Closes #909 Remove defaultazurecredential fallback path

.changes/unreleased/breaking-20260329-150739.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+kind: breaking
+body: Remove default credential fallback; explicit token credential is now required
+time: 2026-03-29T15:07:39.9569937+03:00
+custom:
+    Author: shirasassoon
+    AuthorLink: https://github.com/shirasassoon
+    Issue: "909"
+    IssueLink: https://github.com/microsoft/fabric-cicd/issues/909

src/fabric_cicd/fabric_workspace.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def __init__(
         environment: str = "N/A",
         workspace_id: Optional[str] = None,
         workspace_name: Optional[str] = None,
-        token_credential: TokenCredential = None,
+        token_credential: Optional[TokenCredential] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def __init__(
             repository_directory: Local directory path of the repository where items are to be deployed from.
             item_type_in_scope: Item types that should be deployed for a given workspace. If omitted, defaults to all available item types.
             environment: The environment to be used for parameterization.
-            token_credential: The token credential to use for API requests.
+            token_credential: The token credential to use for API requests (e.g., AzureCliCredential, ClientSecretCredential).
             kwargs: Additional keyword arguments.
 
         Examples:
@@ -103,11 +103,10 @@ def __init__(
         if token_credential is None:
             if _is_fabric_runtime():
                 token_credential = _generate_fabric_credential()
+                logger.debug("Running in Fabric runtime - using generated Fabric credential for authentication.")
             else:
-                # if credential is not defined, use DefaultAzureCredential
-                from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
-
-                token_credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
+                msg = "A TokenCredential is required to authenticate API requests. Please pass a 'token_credential' (e.g., AzureCliCredential, ClientSecretCredential)."
+                raise InputError(msg, logger)
         else:
             token_credential = validate_token_credential(token_credential)
 

tests/test_fabric_workspace.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 import yaml
+from fixtures.credentials import DummyTokenCredential
 
 from fabric_cicd.fabric_workspace import FabricWorkspace, constants
 
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ def _create_workspace(workspace_id, repository_directory, item_type_in_scope=Non
                 workspace_id=workspace_id,
                 repository_directory=repository_directory,
                 item_type_in_scope=item_type_in_scope,
+                token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
                 **kwargs,
             )
             # Call refresh methods to populate workspace data
@@ -1031,6 +1033,7 @@ def test_base_api_url_kwarg_raises_error(temp_workspace_dir, valid_workspace_id)
                 workspace_id=valid_workspace_id,
                 repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
                 base_api_url="https://custom.api.url",
+                token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
             )
 
         # Verify the error message contains the expected text
@@ -1578,6 +1581,7 @@ def test_mix_of_default_and_non_default_logical_ids(temp_workspace_dir, patched_
     assert workspace.repository_items["Notebook"]["Git Notebook"].logical_id == unique_logical_id
     assert workspace.repository_items["DataPipeline"]["Exported Pipeline"].logical_id == constants.DEFAULT_GUID
 
+
 def test_publish_variable_library_only_calls_replace_parameters(
     temp_workspace_dir, patched_fabric_workspace, valid_workspace_id
 ):

tests/test_publish.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
+from fixtures.credentials import DummyTokenCredential
 
 import fabric_cicd.publish as publish
 from fabric_cicd import constants
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ def test_publish_only_existing_item_types(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir):
         workspace = FabricWorkspace(
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.publish_all_items(workspace)
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ def test_default_none_item_type_in_scope_includes_all_types(mock_endpoint, temp_
         workspace = FabricWorkspace(
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         expected_types = list(constants.ACCEPTED_ITEM_TYPES)
@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ def test_empty_item_type_in_scope_list(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=[],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
         assert workspace.item_type_in_scope == []
 
@@ -180,6 +184,7 @@ def test_invalid_item_types_in_scope(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["InvalidItemType"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
 
@@ -193,6 +198,7 @@ def test_multiple_invalid_item_types_in_scope(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir)
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["FakeType", "AnotherInvalidType"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
 
@@ -206,6 +212,7 @@ def test_mixed_valid_and_invalid_item_types_in_scope(mock_endpoint, temp_workspa
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook", "BadType", "Environment"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
 
