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[Core] az rest: clarify Microsoft Graph 403 accessDenied for privileged scopes#33363

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az rest --method GET --url "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/policies/authenticationStrengthPolicies/"

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az rest can return opaque 403 failures for Microsoft Graph endpoints that require privileged scopes not pre-authorized for the Azure CLI first-party app (for example Policy.ReadWrite.ConditionalAccess). This change adds targeted guidance so users can quickly identify the auth model mismatch and use a service principal flow with required Graph permissions.

  • What changed
    • Graph-specific 403 classification
      • Added focused detection in azure.cli.core.util.handle_exception for:
        • HTTP 403
        • https://graph.microsoft.com/ requests
        • Graph payload error.code == accessDenied (case-insensitive)
    • Actionable recommendation
      • Added a user-facing recommendation explaining the pre-authorization limitation (AADSTS65002) and directing users to az login --service-principal with required Microsoft Graph permissions.
    • Scoped implementation
      • Behavior is limited to the Graph 403/accessDenied pattern; other HTTP error paths are unchanged.
    • Unit coverage
      • Added/updated tests for:
        • recommendation shown on Graph 403/accessDenied (including casing variants)
        • recommendation not shown for non-Graph URLs or non-403 responses
if response.status_code == 403 \
   and response.url.lower().startswith("https://graph.microsoft.com/") \
   and error_code.lower() == "accessdenied":
    az_error.set_recommendation(GRAPH_ACCESS_DENIED_RECOMMENDATION)

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[Core] az rest: Add guidance for Microsoft Graph 403 accessDenied caused by privileged scope pre-authorization limits


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix Scope Policy.ReadWrite.ConditionalAccess not granted [Core] az rest: clarify Microsoft Graph 403 accessDenied for privileged scopes May 12, 2026
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