RH-SSO client throws exception "Failed to enforce policy decisions"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Authenticated API calls fail with unclear error
  • Exception stack trace is application server has error

    java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to enforce policy decisions.
            at org.keycloak.adapters.AuthenticatedActionsHandler.isAuthorized(AuthenticatedActionsHandler.java:168)[321:org.keycloak.keycloak-adapter-core:4.8.3.Final-redhat-00001]
            at org.keycloak.adapters.AuthenticatedActionsHandler.handledRequest(AuthenticatedActionsHandler.java:60)
    ...
    Caused by: org.keycloak.authorization.client.util.HttpResponseException: Unexpected response from server: 500 / Internal Server Error / Response from server: {"error":"server_error","error_description":"Unexpected error while evaluating permissions"}
        at org.keycloak.authorization.client.util.HttpMethod.execute(HttpMethod.java:95)[323:org.keycloak.keycloak-authz-client:4.8.3.Final-redhat-00001]
        at org.keycloak.authorization.client.util.HttpMethodResponse$2.execute(HttpMethodResponse.java:50)[323:org.keycloak.keycloak-authz-client:4.8.3.Final-redhat-00001]
        at org.keycloak.authorization.client.resource.AuthorizationResource$1.call(AuthorizationResource.java:90)[323:org.keycloak.keycloak-authz-client:4.8.3.Final-redhat-00001]
        at org.keycloak.authorization.client.resource.AuthorizationResource$1.call(AuthorizationResource.java:74)[323:org.keycloak.keycloak-authz-client:4.8.3.Final-redhat-00001]
        at org.keycloak.authorization.client.resource.AuthorizationResource.authorize(AuthorizationResource.java:94)[323:org.keycloak.keycloak-authz-client:4.8.3.Final-redhat-00001]
        ... 24 more
    
  • RH-SSO server has exception ending with:

    Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.keycloak.authorization.common.KeycloakIdentity.<init>(KeycloakIdentity.java:128)
        ... 76 more
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Single Sign-On (RH-SSO) 7.3 or earlier
  • Open Auth / Open ID Connect (OIDC)
  • Authorization Services

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