@@ -245,6 +252,7 @@ def test_unpublish_feature_flag_warnings(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir, capl
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Lakehouse", "Warehouse", "SQLDatabase", "Eventhouse"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.unpublish_all_orphan_items(workspace)
@@ -288,6 +296,7 @@ def test_unpublish_with_feature_flags_enabled(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir,
                 workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
                 repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
                 item_type_in_scope=["Lakehouse"],
+                token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
             )
 
             publish.unpublish_all_orphan_items(workspace)
@@ -339,6 +348,7 @@ def track_unpublish(_self, item_name, item_type):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.unpublish_all_orphan_items(workspace)
@@ -387,6 +397,7 @@ def track_unpublish(_self, item_name, item_type):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.unpublish_all_orphan_items(workspace, item_name_exclude_regex=r"^Protected.*")
@@ -436,6 +447,7 @@ def track_unpublish(_self, item_name, item_type):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.unpublish_all_orphan_items(workspace, items_to_include=["TargetOrphan.Notebook"])
@@ -477,6 +489,7 @@ def track_unpublish(_self, item_name, item_type):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.unpublish_all_orphan_items(workspace)
@@ -520,6 +533,7 @@ def mock_publish_mirroreddatabase():
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Lakehouse", "MirroredDatabase"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.publish_all_items(workspace)
@@ -559,6 +573,7 @@ def test_folder_exclusion_with_regex(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook", "SemanticModel"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         exclude_regex = r".*legacy.*"
@@ -593,6 +608,7 @@ def test_folder_exclusion_with_anchored_regex(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir)
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         exclude_regex = r"^/legacy$"
@@ -619,6 +635,7 @@ def test_item_name_exclusion_still_works(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         exclude_regex = r".*DoNotPublish.*"
@@ -656,6 +673,7 @@ def test_folder_inclusion_with_folder_path_to_include(mock_endpoint, temp_worksp
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook", "SemanticModel"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.publish_all_items(
@@ -692,6 +710,7 @@ def test_folder_inclusion_and_exclusion_together(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_d
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         with pytest.raises(
@@ -719,6 +738,7 @@ def test_empty_folder_path_to_include_raises_error(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         with pytest.raises(InputError, match="folder_path_to_include must not be an empty list"):
@@ -748,6 +768,7 @@ def test_folder_exclusion_with_items_to_include(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_di
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.publish_all_items(
@@ -778,6 +799,7 @@ def test_folder_inclusion_with_item_exclusion(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir)
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.publish_all_items(
@@ -808,6 +830,7 @@ def test_folder_inclusion_with_items_to_include(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_di
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.publish_all_items(
@@ -840,6 +863,7 @@ def test_all_filters_combined(mock_endpoint, temp_workspace_dir):
             workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
             repository_directory=str(temp_workspace_dir),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         publish.publish_all_items(

tests/test_response_collection.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
+from fixtures.credentials import DummyTokenCredential
 
 import fabric_cicd.constants as constants
 import fabric_cicd.publish as publish
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ def test_workspace_with_notebook(mock_endpoint):
                 workspace_id="12345678-1234-5678-abcd-1234567890ab",
                 repository_directory=str(temp_path),
                 item_type_in_scope=["Notebook"],
+                token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
             )
             # Manually set up repository items since we're patching the refresh methods
             workspace.repository_items = {

tests/test_subfolders.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
+from fixtures.credentials import DummyTokenCredential
 
 from fabric_cicd.fabric_workspace import FabricWorkspace
 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ def _create_workspace(workspace_id, repository_directory, item_type_in_scope, **
                 workspace_id=workspace_id,
                 repository_directory=repository_directory,
                 item_type_in_scope=item_type_in_scope,
+                token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
                 **kwargs,
             )
 
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ def mock_invoke_side_effect(method, url, **_kwargs):
             workspace_id=valid_workspace_id,
             repository_directory=str(repository_with_subfolders),
             item_type_in_scope=["Notebook", "DataPipeline"],
+            token_credential=DummyTokenCredential(),
         )
 
         # Call methods in the intended order to populate folder structures