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fix: do not inject empty sources/destinations into resource-targeted policy rules - #68

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What

A policy rule that targets a resource (source_resource / destination_resource) fails to apply through the configure role with:

422 specify either destinations or  destination resources, not both

This affects both creating such a policy from YAML and any update of an existing one (export → edit → apply), because the resolver unconditionally stamped sources and destinations onto every rule, defaulting to []. The API rejects a rule carrying both a resource reference and a group list — even an empty one.

Fixes #67

Why

_resolve_policy always assigned resolved_rule['sources'] and resolved_rule['destinations'] from rule.get(..., []). For a rule defined only with the resource form (exactly what the export template writes for peer-sourced policies, and what a user writes by hand for host/domain targets), that injected phantom empty lists into the request body.

Group references are now resolved only when the rule actually defines them; resource-targeted rules pass through without the empty lists. Rules that do use sources/destinations resolve exactly as before, including unknown-name errors and pre-flight missing-ref collection.

Changes

  • plugins/filter/netbird_resolve.py: guard sources/destinations resolution on the key being present and non-empty
  • tests/unit/plugins/filter/test_netbird_resolve_policy.py: new unit tests covering resource-targeted rules (no injected keys, refs pass through), group-targeted rules (unchanged resolution), and unknown-name handling
  • changelog fragment

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed policy rules targeting resources being rejected due to unintended empty source or destination groups.
    • Group references are now included only when explicitly configured.
    • Resource references pass through correctly, while group-based rules continue to resolve as expected.
    • Unknown group names continue to produce clear errors during policy resolution.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for resource-targeted rules, group resolution, non-peer resources, and missing group references.

…policy rules

The configure-role resolver stamped sources and destinations onto every
policy rule, defaulting to []. A rule defined only with source_resource
or destination_resource therefore reached the API carrying both a
resource reference and an empty group list, which the API rejects with
422 'specify either destinations or destination resources, not both'.
This broke both creating such policies from YAML and the
export->edit->apply round trip for existing ones.

Resolve group references only when the rule actually defines them, so
resource-targeted rules pass through without phantom empty lists.

Fixes netbirdio#67
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Policy rule resolution now omits absent or empty group references. Resource-targeted rules pass through without conflicting empty lists, while group-targeted rules continue to resolve group names and report unknown references.

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Policy rule resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Conditional group reference resolution
plugins/filter/netbird_resolve.py, changelogs/fragments/fix-policy-resource-rule-empty-groups.yml
The resolver adds sources and destinations only when rules define non-empty values. The changelog documents the fix for resource-targeted rules.
Policy rule resolution tests
tests/unit/plugins/filter/test_netbird_resolve_policy.py
Tests cover resource-targeted rules, group-to-group resolution, non-peer resource references, and unknown group handling.

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Resource-targeted policy rules that explicitly include empty source or destination lists can still be rejected by the API, so the fix is not merge-ready until those empty keys are removed before submission.

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Empty groups no longer intertwine
Resources pass cleanly through
Known groups resolve to IDs anew
Unknown names raise a signal bright

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary fix: preventing empty group-list fields in resource-targeted policy rules.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #67 by preventing injected empty destinations or sources fields when rules use destination_resource or source_resource. Tests cover resource-targeted and group-targeted rules…
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The changes satisfy issue #67 by preventing injected empty destinations or sources fields when rules use destination_resource or source_resource. Tests cover resource-targeted and group-targeted rules.

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In `@plugins/filter/netbird_resolve.py`:
- Around line 128-143: Update the rule-resolution flow around resolved_rule to
remove sources and destinations whenever their values are explicitly empty,
including when destination_resource is present, while preserving non-empty name
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…rgeted rules

An explicit 'destinations: []' (or null) written alongside
destination_resource survived the copy into the resolved rule, so the
request still carried both fields and the API still rejected it. Empty
group lists are never valid to the API; remove the keys instead of
passing them through.
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