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Security roles - circular reference issue

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Posted on by Gaute K

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Hi,

I am trying to add a sub-role to a custom role, but I get the following error:

Any suggestion for how I can solve this issue?

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NikolajSorensen 1,792 on at

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It seems like the role is already added to your custom role, perhaps through another subrole reference.

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Gaute K 316 on at

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No, "Self-service employee" does not have any parent roles. Neither is it assigned to any users, so that is not the problem

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NikolajSorensen 1,792 on at

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Can you share details about the configuration you have made?

Preferably screenshots showing the relations.

I have only seen this error in relation to scenarios where the same role is referenced more than once through subrole assignments.

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Gaute K 316 on at

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This is the role I am trying to add a sub-role to. The "Company name Employee" role is a sub-role for every other company role.

I tested, and I am actually not able to add any sub-role to this role. I receive the same error-message when I try to add any sub-role...

Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

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NikolajSorensen 1,792 on at

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Can you show which parent roles this employee role is assigned to?

It could be a circular reference between the parent roles, where one parent role is used as a subrole in another parent role as well.

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André Arnaud de Cal... 301,141 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Gaute,

I do see two roles related to a third-party product Exflow. Have you checked the contents of those roles?

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