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Summary

  • Add 2 BDD features (5 scenarios) covering ERS test gaps fix(ci): add subdir to against input for buf breaking #4 and build(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.16.0 to 0.17.0 #5 from Jake's gap analysis
  • First-match-wins under continue (@multi-strategy-ers-multi-success): validates failure_strategy: continue behavior per ADR. Includes an intentionally-failing scenario that exposes a bug where registration.go:297-304 continues running strategies after first success, building an unintended multi-entity chain
  • Transformation through service (@ers-transformation-service): validates transformation: array works through the full ERS → gRPC → authorization pipeline (not just unit tests)

Bug found: continue builds multi-entity chain (diverges from ADR)

The ADR says the first successful strategy should return immediately regardless of failure_strategy. But the current code keeps running strategies under continue, producing a multi-entity chain with AND semantics — all entities must be independently entitled. This causes DENY when a routing-only claims entity lacks attributes that only LDAP provides. See DSPX-4581 comment for the full use case.

Test plan

  • Scenarios 1-2 and transformation scenarios pass locally (PLATFORM_IMAGE=DEBUG)
  • Scenario 3 intentionally fails (asserts PERMIT, gets DENY due to bug)
  • Existing ERS BDD tests (@claims-only-ers, @claims-ldap-fallback-ers, @claims-array-ers) remain green
  • CI BDD tests pass (scenario 3 expected to fail)

Ref: DSPX-4581

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  • Tests
    • Added end-to-end coverage for claim transformations, including array conversion and matching behavior.
    • Added scenarios verifying permit and deny decisions for transformed claim values.
    • Added coverage for multi-strategy authorization with “continue” behavior and first-match evaluation.
    • Added scenarios covering entitled and unentitled requests across multiple authorization strategies.
    • Expanded coverage for cases where strategy execution and entitlement results differ.

Add 4 new BDD scenarios covering Jake's gap analysis rows #4 and #5:

Multi-strategy multi-success (gap #4):
- Verifies that failure_strategy "continue" builds a multi-entity chain
  when both claims and LDAP strategies succeed for the same JWT token
- Tests AND semantics: all entities must be entitled for PERMIT
- Uses token-based flow (CreateEntityChainsFromTokens) which is the
  path that actually builds multi-entity chains under continue

Transformation through service path (gap #5):
- Verifies that output_mapping transformation: array works through the
  full ERS service → gRPC → authorization pipeline
- Tests that a flat string claim transformed to array format matches
  wildcard selectors (.department[]) in subject mappings

Ref: DSPX-4581

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ken Ho <kho@virtru.com>
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Added two BDD feature files. One validates output_mapping array transformations through the ERS service path. The other validates multi-strategy ERS evaluation with claims and LDAP providers, including first-match-wins scenarios and an intentionally failing regression scenario.

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ERS BDD scenarios

Layer / File(s) Summary
Output transformation scenarios
tests-bdd/features/ers-transformation-service.feature
Configures a jwt_claims provider with an array transformation for department. Tests matching and non-matching claims with PERMIT and DENY outcomes.
Multi-strategy success and denial scenarios
tests-bdd/features/multi-strategy-ers-multi-success.feature
Configures claims and LDAP strategies in continue mode. Tests first-match-wins outcomes for Alice and Eve. Includes an intentionally failing Alice regression scenario that exposes continued evaluation and multi-entity AND semantics.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8688e

The new ERS scenarios do not yet reliably validate first-match behavior: one can miss an unintended second resolution, while another expects the wrong authorization result for the configured strategy order. The PR is not merge-ready until the scenarios’ setup and expected outcomes are corrected.

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A rabbit maps claims through the gate
Arrays bloom, then choices wait
LDAP joins the entity chain
Alice permits, while Eve meets DENY again
A third path checks the rule in the rain

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In `@tests-bdd/features/multi-strategy-ers-multi-success.feature`:
- Around line 88-90: Update Eve’s LDAP fixture in the multi-strategy entitlement
test so its departmentNumber is engineering while the claims entity still lacks
department. Preserve the expected DENY result, ensuring the scenario
distinguishes AND evaluation by having one entity match and the other fail.
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Comment on lines +88 to +90
# Subject mapping requires department=engineering. Claims entity doesn't output
# department so it fails entitlement. Even though LDAP entity has department=operations,
# both entities must pass (AND) → DENY.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make the DENY case distinguish AND evaluation.

Both entities currently fail .department in engineering: the claims entity has no department, and the LDAP entity is described as department=operations. An OR evaluator or a first-success evaluator also returns DENY.

Set Eve's LDAP departmentNumber to engineering. The LDAP entity will then match while the claims entity fails. The expected DENY will prove that both entities must be entitled.

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In `@tests-bdd/features/multi-strategy-ers-multi-success.feature` around lines 88
- 90, Update Eve’s LDAP fixture in the multi-strategy entitlement test so its
departmentNumber is engineering while the claims entity still lacks department.
Preserve the expected DENY result, ensuring the scenario distinguishes AND
evaluation by having one entity match and the other fail.

