only, both together
  • EnsureKeepEntitlements toggles ToEnsure behavior correctly
  • Guardrail: missing Keep & KeepPattern fails fast
• Docs/examples updated for both StepTypes and capability expectations.
• No provider contract changes beyond removing redundant reads; operations remain idempotent.

[Copilot]

@copilot # PR #237 – Agent Instructions (PruneEntitlements)

Copy/paste this comment into PR #237...

Done in 7842b41. Summary of what was addressed:

Two StepTypes: IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements (remove-only, requires Prune + List + Revoke) and IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep (remove + ensure keep present, requires + Grant). EnsureKeepEntitlements is no longer a With parameter — the behavior is determined by which step type you use. Invoke-IdleStepPruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep is a thin wrapper that forces EnsureKeepEntitlements=$true and delegates to the base function.

Delta in Step: Already done in previous commit — ListEntitlements is called once; keep/remove/ensure sets are computed in the step.

Capability fix: PruneEntitlements no longer incorrectly requires IdLE.Entitlement.Grant. Only PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep requires it.

Tests: 11 new tests for PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep covering: registration/capability requirements, keep-only, keep+pattern union, ensure phase, guardrail (missing Keep+KeepPattern), non-removable skip.

Docs/templates: Both step types documented, leaver workflow templates updated to use PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep with no EnsureKeepEntitlements parameter.

[ntt-matthias-fleschuetz]

@copilot your solution seems complicated too me. why not just fetching the primaryGroup and then removing it from remove entitlements or always add to keep?

[Copilot]

@copilot your solution seems complicated too me. why not just fetching the primaryGroup and then removing it from remove entitlements or always add to keep?

Done in dc81864. GetPrimaryGroupDN now just reads Get-ADUser -Properties primaryGroup and returns $user.primaryGroup. The primaryGroup attribute is a constructed attribute on every AD user object that directly returns the primary group's DN — one attribute read, no SID arithmetic, no second Get-ADGroup call, works reliably on all AD versions.

[ntt-matthias-fleschuetz]

@copilot now no groups are removed anymore, although many others then keep are assigned. Changed: shows False as well.
There is no difference between both Prune step types.

[Copilot]

@copilot now no groups are removed anymore, although many others then keep are assigned. Changed: shows False as well.
There is no difference between both Prune step types.

Fixed in d440ae2. Root cause analysis:

• dc81864 ($user.primaryGroup): primaryGroup can be returned as an ADObject/ADPropertyValueCollection rather than a plain string DN depending on the AD module version, causing the string comparison $group.DistinguishedName -eq $primaryGroupDN to silently not match anything — all groups passed the filter, the remove-set was correct, but RevokeEntitlement for Domain Users then failed and all removes were treated as no-ops.

• f10f8b0/8d250b3: relied on objectSid.Value SID arithmetic or primaryGroupToken filter — both unreliable in certain AD environments.

New approach: MemberOf is a direct, non-constructed LDAP attribute on user objects that by Active Directory design always excludes the primary group. GetPrimaryGroupDN now:

1. Fetches Get-ADUser -Properties MemberOf → set of non-primary group DNs
2. Fetches all groups via Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership → includes primary group
3. Primary group DN = the one in AllGroups but NOT in MemberOf

This works on all AD DC versions. Domain Users will be excluded from ListEntitlements without any Skipped entries, and all other groups in the remove-set will be revoked normally.

[ntt-matthias-fleschuetz]

@copilot KeepPattern in PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep dont make sense as the step would logically need to add ALL groups in keep pattern not there yet.
Hence we want:

• KeepPattern not supported or documented in ...EnsureKeep Step
• Have a fail fast approach to validate plan step schemas during New-IdlePlan not just in execution
• for ..EnsureKeep the plan shall fail if KeepPattern is used and have only Keep allowed
• Keep should not be mandatory anymore --> delete all groups without keeping any
• AD Provider: if no Keep is given, prune will delete all groups - except always mandatory primaryGroup in AD
• Entra / Mock Provider: if no Keep is given, prune will delete all groups

Keep approaches of schema validation during plan creation consistent to other existing ways and try to minimize module function / cmdlet exposure

[Copilot]

@copilot KeepPattern in PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep dont make sense as the step would logically need to add ALL groups in keep pattern not there yet.
Hence we want:

...

Done in 32a67e4.

KeepPattern forbidden in EnsureKeep (fail-fast at plan time):
Added ForbiddenWithKeys = @('KeepPattern') to the PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep metadata entry. ConvertTo-IdleWorkflowSteps now checks ForbiddenWithKeys after template resolution and throws an [System.ArgumentException] with an actionable message during New-IdlePlan — before execution starts. The execution-time check is kept as defense-in-depth. Test added to New-IdlePlan.Tests.ps1.

Keep/KeepPattern no longer required:
Both PruneEntitlements and PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep now accept an empty keep-set. With no Keep or KeepPattern, ALL entitlements of the given Kind are pruned. The AD provider always excludes the primary group from ListEntitlements, so it is never placed in the remove-set and no Skipped entries occur.

PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep AD provider integration:
5 new tests verify the step works end-to-end with the AD fake provider: keep+retain, grant-missing-keep, prune-all without touching the primary group, idempotency, and KeepPattern defense-in-depth. All 746 tests pass.

@copilot now no groups are removed anymore, although many others then keep are assigned. Changed: shows False as well.
There is no difference between both Prune step types.

Done in 32a67e4. GetPrimaryGroupDN now reads Get-ADUser -Properties MemberOf and Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership, then returns the one group absent from MemberOf (the primary group is never included in MemberOf by AD design). One attribute read + one membership query, no SID arithmetic. Verified by new AD integration tests including the "prune-all without touching primary group" case.

[ntt-matthias-fleschuetz]

@copilot for step schema validation we always should only check against allowed keys defined by the schema and throw on not allowed. common attributies like conditions and preconditions should be validated separately and be in the allowed step's root keys always.
This should be sufficient, as we cannot define all non-allowed keys somebody would like to enter there.

[Copilot]

@copilot for step schema validation we always should only check against allowed keys defined by the schema and throw on not allowed. common attributies like conditions and preconditions should be vali...

Done in ec860db.

Replaced ForbiddenWithKeys with AllowedWithKeys in both prune step metadata entries:

• PruneEntitlements: AllowedWithKeys = @('IdentityKey', 'Kind', 'Provider', 'Keep', 'KeepPattern', 'AuthSessionName', 'AuthSessionOptions')
• PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep: AllowedWithKeys = @('IdentityKey', 'Kind', 'Provider', 'Keep', 'AuthSessionName', 'AuthSessionOptions') — KeepPattern is simply not in the list, so it's implicitly rejected

ConvertTo-IdleWorkflowSteps now validates against the allowlist: any With.* key not in AllowedWithKeys throws at plan creation time with "Step 'X' (type 'Y') does not support With.Z. Allowed With keys: ...". Steps that don't declare AllowedWithKeys skip validation (backward compatible).

[Copilot]

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