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This PR adds an ADR specifying the implementation strategy for the Migration Process for Course Authoring AuthZ.

Related issue: #184

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- **Flag disabled**: New system role assignments migrate to legacy system and are removed
from new system

*Note: Roles without legacy equivalents remain in the new system and are not migrated*

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Just pointing out the case where a legacy role doesn’t have an equivalent in the new system. When the flag is enabled, would it become orphaned?

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On a closer read, it seems this scenario won’t occur because all legacy roles will exist in the new system, while not all new-system roles exist in the legacy system. Is that correct?

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Correct, I think all legacy roles should have equivalents on the new system, I think that's easy to achieve.

@rodmgwgu rodmgwgu force-pushed the rod/adr-phase2-migration branch from 0ac29d4 to 385e76d Compare February 5, 2026 16:21
@mphilbrick211 mphilbrick211 added the mao-onboarding Reviewing this will help onboard devs from an Axim mission-aligned organization (MAO). label Feb 9, 2026
@mphilbrick211 mphilbrick211 moved this from Needs Triage to Ready for Review in Contributions Feb 9, 2026
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