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Benchmark results, click to expand

Benchmark authorization.GetDecisions Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 161.336235ms

Benchmark authorization.v2.GetMultiResourceDecision Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 84.068877ms

Benchmark Statistics

Name № Requests Avg Duration Min Duration Max Duration

Bulk Benchmark Results

Metric Value
Total Decrypts 100
Successful Decrypts 100
Failed Decrypts 0
Total Time 279.572132ms
Throughput 357.69 requests/second

TDF3 Benchmark Results:

Metric Value
Total Requests 5000
Successful Requests 5000
Failed Requests 0
Concurrent Requests 50
Total Time 39.6451711s
Average Latency 395.546311ms
Throughput 126.12 requests/second

Adds a third scenario to multi-strategy-ers-multi-success.feature that
demonstrates the AND semantics limitation: when claims strategy provides
routing-only output (no department) and LDAP provides department=engineering,
the overall decision is DENY because AND requires all entities to be
independently entitled. This reproduces a realistic customer scenario where
claims is used for identity routing and LDAP for attribute enrichment.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ken Ho <kho@virtru.com>
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Benchmark authorization.GetDecisions Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 170.621952ms

Benchmark authorization.v2.GetMultiResourceDecision Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 97.500691ms

Benchmark Statistics

Name № Requests Avg Duration Min Duration Max Duration

Bulk Benchmark Results

Metric Value
Total Decrypts 100
Successful Decrypts 100
Failed Decrypts 0
Total Time 369.12853ms
Throughput 270.91 requests/second

TDF3 Benchmark Results:

Metric Value
Total Requests 5000
Successful Requests 5000
Failed Requests 0
Concurrent Requests 50
Total Time 45.037249516s
Average Latency 449.333072ms
Throughput 111.02 requests/second

Rename scenario 2 to clarify it tests a genuinely unauthorized user (not
an AND semantics issue). Scenario 3 asserts PERMIT to intentionally fail
against the current AND behavior, surfacing the gap for platform team review.

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Benchmark results, click to expand

Benchmark authorization.GetDecisions Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 247.242619ms

Benchmark authorization.v2.GetMultiResourceDecision Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 137.518192ms

Benchmark Statistics

Name № Requests Avg Duration Min Duration Max Duration

Bulk Benchmark Results

Metric Value
Total Decrypts 100
Successful Decrypts 100
Failed Decrypts 0
Total Time 450.173972ms
Throughput 222.14 requests/second

TDF3 Benchmark Results:

Metric Value
Total Requests 5000
Successful Requests 5000
Failed Requests 0
Concurrent Requests 50
Total Time 1m0.896190934s
Average Latency 607.719629ms
Throughput 82.11 requests/second

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- Line 145: Align the assertion in the multi-strategy AND-semantics scenario
with its contract: change the expected decision from PERMIT to DENY. If the
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Given a user access token for "alice" stored as "alice_and_token"
When I send a decision request for token "alice_and_token" for "read" action on resource "https://and-semantics-gap.test/attr/department/value/engineering"
Then the response should be successful
And I should get a "PERMIT" decision response

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Align the expected decision with the scenario contract.

Lines 109-141 describe DENY under AND semantics, but Line 145 asserts PERMIT. If PERMIT intentionally characterizes the current gap, rename the scenario and mark it as a non-gating known-gap test. Otherwise, change the assertion to DENY.

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And I should get a "PERMIT" decision response
And I should get a "DENY" decision response
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In `@tests-bdd/features/multi-strategy-ers-multi-success.feature` at line 145,
Align the assertion in the multi-strategy AND-semantics scenario with its
contract: change the expected decision from PERMIT to DENY. If the scenario is
intentionally documenting the current PERMIT gap instead, rename it accordingly
and mark it as a non-gating known-gap test.

…havior

Rewrite feature to reflect the ADR: continue stops at first success,
not builds multi-entity chains. Scenario 3 intentionally fails to
expose the bug where registration.go:297-304 keeps running strategies
after success, producing unintended multi-entity chains with AND semantics.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ken Ho <kho@virtru.com>
@khvirtru khvirtru changed the title feat(bdd): DSPX-4581 add ERS multi-success and transformation BDD scenarios feat(ers): DSPX-4581 add ERS multi-strategy and transformation BDD scenarios Sep 2, 2026

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In `@tests-bdd/features/multi-strategy-ers-multi-success.feature`:
- Around line 64-65: Update the LDAP test claim in the multi-strategy scenario
to use ldap_username instead of username, while leaving claims_identity’s
username=alice unchanged. This makes the policy pass only for the first claims
entity and return DENY if ldap_department is incorrectly evaluated as a second
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Comment on lines +64 to +65
# Subject mapping uses .username — the claims strategy (listed first) outputs this.
# Per ADR, claims succeeds and LDAP should not run. PERMIT from single entity.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make this scenario detect a second resolved entity.

The policy checks only .username. Both claims_identity and ldap_department output username=alice. If the documented multi-entity AND behavior occurs, both entities pass and Line 78 still returns PERMIT.

Use an LDAP claim that does not satisfy this policy, such as ldap_username. The correct first-match path then returns PERMIT, while a continued LDAP evaluation returns DENY.

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In `@tests-bdd/features/multi-strategy-ers-multi-success.feature` around lines 64
- 65, Update the LDAP test claim in the multi-strategy scenario to use
ldap_username instead of username, while leaving claims_identity’s
username=alice unchanged. This makes the policy pass only for the first claims
entity and return DENY if ldap_department is incorrectly evaluated as a second
entity.

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Benchmark results, click to expand

Benchmark authorization.GetDecisions Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 248.976988ms

Benchmark authorization.v2.GetMultiResourceDecision Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 135.059336ms

Benchmark Statistics

Name № Requests Avg Duration Min Duration Max Duration

Bulk Benchmark Results

Metric Value
Total Decrypts 100
Successful Decrypts 100
Failed Decrypts 0
Total Time 423.958517ms
Throughput 235.87 requests/second

TDF3 Benchmark Results:

Metric Value
Total Requests 5000
Successful Requests 5000
Failed Requests 0
Concurrent Requests 50
Total Time 59.919660206s
Average Latency 597.916871ms
Throughput 83.45 requests/second

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⚠️ Govulncheck found vulnerabilities ⚠️

The following modules have known vulnerabilities:

  • otdfctl
  • tests-bdd

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